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Peter Schrager details NFL ‘cost-cutting’ forced him to pay his own way to Super Bowl

"I learned you can't rely on any of these employers. You can't rely on some executive doing you a solid. You got to do your own thing."

Being at Sports Illustrated — and the access that came with it — had its perks.

Kelce reportedly had offers on the table from every major network.

“There is only one Tom Brady out there."

"It's a huge body of work. There are times when it is five minutes. Great. There are plenty of times when it's not."

"It's different rules for Stephen A."

"I wanted to shoot myself after we were done. I said, I can't do four hours with this lunatic. There is no way."

"Al Michaels told me in the booth that ‘if you mentioned his name, you're going to get dead air. We don't get along with Al Davis.’"

"Start smoking, kid. Get your voice deeper."

"I can't imagine that he'll do the Super Bowl and make it a one and done."

The Worldwide Leader will not be on the hook for Smith's entire salary, even if he'll be the network's highest-paid star.

Kay will do a solo show from 1-3 p.m. ET.

"I was born AT NIGHT, not last night. I don’t talk about my contract negotiations. Never have. Never will."

"I start looking around at all my colleagues like, 'Did he just say that?'"

"I understand my role and I give them credit for giving me that role. And I think they needed it."

Jefferson could graduate to call the NBA Finals in 2025, but the NBA broadcasting musical chairs at ESPN and beyond is far from over.

"ESPN wanted Brees before he ended up on NBC."

"There's a level of preparedness that is missing or a level of realness that's missing."

"Peacock wasn't meant to have sports initially. We were trying to be what Netflix was or what Hulu was."

Prime Video wants European fans to see recognizable faces when they tune in to watch games on the streamer.

My initial response was, "No I don't want to do that. I'd rather do baseball."

"As you know, this is an exhausting business. That's why I'm 46 and look 66."

"The question I would say is, having watched all four weeks, are the instincts there?"

"They're likely not gonna make any moves until maybe the end of the calendar year."