The Sports Channel guy gets insider info on the regular….
The guy just got a new raise in the millions …
His acess works for not only his employer…
But others also….
Schefter is shorter than he appears on TV, but his brawny frame filled out his tailored blue suit. He works out daily, he says, a Peloton-and-push-up regimen that helps give him the stamina to be up before dawn and to stay on top of the news all day, all season, all year.
He is the biggest reporter covering America’s biggest sport on America’s biggest sports network. Earlier this year, he signed a new contract worth around $9 million per year, according to one report, cementing his status in the NFL ecosystem and at ESPN. His Twitter feed has nearly 10 million followers and is a clearinghouse for NFL news big and small. Tom Brady’s short-lived retirement, Russell Wilson getting traded to Denver, Tyreek Hill sent to Miami, Andrew Luck’s shocking exit — you heard it all first from Schefter.
Those sorts of scoops have made Schefter, 55, an invaluable resource not just for fantasy football players and bettors but for coaches, players, executives and owners. “He’s so plugged in,” Los Angeles Rams Coach Sean McVay said in an interview. It’s not just that Schefter’s first but that he’s a conduit of information, incoming and outgoing, about all of the league’s happenings. “I mean, trades, people you’re interested in drafting, free agency hirings,” McVay said. “I will ask. He’s steered me in the right direction.”…