Why cant Romo take a Pay Cut?

[ROUSH8692]

He is worth every penny and more

 

[MWH1967]

The decrease in your salary will help give raises to people in the company that have less important jobs than you. The company only has so much money to go around, you know.

k...call and get me end of the year bonus and i'll give up some money now. I'm a team player...

 

[skinsscalper]

k...call and get me end of the year bonus and i'll give up some money now. I'm a team player...

No we really need you to take the actual pay cut. Not a team player or what?

 

[Nightman]

It is common knowledge that Brady's deal was not a pay cut.

He actually got paid MORE by getting it guaranteed.

Brady took a huge pay cut. He is getting 13m a year when other top QBs are getting 20m+. It's not difficult to see that. Why nobody wants to give him credit is baffling(although his wife makes about 30m a year).

Romo also took a below market deal, as did TSmith. They already did their parts. If Murray and Dez want to stay they have to do the same.

 

[MWH1967]

lol.....o

No we really need you to take the actual pay cut. Not a team player or what?

k....i have some stock i can sell to keep my"life style" up. it's up to 61.60 a share. i won't starve. That's my point..Tony will be more than fine and this kids as well..C'mon man.

 

[John813]

Was the op serious?

 

[blindzebra]

Go to:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/tom-brady/

Read the summary at the bottom.

He turned the contract into a 100% guaranteed deal unless they cut him before the final game of 2014. He got 30 million up front and gets the rest in 2015.

He turned a 70 mil unguaranteed deal into 72 mil guaranteed.

 

[Redball Express]

Why cant he take a cut some what like Tom Brady Did? Maybe the Big Contract he has, is to maximize romos money for a few Years then Restructure and Let another player Maximize and then continue the process all the while everyone is making money and players wanna stay? am i making an ounce of sense? sorry is this has been discussed b4. Its just all the talks about dez n murray having to leave sucks if there were a way to keep them, should romo not wanna have them stick around? not that its his decision but he could have some input...

Well..

I see Romo' career being cut short with his back problem's

Every snap he takes right now may be his last.

I fear a "Michael Ivin' type injury to Room any second.

Why ask him to take less now?

I mean I criticize Romo as much as anybody.

But after seeing him play last Sunday and get us a win..

with two broken bones in his back on top of the two surgeries..

reminded me of when Emmitt Smith broke his shoulder against the Giants years years ago and stayed in the game that won us a division and ultimately a SB.

Romo..

is a God.

Hate to admit it..

but you don't ask a god to take a paycheck cut.

All Hail the new god..

same as the old one..

ROMO

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Go to:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/tom-brady/

Read the summary at the bottom.

He turned the contract into a 100% guaranteed deal unless they cut him before the final game of 2014. He got 30 million up front and gets the rest in 2015.

He turned a 70 mil unguaranteed deal into 72 mil guaranteed.

And he's worth it. Hate to say it, but he is. Now Romo who's been abused his whole career needs a pay cut?

 

[skinsscalper]

lol.....o

k....i have some stock i can sell to keep my"life style" up. it's up to 61.60 a share. i won't starve. That's my point..Tony will be more than fine and this kids as well..C'mon man.

You've obviously missed the point. It's not about what Tony can retire on. He could have retired after his first long term deal. He's being paid market value for his position and has given himself and his body up for the team when many a QB in the league would have opted for the bench if they had a punctured lung, broken ribs, or broken back. Tony didn't. He has gone above and beyond what most athletes would give up for their team. That's not hyperbole. That's a fact.

Now you've got a contingent of posters who think he should give some of his money back for the sake of the team. Not a single one of those posters would give up a nickel of their salary for the sake of the company they work for. Hell, I'm willing to bet they'd whine like a ***** if the company they worked for bought a cheaper brand of coffee for the office. One guy had the balls to whine about breaking his whittle fingers and tried and make the correlation to Tony Romo. Oh wait, that was you. There are literally 100s of thousands if not millions of people on the planet that can do your job. There are 32 on the planet that can do Tony Romo's job and he does it better than 80% of those 32. Translation: It doesn't matter what he can retire on or how much money he makes compared to the average message board posting mouth breather (no, I don't mean you). He's paid a fair wage in respect to his actual peers. He's earned it. He doesn't owe the team or the fans any more than he has given and will give in the future. One thing you can count on with Tony Romo, he will NEVER give less than every freaking thing he has. You ask a player to take a pay cut when he stops giving it his all, never before.

 

[Clove]

It's funny how people want Romo to get all the money he can get, but want Dez to take a lower salary. Typical

 

[Vanilla2]

Everybody's willing to cut salaries as long as it's not their own

 

[Romonater]

It's funny how people want Romo to get all the money he can get, but want Dez to take a lower salary. Typical

When a man plays through punctured lungs, broken ribs, back cist, tries to play through a broken clavicle, multiple contusions and is willing to sacrifice even more for this franchise, it's hard not to admire the guy, considering he's willing to go above and beyond to win for this franchise. After his career is done, he will have a beat up body. I say, the guy deserves every penny he's getting. I've seen Tony Romo turn Laurent Robinson and Miles Austin into pro bowlers. So thinking that Romo is more valuable than Dez isn't exactly delusional. It's perfectly logical. Your "typical" comment is kind of ironic, considering your response seems to be the norm with Romo, "the overpaid quarterback of the dallas cowboys". Mark my words, Romo will be praised when he leaves and sorely missed by the fanbase that continues to underappreciate him.

 

[Vanilla2]

It's funny how people want Romo to get all the money he can get, but want Dez to take a lower salary. Typical

Not me.

All those guys deserve to get all they can.

Matter of fact everyone of us out there in our 9-5's deserve to get all we can.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

You've obviously missed the point. It's not about what Tony can retire on. He could have retired after his first long term deal. He's being paid market value for his position and has given himself and his body up for the team when many a QB in the league would have opted for the bench if they had a punctured lung, broken ribs, or broken back. Tony didn't. He has gone above and beyond what most athletes would give up for their team. That's not hyperbole. That's a fact.

Now you've got a contingent of posters who think he should give some of his money back for the sake of the team. Not a single one of those posters would give up a nickel of their salary for the sake of the company they work for. Hell, I'm willing to bet they'd whine like a ***** if the company they worked for bought a cheaper brand of coffee for the office. One guy had the balls to whine about breaking his whittle fingers and tried and make the correlation to Tony Romo. Oh wait, that was you. There are literally 100s of thousands if not millions of people on the planet that can do your job. There are 32 on the planet that can do Tony Romo's job and he does it better than 80% of those 32. Translation: It doesn't matter what he can retire on or how much money he makes compared to the average message board posting mouth breather (no, I don't mean you). He's paid a fair wage in respect to his actual peers. He's earned it. He doesn't owe the team or the fans any more than he has given and will give in the future. One thing you can count on with Tony Romo, he will NEVER give less than every freaking thing he has. You ask a player to take a pay cut when he stops giving it his all, never before.

Excellent post. And some of the "he should take a cut crowed" are the same ones saying pay Dez what ever, right after he said "don't test my loyalty"
Makes no sense to me.

 

[skinsscalper]

When a man plays through punctured lungs, broken ribs, back cist, tries to play through a broken clavicle, multiple contusions and is willing to sacrifice even more for this franchise, it's hard not to admire the guy, considering he's willing to go above and beyond to win for this franchise. After his career is done, he will have a beat up body. I say, the guy deserves every penny he's getting. I've seen Tony Romo turn Laurent Robinson and Miles Austin into pro bowlers. So thinking that Romo is more valuable than Dez isn't exactly delusional. It's perfectly logical. Your "typical" comment is kind of ironic, considering your response seems to be the norm with Romo, "the overpaid quarterback of the dallas cowboys". Mark my words, Romo will be praised when he leaves and sorely missed by the fanbase that continues to underappreciate him.

Top it off with the fact that Romo has never made any ****** bag comments about loyalty.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

It's funny how people want Romo to get all the money he can get, but want Dez to take a lower salary. Typical

One plays through just about every thing and the other says "don't test my loyalty" I dunno..................

 

[Idgit]

He is worth every penny and more

Yep.
Also, I've always wanted to ask if your username had anything to do with the Princess Bride, or is it just a coincidence that you've got the Rodents Of Unusual Size thing going on? Probably just a coincidence, huh?

 

[yimyammer]

Now you've got a contingent of posters who think he should give some of his money back for the sake of the team. Not a single one of those posters would give up a nickel of their salary for the sake of the company they work for. .

I don't know if you're including me with this statement but thats not what I'm advocating.

I'm advocating investing in his future via a salary reduction that will make him even more money in the long run if the team were to win a Super Bowl as a result of him freeing up cap room to sign the players that helped him get that Super Bowl win. I think there is wisdom in this which would benefit him both personally and economically in excess of what he would be giving up in the short term and I think all players should be sold on this idea.

It's risk/reward to be sure and there is no guarantee it would work but that's true of any investment. And lets not forget there will always be a signing bonus where the risk is almost entirely on the teams shoulders in the short term. Plus who's to say that the salary reduction wouldn't allow him to have a longer career because of a better line, RB, receivers, etc. Just one extra year's salary would far surpass anything he would give up.

If the team could negotiate even a 5% discount across all salaries, that would free up 6+ mill per annum at the current cap. Every nickel counts under the salary cap. Fortunately, the recent history of contracts with Lee & Tyron Smith give me hope that someone in the organization might have similar thoughts.

And people do take jobs at lower compensation (i.e. a pay cut over what they would make elsewhere) if they have a chance to benefit from that companies success. An example would be where a talented programmer might decide to work for a young upstart with a great idea he believes in and in exchange that programmer gets stock options in lieu of the higher salary. In that example, the programmer is making a financial sacrifice for his and the companies greater good in the hope the company will go public and all the work he did at a discount will be paid back multiple times over.

Why are you so protective of Romo's salary? (serious question, I'm not trying to attack you for your opinion)

 

[blindzebra]

And he's worth it. Hate to say it, but he is. Now Romo who's been abused his whole career needs a pay cut?

Not saying he didn't, but he sure as hell didn't take a pay cut.