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Former Raiders star Adam Treu's wife, Tracy, understands the experience of being the wife of an NFL player. In 2014, she wrote about the harsh truths of marrying an NFL player. She spoke about how she caused an uproar by getting pregnant during the season and how the media is the enemy.
Treu said:
"They really don’t want anything to be a distraction from that goal. I remember getting a lot of grief for planning my first pregnancy poorly because I had our daughter during the season. You only have babies in the offseason. There are lots of informal rules like that.
"And the media is the devil—the enemy. I had my husband come home and tell me, 'Don’t ever talk to the media.' Guys would get teased; they’d rib each other if they were in the news, or if the wife got mentioned."
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She even wrote about the wife of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, Janay, and what she experienced back in 2014. Treu noted what Janay was going through at the time:
"This is what she was risking: embarrassing the Ravens, embarrassing her family, screwing his teammates out of their prized running back, losing money, losing security. Janay was under an incredible amount of pressure. She probably thought to be quiet was to make this go away."
Treu added:
"Most of the girlfriends and wives feel the same gratitude and happiness, and I encourage them to be supportive of the team. But that quiet support stops the second you are abused. Speak up. It’s not a secret worth keeping."
Rice was caught on video attacking his then-fiancee Janay in an elevator. The running back didn't play another down in the NFL following the incident.
How Adam Treu ended up on the Raiders?
Adam Treu was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders out of the University of Nebraska. The offensive lineman played in 155 games, starting 44 of them, in his decade with the Raiders. He was later cut by the franchise in July 2007.
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