Troy Aikman appeared on the latest SI Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina, and explained that he was never given a reason for why Fox let him go to ESPN to be the lead analyst on “Monday Night Football.” 

When asked why Fox let him join ESPN, Aikman said, “I don’t know the answer to that. I don’t know that I ever will get the answer to that one. I think through it all, it’s a business. Fox is welcome to do whatever it is they feel is in their best interest as I am, as everybody is, so there’s no hard feelings about anything. I had a great 21 years at Fox. I guess what’s perplexing to me is that I had no conversation with my boss [Fox Sports president Eric Shanks] until he called me to congratulate me on my contract with ESPN.”