Owens: 'I don't really have to play for the Eagles'

T.O. says he will be at training camp.

 

Agreed. TO has no leverage here. Personally, I would love to see him go through and sit out the whole season and then watch the Eagles win the Super Bowl without this severe attention w**** egomaniac.

What this idiot doesn't realize is that his antics have grown so thin, that no one else would WANT him. His only real choice to play (if he decides he wants to do that) is the Eagles and no one else. So, really it is either end this little tantrum of his and show up to play for the Eagles (in other words, LIVE UP to his contract) or sit out the season which only hurts him even more.

I am just soooooo glad this loser isn't a Bronco - if he was, I would have to start rooting for another team.

 

Yep, I just heard this on the radio. TO says he will be in camp because he "doesn't want to get fined and make the situation worse."

 

True, I was over joyed by the fact that the Eagles were able to bring in T.O. but I should have paid very close attention to how he got to Philadelphia in the first place, I mean he should really be a Raven. Doesn't matter though I wanted him in Eagles' green and I got it and now I've got and EVRYTHING that was included with it plus a cocky, arrogant ass agent.

 

Here is a link to the story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2114034

 

I never understand why players sit out, they don't get paid. What they should do really is make the statement that they don't think they are motivated enough to play their best at the current contract (code I'm tanking this season to get cut), "play" like crap the whole season and get another deal.

WTF is the point of sitting out and stuff?

 

Like I said earlier, Emmitt Smith sat out in the early 90s one year, the Cowboys started 0-2 and quickly worked to get a deal done with him. Sometimes it can work in your favor.

 

If he sits out, I believe the Eagles DO not have to pay him, and the rest of the contract BEGINS when he starts playing...so they hold his rights..FOREVER...if he sits.

DD

 

It seems that Owens aint that big of an idiot. He'll go through training camp, fake a injury, and sit on the side lines till a new deal gets done. I can see it now.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-eagles-owens&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

Yeah, he'll pull a hammy fishing a Sharpie out of his sock.

 

The Philly management can counter with...

We're not giving new contracts to injured players. If he refuses to play, stick him on the IR.

 

The problem I beleive that TO has with his contract is not the amount and years on it. Its how much is guaranteed. I beleive that only about half of his annual salary is guranteed and the rest is bonuses. So before bonuses, he is making the same amount of money as the average WR. This poses a problem if he is injured for a season or his game starts declining towards the end of his contract.

This is what someone told me. Someone tell me if I am completely off. I know my NBA contracts, but I have no idea on how NFL contracts work.

 

But then they still gotta pay him.

 

TO Pusses out

Owens: 'I'll be there but I won't be happy'

ESPN.com news services

Terrell Owens apparently will be at Eagles camp after all.

A day after hinting that he would agree to a trade because of a contract dispute, Owens told the Philadelphia Inquirer he would report to training camp on Aug. 1 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

The controversial wide receiver told the newspaper he remains unhappy with his seven-year, $49 million contract and that he wouldn't mind being traded.

"I'll be there," Owens told the Inquirer on Friday. "I mean, the bottom line is that I still believe I deserve a new contract. I still believe I deserve more than what they've given me. But I'm not stupid. I'm not about to miss training camp, get fined every day and give them even more reasons to keep from paying me.

"I'll be there but I won't be happy, I can tell you that much. Take from that whatever you want," he said.

However, Drew Rosenhaus, Owens' agent, said Friday in a taping for ESPN's NFL Live that the report in the Philadelphia Inquirer which quotes Owens as saying he would attend training camp "is not definitive."

Rosenhaus told The Associated Press that he hopes to work out a fair-market deal for his client.

"We hope it's something we can work out with the Philadelphia Eagles," Rosenhaus told The Associated Press, adding he had talked recently with the Eagles. "If it's something we can work out with another team, that is not something we are opposed to."

He acknowledged that the Eagles have told him they aren't interested in trading the receiver.

"We have not received permission to seek a trade," Rosenhaus said.

Responding to comments made by Eagles president Joe Banner in Thursday's Philadelphia Daily News that Owens and Rosenhaus "don't think in common-sense terms," Owens told Comcast SportsNet Southeast in Atlanta that the Eagles could just trade him.

Banner was on vacation and unavailable for comment Friday.

"If he feels that way, then get rid of me," Owens said Thursday. "He wants to talk about Drew and I. If we're problems, then ... trade me, release me. And we can just part ways like adults.

"What it all boils down to is I'm going to do what's best for my family. I don't even have to play for the Eagles, to be honest. I can go play with any other team and still be productive," he said.

Owens, who helped the Eagles reach the Super Bowl in his first season in Philadelphia after eight years with San Francisco, is asking for a new contract a year into a seven-year deal worth almost $49 million.

Rosenhaus said earlier this week that Owens was "50-50" about reporting to training camp and no decision would be made until the start of camp.

The Eagles have said they won't redo Owens' contract.

Banner told the Daily News he hoped Owens would report on time.

"If we were dealing with somebody who was looking at this logically and was going to come to a commonsense conclusion, you'd say [he would report]," Banner said. "But you're dealing with two people here who, frankly, don't think in common-sense terms. Anything can happen. They're not going to necessarily do what makes sense."

Owens defied his doctor's advice by returning to the starting lineup against New England just 6½ weeks after ankle surgery and was Philadelphia's best player on offense. He caught nine passes for 122 yards in the Eagles' 24-21 loss to the Patriots.

His outrageous personality, flashy touchdown celebrations and deep-ball ability made Owens an instant fan favorite in notoriously fickle Philadelphia. Public sentiment has turned against him, though, with fans flooding talk radio that he's gotten greedy and that the Eagles could win a Super Bowl without him.

Rosenhaus defended his client, saying fans should not have any ill will toward Owens because the renegotiation process was strictly a business decision.

"This is something that is of great urgency and importance to Terrell," he said. "He hasn't looked to offend anybody. The last faction he want to offend is the Philadelphia Eagles fans. This is not personal.

"I'm confident once we get this resolved, he will go back to the status he previously enjoyed," he said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.