Will Tony Romo and CBS Sports respond to social media uproar over viral comment?

Will Tony Romo and CBS Sports respond to social media uproar over viral comment?

Following the social media uproar after Tony Romo’s commentary during the AFC Championship, there has been no official comment from the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-broadcaster or from CBS Sports.

NFL Hall of Famer and Fox Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe weighed in as well as social media world continues to speculate what Romo intended to say during the Cincinnati-Kansas City playoff game.

It’s . You get hyped and 4get sometimes where you are. https://t.co/t8Dp3VtA1d

Pretty wild that personalities from both Fox Sports and The Ringer are at the very least strongly insinuating Tony Romo almost used a racial slur on yesterday's broadcast before catching himself.

Are people seriously thinking @tonyromo was going to use the N word? Do you even know football? Its obvious he was going to say 3 "nickelbacks", but stopped when he realized that wasn't the case.

Tony Romo almost saying the N word on National Television is wild man pic.twitter.com/G75Kth6pGZ

Lawrence Dow is a digital sports reporter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Howard University and a Master’s degree in journalism from USC. He’s passionate about movies and television and is always looking for a great book.

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