The longer Peyton Manning plays hard to get, the more ESPN and Fox Sports are willing to pay him, sources tell Sporting News. Both networks are so hungry for Manning to call their respective "Monday Night Football" and "Thursday Night Football" games that they're willing to pay him up to $10 million annually.
That's virtually unheard of for an NFL color analyst. ESPN's former Monday Night Football analyst, Jon Gruden, was the network's highest-paid employee at $6.5 million year as of 2015, according to author Jim Miller. But these are not normal times for ESPN, Fox or the NFL.
more...
That's virtually unheard of for an NFL color analyst. ESPN's former Monday Night Football analyst, Jon Gruden, was the network's highest-paid employee at $6.5 million year as of 2015, according to author Jim Miller. But these are not normal times for ESPN, Fox or the NFL.
more...