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Tony Romo signed a six-year, $67.5 million deal that included $30 million guaranteed and an $11.5 million signing bonus. Where does the rest of the money come in? There are no roster or option bonuses to the deal. The other guarantees come in Romo's base salaries the next two years. Here are the yearly base salaries: 2007 - $6 million (the Cowboys added $4.5 million to his $1.5 million base this year) |
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Posted by raff hollister @ 4:34 PM Tue, Oct 30, 2007
Leave it to Stephen to come up with a very cap friendly contract for the next couple of years.
Extremely cap friendly when you consider this is your franchise QB, plus he was able to throw 4.5 Million of salary into this years excess cap room plus part of his signing bonus.
Good Job Guys.
Posted by evilinc @ 5:07 PM Tue, Oct 30, 2007
2 things:
1. It was reported elsewhere (Charlie Casserlie at NFL.com, I believe) that there is an absurdly easy benchmark to guarantee that last mil in year three so it's, for practical purposes, 31 mil guaranteed.
2. Compare this to what it would have cost the Cowboys to franchise him, which, I believe, would have been more than 10/yr.
Also, is that 11.5 all bonus that must be pro-rated or is some of it dumped on this year's cap (or maybe that's why the salary for this year is substantial as this year's cap can afford it?)