highest paid nfl analyst
He was cut loose as a pre-game commentator from the NFL Today on CBS when his contract expired in 2004 and he rejected a 30 percent salary increase. According to news reports at the time, Sanders demanded $2.5 million, which, 10 years ago would have made him the highest-paid NFL analyst on TV. (In 2012 divorce records, Sandersâ yearly NFL Network salary was listed at just under $2 million.).