Bad boy Bill Romonowski was suspended for one practice ( ) after beating up a teammate the other day in practice. From ESPN.com:

Williams was taken to the hospital and even called the police. But no charges have been filed as of yet.

Romo has long had a reputation as the dirtiest player in the league. The link to the story also provides a Romo Rap Sheet.

From the article cited above:
Based on the "rap sheet" sidebar, I beg to differ. At least the Chair Thrower never broke any bones (or ripped off a helmet, though he might have if hoops had helmets). I mean, seriously ... in the real world people get fired (and sued) for this.

Its being reported that Romo may now be contemplating retirement after missing his first game of his career yesterday. Roid Boy was out with a concussion. Wonder how long before he's on one of the pregame studion shows beating the snot out of Terry Bradshaw or Rush Limbaugh?

Raider Roidster to Retire?

good riddance! his poor behavior - natural personality or chemically enhanced - has been tolerated far too long. i remember when he was with the 49'ers, he was thrown out of practice for getting into altercations with guy mcintyre and jerry rice. has anyone noticed he always seems to get into fights with black players (mcintyre, rice, stokes,etc.)?

Kennysf,

Isn't it bad enough that Romo is a violent hothead? Why is it necessary to imply he has issues with race, as well? Especially when you look at his rap sheet--last time I checked Trent Dilfer and Kerry Collins are not black. (at least not from the waist up ) Also, when over two-thirds of the league is African-American, chances are, if you get into a fight...you do the math.

[ September 29, 2003, 01:28 PM: Message edited by: GOYANKS4868 ]

I found this comment alarming: "I don't see it as a big problem," linebacker Eric Johnson said. "It's just something that happened. Bill is a part of the family, and so is Marcus. Brothers fight all the time."

Umm...brothers may bicker, but bone-breaking fights aren't a regular occurrence in functional families. This may not be an inappropriate reaction to say Jeff Kent & Barry Bonds' dugout shoving match last year, but this seems a bit more serious to me.

I thought, based on various reports, that Romo was selective in who he decided to go "postal" on; he's not. Meaning, he doesn't selectively choose black people to attack.

His temper and violence are indiscriminate. Get him out of the league. By any means necessary.

it was interesting to hear Brian Bosworth talk about it. (remember him?) he was on the "Best Damned Sports show Period"

Bosworth said that he recognizes the signs of steroid rage because he went through roids abuse himself. he said that just as he was out of control, Romo is out of control right now and needs some help.

Marcus Williams has filed suit against Bill Romanowski.

I hope that Williams takes Romo to the cleaners.

right there with you, George. As others have stated (and, as Marcus Williams' lawyer noted), the league has tolerated Romo's insane behavior for far, far too long. I'm really bugged at the League's inaction on the part of Romo. How are they just gonna sit by and let a teammate flat-out attack another? I mean, this is the same league that fines a coach for criticizing officiating! Certainly a vicious assault like Romo's warrants some form of response by the head offices of the NFL.

These guys need to go to jail and be made a case of..

I know physicality is a part of the sports world, but on-field antics are no excuse- they need to throw out of control guys into the slammer and fine them- take away their right to play...

I work as a P.T.- if a patient pissed me off and I maliciously allowed him to fall- I would get fined, lose my license and lose my ability to work.

Why do athleted get excused?

The story is remiss in not pointing out, as has been done by other members of the media, that Romanowski may not be fully accountable for his behavior as he and others seem to think, simply because he's a bad guy. Chemicals may be.

The guy travels with an apothecary of enhacing supplements and god-only-knows what else in a plastic case. Nobody has adequately studied the side-effects of most of these "natural" substances at the concentrations and doses that he is probably taking them, but it is pretty certain that mode-alteration and pain-endurance are two of them.

The sports industry does athletes a disservice by promoting playing with pain, and playing on their desire for bonuses and to not appear weak. Cases in point, Donovan McNabb who probably came back too early from an injury and Michel Vick who is under strong pressure to do the same.

This policy is a threat to the players that noone seems to have an interest in addressing.

I haven't seem a single episode of ESPN's Playmakers, but while channel-hopping I caught a couple of minutes in which a pain-pill popping athlete was soaking in the tub while a team physician tried to talk him out of his addiction to the pills. Other than the pleasant site of a good-looking guy half-naked in the tub, I noticed that the player was arguing that football players' lifespans are about 58 years whereas the average USA male's is 76. He felt that he might as well get as much out of his life as possible since he has two decades less of it than others.

That may be a viewpoint born more of ignorance than of fact. It is probably not known how much of a pro athletes life is stolen by the substances he/she consumes than by the physical stress of the sport itself. Eliminating or controlling these substances might actually make their lives as long as everyone elses. It would definitely make their lives easier to give up that third Italian sports car for a longer healthier retirement.

Well, Romo seems to have been quietly dropped as the spokesman for Bowflex, since there is no sign of him anywhere on their website. I was so disgusted seeing him on TV talking about what great shape he is in that I sent them an email (something I rarely do) a couple of weeks ago. I guess I wasn't the only one thinking that.

Romo was one of several Raiders testing positive for steroid abuse this week.

anyone surprised?

More fun from today's The Onion's "What Do You Think section:

"A string of scandals has prompted the NFL to impose stricter testing standards for performance-enhancing drugs, especially the steroid THG. What do you think?"

-- "Sports-wise, I don't have any experience with performance-enhancing drugs...only the spectation-enhancing kind."

-- "Huh. So, Bill Romanowski tested positive for high levels of THUG?"

-- "I'm glad drugs are out of the hands of radio hosts and into the hands of athletes, where they belong."

-- "It's admirable that those athletes only use drugs that enhance performance. Today's kids could learn a lot from these role models."

-- "Apparently, the type of performance-enhancing drugs the Raiders were using aren't the kind that help you pressure the quarterback, stop the run, or establish a goddamn passing game."

-- "THG? It's harmless. I use it to clean my coffee maker. I don't see why everyone's so RAHRRRRR!"

Link to page.

Romanowski's attack on Marcus Williams caused a brain injury, according to a court document obtained by the SF Chronicle.

Now the Romo era may be over. The Raiders have released Roid Boy.

And some sorry ass network (FOX) is likely to give him a broadcasting job.

He's already done some color commentating work, after he got suspended last season. Talks too much, but that's common for greenhorn announcers.

The trial has begun in the suit against Steroid Boy by Marcus Williams.

Yesterday, Steroid Boy testified...

Today, as he continued to testify, in a quote that may hurt his chances in the trial but sounds at least honest:

Of course not! You're on steroids, Steroid Boy!

The court case ended yesterday with Williams being awarded $340,000. A far cry from the millions he was seeking, but it come sout ot $40,000 in medical expenses and $300,000 in lost wages.

Williams was trying to get a new trial because he wasn't happy with the jury's decision. However, they've reached a settlement where Romanowski will pay Williams $415,000.

Romo is apparently in "The Longest Yard" (to combine threads), along with Michael Irvin, Brian Bosworth, rapper Nelly, and others.

I read that in the Entertainment Weekly review, or somewhere else, maybe. Romanowski and Bosworth are prison guards. I know Nelly is a prisoner. Not sure about Irwin.

[ May 29, 2005, 10:08 PM: Message edited by: Joe in Philly ]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Irvin plays a prisoner, a part he was born to play.