Joe Buck’s wife, Michelle Beisner-Buck, has refrained from weighing in on her husband's public feud with Troy Aikman after the pair of longtime colleagues got into an alleged argument
Joe Buck's wife, Michelle, has not publicly addressed his feud with Troy Aikman
Joe Buck's wife, Michelle, has not publicly addressed his feud with Troy Aikman(Image: Getty Images)
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Joe Buck’s wife, Michelle Beisner-Buck, has remained tight-lipped amid the ongoing dispute between him and Troy Aikman.
This month, the relationship between Aikman and Buck has taken center stage after the duo reportedly got into an argument ahead of the Week 5 "Monday Night Football" broadcast. The verbal clash reportedly stemmed from their differing contract situations: ESPN announced it had signed Buck to a six-year, $108 million extension last month, while Aikman is currently working on a five-year, $90 million deal that’s set to expire after Super Bowl LXI.
As friction continues to build behind the scenes at ESPN, Beisner-Buck has refrained from publicly addressing her husband’s feud with Aikman. The ESPN features reporter has, however, continued to share clips from her interviews on Instagram since Buck’s rift was first reported.
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Buck and Aikman first teamed up on FOX's leading broadcast team back in 2002 before bringing their talents to ESPN following the 2021 NFL campaign.
Despite having a year remaining on his FOX Sports contract, a special arrangement made by ESPN in March 2022 allowed Buck to reunite with Aikman and serve as the play-by-play broadcaster for "Monday Night Football."
Beisner-Buck, who joined ESPN in 2014, promptly congratulated Buck on the major career move, writing on Instagram: "I love you so much @boejuck Insanely proud and excited that you and @troyaikman are going to be the new voices of Monday Night Football!!!!
"Holy S--- - cannot believe that Joe and I get to share the same night of work together. A new chapter for all of us."
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck got into an alleged argument during Week 5 of the NFL season
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck got into an alleged argument during Week 5 of the NFL season(Image: Getty Images)
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During a radio appearance last month, Aikman acknowledged that he had anticipated receiving a contract extension from ESPN ahead of the 2026 NFL season.
"I thought something would be done prior to the start of this season," he told Richard Deitsch on the Sports Media Podcast. "I've never gone into the last year of a contract ever since I signed with the Dallas Cowboys."
Responding to reports of "tension" between himself and Buck, Aikman added: "There's probably a time and a place for all that. I don't know if now is the time. I don't know if it's hard to figure out kind of what's happened.
"I'll broadcast through this season, and I'll be a free agent at the end of the year and kind of see what happens. But I'm looking forward to whatever the rest of this season does hold and the Super Bowl and all that, and where my next landing spot might be."
Although Aikman maintained that his uncertain future with ESPN would not affect his coverage of Super Bowl LXI in February, the 59-year-old conceded he does not expect to return to 'The Worldwide Leader in Sports' next season.
"It just seems to be where they're going - that they're gonna go in a different direction because there's been no talks, no contract negotiations," Aikman told Jimmy Traina.
"We're in a Super Bowl year. The Super Bowl is Feb. 14. My contract ends in March. It just doesn't seem logical that if they were gonna keep me, something wouldn't be in place before that."