Why cant Romo take a Pay Cut?

[cmoney23]

2 back surgeries.
2 Fractures in his back
plus years of wear and tear... HE HAS EARNED that money... pay it all to him and then some!

 

[yimyammer]

Is this sort of under-the-table compensation or benefit allowed?

I doubt it and I wouldn't try to do it under the table either. If its not allowed, just pay Romo whatever the amount of the premium is and he can pay for the insurance, it still should be significantly less than the total amount of salary he is insuring.

I wonder if the Cowboys have a health insurance plan they give the players? Does that count against the cap in addition to their salary? What about other types of benefits employees typically receive, do they count against the cap if extended to players?

Are players considered independent contractors?

Any accountants out there see where I'm going with this?

 

[xwalker]

Do you know how hard he had to work to pad his stats enough to get that contract? Do you know how many times he had to audible out of a run play and into a pass play to get there? And now you just want him to walk away?

There's a level of stupid that will live on this board in perpetuity. Thanks for doing your part.

 

[yimyammer]

2) Good luck finding an insurance company that would play ball. Insurance companies won't even provide health insurance to regular retired players after they leave the NFL. They'd take one look at that Romo proposal and be like "lol nope".

Lol, good point. Lloyds of London maybe?

I wonder who insures these guys in college I read about.

Keep in mind in my scenario, they aren't insuring the full 100 million dollar contract, they are just insuring the savings Romo gave the team. So if he reduced his contract by 6 million, thats the total amount insured. Would that possibly make it easier to insure?

Who knows, but if I was in charge, I would turn over every stone and use every legal trick in the book to stretch every last dollar of the salary cap in order to give the team the best chance of success.

 

[DFWJC]

There's a level of stupid that will live on this board in perpetuity. Thanks for doing your part.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Do you know how hard he had to work to pad his stats enough to get that contract? Do you know how many times he had to audible out of a run play and into a pass play to get there? And now you just want him to walk away?

 

[8FOR!3]

I'm sure the people saying it would jump at the chance. How many here take a pay cut tomorrow if your boss asks? Of course it would be for the betterment of the company you work for.

This. I can't believe people expect a grown man to take a pay cut like that. Does it happen sometimes? Yeah. Should it be something expected? No. It's a favor that some players rarely do for the team, I don't think it should be asked of anybody by fans.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I wonder if the same people that are saying Romo should take a pay cut for the good of the team have offered to take a pay cut at their own jobs for the good of the company they work for.


I doubt one single person has gone into their boss's office and offered to give back some of their weekly pay check.