"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."
"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."
"Sports and music both exist to bring people together, not divide them. The halftime show has never been designed to please everyone — it’s meant to create a shared cultural moment"
"The 7.9 million figure also represented a significant jump compared to recent overseas broadcasts. Viewership was up 68 percent against NFL Network’s 2024 International Games average"
"Through Week 4, covering five games, Sunday Night Football is averaging 25.5 million viewers across platforms, marking the most-watched four-week start in the 20-year history of the broadcast"
"We just… took the best, highest dollar amount we could and pieced it all together and came up with the deal that we have. But long term, I’ve always had reservations about where we go with it"
"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."