A Florida man passed off a photo of 'roid rager Bill Romanowski, to pass himself off as a former Oakland Raider. Problem was the guy tops out at 5-10, where Romo comes in at a 'roided-up 6-4, 240. To the Palm Beach Post:
When Ed McCabe masqueraded as a retired professional football player, he lifted the image of one of the most colorful and controversial characters of the NFL.
McCabe, who organized charity golf tournaments while pretending to be a former Oakland Raider, downloaded a photograph of Bill Romanowski, who played for the Raiders from 2002 to 2003.
McCabe altered the No. 53 to his fantasy league No. 29. And, voilà, Romanowski was transformed into Ed McCabe, who claimed to be a member of the Raiders during their 1980 championship season.
Last week, McCabe acknowledged to The Palm Beach Post that he never appeared in an NFL game and did not play college football, but maintained that the photo was taken during a 1980 tryout with the Raiders. Oakland has no record of McCabe ever trying out for the team.
The photo actually was shot more than 20 years later. Romanowski was a 6-foot-4 linebacker, while McCabe, at 5-foot-10, claimed to be a safety.
McCabe chose a photo of a distinctive player to alter.
Wonder if the Florida man spits on his colleagues, breaks the jaw of his boss, and goes nuts at his kid's football games? Did McCabe juice too?
In 2005, Romanowski appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes, saying he spent more than $200,000 a year on supplements, which included steroids.
On Tuesday, McCabe wouldn't discuss the faked photograph.
"I'm not saying a word about that," he said. "I have to get my life together."
Romanowski, who sells nutritional products on the Internet, recounted an instance in which he had been impersonated. Once, a man pretended to be Romanowski to pick up women and try to embezzle money.
"I think it's pretty sad that someone would have to do that," he said of McCabe. "At least he could have changed the number to 58. It would have been a lot easier, just change the 3 to an 8."
The NFL will investigate McCabe for infringement. And might Romo beat the juice out of the guy?
Romanowski said he will use restraint.
"I'm not going to beat him up," Romanowski said. "I don't want to waste my energy."...
Romanowski said he wants to turn a negative into a positive, and is inviting anyone with a McCabe autographed photo to contact him on his blog (billromanowski, blog.com), and receive a free autographed copy of his book Romo.
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