Tony Romo statement

zrinkill said:
I do not believe so ........ sounds just like his retirement speech




"To say the first half of the season has been emotional would be a huge understatement. Getting hurt when you feel like you have the best team you’ve ever had was a soul crushing moment for me. Then to learn it’s not three of four weeks but 10 is another blow. And through it all you have a tremendous amount of guilt on having let your teammates, fans and organization down. After all they were depending on you to bring them a championship. That’s what quarterbacks are supposed to do. That’s how we’re judged. I love that. I still do.

But then here you are sidelined without any real ability to help your teammates win on the field. That’s when you’re forced to come face to face with what’s happened. Seasons are fleeting. Games become more precious. Chances for success diminish. Your potential successor has arrived, injured two years in a row and now in the mid-30s, the press is whispering, everyone has doubts, you’ve spent your career working to get here. Now we have to start all over. You almost feel like an outsider. Coaches are sympathetic, but they still have to coach and you’re not there. It’s a dark place. Probably the darkest it’s ever been. You’re sad and down and out and you ask yourself why did this have to happen. It’s in this moment you find out who you really are and what you’re really about.

You see football is a meritocracy. You aren’t handed anything. You earn everything every single day single day, over and over again. You have to prove it. That’s the way that the NFL, that’s the way that football works. A great example of this is Dak Prescott and what he’s done. He’s earned the right to be our quarterback. As hard as that is for me to say, he’s earned that right. He’s guided our team to an 8-1 record, and that’s hard to do. If you think for a second that I don’t want to be out there, then you’ve probably never felt the pure ecstasy of competing and winning. That hasn’t left me. In fact it may burn more now than ever.

It’s not always easy to watch. I think anybody who’s been in this position understands that. But what is clear is that I was that kid once, stepping in, having to prove yourself. I remember the feeling like it was yesterday. It really is an incredible time in your life. And if I remember one thing from back then, it’s the people that helped me along when I was young.

And if I can be that to Dak, you know, I’ve tried to be and I will be going forward. We all know something magical is happening to our team. I'm not going to allow this situation to negatively affect Dak or this football team by becoming a constant distraction. I think Dak knows that I have his back. And I think I know that he has mine. Ultimately, it's about the team. It's what we've preached our entire lives.

I can remember when I was a kid just starting out wanting to be part of something bigger than myself. For every high school kid out there or college player, there is greatness in being the kind of teammate who truly wants to be part of a team. Everyone wants to be the reason they winning or losing. Every single one of us wants to be that person. But there are special moments that come from a shared commitment to play a role, while doing it together. That's what you will remember. Not your stats or your prestige, but the relationships and the achievement that you created through a group. It's hard to do, but there's great joy in that.

And all the while your desire burns to be the best you’ve ever been. You can be both. I have figured that out in this process. It's what separates sports from everything else. It's why we love it. It's why we trust it. It's why I still want to play and compete. Lastly, I just want to leave you with something I have learned in this process as well: I feel like we all have two battles or two enemies going on. One with the man across from you. The second is with the man inside of you. I think once you control the one inside of you, the one across from you really doesn't matter. I think that is what we are all trying to do.

Thank you guys. I appreciate it." - Tony Romo
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Reading that letter again really highlights the heavy psychological reality of the game.

There are plenty of young NFL players who could benefit from reading that. The young say they know they can’t live forever, but their soul, their body, and their place in the world are secretly whispering to them, so faintly that it isn’t even audible, that they will.
 
Reality said:
That has "a lawyer wrote it for me" all over it.

And of course he had to name drop the Dallas Cowboys.

I like Romo and wish him well on his road to recovery and a return to his broadcasting career.

But long apologies like that, especially when his job is likely to require a legal challenge, are just parroting what the lawyer told him to say.
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I disagree, Reality.
But whatever.
Hope he gets better
 
Kwyn said:
Reading that letter again really highlights the heavy psychological reality of the game.

There are plenty of young NFL players who could benefit from reading that. The young say they know they can’t live forever, but their soul, their body, and their place in the world are secretly whispering to them, so faintly that it isn’t even audible, that they will.
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Nobody forced them to choose the NFL as a career. You can choose to be a shoe salesman instead.
 
Cowboys5217 said:
Nobody forced them to choose the NFL as a career. You can choose to be a shoe salesman instead.
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Fans hate millionaires but worship the billionaire

Somewhere there’s a guy picking up scrap metal for recycling hating on the shoe salesman.

Do you sell shoes?
 
It’s the pills.

If anyone has friends/family that fought that demon, then they will know what Romo is talking about.

I’d guess many ex NFL players have the same addiction.

The detox is brutal and there is no cure.
 
I just read it and seems like something he would have written himself.
As for the timing, who can say? it would take some time to realize a statement is needed and then
to come up with one you like.

He said eventually to cbs, so I doubt he will be announcing this season.
And he said to basically leave him alone while he figures things out for himself.
If he has constant back pain I feel bad that he is stuck with that after football.
 
Welcome to the National Enquirer of the Internet. Bravo…
 
DuncanIso said:
It’s the pills.

If anyone has friends/family that fought that demon, then they will know what Romo is talking about.

I’d guess many ex NFL players have the same addiction.

The detox is brutal and there is no cure.
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Now that you mention it, there really SHOULD be a Dark Side Of The NFL.

Except--the NFL would sue to keep it off the air.
 
Excruciating back pain is a serious thing that people who have not experienced it can't quite believe what The afflicted will do to get rid of it.

You could see just after the police car ride Tony's back was killing him..

No doubt as he explained in his letter he started doing what he had to do to deal with it and it became commonplace in his life.

He already explained how his football career was cut short by it probably still wanted some type of competitive thing to do and continued with golf.

Obviously it was very difficult to make it through a golf tournament with the amount of back pain he had.
I hope his medical team can find a remedy that doesn't leave him addicted to drugs or alcohol but this could be easier said than done.

Guarantee you he'd been driving at that level of intoxication for years to the point where it became commonplace he just got caught this time.
Good it happen before someone got hurt.
In all honesty he doesn't need CBS he should be set for life take care of your back enjoy your family.
 
shabazz said:
When future generations look back on the late teens and early 2020 era they may equate it to the Salem Witch trials.

Entities were allowed to cancel innocent folks and run amok based of feelings and agendas.

Thank God those days are on life support.
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Science and tech have advanced astronomically in 300 years.

Humans..... not so much.
 
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