T.O.: 'Just give me what I deserve' - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Joe a Cowboys fan · 06-04-2005

T.O.: 'Just give me what I deserve'

By Bob Brookover, Inquirer Staff Writer

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The last time Terrell Owens went bowling, he ran into super-agent Drew Rosenhaus and the rest, as they say, is ongoing history/headache/heartache.

That was back in late March when Owens ventured to Miami - Rosenhaus' hometown - to participate in ESPN's Bowling Night, a two-day event of celebrity bowling that the sports network turned into six weeks of spring programming.

"We first met at that ESPN bowling event," Rosenhaus recalled last night.

Less than two weeks after the agent's initial meeting with the wide receiver, the most shocking news of the Eagles' off-season surfaced: Owens had fired his longtime friend and agent David Joseph and replaced him with Rosenhaus in an attempt to get the Eagles to rework the seven-year contract he signed after being traded to the team last season.

Owner Jeffrey Lurie has emphatically insisted that there will be no alterations to Owens' contract.

In suburban Atlanta for his own charity bowling event last night, Owens confessed that the two-month ordeal has not come without personal heartache.

"To be honest, it has been stressful," he said. "I just want to get a message out to people and I hope they understand what I'm about to say. Before there was football, there was my family. It doesn't really matter what anybody says about me critically, whether it's coaches, the media, teammates or the people who I thought were my friends. It doesn't really matter because I can leave this game right now and they won't care about me."

As Owens spoke, his mother, Marilyn Heard, sat next to him, and his team of strong female publicists made sure the coverage on this evening would be soft. Still, Owens choked up as he completed his answer to the only question that even came close to addressing his turbulent situation with the Eagles.

"At the end of the day, these are the people I love and these are the people who are going to be there for me, so it doesn't really matter," Owens said.

"I don't have to play for the Eagles. Anybody that I play for, I'm going to play 100 percent. I gave San Francisco 100 percent. I gave the Eagles 100 percent. When I got hurt, I rehabbed 100 percent. They know the situation, so just give me what I deserve.

"I'm one of the top players in the game. That's all I ask. I'm not trying to break the bank. Just give me what I deserve. If they don't want to do that, that's fine."

Exactly what Owens thinks he deserves remained a mystery because when he finished with his answer and fought back tears, his lead publicist, Kita Williams, informed reporters that all future questions must pertain to the "Terrell Owens Takes a T.O. for Charity" event.

In fairness, that's what this night was about, and it certainly was a great cause with an impressive list of NFL celebrities, including Cincinnati's Chad Johnson, Buffalo's Takeo Spikes and Willis McGahee and NBA stars Nick Van Exel and Ruben Patterson from the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Eagles' only other representative was cornerback Lito Sheppard, although free-agent Freddie Mitchell made an appearance and vowed to keep his name out of the Philadelphia media for the rest of his life.

Owens, who arrived nearly two hours late, is hoping that his three-day charity event, which ends with a celebrity basketball game tomorrow at Morehouse College in Atlanta, raises a lot of money for the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. His grandmother Alice Black, who raised Owens, is in a home in Talladega, Ala., with the disease.

"She's pretty much the reason I am the way I am," Owens said. "With the things I'm going through now, you could put my feet in some quicksand and let it quick dry and I'd survive. The things she has taught me throughout my life, I apply that to the things I do on the football field. I'm not going to let anyone disrespect me in any manner."

:iggles: Even the Iggles don't deserve this from TO :iggles:

KDWilliams85 · 06-04-2005

[font=Tahoma]If Terrell Owens hopes that a charity event will bolster is damaged image and skewed ego, he won't get far.

However, I can see a plausible motivation for why he wants more money. He wants to do what he can to help his grandmother and people who suffer from the same ailment get a cure.

It does not justify him being an egomaniac and demanding more money when he's making a crapload of it as it is.
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mbanx · 06-04-2005

I am no financial wizard but I would think that the money these guys make in the NFL is just a stepping stone to being really wealthy. Not all guys but TOs contract should allow him to make that money work for him and he could be filthy rich. I might be way off base here but I would bet Troy Aikmans got alot more money now than he did when he was getting his checks from the NFL. I cant believe I am being this rational about TO I can't stand the guy and hope he winds up broke in a gutter with nightmares about Roy Willams catching him from behind.

jackrussell · 06-04-2005

Exactly what Owens thinks he deserves remained a mystery because when he finished with his answer and fought back tears, his lead publicist, Kita Williams, informed reporters that all future questions must pertain to the "Terrell Owens Takes a T.O. for Charity" event.

I,um, sniff, um, sniff sniff, don't know what to,um, sob, say.

I'm sorry, I'm just too,sob, shaken up to continue......wahhhhhhhhhh.

wxcpo · 06-04-2005

TO this and TO that, frankly it's getting rather old.

To TO I say

mbanx · 06-04-2005

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Originally Posted by wxcpo

TO this and TO that, frankly it's getting rather old.

To TO I say

Your right it is getting old but it is like a bad movie you want to turn off but they keep throwing you curve balls and your like "Wait a minute what the he!! is going on now, maybe I will watch a little more and thats it."

**Reality** · 06-04-2005

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T.O.: 'Just give me what I deserve'

.. a Boot to the Head?

KDWilliams85 · 06-04-2005

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Originally Posted by Reality

.. a Boot to the Head?

[font=Tahoma]Not enough. Him having his vocal chords cut would be a rather fitting punishment.[/font]

twa · 06-04-2005

Has'nt this man SUFFERED ENOUGH..........PAY THE MAN......A little human compassion is called for here......How about we start a petition?.....20 Million a year sounds good .....The Eagles will never miss it.

wileedog · 06-04-2005

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Originally Posted by twa

Has'nt this man SUFFERED ENOUGH..........PAY THE MAN......A little human compassion is called for here......How about we start a petition?.....20 Million a year sounds good .....The Eagles will never miss it.

A man's gotta feed his family after all....

silverbear · 06-04-2005

Actually, I think we SHOULD give TO what he deserves...

What he deserves is for every Cowboys fan still walking the planet to line up, and one by one, bust him smack in his mouth...

I get first shot... it's only fair, I thought it up...

mbanx · 06-04-2005

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Originally Posted by silverbear

Actually, I think we SHOULD give TO what he deserves...

What he deserves is for every Cowboys fan still walking the planet to line up, and one by one, bust him smack in his mouth...

I get first shot... it's only fair, I thought it up...

I'M NEXT!!!

silver · 06-04-2005

for what is worth i hope TO holds out all season long. lurie will never budge. it's all good.

Chief · 06-04-2005

"Team of strong female publicists?"

What is that supposed to mean?

Is it a harem?

Do they carry T.O. around like Caesar?

If they're in charge of his publicity, I'd say they're doing a piss-poor job.

What a bizarre description.

silverbear · 06-04-2005

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Originally Posted by mbanx

I'M NEXT!!!

Sure hope there's somethin' left for ya...