"SRN has notified the WHCA that our network will refuse to join this incredibly juvenile stunt, which is actually more like a RICO violation by mobsters than actions of legitimate American media."
Sports accounted for the largest share of top genres, with seven advertisers spending the most in the category. Five advertisers made comedy their largest category, while news accounted for the remaining three.
"What the league would love is for Snyder to sell the team," Michaels said. "Not have it go to a vote, but sell the team. He's just become a major problem around the league, obviously."
"Are they going to discuss this? And that will be done in consultation with the NFL, and I can bet you dollars to donuts this story does not come up on the broadcast tonight."
"(Mike) Tirico doesn't do the opening monologue. So what am I going to do?" Collinsworth asked. "I could lean out, but it'd be stupid. I don't know what you do. Do you just do it for effect"
New things are scary. But if you're watching literally all your television through a streaming platform, the amount of consternation I saw last week was embarrassing.
Al Michaels recognizes he is stepping into a big unknown with his role as the play-by-play announcer of a strictly streaming NFL package.
Michaels, speaking...
"SRN has notified the WHCA that our network will refuse to join this incredibly juvenile stunt, which is actually more like a RICO violation by mobsters than actions of legitimate American media."
Sports accounted for the largest share of top genres, with seven advertisers spending the most in the category. Five advertisers made comedy their largest category, while news accounted for the remaining three.