With the start of another NFL season came the reemergence of a viral rumor that had viewers at home asking: Carrie Underwood makes how much for appearing on Sunday Night Football?

Underwood, 42, famously performs a taped version of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” before every Sunday Night Football broadcast on NBC, including the 2025-2026 season opener between the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Friday 5.

As football fans let Underwood’s bombastic vocals wash over them, a pesky rumor about the country star’s Sunday Night Football pay day began recirculating on social media.

A post from the popular account MLFootball, which boasts over 360,000 followers on X, read: “BREAKING: Carrie Underwood is paid ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH WEEK to do the Sunday Night Football theme son

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