"With a potential $60 million-$65 million annual extension reportedly waiting in the wings, ESPN is clearly wanting to make a significant investment in his future. Whether you love McAfee, tolerate him or cannot stand him, there is little denying his ability to generate attention."
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
"Through seven weeks, TNF is averaging 15.29 million viewers, maintaining its best season since moving to Prime Video and the highest average for the franchise on any network since 2015"
"If we don’t reach a fair deal soon, YouTube TV customers will lose access to ESPN and ABC, and all our marquee programming — including the NFL, college football, NBA and NHL seasons — and so much more"
"The game will be available in more than 240 countries and territories, with no subscription or Prime membership required, signaling a major expansion of the NFL’s international footprint"
"The football-fueled surge pushed broadcast to a 22.3% share of total television viewing, allowing it to edge past cable on an unrounded basis for the first time"
"NFL, college football, the Masters, and March Madness all cost networks tens of billions collectively. Without them, broadcast TV’s ratings would plummet, and advertisers would flee"
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
"I was only going to use it to mess with people. I did not plan on it being big at all. But it lends to what I do, which is find stuff. And because it’s sports, it makes it that much better for me."