The Browns recently informed outspoken libertarian and Ron Paul supporter Tony Pashos that he’ll be released by the team, and Pashos is “really upset” about it.
According to Pashos’s agent Rick Smith, the former Browns right tackle played all of last season with a ruptured tendon in his left foot that required surgery that will take 9-10 months to recover from. Pashos claims that he “gutted through” the injury because he knew the Browns “lacked depth on the offensive line, especially at right tackle,” and “wanted to help the team,” even though he knew that by doing so, he wouldn’t have been able to play again until late in the 2012 season at the earliest. Moreover, to pull this off, he had to take “an enormous amount” of painkillers, which caused him at least three ulcers. “You can see that he missed the final regular season game,” Smith said, “because he was in the hospital with the ulcers.”
“When Tony called the Browns, they told him he was a warrior,” Smith added. “But he’s not a warrior. He’s somebody’s son, somebody’s husband, somebody’s father. He’s a guy trying to support his family.”
Finally, Smith said that “Tony feels like he had the team’s back last season,” and “wishes the team had his back now. … Now he’s off on his own.”
Uh, what do you think this is, Tony? The Red Cross?
Pashos couldn’t possibly have meant to suggest that the Browns should risk running a deficit to set up an infirmary for offensive linemen with bad feet.
Tony knows better than anyone that it’s the Browns who get to decide what and how to spend the wealth that they earned have.
Hard to believe he’d complain about the Browns organization exercising its personal rights here. It’s probably just the meds talking. Hope the big multi-millionaire gets back on his feet soon.
Liberty, freedom, happiness=fun!
