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- Tom Brady’s contract with Fox Sports has been revealed and it is a 10 year deal.
- It is the largest contract in sportscasting history that will pay him a record breaking $375 million.
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It was revealed early on Tuesday that Tom Brady has signed a new deal with Fox Sports to begin a new career in broadcasting when he finally, officially decides to retire from playing football.
The announcement was made by Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch on an investor call in which Murdoch stated that Brady will become a lead NFL analyst for the network and call games alongside Kevin Burkhardt after he retires.
Brady and Burkhardt will eventually become the replacements for Troy Aikman and Joe Buck who departed Fox for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
Many speculated what kind of salary Tom Brady would command as a broadcaster. Aikman’s new deal with ESPN will pay him $18 million per year, matching Tony Romo’s deal at CBS, while Buck’s new ESPN deal is worth $15.5 million a year.
One early report figured Tom Brady’s deal with Fox could be worth at least twice what Aikman and Romo are being paid.
Tom Brady’s contract at Fox is more than twice what Troy Aikman and Tony Romo are making
That guesstimate turned out to rather prescient as Andrew Marchand of the New York Post has now revealed that TB12 will getting paid $37.5 million per year on a 10 year contract with Fox.
So, when Tom Brady, who will be 45 years old this fall, does decide to officially retire the rapidly changing landscape of NFL broadcasting teams will finally be complete.
When that day arrives, Fox will feature Brady and Burkhardt on the call, Amazon will have Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit, over on CBS will be standbys Jim Nantz and Tony Romo, at ESPN we’ll hear Aikman and Buck, while NBC will go with Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth as their top tandem.
https://twitter.com/Philly_Phan515/status/1524072610325221376The world is so out of whack.
— lefty44709 (@lefty44709) May 10, 2022
Does anyone choose what game they watch based on who the broadcaster is? Because it literally makes no difference to me. How is Brady or any broadcaster worth that?
— Collin in Washington Township (@CollinGLeo) May 10, 2022
Imagine the good $375 million could do for school systems, underprivileged families, roads or healthcare. Instead, someone who has more money than could be spent in 100 lifetimes gets it to do a completely replaceable job. Our society lost the plot a long time ago.
— The Moon's Sun (@twistedvision92) May 10, 2022
So how long now before Aaron Rodgers gets his own post-playing days analyst contract for 10 years, $376 million?
— Jason Whitacre (@jwhit01) May 10, 2022
@ColinCowherd realizing he can call Brady a coworker and probably get him on his show a few times pic.twitter.com/b3Wb9HQK8j
— 4th and Short (@fourthandshort1) May 10, 2022