Tony Romo, who is completing his seventh season in sports broadcasting, has built a group of critics that includes football fans, media analysts, radio hosts, and a wealth of commentary on social media in recent years. It also brings hatred.
On a call with CBS NFL Media on Thursday, Romo apparently had enough and responded to those who have been following his role with the CBS NFL team since 2017.
“That’s the normal arc of someone’s career,” he said. “To be honest, I think a lot of people were rooting against it.” [Patrick] Mahomes was there. They want to meet new people.
“When you do something at a very high level, it’s just part of the arc. I think that’s normal. The same thing happens in football. You get the upper hand at things and all of a sudden people are like, ‘OK. ” and so on. And then at the end, Tiger Woods comes back and everyone’s rooting for you. It’s a pretty normal career trajectory. This is not abnormal. That absolutely has to happen. ”
Romo also said he usually receives more criticism than praise on social media.
So it’s even harder to accurately gauge his goodwill in the sports world.
“If you like our broadcast and you say, ‘Wow, I love Jim Nantz and Tony Romo,’ and you tweet that, are you going to keep doing that every week, or are you just going to be a little bit pretentious?” Are you stupid? He said, “I think that there are so many more people that I see every day that love our broadcast, love our team, love CBS, and what we do.” And we can feel it in our lives too. There are many people who have told us they love us.
“So sometimes there’s going to be a negative side, but that’s normal. That’s what’s supposed to happen throughout the arc. I’ll tell you, there’s a lot of people…if I go in there and say, ‘Hey. , do you guys still like us?’ and I think you’re going to hear about it again.”
That’s according to a report by Andrew Marchand, then with the Post, on a podcast last February detailing an “intervention” company executives attempted to make with the former Cowboys quarterback last offseason. Romo appears to be drawing criticism even within the CBS organization. .
CBS Chairman Sean McManus also told Marchand in October: [Romo] “It could be better,” he said, but clarified that it wasn’t a unique conversation, as he’s had similar conversations with other on-air talent.
But CBS spokeswoman Jen Sabatel disputed the use of the word “intervention,” explaining that the company instead “meets regularly with on-air talent.”
Romo recently received rave reviews from fans for his call on Lamar Jackson for catching a pass from him during the AFC Championship.
He has also incorrectly mentioned on multiple occasions that Taylor Swift is Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s wife, not his girlfriend.
Romo said in a phone call that he meant it as a joke.
“Once upon a time, someone did something like this to me. … People come up to me all the time (asking), ‘You know what?’ People love it and get into it,” Romo said.
CBS is scheduled to host the Super Bowl in Las Vegas next week, with the defending champion Chiefs and 49ers facing off.
