So I don’t see the salary figure in the Hollywood Reporter article, but the NY Post puts it at $375M for ten years; at an average of $37.5M/ year, that’s >2X Romo.
I have not seen the details of how the deal is structured, but you have to assume it is backloaded, such that it is much less than $37.5M for the first couple of years. I may not live long enough to know it, but would be shocked if Brady actually spends 10 years doing color commentary at Fox. I won’t be surprised if he is better than Montana (not hard, as Greg said, he was horrible), but Brady has other ways to make big bucks, and bigger fish to fry than hanging out with the Bozos at Fox Sports. Still, this is all a reflection of the odd fact that as Linear TV ratings get smaller and smaller, the value of the NFL gets larger and larger. On Thu, 12 May 2022 at 3:14 PM 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 >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/55f81736-2901-4f4f-892b-c0bcc75b8e20n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/55f81736-2901-4f4f-892b-c0bcc75b8e20n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFFNmZAth4%3DX3Xc1T-LwE1ZFX4Q%3DJjbrwoNikJ0Cr7YJw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFFNmZAth4%3DX3Xc1T-LwE1ZFX4Q%3DJjbrwoNikJ0Cr7YJw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKwNk3hDB2T1-H4x9vVa-DrjODa1Yho%3DKU27Om47kdC-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
