News: Report: Troy Aikman poised to leave Fox not for Amazon but ESPN

[shabazz]

I'm guessing the compensation would make it just fine for him. It would also improve MNF.

.,,,.definitely a big upgrade over Booger McFarland or who ever replaced him but the fact of the matter is that people tune into that game for the matchups rather than the announcers. Even Troy ain’t saving Jaguars vs Browns…..or whatever rare clunker they may have scheduled

not money we’ll spent

 

[Gaede]

This is great. I like Aikman, but Buck just ruins the experience. Happy for him to be freed from Fox and that ******* Buck

 

[Motorola]

BTW to throw out a wildcard teammate for Troy, Ian Eagle.

I know it's rare for a fan nowadays not to have visual access to NFL (and other live sports).
But his broadcast work on radio is great.

 

[KJJ]

If Aikman does leave Fox then you have to figure Sean Payton would be the one to replace him. They’re going to want a big name to pair with Joe Buck.

 

[KJJ]

Not a good move for Troy, Monday night is a bad night for good football games, to many garbage matchups..

Being part of the Monday Night crew is still very coveted. It’s a primetime game. He’ll get paid a lot more money for less work. He’s currently doing Sundays and Thursday night. However, he’ll miss out on doing Super Bowls.

 

[KJJ]

Honestly Troy needs to step his game up...

For some fans here stepping up his game would be cheerleading the Cowboys.

 

[mattjames2010]

Dang he hates Skip that much.

 

[glimmerman]

The Thursday steaming game on amazon is unwatchable. The commentary sucks. The picture quality is like a 1980's TV set. lol. I've got amazon prime on my 4k TV and movies are fine but for some reason, live broadcasts of sports just suck..........and that goes for Peacock streams of CL games too. All streaming sports are nothing like their TV broadcast station telecasts. Im sure its got something to do with bandwidth.........but still. I just hope they don't make all the NFL streaming content.

I heard that fubo tv is supposed to be the best hd streaming of sports.

 

[CouchCoach]

Being part of the Monday Night crew is still very coveted. It’s a primetime game. He’ll get paid a lot more money for less work. He’s currently doing Sundays and Thursday night. However, he’ll miss out on doing Super Bowls.

Didn't they get a SB to put on ABC?

 

[KJJ]

Didn't they get a SB to put on ABC?

Not that I can remember.

 

[EST_1986]

Finally bring back credibility to MNF. I wonder who’s going to be his running mate? I’ve always like Brad Nessler’s voice, but Troy and Al would be amazing

I think Al may be going with Amazon, but if MNF pulls Aikman and Al together they just need to put the broadcast back on ABC

 

[EST_1986]

Didn't they get a SB to put on ABC?

Not that I can remember.

ABC is back in the Super Bowl rotation, they will have the 2026 and 2030 Super Bowls.

ABC will also air 3 MNF games a year now too

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Not a good move for Troy, Monday night is a bad night for good football games, to many garbage matchups..

This, it is not like the Monday Night games we use to get with Howard, Don and Frank in the early 70’s.

 

[The Quest for Six]

Being part of the Monday Night crew is still very coveted. It’s a primetime game. He’ll get paid a lot more money for less work. He’s currently doing Sundays and Thursday night. However, he’ll miss out on doing Super Bowls.

coveted???? It's a turnstile for play by play and analysts over the last ten years...Monday night Football lost it's luster twenty years ago..it's a garbage bin of bad games, the coveted Games the league wants to promote is Sunday night and Thursday night

 

[EST_1986]

coveted???? It's a turnstile for play by play and analysts over the last ten years...Monday night Football lost it's luster twenty years ago..it's a garbage bin of bad games, the coveted Games the league wants to promote is Sunday night and Thursday night

ESPN can actually flex games from Sunday to Monday now

 

[KJJ]

coveted???? It's a turnstile for play by play and analysts over the last ten years...Monday night Football lost it's luster twenty years ago..it's a garbage bin of bad games, the coveted Games the league wants to promote is Sunday night and Thursday night

Monday Night Football will always have some status. Ever since John Gruden left they’ve had trouble finding analysts they like. The trio they have right now is real good but they’re not big names. None of them are in the Hall of Fame or have Super Bowl rings. I don’t tune in to watch games for the announcers. The problem with Monday Night football is they can’t flex games. They’re stuck with the schedule they have.

 

[EST_1986]

Monday Night Football will always have some status. Ever since John Gruden left they’ve had trouble finding analysts they like. The trio they have right now is real good but they’re not big names. None of them are in the Hall of Fame or have Super Bowl rings. I don’t tune in to watch games for the announcers. The problem with Monday Night football is they can’t flex games. They’re stuck with the schedule they have.

MNF can flex games

 

[KJJ]

MNF can flex games

They’re locked into a schedule. Don’t see how you can move teams from Sunday to Monday Night and move other teams out. Edit: Apparently they can now with the new contract deal. Don’t recall any games being flexed on Monday Night this season.

https://kfyo.com/new-nfl-tv-contract-gives-espn-the-right-to-flex-monday-night-football-games/

 

[The Quest for Six]

MNF can flex games

no, Sunday night nbc package can

 

[KJJ]

no, Sunday night nbc package can

Apparently MNF can now. However they didn’t flex games this past season.

https://kfyo.com/new-nfl-tv-contract-gives-espn-the-right-to-flex-monday-night-football-games/