Top 8 Reason T.O. Was Telling The Truth

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Here we go.

1. He's Terrell Owens. Killing himself is not his 'M.O.' at all.

2. If he swallowed 35 pills his stomach would have been pumped immediately upon entering the emergnecy room.

3. He would not be released less than 24 hours from the hospital. He would have a psychiatric evalution done and then held for 72 hours for further evaluation.

4. The police made a statement earlier today that there was NO criminal investigation ongoing. If he tried to kill himself that would have been considered a criminal act as it's illegal.

5. The Cowboys would not have allowed him to hold a press conference at Valley Ranch today. They would have instead talked to him about checking into a treatment center.

6. His publicist would not be allowed to talk to the media because she would be involved in the police investigation. She would probably be under a 'gag order' of some sort by the Dallas area poilce department.

7. Jerry Jones would have made an appearance at the press conference.

8. Bill Parcells would not have held his press conference today and the players would avoid the media's questions about this topic at all costs.

All of these things lead me to believe that not one single person directly involved with Terrell Owens, the Dallas Area Police and Medical teams, the Dallas Cowboys organization or Terrell Owens friends and family have now or ever thought that this situation was at any point an attempt by him to harm himself.

Any who still wants to even bring up the topic of suicide and the name T.O. is doing so for a few reasons. They have nothing better to talk about, they are trying to sell newspapers or they are ESPN who is slowly killing itself in the eyes of sports fans all over the world.

I think we are going to see a top level ESPN employee jump ship within the next 12 months. The reason? They looked in the mirror and realized they can no longer fathom working for a company who brings bad news to the meeting 11 out of 12 times.

I remember when ESPN was held on a pedestal for bringing us 'sports news' - now they bring us 'sports gossip'.

Where have you gone ESPN?

Agreed???

T.O. is going to play on Sunday and I hope he is smiling from ear to ear while the Cowboys put a beating on the Titans. I hope this brings a tight knit Cowboys team even closer in the locker room.

Then I hope someone in that same locker room takes a stand and tells the media to go @%#$ themselves upon the next request for an interview. That my friends is long overdue and we all know it.

And I'm out...
 

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dcfanatic said:
Here we go.

1. He's Terrell Owens. Killing himself is not his 'M.O.' at all.
This I agree with.
2. If he swallowed 35 pills his stomach would have been pumped immediately upon entering the emergnecy room.
Are you a doctor?
3. He would not be released less than 24 hours from the hospital. He would have a psychiatric evalution done and then held for 72 hours for further evaluation.
This actually isn't true. He could have been released immediately. There isn't a law requiring attempted suicides be held for any length of time in Texas that I'm aware of.
4. The police made a statement earlier today that there was NO criminal investigation ongoing. If he tried to kill himself that would have been considered a criminal act as it's illegal.
It would be criminal, but that doesn't mean that absolutely would investigate. The statute doesn't mandate that every suicide attempt be prosecuted.
5. The Cowboys would not have allowed him to hold a press conference at Valley Ranch today. They would have instead talked to him about checking into a treatment center.
That's just pure speculation.
6. His publicist would not be allowed to talk to the media because she would be involved in the police investigation. She would probably be under a 'gag order' of some sort by the Dallas area poilce department.
The police can't issue a "gag order."
7. Jerry Jones would have made an appearance at the press conference.

8. Bill Parcells would not have held his press conference today and the players would avoid the media's questions about this topic at all costs.
Speculation.
 

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I think T.O. is telling the truth, his publicist however is not.

I dont think he had an allergic reaction either, I think he overdosed. Not intentionally mind you, just that he did.

However "allergic reaction" sounds much better than, "Overdosed". I guess at least she did part of her job right.
 

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dcfanatic said:
4. The police made a statement earlier today that there was NO criminal investigation ongoing. If he tried to kill himself that would have been considered a criminal act as it's illegal.

I agree with most of your other reasons but not this one.

http://www.weblocator.com/attorney/tx/law/c12.html

Suicide is defined as taking one's own life. Suicide and attempted suicide no longer are crimes in Texas.
 

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trickblue said:
I see law school is working out for you schmitty... ;)

We can revisit THAT subject depending on whether I can get a job next summer or not.

If you ain't in the top 10% GPA wise, and you aren't coming from a top 100 school, people aren't exactly falling all over themselves to hire you.
 

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2. If he swallowed 35 pills his stomach would have been pumped immediately upon entering the emergnecy room.

No, they wouldn't have. Hydrocodone is a narcotic and pumping his stomach would do more damage than the alternative and more common treatment. Namely, administering narcan(sp?) to counteract the narcotics and liquid charcoal to absord the impurities (in this case, acetaminophen and otc pain killers which are paired with the opiates) and prevent liver damage.

Furthermore, with the above treatment he could have been running and playing football again the next day. There are no ill side effects to this treatment.

3. He would not be released less than 24 hours from the hospital. He would have a psychiatric evalution done and then held for 72 hours for further evaluation.

There is no Texas law requiring this. Generally though, it's at the Doctors discretion as whether or not to keep a patient for observation or release him to the care of his family/friends.
 

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mschmidt64 said:
We can revisit THAT subject depending on whether I can get a job next summer or not.

If you ain't in the top 10% GPA wise, and you aren't coming from a top 100 school, people aren't exactly falling all over themselves to hire you.

Well... there is always the personal injury lawyer route... :D
 

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trickblue said:
Well... there is always the personal injury lawyer route... :D
I hear the Texas Hammer has a great summer associate program!!!
 

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mschmidt64 said:
Ugh.

The last thing I want to be is a litigator.
Why did you go to a non-top 100 school if you want to do transactional?
 

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theogt said:
This actually isn't true. He could have been released immediately. There isn't a law requiring attempted suicides be held for any length of time in Texas that I'm aware of

I don't know if it's a law, but it is protocol
 

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mschmidt64 said:
We can revisit THAT subject depending on whether I can get a job next summer or not.

If you ain't in the top 10% GPA wise, and you aren't coming from a top 100 school, people aren't exactly falling all over themselves to hire you.


Well yeah, but we'll always like you. :D
 

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theogt said:
Why did you go to a non-top 100 school if you want to do transactional?

The old college GPA.

LSAT was fine. GPA... not so fine.

And it was all because I spend too much time on these damn message boards.

Clearly... I've learned nothing.
 

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mschmidt64 said:
The old college GPA.

LSAT was fine. GPA... not so fine.

And it was all because I spend too much time on these damn message boards.

Clearly... I've learned nothing.
Yeah, I understand that. My UG GPA wasn't so hot either. Still, I'd imagine it's hard to land a job at a firm that does transactional work from a third/fourth tier school.
 

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theogt said:
Yeah, I understand that. My UG GPA wasn't so hot either. Still, I'd imagine it's hard to land a job at a firm that does transactional work from a third/fourth tier school.

I haven't heard that.

I mean, yeah, its a lot easier if you want to be a PD or work in the DA's office, clearly. Or do JAG.

Nobody wants to do that, so they'll take anybody.

But there are plenty of mid-range or small transactional firms, and they can't all get the valedictorians from Harvard. And its just as hard to be a litigator (say, tort claims) at a big firm.

Heck, I want to start my own place anyway, eventually. I could do real estate law for a while if I really needed to, down in NC.

And plenty of lawyers get hired down there from Campbell and NC Central, which is even lower than where I am.
 

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HeavyHitta31 said:
No, it really doesnt. Unless they take you to some place like Parkland.
Apparently it does. Several posters earlier in the day who worked in hospitals or had spouses who did were weighing in on that debate. It varies between hospital -- particularly when dealing with a celebrity.
 
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