Tony Romo’s $180 million CBS contract shouldn’t be reason for his arrest downfall

Rough stretch for Tony Romo. And the feeling is pari-mutuel. Over the weekend at Los Alamitos a horse named RomoLand, the heavy favorite at 4-5, neared the starting gate when it became uncooperative and was scratched. 

I don’t know how or when CBS plans to punish Romo for his alleged OWI in Wisconsin, but I’d suggest that the nitwits who approved his $180 million salary for calling five months of Sunday NFL games — one per weekend at $18 million per season — should be those left quaking in their wing tips. 

Not that it holds any relevance to irresponsible and too often deadly drunken driving, but I’m among the perceived few who enjoyed Romo’s hoarse-throated analysis on CBS’s telecasts. 

And even at a sensible salary, say a paltry 15 grand per game — good work if you can get it! — I don’t think he’d have provided better or worse.