Terry Bradshaw sees how much Fox is paying Tom Brady to be their lead NFL analyst and wants to know where his raise is.
Bradshaw was featured on the latest episode of the To The Point – Home Services Podcast, which describes itself as helping HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Roofing, and other home improvement companies to grow through learning marketing and operational solutions. So, naturally, the former four-time Super Bowl champion and longtime Fox NFL Sunday analyst sat in front of a live audience for an hour-long interview with the home services podcast.
Bradshaw did more than offer plumbing advice on the podcast; he also discussed this year’s Super Bowl on Fox, which set an all-time viewership record despite the Philadelphia Eagles’ blowout victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Did you see the numbers they did?” Bradshaw asked the audience. “The largest Super Bowl in history. 126 million people. There’s 330 million people in America. That is a ton. The Fox pregame show averaged 28 million for five hours. Who in the world is gonna sit around and watch that mess for five hours? 28 million.
“You know how much money they made? God. More money than plumbers, I can assure you that. 28 million. And I guarantee you, if I go in there and ask for a raise, ‘Well, we don’t have any…we’re running a little tight.’ Well, you just paid Tom Brady $37 million a year. I’ll take it. I did some bad deals, that’s what it was.”
If Bradshaw is looking for a raise, he has a pretty good case to make for himself. Fox NFL Sunday has been the most-watched NFL pregame show for 31 years, and Bradshaw has been featured throughout the entire run. You can also make the argument that more people tune to the pregame show for Bradshaw’s antics than tune to America’s Game of the Week specifically for Brady’s analysis.
That’s not to say Bradshaw is more valuable than Brady, because nothing is more valuable to Fox than its NFL games. But after more than three decades as one of the most must-see studio analysts on sports TV, Bradshaw wouldn’t be wrong for wanting to lessen the salary gap between him and Brady. Although complaining about not making enough millions to a room full of plumbers probably won’t get it done.
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Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com