Greg Olsen and Tom Brady (via Sports Business Journal/IMAGO)
The post-career avenues for NFL players in media and broadcasting today are plenty. It has become customary for athletes of nearly every major sport to get into the role of sports analysis after retirement, however, while all of them fare well, very few of them are able to do it as well as they played the game. While speaking about the best broadcasters in football, it would not be complete without bringing up Greg Olsen’s name.
The former tight end for the Carolina Panthers quickly became an entertaining presence on game days and FOX Sports made him the face of their broadcasting campaign while paying him $10 million a year. However, that was until Tom Brady signed his 10-year deal worth $375 million with FOX to become a broadcaster after he retires. As Brady prepares to begin his foray into broadcasting this season, Greg Olsen has a few tips to give him.
Speaking on the Sports Seriously podcast, Olsen shared his advice to Brady.
The former tight end believes Tom Brady will figure it out on his own as he gets more experience doing it, in this industry, everyone has a unique style of broadcasting and they need to find what suits them the best.
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He further emphasized that broadcasting is hard contrary to popular belief. The analysts are required to sit for three hours in the booth and they need to be alert throughout. At any given point, a lot is going on in the field, it is up to the broadcaster to find a way to convey key points such as the defensive strategy adopted by the team, the ideal counter-offense formations and plays that should be run to get around them.
Considering Brady’s football IQ and knowledge of offensive and defensive schemes, he will not have any issues with respect to dissecting the plays for the fans.