Tony Romo And Being Good At Golf

[Doomsday101]

Here is where many people get off track with the whole Romo and golf deal. The bulk of the local tournaments that Romo plays in are qualifiers for the US Open. For an amatuer golfer that's the brass ring. It doesn't mean he wants to get on tour. I'd also argue golf at the level Romo is at keeps his competative juices flowing in the offseason and does not distract from anything.

I agree. In this day and age of players getting busted for doing dumb things we see people complaining because Romo is playing golf? He enjoys it, it is not taking away from his training according to reports out of VR. People need to get a life and let Romo have his.

 

[Hostile]

eating, sleeping, and crappying football a la peyton perception just to get those nay sayers or dime a dozen critics off his back so he can peacefully concentrate on football???.......I just HOPE Romo still wants it amist all the distractions. I hope it was an ok read have more to say but thats enough for right now....sorry for writting as if i was texting on a phone.

I broke out the two points of your post that I wanted to especially comment on. I will go with that last one first. Thanks for taking the time to finally post. I'm honored that you picked my rant thread to do so and I enjoyed reading this.

to The Zone. Don't be a stranger.

Now I want to comment on the top part and the perception that Peyton Manning eats, sleeps, and craps football. That perception does exist. Let me ask this, how many different commericals does Peyton Manning appear in and endorse products? Does anyone have any idea how much time it takes out of a day to shoot a 30 second commercial spot? If anyone believes it is 30 seconds, the time of the commcercial then you need to wake up to that too. It takes hours out of his day. Especially if there are any kind of special effects in the commercial. Sitting in the makeup chair alone will take an hour. Then hair. Shooting multiple takes. Bloopers.

Hours out of his day that he could be focused on football.

How much time did he spend rehearsing for Saturday Night Live? How many hours do players sit waiting in "green rooms" until it is their turn to appear live on a set somewhere?

Anyone who believes that other things do not take up time in players lives are deluded.

Basically what I am saying is all football players give time of their life to something other than football. No one even knew Pyeton Manning had a wife until recently. I think people imagined him a football hermit. Couldn't be further from the truth. He has a life outside of football and endorsements. I'll bet you something else too. I'll bet you he plays golf.

Glad so many enjoyed the rant. I blame it on the Nyquil. I saw something last night that caused me to post something really pissy directed at another poster. I quickly deleted it. Sounds like SLATEmosphere saw it before I did. I then began to pace. I had to get the venom out, but I could not make it personal towards any one poster. I decided to snap at a mentality rather than an individual.

It bothers me that Romo is villified for golf, a girl, and a "cut and paste" comment after the Philadelphia loss. Mickey Spagnola broke down that question and answer session where Tony made those so-called flippant comments. He gave every question, and every reply in the order Tony was asked. His answers are nothing like those portrayed in the articles. The true statements he made are posted on this site in the Daily Zone for anyone who wants to take the time to read it.

I wish people would do that, but mostly I wish they'd learn that the game of football is about a balance in these guys lives. They have to offset football with other passions. Whether it is basketball, poker, golf, family, a classic car, or any other passion they all have to have interests outside of football.

Every player on the team says Tony Romo is the same guy he was before the celebrity status hit. Maybe, just maybe it's time to listen to them.

Just food for thought.

 

[Hostile]

i cant see him tearing up a $67 million contract to try his luck on the tour can you?

Sadly daschoo, some of these people can't add that kind of valid information into an equation and have a rational answer. His girlfriend is richer than he is so if he married her he wouldn't even need that money. They'll calculate that as if it has bearing when in truth it has none.

The guy busted his butt to rise from anonymity to starting QB for America's team, but he'd give that all up to play golf? It doesn't make sense. You know it, I know it, and a lot of rational people know it. The stupid people on the other hand, well they just don't get it. Maybe that's why they want him to give up sex too. They don't get it.

 

[CATCH17]

I thought it was really cool that hes good at golf.

Didn't look at it as a negative at all.

Then Cowboy fan gets a hold of it and all of a sudden it effects his play on the football field in a bad way.

A distraction.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Here is where many people get off track with the whole Romo and golf deal. The bulk of the local tournaments that Romo plays in are qualifiers for the US Open. For an amatuer golfer that's the brass ring. It doesn't mean he wants to get on tour. I'd also argue golf at the level Romo is at keeps his competative juices flowing in the offseason and does not distract from anything.

Exactly. This issue is very simple. Tony doesn't spend all day working on his golf game. He doesn't devote much (or any) more time and energy to the game than the average pro athlete who is a complete hacker.

The difference is that Tony is very, very talented at the game, and that allows him to play extremely well even with very little practice at it. It's actually amazing that he can even sniff qualifying for tour events and the US Open with as little time as he puts into the game. That's a credit to him, not a negative.

 

[PBJTime]

Hos, I totally agree.

This post delivers...very entertaining.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Now I want to comment on the top part and the perception that Peyton Manning eats, sleeps, and craps football. That perception does exist. Let me ask this, how many different commericals does Peyton Manning appear in and endorse products? Does anyone have any idea how much time it takes out of a day to shoot a 30 second commercial spot? If anyone believes it is 30 seconds, the time of the commcercial then you need to wake up to that too. It takes hours out of his day. Especially if there are any kind of special effects in the commercial. Sitting in the makeup chair alone will take an hour. Then hair. Shooting multiple takes. Bloopers.

I'll also add that Peyton isn't doing these commercials in Indianapolis at the Colts practice facility. He's traveling to location to shoot these things. The time it takes for him to fly to/from location, schmooze and dine with the corporate sponsor big wigs, shoot the commercial etc. is a process of multiple days at a time.

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

I'll bet you he plays golf.

I know he does! It wasn't long ago (maybe a few weeks) when they had him and Tiger plastered all over the TV b/c they played a round together. Apparently Tiger tried to "hustle" him by giving him only a stroke per hole (they had a "friendly wager") but Manning wasn't going for it (he's a smart man)! He's not a scratch golfer like Romo but I think his handicap was low teens...

 

[Arch Stanton]

Exactly. This issue is very simple. Tony doesn't spend all day working on his golf game. He doesn't devote much (or any) more time and energy to the game than the average pro athlete who is a complete hacker.

The difference is that Tony is very, very talented at the game, and that allows him to play extremely well even with very little practice at it. It's actually amazing that he can even sniff qualifying for tour events and the US Open with as little time as he puts into the game. That's a credit to him, not a negative.

Spot on Choc. There is no way TR can devote enough time to practice golf or play enough tournament golf to become a professional golfer. I think it's great he can compete at such a high amateur level and achieve so much at golf. So much better than hanging around with some thugs and making it rain.

 

[adbutcher]

I've seen one too many stupid comments about Tony Romo and his playing golf. It has pushed me over the edge. I hope you will forgive me for the rant I am about to go on. If not, oh well, report me. I would actually rather get in trouble than stay silent on this subject and bite my tongue as much as I have been. I am sick of the taste of my own blood. Time for some venom.

Where's that soapbox?

Some people are just too stupid to believe. I really cannot fathom the true depths some people will go to sound stupid. I will not name any names, but if you believe that Romo playing golf means he is not focused on being the best QB he can be then you fit the description, and I am talking about you. I do not care if that offends you. If you want to respond to my criticism and raise your hand in this thread so that others know how stupid you are...be my guest. Expose yourselves if you wish. That's on you. I am not inviting you to show others how stupid you really are. I want to make that clear.

Confucius said it is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubts. You want to pipe up and show that you are a fool? Blame yourself. I won't be shocked if someone is stupid enough to do it. I am past the point of shock.

I personally cannot believe how stupid some people are. Frankly, it boggles my mind. Mostly I credit the Internet age for creating people who don't mind looking and sounding stupid because the rest of us will never meet them anyway. They are nameless and faceless entities behind a keyboard and a monitor who don't care what others think about them. No skin off my nose if someone wants others to think they are stupid. Knock 'em dead stupid people.

Here's a question to frame this topic...

How many NFL players play golf? Wake up and smell the coffee people. A huge freaking majority of them do. On every NFL Team. I guarantee you that easily over 75% of the players in the NFL play golf. Many of them have charity golf tournaments in their home towns or college towns to raise money for the charities they contribute to.

Does that mean that most of the players in the NFL don't care about football? If you believe that, get a window installed in your stomach because your head is so far up there it is the only way you will ever see where you are going. I don't understand how you can stand the smell, but if you like your head there, keep it there.

The vast majority of our Cowboys heroes played golf. Yes, during the season too. They did stuff on their off days. Gasp! Oh the horror of the reality that golf relaxes and focuses some people.

Where was Tom Landry when he found out he was fired? On a golf course in Austin. Tom Landry played golf people. So did Roger, Troy, Emmitt, Bob, Randy, and just about every other player you can name. Athletes who have money get addicted to golf. It is a recreation they can do with some privacy. It allows them to get away from the pressures and enjoy themselves. Think about it. Do you ever see throngs of fans screaming for autographs on a golf course? No, because the country clubs these guys belong to would never allow that kind of crap.

Of course NFL players play golf. Most of them probably suck at it. It isn't an easy game.

Is the problem that Tony Romo is good at golf, and you suck at it? Is it really just jealousy because you can't play the game? I cannot even grasp the synapses that fire and tell someone Romo should give up football and play golf because he doesn't care about football. Maybe I'm being generous in believing these people have synapses in the first place.

He's been seen at Mavericks games too. He should give up watching basketball and focus on football? We already know he should get castrated and focus on football.

It is unbelievable how stupid this crap is.

What do you anti-golf for Romo people want? You would prefer he stay home, play Madden all day long and learn football strategy? Yeah, that's the ticket. He can learn how to throw a screen pass from playing Madden. What would really make us proud is for him to actually be the first football player on the Madden tour. Those guys are so dope. His Madden name can be Moxie.

Oh this plan is great. He can couch potato it, learn the game of football for real, get fat, and really impress some of these mouth breathers. Long live Moxie on the Madden tour.

I can't even fathom how playing golf became a fixation with some people.

I guess it's no stranger than those who don't want him to date and have sex either. What can I tell you people who don't want that, you're not his type. Get over it.

Sorry for the rant. Hopefully some of you were entertained by me losing my freaking mind. To those who are offended...good. I am glad I offended you. Learn the game.

Besides if the members knew what most NFL players do in their spare time their heads would probably explode, lol. Bang, Bang.:laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

I'll also add that Peyton isn't doing these commercials in Indianapolis at the Colts practice facility. He's traveling to location to shoot these things. The time it takes for him to fly to/from location, schmooze and dine with the corporate sponsor big wigs, shoot the commercial etc. is a process of multiple days at a time.

Good point. Thanks. Bet that food he is catered at these events is 100% healthy too.

 

[Hostile]

Besides if the members knew what most NFL players do in their spare time their heads would probably explode, lol. Bang, Bang.:laugh2:

10 minutes.

 

[adbutcher]

10 minutes.

I always get a kick out of that, lol.:laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

I always get a kick out of that, lol.:laugh2:

So do I.

 

[theebs]

Imagine if he rode dirt bikes in the woods and hit jumps and stuff while drinking beer like cliff and charlie did?

lol

Peoples monitor's would catch on fire.

 

[CowboySwagger]

i agree that mannings reality is greatly apart from what is percieved about him.....when i mentioned it....i tried to say thats what he's known for according to "sports analyst"....and that perception of him allows him bypass a lot of crap the media can spin off of everyday trivial bull crap....like personal trips.....girlfriends....even golf.........or PR problems that end up taking more time to deal with.... than an endorsement shoot...or a round or two of golf...

i know that business endorsements takes time away from studying film...breaking down defenses, mini camps, training camps and understanding a coaches game plan...all high profile athlete.....have busy schedules that have...countless of personal assisants going crazy just to get in all crammed in one day.........i completely agree...countless hours, days, and sometimes weeks are spent on projects outside of football......sorry for not being as detailed in saying that.......

what i was trying to say is if Romo were to have had at least sell that perception to the media so they wouldn't be so negative on him which would....in my opinion relieve a big distraction.....which is the media and very negative "FANS" focusing on his distractions....does that make sense.....if he only acted that way....not in reality.....but as a media facade..... so that way he can concentrate on his endorsements and the countless hours that go into that....his girlfriend and private life without the media poking at him.....when he went to cabo.....if no one says anything in the papers or on this site....i dont know about it.....and cant make any opinion on it.....its none of my business anyway.....but.... if the media didnt see it as a juicey story or.......if the media viewed tony differently........ the spin on that would have been unappealling and more of a bother to tony and his private life because he's a boring workman that doesnt sell mags.......... as suppose to a distracted quarterback before a big game spin with star girlfriend......

i think if he sold that facade (manning) to the media and kept low key and tried hard at that the media and stupid people would just have an overall lack of a clear perception..sort of what manning has.....i dont need to tell you our tv market is bigger than indys so peyton's image is easier to sell to a smaller tv market......

tony gets killed because he has more national coverage and is criticized by a wider audience.......if tony had the image consultant the mannings had.......people would let tony be....and in turn that would allow just enough mental space for him to flourish again.....i am sure he's the same as in preperation and mental toughness but the media is not the same with him.....i said he's still a football junkie....meaning.....he is all about football and puts in long hours...i wont ever take that away from tony...

.i just think the negativity does bother him.....he is great when its quiet and no one is criticizing the cowboys.....as soon as some bad news comes....tony's game play is greatly affected on sundays.......thats my honest opinion from what i have seen these past three years.

 

[adbutcher]

i agree that mannings reality is greatly apart from what is percieved about him.....when i mentioned it....i tried to say thats what he's known for according to "sports analyst"....and that perception of him allows him bypass a lot of crap the media can spin off of everyday trivial bull crap....like personal trips.....girlfriends....even golf.........or PR problems that end up taking more time to deal with.... than an endorsement shoot...or a round or two of golf...i know that business endorsements takes time away from studying film...breaking down defenses, mini camps, training camps and understanding a coaches game plan...all high profile athlete.....have busy schedules that have...countless of personal assisants going crazy just to get in all crammed in one day.........i completely agree...countless hours, days, and sometimes weeks are spent on projects outside of football......sorry for not being as detailed in saying that.......what i was trying to say is if Romo were to have had at least sell that perception to the media so they wouldn't be so negative on him which would....in my opinion relieve a big distraction.....which is the media and very negative "FANS" focusing on his distractions....does that make sense.....if he only acted that way....not in reality.....but as a media facade..... so that way he can concentrate on his endorsements and the countless hours that go into that....his girlfriend and private life without the media poking at him.....when he went to cabo.....if no one says anything in the papers or on this site....i dont know about it.....and cant make any opinion on it.....its none of my business anyway.....but.... if the media didnt see it as a juicey story or.......if the media viewed tony differently........ the spin on that would have been unappealling and more of a bother to tony and his private life because he's a boring workman that doesnt sell mags.......... as suppose to a distracted quarterback before a big game spin with star girlfriend......i think if he sold that facade (manning) to the media and kept low key and tried hard at that the media and stupid people would just have an overall lack of a clear perception..sort of what manning has.....i dont need to tell you our tv market is bigger than indys so peyton's image is easier to sell to a smaller tv market......tony gets killed because he has more national coverage and is criticized by a wider audience.......if tony had the image consultant the mannings had.......people would let tony be....and in turn that would allow just enough mental space for him to flourish again.....i am sure he's the same as in preperation and mental toughness but the media is not the same with him.....i said he's still a football junkie....meaning.....he is all about football and puts in long hours...i wont ever take that away from tony....i just think the negativity does bother him.....he is great when its quiet and no one is criticizing the cowboys.....as soon as some bad news comes....tony's game play is greatly affected on sundays.......thats my honest opinion from what i have seen these past three years.

to the forum.

However, could you please ease up on the wall of text. Try putting some returns (enter key on your keyboard) between paragraphs.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

LOL! I love this topic. It's great.

I always wondered if the people who bash on Romo ever stopped to think how many great players play golf, or do other things in their off time, and off season, like he does.

I always wondered, but doubted, if they bashed Manning or Brady or Young or Rice or anyone who ever did commercials.

And Manning and Young were doing their commercials before they ever won a Superbowl. I guess that meant they really didn't care about winning. *Shrugs*

I can't even imagine how bad things must have been on forums (I guess there were some at the time I don't know) when Cowboys players were staying at the White House, partying, screwing around with hookers, and such in all their free time. I wonder if those guys, like Michael Irvin, didn't really care much about winning since they weren't 100% focused on football, and studying it, all day long, 365 days a year.


Lord knows Roger didn't give a crap about winning. Clearly all he cared about was doing a funny interview where he made it clear that he liked sex just as much as Joe Namath he just enjoyed doing it only with one woman.

How dare he bother to talk about that instead of having his butt in a film room watching game film. That dirty, evil, uncommitted *******!

This topic has always, and will always, crack me up.

 

[BruceWayne]

I get so tired of everybody following that kid around and reporting on everything he does. IMO Golf probably helps him on the football field. Good thread Hos

 

[LeonDixson]

As I said a couple of days ago in response to one of the Q&A articles, the stupidity being spewed out there about Romo playing golf has gotten out of hand. I can't believe there are so many irrational, shortsighted, illogical numbskulls out there. It's not just on this forum either.

Good post, Hos.