During a recent podcast appearance, Gumbel was asked about broadcasters such as Joe Buck and Al Michaels getting gobs of money to call games, considering he was the top-team, play-by-play guy for C…
, considering he was the top-team, play-by-play guy for CBS 20 years ago.
“So I think that doesn’t apply to me. What does tickle my thought process is, I’ve never felt in my entire life there is an announcer who can bring someone to the TV set to watch a game that that viewer wasn’t already going to watch. And I believe the only thing a broadcaster can do is chase people away.”“I know this for a fact because — I won’t name them — but there are three or four announcers, ‘Oh, I’m really interested in watching, oops, nope, click, gone.’ I truly believe that.
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