Awakened;3512157 said:
Hos, though your constant hyperbole is really hard for me to stomach, I'll respond to you because you actually said something of substance for the first time in this thread...
Welcome to the ride. I hope you can hang on. There are about to be some serious bumps in the road you are on. Buckle up.
Do you really want to take the position that the ubiquity of old media and new media today, as well as the blurring of the lines between athletes and other celebrities, has not made it more likely that today's celebrity athletes will become distracted by their celebrity? In taking this position, you are resisting the preponderance of current social commentary.
I am going to answer your questions with questions because I think the answers are obvious. Do you really want to take the position that paparazzi snapping your pictures is more celebrity than being on TV shows, in movies, in music videos, and having big entourages and bodyguards?
Seriously? In your world I am looking for more attention if I go to dinner with the woman I am knocking boots with and people take my picture than if I agree to be in a TV sitcom?
I got to tell you, that is straight up crazy.
Let me follow this up to point out how crazy. Do Tony and Miles put on makeup to go out with their women and be photographed? You may take it from me, they did to be on TV and in videos. Deion Sanders appearing in MC Hammer videos was not seeking more celebrity than going out with a famous woman?
I'll even take it one step further. When he was released was Terrell Owens not already in contract for a reality TV show while still a member of this team? I'll answer it for you so you can't search for an excuse. Yes, he was. Celebrity came calling and the Dallas Cowboys released a talented player so that the focus could be on football.
Please child bring me something to chew on. There was nothing here.
Ironically, half of your points about what the Cowboys stars of the 90's have done in the last few years supports my point about things being different today. Pertaining to celebrity, media, and popular culture, THINGS ARE RADICALLY DIFFERENT - Cowboys Zone being a case in point.
The things they have done today were accomplished because of the celebrity they created then. Are you going to sit there in a stupor and deny this? Troy Aikman and Babe Laufenberg were both QBs for the Dallas Cowboys. Both are now in media. Which one is more famous? Which one is paid more? Which one can you name 4 to 5 women whom he was romantically attached to by the media? Which one has given out awards at awards shows? Which one has been in movies and on syndicated TV shows? His celebrity from those days hasn't driven this?
Aw come on.
Yes, things are radically different. We are in the Internet age. By your own admission you would absolutely hate the stars of the 90s because of their celebrity status. Please do not try and spin this away from that fact. If you are troubled in your soul about paparazzi, this other stuff would have caused you to hang yourself. CBs in commercials for pizza.
Riddle me this Batman, what player today has a nickname to compare to the glitz of Playmaker or Prime Time?
You have the luxury of looking back fondly because they won. It is a position of softness and fluff as opposed to the one I have taken. In other words, the Internet age has softened you. Cowboyszone has softened you. You are the radical change here as you let your fandom "fade away" after so many years.
Good luck, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. We don't need lace panties fans in a denim and boots world.
Great stories about Romo, which I have never heard and appreciate hearing. But I've never really questioned that Romo is a likeable, good guy. I've questioned if he has the extraordinary focus, determination, and toughness to be a truly great QB (given the distraction of being a celebrity today).
So basically what you are telling me is that you will flatly ignore all other evidence of your fallacies as ideas and blow your trumpet of hate anyway? Then forgive us for not appreciating your skills at blowing.
Teammates laud Tony Romo as the ultimate worker. You now admit you completely ignore this.
Coaches describe him as the first to arrive, last to leave and hardest worker on the team. You now admit you completely ignore this.
Mike Jenkins admitted that last year he showed up to VR at 7:00 in the morning because he knew that Tony Romo would be close to wrapping up his 2 hours of film study. Meaning he arrives at VR at 5:00 in the morning while you are still clutching your pillow most likely. Jenkins further commented that he could ask Romo about any QB and WR combo they were facing and he could explain their tendencies to him and he credited Romo with his development last year as a CB. You now admit that you completely ignore this.
Carrie Underwood explained that she broke up with Tony because his life is football, not her. On David Letterman's show Jessica Simpson admitted that Tony is so focused on his job as a QB that it strained their relationship. Candace Crawford recently on the B & D Radio show in Dallas admitted that Tony is so focused to improve that he works constantly. You now admit that you completely ignore this.
Basically what it boils down to is that you have exposed yourself as someone who pays attention to any bit of negative press on this team and you process it as valid. So when the media show Tony Romo playing golf and dating beautiful women you see it as chasing celebrity. I suspect that you live in either New York, Philadelphia, or Washignton, DC and you give heed to the garbage anti-Cowboys media in those cities and these are the voices that form your ideas of what this team is. In other words, the very same radically changed media you decry is the one you pay attention to over all of the evidence posted on this forum.
You may throw up now, this round of the ride is over and I am sure your stomach is queasy.
:starspin
