Current Events > Tony Romo stays at CBS for $17m a year deal, highest for a sports analyst ever

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Tony Romo has agreed to the largest sports analyst contract in TV history, The Post has learned.

The deal to remain at CBS will prevent Romo from entering free agency next week, where ESPN was prepared to bid aggressively for him.

Romos new contract with CBS will pay him around $17 million per season, which is more than double the previous NFL high of $8 million per year that John Madden received more than two decades ago.

Even when adjusted for inflation which would make Maddens number $14 million Romo still is the highest paid ever.
The long-term deal, sources say, is for significantly more than five years, which means the total value for Romos contract will well surpass $100 million.

During his playing career, Romo earned a total of $127 million over 14 seasons. There were only three seasons as the Cowboys quarterback that he made more than $17 million.

CBS was motivated this week by Disneys ability to start bidding on Romo in March, when he could have been eligible for free agency. CBS thought Disney which hoped to use Romo as a carrot as it goes after a Super Bowl in the next round of negotiations would bid $20 million per year. ESPN officials vigorously disputed that, saying they would never have bid close to that number.

Though Romos salary is astronomical for 20 NFL games, CBS officials felt he showed loyalty because he could have explored how high ESPN would go. CBS and Romos partner, Jim Nantz, have been universally praised since network executives Sean McManus and David Berson took the chance on putting Romo in the booth right off the field three years ago.

In Romos rookie deal, CBS did have a card to play that could have prevented him from becoming an unrestricted free agent.
Per the terms of Romos original contract, he had to tell CBS what it would take for him to agree to a contract prior to him being allowed to go on the open market, sources said. CBS was willing to meet the around $17 million per year and $100-plus milion figure that blocked out ESPN from even getting a chance.

CBSs calculation is that they spend billions on the NFL, so bidding this high on Romo made sense in the grand scheme. They hope to retain their Sunday afternoon package and Super Bowl in the next round of negotiations with the NFL.

full story: https://nypost.com/2020/02/28/nfl-analyst-tony-romo-agrees-to-17m-per-year-to-stay-at-cbs/

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Damn boi got paid

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Players are pissed because hes making more than a good chunk of the league

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The Trent posted...

Players are pissed because hes making more than a good chunk of the league

sitting in a comfy booth for 20-ish days a year for that money is lit

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Letron_James posted...

Damn boi got paid

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Parappa09 posted...

sitting in a comfy booth for 20-ish days a year for that money is lit

it's especially silly because who tunes in to watch a game because of who's commentating?
at best it's a decent side dish to anyone who came for the meal
you don't pay more for the sprouts than you do the prime rib, even if the sprouts are really really good at peli peli and brix, you just don't do it because that's silly

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