Will Joe Buck go or will he stay?
The longtime Fox announcer hasn’t made any decisions about his future just yet, and he still has another year left on his contract.
According to Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, ESPNi smkaing it very hard for him to stay put as they are preparing to offer him a five-year deal worth $60 million to $75 million. The report adds he would not be expected to join them on their Sunday Night Baseball coverage. In its place, he would receive projects on their ESPN+ streaming service.
ESPN has already signed one of the biggest free agents in sports broadcasting history when they inked Troy Aikman to a five-year deal worth $90 million. Buck does appear to be interested in following his longtime broadcast partner Troy Aikman to the “Monday Night Football” booth.
“I don’t know where I’m going to be next year,” Buck said on his “Daddy Issues” podcast on Thursday, via Awful Announcing. “I know Troy’s gone — he’s now at ESPN. I’m kind of in limbo. I’ve got another year under contract at Fox. They have expressed interest in keeping me. They also know that was a big partnership that I had with Troy.”
If Buck ends up staying with Fox, the network has plenty of candidates to place him with. Greg Olsen is their No. 2 analyst currently, and both former Saints coach Sean Payton and NBC analyst Drew Brees have been mentioned as possible options.
