T.O. Owes the Eagles $769,000

[The Next Generation 10]

T.O.'S FINAL PHILLY BILL? $2.49 MILLION

 

In 2005, receiver Terrell Owens wanted more money from the Eagles. (Arguably, he deserved it after a heroic performance in the Super Bowl. But Owens opted to go public, and the team dug in. The situation deteriorated, and Owens ultimately settled on a strategy of becoming a complete pain in the ass in the hopes that the Eagles would cut him or trade him.

 

It worked, but it came with a price.

 

The final tally? $2.49 million, per the Philadelphia Inquirer.

 

A four-game suspension without pay, which was upheld by an arbitrator, cost Owens $764,000 and change. The team then took the position that Owens had defaulted on his signing bonus, claiming that he owed $1.725 million of the $2.3 million that the team paid upon inking Owens in 2004.

 

The team collected $955,000 and change by not paying him any of the game checks for his five-game suspension with pay, which means that, in the end, it wasn't. The rest of the cash comes in the wake of an arbitrator's ruling that T. owes the balance of the $1.725 million, which comes out to more than $769,000.

 

The Owens situation prompted the NFLPA to slip significant changes into the most recent revisions to the CBA, which now prevents teams from sending players home with pay.

 

As a result of the ruling, the Eagles will receive a $769,000 salary cap credit for 2008.

 

Before we're flooded with e-mails asking how the Eagles can go about getting their money if Owens opts not to pay, here's the procedure -- if he tells them to cram it sideways, the team can file suit against him to enforce the arbitration award. It's a fairly simple procedure, and Owens won't have any meaningful defenses, given that the Eagles followed the procedure created by the union representing Owens' rights. Once a judgment is entered against him, he can either write the check (with interest) or the Eagles can begin attempting to seize some of his assets and sell them off.

 

Regardless of whether Owens opts for the easy way or the hard way, there's no way that the Eagles will let this go.

[Pimptaddy 0]

Iggles Suck!

[phillybear 366]

Wow. Low class actions by the Eagles management.

[wiffleball 4,790]

Wow. Low class actions by the Eagles management.

 

While I'm loathe to defend the iggles in any context, how do you figure? The arbitration was TO/NFLPA's idea. This is simply the result of the process they started. Iggles haven't filed suit - doubt they probably will.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

Just give him a subscription to Grape Soda Monthly.

[The Next Generation 10]

Iggles Suck!

 

T.O. swallows.

[The Hood 9]

Wow. Low class actions by the Eagles management.

When you consider Tampa Bay filed a similar type of grievance against Jake Plummer for his singing bonus of 7 Million because he decided to retire instead of reporting to them after they traded for his rights from Denver the Eagles can't be blamed after the crap TO pulled to get out of Philly.

[GhostofMeanMachine99 1]

While I'm loathe to defend the iggles in any context, how do you figure? The arbitration was TO/NFLPA's idea. This is simply the result of the process they started. Iggles haven't filed suit - doubt they probably will.

 

And considering the whole process started about 2 years ago, I think it's just a matter of Phillybear being a d0uche.

[PatsFanatic 0]

I have no problem with teams doing it when a player pulls a TO. I think its ridiculous that TB could file one against Plummer for his signing bonus for retiring. TB didn't even pay him that signing bonus.

[phillybear 366]

And considering the whole process started about 2 years ago, I think it's just a matter of Phillybear being a d0uche.

 

The Eagle management could have let the whole thing drop with T.O. after the unfairly suspended him and drove him out of town. But much like assbag Bobby Clarke just couldn't let the Lindros situation go, the Eagles are going to rape every last dollar from Owens. Owens got screwed then, and gets screwed again now.

[Headslap75 0]

The Eagle management could have let the whole thing drop with T.O. after the unfairly suspended him and drove him out of town. But much like assbag Bobby Clarke just couldn't let the Lindros situation go, the Eagles are going to rape every last dollar from Owens. Owens got screwed then, and gets screwed again now.

unbiased not a T.0/Dallas........or Philly fan but you're correct...T.O got screwed in the whole Philly fiasco...if people can't tell that Mcnabb is the real beeeeeotch by now

[t.j 35]

T.O.'S FINAL PHILLY BILL? $2.49 MILLION

 

In 2005, receiver Terrell Owens wanted more money from the Eagles. (Arguably, he deserved it after a heroic performance in the Super Bowl.

 

This is retarded. Owens didn't deserve jack. He played in the Super Bowl but they lost. They got there without him. And then all he did was cause trouble after that.

[Cuse9 129]

Whatever bad things come TO's way is his own fault.

 

How much does Brady, Manning, Favre, Ward, Peppers, Urlacher and a host of others owe their teams? Nothing, you know why because they're not asshats like TO.

[The Next Generation 10]

T.O. SLAMS UNION

 

Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens addressed on Tuesday the recent decision by an arbitrator that he'll have to cough up another $769,000 as part of the $2.49 million consequences of his misbehavior with the Eagles in 2005.

 

And, true to form, it wasn't T.O.'s fault. Instead, he's blaming the union, which presented his case on his behalf.

 

"I'm disappointed in the union," Owens said on Tuesday. "The second time that we've kind of used their services, I've been very, very disappointed in that.''

 

Owens also hinted that he'll be paying his new debt to the Eagles, even though he didn't really say so.

 

"I'm not going to really worry about the money, money doesn't really make me,'' Owens said. "I'm very fortunate to be where I am, and I'll leave that in the past.''

 

Ironically, it was Owens' desire for more money that prompted him to act like an ass in Philly, resulting in fines, a suspension without pay, and the loss of signing bonus money.

 

And don't be surprised if it happens again. With Owens entering the last year of his contract with the Cowboys and getting closer and closer to the back end of his prime, he's going to want an extension . . . especially after Randy Moss gets his new contract, and if the Cardinals resolve their self-created cap mess with Larry Fitzgerald by giving him a big-money long-term deal.

[skinsrule05 30]

unbiased not a T.0/Dallas........or Philly fan but you're correct...T.O got screwed in the whole Philly fiasco...if people can't tell that Mcnabb is the real beeeeeotch by now

I agree 100%. Not a philly fan but I can't imagine anyone from philly saying they prefer having Mcnabb over TO.

[Cuse9 129]

I agree 100%. Not a philly fan but I can't imagine anyone from philly saying they prefer having Mcnabb over TO.

 

I'd rather have McNabb's career over TO's.

 

Simply dealing with all the bullchit that is TO is so tiresome.

[Pimptaddy 0]

This is retarded. Owens didn't deserve jack. He played in the Super Bowl but they lost. They got there without him. And then all he did was cause trouble after that.

 

 

They lost because McNabb got tired and vomited during the Superbowl. McNabb should pay the money T.O. owes to the iggles.

[R8RMick 242]

This is retarded. Owens didn't deserve jack. He played in the Super Bowl but they lost. They got there without him. And then all he did was cause trouble after that.

 

 

This MAY be so... But they got off to a quick start that season, built a lot of momentum, and a huge part of that was Owens.

[Eagles Green 34]

I agree 100%. Not a philly fan but I can't imagine anyone from philly saying they prefer having Mcnabb over TO.

You're kidding right?

[GhostofMeanMachine99 1]

The Eagle management could have let the whole thing drop with T.O. after the unfairly suspended him and drove him out of town. But much like assbag Bobby Clarke just couldn't let the Lindros situation go, the Eagles are going to rape every last dollar from Owens. Owens got screwed then, and gets screwed again now.

 

They stuck it to TO just like TO stuck it to them by being a cancer and distraction.

 

And the union decided to pursue this. The team just simply filed to get the money back.....two years ago.

[Mackgee 0]

They stuck it to TO just like TO stuck it to them by being a cancer and distraction.

 

And the union decided to pursue this. The team just simply filed to get the money back.....two years ago.

 

It was not T.O. it is McNabb.