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CBS Reportedly Staged 'Intervention' For Tony Romo Amid Broadcast Woes

After controversy swirled around CBS Sports broadcaster Tony Romo this week, news has emerged that network bosses staged an “intervention” with him to address his flagging performance in the broadcast booth.

CBS execs reportedly flew to Romo’s home in Dallas, Texas, several times last year to review game film to help him get his mojo back, the New York Post reported.

CBS officials reacted to the Post’s report, calling it “a complete mischaracterization” of the meetings. They said they “meet regularly with our on-air talent” for critiquing sessions and discussions.

Romo has only been with the network for a few years having signed a massive $17 million contract with CBS in 2020 after his abrupt retirement from the NFL.

The contract made him the highest-paid game analyst in TV history.

But clearly, CBS suits are unhappy with his performance and feel that he lost his rapport with partner Jim Nantz.

The paper added that executives reviewed tapes, had dinner and discussed the former player’s work on air. But thus far, insiders say it has not done the network much good.

The stakes are high for next year, too, because CBS is set to broadcast the Super Bowl in 2024 with Romo and Nantz in the broadcast booth.

Romo has been the subject of much criticism by fans and sports reporters both. And earlier this week he was under fire for what some felt was his near catastrophe with a racial slur. Many insisted that he “nearly said the n-word” during his call of the second half of Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Ringer podcaster Van Lathan Jr. led the criticism when he thought he heard Romo say the letter “n” and then pause. To Luther, that indicated he caught himself before blurting out the n-word.

Whatever Romo was about to say, he clearly did not say the n-word. But many fans were shocked anyway by what they perceived. Indeed, it is far more likely he was going to say “Niners,” than the n-word.

gak said:

Romo has been the subject of much criticism by fans and sports reporters both. And earlier this week he was under fire for what some felt was his near catastrophe with a racial slur. Many insisted that he “nearly said the n-word”

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Thanks for this. My family is passing around stories about the intervention and it makes no sense to us. Now it does. I thought he was broadcasting drunk or something.


Anyway. Lifelong KC fan checking in. Go Gravies! Die Eagles Die!

Just make it flag football and get it over with.
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Richard Sherman, NFL players rip potential rule change that would ban ‘hip-drop' tackle

The recent announcement that the NFL will be taking a closer look into "hip-drop" tackles did not go over well with many of the league's defensive players.

Retired cornerback Richard Sherman, who was a member of the Seattle Seahawks' "Legion of Boom," voiced his displeasure about the possibility the league may ban that type of tackle.

Cowboys running back Tony Pollard suffered a high ankle sprain and a fractured fibula after he was grabbed from behind by defensive back Jimmie Ward during a divisional round playoff game in January.

League Chief Medical Officer Allen Sills revealed the NFL will have "very active offseason conversation" about that style of tackle.

Sills' announcement is in line with a January report from The Washington Post that the NFL's competition committee will review the "mechanics" of the tackle that injured Pollard.

"Hip-drop" tackles historically have been associated with ankle and leg injuries due to the manner in which defenders drop their body weight to the turf while attempting to tackle ball carriers from behind.

Sherman was named to five Pro Bowls during his 11-year career. He spent this season as a television analyst for "Thursday Night Football." He pushed back against the idea of a potential ban on the tackle, calling it "overkill."

"A desperation wrap up trying to prevent a ball carrier from gaining extra yards," Sherman wrote on Twitter. "There isn’t one player saying "hey I’m about to drop my weight on his ankle when I tackle him." Defense is Hard enough with the rules about roughing the QB and interference. This would be overkill."

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered an ankle injury in the playoffs on a similar tackle.

Mahomes' ankle was rolled over when Jacksonville Jaguars pass rusher Arden Key fell on Mahomes' leg as Key tried to sack the quarterback in the first half of a divisional playoff game.

Sherman was not the only critic to weigh in on a review of the tackle. Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward replied, "So dumb… they trying to make defenders extinct lol"

"This is so stupid. How the heck are we ever going to get guys on the ground. They thinking too much," Heyward also wrote earlier Saturday.

Dolphins safety Jevon Holland was also not in favor of the possible rule change, saying, "It's getting outta hand now."

Jets cornerback Michael Carter II expressed disbelief. [Ain't no way]

There has not been any official decision on enacting a rule change as it relates to the "hip-drop" tackle.

The NFL has previously altered its rules to ban horse-collar tackles and low hits on quarterbacks due to the risk of injury.