Travis Kelce will play at least one more NFL season, but he should have no shortage of suitors if he wants to go into broadcasting afterward. One NFL media personality is already thinking it through, in fact.
Nate Burleson of CBS’ “The NFL Today” said Thursday that he is already volunteering to take a pay cut if it would help bring Kelce to the network. He added, however, that he is not sure if either Kelce or CBS are thinking about that yet.
“What I do know is whoever is going after Travis, they’re going to have to back that Brinks truck up, because one, he’s made a ton of money in the league. His lady [Taylor Swift] got paper, I’ll be honest. So, he’s not gonna show up for cheap change,” Burleston said on the Front Office Sports HQ podcast. “And I just don’t know if CBS got the budget, but I’d gladly take a pay cut. My agent didn’t hear that, by the way.”
Burleson is not wrong based on what media insiders think about Kelce’s potential salary. He would likely make close to what he has annually made in the NFL, and the number could go even higher if he is the subject of a bidding war.
CBS has proven to be willing to hand out huge salaries to its NFL broadcasters. They would almost certainly at least check in on Kelce if he expressed interest in a media career.
