Legendary broadcaster Al Michaels will leave NBC Sports for Amazon to be the lead commentator for the entity’s new ‘Thursday Night Football’ package, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Michaels will be joined in the booth by longtime college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit, who previously agreed to join Amazon in addition to his role with ESPN.
Sources told Marchand that Al Michaels will be paid in the “Joe Buck” neighborhood to join Amazon. Buck recently left Fox for ESPN to become the lead commentator for ‘Monday Night Football.’ Buck’s deal with ESPN is for five years and $75 million.