Sports When Athletes Let Girlfriends Interfere With Their Game

Going Bust: Tony Romo can blame Jessica Simpson’s twos for his poor performances.

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has reportedly broken up with his girlfriend, Jessica Simpson. His fans have reason to be excited—not because Romo will have more free time to flirt with heavily perspiring male groupies, but because she distracted him from his pursuit of a Super Bowl ring.

Since bagging Simpson in 2007, the once promising #9 has crapped the bed when she was in attendance, caused controversy by taking a vacation with her before a playoff game that he lost, and missed the playoffs entirely, putting up three turnovers and zero touchdowns in a 44-6 blowout loss in the final, must-win game of the 2008 regular season. Not that we blame dude; if we were Romo, the only route we’d have on our mind is the one leading directly to her milk duds.

Now that Romo’s a free man, we expect he’ll have a career resurgence. Why? Well, for one, he couldn’t play much worse than he did in that last stinker. Besides, there’s a history of athletes whose performance suffered because of a woman, and they usually get back on track once they drop their dimes. Read on below to see what we mean…