What has been widely speculated for weeks became official on Wednesday morning. Drew Brees is out of the booth for Notre Dame games on NBC. Pete Bevacqua, NBC Sports chairman, confirmed what the NY Post initially reported in May.
“The unbelievable busyness of an NFL career and then really not taking a break at all and launching right in with us with both Notre Dame football and the NFL, it was certainly an around-the-clock assignment,” Bevacqua said. “This was definitely a lifestyle choice for him, which is totally understandable.”
Pete Bevacqua, NBC Sports chairman – Associated Press
Brees was with NBC for just one season after completing a 20-year NFL career that will undoubtedly earn him a spot in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.