Tony Romo could not have asked for a better opportunity with his first broadcasting gig, but that doesn’t mean he is ruling out leaving the job at some point to return to the field.
Romo, who will be replacing Phil Simms alongside Jim Nantz for CBS next season, has said he does not envision playing football again. However, he refuses to call himself “retired.”
“I literally had the opportunity to continue to keep playing football,” Romo told 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Wednesday, as transcribed by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “I’m choosing not to. I think that’s a pretty easy statement when it comes to what you’re doing. I mean, I know the ‘retired’ word is like this word that all of a sudden people [think it] has 90 different meanings. But it just feels like you’re done playing football.
“You want to call it retired you want to call it whatever you want, I’m moving on to talking about it, and like I said yesterday, I don’t envision that ever changing.”
There’s obviously a reason Romo is uncomfortable with the word “retired” and left the door slightly ajar by saying he is “99 percent” certain he won’t return to football. As Florio notes, Romo hasn’t even tried his hand at broadcasting yet. What if he ends up hating it? He did admit he is nervous about starting a new career.
If Romo ever were to return to playing, the situation would have to be perfect. One report claims there is only one team he would consider coming out of retirement for.
