{"id":581999,"date":"2026-08-12T02:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/581999\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T02:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:12:16","slug":"cbs-sports-chief-says-no-timetable-on-tony-romos-future-after-owi-arrest-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/581999\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports chief says \u2018no timetable\u2019 on Tony Romo\u2019s future after OWI arrest | NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony Romo\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Romo, the network\u2019s lead NFL<\/a> analyst, is on leave following his arrest last month in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an evolving situation, and therefore we\u2019re still assessing,\u201d Berson said during a network event. \u201cThere is no timetable or final decision at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berson also told reporters the decision to place Romo on indefinite leave was intended to shift attention toward the games and away from his legal situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe we had to consider the impact on our image and on our brand. That\u2019s very important to us. Whether the games, marketing, PR, social, the focus should and needs to be on our presentation and not on any other factors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Analyst JJ Watt will join play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson on CBS Sports\u2019 lead NFL team during Romo\u2019s absence. Their first game will be on 13 September, when the Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

Tony Romo appears in Milwaukee county sheriff’s office bodycam footage obtained by the Guardian. Photograph: Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Watt joined CBS in 2023. He was an analyst on The NFL Today for two seasons before teaming with Ian Eagle on the network\u2019s No 2 crew beginning last season. Ross Tucker has been moved up to the No 2 team. He has previously teamed with Eagle on radio broadcasts for Westwood One.<\/p>\n

Romo, 46, has been the lead game analyst for CBS\u2019 NFL coverage since 2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during a playing career that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on 23 July<\/a> after he was stopped while driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee county sheriff\u2019s office, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests before getting arrested, booked and released.<\/p>\n

He has a court date set for 21 September.<\/p>\n

Romo went to high school about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Burlington, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-581999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}