SportsCenter anchor salaries?

brawn wrote:

I saw Stuart Scott boarding a Southwest Airlines flight in Durham, NC. So I'm guessing he makes 100-250k a year. Rich, but still flying Southwest.

(this isnt a knock on Southwest, I fly them all the time)

I got a chuckle out of your reasoning.

I would guess he makes closer to the 500 - 750 mark for his day job, if not more. I am sure he nets well over a million after his endoresment income.

Gummo wrote:

I got a chuckle out of your reasoning.

Haha yeah, no doubt. So I guess everyone who flys Southwest out of Durham makes 100-250K a year.

No, I guess I should have explained myself better.

For some reason I had just figured this guy was easily making a million, or about at that. Then I saw him getting on Southwest, an airline that does not offer first class. Considering he is a celebrity (albeit a minor one) I thought that this was odd, which I'm sure you would agree with me on. To see someone as well known as Scott flying a bargain airline. So because of this I thought that he probably makes less than I originally thought, but still a good amount of money. My original ballpark would have been like you said, in the 500k to 1mil range, but celebs making 500k to 1mil in my mind wouldnt fly Southwest. I readily admit that I could be very wrong and that he makes a ton more than 250k (100k is way too low of an estimate, my bad) but at the same time, its gotta seem weird to some of you that a guy making that kind of money would fly Southwest.

No, I guess I should have explained myself better.

For some reason I had just figured this guy was easily making a million, or about at that. Then I saw him getting on Southwest, an airline that does not offer first class. Considering he is a celebrity (albeit a minor one) I thought that this was odd, which I'm sure you would agree with me on. To see someone as well known as Scott flying a bargain airline. So because of this I thought that he probably makes less than I originally thought, but still a good amount of money. My original ballpark would have been like you said, in the 500k to 1mil range, but celebs making 500k to 1mil in my mind wouldnt fly Southwest. I readily admit that I could be very wrong and that he makes a ton more than 250k (100k is way too low of an estimate, my bad) but at the same time, its gotta seem weird to some of you that a guy making that kind of money would fly Southwest.

I hear you, and I understand what you are saying.

I think Scott is a pretty decent guy. He comes from a small NC town and keeps his roots...

I am pretty sure he isn't a bling type of guy.

Just a small side-note.

My mom once sat next to Steve Martin in coach, like 2 years ago. It is good to know that not all celebs live in a rap video.

Here's some data, be advised it is circa 1998:

www.onlinesports.com/sportstrust/sports45.html

i doubt scott pays for his air travel. most likely that is the airline that espn uses because im sure wherever he was flying was on their dollar, not his.

Well-known tv anchors in the context of the U.S. economy earn nice salaries. The collective bargaining agreements (Memoranda of Understanding [MOU]) under which they work set forth their wages -- some work as anchors and as actors (different unions, different MOUs). MOUs generally set forth a salary range based on time in grade (how long they've been doing the work). This range dictates how much they will be paid as their salaries are negotiated within that range. For instance, long-time and well-known anchors and the like will make the most because of their years on the job and quasi-celeb status.

In the business and coach classes and on charters you will find many people who make from $200K to in excess of $1M annually -- particularly on jaunts (Martha's Vineyard, Las Vegas, Seattle, the Bay area, the Keys, the Carib, Mauritias, Majorca, Vancouver, South Pacific Isles, etc.). For example, executives of many different companies and from many different industries and well known entertainers in sport, motion picture, film, tv and music.

there are plenty of people who makes lots and lots of money who also don't see the need to be ripped off because they do. first class on domestic flights are a waste of money. and i think most people who fly regularly will agree that flying southwest is a better experience than most other carriers.

If I'm flying across the country I'm probably staying away from Southwest, but its a damn fine airline for 1-3 hour flights.

And to the person who said he was flying on ESPN's dime, absolutely not. ESPN is not putting one of their top "stars" in coach on a bargain airline. Also, this was a couple days after Xmas, so he was probably just visiting family or seeing a UNC game on his own (like someone said, he's from NC, and he went to Chapel Hill).

I figure he's wealthy, just not an idiot with his money.

At SWA--you would be quite surpirsed how many "famous" folks fly the airline (especially out of Burbank) but for Stu, makes sense to fly SWA from Raleigh to Hartford...fastest way to get there!

Celebs in the last year on SWA

Teri Hatcher

Pierce Brosnan

Charles Barkley

Julia Roberts

Val Kilmer

Jason Alexander

Clyde Drexler

Eddie George

Jessica Simpson

Dave Matthews

Smokey Robinson

Note that pretty much all of these folks make/made more than Stu...but not much reason to pay big bucks for first class when they are shorter flights, and when you have to spend many extra hours (hub and spoke system thing...Delta to Atlanta, United to Chicago, etc) to travel...plus in Coach these days, Southwest has some of the MOST perks...friendly crew, leather seats, more room in coach, pillows and blankets, food at ALL hours on longer flights...that is much more than the others have (JetBlue is a great option as well though their seats are not as comfortable)

cheers!

not disputing, just wondering, how do you know all these people flew southwest. i gotta say barkley, jessica simpson, dave matthews, and smokey robinson is pretty surprising to me. i would figure dave matthews would travel privately, as well as simpson.

do you work for them or does southwest publish this stuff?

Val Kilmer is a celebrity?

I once sat next to Ted Nugent and his family on a flight from LA to Detroit...

...in the VERY last row on the plane in coach.

How much do figure he makes genius?

I'm not sure if any of you remember the show "DREAM JOB" in which the kid who won and got to be an anchor (what happened to him by the way???) also had a "second round" where the correct number of questions answered increased his salary by $5,000 each.

Anyway, I believe they started him off at $80,000 and claimed that was the "starting salary" of an ESPN SportsCenter Anchor.

Hey how much do you think Jay Crawford who hosts that show on ESPN2 "Talk Soup" makes?

He used to sit at my lunch table in high school and was teamed up locally in Columbus Ohio with Kirk Herbstreit before they moved on.

Crawford wasn't much of an athlete, mediocre baseball player I recall but he knew way back then he was going into sports media.

Max Kellerman, who is about as bad as a sportscaster as there is, left his gig at ESPN (primarily as host of Around the Horn and boxing commentator) when FSN offered him 800k a year and ESPN laughed in his face. This all went down suddenly before a taping of ATH, and the only person available in the studio in DC where it's taped was PTI's Stat Boy, Tony Reali (spelling?), who has now become the host. Pretty nice break for him

Private plane rides can cost about $2 mile for a six seat lear (per seat). About $5 mile for a 10 to 15 seat gulfstream (also per seat).

If you make a million a year and your choice is $229 on southwest or 30k on a gulfstream (assuming your flying alone so you have to pay for the rest of the empty seats), what is your choice?

Six figures, all of them. When I lived in Portland, Colin Cowherd was making a nice six figure salary, from what I heard. Close or more than 200K -- yes, in Portland.

ESPN, I heard, doubled his salary. I'm not positive on all these figures, but heard it from some credible people. I do know ESPN made it worth his while to live in Bristol, Conn.

I would guess most of the radio and TV guys are making well over $200K.