Troy Aikman, Joe Buck spat comes further to light: 'Never thought you’d do it to me'Charles Curtis, For
The Troy Aikman and Joe Buck saga continues to swirl after the play-by-play legend got a new contract and the Hall of Famer didn't.
There was the argument that they had earlier this month that was reported everywhere, and since then, there have been some perceived icy Monday Night Football moments on the air. So what exactly happened on the field at SoFi Stadium that night? The Athletic's Andrew Marchand has reported on it.
He said that Aikman and Buck met with ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro before the Los Angeles Rams game, and then it started with Buck saying, "You are not going to [expletive] talk to me?”
Here's more from the report:
Aikman, according to sources aware of his thinking, felt Buck wanted to force a public backlash to appear as the good guy. As the discussion went on, Buck defended himself by saying, “I’m not the reason you don’t have a contract.”
The 59-year-old Aikman, who sources said had long harbored feelings that Buck was behind the incessant producer and director turnover during their “Monday Night” tenure, shot back, “I just never thought you’d do it to me.”
Buck, 57, responded, “They got rid of them because you were screaming at them.”
Sheesh. How will this get resolved before the Super Bowl? Will it be resolved at all or will it just be cold all season?
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