Tony Romo has gone from playing quarterback on the football field to playing hardball at the negotiating table.
According to The Sporting News, the former Dallas Cowboy signal-caller is seeking a new long-term contract with CBS to stay in the broadcast booth as a football analyst alongside partner Jim Nantz.
Romo, considered by many to be the top colorman in the game despite only have two years of experience, wants a deal which will pay him $10 million per year following the 2019 NFL season.
Were he to get that amount moving forward after this season, Romo would be the highest-paid TV analyst in sports history.
That sizable sum would also be a big increase from the $4 million annual salary the 38-year-old makes on his current three-year deal.
Another Cowboy-turned-commentator, Troy Aikman, currently makes about $7.5 million annually working for CBS competitor Fox Sports. Though he is now back coaching the Raiders, ex-ESPN analyst Jon Gruden was making $6.5 million to call Monday Night Football.
CBS would be loath to lose Romo to one of those competitors or another venture such as a new streaming service, so it seems more likely than not the former QB will become the highest-paid analyst ever starting in 2020.
“I feel this is exactly where I should be,” Romo said of CBS during a Super Bowl preview in January.
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