(From Sports Business Daily)
DICK EBERSOL said ABC's AL MICHAELS has "a very, very tough choice" to make between NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL package and "an incredible monetary offer from his long-time bosses at DISNEY, which I'm sure is a combination of doing THE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL package and continuing his role on the NBA."
Ebersol -- "It's a lot of money and not a number I can get even remotely close to."
ESPN Executive Vice President/Programming and Production MARK SHAPIRO -- "The NBA and NFL deals are not linked so to insinuate that Al would be making a decision based solely on the combined compensation of NBA and NFL duties is inaccurate."
In NEW YORK, ANDREW MARCHAND writes Ebersol "made it pretty clear yesterday" that if Michaels chooses ESPN, "TOM HAMMOND would be his next play-by-play choice."
In ST. LOUIS, DAN CAESAR reports one estimate of DISNEY's offer to Michaels "is as high as" $12 MILLION per year.
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