T.O. really knows how to win over the Dallas sports fans
 

Guess when and where this picture was taken? Last night in Dallas, during game 1 of the NBA finals.

Somebody feeling like he wasn't getting enough attention?

Dude also showed up two hours late to his "youth football camp" ... total douche (reported on Mike & Mike).

I had heard this as well, except is was more like 6 hours late. Once he showed up, he just started tossing the football around to the kids. He said "has anyone ever seen a better quaterback"? And one of the kids, which is now my new personal hero, told him "Yeah, Donovan McNabb".

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What a freaking idiot. As if he didn't need to prove that anymore.

What are these NBA Finals you speak of?

I'd love to give that kid a reward :)

As far as T.O, I can't believe he was that idiotic. I was surprised when I saw him in that jersey last night on TV. Then again, I shouldn't have been surprised or in disbelief. This is TO we are talking about.

So wait...

He moves to Dallas and immediately has to support the local NBA team? Softball team? MLB team?

They guy is an ass granted, but because he is supporting a friend of his, he immediately alienates the fans?

I guess I don't see why he is an ass

you done? :)

Um.. Mac.. did the spirit of Dolamite posess you?

Wow a triple dola work in progress post ;)

Try deleting your repeat posts.

And no, he doesn't have to support the local teams, but showing up to a FINALS game wearing the OPPOSING jersey? Thats assinine.

You don't necessarily HAVE to support the local teams in other sports, but you should not be out supporting OPPOSING teams, especially in a championship series.

tell us how you really feel Macro

The fans will cheer him when he catches that first TD pass. So like that mattered...

There is no crossover loyality between sports. He can route for anyone he wants to. What makes him an ass is the football camp situation, not the jersey at the finals.

*BUZZ* wrong answer...

They both make him an ass. Their IS crossover loyality. Or, for the fans there is, so that's what you have to show publicly to not look like an ass to your fans.

DING DING DING DING, we have a winner!

I'm not so sure this is going to be the case.

I apologize for the triple repeats, I do not know what happened other than I had a sudden bout of wanting to keep up with JeeberD in daily post count....

As a Redskins fan, I approve of T.O.'s support of the Miami Heat. :D

I was pretty shocked to see him in a Heat jersey. He was supporting his "bro" Shaq. "Blood is thicker than water, but I am wearing a Mavericks hat", which was backwards btw. What an ass. But then again, it is T.O. and he probably did it to get people to talk... and succeeded.

I think you're giving Joe Football Fan too much credit.

Football is a religion in Texas, and the fans have a long memory. You just don't welcome someone in with open arms that danced on the midfield star at Texas Stadium in an opposing uniform. Subsequent TDs might be celebrated, but I'm willing to be the first one is met with muted applause.

When people WANT to hate somebody, they will find ways to hate them, that's all there is to it.

What if his first TD happens to be with 45 seconds left to win the game?

I'm with those in the "who gives a shit?" department. It's not like he was purposely rooting against a Dallas team. If he used to go to games wearing a Heat jersey, why stop because they happen to be playing a team from the town he now plays for in a different sport? I give him more credit for actually supporting his team.

But for all those who want to attack Owens everyday, did you really need this as more motivation?

See, that's the most classless NBA fan right there.

Hence the title of the thread, which references "Dallas sports fans", not sports fans in general. That's the difference.

Jeeber will cheer for TO, no matter what his sig says.

Fine.

TO signs with the Giants. He then shows up to game 7 of the (very, very, very mythical) Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Heat, in his Shaq jersey. He stands around like an idiot.

No one in NY proceeds to ever care that he's not supporting the local team.

Except for Spike Lee, who beans him with a garbage can.

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capt obvious here


how juvenile do you have to be to need to wear a heat jersey to support your boy. like in regular clothes shaq would have been offended.

bottom line is he wanted to be a douchbag and succeeded.

:rolleyes: Shows what you know. There's no way Spike Lee is strong enough to even LIFT a garbaga can.

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I don't remember TO wearing a Lakers jersey when Shaq made the finals. He did it to piss people off once again.

Wanna tell that to the millions of Americans who wear jerseys to games to "support their boys?"

Hey, I saw "Do The Right Thing", unless that was a stunt double.

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and that's just what TO aspires to be. just another guy. let him live dammit.

The only Dallas team that TO needs to be a fan of is the Cowboys. Who cares if roots for the Heat? He certainly owes no loyalty to the Mavericks.

DOLA, I don't know why sports fans get so caught up in what players do off the field... as long as they're not breaking the law or undermining the team who gives a fuck?

yeah what's being a couple hours late.

trust me if people didn't care poeple like TO would make them care. it's like the "stars" constantly bemoaning the paparazzi. 90% of them would be pissed if there were never anyone taking their pictures.

I will guarantee you that TO is tickled pink by the hoopla over the jersey so I wouldn't cry him a river.

I agree. He's a Dallas Cowboy and only a Dallas Cowboy. If he shows up wearing a niners jersey, I'll be laughing like crazy and then you can call him an ass for that, but it just sounds like the Dallas fans need to get over themselves. TO's not in Dallas to make friends...he's going to be an ass, why is everyone shocked that he doesnt do what everyone thinks he should be doing?

Owens has the right to wear that jersey at that game, but there's no reason that Dallas fans should just ignore it because he's "supporting his boy." I don't think anyone expects him to be a Mavericks fan, and the lone fact that he was wearing a Heat jersey isn't the point.

The point is that this is a slap in the collective face of Dallas sports fans. I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of people in that area who love the Cowboys and Mavericks, and to see one of the Cowboys showing up in their building with the other team's gear on is insulting.

Saints fans were pissed off when Mike Ditka verbally trashed the city of New Orleans while he was coaching there, because he was supposed to be part of the city, and then he went and took a giant shit on something that people there loved. Owens is doing the same thing in Dallas. I know he has a bad history in Dallas with the whole "star" routine and everything, but he has a chance to at least not make things worse. No, he doesn't need the fans to like him. All he has to do is put on the uniform and do his job this fall. Still, with the way he bitches and moans, he'll probably be whining within a year or two about how the fans don't respect him. After this recent display, he just gave up his license to say jack shit about Dallas fans, because he clearly doesn't care about them at all.

for a non-Dallas fan, you seem to get it.

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T.O was a Heat fan before he was a Cowboy, he couldn't win either way cause then if he wore a Dallas jersey people would say he was kissing-up and selling out since he's not even a fan.

I have no issue with him supporting a team he already supported before joining the Cowboys.

I'll be he never thought about wearing a regular old polo shirt. Or maybe a nice button down and saying hi and good luck to Shaq prior to the game.

Gurantee you he wasn't late for the opening tip.

And? your point? If he is a Heat fan why would he wear a polo shirt instead of a jersey? He isn't a Maverick, he is a Cowboy. He isn't a Dallas fan, he is a football player - if he delivers on the field it doesn't matter what the fans think of him because the team will still keep him.

And as far as being late for the Football Camp, if he had REALLY wanted to be a jerk-off, he could have A. not showed up at all or B. Not have a Terrell Owen's youth football camp - cause he's certainly not doing it for the money. He might've been pissing off, or he might have been late for other reasons, who knows.

Lots of people seem to act like the guy isn't just a normal person who plays football.... The guy delivers on the field, and as long as he isn't a locker room disruption - that is all he is paid to do. He wouldn't be getting attention over all this if everyone wasn't riding his jock strap over everything he does.

I know. His plight is everyone else's fault.


could it be it's time to grow up and be a big boy? i love the argument that he has a right to. no shit. he has a right to do a lot of things.

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that statement blows my mind if only for the fact he isn't REALLY a jerkoff. just kind of a jerkoff and well shit man...show dick some respect.

he should in no way ever attach his name to any camp or youth activity. the would be NOT being a jerkoff.

Grow up and be a big boy? you going to tell everyone in that arena lastnight wearing a Heat jersey that they need to grow up and be a big boy? Cause lastnight he is/was no different than any other fan, the only difference is he's T.O and people hate him.

my gawd man

I thought it was his grandmother's fault? Wasn't that the reasoning he used in SF to explain why he's a dickhead?

well put.

Of course T.O. has the right to dress however he wants wherever he goes. And Cowboy fans have every right to judge him for it.

He's an asshole. But people who hate him aren't going to like no matter what he does.

Seriously - this is people looking for an excuse to bash Owens.

Owens is a football player period. It's all a job for him and it just so happens that his job has located him in Dallas this year. He certainly doesn't give a damn about the Dallas fans, that's not part of the job as far as he's concerned. I really don't think he sees it as being any different from one of us living in a different city and supporting the opposing team because we're fans.

I don't particularly like the attitude and would never consider buying his jersey, but certainly some people don't mind.

Well if that's the case then I hope the Dallas fans return the favor. I happen to think that the players should give a damn about the fans - after all its the fans that make it possible for them to play a game for a living. The fans go to the arena and pay $10 for a beer and the fans buy the jerseys.

It's not like he showed up at the local fieldhouse in a Heat jersey to play some pickup ball. He showed up at the biggest game in the history of the Mavericks in the jersey. Maybe he doesn't like the Mavs or maybe Shaq is "his boy" but he did it to get attention and he got it. Owens is right there with Paris Hilton et all in the "if I'm not the center of attention 100% of the time I might actually die" category.

He's new to the team and everyone's been beaten over the head with his routine over the past few years and the city of Dallas has the biggest night in the history of its basketball franchise...he could have just gone to the game and not worn a jersey. He craves the reaction and the attention and he's getting it. He doesn't care about Dallas fans but he doesn't seem to care about anyone other than himself so what's new with that? But you know damn well that if the fans went to Cowboys games wearing the jersey of whoever was the DB assigned to Owens that game that he would be all over the cameras talking about how the fans have no respect for a superstar player like himself.

Bullshit. I'll root for Bledsoe to throw 20 TD passes to him, and I hope he performs well as a Cowboy, but I'll never root for him personally.

And on this issue I'm with Macro. TO has a right to root for whomever he chooses, and just because he plays for a team in a certain city he isn't forced to root for all the teams in the city.

And yes, he went a bit over the top in his support of the heat, but I don't really see the big deal...

Again, for me, I'm not saying he has to root for the Mavs. I'm saying don't come out loudly supporting the other team on camera and in public.

And the fans demand worship ? TO's a Cowboy - that's what his contract is for. The moment someone starts on the "I pay your paycheck" line, the discussion has crossed over to the absurd.

Because without NFL fans TO would be making millions of dollars?

I love how TO is expected to have the personal responsiblity of a 5 year old and that's ok to some people. Nevermind he has more responsiblity than that of John Q. Publique.

He's more than welcome to fade into the backround. Be my guess and all scrutiny of any kind goes away.

The arguement is he is just like anyone else is absurd. TO himself would say he isn't like everyone else.

Who said the fans demand or deserve worship? You want to talk about crossing over into absurdity... I said that TO is an ass and if he doesn't care about the fans then they shouldn't care about him back. I like to think that the teams that play in my city are part of my community and that the players involved with those teams should be supportive of the community especially when its a big event.

If he truly wants to root for Miami then fine but I don't want to hear him bitching when people call him an ass for making it a point to stand out in favor of the opposition on a big night for Dallas sports fans. Somehow I think his decision to wear a Heat jersey was less about being a fan of Shaq and the Heat and more about "let's see how many people I can piss off and how much media attention I can get".

He couldn't wear the polo shirt because it wouldn't show off his guns.

NBA Finals interview? Check.
2 pages of posts on FOFC? Check.

TO Wins. Again.

Agree.

TO likes the attention. Be warned, Dallas fans... this is only the beginning. Owens will go out of his way to prove that he's not about to kiss anybody's ass or get with anybody's program. It's his world, and the rest of y'all better get used to livin' in it.

I expect he'll become a cancer in the Cowboys locker room in record time. The Eagles almost got a whole year out of him before he melted down - I give the Cowboys until about week 5 of the regular season.

Agreed. However, I find his tardiness in attending the event that his people arranged for kids MUCH more deserving of my scorn. I'm sure he severely disappointed some young kids.

On the bright side, maybe those kids will see the light and give up on being Cowboy fans now. There could be hope for the youth of America.

Totally agree - barring some legitimate reason which forgive me if I don't give him the benefit of the doubt, that was definitely worse.

Somebody start a thread on McNair being traded to Baltimore for a 4th round pick or something.

This man speaks the gospel.

I really think Bledsoe could kick his ass. TO may have guns but a real man doesn't act like this. I think ultimately he is a giant pussy.

In a steel cage Bledsoe would beat him to a bloody pulp.

You have offended pussies around the world by lumping him in with them.

BTW... have I mentioned that I *LOVE* that this guy is a Cowboy now? :D

Dola... someone needs to find the animated .gif of him getting pummeled the second time... I'm slipping here...

If we had avatars here, it would be JeeberD's.

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If Brees shows up for the next game in a Mavs jersey it doesn't even make the news.

Why should it? He is a New Orleans Saint ;)

TO=Cancer

I, as a Redskins fan, am happy he stayed in the NFC East. He's like a time bomb for every team he's been on.

The Cowboys better sign Jack Bauer because he's the only person that has a chance to stop that explosion.

You're asking for a pummeling, kid... :mad:





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Oh, and TO showed up to Game 2 in a Mavs jersey with "TO" on the back... :rolleyes:

Took you FOUR DAYS to come back with that?

Better late than never, I guess...

I haven't been here since Friday...you're lucky I posted it at all. ;)

Gee, what a surprise. He steps forward and draws the spotlight to him on a historic night for the Mavericks, and then he gets right back in line afterwards. Where was the "TO" Mavs jersey in Game 1? Oh, wait. If he wears it for Game 1, nobody gives a shit that he's even in the building. I think I get it now.

*DING DING DING*

2-0 with him in the building, that counts for something.

*yawn*