FOX commentator Greg Olsen is set to receive a heavy demotion this year.
Olsen is the top color football commentator at FOX right now but that could change once Brady begins working for the company, with the former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback signing a 10-year deal with the network before he retired.
However, Olsen confirmed to The Charlotte Observer’s Alex Zietlow that he’s still with FOX and could work games as part of a different team during the 2024 season.
“We’re still working through all of that,” Olsen said. “Right now, I’m still under contract with FOX. So obviously that’s still on the table to go back and call games with FOX, albeit on a different crew, assuming that Tom, obviously, is going to come. We’ll sort that out through the rest of the offseason in the spring.”
He made it clear that his desire to work the most meaningful NFL games “is never going to change.”
“I want to get back to calling Super Bowls and NFC championship games and the premier matchups of every week like I have done the last two years,” Olsen said. “And we’ll see what opportunities arise to try to make that a reality.”
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Greg Olsen reportedly makes $10 million a year as Fox’s lead commentator, a figure that will drop to $3 million this year. Losing the money is not all that bad as Olsen made north of $70 million in NFL career earnings across his 14-year tenure in the league, per Spotrac.
Furthermore, there’s no guarantee the three-time Pro Bowl selection will ever be demoted to FOX’s No. 2 team.
He does have a clause in his contract that allows him to break free from FOX if he can find a No. 1 job elsewhere.
Brady’s deal with FOX is worth $375 million over 10 years.
