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Romanowski beating trial nears end after Jerry Rice testimony
AP ^ | 3/16/5 | DAVID KRAVETS

Posted on 03/16/2005 3:25:52 PM PST by SmithL

Oakland -- Testimony in the Bill Romanowski beating trial concluded here Wednesday after the linebacker's former teammate, Jerry Rice, told jurors that he did not approve of Romanowski smashing the face and ending the career of Marcus Williams during a practice drill.

"No, I wouldn't condone that at all. That's not what I would do," said Rice, a 20-year NFL veteran and former Raider wide receiver.

But on cross examination, Romanowski's attorney, Jeffrey Springer, asked Rice whether he saw the incident that left Williams' left eye socket crushed, ending the 27-year-old's bid to make the Raiders as a special teams player for his second year in a row.

"No, I just heard about it. I didn't see anything," Rice testified.

Attorneys are expected to make their closing statements in Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday, 17 days after the trial began and after dozens of witnesses testified live or via taped videos.

Williams told jurors last week that on Aug. 24, 2003, Romanowski assaulted him after a practice drill by ripping off his helmet and leveling a devastating blow that he says has left him brain-damaged, with double vision and other side effects.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: raider; roidrage
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It is a shame that a civil court can't throw Romanowski's sorry tail in jail, where it belongs.
1 posted on 03/16/2005 3:25:52 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

He was a lousy punk his whole career, and frankly, got away with it a lot more than a black athlete would have, media wise.


2 posted on 03/16/2005 3:27:20 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: over3Owithabrain
There are far too many players with all that money having gone to their heads. They swagger and all that all over the people.

Role model? Bah! Too hell with them!

3 posted on 03/16/2005 3:41:59 PM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
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To: SmithL
Jerry Rice, told jurors that he did not approve of Romanowski smashing the face and ending the career of Marcus Williams during a practice drill.

Who exactly would approve that?

4 posted on 03/16/2005 3:44:44 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: SmithL

If there was even an NFL player adversly affected by steroids, Romanowski is a sure candidate. He's gone from spitting to punching.


5 posted on 03/16/2005 3:48:02 PM PST by caisson71
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To: SmithL
I had a smashed orbital socket and platform in the 70's. Although my eyesight has been changed regarding area of vision due to limited movement of my eye, I still get perfect vision out of it. What happens is that your brain adjusts and causes your head to turn much more on the damaged side without even knowing it.

It was very, very painful. I hope Romanowski is fined by the NFL for five times the yearly salary of the player and it's turned over in full to the injured party. Bad manners is inexcusable.

Makes you wonder........JUICE?

6 posted on 03/16/2005 3:50:28 PM PST by blackdog (Lord of Woop Woop)
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To: SmithL
I despise Romanowski, he's a pill popping punk. I hope he loses this case.
7 posted on 03/16/2005 3:51:12 PM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: zert_28
I despise Romanowski, he's a pill popping punk. I hope he loses this case.

What you said!

8 posted on 03/16/2005 3:53:55 PM PST by iconoclast (Better to take refuge in the Lord than to put one's trust in princes. (Psalms 118:9).)
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To: SmithL

Romanowski is goping to lose this case and it is going to cost him a bunch.


9 posted on 03/16/2005 3:57:03 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: caisson71

I wonder if Dan Dierdorf, that racist, self righteous, smarmy baffoon will dog Romanowski like he did Andre Waters for so long? Nah....White thugs on the field are motivated professionals. Black guys on the field who hit hard and are motivated professionals are cheap shot artists and gangsta's to Dierdorf.


10 posted on 03/16/2005 3:57:10 PM PST by blackdog (Lord of Woop Woop)
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To: Dog Gone
Who exactly would approve that?

1. Bill Romanowski
2. Dick Butkus (in his playing days)
3. Several other players, some coaches and all too many fans (to be named later, as they say)

Butkus did an interview while he was playing where he said that before every game he went back to an image from a horror movie, I think it was "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte." It had the severed head of one of the murder victims bouncing down the stairs like a bowling ball. He then picked one player on the opposing offense who he would try to do that to.

It's part of the culture of football. Unfortunately some people (Romo, but probably not Butkus) can't get past the idea that it's a metaphor and you don't want to live your life that way.

My Niners were right when they dumped Romanowski at the height of his career. He isn't a healthy individual and has always done more harm than good, wherever he's been, regardless of some really spectacular individual plays.

He needs some serious therapy or, at the very least, some major medication.

11 posted on 03/16/2005 4:04:13 PM PST by Phsstpok ("When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring.")
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I wonder if Dan Dierdorf, that racist, self righteous, smarmy baffoon will dog Romanowski like he did Andre Waters for so long? Nah....White thugs on the field are motivated professionals. Black guys on the field who hit hard and are motivated professionals are cheap shot artists and gangsta's to Dierdorf.

Whoa, Dierdorf??? I've never heard a racist word from him. Did I miss something?

12 posted on 03/16/2005 4:43:33 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: blackdog
Makes you wonder........JUICE?

Like duh...no wonder about it.

13 posted on 03/16/2005 4:46:24 PM PST by Drango (All my ideas, good or bad, are stolen from other FReepers)
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To: Phsstpok
He needs some serious therapy or, at the very least, some major medication.

That is his problem he takes carloads of pills of every kind
14 posted on 03/16/2005 4:47:11 PM PST by uncbob
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To: GLDNGUN

Dierdorf had a few folk on his go to list of "Bad Players". He found Andre' Waters extremely distasteful as well as the trench guys of color that worked for Buddy Ryan during the "Body Bag Bowl" and the "Porkchop Bowl" days in the 80's. He would get on MNF and just tear the players for their behavior, attitude, lack of intellect, and seemed to infer that ferocity on the field was something else if you were on his list.


15 posted on 03/16/2005 4:50:26 PM PST by blackdog (Lord of Woop Woop)
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To: Drango

Well, welcome to the Mr. Obvious show......


16 posted on 03/16/2005 4:51:49 PM PST by blackdog (Lord of Woop Woop)
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To: uncbob
Therapy = pills. Pills = nightmare. Follow up care is based on 1/2 hour a month visits to your therapist, who's main tool for additional treatment is more pills.

Not feeling well and get agitated? Take Prozac. Now feel dull from the Prozac........Take Adderal. Now too edgy and wound up from the adderall(speed)......Take some Klonopin to help you calm down. Now feel too groggy in the morning from the Klonopin? Up you dose schedule of Adderal........Feeling paranoid from the amphetamine psychosis caused by the Adderal? Take some Olanzapine to boost the efficacy of the Prozac.

Welcome to the world of modern psychiatry. The pracice is rarely anything other than your street dealer in the 60's with a nice office.

17 posted on 03/16/2005 5:01:48 PM PST by blackdog (Lord of Woop Woop)
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He found Andre' Waters extremely distasteful as well as the trench guys of color that worked for Buddy Ryan...

So he was ripping Buddy Ryan?

18 posted on 03/16/2005 5:06:23 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
Sometimes the sole reason for your existence is to serve as a warning to others.

Romanowski is the poster-boy.
19 posted on 03/16/2005 5:17:10 PM PST by This Just In ((In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king))
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To: SmithL

Romanowski is a scumbag - and a mediocre linebacker, too.


20 posted on 03/16/2005 5:19:34 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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