I'm sorry but most of your post is inaccurate
He can retire, yes but then he will likely have to pay back some money. He is not doing that.
He signed to play in Dallas but trading is part of it or he should have had a no trade clause
Whether or not it is wierd that the back up is making more money is immaterial. We need a back up, he would be the best back up, we have to pay him anyway and if we release him we pay him and add the cost of the new back up we sign. So the best option for the team would be to keep him
Bottom line is that from the team standpoint we should keep him or trade him or make him retire but releasing him is clearly the worst option for the team
So if we cut him it is clearly to make him happy at the expense of the team. That Gerry will do this is almost a given but no real GM would make this decision to make a player happy at the expense of the team
You're arguing what Jerry can legally do, and saying what Jerry and Romo will do.
Not the same thing.
And im saying if he retired, they would not make him pay the money back. So we disagree.
And Im also saying Jerry will not trade him to somewhere he doesnt wish to play...and no team would trade fir him unless he wanted to be there. But if by crazy chance they did, he could retire or at the very least, not redo the contract. I know theres no trade clause. Does not matter. So we disagree.
All GMs and all agents and all analysts throughout the USA agree with this.
The only place Ive heard that Jerry should try to get max value even if it meant dumping Romo to a team he would hate playing for is from a few fans here.
Romo will have to agree to any trade made....period
Hey, he's agreed to everything else they ever asked him...so maybe he'll do it. But until hes gone, I wont say never.
And he could stay and be the backup. But it would be weird for all involved at this point.
And regarding GMs not doing favors for players that might no get max value for the team.
I can count 2-4 of them that have already done it only one week into FA. There are many every year. Sayi g "no real GM" would do it is way off base.
Here's two aleady this year as as a ti y sample:
Brandon Marshall asked for a release vs a trade and they granted it. They easily could have traded him
Also, SF could have tried to squeeze out picks for Torrey Smith, but released him i stead