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Tim Brando, the legendary college football and basketball broadcaster, weighed in on NBC’s reported decision to remove Al Michaels from NFL playoff coverage this season and called the decision “scary for guys like me.” Brando appeared on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” Tuesday.
The FOX Sports announcer lamented the trend of broadcasting companies looking to produce games on the cheap because of astronomical rights fees to even air sporting events. “So, the announcers matter, yeah, but do we matter as much? That becomes, I think, a question,” Brando explained to Dakich. He compared the move to universities changing athletic directors and TV shows changing executive producers, saying when that happens you have to keep your “head on a swivel.”
Michaels, 79, moved to Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” coverage in 2022 alongside Kirk Herbstreit. He was assigned last season’s Los Angeles Chargers-Jacksonville Jaguars AFC wild-card playoff game. The Jaguars made a dramatic second-half comeback to win, and Michaels and analyst Tony Dungy were criticized by fans for a lack of enthusiasm. Michaels has gotten the same criticism this season with Thursday night’s schedule not featuring many intriguing matchups.