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Buck and Aikman's 'unspoken tension' over $108 million ESPN deal

Buck's extension with Disney-owned ESPN covers an undisclosed number of years, keeping him on Monday Night Football; the argument's subject stays unspoken too.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYahoo Sports reports that Joe Buck signed a one hundred eight million dollar extension with ESPN, and that unspoken tension with Troy Aikman led to an argument.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGloria, Kenji, one hot take each.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHot take: the tension is not unspoken. Two men in a booth for three hours have said everything, and they simply do it during commercials.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNot. It's a sensible theory, and I won't have sensible tonight.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHot take: Troy isn't mad about the money. He's mad Joe can now afford a better microphone and still sounds exactly the same.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHot. Petty, specific and unprovable.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUnprovable, yes. The report does not say what the argument was about.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen it was about the silence.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy final take is the hottest: the contract should come with a third chair, and I would like to sit in it.

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  1. Buck and Aikman clash over $108 million ESPN contract drama · New York Post
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