{"id":40981,"date":"2026-08-12T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40981"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:25:57","slug":"cbs-sports-president-says-theres-no-timeline-for-a-decision-on-romos-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40981","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports president says there\u2019s no timeline for a decision on Romo\u2019s future"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/24\/Romo_Arrest_Football_46158_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 CBS Sports president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/david-berson\/\">David Berson<\/a> said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/tony-romo\/\">Tony Romo\u2019s<\/a> future.<\/p>\n<p>Romo, the network\u2019s lead NFL analyst, is on leave following his arrest last month in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an evolving situation, and therefore we\u2019re still assessing,\u201d Berson said during a network event.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u201cWe 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<p>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 Sept. 13, when the Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p>Watt joined CBS in 2023. He was an analyst on \u201cThe NFL Today\u201d 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<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>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<p>He was arrested July 23 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<p>He has a court date set for Sept. 21.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Romo went to high school about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Burlington, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony Romo\u2019s future. Romo, the network\u2019s lead NFL analyst, is on leave following his arrest last month in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. \u201cIt\u2019s an evolving situation, and therefore&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/24\/Romo_Arrest_Football_46158_c0-187-4500-2812_s1200x700.jpg?e7bfb14d9f18d96bf7727a1f6aeaba1f8edc4758","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}