Wedge
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NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you! (EDIT: Well, ok, just a little bit.)
Well, at least not on Thursday night NFL games.
Hey, NBC ... everyone knows the N Frikkin' L will jerk everyone around every chance they get, just because they can, so maybe you should have cleared this idea with the NFL before you hired Tirico?
http://deadspin.com/report-nfl-banned-mi...1785540189
Quote:Mike Tirico served as the voice of Monday Night Football for a decade, and when he announced his departure from ESPN to join NBC, it was widely reported that he’d be serving in the play-by-play role for that network’s new Thursday night NFL package. But that’s not going to happen, because the NFL said no.
Quote:“We like the idea of having the same booth announcers from Sunday night and Sunday afternoon to carry over to Thursday,” Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s VP/Communications, said. “We’re hoping for that same magic ‘Sunday Night Football’ has with Al and Cris to carry over to Thursday night.”
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2016 04:39 PM by Wedge.)
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you!
Is it just me or is it odd that the NFL has sway over who the networks use for broadcasts? I would have thought Joe Buck would have been removed long ago.
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you!
I fail to see it as a bad thing not having Tirico...
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Wedge
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you! (EDIT: Well, ok, just a little bit.)
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11-16-2016 04:42 PM |
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you! (EDIT: Well, ok, just a little bit.)
sounds like there was a bit of horse trading there.. NFL wanted New England/NY Jets off on Sunday night- something NBC really didn't want. So they relented on this.
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lew240z
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you! (EDIT: Well, ok, just a little bit.)
Collinsworth is terrible. Will someone please stuff a sock in his mouth?
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11-18-2016 01:55 AM |
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Wedge
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RE: NFL tells NBC: No Tirico for you! (EDIT: Well, ok, just a little bit.)
(11-18-2016 01:55 AM)lew240z Wrote: Collinsworth is terrible. Will someone please stuff a sock in his mouth?
Be careful what you ask for. Tirico's sidekick for his last two NFL games this year will be Doug Flutie.
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