{"id":898395,"date":"2026-10-29T05:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898395\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T05:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:38:08","slug":"troy-aikman-says-theres-a-50-50-chance-he-wont-be-working-in-tv-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898395\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Aikman says there&#8217;s a &#8220;50-50 chance&#8221; he won&#8217;t be working in TV next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WerderEdNFL\/status\/2115602017951637533?a=8zi0QXe2vBKNarn6pfQ&amp;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appeared at a Dallas event<\/a> on Wednesday night with Peter King, in connection with Peter\u2019s new book, The Game. During the session, Aikman addressed whether he\u2019d be calling NFL games in 2027. Along the way, Aikman addressed the Babar in the bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>Via veteran sports journalist Tim Cowlishaw, Aikman said there\u2019s a \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimCowlishaw\/status\/2115582455247733070?a=rcOuuD6pqhixkxLzxFQ&amp;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">50-50 chance<\/a>\u201d that Aikman won\u2019t be working in TV next year.<\/p>\n<p>Given the circumstances, that seems accurate. Aikman\u2019s contract expires after the Super Bowl, and he has not been bashful when it comes to expressing concern (and exasperation) with ESPN\u2019s lack of interest in negotiating an extension.<\/p>\n<p>If he leaves ESPN, where else will he go? With CBS already deciding to make J.J. Watt the replacement for Tony Romo, a prime seat will be available for Aikman only if Prime Video opts to exercise its ability to buy out Kirk Herbstreit and pivot to Aikman.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise, then, that Aikman has been talking about possibly working for the Cowboys. He has spoken about wanting to work in a front office, and his consulting gig with the Dolphins may have been the first step toward a Matt Millen\/John Lynch-style pivot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman appeared at a Dallas event on Wednesday night with Peter King, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-898395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898395","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=898395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}