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MY ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER AS A NOSE TACKLE IS KAPUT. HOW DO I GET A CUSHY TV JOB?
Document Type
Article
Source
New York Times Magazine. 09/14/2008, p53. 0p.
Subject
*TELEVISION broadcasting
*MASS media
*PROFESSIONAL sports
Language
ISSN
0028-7822
Abstract
I'm sorry, sir, but you should have been preparing for the booth long before you hung up those cleats. Despite the explosion in media outlets, the number of broadcast jobs available is relatively small (perhaps half a dozen new national TV gigs are filled each year), and the competition for them is brutal -- unless you're a future Hall of Famer. ''The Michael Strahans of the world get recruited when they retire,'' says Howard Katz, the N.F.L.'s senior vice president of broadcasting. ''Others have to do it differently.'' For them, the league offers the N.F.L. Broadcast Boot Camp, a three-day workshop that puts players through mock telecasts, as well as radio- and local-TVstyle interviews. Among the 2007 grads are former quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, now with ESPN; ex-Rams tight end Roland Williams, who will do analysis for CBS College Sports; and offensive lineman Ross Tucker, who hosts a show on Sirius Satellite Radio. This year's camp had almost twice the number of applicants, a trend the league expects to continue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]