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Highest-paid NFL broadcasters by AAV
#2 (tied) - Tony Romo - $18 million
Tony Romo gets credit for being the one who reset the market and created a new standard for what broadcasters are worth. He landed a massive contract with CBS worth $180 million over ten years, making him the highest-paid broadcaster of all time when he signed the deal.
Romo signed his contract during the 2020 NFL season. Since then, most of the major broadcasters around the sport have received significant raises from their previous contracts.
#2 (tied) - Troy Aikman - $18 million
Troy Aikman was featured at the center of a bidding war during the 2022 NFL offseason. His contract with FOX expired, making him a free agent in the broadcasting world. FOX and Amazon both made serious attempts to sign Aikman to a new contract, but he ultimately went with ESPN to take over the weekly edition of Monday Night Football.
ESPN gave Troy Aikman the same AAV that CBS gave Tony Romo, making the two of them tied for being the highest-paid broadcasters that are currently active and calling games. They won't retain that title forever, as the current player at the top of this list has a record-breaking contract to call games when he retires from playing, worth more than the two of them combined.
#1 - Tom Brady - $37.5 million
Tom Brady has made a living out of destroying every NFL record that can be held by a quarterback. He will continue his record-breaking ways after he leaves the football field to a mind-blowing broadcaster contract from FOX worth $375 million over ten years.
The massive deal is worth more than double any other broadcaster's current contract is worth right now. Tom Brady has never held a job as a broadcaster for any major network in his entire life, but is already a legend on his contract alone. It seems he's already locked in his retirement plans, whenever that may be.
