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Silence, not severance, is how broadcast eras now end.
When an off-field scandal fells a marquee announcer, the network simply keeps him off the schedule on paid leave — never announcing the split — while a cheaper replacement solidifies in the chair and the only open question becomes buying out the money already owed.
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It's Over: CBS and Tony Romo Mutually Part Ways; J.J. Watt Keeps the Lead Booth Through Super Bowl LXII The scandal-felled broadcast era dissolves through a paid negotiated exit with the cheaper replacement already installed in the lead booth through the Super Bowl.
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CBS Sidelined Tony Romo Through September as J.J. Watt Solidifies Lead Role CBS ends a marquee era through paid leave and non-acknowledgment while the replacement solidifies — silence rather than severance.