[NFL] T.O. Leaves Camp!

[patelvishaal]

Athlets in general get paid outrageous amounts but this guy complainingg bout the money o plz i mean wtf someone needs to show him wats going on in other country's n how kids r suffering

back to football i think Philadelphia should stand there ground i mean owns is such a actor like tere is only so much controversy u can start

remember tat commerical with the white girl that drops her towel?

[Pulaski]

Dream team is one thing but check out those Lions with their receiving core thats got some HUGE potential. They have elite guys in all 3 positions young and ready. I can't wait to see them explode.

[bigbluepride35]

Dream team is one thing but check out those Lions with their receiving core thats got some HUGE potential.  They have elite guys in all 3 positions young and ready.  I can't wait to see them explode.

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Yeah but Rogers has a penchant for getting season ending injuries lol. And they don't exactly have any superstars to throw them the ball. Harrington is average and Garcia is second on that depth chart, I don't care what anyone says lol.

[kamacazy]

i remember when Moss was getting burnt every body was saying TO was the model now that is bull ****

[Laughing-Man]

back to football i think Philadelphia should stand there ground i mean owns is such a actor like tere is only so much controversy u can start

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They always stand their ground. Do you know how many fan favorite players we lost over the years? If there is one thing, the Eagles aren't afraid to trade their good players away, especially trouble makers.

[emo]

some of these guys take it to far...

they don't know im mike jones!

[Aaron Veteran]

Dream team is one thing but check out those Lions with their receiving core thats got some HUGE potential.  They have elite guys in all 3 positions young and ready.  I can't wait to see them explode.

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The thing is, as great as they may be (or become) they will never spend more than about three seasons togehter till any of them wants to be traded so they can be the solo superstar.

[christracy]

i remember when Moss was getting burnt every body was saying TO was the model now that is bull ****

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as a football player he is the model, as a person well they are about the same.

[Laughing-Man]

as a football player he is the model, as a person well they are about the same.

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Everyone knows that T.O. is "Leon" in those commericals during games. Leon is all for himself.

[Ficman]

Good maybe we'll get lucky and he'll not come back... Nice Move T.O.

[Laughing-Man]

Good maybe we'll get lucky and he'll not come back...  Nice Move T.O.

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He better come back, this whole thing is way too funny. You should have seen The Freak's impression of Owens last night on the local news. I wish I had my TV tuner turned on and recorded it for you guys, it was hilarious. Some reporter asked what he thought of the T.O. situation. Out of nowhere he had his shirt off and he started to lift imaginary weights and doing situps like Owens does in his driveway. Maybe I can find the clip online.

*Edit: Found two pictures of him doing it:

[Nexus]

UPDATE

Eagles to Owens: It's here or nowhere Click here to find out more!

NFL.com wire reports

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (Aug. 11, 2005) -- A day after they booted Terrell Owens out of training camp, the Philadelphia Eagles took an even harder stance on their star's contract dispute:

T.O. can play for the Eagles or he won't play at all.

Team president Joe Banner said that when the banished wide receiver returns to camp next week, it will be without the new contract he desperately wants and with an understanding that he can no longer become a disruption.

"Our hope, obviously, is that he comes back next week and is what he can be in every sense, whether that's how he contributes to the team on the field or off the field," Banner said. "We've been clear that the choices are to play under this contract or not. I'm not sure he still believes that, but we've said from Day 1 those were the choices on the table and he had to make a choice between one of the two things.

"That's not going to change."

Owens' timeout from training camp won't end until he meets with coach Andy Reid next week. He was told to go home Aug. 11 after a heated dispute with Reid -- and to stay there for a week.

"I'll address him on Wednesday and that's between T.O. and myself," Reid said.

The Eagles couldn't have been shocked over the latest twist in a controversial career. Owens told the team he wouldn't be happy when he reported if he didn't have a new contract, and said he could be disruptive in camp.

He was.

"What we see happening is exactly what he said was going to happen," Banner said. "It kind of puts you in a hard position to then have any kind of deniability. You can try to blame other people if he wants, but it's a little bit of a stretch in credibility in light of what he said before he got here."

Reid called the incident in-house business and skirted numerous questions about the playmaking, showboating Owens.

"I'll work it out with T.O. and only T.O. I'm not going to turn this into a bash session," Reid said.

But Owens offered some insight into what prompted his banishment from camp, telling ESPN that Reid told him to shut up.

"And I told him my name isn't Reid. My name is Owens. I'm not one of his kids. Don't tell me to shut up," Owens said.

Owens also said he had to sign a "secret waiver" releasing the Eagles from any liability after he came back from an ankle injury to play in the Super Bowl. However, Eagles spokesman Derek Boyko said Owens "absolutely did not sign a waiver" with the team prior to the Super Bowl.

The Eagles declined to comment on the rest of Owens' interview.

Reid said there were no plans to meet with agent Drew Rosenhaus, who's been persistent in trying to get the Eagles to redo Owens' contract as he enters the second season of a seven-year, $48.97 million deal.

Owens, meanwhile, emerged periodically from his house in Moorestown, N.J., to sign autographs, to the delight of several dozen fans who passed the time throwing footballs and yelling Eagles chants.

Owens said he had not spoken to the team.

"Why would I talk to them? They gave me a week off," he said.

Asked why he had the time off, Owens remained elusive.

"What do you think?" he said. "You are asking a dumb question right now."

Owens confirmed he had an antagonistic exchange with offensive coordinator Brad Childress, but said: "I'm not going to get into it."

He also said he had "no desire to talk to Donovan," as in McNabb, the quarterback. "I've done it (not talked) for 10 days since I've been in camp."

A sometimes shirtless Owens turned his front yard into a surreal scene, with reporters camped outside his house and helicopters hovering overhead while he played basketball and lifted weights.

His teammates poked fun at the whole thing after practice. Defensive end Jevon Kearse ripped off his jersey, did a few situps and mimicked pullups.

"I never heard anything like that," Kearse said. "Then to see it ... a helicopter!"

Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins called the situation a "misunderstanding" and remained hopeful the issues could be resolved.

"I guess you guys want us to go spank him or something," Dawkins said. "That's not what we're all about here. He's my teammate, first and foremost, and I care about him."

Reid cleared up one rumored reason for the dispute, saying he approved Owens' workout on a separate playing field from his teammates. Owens injured his groin last week and missed several practices, but had his own private 20-minute workout with the team's assistant trainer hours before he was asked to leave.

"That's part of his rehab. That had nothing to do with it," Reid said.

Reid said Owens still had swelling in his groin and was within a day or two of returning to practice -- had he not been kicked out, of course.

"The ability to run route after route after route, he can't do that," Reid said.

With Owens gone, Greg Lewis and rookie Reggie Brown were the starting receivers at practice, where one fan displayed a "T.O has to G.O." sign.

Source: http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/PHI/8726975

[Bearded Kirklander]

I really hope the Eagles don't cave.

Fine him for conduct detrimental, take away as much money as you can from the guy and sit him on the bench and then dump him before he is due that 7+ million dollar roster bonus when it comes due at the end of the season or early next season.

Too bad they just can't sit him and not pay him and prevent him from signing for another team for all 7 years.

As it is, it looks like he'll be a free agent after this year when they do have to dump him before that roster bonus, and that pretty much gives him what he wants, which sucks.

[Laughing-Man]

I really hope the Eagles don't cave. 

Fine him for conduct detrimental, take away as much money as you can from the guy and sit him on the bench and then dump him before he is due that 7+ million dollar roster bonus when it comes due at the end of the season or early next season.

Too bad they just can't sit him and not pay him and prevent him from signing for another team for all 7 years. 

As it is, it looks like he'll be a free agent after this year when they do have to dump him before that roster bonus, and that pretty much gives him what he wants, which sucks.

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Or we can keep him, make fun, and torture him for years to come. I like that ideal better.

[Bearded Kirklander]

Or we can keep him, make fun, and torture him for years to come.  I like that ideal better.

lol...

But do you really want to fork over that 7+ Million dollar roster bonus?

[christracy]

if you give him the roster bonus then u have to keep him to continue to make him suffer at least. but i am with you BK let him sit if he wants to continue to be a prick about the contract then cut him loose. i can't imagine a team that will want the headache because he has been nothing but one for every team that has traded for him.

I found one sound bite interesting where he said that the eagles dont want to deal with rosenhaus because of their own feelings toward him. well thats just stupid to say because rosenhaus is the agent that kearse his deal with the eagles and kearse isnt acting like T.O. now is he?

I was lmao yesterday when he was on PTI talking about the situation, he was rolling his neck like a girl telling someone off. I haven't seen that since i was a younger and down south watching girls argue before the started fighting.

[IceDogg]

here is a funny site about this. Please don't flame me it is a bit bashing of TO. But it's so funny I thought it was worth a post. I find it on a sports forum. http://www.foryouto.com/pages/1/index.htm