Fantasy guru Berry taking advantage of move from ESPN to NBC
In a year that has seen plenty of changes の中で NFL broadcasting 乗組員s and 網状組織s, one of the more under-the-レーダ moves was Matthew Berry going from ESPN to NBC.
Berry had been a 主要な支え for 15 years as ESPN's fantasy football guru, but wasn't on the 網状組織's main NFL shows, like "NFL Countdown" or "Monday Night Countdown."
That is not the 事例／患者 at NBC, where he is on "Football Night in America," which leads into the Sunday ナイター. Berry also has a daily show that is streamed, and a two-hour Sunday show on Peacock. The final hour of Sunday's "Fantasy Football Pregame" will 空気／公表する on CNBC beginning at 12 p.m. EDT from Buffalo. Berry's columns also appear on NBC Sports' websites.
While those who have left ESPN have 設立する a slow 移行 in building an audience when they move to another 網状組織, Berry is encouraged by 早期に streaming numbers and page 見解（をとる）s.
"What I can tell you is that every 選び出す／独身 thing NBC 約束d me during the 新採用するing 過程 not only has come through, but they´ve over 配達するd," Berry said. "I feel energized and have enjoyed the challenge and 適切な時期 of building something from scratch."
It has been a 再会 of sorts for Berry, who was the fantasy football 専門家 at Rotoworld from 1999-2004. Rotoworld was bought by NBC in 2006 and 改名するd NBC Sports 辛勝する／優位 in 2021 after the 場所／位置 started to 含む more betting content.
Berry said he was a little nervous leaving ESPN because of the 昇進／宣伝 he would receive on the fantasy games and apps.
"I got advice on leaving ESPN from some of my friends ... they would tell me, `I 港／避難所´t been on ESPN for like three or five years, and I´ll still have people come up to me and say, like, Hey, man, I love you and ESPN.´" Berry sai d. "What´s been amazing is that people are coming up to me and 説 congrats on the move. When you´re on 多重の times during `Football Night in America,´ it definitely helps."
Fantasy sports has also 発展させるd 予定 to 賭事ing and more player 支え（る）s 存在 追加するd by sportsbooks. Berry said his content has also changed わずかに where it is 70% fantasy and 30% 賭事ing. Berry said the player 支え（る）s are interchangeable between fantasy and 賭事ing.
NBC also has him doing some traveling, like going to Philadelphia two weeks ago for the Cowboys-Eagles game and …に出席するing NBC's 首相 League Fanfest.
"It´s not something I ever got to experience at ESPN. I was very much studio-based," he said. "Getting out to having having these shows in 前線 of a live audience, an engaged audience of football fans of fantasy players of sports bettors just brings another level of energy to the show."
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