NBC is making a serious change to its school soccer protection.
Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reported Jac Collinsworth is out because the Notre Dame play-by-play voice. Dan Hicks will substitute him, and Jason Garrett will stay as lead analyst. Hicks known as Preventing Irish video games a decade in the past however is best identified for his PGA Tour protection.
Subsequent fall, NBC can have Noah Eagle — son of CBS play-by-play voice Ian — and Todd Blackledge function its No. 1 school soccer broadcast group. Marchand added the pair garnered optimistic opinions on the Large Ten and NFL video games they’ve known as. The duo will primarily give attention to Large Ten prime-time contests, however they will swap to Notre Dame if its sport is seen as the higher matchup.
Collinsworth — the son of “Sunday Night time Soccer” analyst Cris — earned the job regardless of little play-by-play expertise. The Notre Dame alum did not make a robust impression and obtained heavy criticism because of the household title. In 2023, he and Garrett ranked last in Terrible Asserting’s reader rankings of nationwide school soccer announcers.
Clearly, NBC is making this transfer to make room for Eagle, casting him as its new budding star with a robust pedigree.
Collinsworth, 29, will proceed to function a reporter for “Sunday Night time Soccer” and the Olympics. He may also name school soccer and basketball video games on Peacock to achieve extra play-by-play expertise.
This is not preferrred for Collinsworth, nevertheless it may very well be a bump within the street. He held on to different outstanding roles and can in all probability proceed to advance and develop all through the remainder of his profession.