ESPN Report: Terrell Owens attempts suicide

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Buster

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It's true, money doesn't buy happiness, unless this is some sick, twisted way to get back into the news, which really could be possible for this egomaniac.

There's probably a reason he brags so much, because he's insecure. It's VERY possible. Many times, the people who appear to be the happiest and most successful people are hurting the most inside. He does have an incredibly inflated ego, it almost has to be artificial.

If he was just looking for media attention, it worked.

I hope he gets help if he truly needs it though.

Strange story.

As for the report on TSG, many police cars now use laptops to take reports rather than paper forms. The cop may scribble some notes onto a notepad but then will enter the report into the laptop when he gets back to the car. TSG has always been reliable and it doesn't have to be written in pen to be an official report. Notice it does say "NARRATIVE 01 SCREEN" on the top. It's an automated report.

I mentioned the Tom Friend article above. On ESPN radio he basically said TO is considered by teammates who know him to be as insecure as anybody they knew. One story...

During the game against the Packers when he was with the Niners he had dropped numerous balls. He kept going back to Steve Young and begging him to not lose confidence in him. Finally when he caught the game winning TD he broke into tears and for the next several years thanked Steve Young every day for not losing confidence in him. I repeat: He was so insecure that he thanked Steve Young EVERY DAY FOR 3 years or something like that.

[gibbsisgod]

i will admit that I once said that i wished t.o. would just disappear, but not like this.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

I have to admit the only reason I even care about this story is the fantasy implications on my team.

I'm not saying I wish the man harm, but I really can't believe the gushing I'm seeing over this guy. I mean, this is the same guy that has caused nothing but problems for any franchise stupid enough to give him a contract right? This is the same guy who called his QB (Garcia) gay right? The same guy that routinely shows up his QBs on the field? The same guy that called out McNabb (a "teammate")? The same guy that has been a locker room cancer everywhere he's been? Honestly, I just don't see any reason why I should care about T.O. any more than the thousands of other people in this world that try committing suicide every day. If anything, shouldn't I care less about T.O.? After all, T.O. has proven time and time again that he's a jackass.

I don't know, I guess I'm just a heartless bastard.

[backrow]

The story grows, and is now in SI:

SI.com - NFL - Terrell Owens attempted suicide, according to police report - Wednesday September 27, 2006 11:25AM

I prefer to believe no one here wished this on T. O. It appears from these reports that the man needs help.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

I'm not saying I wish the man harm, but I really can't believe the gushing I'm seeing over this guy.

I have to agree. TO being a nutcase that tried to commit suicide has no affect whatsoever on my day to day life. Three to five of our soldiers die every week in Iraq, and there's not so much as a mention of it, but a rich diva wide receiver, that just about everyone on this forum hated before today, tries to kill himself and there's a nine page thread about it.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I have to agree. TO being a nutcase that tried to commit suicide has no affect whatsoever on my day to day life. Three to five of our soldiers die every week in Iraq, and there's not so much as a mention of it, but a rich diva wide receiver, that just about everyone on this forum hated before today, tries to kill himself and there's a nine page thread about it.

Well this is a football forum, and TO is a football player. That's why it gets a 9-page thread. If you go to a politics forum or an Iraq war forum, you'll see plenty of long-ass threads with plenty of passionate posts.

But I'm in agreement. If TO killed himself I'd still be singing Jimmy Cracked Corn and I Don't Care.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I have to agree. TO being a nutcase that tried to commit suicide has no affect whatsoever on my day to day life. Three to five of our soldiers die every week in Iraq, and there's not so much as a mention of it, but a rich diva wide receiver, that just about everyone on this forum hated before today, tries to kill himself and there's a nine page thread about it.

Gotta disagree with you there...I hear casualty reports EVERY single day on the radio news, but the media is only reporting it for the same reason they care about Owens...controversey. The media overall doesn't care a bit about ANYONE's life, they just want to get people to look at their headlines.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

I have to admit the only reason I even care about this story is the fantasy implications on my team.

I'm following this story closely for the same reason; especially since crappy Daunte is my QB and Cooley has been M.I.A. in terms of production.

[Meast]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I'm following this story closely for the same reason; especially since crappy Daunte is my QB and Cooley has been M.I.A. in terms of production.

No offense Monk but your team is garbage. Hey, did you go to sherwood?

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Meast

No offense Monk but your team is garbage. Hey, did you go to sherwood?

Yes my team is garbage and yes I went to Sherwood. Now please stop stalking me.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Yes my team is garbage and yes I went to Sherwood. Now please stop stalking me.

Yeah Meast, we don't want to see a report about you and AMD on TSG.

[BMF21]

some of you are stupid asses..... a player you can hate, but this is still a human.......

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by BMF21

some of you are stupid asses..... a player you can hate, but this is still a human.......

Yah, a human who in his "human" capacity has been a jackass for years. I guess his transgressions against other "humans" are all forgiven because of this?

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

Yah, a human who in his "human" capacity has been a jackass for years. I guess his transgressions against other "humans" are all forgiven because of this?

What trangrassions?? And yes, if there are transgressions isn't he worthy of forgiveness?

And this isn't directed at you per se, PSU...but why are we suddenly judging T.O. Especially since we don't know the whole story. But whatever.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

What trangrassions?? And yes, if there are transgressions isn't he worthy of forgiveness?

And this isn't directed at you per se, PSU...but why are we suddenly judging T.O. Especially since we don't know the whole story. But whatever.

Just clarification:
See prior post RE: McNabb, Garcia, locker room cancer, etc.

And I don't think anyone is worthy of forgiveness who hasn't actually sought forgiveness or admitted to doing something wrong. T.O. has never expressed any regret for his actions against teammates.......so why would I forgive someone who's never asked for it, shown any remorse whatsoever, or admitted they were wrong?

As for judging him? I, for one, judged him to be an a$$hole for years now. Nothing about these recent events has changed my opinion.