Romo was basically a criminal who had a talent in playing football. If he wasn't on the football field, he would be in San Quentin. Defending his actions isn't even something his own teammates would do, it doesn't make sense that somebody completely outside of the situation would do so either.
Lawsuits are a legitimate way of resolving damages. Not all of them are frivolous. If I decide to drive over your wife, its not fair to just tell you to 'get over it' and 'grow a sack' or something similar. There are some cases of real damages which cannot be remedied aside from the exchange of money. In this particular case, the plaintiff is going to lose hundreds of thousands at least and possibly millions of dollars simply by being unable to make an NFL roster during the few peak years he has. Considering that this was a completely intentional act, wouldn't it actually be more 'manly' to tell Romo to step up and pay the man instead of hiding behind a lawyer to avoid being responsible for his actions while he was taking illegal drugs? Its not as though his sneak attack on this player somehow benefited his team. Maybe Romo ought to be compensating the Raiders as well since he cost them loads of money also?
If you want to go back to the wild west days before courts became the venue for civil tort remedies, Romo would either be shot by the family of this guy or jailed for the assault. Maybe the family would just kill Romo and take whatever possessions he had as their own as penance.
If Romo where at all innocent here or if his actions had been taken in the course of the game (ie, Jack Tatum - dirty but by the rules), then there wouldn't be a lawsuit and I would completely agree with you that this was a guy who was underinsured and trying to cover his @ss with Romo's money. But there is nothing yet presented which indicates that this was anything but a criminal act by a guy who was already breaking the rules by drugging himself.
And if you want to address this on just football terms, why didn't the Raiders just ignore this incident if this is the way football teams police themselves? Why aren't Romo's teammates sticking up for him? Even hockey fans, who think fighting is one of the fundamental parts of the game, were horrified when that player got sucker punched into a coma last year. Even players who have six figure dental bills thought that this was a criminal act and not a single one came out and excuses it as 'part of the game.'
This act was simply beyond defending - unless you are Johnny Cochran or Mark Geragos. And that is who Romo is now left with as companions.
If Romo was innocent here there wouldn't be criminal charges.
Wait a minute, there isn't.
Small problem here - From what I remember reading Williams was CLEARED to play by NFL doctors and also cleared by the Raiders staff Doc -
So he went out and bought a Doc for this lawsuit saying he can't play -