| An Open Letter to the Dallas Sports Media |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|11:23 am] |
You know, I hate the Dallas sports media. I’ve never seen such a bunch of muck-racking gossip mavens. First you drove my boy Terrell Owens out of town. TO, of course, had a checkered history with other teams, so you local yentas were already sharpening your pencils before TO even had his helmet on. He never got a break. It didn’t matter what he said or did, he was consistently portrayed as a malcontent. If TO expressed the slightest breath of an opinion, you twisted what he said, and blew it out of proportion. Then you had the nerve to call for his being fired as a divisive influence and a “distraction” when it was YOUR hype, not TO’s comment, that created the distraction.
Now that you’ve managed to drive one of the league’s legendary receivers off to the Bills, you can turn your full attention to Tony Romo. The burning question was phrased on a local sports talk station this way: Should Tony Romo be dating a celebrity, or is she a “distraction?”
What is this, The View?
First of all, the guy is an NFL quarterback -- he is a celebrity, too, dummies. It makes no sense to tell a celebrity that he should not date another celebrity. So is the guy supposed to date Ugly Betty, so he’s not distracted by having a good looking girl? Really? Or should he just take a vow of celibacy until he retires from football? Would that make you yentas happy? How come nobody’s crying about Tom Brady marrying Giselle Bundchen?
Oh, yeah, because he’s winning. That, of course, is the real key. It’s not about Jessica Simpson, or TO saying he wanted more passes, or any of the other drama – some real, but mostly manufactured – that you guys insist on focusing on. It’s about a porous offensive line with a penchant for taking damaging late-game penalties, and a group of receivers who don't seem to know what routs they're supposed to be running. It’s about Jason Garrett, once lionized by you clowns as the greatest offensive coordinator in the game, being absolutely bankrupt of ideas and getting outmaneuvered game after game. It’s about a quarterback who was out for nearly six weeks with a broken hand having to play late season catch-up and simply never finding his rhythm. It’s about a defense tough in the red zone, but often weak at mid-field, and an anemic special teams disappointingly focused on an under-achieving and incorrigible PacMan Jones.
Clearly, the Cowboys have trouble with sustained effort into December, and Romo has been not been a good leader for team that is clearly looking for a uniting force. All of these are real problems. But who Romo is dating is not a real problem, and I sure wish you pansies would either go work for US magazine, or shake yourselves and talk about football. |
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