When ESPN hired Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, the hope was to get the public talking about the "Monday Night Football" broadcasts — just not like this.
In the second quarter of the "Monday Night Football" matchup between the Chiefs and Raiders, Kansas City defensive lineman Chris Jones was called for a questionable roughing the passer penalty that sparked commentary from Aikman.
Aikman, though, had a fairly offensive way of delivering that commentary, with some deeming his comments as misogynistic and sexist:
Troy Aikman wants the NFL to “take the dresses off” and fix roughing the passer penalty pic.twitter.com/YY4MicVKvU
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 11, 2022
"My hope is the competition committee looks at this in the next set of meetings and we take the dresses off," Aikman said during the discourse.
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The implication with Aikman's comments were obvious, and they were less than positively received from the viewing audience. While some pointed out that they agreed with Aikman refuting the terrible call on the field, some also singled out the line as "chauvinistic" and "misogynistic."
Glad to hear Aikman rail against that call — but you can share your displeasure without the “take the dresses off” sexist comment. Completely unnecessary.
— Whitney Harding (@WhitneyNBC4) October 11, 2022
You can make your point without talking about dresses Aikman
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) October 11, 2022
In full agreement that the call against Chris Jones was BS, but did Troy Aikman just say that he hopes the competition committee “takes their dresses off?” As in trying to demean them by calling them women? Is he actually serious?
— Arielle Orsuto (@ArielleOrsuto) October 11, 2022
Listen, I don’t love the body weight roughing the passer call either, but Troy Aikman saying “take the dresses off” is hella antiquated and dumb.
— Justin Brown-Woods (@jbrownwoods) October 11, 2022
Football men, please stop doing this.
Troy Aikman can GET BENT for his “take the dresses off” comment during #MondayNightFootball. Are you freaking kidding me? @NFL I’ll be anxiously awaiting your BS apology statement. That was some crap. Gross.
— Rachel Blackstar (@raswedi) October 11, 2022
Did Troy Aikman really just say what I think he said?
— Jason Page (@TheBackPage) October 11, 2022
Did he really just say that it's time for the league to"take the dresses off"? The 60's called, they want their chauvinist back.
Seriously @ESPN... do better than that crap.#MNF
On Thursday, Aikman took accountability for the comments, calling them "dumb" and flat out saying he "shouldn't have made them."
"My comments were dumb, just shouldn't have made them," Aikman said during a radio appearance, per TMZ. "Just dumb remarks on my part."