Former Cowboys quarterback and current CBS analyst Tony Romo got busted for an OWI arrest, and the details emerging are pretty wild. This whole thing apparently went down right after he finished participating in a golf tournament, making an already tough week even tougher.
Romo’s Golf Game and Arrest Details
Reports are coming out from Fox 6 News, who apparently got their hands on the arrest detention report first. Romo was down in Wisconsin, his home state, specifically Burlington, to play in the Wisconsin Amateur Championship in West Bend. He finished the tournament, which wrapped up on Thursday, tied in a four-way knot for 73rd place. Not exactly a championship performance on the course, and what happened next certainly didn’t help. The arrest happened on I-43 in Milwaukee, a solid 40 miles away from West Bend, where he’d been golfing. The report says he performed poorly on field sobriety tests, but there’s no word yet if he took a breath test to confirm his blood-alcohol level. Yikes.
The Fallout and Romo’s Schedule
So what does this mean for Romo? His first court appearance is already locked in for September 21. That’s a major date to circle, especially because it’s only six days before he’s scheduled to be on the call for the Ravens-Cowboys game down in Brazil. That’s a huge international game, and you gotta wonder how this arrest will play out with his broadcast duties. The sports world is definitely buzzing about it. While the CBS Sports website is oddly quiet on the whole thing, CBS News actually has a story up. Meanwhile, ESPN, despite having its own drama recently, threw the Romo arrest onto its front page and NFL page. Even Adam Schefter, the info firehose himself, pushed it out on Twitter. Everyone’s watching this one.
This is a developing story, and you know we’ll be watching to see how this impacts Romo’s professional life. September 21 is going to be a big day for him, and then it’s straight to Brazil for a major broadcast. That’s a tight turnaround and a lot on his plate. You gotta wonder how this will all unfold as the NFL season gets into full swing. Stay tuned.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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