equal time Phil Mushnick Tony Romo’s DUI arrest gives CBS potential escape from its $180 million mistake By Phil Mushnick Published Aug. 22, 2026, 3:08 p.m. ET CBS sportscaster and former NFL quarterback Tony Romo chats with the media Wednesday, July 29, 2026, during the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois Championship & Pro-Am at Metamora Fields Golf Club. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect For those who enjoyed 1930s cinematic comedies, there is much familiar to attach to this tempest in a table spoon as per Tony Romo’s DUI bust and status of his $180 million contract.
For starters, Romo, even on his best days, has a bemused look on his face, a distant, vacant grin. But this mugshot, taken by Milwaukee police, as most of us have seen, makes him look even more as if he’s doing a Stan Laurel impersonation.
Then there’s the W.C. Fields connection. Fields starred in the 1933 short, “The Fatal Glass Of Beer.”
Romo’s one-too-many bust wasn’t fatal to Romo or to any innocent victim, but it could cost him — if CBS successfully pursues the contract nullification it appears to be preparing — the balance of his 10-year, $180 million deal to call six months of NFL telecasts. CBS outbid other networks to have Romo wear a CBS blazer on the air.
