New Delhi, July 31 -- NEW YORK - CBS Sports placed Tony Romo on indefinite leave Friday after the network's lead NFL analyst was arrested on a charge of operating while intoxicated in the Dallas area, a development that removes American football's most prominent broadcaster from the airwaves weeks before the regular season begins.

CBS issued a statement Friday confirming Romo had been placed on leave "until further notice," declining to specify whether the leave was paid or to indicate a timeline for his return. The network did not address whether Romo's contract, believed to be worth more than $17 million annually, remained in effect during the leave period.

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