Rumor has it that ESPN is prepared to offer Romo an annual salary between $10 million and $14 million to leave CBS to announce Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Wow...
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Rumor has it that ESPN is prepared to offer Romo an annual salary between $10 million and $14 million to leave CBS to announce Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Wow...
Well they need to do something -- MNF is awful. Booger is bad and the other guy is worse. It is amazing not only how much nonsense those two communicate each broadcast, but how much dead air. there are stretches where they are simply saying nothing.
Since I hate almost all announcers (most are awful), it is kinda nice but not the playbook for how to broadcast a game.
I think the biggest problem with the announcing across networks is that folks have the job for far too long. I bet when they first start out, everyone works really hard to prep for each game. Then 30 years later, they are like "I got this!" and don't prep as hard and then go on the air and say wacky stuff.
I'd be in favor of Romo on Monday Night Football. Out of most announcers out there I think Romo does a pretty good job and he's also entertaining to listen to.
I like Buck and Aikman. I also like Burkhart and Davis. Would Nantz come with Romo for the Monday Night gig?
I doubt Nantz would leave doing the NCAA basketball tournament and the Masters. As great as Romo is, those 2 are dream gigs for an announcer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Born2Steel
Hope he takes it
The next time I watch a game because of who is broadcasting it will be the first time
Not certain how ESPN turns a profit on the increased salary of Romo as opposed to Booger but if Romo gets it good for him
What may make sense is if this is the first step in the rumored move by Disney (ABC/ESPN) to outbid CBS for the AFC rights when the current rights deal expires.
The real $$$ are in the audiences for the Sunday games (article linked below shows 41 of the top 50 TV audiences in 2019 were NFL games - none were on Monday night).
https://adage.com/article/media/nfl-...dcasts/2225851
Having Romo on board would be the cornerstone of building out broadcasting teams for that.
Sort of the way Gary McCord in golf has become. I use to really like him. Now he’s just silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
Back in the day, before they were so afraid of dead air, and there was no instant replay, you figured the game out for yourself. Now it's all noise, clutter, replays, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
Sure, much of a current tv broadcast is clutter - but I am not sure that it is or was ever ideal to have live game action going on and no one saying anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom444
Also, TV networks are caught in a bind. To whom do they calibrate their broadcasts to? Fans with a deep knowledge of the game and rules? Casual fans that know the general basics but need help with the intricacies of the game play and strategies? Or "new" fans that barely can follow what is going on?
No. You can't enjoy the moment when they're constantly bombarding you with stats, and clutter, that are meaningless to the game in front of you. Then they over analyze everything. I first started watching football on TV in the 50s. It was completely different. It was more like going to a game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojouw
IMO
If ESPN can't get Romo they might as well throw up some midgets or get those chimpanzees from the I work with monkeys tv commercial.
ESPN needs to change programming and dump all the radical left wing political garbage. They are not qualified. Most of them can barely read a teleprompter. They need to move the kickoff line back to the original days. There are some podcasts that get higher ratings. Too much nonsense freestyling when they got no style points to begin with.
Is there a source link for this rumor? It’d be an improvement that’s for sure.
https://frntofficesport.com/tony-romo-espn-mnf/Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/202...romo-espn-cbs/
I actually like Romo's work. He's not over the top douchy like Collinsworth. I also like Aikman it must be something about ex-Cowboy QB's.Quote:
Originally Posted by 86WARD
The Monday Night crew have been horrible for years and years.
Still never understood the decision Disney made by moving Monday Football from a main network channel to ESPN...Especially when NBC made such a push to get football on Sunday Night. MNF used to be an event; as much as I hate listening to Collingsworth, Sunday Night Football seems to have taken over the spotlight
Agree...imagine them going from Booger to Romo...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezra Tank
MNF used to be an event because you got to see teams you normally didn’t get to see on a regular basis. Technology and the NFL have ruined MNF. Nowadays, especially if you are creative, you can see any game you want from any market you want. You can listen to any games broadcast you want...home, away, Spanish, whatever. The NFL has put more games on TV and prime time so it’s no longer that special event it used to be...now people bitch because the game isn’t good. The move from ABC to ESPN hurts a bit but really, I think it’s very small compared to the rest of the contributing factors.Quote:
Originally Posted by pepsyman1
I just wish they would get rid of Thursday Night Football. It messes up trying to start fantasy players.
I hate TNF as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezra Tank
I'll do it for half of what they're offering Romo.
Sadly I don’t think that’s going to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezra Tank