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- Fox Sports broadcasted the early afternoon Sunday NFL game between the Bucs and the Eagles featuring Troy Aikman and Joe Buck on the commentating team
- Aikman appeared annoyed that he was forced to call Bucs/Eagles instead of the Cowboys/Niners game
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Fox sports announcer Troy Aikman did not seem pleased that he was stuck commentating the Bucs-Eagles game on Sunday.
During halftime of the Bucs-Eagles blowout, Joe Buck briefly mentioned the 49ers and Cowboys game, and Aikman seemed annoyed that he wasn’t able to call that game instead.
Troy Aikman on 49ers-Cowboys: "There's a lot of people who'd like to be calling that game. … I think anybody would like to be calling that." Clearly not too happy FOX got the Bucs-Eagles matchup and CBS got 49ers-Cowboys.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) January 16, 2022
Tory Aikman doesn't sound happy that FOX got Eagles-Bucs and not 49ers-Cowboys. pic.twitter.com/isj8xNmygo
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 16, 2022
LMAO @ Troy Aikman admitting he wished he was calling the Cowboys game
— DaltonBMiller on TikTok (@DaltonBMiller) January 16, 2022
Unfortunately for Aikman, the reason CBS got the Niners/Cowboys game is because they paid more money for it.
The reason CBS has Cowboys-49ers is because they bought the 4:30 window Wild Card Weekend Sunday slot for around $70M when the NFL added playoff games.
NFL generally goes with best matchup in most highly rated slot of Sunday afternoon.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) January 16, 2022