Jim Nantz speaks out on Tony Romo arrest with CBS future uncertain

Jim Nantz has mostly kept his head down in the midst of CBS’s ongoing contract situation with Tony Romo following his OWI arrest in July.However, at CBS Sports’ annual NFL Media Day on Tuesday, he was quick to tell Awful Announcing that the former Cowboys quarterback remains a “great friend” and “always will be” despite the fact that the two may no longer be partners in the booth again at the network.“No, I really was just laying low,” Nantz told the outlet when asked if he has been kept in the loop by CBS.“I had golf events to do and I knew they had a lot to, you know, look at, sort out.

But, you know, I made my mind up because we have this late flurry of golf events on the schedule.I was going to communicate with Tony, which we have, back-and-forth … I just kind of wanted to focus on what’s in front of me, and that’s what I’ve done.   “Tony is a great friend of mine and has been for years.

He and I go back to 2011 when he got married, I was invited to his wedding.So, this was not someone in 2017 when he entered the booth I was just getting to know for the first time.

So he’s a great friend, continues to be, always will be.“I adore his family, his wife (Candice Crawford) is awesome.

They’re the ones that are on my mind right now.The contents of what we talked about, I’m just going to leave that private, and I think that’s the only way and the appropriate way for me to look at it.”The 67-year-old sportscaster said he was at a golf event in Minnesota when he heard about Romo’s July 23 arrest in Wisconsin, where he was charged with operating while intoxicated.He found out the next day while at the 3M Open.The incident is considered a traffic violation, not a criminal charge, in Wisconsin, and he is facing up to $1,568.50 in fines.

CBS put Romo on leave “until further notice” on July 31 and has not backed down from that stance.President of CBS Sports David Berson said Tuesday they’re still “assessing” the situ...