Tony Romo's Arrest Could Ultimately Cost Him '$500 Million'

Tony Romo's arrest for suspicion of OWI could ultimately be the end of his time as a No. 1 NFL announcer.

CBS announced last week that Romo will be sidelined indefinitely. J.J. Watt will be taking his spot in the broadcasting booth, working alongside Jim Nantz. It's unclear when or if Romo will be back.

Dan Le Batard is among those who think this could be the end.

“Tony Romo has been put on leave by CBS, which is at least a little curious because there are no games right now,” Le Batard said, per Awful Announcing. “And so, J.J. Watt evidently is going to replace him much cheaper while he’s on leave for preseason games and one of America’s preeminent broadcast teams is going to be disrupted for at least the near future, and maybe longer depending on whether or not CBS wants to get out of that contract.”

Le Batard thinks that Romo very well might not ever return.

“This might be the beginning of the end of Tony Romo and one of America’s premier broadcast teams,” Le Batard continued. “And I assume that, contractually, they might be able to fire him for cause and get out from under that money. My guess is that the delay is all of this and putting him on leave is, at least, in part so they can figure out what they want to do because the only thing that saves or eliminates Tony Romo’s job right now is if his bosses were happy with him before this happened.”

Ultimately, if Romo is done as a top NFL announcer, it could cost him nearly half a billion dollars.

Romo's $500 million mistake

The Athletic's Andrew Marchand believes that Romo could ultimately have cost himself roughly $500 million in future earnings by getting arrested and potentially booted out of the top CBS booth.

"If Romo is done at CBS, he may end up costing himself around a half-billion dollars, give or take, in what he could have made in the broadcast booth," he shared.

Romo is currently on a 10 year, $180 million contract, with four years and $72 million remaining on the deal.