You are pretending this is genuinely about a guy who can't make up his mind and regrets retirement. That's nonsense. He has gone out of his way to avoid training camp 2 years in a row, playing the aw shucks routine about indecision. In every team sport if a player skips practice he is criticized. And Troy Aikman's retirement has nothing to do with this story. 10 years ago, and much longer before that, the media and those who consume that media would have discussed at length a story of a guy retiring, unretiring, retiring, unretiring, switching teams and skipping practice. Your theory has big holes. There is no theory. My point is who cares, move on, talk about something else.