“If you think for a second that I don’t want to be out there, then you’ve probably never felt the pure ecstasy of competing and winning,” Tony Romo glumly said. “That hasn’t left me. In fact, it may burn now more than ever.” Romo, the 34-year-old Dallas Cowboys quarterback, has essentially passed the golden football to rookie breakout player, Dak Prescott. Romo’s (anticipated) statement displayed leadership and class as he humanized himself in front of the world, “it’s a dark place, probably the darkest it’s ever been”. It is rare to see a popular athlete speak (candidly nonetheless) about a controversial situation as it’s happening, but even more uncommon to see an athlete soften themselves. There have been a lot of whispers regarding what Jerry Jones, the no nonsense businessman, would do once Romo was cleared to play. Romo has been the name affiliated with the Cowboys for thirteen years; some may say a legacy like Troy Aikman. But Romo, Jones, and all professional football fans can’t deny that Prescott’s performance over just one regular season has earned him the right to be a franchise quarterback. And although we now know the Cowboys are no longer Romo’s teams, we also now know Romo wants to play on.