Carton and Big Mac Question Jed York's Suspension vs. Epstein Ties

Craig Carton (0:00)

Carton Show, 219, Big Mac. Couple quick football things for you before we get to your calls on the Giants. And of course, the New York Jets having a win against the Chicago Bears without Brice Hall and Adonai Mitchell.

Number one, Tony Romo and CBS are finally divorced. I guess there's a big settlement there. They owed him 72 million bucks, and I wrote him a check not to do games for them anymore, which is really kind of like a crazy ending to it. It started off as it was going to be like the great analyst career of all time.

Chris McMonigle (0:31)

He was going to revolutionize the industry. That was the thought.

Craig Carton (0:35)

Did you happen to see the conspiracy theory as to why the NFL supported CBS not bringing Tony Romo back?

It's a crazy conspiracy theory, but I like it. I don't want to be very clear. It is a conspiracy theory, all right?

Chris McMonigle (0:51)

That the NFL supported?

Craig Carton (0:52)

That the NFL had a hand in CBS not bringing him back after the DUI.

Chris McMonigle (0:58)

Okay.

Craig Carton (0:59)

Okay? Because theoretically, he did everything right post-arrest. He was cordial to the police officers. He tried to explain it by saying back pain from surgeries and playing the NFL, that he's had a drinking problem, maybe a pill problem.

He's going to get help for it. Thank God nobody got hurt and you're allowed to make a mistake and actually continue your career.

Chris McMonigle (1:21)

Yeah, I think if they had any interest and still believed he was an asset worth the money they were paying him, he would have been back.

Craig Carton (1:27)

If they thought he was the Tony Romo from year one or two, Tony Romo was doing games this weekend.

Chris McMonigle (1:32)

We said it. I think we both said it. The minute he got arrested and that video came out, we were all like, this is probably the end of him at CBS. We saw this coming a mile away.

Craig Carton (1:39)

Here's the conspiracy theory.

Chris McMonigle (1:40)

Okay.

Craig Carton (1:41)

All right. I want to be very clear. That's what this is. Okay.

The NFL is in bed with legalized gambling. Well, well documented, as every league is, not just them. Okay. Tony Romo's greatest gift as an analyst was what, Big Mac?

Chris McMonigle (1:58)

Predicting plays.

Craig Carton (1:59)

Predicting plays. What are you allowed to wager on on legalized gambling sites?

In-game wager.

Chris McMonigle (2:07)

In-game wager, right?

Craig Carton (2:08)

Meaning you're allowed to bet your money on is the next play going to be a run? Is the next play going to be a pass? Is it going to be an incomplete, a completion? All those different prop type wagers, correct?

Chris McMonigle (2:19)

Yes.

Craig Carton (2:20)

So the conspiracy theory is he's the only analyst out there that was predicting the play before the play happened. Not just the type of play, but also who the ball might go to.

I like Kelsey in the slot here, that kind of stuff, right? And the NFL, in currying favor to its gambling partners, who obviously stand to lose millions and millions of dollars, if that information becomes correct, and people wager on it, told CBS, don't bring it back.

Chris McMonigle (2:54)

That's funny.

Craig Carton (2:56)

Don't bring it back.

Chris McMonigle (2:58)

I mean, I guess, I mean, listen, is it really plausible to get the wager in that quickly?

Craig Carton (3:04)

Yes, because you have what, 40 seconds.

Chris McMonigle (3:06)

There is the delay, right? I don't know, from the broadcast, if you're watching at home, from when the action on the field happens.

Craig Carton (3:12)

There's a, let's say, it's, depending on how you watch it, you know, satellite versus cable or whatnot.

Chris McMonigle (3:16)

He did kind of lessen that. His first year, he was all about that.

Craig Carton (3:20)

Why do you think he lessened it?

Chris McMonigle (3:21)

Well, man, maybe.

Craig Carton (3:22)

Why did he go from predicting every play and getting most of them right to all of a sudden not doing it at all?

Chris McMonigle (3:29)

I think the assumption was the further you get away from the game is to make those calls.

Craig Carton (3:34)

Or can you buy into the notion that somebody said to CBS, we're writing you a check for $500 million a year to be a commercial that airs during games and you're costing us a boatload of money because he's predicting the plays and announcing it.

Chris McMonigle (3:49)