Via the Star-Telegram: Romo wins big again with $67.5 million deal
According to multiple sources, the Cowboys quarterback and his owner have agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension worth $67.5 million. He is guaranteed to receive a whopping $30 million in the first three years of the deal.
It is the second-richest contract in Cowboys history, trailing only the nine-year, $85.5 million contract Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman signed in 1999.
One expected that Jerry would get this done before the season was over, and it is great to have a solid QB with star potential sewn up in Big D. After about a decade of wandering in the desert, Dallas has the guy who can be the “next Aikman” (and there is clearly a long way to go yet).
As Matt Mosley said at Hashmarks:
Romo will make roughly $11.25 million per year, which isn’t bad for an undrafted quarterback out of Eastern Illinois.
Indeed.
[…] His joy is apparently infectious, which shouldn’t be surprising considering how long the Cowboys have waited for a worthy successor to Don Meredith, Roger Staubach, and Troy Aikman. In what may have been one of the most surreal news conferences in club history, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced quarterback Tony Romo’s six-year, $67.5 million contract, and then passed along some time-honored dating advice. Moments after a non-Hashmarks sanctioned reporter interrupted the proceedings with a question about Romo’s alleged run-in with Britney Spears in Los Angeles on Friday, Jones slowly leaned forward and said in his best Arkansas accent, “I’ve told Tony that sometimes they can smell fresh cash.” […]
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