I continue to be baffled by how much the American public likes what is
increasingly (to me at least) a series of soap opera stories interrupted by
games that average 11 minutes of action every hour.
That said, trying to figure out the economics of all this leaves me dizzy. If
these broadcast outlets are escalating the salaries for their (mostly)
interchangeable commenting teams, will they still have enough money to pay the
ridiculous amounts they do for broadcast rights? It doesn't seem sustainable
to me, but American football fans resemble addicts more and more than
television viewers.
David
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, 03:14:41 PM PDT, Tom Wolper <[email protected]>
wrote:
That’s a hell of a gamble for Fox. One of the drivers of the recent round of
musical chairs of announcers came from when ESPN tried to poach Tony Romo for
MNF. CBS kept him but they had to pay him $17 million a year which is more than
5 times than any other announcer made. Romo’s deal has now become standard and
the networks are now evaluating their talent not at their current salaries but
whether they’re worth keeping at the higher rates.
The Brady deal with Fox resets the market. So if Brady flops they not only have
to pay out his contract, they will also have to pay as much to his replacement.
I have no idea what due diligence Fox did before closing this deal. I know
Brady did prerecorded halftime segments for MNF on Westwood One radio so he has
some media experience they could evaluate.
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:28 AM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV
<[email protected]> wrote:
Why do I get the feeling this is gonna be like when Joe Montana flopped on NBC?
Brady has the chrisma of a wet fart whenever he's interviewed despite the press
treating him like he's Jesus.
Greg
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10:12:42 AM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote:
Once he retires.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tom-brady-join-fox-nfl-analyst-1235143765/
(link)
B
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