Rumors of Tony Romo landing with the Texans, Broncos, or some other team circulated for months before today’s news of his retirement. Apparently, Romo won’t be leaving us wondering for too long about his next career move. After also receiving serious interest from FOX, Romo has reached verbal agreement on a deal with CBS, according to John Ourand of Sports Business Daily. 
Romo will be in the booth alongside play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz in the network’s “A-Team” package. That means that Romo will be calling CBS’ most important game of the week and will almost certainly be making the most money of any color analyst in the family. The arrival of Romo will displace Phil Simms and it’s not immediately clear whether he’ll remain with CBS in a different capacity.
Ourand hears that CBS offered more money than FOX and also a more prestigious position. FOX, apparently, wanted Romo to replace new 49ers GM John Lynch on their B-Team. Romo’s familiarity with the NFC would have made him a fit for FOX, but he would have been effectively blocked from moving up to the A-Team thanks to the presence of Troy Aikman. Aikman is just 50 years old and unlikely to retire anytime soon. Another plus to the CBS offer was the potential for Romo to eventually do some golf commentary, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
Romo’s decision to step away from football makes a bit more sense when considering the salary and visibility that will come with the CBS job. Some in football seem to think that Romo could return to the Cowboys in the event of an injury, but he might not want to step away from one of the game’s best broadcasting gigs in order to do that.
Wow
Simms is scheduled to visit the Texans and the Broncos this week.
Meant to be a thumbs up…good one!
Awesome.
HEYO
Definitely the right choice for his family and his health. Good on ya Tony.
I liked Phil Simms, hopefully he still does some games.
…I think you’re the only person who likes Phil. It’s been way over due for a change.
Let’s hope he isn’t incompetent and or idiotic as some of his predecessors.
Dan Fouts is the worst. They should bump him.
In Studio.
Ya know whom I think is very good and underrated? Steve Tasker and Daryl Johnston.
Tony Romo will be induced into the Cowboys ring of honor, for his
numerous Cowboys qb records and two playoff win.
Why isn’t that no one is talking about Danny White, who
also should be in the Cowboys rjng of honor.
Took the Cowboys to 3 NFC Championship games, as a 3 yr. starter
something Romo never accomplished.
Humm maybe it’s because he’s the owner adopted son,
who assisted him in obtaining the job at CBS?