mikenolan wrote:
I grew up in Illinois and will always be a Bears and Cubs fan at heart, but I did enjoy watching the Cowboys play, at least until Jerry Jones bought the team. Now I enjoy watching them lose.
Jones has no loyalty whatsoever, he'll discard Romo like yesterday's Kleenex if he thinks it'll produce more wins.
I read a very true statement the other day, the NFL is a 'replacement' business. Everybody gets replaced, most of them sooner than they would like. Romo's days as a starter, at least in Dallas, may be over, and Big Ben (Steelers) is on the downhill side of his Hall of Fame career, too, so the Steelers need to plan for his successor. Based on last night's game, the Jets need to find a new QB (among other things.)
This season I've been following Denver a lot, since the Bears suck and have been painful to watch. (bad QB, incompetent ownership/management) Mostly this is because of Trevor Siemian, since I went to Northwestern.
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It has nothing to do with loyalty. It's all about money, for the owners and players.