He has never been in arrested. You never hear about him getting into fights at strip clubs, he has never had a DUI, or stored enough guns in his house to start a war like other NFL players have. There is not anyone that can argue that he gives 1000% when he is on the field. So why is he grouped with guys like Michael Vick and Pacman Jones? (I heard Tom Jackson compare them on NFL Live)
2007-07-26 05:23:13 · 16 answers · asked by Ashleyjr09 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I guess playing a season with a finger that had to be surgically repair twice is not giving 1000%. And Cowboys fan know if T.O. caught 20 TD and the game winning one in the Super Bowl you would LOVE him.
2007-07-26 05:48:29 · update #1
To be honest I think Terrell is mis-understood and yes he does alot to bring attention upon himself but the media plays a big role in that and therefore our perspective of him is on how the media portrays it..otherwise everyone that is dissing him only knows him by the media not in real life which is why I laugh when I read the ignorance of people's opinions about him...they say that he is this or that and they know absolutely nothing and then they say he is over-paid when knowing damn well that he works very hard and is very competitive...if you don't like him then that's your perogative but he at least keeps his nose clean and is a very good citizen in comparison to others in the NFL. GO COWBOYS!!!
2007-07-26 06:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only about 6 players of about 2000 players in the NFL have been in real trouble with the law. A few arguments or one DUI is not an outrageous offense. You probably have more co workers who have made the same mistakes as these guys. So 6 including the other 30 or 40 who have made minor mistakes are hardly "All Of The Football Players in the NFL" In fact is less than 1 percent. Secondly none of these guys you mention are anywhere near 30 years old. TO is almost 34 acting the way he does. It's like he got worse as he got older. The only one of these players that you could even mention in the same breath as TO is Vick because he has been around for a little while and he is over 25. So Vick made a bigger mistake than TO. But TO has been a distraction for 4 entire years almost everyday during the season. He is intentionally attempting to make himself bigger than the teams he has played on. Michael Vick is simply simple minded and naive to the fact he shouldn't act the way he acted growing up in Newport News now. It is obvious the switch hasn't been turned on in his head yet. Maybe he isn’t bright enough to ever understand the rules of conduct for a grown man in the US. TO knows exactly what he is doing. You see he's smart enough not to mess his money up like Vick and the others plus he is smart enough to keep himself out of jail. So this tells me he is totally in control of his actions and he is mature enough to know better than do some of the things he does. I'm sure your boss would forgive you faster for getting in legal trouble than they would if you came in and attempted to destroy there company. Football is a business not a high school. Inside behavior is far more important to the organization than outside behavior. The outside actions might or might not affect the company. But the inside conduct will effect the company 100% of the time good or bad.
2007-07-26 13:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by Big Sam D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just because he isn't acting as big an *** as the afformentioned people, T.O. is still a jackass who talks way too much and is slowly detiorating on the field. Yea he lead the league in TD catches last year but he also lead in dropped balls, including many that woulda help the boys win a couple of games. For the record I'm a Cowboys fan. also for the record I never wanted T.O. and will be very glad when he's gone.
2007-07-26 12:41:19 · answer #3 · answered by We're #1!!! HOOK EM!!!! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, I don't know why. T.O. Has his off the field issues, but its usually with the team, and your right- he doesn't go around doing stupid things, or getting arrested. On the field T.O. is a great player, and while he is a Diva and enjoys the spotlight, I think while he wasn't too great last year with all the drops, that overall with how well he has done in his career he deserves to get the attention he wants. He is still one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. I think the issue with the Eagles was funny because he was by far their best receiver, def. there best player up there with Donovan McNabb (who always gets hurt) and he just wanted to get payed what he thought he was worth and I really never had a problem with that.
2007-07-26 12:31:41 · answer #4 · answered by Korey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. He never causes any trouble off the field, so he should not be grouped with these other "legal troublemakers".
If the media never put another mike in front of T.O., there would be nothing to write about besides what he does on the field.
The media's thirst for a story has created T.O.'s image
2007-07-26 12:31:39 · answer #5 · answered by Daddy-o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing to compare between them is media coverage, and terrel owens is just a spotlight fiend, he's addicted to the spotlight, his life revolves around getting on tv, vick and jones are different, they had no intention of media coverage, in fact i believe vick would do anything to keep them away, unless he's on the field scoring touchdowns, same as pacman...only with interceptions, and vick could have made a smarter move than he made, saying hes not gonna talk untill the case is over, while smart to not make a public plea, he obviously lead on that he didnt want to say something he would later regret, although, he might as well admit to it, even if george dubya was his lawyer, he will be found guilty
2007-07-26 13:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by were making fiction of our lives 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fair play to you for bringing this issue up,it seems people always want to have a pop at T.O. and he isn't actually that controversial off the field,I believe if he was accused of doing what Michael Vick has been accused of,he would already be suspended.
2007-07-26 12:39:25 · answer #7 · answered by joeymdh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good point. Nobody is accusing TO of being a criminal, though. The comparison is that all these guys are disruptive to their teams. Since the "criminals" are promptly removed from the locker room, TO is actually worse in this regard, because he is still around causing trouble within the team. Just because he isn't a criminal, doesn't mean he isn't an ******.
2007-07-26 12:31:29 · answer #8 · answered by Double A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, my opinion of him has not changed, though you do bring up a good point.
To me, they are all over-paid, egotistical, whiny-@** jerks who need to recognize their position in society (as role models) and appreciate what they have (in terms of having a job they absolutely love and they get paid millions to do it). I remember back in the day when all of these off-field antics were entirely unheard of. Men went out there and played the game. Period. They gave back to the community, they respected their teammates and coaches and fans.
When I was little, *that* was football. I don't know what to call this...a circus maybe?
2007-07-26 15:21:11 · answer #9 · answered by YSIC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because my opinion of him never involved him being a criminal or cruel dog abuser. I never doubted his on-field efforts, but I always though he was full of himself and extremely annoying. He cries to the press when things don't go his way and then demands a trade. Causing all sorts of problems for teams that pay him millions of dollars. He also loses points for becoming a Cowgirl. Go Giants!
2007-07-26 12:29:45 · answer #10 · answered by Dethklok 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋