Stephen Douglas Thu, October 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC · 2 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Troy Aikman joined Peter King at a Dallas bookstore on Wednesday night. King is on a tour promoting his latest book about the NFL , " The Game ." At some point during the evening Aikman addressed his future in broadcasting saying there was only a 50-50 chance he'd be on television next season.
Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News was in attendance and posted about Aikman possibly being out of a job next season and King posted the same thing on Thursday morning noting, "The league hopes he will."
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Aikman has been one of, if not the best NFL color commentator for more than two decades. It's hard to believe that if Fox really does let him walk after the Super Bowl that other NFL broadcast partners wouldn't try to sign him immediately. And Aikman must know that, which means you're going to have to make him the right offer and he's going to have to like the fit. Plus, he has other job opportunities waiting for him with the Cowboys.
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For now he's still got a few more months of people reading his body language as he sits next to Joe Buck in the Fox booth. Based on everything that has happened so far, who knows what the future has is store for Aikman. The good news is that there has to be at least a 50-50 chance Aikman will keep talking about it because so far he has not shied away from the conversation .
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