It makes sense. The Worldwide Leader’s current team of Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland leaves a lot to be desired, and with Tony Romo recentlycontract with CBS, hiring Michaels could help ESPN get Peyton Manning in its booth to compete.
It wouldn’t be the first trade Michaels would be apart of between the two networks. Hilariously, when NBC traded for him from ABC back in 2006, a cartoon character was part of the deal’s contingencies.wanted in exchange for the legendary play-callerThe first thing I did was call Disney CEO Bob Iger to give him the news. A couple of days later, Iger called me back.
“George,” he said, “I’d be willing to let Al Michaels go if you can get us the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBC.”“Well, it goes back to the very beginning of Walt Disney’s career,” Iger explained. “Oswald is a revered figure at Disney, and I’d like to get him back.” … It turns out that Oswald was a precursor to Mickey Mouse, designed personally by Walt Disney for Universal Pictures back in the 1920s — and Bob Iger knew it was important to the Disney family. Within a week, Ebersol had run the traps at NBC’s sister company, Universal, received approval, and the deal was worked out.was bargained for with a black and white rabbit that looks like Mickey Mouse.
If ESPN can’t lure back Michaels, perhaps they should animate the cartoon to call Monday Night Football games
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