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ESPN locks up Joe Buck for a decade with $108M
16 Sep
Summary
- Joe Buck signed a six-year, $108 million contract extension with ESPN.
- His annual salary will increase from $15 million to $18 million.
- Buck will call ESPN's first Super Bowl in February and another in 2031.
ESPN has secured play-by-play announcer Joe Buck with a substantial six-year contract extension valued at $108 million. This agreement will keep Buck in the "Monday Night Football" booth through the next decade, with his current deal set to expire after this season. His annual compensation is slated to increase from $15 million to an estimated $18 million.
The extended tenure means Buck will be the voice for ESPN's first-ever Super Bowl broadcast this upcoming February. Furthermore, he is scheduled to cover the network's subsequent Super Bowl in 2031. Buck, aged 57, previously spent nearly three decades with Fox, where he called six Super Bowls and 23 World Series games.
Meanwhile, Buck's broadcast partner, Troy Aikman, has yet to finalize his contract status with ESPN. Aikman's current five-year, $90 million agreement concludes after Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027. The pair are currently in their 25th season together, marking the longest-running booth partnership in NFL history.
