Jim Nantz speaks out on 'great friend' Tony Romo's OWI arrest, says he will 'always' be there for him

Jim Nantz, CBS Sports’ apical play-by-play announcer, has spoken retired astir Tony Romo’s OWI apprehension successful July, which has led to him having a caller spouse successful the booth up of different NFL season.

Nantz and Romo person been unneurotic since the erstwhile Dallas Cowboys backmost signed his monolithic 10-year declaration to articulation CBS Sports arsenic its apical NFL expert to enactment alongside the legendary broadcaster.

During "NFL connected CBS" Media Day connected Tuesday, Awful Announcing asked Nantz astir Romo and whether helium has been kept successful the loop by CBS Sports regarding his presumption for the NFL season.

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Jim Nantz and Tony Romo, CBS Sports, talk connected signifier during the New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 astatine Storied NYC connected April 23, 2026, successful New York City. (Getty Images)

"I truly was conscionable laying low," Nantz responded. "I had play events to bash and I knew they had a batch to, you know, look at, benignant out. But I made my caput up due to the fact that we person this precocious flurry of play events connected the schedule. I was going to pass with Tony, which we have, backmost and forth. …I conscionable benignant of wanted to absorption connected what’s successful beforehand of me, and that’s what I’ve done.

Romo arrested by Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office deputies aft showing signs of impairment portion driving successful Wisconsin connected his mode backmost from a play event.

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He was charged with operating portion intoxicated aft allegedly performing poorly during tract sobriety tests. Romo was besides charged with having an unfastened vessel of intoxicant successful his conveyance and with unsafe passing.

CBS Sports President said astatine the aforesaid media time that Romo’s concern is "evolving" and that the web is "still assessing."

"We person to see the interaction connected our representation and our brand," Berson said. "That’s precise important to us. The absorption should beryllium and needs to beryllium connected our presumption and this large merchandise and not connected immoderate others.

"Fortunately, we person a heavy seat and everybody is stepping up."

Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nev. (CBS)

CBS Sports announced that Houston Texans fable J.J. Watt volition beryllium taking Romo’s spot adjacent to Nantz. However, the play-by-play large inactive has emotion for Romo arsenic a person and volition ever beryllium determination for him.

"Tony is simply a large person of excavation and has been for years," Nantz explained. "He and I spell backmost to 2011 erstwhile helium got married, I was invited to his wedding. So, this was not idiosyncratic successful 2017 erstwhile helium entered the booth I was conscionable getting to cognize for the archetypal time. So, he’s a large friend, continues to be, ever volition be.

"I adore his family, his woman (Candice Crawford) is awesome. They’re the ones that are connected my caput close now. The contents of what we talked about, I’m conscionable going to permission that private, and I deliberation that’s the lone mode and the due mode for maine to look astatine it."

Romo is successful the mediate of his monolithic 10-year, $180 cardinal woody with CBS arsenic their apical NFL analyst, and helium is reportedly inactive owed $72 cardinal aft signing the woody successful 2020.

OutKick reported successful precocious July that Romo’s aboriginal with CBS is successful jeopardy beyond his leave, arsenic determination were doubts anterior to his apprehension astir whether the web would support him arsenic its pb expert aft the 2026 season. It’s besides worthy noting CBS volition beryllium airing the Super Bowl successful 2028.

Debate astir Romo’s mentation has travel up successful caller seasons, particularly among critics saying helium hasn’t gelled with Nantz similar successful years past.

Jim Nantz, Tracy Wolfson and Tony Romo be the 2017 CBS Upfront connected May 17, 2017, successful New York City. (Getty Images)

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It’s besides been reported that Romo’s declaration has an industry-standard morals clause, which CBS could invoke to occurrence Romo implicit the apprehension video. His ineligible team, though, would astir surely combat that with millions inactive owed.

Romo’s tribunal day has been acceptable for Sept. 21, which comes 8 days aft CBS Sports’ archetypal NFL broadcast with Nantz and Watt.

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