Sporting icon responds to $1 million offer from adult industry

Out of work commentators are being forced to get creative without any live sport to call, but that doesn’t mean Joe Buck will be taking up an offer to join the adult industry.

Buck and other announcers have been having fun during the coronavirus pandemic by narrating submitted home videos on social media.

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And as a result, an adult video service recently offered the Fox play-by-play announcer US$1 million to narrate cam videos on its site.

Buck said no for obvious reasons, but he had some fun with it on Twitter with his wife Michelle Beisner.

“Today - this 17th day of April in the year 2020 - I became the first sports announcer to ever reject a 7 figure offer from a porn site,” he wrote on Twitter on Friday.

“@MichelleBeisner I want this on my headstone. (The above claim is NOT fact checked).”

As for Beisner, she saw it as a huge missed opportunity for her husband.

“Of all the offers you’ve turned down to keep your day job @Buck - this one not only hurts the most, but also had the most potential. Epic fail,” she replied.

The adult company wanted Buck to work for six weeks for the seven figures. That’s a nice payday for less than two months of work.

But you can see why Buck would want to stay in good standing with Fox.

“Basically, Buck would have to commentate 25 live cam shows per week through the end of May ... and in return, boom – 7 figures,” TMZ reported.

“And, get this ... the company says the audio work would all be for a good cause because it would help visually impaired people enjoy the site!!”

Joe Buck finding different ways to stay active

Buck previously said that he’s had to pay close attention to the videos people have been sending him.

In a March 30 interview with radio station KMOX in St Louis, Buck said that people had starting sending him their naughty videos with the hope of some internet fame.

“I've had a couple of submissions from let's say, a man and a woman, that just didn't seem appropriate to put my voice to in this stage of my life,” Buck told the station.

“Maybe later in life, but not now. I look at these videos very carefully and pick the ones that seem the most wholesome to put my voice to.”

Buck has taken up a different type of commentary with games at a standstill.

Instead of setting the scene from the 18th fairway, the Fox announcer can be heard describing a toddler’s short game on social media.

“This kid’s got it,” Buck said of 18-month-old Harrison Viñal’s swing.

“I’ve got him pegged for the U.S. Open sometime in 2030, and I’ll be long gone by then.”

Buck’s ‘Quarantine Calls’ on Twitter are one of many examples of the way broadcasters are keeping busy while monitoring the news and wondering when games will resume.

“Limbo is the worst position to be in. If baseball said June 20 is the new opening day, at least there’s a date to look forward to,” said Buck, who started doing the videos after a conversation with Fox Sports President Eric Shanks about what he was going to do while sports were suspended.

“No one really knows, though, and things are fluid as far as containing this virus. We’re all just stuck inside, which is different.”

with Nick Bromberg and Associated Press