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The Misrepresentation Heard Around The NFL: Will Tony Romo Ever Be The Same?
By Kegbearer @KegbearerBTB on Aug 1 2014, 7:30p 127
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/8/1/5960837/tony-romo-NFL-misrepresentation-never-be-the-same
In the past couple of days, I kept hearing that the NFL ran teasers about ‘Tony Romo will never be the same' and articles at NFL.com emphasizing this idea that Romo will simply never be the same kind of player he used to be after having back surgery. It was the misrepresentation heard around the NFL. Articles and tweets soon followed and the headlines read like a bad game of telephone were the final message was a mischaracterization of Romo feeling like he will never be his old self again on the football field.
Nonsense!
To the best of my ability, I tracked down the NFL article that instigated this travesty of "news" headlines. It seems it all began with an article at NFL.com entitled "Tony Romo knows he'll never be back to normal."
One of those shock-titles to generate clicks, it is misleading because in the context of football, this idea makes readers think that Romo is admitting he will never be as good a football player as he used to be because of his back surgery. In reality, this is far from what Romo said in the press conference that generated this misconception.
Romo was asked if he's back to feeling like his old self.
"Well, you're never going to," he said. "After back surgery, it's like after any surgery. I think you're always going to have to work hard at that. Not everyone knows, but once you have a back surgery, you kinda have to change the way you do things. You have to constantly work on your glutes, your hamstrings, your abs and strengthen everything around that area.
"That doesn't mean you can't do the things that it takes to be successful on the field or whatever you want to do. There's just been plenty of people that have done it, so you just gotta go do it. It just takes work."
"I'm 100 percent, it's just -- you have to always work at something, if that makes sense."
Of course, Tony saying he is 100% and can do anything it takes to be successful on the field isn't going to grab the same kind of national attention as trying to claim Romo thinks he ‘will never be the same.' An honest answer about having to work harder to remain 100% launched dozens of stories and tweets about Romo never being the same after his surgery. Of course, you could still find a few places that were still trying to be more transparent in their news updates. Todd Archer at ESPN Dallas actually led with the headline "Tony Romo believes he can play the same way."...
By Kegbearer @KegbearerBTB on Aug 1 2014, 7:30p 127
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/8/1/5960837/tony-romo-NFL-misrepresentation-never-be-the-same
In the past couple of days, I kept hearing that the NFL ran teasers about ‘Tony Romo will never be the same' and articles at NFL.com emphasizing this idea that Romo will simply never be the same kind of player he used to be after having back surgery. It was the misrepresentation heard around the NFL. Articles and tweets soon followed and the headlines read like a bad game of telephone were the final message was a mischaracterization of Romo feeling like he will never be his old self again on the football field.
Nonsense!
To the best of my ability, I tracked down the NFL article that instigated this travesty of "news" headlines. It seems it all began with an article at NFL.com entitled "Tony Romo knows he'll never be back to normal."
One of those shock-titles to generate clicks, it is misleading because in the context of football, this idea makes readers think that Romo is admitting he will never be as good a football player as he used to be because of his back surgery. In reality, this is far from what Romo said in the press conference that generated this misconception.
Romo was asked if he's back to feeling like his old self.
"Well, you're never going to," he said. "After back surgery, it's like after any surgery. I think you're always going to have to work hard at that. Not everyone knows, but once you have a back surgery, you kinda have to change the way you do things. You have to constantly work on your glutes, your hamstrings, your abs and strengthen everything around that area.
"That doesn't mean you can't do the things that it takes to be successful on the field or whatever you want to do. There's just been plenty of people that have done it, so you just gotta go do it. It just takes work."
"I'm 100 percent, it's just -- you have to always work at something, if that makes sense."
Of course, Tony saying he is 100% and can do anything it takes to be successful on the field isn't going to grab the same kind of national attention as trying to claim Romo thinks he ‘will never be the same.' An honest answer about having to work harder to remain 100% launched dozens of stories and tweets about Romo never being the same after his surgery. Of course, you could still find a few places that were still trying to be more transparent in their news updates. Todd Archer at ESPN Dallas actually led with the headline "Tony Romo believes he can play the same way."...
I was speaking to the aftermath of his release/retirement.
