This coming from the National Football League, the ex-player deemed most rewarding from the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp later this month will get a regular gig with Sky Sports. That’s the dominant pay service in the UK and regularly airs NFL games across the Atlantic. We have more details in the press release below.
Top performer at Broadcast Boot Camp to serve as U.K. studio show analyst on 2011 regular-season Sunday
For the first time in the five years of the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp, the event directors will select a top performer to serve as a studio analyst for a 2011 NFL regular-season Sunday on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to a member of the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp,” said Sky Sports NFL producer Karl Baumann. “It is a chance for us to introduce a new analyst to our U.K. audience and to benefit from their insight and expertise. We have been lucky to work with some outstanding NFL broadcasters and experts over the years and we are excited to see who will be joining us later this season.”
Sky Sports is the premier NFL broadcaster in the U.K. and airs 1:00 PM ET and 4:15 PM ET games live every Sunday as well as all Thursday and Saturday night games and all postseason games including the Super Bowl. Based in London, Sky Sports has been televising NFL games for more than two decades. Among notable NFL guest analysts on Sky in recent years were Mike Holmgren, Jerry Rice and Lynn Swann. In addition, FOX Sports’ Troy Aikman and Daryl Johnston served as analysts on Sky’s coverage of NFL Europe games.
“This is an exciting opportunity for one of our former players to get real-world experience and apply the skills that he learns at the Broadcast Boot Camp,” said Troy Vincent, NFL vice president of player engagement.
The Broadcast Boot Camp, which runs from June 20-23 at NFL Films in Mt. Laurel, NJ, is directed by the NFL Player Engagement and NFL Broadcasting departments and covers a wide range of topics with instructors from each of the NFL’s broadcast partners – CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC, NFL Network, SiriusXM Radio, Westwood One Radio, plus local radio and TV.
Of the 90 players who took part in the Broadcast Boot Camp from 2007-2010, 36 have already earned broadcasting jobs as a result of their participation in the program. Following are the former NFL players enrolled in the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp:
Player Team Tony Banks BAL, DAL, HOU, STL, WAS Anthony Becht ARI, NYJ, TB LeCharles Bentley CLE, NO Rocky Boiman IND, KC, PIT, TEN Barrett Brooks DET, GB, NYG, PHI, PIT Rob Davis CHI, GB, KC, NYJ Nick Ferguson BUF, CHI, DEN, HOU, NYJ John Fina ARI, BUF Dustin Fox BUF, MIN, PHI Antonio Freeman GB, PHI Drew Henson DAL, DET Dan Klecko IND, NE, PHI Caleb Miller CIN Tony Stewart CIN, OAK, PHI Amani Toomer NYG Maurice Williams DEN, JAX
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