Twitter: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are the new voices of ESPN Monday Night Football

[Longboysfan]

Where does that leave Erin???

 

[MajesticRey]

This is very hard to understand. I've read a couple of articles that said that over the past 2 years cable and dish providers lost about 15% to 20% of their subscribers because of the loss of income from covid and families having to make cut backs. So why would the #1 team on FOX go to a smaller audience. Besides MNF often has less than really good games . This just doesn't make any sense.

How is a $90 MILLION contract “hard to understand”??

 

[JMech]

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/es...iyear-deals-for-joe-buck-and-troy-aikman.html

Lisa Salters and John Parry will remain in their current roles, according to ESPN’s release:

ESPN has signed acclaimed play-by-play commentator Joe Buck and leading football analyst Troy Aikman to multi-year deals, as the NFL’s longest current booth pairing and Pro Football Hall of Fame members will become the new voices of Monday Night Football. The iconic duo’s 2022 Monday Night Football debut will mark their 21st NFL season in the booth together, matching the legendary Pat Summerall and John Madden’s all-time record as on-air NFL partners. In their two decades together, Buck and Aikman have called six Super Bowls, surpassing all other pairings/booths except for Summerall and Madden. Accomplished commentator Lisa Salters, Monday Night Football’s longest-tenured sideline reporter, will return for her 11th season on the series. John Parry will be the officiating analyst once again.

Acclaimed???? Who the hell are they kidding. Dislike the guy and dislike the duo. Here we go........MNF without sound.

 

[OmerV]

That's great! Now I'll never forget that he is "Hall of Famer Troy Aikman".

 

[CouchCoach]

This is very hard to understand. I've read a couple of articles that said that over the past 2 years cable and dish providers lost about 15% to 20% of their subscribers because of the loss of income from covid and families having to make cut backs. So why would the #1 team on FOX go to a smaller audience. Besides MNF often has less than really good games . This just doesn't make any sense.

ESPN is insuring their investment that bringing the #1 team will get some better games.

While many here do not like one or both of them, they are the #1 team and most recognizable broadcast team since Madden/Summerall and MNF was once iconic and ESPN is trying to rekindle that.

Will this work with getting better games or increase the interest? I like this a hell of a lot better than the last two 3 Stooge teams ESPN put on there.

What I find hard to understand is Buck leaving the World Series network but for listeners unable to watch the games on MNF, his Dad's voice was a comfort on the radio broadcast and for pure analysis of the game, hard to beat Stram. So there are two legacies for Joe Buck to pick from and now he will have done both.

 

[Motorola]

Did John Madden die?

Rumor has it

'Mookie' aka RIp Van Winkle

 

[Motorola]

ESPN is insuring their investment that bringing the #1 team will get some better games.

While many here do not like one or both of them, they are the #1 team and most recognizable broadcast team since Madden/Summerall and MNF was once iconic and ESPN is trying to rekindle that.

Will this work with getting better games or increase the interest? I like this a hell of a lot better than the last two 3 Stooge teams ESPN put on there.

What I find hard to understand is Buck leaving the World Series network but for listeners unable to watch the games on MNF, his Dad's voice was a comfort on the radio broadcast and for pure analysis of the game, hard to beat Stram. So there are two legacies for Joe Buck to pick from and now he will have done both.

Read last night that even if this offer from ESPN didn't come up, 2022 was going to be Joe Buck's last year calling the Word Series anyway.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

Grody.

Well, at least their annoying style is tied down to just MNF.

No more surprises for me on Sunday. “Good gawd…Buck and Troy are doing this game? Uggh, this is gonna suck”

Why can’t Joe Buck talk like a human being?

 

[Reverend Conehead]

IMO this is a good team. I know some people here don't like Joe Buck, but I like him. I think he's straight-forward and makes the game interesting, and he and Aikman seem to work really well together.

 

[Motorola]

Dude retired like 11 years younger than Brady and still managed to look older than Tom

That 'TB12 Method' must be the real thing

 

[gjkoeppen]

ESPN is insuring their investment that bringing the #1 team will get some better games.

While many here do not like one or both of them, they are the #1 team and most recognizable broadcast team since Madden/Summerall and MNF was once iconic and ESPN is trying to rekindle that.

Will this work with getting better games or increase the interest? I like this a hell of a lot better than the last two 3 Stooge teams ESPN put on there.

What I find hard to understand is Buck leaving the World Series network but for listeners unable to watch the games on MNF, his Dad's voice was a comfort on the radio broadcast and for pure analysis of the game, hard to beat Stram. So there are two legacies for Joe Buck to pick from and now he will have done both.

The past couple of years viewer numbers have been down and it has little to do with the lack of good games on MNF. Money has gotten tight with many people and hte4y have chosen to cut cable/dish costs. That being the case having the #1 announcing team isn't going to make people rush out and get cable/dish again. The NFL made a HUGE mistake by giving Thursday Night games to Amazon Prime for just that reason of having to have cable/dish to see the games. Why would the NFL give a contract to a network that requires the fans to purchase something to see the games and have less viewers and take a little less and be on a network that can be seen for free.
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[sunalsorises]

Read last night that even if this offer from ESPN didn't come up, 2022 was going to be Joe Buck's last year calling the Word Series anyway.

Was that Fox’s decision or Joe Buck’s?

 

[JBond]

Holy cow paddy... 20 years? I am so old.

 

[Motorola]

Was that Fox’s decision or Joe Buck’s?

Buck's

 

[Praxit]

....thanks for heads ups SB Nations. While Ukrainians are dodging shells, bullets, missiles etc. Cant have the burger without drink.

 

[Silly]

I don't get it. The majority of Monday Night games suck! I may watch only a couple a year! Why the move?

 

[lostar2009]

Joe Buck corny laugh will be waiting for us on MNF, lol.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Aikman and Buck will fit right in perfectly with ESPN culture

 

[links18]

Won't matter unless they get some better match-ups in that time slot.

 

[Motorola]

Where does that leave Erin???

Staying with FOX. She left ESPN on not-so-good terms.