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Owens won't get new deal
[size=+1]But Philly intends to keep unhappy WR beyond this season[/size]
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BY BOB GLAUBER
STAFF WRITER
August 5, 2005
The Eagles have no intention of giving in to disgruntled Terrell Owens' demand for a new contract. But a high-ranking team official said yesterday that the Eagles intend to keep the 31-year-old receiver beyond this season despite a huge roster bonus due in 2006.
Owens sat out yesterday's afternoon practice because of a strained groin, a problem on and off since he joined the team before last season. Coach Andy Reid took the unusual step of calling a news conference to assure reporters he did not think Owens was faking the injury.
"It's a legitimate injury," Reid said. "This guy would never do that. He's not that type of guy."
One reason Owens is so intent on getting a new contract is that he is owed an estimated $7.5 million in guaranteed money next year. He is concerned that the Eagles will release him before the bonuses are due. He is in the second year of a seven-year, $49-million contract.
Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, met Tuesday with Reid and Eagles president Joe Banner, but there was no resolution of the contract, other than the Eagles' insistence that he play under the deal that pays him $3.25 million this season.
Rosenhaus acknowledged that next year's bonus money is "an interesting issue" but declined to comment.
Owens will have made slightly more than $12 million in the first two years. But if he completes the third year in 2006, he will have made almost $21 million.
[size=+1]But Philly intends to keep unhappy WR beyond this season[/size]
BY BOB GLAUBER
STAFF WRITER
August 5, 2005
The Eagles have no intention of giving in to disgruntled Terrell Owens' demand for a new contract. But a high-ranking team official said yesterday that the Eagles intend to keep the 31-year-old receiver beyond this season despite a huge roster bonus due in 2006.
Owens sat out yesterday's afternoon practice because of a strained groin, a problem on and off since he joined the team before last season. Coach Andy Reid took the unusual step of calling a news conference to assure reporters he did not think Owens was faking the injury.
"It's a legitimate injury," Reid said. "This guy would never do that. He's not that type of guy."
One reason Owens is so intent on getting a new contract is that he is owed an estimated $7.5 million in guaranteed money next year. He is concerned that the Eagles will release him before the bonuses are due. He is in the second year of a seven-year, $49-million contract.
Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, met Tuesday with Reid and Eagles president Joe Banner, but there was no resolution of the contract, other than the Eagles' insistence that he play under the deal that pays him $3.25 million this season.
Rosenhaus acknowledged that next year's bonus money is "an interesting issue" but declined to comment.
Owens will have made slightly more than $12 million in the first two years. But if he completes the third year in 2006, he will have made almost $21 million.