"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
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...
"The broadcasting legend was told that FOX was going to pursue him, but says that information did not come from anyone officially connected to FOX and that the network never reached out."
A three-year deal has been struck between Nielsen and the world's largest retailer to include viewership totals for the streaming service as a traditional television report.
Amazon, the largest retailer in the world, is expected to pay in the neighborhood of $100 million for this single game on Black Friday, one of the largest retail days on the calendar.
"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Once you can rock the mic in a state where you can hardly pronounce any of the towns, but you still connect with the people, you feel like you can make it anywhere, especially where you’re from."