Why is it that when big name QB's retire they show up the next year on TV commenting on the games?
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Marino, Fouts, Montana, Young, Aikman, etc.
Same thing with some of the star running backs (Emmitt Smith).
I can only assume that regardless of whether a star QB is any good in the broadcast booth (Montana was horrible and did not last more than a year), the QB wants to try something different related to the game (and not sit at home with the family or get a run of the mill job flipping burgers) and the networks believe that the QB's star power is fresh enough to draw viewers even if the guy turns out to not be very good.
Same thing with some of the star running backs (Emmitt Smith).
I can only assume that regardless of whether a star QB is any good in the broadcast booth (Montana was horrible and did not last more than a year), the QB wants to try something different related to the game (and not sit at home with the family or get a run of the mill job flipping burgers) and the networks believe that the QB's star power is fresh enough to draw viewers even if the guy turns out to not be very good.
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<< <i>Marino, Fouts, Montana, Young, Aikman, etc.
Same thing with some of the star running backs (Emmitt Smith).
I can only assume that regardless of whether a star QB is any good in the broadcast booth (Montana was horrible and did not last more than a year), the QB wants to try something different related to the game (and not sit at home with the family or get a run of the mill job flipping burgers) and the networks believe that the QB's star power is fresh enough to draw viewers even if the guy turns out to not be very good. >>
Your assumptions are correct, however as has been shown with Joe Montana being a great quarterback does not automatically mean you are going to be great at commentary on the game itself.