{"id":883944,"date":"2026-10-16T04:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883944\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:34:09","slug":"troy-aikman-it-seems-like-espn-is-going-to-go-in-a-different-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883944\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Aikman: It seems like ESPN is going to go in a different direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hall of Fame quarterback and ESPN\/ABC Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman made some waves on Thursday morning by creating the clear impression that he\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/troy-aikman-seems-to-confirm-hell-be-leaving-espn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">planning to leave<\/a> after his current contract expires, after Super Bowl LXI.<\/p>\n<p>Aikman elaborated on his remarks to Jimmy Traina of Underscore Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just seems to be where they\u2019re going \u2014 that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/profile\/541345320-jimmy-traina\/note\/c-362038765?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_content=first-note-modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">they\u2019re gonna go in a different direction<\/a> because there\u2019s been no talks, no contract negotiations,\u201d Aikman told Traina. \u201cWe\u2019re in a Super Bowl year. The Super Bowl is Feb. 14. My contract ends in March. It just doesn\u2019t seem logical that if they were gonna keep me, something wouldn\u2019t be in place before that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The more recent quotes create a window for ESPN to still attempt to extend Aikman. He didn\u2019t say the door is closed from his perspective; he said he\u2019s sensing it\u2019s closed from the company\u2019s perspective. It officially won\u2019t close until his contract expires and he becomes a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Traina also asked Aikman whether he believes it will be difficult to finish the year, in light of his impression that ESPN won\u2019t be trying to keep him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rest of the season will be fine,\u201d Aikman said. \u201cExcited about it. Looking forward to it. It\u2019s awesome that we got the Super Bowl. Not a problem at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his latest comments, Aikman didn\u2019t address the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/joe-buck-troy-aikman-reportedly-have-tension-in-what-could-be-last-year-of-their-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report of tension<\/a> with his long-time broadcast partner, Joe Buck, or the contention that they recently argued about the fact that Buck has signed a five-year extension while Aikman has been, by all appearances, frozen out.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s posturing from Aikman or not, all other potential suitors now know he\u2019s in play. Which will be a factor in the looming game of broadcaster musical chairs, with ESPN, CBS, and Prime Video all potentially looking to land one of the big names.<\/p>\n<p>Aikman is among the biggest in football broadcasting. He\u2019s been part of a No. 1 team for a long time, and he could instantly move to top of the wish list for other networks that will be looking for a new lead NFL analyst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame quarterback and ESPN\/ABC Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman made some waves on Thursday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-883944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}