Terrell Owens In "Reasonable Cause" Testing Program

[CrazyCowboy]

He is fine......where is Paul Harvey?

 

[bbgun]

I took it that he was saying if most other players had this happen it wouldn't even warrant a blurb. But because it is Owens it will be a bigger deal than is warranted.

But Owens isn't "most other players." If this happened to Chad Johnson or Randy Moss and they let it slide, then you'd have a point. Owens is as high-profile as they come. It's senseless--and sadly predictable--to demonize a news outfit for doing its job. Owens missed an impromptu test. The league called him. ESPN noted all of this. End of story.

 

[Hostile]

But Owens isn't "most other players." If this happened to Chad Johnson or Randy Moss and they let it slide, then you'd have a point. Owens is as high-profile as they come. It's senseless--and sadly predictable--to demonize a news outfit for doing its job. Owens missed an impromptu test. The league called him. ESPN noted all of this. End of story.

No, he isn't, but I can still understand why the hypocrisy pisses people off.

How in depth has the ESPN coverage of Nick Kazcur been? Here's a guy who is basically caught with his hand in the cookie jar and on the Spygate Patriots no less and it got one day of half hearted blurbs.

 

[YosemiteSam]

As an Philadelphia Commanders fan, Owens is guilty until proven innocent! :laugh2:

 

[dcfanatic]

Mort's report..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3KkHUJvx-o

 

[DallasEast]

I'm waiting for any reaction from Owens. If his solution was to have his agent receive and relay any communiques from the league, his agent failed him in this instance. If he should react negatively to anyone, his negativity should be directed solely at Rosenhaus--moreso if Rosenhaus himself advised Owens to let him take any calls on his behalf from the NFL.

However, if he shows displeasure towards the league for his unavailability, that's a pathetic stance for him to take. This minor action from the league was completely avoidable with some simple planning on his or Rosenhaus' part.

I must also include his agent because it's incredibly stupid of him to think that he could intercept all calls from the NFL for his client. "His voicemail box was full". You're an NFL agent representing many clients. Your favorite cell is probably ringing 24/7 in regards to their business affairs alone. Duh. Here's a simple solution, which both a player and his agent didn't think up between themselves:

Buy a dedicated, prepaid cellphone. tada.

A TracFone or similar prepaid cellphone would be... what?.. 125 or so bucks annually. Minutes purchased would be minimum. Why? Because the cell would only be necessary for the league to contact Owens once or twice a month.

Prepaid cellphones are more anonymously issued, so any privacy issue would be essentially negligible. The possibility of anyone at the league offices leaking out his cell number would be remote, to say the least. If his number were leaked out, who cares? Owens could tell Rosenhaus to send one of his lackeys to the nearest Wal-Mart for a new cellphone because there's no contract involved! One call to league office informing them of the new number and shazam! Old number dead. New number available to the NFL. tada part II.

All Owens would have to do is park his dedicated cell beside his personal one(s) and carry it with him on his person or in a bag wherever he goes. If the league calls him when he's carrying it, BAM! He knows. If the league were to call him when his dedicated cell is stuffed away in a suitcase, POWYOW! He'll get the message via voicemail, which wouldn't be clustered amongst any other calls, would it?

• Convenience
• Economical
• Practical

What's there not to love?

 

[dargonking999]

I'm waiting for any reaction from Owens. If his solution was to have his agent receive and relay any communiques from the league, his agent failed him in this instance. If he should react negatively to anyone, his negativity should be directed solely at Rosenhaus--moreso if Rosenhaus himself advised Owens to let him take any calls on his behalf from the NFL.

However, if he shows displeasure towards the league for his unavailability, that's a pathetic stance for him to take. This minor action from the league was completely avoidable with some simple planning on his or Rosenhaus' part.

I must also include his agent because it's incredibly stupid of him to think that he could intercept all calls from the NFL for his client. "His voicemail box was full". You're an NFL agent representing many clients. Your favorite cell is probably ringing 24/7 in regards to their business affairs alone. Duh. Here's a simple solution, which both a player and his agent didn't think up between themselves:

Buy a dedicated, prepaid cellphone. tada.

A TracFone or similar prepaid cellphone would be... what?.. 125 or so bucks annually. Minutes purchased would be minimum. Why? Because the cell would only be necessary for the league to contact Owens once or twice a month.

Prepaid cellphones are more anonymously issued, so any privacy issue would be essentially neglibible. The possibility of anyone at the league offices leaking out his cell number would be remote, to say the least. If his number were leaked out, who cares? Owens could tell Rosenhaus to send one of his lackeys to the nearest Wal-Mart for a new cellphone because there's no contract involved! One call to league office informing them of the new number and shazam! Old number dead. New number available to the NFL. tada part II.

All Owens would have to do is park his dedicated cell beside his personal one(s) and carry it with him on his person or in a bag wherever he goes. If the league calls him when he's carrying it, BAM! He knows. If the league were to call him when his dedicated cell is stuffed away in a suitcase, POWYOW! He'll get the message via voicemail, which wouldn't be clustered amongst any other calls, would it?

• Convenience
• Economical
• Practical

What's there not to love?

And of course this entire post would be wasted, if Owens said, yea i messed up, my fault

 

[DallasEast]

And of course this entire post would be wasted, if Owens said, yea i messed up, my fault

Yup. You think that'll happen?

 

[dargonking999]

Yup. You think that'll happened?

he hasn't shown me any reason not to

 

[DallasEast]

he hasn't shown me any reason not to

Well, I guess I shouldn't have attached any responsibility on Rosenhaus whatsoever. My bad.

 

[Doomsday101]

Performance enhancing. Not much but apparently he didn't report for testing.
Don't panic just yet.

I agree. Owens has never failed a test and the most that will happen is he will be required to take more test than normal. I doubt Owens has anything to hide

 

[Bleu Star]

Placed in reasonable cause testing program.

Per Chris Mortenson

It's all BS. I don't really care to elaborate. Read the full story. Once again, the NFL and BSPN can't let their human sounding board rest. If I happen to find an article on this I will post it. It's much ado about nothing...ZZZ

 

[Bleu Star]

Owens has since passed a test for performance enhancers, the sources said, adding that he has never had a positive test for any illegal substance.

That's all I need to see. The rest is pure unadulterated BS. I'll be glad when TC starts so these clowns actually have something to occupy their little minds.

 

[PosterChild]

It's all BS. I don't really care to elaborate. Read the full story. Once again, the NFL and BSPN can't let their human sounding board rest. If I happen to find an article on this I will post it. It's much ado about nothing...ZZZ

I have gathered... just heard Irvin's radio sidekick reading a short statement and they went to break, and wasn't quite certain I heard what I thought I heard.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

All I needed to see ..... this is much ado about nothing other than the "league" not believing that a 34 year old man can be built like him cleanly.

Sounds more like a case of him missing and them being required to do something because of the rules. I don't get the feeling this is a case of just picking on someone or a team. If that were the case they could have fined or suspended him. The article also mentioned that they felt he had a plausible excuse so it sounds like it is just a rule they have to enforce.

I could be wrong but that is the feeling I got from the article.

 

[DallasEast]

Sounds more like a case of him missing and them being required to do something because of the rules. I don't get the feeling this is a case of just picking on someone or a team. If that were the case they could have fined or suspended him. The article also mentioned that they felt he had a plausible excuse so it sounds like it is just a rule they have to enforce.

I could be wrong but that is the feeling I got from the article.

That's the impression that I got from the article also.

 

[Clove]

He is a freak of nature, so that would naturally raise flags.

 

[bbgun]

Sounds more like a case of him missing and them being required to do something because of the rules. I don't get the feeling this is a case of just picking on someone or a team. If that were the case they could have fined or suspended him. The article also mentioned that they felt he had a plausible excuse so it sounds like it is just a rule they have to enforce.

I could be wrong but that is the feeling I got from the article.

Exactamundo. There is no "BS" to be found. This is all about procedures, not special scrutiny/persecution.

 

[joseephuss]

No, he isn't, but I can still understand why the hypocrisy pisses people off.

How in depth has the ESPN coverage of Nick Kazcur been? Here's a guy who is basically caught with his hand in the cookie jar and on the Spygate Patriots no less and it got one day of half hearted blurbs.

It would also be different if it were a Dallas o-lineman instead of TO. If it were Kyle Kosier, it would not make much of a news story. Owens obviously will bring the most press no matter what the circumstances of a story.

I would not be shocked if Owens ever used a performance enhancing drug. It would not surprise me at all if every player in the league used something at some time.

 

[Hostile]

Exactamundo. There is no "BS" to be found. This is all about procedures, not special scrutiny/persecution.

ESPN has procedures on how they will report a story?