{"id":1388827,"date":"2022-03-18T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388827"},"modified":"2022-03-18T16:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T20:44:43","slug":"i-wanted-a-known-quantity-next-to-me-joe-buck-discusses-move-to-monday-night-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-wanted-a-known-quantity-next-to-me-joe-buck-discusses-move-to-monday-night-football\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Wanted A Known Quantity Next To Me\u2019: Joe Buck Discusses Move To Monday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-wanted-a-known-quantity-next-to-me-joe-buck-discusses-move-to-monday-night-football%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1234590376.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Monday Night Football finally has the announcing duo they\u2019ve been searching for, coming at the expense of Fox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In February, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/23\/troy-aikman-close-to-leaving-fox-for-monday-night-football\/\">New York Post<\/a> reported that Hall of Fame quarterback and NFL announcer of 21 years, Troy Aikmen, would be leaving Fox in order to call Monday Night Football on ESPN. It was a massive get by ESPN, struggling for years to find anyone near Aikmen\u2019s level to call what is supposed to be the game of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an interview on <\/span><span>1310 The Ticket in Dallas, Aikmen discussed the move, saying that Fox \u201cnever jumped into the game\u201d once ESPN came calling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is a strange set of circumstances that led me to the point where I\u2019m at now, and to not be back at Fox,\u201d Aikman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/post.futurimedia.com\/ktck\/playlist\/23\/listen-2405.html?cb=1646762864.704776\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> The Ticket. \u201cWhich I never would have envisioned that happening six months ago, and so it\u2019s kind of strange how negotiations went six months ago. When we couldn\u2019t really reach what I felt was a fair value, I was able to negotiate an opt-out after six months, and that\u2019s what allowed me to be a free-agent, if you will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThen Fox never jumped into the game,\u201d Aikman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/post.futurimedia.com\/ktck\/playlist\/23\/listen-2405.html?cb=1646762864.704776\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThey stayed where they were and never made an offer. In fact, I didn\u2019t have any conversations with Fox until I got a call to congratulate me on my new deal. So that was a decision that they made, and it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The decision inevitably led to the question of who would be calling the play-by-play next to him on Monday nights. As it turns out, Aikmen\u2019s sidekick of 20 years \u2014 Joe Buck \u2014 will be joining him in a move that shakes up the sports media landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know. They have their reasons and they have their business that they\u2019re running, and Troy had an out and he had a chance to go out on the market and see what he [could] get,\u201d Buck <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2022\/03\/18\/joe-buck-on-leaving-fox-for-espn-monday-night-football-troy-aikman\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Sports Illustrated when asked why Fox allowed him to leave. \u201cBut I think all along, his No. 1 choice was to go back to Fox, and that\u2019s what I was hoping for and that didn\u2019t materialize.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buck was under contract at Fox for one more year, but as reported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/11\/joe-buck-expected-to-leave-fox-sports-for-huge-espn-deal\/\"><span>the Post<\/span><\/a><span>, Fox allowed Buck to explore his options once Aikmen left as a \u201c<\/span><span>gesture for his years of service to the company.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buck told SI that when Aikmen made the move to ESPN, he began to think about making a move once his contract with Fox came to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt leaned more that way,\u201d Buck <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2022\/03\/18\/joe-buck-on-leaving-fox-for-espn-monday-night-football-troy-aikman\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> SI. \u201cI think at this point, I wanted a known quantity next to me. I think this business is more intense. As I\u2019m coming up on 30 years in it, it\u2019s more intense now than it\u2019s ever been. With the amount of scrutiny that\u2019s out there, I felt like we have a good thing. I know where he\u2019s going. He knows where I\u2019m going. If it was at all possible, I wanted to try to continue that. I don\u2019t care about\u2014we\u2019re one year shy of tying [John] Madden and [Pat] Summerall\u2014and all that. It\u2019s just about two guys who enjoy working with each other and feel comfortable. That\u2019s this business.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen I started at Fox and I was working with Tim Green or, after him, Brian Baldinger or Bill Maas or anybody \u2026 you\u2019re only as good as the guy or gal standing next to you,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf it\u2019s not working for that person, it\u2019s not working for the broadcast. Once he was gone altogether, my next thought was once I knew they had interest in bringing me over there, trying to make that happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As was the case with Aikmen\u2019s departure, Buck told Sports Illustrated that there were no hard feelings associated with the move, saying that he was \u201cgrateful\u201d with how the relationship came to an end.<\/p>\n<p><span>While the move is wonderful news for football fans everywhere, Major League Baseball has now lost one of its more historic voices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Buck told Sports Illustrated that there isn\u2019t a plan for him to call MLB games for ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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