contracts, it may not be that. Your Leverage is playing
another professional sport, like column, or maybe you just
threatened to go become a broadcaster
because the money has gone
crazy in recent years, and especially in recent weeks.
The news for today is Sean Payton's going to meet with
Amazon for a second time. This week, Amazon is looking for a
color commentator because Troy Aikman unexpectedly went to
ESPN where he's going to make more than Tony Romo. Who's at
18 million a year? Sean McVeigh
would have made reportedly 100 million dollars over five years
from Amazon. If he had taken that deal which means by
staying with the Rams. He surely gotten a huge raise
Mike, but you know, this is a new frontier
and I said this earlier today
owners of NFL teams have to be pissed at the Network's
for really creating
leverage on them
to pay these coaches because you don't see coaching free agency,
even though there's no salary cap.
You rarely see a
Coach play out his contract or coach out his contract and then
go somewhere else, but now, you've got the opportunity, if
you're Sean McVeigh or any other coach say, hey, I'm out
of here. I'm going to go work for Amazon or ESPN or Fox,
whoever,
and otherwise, you're gonna have to pay me a ton of money
and we're seeing these teams, get squeezed a little bit.
I wonder if that Dynamic is going to continue.
Oh, I think it will because
the these, the networks are saying, the market blows my
mind. And let me first and foremost, say, if you are one
of these announcers getting the money more power, To you,
I would love to be in that category. I would love
to someone throw that money on me to call the game. I would
I would absolutely fat love it. What would happen? But
it blows my mind. I mean
is there the return on investment are more people
going to watch? Because your side there watching the game.
I've rarely turned on to listen to the broadcaster don't read.
These are fine broadcasters. I'm not
it's nothing against them.
But does this make the ratings go up more? Obviously these
heads of Networks. Think it has to do something positive or
they wouldn't be handing out the amount of money. They are,
which absolutely gives them. Leverage.
Look at the leverage. Now.
Joe Buck is going to have, you know, it's got to hear about
that as Fox steal that every announcer has or to your point,
the coaches
who can just go at least, like the college coaches.
Hey, it's John. The college came after me. I'd like, you
know, but I'm thinking about going. Oh, here's another 60
million. Okay, I'll say so, I mean, listen,
when you have leverage, I've always said, I don't care what
you're in. If you had the leverage swing The Leverage. As
hard as you possibly can.
Absolutely, get what you can when you can, while you can,
whether it's in broadcasting, whether it's, as a player,
wherever it may be. And some of these players may want more,
simply because they see how crazy the numbers are
in broadcasting and the system supports it. The money is
there, it's getting more popular. It's getting more,
financially successful and the broadcasting salaries, prove it
but Mike the experiment that I'd love to be able
to do but would never happen
would be to take the best announcers in the sport.
Assigned them to a crap game take. The worst announcers you
could find
have them, do a great game and see what the difference in
the numbers would because I'm with you. No one's tuning in because
I don't want to name names and piss anybody off, but nobody's
doing it. Maybe for John Madden, somebody
would have but nobody's tuning in for anybody currently alive.
Because that's the game. They're doing. They're tuning
in to watch the game. Having great announcers adds to
the special feel of a big game,
but no one's tuning in because that person is calling the game.
Yeah, I completely agree. But again,
I always want to repeat
go get that money guys. I'm not go get it on. We're not saying
that the bag didn't get that money, grab that money. But
I mean we got to give these exact some credit, shouldn't we?
Maybe
that they know what they're doing and and may, I don't
know. I don't know where the extra money comes from because
and we'll be able to see. Listen. I love Levy and greasy
and ready to get with their friends of mine. When I was at
ESPN, now, they're not the big names that were
Talking about, and the ratings were up in Monday Night
Football. So we'll get actually a good visual of that. Right?
When Troy goes there and of Joe goes over there as well. What
will the ratings be that much bigger? I mean, will
will I have no idea.
I don't know, but we'll have a comparable to see if they were
ratings are up this year and they had a better schedule this
year. So that's why I think the ratings were up. And these
networks are all ultimately owned by publicly traded
companies who make their balance sheets available for
inspection.
Action. Last time, I checked, they're all kicking ass.
They're all making huge money. They all are providing great
returns and value for their shareholders. So
you're right. They know what they're doing. And this is part
of the investment. You have to make if you're going to present
the NFL in a way that play Katie NFL. And I guess that
would be my response to the NFL.
If the league gets chippy about the fact that the networks are
making it harder
for the teams to pay the coaches, as little as they want.
The reality is, Want us to put on a good show. You want your
product to not be sullied by substandard broadcaster so
that cost money
you want us to have the best. We got to pay for the best
period. That's why we're paying this money to placate you and
FL.
God, listen II, completely agree. I mean the money is out
there to be, had there, making it. So
I don't know where this ends, but you know what, it's so fun
to watch is they're fun to read article after article about
which announcer is getting water. What coach may get
involved? Because
I think Sean Payton's going back, we even
signs or the Amazon.
I think he's going to go back and coach at some point. So
it's a short-lived thing of what he's going to do. Unless
he says, man making 15 mil and not working. You know, 20-hour
days is pretty. Damn nice.
If I make as much money in the broadcast Booth as I do as
a head coach, and I have X number of extra hours per day and
I can exercise. And I'm not stressed and I'm not up late
and I'm not sleeping on a cot in
my office and I'm not hinging my professional fortune. And
Fate on the vague bounces of an oblong ball in a gust of wind
at an inopportune moment and an official who makes a bad call
and something else. I can't control. You know, that's why
I said
Mike. When Sean Payton stepped aside, and everybody said,
well, Jerry Jones, go get him in a year.
I wouldn't wait.
I'd go do it now
because Sean, Payton gets a taste of life making as much
money, maybe even more and work in the hell of a lot less and
living a much better life.
He may say
I've had enough. I'm not going back and doing that. I'm not
going to live like that anymore. This is a better life
and I can have the same Financial lifestyle that I had
before and it's even better because I can enjoy it. Now.
I'm not constantly working and constantly stressed.
Constantly agitated and constantly sleep deprived.
I can actually enjoy my life and maybe I'll extend it.
Yeah, no. Listen, I green guys like Sean. Payton do a bid it
for a long time. May go that route, which is it shocking?
Achon McVeigh is not you know, because let me tell you my one
thing. I've learned
over my ears. Coaches are a different breed.
I mean, they're nuts. And I don't mean that in a bad way,
but they they live breed drink sleep coaching and they loved
it. So I could see a McVeigh.
You may be using it as leverage. But Sean, Payton,
the guy who's maybe done it for decades. Maybe they would get
way more enticed by this and walk away. But at the end of
the day, these guys just love the grind. They are nuts. They
love the grind, and that's why I love them.
Well, and I agree with you, but if there's an alternative to
the Grind, that pays as well or better. All of a sudden,
the grunt the grind, didn't quite as attractive, make
more money, doing something that you're still in the game
and you're still in a high-profile, but you're not
killing yourself, right? All year long. Hashtag, no days
off.