It seems as Terrell Owens is now public enemy #1, the talk show callers have decided TO needs to stop being greedy and be a man and honor the contract he signed. The only problem is the people who are saying this are ignorant. I have not heard one of these ignorant people calling in and saying the owners need to be men and honor the contract they sign. For example, Peter Warrick was just informed he needs to accept a pay cut or be cut from the team. Or is a contract only a contract when the player signs it.
Next the issue of greed. Are athletes greedy? Sure, but so is the management and every other red blooded capitalist. I have season tickets to the Oakland Raiders and the parking, concessions and ticket prices are always being raised. The owners are not an altruistic bunch of people just looking to help innercity kids become wealthy.
The same hysteria was made about Ricky Williams suddenly retiring before last season. Ricky was made out to be the biggest piece of crap around. People said he betrayed the Dolphins, he betrayed his teammates, etc... I would like to know how much notice Ricky was going to receive when the Dolphins were done with him. Certainly not 1 year, probably not more than 1 month if that.
Where are all the critics going to be when TO is cut before he ever gets to collect the money back loaded in his contract?
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T.O. has no chance of having his contract reworked. If the Eagles do it, they will have to rework deals with Westbrooke and others.
I know atheletes are treated like horses. Teams restructure contracts to get under the cap. That is all true. But then again, these guys makes millions to play a game.
The thing with TO is that he in only into the secend year of a seven year deal. He should have worked all these problems out last year.
If he was going into the 5th year, I would be more sympathetic to him. Now I think he should just play!
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