T.O.

[spanky]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and as for his agent 'missing' the FA deadline, his agent was in the right. the NFL was in the wrong.

lets put this another way. you go and sign up for a $50,000 a year job. then you and your employer find out that your skills are suddenly worth $100,000, and you're not easily replaced (in fact, you're almost irreplaceable). do you just sit with your $50,000 because that is what you agreed to before the new information? no. you wouldn't. why is this any different?

if that is the case, TO should never have signed a contract with the niners for more then one year. just keep signing one year contracts, so at the end of the year, you can go whichever way you please.

anyway, i most likely do not know all the details of the situation. since TO is not satisfied with his current deal, why did he sign it in the first place? was it him who said last year that he is the best WR not named "randy moss", or was that someone else?

 

[Ophir]

TO's a POS. He's one of 2 or 3 players where a career-ending injury would bring a smile to my face.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: ElFenix
and as for his agent 'missing' the FA deadline, his agent was in the right. the NFL was in the wrong.

lets put this another way. you go and sign up for a $50,000 a year job. then you and your employer find out that your skills are suddenly worth $100,000, and you're not easily replaced (in fact, you're almost irreplaceable). do you just sit with your $50,000 because that is what you agreed to before the new information? no. you wouldn't. why is this any different?

if that is the case, TO should never have signed a contract with the niners for more then one year. just keep signing one year contracts, so at the end of the year, you can go whichever way you please.

anyway, i most likely do not know all the details of the situation. since TO is not satisfied with his current deal, why did he sign it in the first place? was it him who said last year that he is the best WR not named "randy moss", or was that someone else?

and then they figured out just how well he works with the eagles' system. again, this is new information. last year it was just speculation.

 

[nageov3t]

who/what is T.O.?

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: loki8481
who/what is T.O.?

read the thread before posting

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: spanky
if that is the case, TO should never have signed a contract with the niners for more then one year. just keep signing one year contracts, so at the end of the year, you can go whichever way you please.

anyway, i most likely do not know all the details of the situation. since TO is not satisfied with his current deal, why did he sign it in the first place? was it him who said last year that he is the best WR not named "randy moss", or was that someone else?

and then they figured out just how well he works with the eagles' system. again, this is new information. last year it was just speculation.

Then he shouldn't have signed a seven year contract. The guy is an honorless POS.

 

[maddogchen]

trade him to the Niners for a 7th round pick!

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
Replying to Topic: T.O.
Created On 04/30/2005 02:01 PM by deathwalker

wtf is TO?

To what

Toronto??

Link to wtf u talking about?Willis??

Uh, he's talking about Terrell Owens, aka T.O.

If you'd read his first post you'd either A) Realize that, or B) Have no idea who Terrell Owens is anyways

I read the first post,
thats why I asked.

If you said OJ,i would know who that was.TO,i did not.

at least once in the originl post the persons name would be helpful.

Thnx.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Ophir
TO's a POS. He's one of 2 or 3 players where a career-ending injury would bring a smile to my face.

Oh please. He may be an asshole on the field, but off the field hes pretty much a stand-up guy. Or would you rather see him dealing drugs, killing people, or raping women?

 

[skypilot]

The honor argument is ridiculous. If the owners don't have to honor contracts they sign with players, why should the player honor their contract? Until NFL teams and the players union agree on mutually gauranteed contracts, I think player holdouts are fine.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: thereds

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: shimsham
so, what did t.o. do now?

nothing new... just complain about the $49 million he's making.

He's got to feed his family.

Ok Latrell

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I'm hating T.O. because not only is he demanding a contract restructure to get more money, he's also bad mouthing McNabb at the same time.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2049794

He's a fcking cancer if he's gonna badmouth McNabb. Even so, putting up with his sht is worth it, he isn't a thug like Moss, and is the best in the league. Especially for 49 mil.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: skypilot
The honor argument is ridiculous. If the owners don't have to honor contracts they sign with players, why should the player honor their contract? Until NFL teams and the players union agree on mutually gauranteed contracts, I think player holdouts are fine.

One year into a seven year contract?

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: skypilot
The honor argument is ridiculous. If the owners don't have to honor contracts they sign with players, why should the player honor their contract? Until NFL teams and the players union agree on mutually gauranteed contracts, I think player holdouts are fine.

One year into a seven year contract?

If he'd suffered a debilitating injury last year they would have broken him off and he would have got nothing. One year into a seven year contract...

Don't get me wrong, I hate T.O., but in the end this is just millionares screwing billionares and the other way around. Both sides will do it if they can so I don't really care. It's not just the owners that are dishonest and it's not just the players either.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Ophir
Then he shouldn't have signed a seven year contract. The guy is an honorless POS.

if you'd read my posts you see this isn't a contract in the sense of a real contract. this is an at will employment agreement with several terms laid out. since the eagles could cancel at any time, ('oh, sorry, we need the cap room') so can TO. only baseball has real contracts. the nfl's owners are honorless POSes for calling such employment agreements 'contracts.'

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Ophir
TO's a POS. He's one of 2 or 3 players where a career-ending injury would bring a smile to my face.

Oh please. He may be an asshole on the field, but off the field hes pretty much a stand-up guy. Or would you rather see him dealing drugs, killing people, or raping women?

well, he did call jeff garcia gay.

if dating the super-hot brazil-waxed tanned-goddess playmate of the year is gay, sign me up.

 

[NoUrENemY]

Originally posted by: WT
And to think this punk almost got to wear a Ravens uniform ... too bad he didn't end up a crackhead junkie like everyone thought he would.

he'd fit right at home with the other thugs and losers on that team

 

[WT]

Ray Lewis will set his pistol packin' posse loose on T.O., and you'll hear about the shootings on the 11:00 news !

Its no wonder Nascar is gaining viewers, as pro football players like T.O. turn off the average viewer to the point where they wanna watch a buncha cars turn left for 500 laps.

 

[Amplifier]

I'm not taking sides here, but this is fairly common in football to renegotiate a contract. Unlike other professional sports, in football a team can cancel a contract on a player for whatever reason.

If a player gets old and is still making 8 million a year the team can say "take one million a year or we cut you and you get nothing".

TO isn't a bad guy, he's renegotiating his contract while he is young because he knows that when he's older the team will be doing the same thing to him.

 

[snowdogg187]

He is a jerk, just like sprewell and sam cassell. Because of crap like this they screwed the twolves season.

I see the same happening to the iggles this year.

 

[Reckoner]

Poor T.O., he only already has more money than anybody on this board will most likely ever see.

I sympathize for the plight T.O. Suffers!!

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Poor T.O., he only already has more money than anybody on this board will most likely ever see.

I sympathize for the plight T.O. Suffers!!

Why can't you send some sarcasm to the owners who are underpaying TO?

Yes he is underpaid by over 2 million per year. Poor owners, they're underpaying one of their top 2 players and are whining when TO complains....

 

[destined]

some people would sell their souls for a few dollars. money > principles

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
If he'd suffered a debilitating injury last year they would have broken him off and he would have got nothing. One year into a seven year contract...

wait, don't these players have insurance? i remember reading back in the day that when rashan salaam (sp?) was coming outta college, he refused to play in any bowl games because he did not want to risk injury. then he (or someone... an agent perhaps?) bought like a $2 million policy and he played in the senoir bowl or something. i assume that if a college player can buy insurance, wouldn't an nfl player? i know nba teams have insurance in case their players go down (ie - grant hill).