He sucks* Archived Message Posted by IlliniRunner on May 10, 2022, 17:31:08, in reply to "I'm not a big Romo fan. I think he talks too much.*" Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/tom-brady-joining-fox-sports-lead-nfl-analyst.html Message Thread: | This response ↓ Tom Brady to be Fox Sports lead NFL analyst whenever he retires - illini81887 May 10, 2022, 9:35:15 Good for him. I was concerned how he was going to pay his mortgage after retirement - bbonb May 10, 2022, 17:35:32 I am shocked at that Rome number - snipes824 May 10, 2022, 17:27:23 Wow, agreed...I was a big fan WAY early on early 90s...but he's not even on in LA, NY, or Chicago - RSMBob May 10, 2022, 18:00:39 He’s still a thing?* - bjl63 May 10, 2022, 17:33:38 that was news to me too* - snipes824 May 10, 2022, 17:42:23 Rome has a following though agreed seems high - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 17:33:30 Strahan on my shit list for this: - JeffFrank May 10, 2022, 17:51:25 if you asked people who's on the Fox pregame crew, he'd be most people fourth name at best* - illini222 May 10, 2022, 17:45:51 My guess is some of that money is GMA money* - Mrap24 May 10, 2022, 17:57:21 I'm sure he does, but he's been so far off my radar for years now - snipes824 May 10, 2022, 17:41:47 His radio show is still broadcast nationwide and also on satellite radio - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 17:50:54 Will be interesting to see how he does compared to Romo who is the natural* - JeffFrank May 10, 2022, 15:44:13 I'm not a big Romo fan. I think he talks too much.* - Warrin'_Illini May 10, 2022, 16:56:22 He sucks* - IlliniRunner May 10, 2022, 17:31:08 I feel like he’s gotten away from what made him popular * - biclops May 10, 2022, 17:00:23 I bet he suffers some gruesome voice box injury during week 1* - timmer May 10, 2022, 13:38:03 He kind of has an Arod persona. Bland corporate guy who may or may not have - Warrin'_Illini May 10, 2022, 14:03:23 I don't have high hopes for him. - AintHatin May 10, 2022, 15:48:57 that time he wore Uggs and had a man bun* - Sounder May 10, 2022, 14:34:54 I wish there were clips of LT when he broadcasted for TNT - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 14:10:00 I was wondering, do they make you audition before they offer you that kind of money?* - Sounder May 10, 2022, 14:36:09 I remember how bad Emmitt was. I still don't have a great read on what Brady wants to - Warrin'_Illini May 10, 2022, 14:21:06 Was Emmitt as bad calling football as Isaiah Thomas was calling basketball? - IlliniSax05 May 10, 2022, 16:15:17 Who was in line to be "lead analyst" before, Greg Olsen?? Oh well. - osklister May 10, 2022, 13:18:40 he must really hate his family* - biclops May 10, 2022, 12:20:33 I suspect the feeling is mutual* - IlliniRunner May 10, 2022, 13:52:58 Still bummed that Jay decided to play that year with the Fina rather than to - Dikta May 10, 2022, 12:00:34 10 year $375 million deal* - Mrap24 May 10, 2022, 11:50:17 Is that more than he made to play? * - meanjeans May 10, 2022, 14:19:49 In his 22 year career he’s made a total of $302 million - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 14:31:23 What in the world….that is absolute insanity and is completely wasted money. - OB25 May 10, 2022, 12:40:04 Everyone keeps saying this yet the networks keep firing off monster bags. - baconface May 10, 2022, 13:38:29 My only guess is that it’s more about getting them tied in with your network. - OB25 May 10, 2022, 14:05:36 Hmmm...they certainly have data around ratings with regard to broadcast teams and a host - baconface May 10, 2022, 14:40:28 seems like somebody somewhere thinks these guys add more value than they're getting - Sammich May 10, 2022, 13:41:25 Yeah and Brady is purely speculative - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 13:50:21 I look forward to the news in 5 years of them having to cut behind the scenes people to reduce costs - IlliniSax05 May 10, 2022, 12:17:13 I simply do not understand these contracts for color analysts. - Carl Spackler May 10, 2022, 12:08:52 I watch the Manningcast solely for the Mannings but other than that agreed - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 12:11:52 I think its more wanting your game/telecast to feel "big" and "important" - bigbop85 May 10, 2022, 12:33:39 Brady isn't going to ESPN - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 12:44:00 ESPN reference was Aikman and cash they paid for him - bigbop85 May 10, 2022, 13:29:37 Nobody is going to tune into games because Brady is calling them - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 13:39:57 WTF* - HamptonSki May 10, 2022, 12:08:49 That legit infuriates me. * - illini May 10, 2022, 12:05:21 Why? It's a lot but nothing to get upset over* - bjl63 May 10, 2022, 13:24:07 Same* - snipes824 May 10, 2022, 12:09:13 I mean think about this - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 11:57:57 We speculated on this a couple months ago - CanHartlebHireSnider May 10, 2022, 11:54:11 you got that right, tiny elvis* - VIV May 10, 2022, 12:11:16 Ha * - illiniranger May 10, 2022, 12:12:56 Double what Troy just got for MNF* - Mrap24 May 10, 2022, 11:56:09   Searching