Legendary play-by-play broadcaster Al Michaels confirmed that he plans to proceed calling “Thursday Night time Soccer” video games for Prime Video by the 2024 NFL season.
“I really feel good,” Michaels advised Mike Freeman of USA Right now. “I really feel wholesome. I really feel high quality. I advised Amazon that I would do three years and subsequent yr might be three, and I am undoubtedly doing it. We’ll see after that.”
Andrew Marchand of the New York Publish famous again in November that Michaels had one season remaining on his Amazon contract that pays the 79-year-old “an estimated $500k to $1M per recreation.” That was earlier than Marchand reported that NBC had eliminated Michaels from its upcoming playoff protection.
Each Michaels and former NFL head coach Tony Dungy have been ripped by followers and media analysts for allegedly missing enthusiasm whereas calling final January’s wild-card playoff recreation between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars that included the Jaguars erasing a 27-0 deficit. Such criticisms of Michaels’ work have continued all through the continued marketing campaign.
Michaels declined to remark about being pulled from NBC’s playoff broadcasts.
“I nonetheless love this job,” Michaels advised Freeman. “I nonetheless get a cost out of going right into a stadium and watching the perfect on the earth do what they do. I am nonetheless actually glad in order that’s the massive factor.”
In line with Marchand, Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle will deal with postseason play-by-play duties for NBC as a substitute of Michaels. In the meantime, Michaels went viral through the broadcast of Thursday’s prime-time recreation between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns when he humorously referenced the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal upon listening to what he referred to as “pounding on that trash can.”
Michaels confirmed in that second he nonetheless has his fastball.
“Amazon has been actually nice to me and I am appreciative that I have been part of serving to them develop their NFL presence,” Michaels added throughout his chat with Freeman.