Troy Aikman's ESPN Contract Dispute and Joe Buck Buzz

We got an issue here with one of the number one tandem, I guess, with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, the guys that call all the Monday night games here. What is this all about? Let me guess. Has it got something to do with money? What is it? Yeah, this is a strange one here. And, you know, listen, I have my own media stuff going on right now. but um so you know having a little bit of insight on it i think gives me you know a little opportunity to to talk about it i think that that's fair and i i usually don't love to mix up media conversations on shows just because i i do some of the stuff that they do and i think sometimes it is unfair but this is one of those stories that when things happen in like you know arguments tmz style stuff joe i always wait i feel like it's always appropriate to wait a little time before we start talking about it because we don't really know if it's true and and people are posting videos and it looks like they don't like each other and it's like i and i'm and i'm watching the same videos online i'm like i don't think this really says anything about it yeah this is all nonsense and then of course Troy Aikman talks today and then Troy Aikman lets it all out then yeah there's beef like like i i couldn't believe it i couldn't believe it so uh there's no question that look i don't know what's going on with Troy Aikman and joe buck that i can't say i have no clue because i'm not there and i'm just reading everything and i don't think we should believe what people read but there's no question that Troy Aikman is very upset with his contract at ESPN there's i think he left no doubt whatsoever joe with the quote that he gave today that he said he's going to be a free agent at the end of the season like that was factual so uh i i don't know so joe i mean i guess it comes down to us like how do we feel about this i think it's fair to say at least for me like we're analyzing analysts at this point it is fair to say for me and i don't know about you joe that joe buck is still an elite play-by-play caller in football always has been in baseball to me he is if not the best he is one of the best and probably will be around for the next 20 30 years unequivocally as one of the highest paid guys do we agree on that maybe you don't like him i don't know but i i think so i think he's at the top you agree with that or no let's start with him yes let's start with buck listen i i think buck is the best baseball guy that you're gonna have around number one number two i think he football he is he's he's the number one football guy of all right now yes i i think i think i think so too i think he'd be the first choice okay so there you go so now so we've agreed on that so now let's get so now now let's paint the picture so now we've agreed on that espn has also decided what you and i have just decided that he is the best because they're paying him like it right espn has has decided that they don't think Troy Aikman is that's very clear they they have obviously decided that they don't think Troy Aikman is worth paying the money that they are cbs also decided that they don't think that Tony Romo was worth paying the money that they were so what we have are starting to learn here is that these networks are valuing their play-by-play maybe more than the analysts and here's the other thing about Troy Aikman who I still think is great I still think he's done a good job Joe he's been removed from the NFL in terms of playing for a really really long time but yet he was involved in the Miami Dolphins head coaching search which tells you that they valued his opinion on scouting so I really don't know where this is coming from because the NFL still believes that Troy Aikman is a good analyst and understands the game so much so that the Dolphins let him in their house and said hire our coach and our GM but ESPN apparently is looking at him like you know if CBS can pay JJ Watt half the amount of money that we that we just paid Tony Romo and he is just as good what can we bring in somebody can Peyton Manning just slide in from his manning cast and do the games on monday night football instead of Troy Aikman and maybe for half the price that's the only thing i could think of joe i got nothing else except that there's no question that troy is upset though but that with that that was a horrible quote oh i mean he was giving it his truth and heart but that was a horrible quote they got still got five months to work together Joe ESPN has the Super Bowl together the Super Bowl this is a long way away from being over