Another NFL Network expertise is getting the inexperienced gentle for a long term keep at ESPN.
Longtime NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo is reportedly “closing in” on a brand new contract with ESPN, which acquired NFL Media earlier this yr, according to Ryan Glasspiegel in Front Office Sports. ESPN is reportedly making retention selections for NFL Network expertise as their outdated contracts come up for renewal. Front Office Sports beforehand reported that ESPN is bracing for layoffs in brief order, and a few of these layoffs could possibly be the results of “cost efficiencies” related to combining the NFL Network operation with ESPN.
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Garafolo would be a part of colleague Ian Rapoport because the second particular person on NFL Network’s night present The Insiders to obtain a brand new contract from ESPN, leaving Tom Pelissero as the one member of the present awaiting a possible renewal.
No doubt, the NFL Network acquisition added loads of expertise to an already deep bench of NFL reporters at ESPN. In addition to the Insiders trio, NFL Network employs reporters like Jane Slater, Cameron Wolfe, and Sherree Burruss. ESPN, in fact, has its personal cohort of reporters together with the likes of Jeff Darlington and Jeremy Fowler.
Given the aforementioned “efficiencies” ESPN is planning with regard to NFL Network, it wouldn’t be a shock to see a minimum of some on-air expertise not attain a renewal with the Worldwide Leader. The community already opted not to renew Will Blackmon, a fill-in host on NFL Network’s flagship morning present Good Morning Football, as an example.
Garafolo’s deal has but to be finalized, per Front Office Sports. However, it seems as if the NFL Network insider is destined to proceed underneath his community’s new proprietor.
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