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Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN insiders, reportedly agree to lucrative contract extensions
By Keith Farner
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Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski are at the forefont of many of the news stories that come out of the NFL and NBA, respectively, and the ESPN insiders enjoy lucrative contracts because of it.
Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that Schefter and Wojnarowski each will receive contracts that span 5 years and the ESPN outlay is for a total of more than $80 million with a chance for each of them to make more, The Post reported.
Schefter will make around $9 million per year, while Wojnarowski will earn in the $7 million range per year from ESPN, according to Marchand’s sources. The discrepancy between the two is by virtue of Schefter’s longer run at ESPN, a higher salary going into negotiations and the power of the NFL.
They are the latest moves in a series of lucrative deals for ESPN to bring in well-known personalities.
The Schefter-Wojnarowski outlay came after ESPN lured Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox Sports for 5 years for a total of $165 million to call “Monday Night Football.” That was $90 million for Aikman and $75 million for Buck.
In an increasingly competitive sports media environment, Schefter and Wojnarowski, had leverage from the idea of combining one of the big sports gambling companies, such as FanDuel, DraftKings or one of the Vegas-based entities, with a TV partner gave them potential leverage over ESPN. They both likely could had an eight-figure base from a gambling company and then combined it, for much less, with a network for the face time.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
