Joe Buck and Troy Aikman Reportedly Clash Over Contract Situations Before Monday Night Football Game

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman reportedly had a disagreement in the Monday Night Football booth before the Rams-Bills game at SoFi Stadium, stemming from differing contract situations at ESPN. Buck has signed a new six-year deal, while Aikman has not received a formal offer with his contract expiring this season. The pair are still scheduled to call the Super Bowl together, and Aikman could become a free agent in the broadcast market if a deal is not reached.

Buck and Aikman have spent a quarter-century calling games side by side from the same broadcast booth. Glasspiegel's account holds that Buck was the one who broke the silence on a long-standing tension between them — a step that, by his telling, set off a dispute rather than resolved it. Buck and Aikman are set to handle play-by-play and colour commentary duties when ESPN airs its first Super Bowl, with both analysts already assigned to the broadcast booth for the title game. The report indicated that walking away from the Disney-owned network would place Aikman in an open broadcaster market, with CBS identified as one potential destination — a move that could pair him with Jim Nantz at the top of that network's NFL commentary lineup.

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman Reportedly Clash Over Contract Situations Before Monday Night Football Game

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