With ESPN acquiring NFL Network, ESPN will soon be inheriting all NFL Network employees.
Via Michael McCarthy of
Front Office Sports, NFL Network on-air talent was informed this week that
they will become ESPN employees on April 1. Current contracts will be honored; when they expire, ESPN either will — or won’t — renew them.
Basically, it’ll be ESPN’s call as to whether the relationship continues. Which makes sense, because ESPN now runs NFL Network...