Awful Announcing
"The changes Nielsen wants to force into NFL currency next week are greatly favoring a single NFL publisher (Amazon) with single-digit share of live sports programming, through an opaque process that essentially builds a walled garden with favorable fundamentals for Amazon in the NFL, in one of the most competitive, highly valued properties in US marketing."
"We believe that our principled, transparent and open approach to integrating first-party data requires all publishers to play by the same rules and will accelerate the industry’s move toward a streaming-first world."
"Reckless, wrongheaded, and a slap in the face to the largest Nielsen clients and NFL partners."
"If eight people rip you on social media, I’m going, ‘Huh?’ Now anybody sitting in a basement has a platform."
"There’s no ****ing chance that anyone with half a brain cell is against Thursday night games"
"We look at our sports portfolio and try to balance it overall. And in doing so, I think it’s highly unlikely that we would bid on the NBA."
"We had to ramp up from nothing. No infrastructure. No equipment. No personnel. And had to do it within a year."
This proposal could let Sunday afternoon games move to Thursday nights in weeks 14-17, and could also mean teams could play on Thursdays after Sunday games up to twice a season (above the current limit of once).
"As families look to spend time together over the holiday weekend, we are excited to provide an opportunity for everyone to enjoy this new day of NFL action."
"Do you want me to sell you a 20-year-old Mazda? That’s what you’re asking me to do."
"Amazon was maybe the highest priority from a media standpoint for us — making sure that launched properly. Knowing that Freddie was in the seat…that part of the launch was not a concern of mine."
The new voice of Thursday Night Football wasn't enamored with some games on the schedule.
"I think it’s a mindset of staying, like I said, positive, and grateful, and work as hard as you can. But it’s been much more than I anticipated, and I’ve got four more years of it, so there’s no backing out now."
"We never walked away. We just worked through some things with him and we’re excited. We can’t wait for him to join."
Michael Smith's appearance during the post-game show helped Amazon save face.
"If $230 million guarenteed doesn't motivate you to do the things you need to do, I give up."
"I like when things go off the rails. As a viewer, I like watching uncomfortable situations that can be made comfortable by the people that are on the desk, or whoever's hosting the show."
"I want to be the best booth in television. NBA, MLB, college — I want to be the best."
“I don’t think there’s any company more prepared than we are to handle that type of scale and that type of challenge.”
"We didn’t take the game to its conclusion because we said, ‘Hey, this is gonna work.’"
It's brown and has the NFL logo but this isn't a regular NFL football.
TNF finally has a rules analyst.
Smith will contribute to pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage.
Rooks will do feature pieces as well as sit-down interviews with players and coaches for TNF. She'll also continue her work with Turner Sports and Bleacher Report.
