We found out that Billy Packer will no longer broadcast college basketball games for CBS. Now, we are hearing, that he is done doing any kind of broadcasting.
"In the history of nationally televised basketball, I've done probably 90 percent of the great games, so I don't want to be going to do games of a different status, so I have no interest in that," Packer said today in a telephone interview.
"It's a good time for me and a good time for CBS," Packer said of his departure.
Asked to elaborate, he said: "Well, I'm 68 years old. I've done 34 Final Fours, and CBS has five or six more years on the contract [with the NCAA]. I was not going to be doing college basketball games as a broadcaster when I'm 75 years old."
He also said that he wasn't fired by CBS, but fulfilled his contract with the network.
His statement also means that Packer is done at Raycom Sports, where he was doing work on ACC broadcasts in the mid-Atlantic markets, and isn't looking at latching on at ABC/ESPN.
Packer did gloss over a "fun project" he has been working on that conflicted with his broadcasting gig. He didn't give any details ... which means we may not have seen the last of him.
