Twitter: ESPN Prepared To Make Tony Romo Highest-Paid Sportscaster In History

jchap · Jan 12, 2020

gmb1 said:
But...but I love Booger!

Kaiser · Jan 12, 2020

I would pay real money to see a live video feed of Donovan McNabb when he hears this.

The Fonz · Jan 12, 2020

Monday Night Football is thing of the past He should stay out of it

SlammedZero · Jan 12, 2020

While I would be happy for Romo, I'm not a MNF fan these days. It's trash. Stay as CBS Romo. Please.

BoysForLife · Jan 12, 2020

DakPresgoat said:
1. I would be shocked if CBS wouldn’t want to match to keep Tony.

2. This could bring MNF back to a position of “prominence” so to speak. Make it must watch TV again.

3. It would be nice to be able to listen to Romo every week. Whereas, with his current gig. I don’t get a whole lot of his games.

I hope you are correct on #1

Romo and Nantz were meant to be together
It would be really disappointing to see Romo next to Mine Tirico. LOL

CWR · Jan 12, 2020

I can't remember which sportscaster was punking on the network for giving him the prime time gig without experience. He was talking about how its a more difficult job than you think and bla bla bla. Tony just served old boy another facial. Lol

_sturt_ · Jan 12, 2020

LocimusPrime said:
Go tony.

The MNF product has diminished in a big way. It's more like Thursday Night Football than it is any of the Sunday events at this stage. Has been for many years now. Cable product just can't compete with a broadcast product. Check back 5-10 years from now when the whole ecology could be different, but not yet.

So, no. Tony knows that whatever money Disney/ABC/ESPN throws at him, CBS is going to have so much more.

Valkyr · Jan 12, 2020

Twitter: ESPN preparing an offer that would make ROMO the highest sportscaster in tv history

I would have thought Irvin would have been the highest.

JayFord · Jan 12, 2020

Ill settle the mnf commentary thing

hire Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler

HungryLion · Jan 12, 2020

BoysForLife said:
I hope you are correct on #1

Romo and Nantz were meant to be together
It would be really disappointing to see Romo next to Mine Tirico. LOL

Actually I wish MNF brought Tirico back. I thought he was very solid as play by play. Are you thinking of the current guy, Tessatore? Or just didn’t like Tirico at all?

ShortRound · Jan 12, 2020

It’s nice to have Tony and Troy on the “A” games. Sending him to MNF would be a waste imo.

SSoup · Jan 12, 2020

DakPresgoat said:
2. This could bring MNF back to a position of “prominence” so to speak. Make it must watch TV again.

Ha ha, nope.

The problem isn't the announcers. The problem is partly that it's on a pay-cable channel instead of a free national network, but it's mostly because MNF is left sucking the hind teat in scheduling because the NFL *chose* to stop giving them premium games.

The NFL wanted Sunday Night to be the crown jewel of the weekend. Because good games can be flexed from Sunday afternoons to Sunday nights (and later in the season, stinkers can be dumped from Sunday night into a Sunday afternoon slot where it belongs). But they can't be swap games back and forth between Sundays and Mondays for logistical reasons (because they'd be on the hook for lots of reimbursements for travel plans and hotels and all that jazz).

Monday Night football is just never going to return to its former prominence without seismic shifts in the way football is consumed on TV and in the way the league sets up schedules.

JBS · Jan 12, 2020

Lolol at all the bozos on here chirping about a bunch of nonsense that means nothing

Romo is going where the money is..CBS isn't matching that offer and romo will go to espn

As if romo gives two craps which games he will call or how interesting mnf is

tyke1doe · Jan 12, 2020

And some fans around here thought he was coming back to coach the Cowboys. :laugh:

BoysForLife · Jan 12, 2020

DakPresgoat said:
Actually I wish MNF brought Tirico back. I thought he was very solid as play by play. Are you thinking of the current guy, Tessatore? Or just didn’t like Tirico at all?

Yes brainfart

Was thinking Tessatore, typed Tirico

My apologies

Romo and Nantz are still magic though
I actually hope Romo stays with CBS because I hope like heck they put him on the Masters broadcast someday. O(the weekend, since ESPN does the Thursday Friday coverage)

HungryLion · Jan 12, 2020

SSoup said:
Ha ha, nope.

The problem isn't the announcers. The problem is partly that it's on a pay-cable channel instead of a free national network, but it's mostly because MNF is left sucking the hind teat in scheduling because the NFL *chose* to stop giving them premium games.

The NFL wanted Sunday Night to be the crown jewel of the weekend. Because good games can be flexed from Sunday afternoons to Sunday nights (and later in the season, stinkers can be dumped from Sunday night into a Sunday afternoon slot where it belongs). But they can't be swap games back and forth between Sundays and Mondays for logistical reasons (because they'd be on the hook for lots of reimbursements for travel plans and hotels and all that jazz).

Monday Night football is just never going to return to its former prominence without seismic shifts in the way football is consumed on TV and in the way the league sets up schedules.

You’re probably right Steamed. I enjoy SNF. But you’re right in that MNF doesn’t get the matchups it used to get.

I think having Thursday night football is a problem too.

There just aren’t enough marquee matchups for every week to have a big game on 3 primetime slots and also maintain some good games for the Sunday day games.

The nfl has too many time slots to fill. I think.

HungryLion · Jan 12, 2020

BoysForLife said:
Yes brainfart

Was thinking Tessatore, typed Tirico

My apologies

Romo and Nantz are still magic though
I actually hope Romo stays with CBS because I hope like heck they put him on the Masters broadcast someday

Yeah. I agree on the stay with Nantz part. Nantz does a really nice job at play by play and Romo is romo. It’s a great combo.

calico · Jan 12, 2020

get paid tony. i'd stay at CBS. working for di$ney sucks.

TheDuke · Jan 12, 2020

Romo and espn are the perfect match

Coy · Jan 12, 2020

Zordon said:
The thing is with CBS it's just broadcasting. With ESPN it's the morning shows, the debate shows, Sportscenter, etc...etc. They'll work him to death.

Plus, he could probably play golf on Sundays...

Twitter: ESPN Prepared To Make Tony Romo Highest-Paid Sportscaster In History

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