Quote:Yeah, I'm thinking there is more to the story than what we are being told.

 

I'm sure that could be the case, but honestly, in listening to the interview this morning, it sounds like Curtis is just getting to the point at 42 years old where his body can't take the beating it used to.  I'm sure running around in that costume for 19 years does take it's toll on the body, especially when you're doing the kinds of stunts he has over that stretch. 

 

The TU mentioned the whole Ebola towel incident during the Pittsburgh game last year and how he was reprimanded by the team for being so insensitive because Ebola was a hot topic at the time.  I tend to think that was blown way out of proportion by the team, but their PR folks thought it was an egregious enough act to require an apology.  Still, very few people in that organization have been a better ambassador for the team, and God knows that over the past decade or so, Curtis has proven to be the only thing that has been consistently entertaining on the field.  I think the team had to recognize that as well. 

 

If this was something internal that we're not being told, odds are this announcement would have come at some point in January or February.  The fact that it's happening now, coupled with the mention by Curtis that he has been presented with other opportunities in the local media that he really wants to pursue, makes me think this is probably an amicable parting of the ways. 

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