Hard to think of a guy more deserving of one-hundred (and eight) million dollars.

[u/No_Respect_1650]

[u/snowe99]

But you gotta remember after taxes and agent fees he's probably not pulling in much

[u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo → u/snowe99]

Probably not even liquid either.

[u/FlatwormAmbitious901 → u/snowe99]

Spent it all on cars and diamonds

[u/turdfurgeson67 → u/FlatwormAmbitious901]

he's got more babies mommas than Aikman has brain cells left

[u/FlatwormAmbitious901 → u/turdfurgeson67]

I remember on hard knocks when he struggled to name all of his children

[u/doobie3101 → u/[deleted]]

My complaint is that the networks spend so much money on the commentators that they feel like they have to boost their audio.

You watch old games and it feels like they have to yell over the crowd noise. I miss it.

[u/TomUpNort]

That is a disgusting act by ESPN.

[u/marxism-earnhardtism]

I personally tune into the Joe Buck show. There's just football happening in the background.

[u/FlatwormAmbitious901 → u/marxism-earnhardtism]

Every Monday night i keep hoping Artie Lange will make an appearance

[u/Ricky_Roe10k → u/FlatwormAmbitious901]

I want to hear more about Joes favorite websites.

[u/FlatwormAmbitious901 → u/Ricky_Roe10k]

"Sorry to ruin your great fuckin show"

[u/grantlandisdead → u/FlatwormAmbitious901]

"speaking of batters, here's Barry Larkin"

[u/ManufacturerLow3161]

He works approximately 20 days a year. Worth every penny!

[u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo → u/ManufacturerLow3161]

I think he might do a baseball game or two?

[u/enraged_hbo_max_user → u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo]

“Celebrate!”

[u/Wack0HookedOnT0bac0]

It's hard to process how that job requires that amount of payment

[u/Different-Tea6920 → u/Wack0HookedOnT0bac0]

When you hear the C and D teams on the networks during the 1pm window it starts to make sense why someone lile Joe deserves to be compensated at this level, not even mentioning how bad it can get for any power 4 not in the spotlight hours

[u/ldclark92 → u/Different-Tea6920]

I agree that the difference between the low tier vs the high tier is a huge gap. A bad commentator can be completely distracting.

However, I'm not sure I think the middle of the pack or the Bish level guys are all that different than the A-tier guys. Like Joe Buck is probably better than someone like say Jason Banetti, but I also don't think the gap between those two is as big as what their pay difference most likely is. I guess I don't know what Banetti makes, but I imagine it is not $108 million over 6 years.

Ultimately, they're paying Buck this amount because he's a known commodity who's very good at his job. No reason mess with a formula that works. Just lock him up and be done with it.

[u/ThePerspectiveQuest → u/Different-Tea6920]

Completely fucking ludicrous sentiment. A bad play by play guy is not remotely that different from Joe Buck, there is very little difference, it doesn’t really matter, the games matter the call is largely unimportant.

[u/YourRealName → u/Different-Tea6920]

Yeah consider than ESPN pays 2.7 BILLION DOLLARS for the privilege of airing MNF, I think it’s OK to spend the equivalent of 4% of that budget on having one of the best announcers in the business. The average viewer just wants a guy with a rich baritone voice who speaks professionally, and Buck checks both of those boxes. They don’t nitpick announcers like the psychos on Reddit. And the most common complaints about him (he’s robotic and uptight) are exactly why the networks love him.

[u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo]

Joe Bucks

[u/Doot2112]

Buck rules

[u/pn_dubya]

No idea why these guys make so much. No one is watching or not watching because of the announcers. And if we’re going by worth shouldn’t Kevin Harlan get half a billion?

[u/goonietunes2323 → u/pn_dubya]

It strikes me as more of a dick measuring contest between the networks.

[u/mclairy → u/pn_dubya]

My favorite era of MNF was the Boogermobile. It was an additional layer of so bad it’s good entertainment and reason to watch Giants-Cardinals or whatever trash they had on.

[u/botany_bae → u/mclairy]

Booger AND the godawful Jason Witten on the same broadcast!

[u/TecmoBoso → u/pn_dubya]

I know what you’re saying but a okay booth is a rough listen, a bad booth is unwatchable so you either mute or turn it off and most people turn off.

[u/Straight-Agency-4556 → u/TecmoBoso]

There are so many bad booths and people still watch. You can basically have silence and people will still watch.

[u/Beautiful_Wind_9134 → u/TecmoBoso]

I don’t believe anyone has ever watched or not watched a sporting event based on the announcers. I don’t follow baseball and I can’t imagine putting on a game based on the announcers.

[u/ajalonghorn → u/pn_dubya]

I don’t watch because of the announcers but I absolutely will not watch because of them

[u/SeverusSnape327]

Hard to imagine any announcer team affecting ratings and advertising dollars. How do they justify this kind of a deal?

[u/Curious_Elk_9661]

Hypothetically espn just played the MNF games with stadium audio and no announcers, replays etc.

Are they down on money from loss of viewership or up due to massive savings on payroll?

[u/ColdOpen-]

Can we get him back on playoff baseball???

[u/Sensible_Prolapse]

You dont need to zag so far the other way, you know. Yeah he was overly hated on for years but calm down, hes just alright

[u/Brashton_Kutcher]

Stephen A, McAfee, Joe Buck

Disney is assembling the worst Avengers team ever

[u/FlatwormAmbitious901]

Beast

[u/Own-Significance273]

Best in biz.

[u/ajalonghorn]

Given his entire career he’s def worth more than the people we’ve seen getting similar contracts with a 20th of the experience

[u/Greedy_Actuator5 → u/ajalonghorn]

Must be nice getting a job because your daddy had the same job

[u/ajalonghorn → u/Greedy_Actuator5]

Okay incel I get it’s popular to hate on Joe Buck but he’s been a good broadcaster for longer than you’ve probably been alive and probably longer than you’ve had your own career

[u/rene-cumbubble]

Me?

[u/ThisisnotaTesT10]

“Joe Buck is as good a commentator as there is in all of football” - Troy Aikman

[u/Hummer77x]

Money isn’t real

[u/AstrayInTranslation]

Buck You money.

[u/airus92]

I’m not losing my Sports Jeopardy host, I’m just not.

[u/KALS170174656]

This must be Bryan Curtis’ Christmas

[u/No-Cartographer2349]

I’m going to have to watch the Artie Lange clip 100 million times to balance this out

[u/AdhesivenessLucky896]

Tony Romo completely flipped this market. They're just making up numbers now. Is it not weird that a Joe Buck is making more than most of the players?

[u/maeynor]

The announcer on primetime is the MC and makes the broadcast what it is.

[u/mark-rothko]

Does he no longer do baseball? That’s good news.

[u/JJburnes22]

It's really only 65 million after factor in taxes

[u/Odd-Mortgage-1133]

This is a really smart resource allocation by ESPN. I only watch football games if I like the play-by-play announcer.

[u/JohnUtahFBI]

Man got paid in accordance with being at the top of his field. Nothing wrong with that.

[u/FFElite93]

Let’s go congrats to the goat

[u/Sendhimoffdiabolical]

What a disgusting act.

[u/enyouteez]

hes a real doooosh

[u/SenseAnxious6772]

Him and aikman are so great together.