Eight days after he was arrested for OWI (operating while under the influence), CBS has placed No. 1 game analyst Tony Romo on indefinite leave.
“Tony Romo is on leave from his role at CBS Sports until further notice,” the network said in a statement on Friday.
The former Cowboys quarterback was poised to enter his 10th season on CBS’s top NFL broadcast team with play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson. But on July 23, he was pulled over by police in his home state of Wisconsin and charged with OWI. According to a police report, Romo failed field sobriety tests.
TMZ posted police bodycam footage of Romo being arrested and declining to take a breathalyzer test. Police also found an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, according to the Associated Press. The 46-year-old Romo has yet to publicly comment on the incident, while CBS had stayed silent until Friday.
JJ Watt, who debuted as a game analyst on CBS’s No. 2 team last season, will work with Nantz and Wolfson on the No. 1 team in Romo’s absence.
