quite a knockdown drag-out negotiation<\/a>, but I\u2019m thrilled to be back,\u201d Hanson told Jimmy Traina of SI.com, via Reice Shipley of AwfulAnnouncing.com. \u201cThrilled that we were able to come to an agreement. To think that I would be on the show for 20 years, and have it be as successful as it has been, as it most likely will be, is extraordinary. I\u2019m very blessed. There was a time when I thought, \u2018I don\u2019t know if this is going to happen.\u2019 It was not my intention to kind of go that direction, but you have to be willing for that eventuality or that possibility.\u201d<\/p>\nThat\u2019s what happens when dealing with an entity that always drives a hard bargain. And the NFL always drives a hard bargain. With everyone. About everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started talking before last season,\u201d Hanson said regarding his negotiations. \u201cOnce the season hit and we hadn\u2019t reached the deal, I said, \u2018I got to focus on the football here. I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll get something done.\u2019 I\u2019ve been the host of the show for 16 years now. I\u2019ve been with the NFL for 18 seasons. They\u2019ve been good for me. I\u2019d like to think I\u2019ve been good for them. A reasonable mind should be able to come to an agreement here. However, the NFL as they [are] wont to do, they are very tough negotiators.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the nicest way anyone could ever put it.<\/p>\n
The best news is that Hanson will be back in the job that he loves, quarterbacking the RedZone product for those who are very comfortable with Hanson in the chair. And who would have had a hard time imagining, or accepting, anyone else in that role.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love my job,\u201d Hanson told Traina. \u201cI love hosting RedZone, and I hope that comes across. I love serving the football public, and that\u2019s why I look at myself as a servant. I\u2019m not doing it to glorify myself. I\u2019m not doing it to try and make my platform greater. That is a byproduct of plenty of millions of people on NFL Sundays. I\u2019m trying to serve the viewer as I want to be served.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s good for NFL fans, and thus good for the NFL, that Hanson will be back. And his negotiations are a reminder that, no matter how much money the NFL makes, it will never pay a penny more than it thinks it has to. <\/p>\n
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