Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVeigh has reportedly turned down a $ 100 million offer to broadcast from Amazon, saying he is determined to help his team defend its Super Cup title.
The New York Post announced on Friday that McVay is scheduled to meet with Amazon next week, with the company hoping to hire him as a game analyst for Thursday Night Football, which will be broadcast exclusively on Prime Video this fall for up to five years contract.
McVeigh, 36, the youngest coach to lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl this season, confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Shefter on Friday that he intends to keep up with his team and his reported annual salary of $ 8.5 million. .
“Sean McVeigh told ESPN today that he is not pursuing any television opportunities and is committed to helping Rams defend his Super Bowl title,” Scheffer wrote on Twitter on Friday.
Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVey, 36 (pictured) became the youngest coach to lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl this season, has confirmed that he intends to face his team instead of taking a position on the show. Amazon on Thursday Night’s Football
Since becoming the team’s head coach in 2017, he has set a record of 55-26 and led Rams to four games after the season and two NFC titles.
He also reportedly parried the advances from the Fox network.
Earlier, on February 12, McVeigh told ESPN’s Ian Rapoport in a text message that he was “committed to this team and coach.”
But in the past and again recently, many sources told Lindsay Tire of ESPN that the coach had flirted with the idea of moving on to a career as a television analyst.
And in January, a number of league leaders told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that McVeigh could follow in the footsteps of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John Gruden, who has moved on to a broadcasting career in the sports network.
McVeigh sparked speculation about his longevity on the team when he talked about achieving a work-life balance in the days before the Super Bowl LVI.
“I want to have a family,” McVeigh told Fox Sports. “And I think I can find that balance, but I can also take the time. I have always dreamed of being a father. And I can’t predict the future “
Odele Beckham Jr. of the Los Angeles Rams (right) and head coach Sean McVeigh of the Los Angeles Rams celebrate after a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during the Super Bowl LVI
“I want to have a family,” McVeigh told Fox Sports. “And I think I can find that balance, but I can also take the time. I have always dreamed of being a father. And I can’t predict the future.
“I know I love football and I’m so invested in it. I am right now. But at one point, if you say, “What do you want to do?” I want to be able to have a family and I also want to be able to spend time with them.
“And I know how much time it takes at this time of year, and I saw that growing up.”
He named his father, Tim McVeigh, who did not start coaching after Sean’s father, John McVeigh, missed family time due to his work as a coach and scout for the San Francisco 49ers.
After a series of delays related to the pandemic, McVeigh is due to marry his fiancée Veronica Homin this summer.
After a series of pandemic delays, McVeigh is due to marry fiancée Veronica Homin (left) this summer.
McVeigh said “hell no” when asked if he would stay in the game until his ’60s or’ 70s, like New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
‘No chance. I love it, but if I do it until I’m 60, I won’t succeed. ‘
A day after the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on February 14, he told a reporter, asking if he would return for the 2022 season, he would “see”.
But at the Rams Super Bowl parade two days later, McVeigh initiated a “Run Back!” Chant and playfully tried to lure three-time Defender of the Year Aaron Donald out of hearing.
At the Rams Super Bowl parade, McVeigh initiated a chant of “Come Back!” And playfully tried to lure three-time Defender of the Year Aaron Donald (pictured right with McVeigh) against hearing retirement.
McVeigh is pictured at the Rams Parade celebrating his Super Bowl LVI Championship
Since then, Donald has said he will “turn things around” and stay with Rams, provided the team returns players Odell Beckham and Von Miller, telling TMZ that if “we get everyone back, I’m back”.
Amazon is courting legendary sports presenter Al Michaels, 71, as their lead game analyst on Thursday Night Football after his likely splurge from NBC Sports this year – but the 11-time Super Bowl player is waiting to see who ESPN will bring out. his partner.
McVeigh joins former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch in rejecting the position.