Tony Romo Wins NFL Players Lose Their Mind

by | Mar 2, 2020 | Sports in General

Tony Romo Getting PaidTony Romo has his post playing NFL football career figured out.  He went right from the playing field to the broadcasting booth.  He seemed to be a natural at it.  People have enjoyed listening to him add his knowledge to broadcasting an NFL game.   CBS struck gold when they put Tony Romo in the broadcast booth.  Now they are willing to pay Romo for what he has brought to the broadcasts.

Turns out that some people can be good at more than one thing.  Funny how that works.  No reason to hate on that person.

Tony Romo made over $120 million in his playing career.  That is a pretty nice sum to make.  He is going to end up making more as a broadcaster.  While I think these sums of money are pretty crazy.  It is what the market will bear.

When the news of what CBS was going to pay Romo started to come out.  The collective minds of all the NFL players and others exploded.  It was a very interesting reaction to someone getting paid for what they do very well.

JP Finlay @JPFinlayNBCS Tony Romo is gonna make $17M a year to talk about football and people are surprised actual football players want to make $20M a year.
I saw other comments covering all kinds of topics.  some of them a little funny some of then butt hurt because he is going to make more than the players.  Others very misguided with little understanding of how things work.  I do find in comical that someone that is making a significant amount of money would have a problem with someone else making a significant amount of money for talking about it.

A few Thoughts on Money and Tony Romo

  • When you get to high paying jobs or pretty much any job. People get paid exactly what someone is willing to pay and what someone is willing to take.
  • What Broadcasters make has nothing to do with the CBA.  The Broadcasters are not paid by the NFL.  They buy the right to broadcast the NFL and then sell advertising to make money.  If they see that having an announcer like Tony Romo brings up their ratings then yes CBS is going to put out money to keep him.  If they don’t then someone else will.
  • Players should be happy Romo is getting this kind of pay.  If a network is willing to pay him that much that means they are bringing in some huge numbers which will lead to the NFL charging them more for the rights to the games.  This will mean more money going into the pool to pay the players.
  • Don’t worry about the money someone else was able to get.  What they get paid has nothing to do with what you get paid.

This was the comment that made me chuckle the most.

This coming from a player that signed a $100 million contract with $61 million of that guaranteed.  If you are really that worried about how much your fellow players are making take less and let your fellow players get paid more.  Oh you don’t want to do that?  You earned that money so you want to keep it?   I have no problem with that.  Tony Romo is in the same situation.  He asked they paid.  It is what he is then worth.

With the new CBA getting voted on soon.  It is interesting that the same highly paid players that have a problem with what Tony Romo is going to make have a problem with what is in the CBA.  They could be right I am not sure.  It does seem like the things they are upset about would help the top 10 percent of the players.  They don’t seem too worried about what the rest of the players are going to make on that.
The Owners will always come out on top when it comes to the contracts.  Just like the house will always come out on top in a casino.  It is the way it is.  In the mean time.  Get what you can.  Be happy for Tony Romo.  He played the game and won. In both playing football and broadcasting football.  He is making some sweet bank.  He asked and they said yes.