New York (CNN Business) – Once he retires, the best quarterback in NFL history will want to become the greatest announcer in NFL history.
Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has signed a deal with Fox Sports, the network said Tuesday.
"Tom will not only call our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt over the course of this long-term agreement, but he will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives," Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corporation's CEO, said on the company's post-earnings call Tuesday morning.
Brady's announcement comes as many longstanding NFL announcers have switched networks in recent months.Joe Buck and Troy Aikman left Fox to headline ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcasts, the network announced in March.Later that month, Amazon announced that, beginning next season, Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit will be the play-by-play commentators for Prime Video's exclusive coverage of "Thursday Night Football." To take on the new role, Michaels will leave his position as host of "Sunday Night Football."
Fox Sports scored a major coup by landing Brady. In both athletics and contemporary culture, the quarterback is a household name. His name alone is likely to attract some new visitors.
Of course, it's unclear when Brady will join Fox Sports. The quarterback said in March that he would return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season after taking a temporary hiatus this summer.
Brady, who will turn 45 in August, has been in the NFL for 22 years.
Brady tweeted Tuesday, "I'm excited, but there's a lot of unfinished business on the field with the @Buccaneers."
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