BRYANT GUMBEL OUT AS NFL NETWORK PLAY-BY-PLAY GUY
It’s official. Bryant Gumbel will no longer be the play-by-play announcer for the NFL Network.
The NFL Network officially announced it is looking for a new broadcaster and Gumbel made the following statement,
“I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to call NFL Network games the past two years, which was a new experience for me,” Gumbel said in a statement. “But we’ve agreed that we’d all be better served going in different directions.”
The NFL Network has been a financial and ratings failure for the league and Gumbel was the network’s most high profile and criticized announcer. Not only was Gumbel TERRIBLE on his play-by-play announcing but he was also critical of the NFL on his HBO show Real Sports.
In the end it was a combination he couldn’t overcome.
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