Troy Aikman addresses reported rift with Joe Buck and says he is leaving ESPN

Former QB says he is looking ‘for next landing spot’Aikman and Buck said to have argued over contractsLongtime Monday Night Football announcer Troy Aikman said he is looking for his “next landing spot” with ⁠his ESPN contract set to expire after February’s Super Bowl.“I’ll broadcast through this season, and I’ll be ⁠a free agent ⁠at ​the end of the year and kind of see what happens,” Aikman said in a radio interview ⁠with KTCK of Dallas on Thursday morning. Continue reading…

Longtime Monday Night Football announcer Troy Aikman said he is looking for his ‘next landing spot’ with ⁠his ESPN contract set to expire Former QB says he is looking ‘for next landing spot’ Longtime Monday Night Football announcer Troy Aikman said he is looking for his “next landing spot” with ⁠his ESPN contract set to expire after February’s Super Bowl. “I’ll broadcast through this season, and I’ll be ⁠a free agent ⁠at ​the end of the year and kind of see what happens,” Aikman said in a radio interview ⁠with KTCK of Dallas on Thursday morning.

Aikman, a Hall of Fame quarterback who won three Super Bowls with ⁠the Dallas Cowboys, is in the final year of a five-year deal ​with ESPN that pays him $18m ‌annually. Joe Buck, Aikman’s ‌broadcast partner for the past 25 years, recently finalized a six-year extension ‌with ESPN that is worth more than $100m, according to the Athletic. Buck’s deal runs through the network’s next Super Bowl broadcast in 2031. In Thursday’s radio interview, Aikman appeared to confirm