{"id":23587,"date":"2026-07-31T22:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23587"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:07:59","slug":"tony-romo-placed-on-leave-by-cbs-sports-following-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23587","title":{"rendered":"Tony Romo Placed on Leave by CBS Sports Following Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5746349\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5746349\" class=\"wp-image-5746349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/romo.jpg\" alt=\"Bodycam footage from Tony Romo OWI Arrest\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/romo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/romo-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/romo-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5746349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot via TMZ Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former NFL quarterback <strong>Tony Romo<\/strong> has been put on leave by CBS Sports after he was arrested and cited last week for drunk driving in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news broke of his July 23 arrest in Milwaukee, police released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/you-think-im-drunk-watch-the-bodycam-footage-of-tony-romos-drunk-driving-arrest\/\">body cam footage<\/a> showing Romo\u2019s interactions with cops.<\/p>\n<p>During the traffic stop, Romo claimed he hadn\u2019t been drinking at all and was even willing to take a field sobriety test.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the exchange, Romo repeatedly said he wanted to get in contact with his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, an officer could heard saying she smelled alcohol in the vehicle and observed multiple unopened bottles inside.<\/p>\n<p>Romo has served as the analyst for CBS Sports\u2019s top NFL booth alongside<strong> Jim Nantz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports put Romo on leave Friday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/31\/entertainment\/tony-romo-on-leave-from-cbs-sports-following-owi-arrest\/?_gl=1*5grn0e*_ga*MzI4MTk5NDUuMTc4MjkwNTQ4OQ..*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3ODU1MTE1NTgkbzIzJGcxJHQxNzg1NTExNTU4JGo2MCRsMCRoMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Page Six<\/em><\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTony Romo is on leave from his role at CBS Sports until further notice,\u201d a rep for the network told Page Six on Friday \u2014 just over a week after the retired NFL star was nabbed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Romo has yet to address the matter publicly, and his reps have not responded to our repeated requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Following his April 2017 retirement from playing football, Romo began working for CBS Sports and is currently the network\u2019s lead NFL game color analyst.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"b13b846768704d8198ec875d1e6edf9e\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Romo will be taking a leave from CBS<\/p>\n<p>JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports&#8217; lead NFL team during Tony Romo&#8217;s absence. <\/p>\n<p>We will release the remainder of our NFL ON CBS roster at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewMarchand\/status\/2083214109751873717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the footage, Romo tells the officer\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll do it but I\u2019m not allowed to call my lawyer first? Am I allowed to call my lawyer first?\u201d in reference to a field sobriety test.<\/p>\n<p>The officer then tells Romo, who retired from the NFL after 14 seasons, that he could not.<\/p>\n<p>Romo also asked the officer: \u201cBecause I\u2019m coming from a golf course you think I\u2019m drunk?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Romo out of the picture for now, fellow CBS analyst and ex-NFL star <strong>JJ Watt<\/strong> will take his place in the booth.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot via TMZ Sports Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo has been put on leave by CBS Sports after he was arrested and cited last week for drunk driving in Wisconsin. Shortly after news broke of his July 23 arrest in Milwaukee, police released body cam footage showing Romo\u2019s interactions with cops. 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