Fox signs Tom Brady to call games as their lead analyst once he retires.

[Southieinnc]

I think these networks vastly overestimate how much their viewers care about who’s droning on and on during football games.

35+ million a year and I’ll probably have the game muted anyway. Easier ways to waste money…

I'd pay even more to get rid of Joe Buck Dumb F____!

 

[Southieinnc]

Doesn't want to be home with the wife and kids....LOL.

7 days a week and life sentence?

 

[Wazmankg]

I think these networks vastly overestimate how much their viewers care about who’s droning on and on during football games.

35+ million a year and I’ll probably have the game muted anyway. Easier ways to waste money…

Agreed... like I'm going to not watch an NFL game because I don't care for the color guy? I had no idea until yesterday that those guys made that kind of money. They must have research that says they're worth it, but I don't get it at all.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Doesn't want to be home with the wife and kids....LOL.

He and the wife setting those kids up to never work a day in their lives.$$$

 

[broncosmitty]

He and the wife setting those kids up to never work a day in their lives.$$$

Wild guess, there’s a future professional athlete that mouth kisses Tom goodnight.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Wild guess, there’s a future professional athlete that mouth kisses Tom goodnight.

For that kind of coin, I'd mouth kiss my dad as well.

You would think the kids will have good genes?

 

[DonMan]

here's a good article:

John Skipper, the former head of ESPN, said that internal data at the company showed who was calling the game made little difference to audience figures. “I never saw a scintilla of evidence that the people in the booth changed the ratings even by a smidgen,” Skipper said. “The race to hire people is mostly about internal pride.”

Tom Brady’s historic $375m Fox Sports deal shows familiarity breeds content

The quarterback has the knowledge to make a good analyst. But it’s his fame and branding the network is most interested in

www.theguardian.com

 

[DJ]

Watching a football game on mute just sounds miserable.

Yep.

 

[dtgold88]

Agreed... like I'm going to not watch an NFL game because I don't care for the color guy? I had no idea until yesterday that those guys made that kind of money. They must have research that says they're worth it, but I don't get it at all.

Latter comment is all I can come up with, too. Maybe there are a bunch of people who said if certain people were announcing they'd watch when normally they would not? Casual or less than casual football fans.

 

[broncosmitty]

For that kind of coin, I'd mouth kiss my dad as well.

You would think the kids will have good genes?

Dad got drafted in multiple sports. Mom is a fitness freak who makes even more from her drive and focus.

I’d be surprised if they don’t produce athletes.

 

[UnrealTerm04]

It is important. The MNF crew was so bad I would actively avoid those games unless my team was playing.

Yeah, Levy and Greise were terrible.

 

[shopson67]

Watching a football game on mute just sounds miserable.

Find a radio broadcast for the sound.

Brady is going to be mute-worthy IMO, just like Aikman and Romo.

 

[shopson67]

Dad got drafted in multiple sports. Mom is a fitness freak who makes even more from her drive and focus.

I’d be surprised if they don’t produce athletes.

Dad was a 6th round pick with a Dad bod at 22. Nothing to write home about physically. Talent isn't hereditary.

 

[broncosmitty]

Dad was a 6th round pick with a Dad bod at 22. Nothing to write home about physically. Talent isn't hereditary.

Drafted out of HS five years earlier by the Expos, as a catcher.

Talent most definitely is hereditary.