T.O. suspended by the Eagles, official thead.

[MURP]

the one PFT invented

[Cerevant]

By the way...from PFT.com:

T.O. NOT TO G.O. TODAY



There's a rumor making that rounds that the Eagles plan to announce at a 3:00 p.m. press conference on Monday they will release receiver Terrell Owens.



We're told that it's not going to happen.



On the surface, it doesn't make sense to cut him.  As a vested veteran, Owens would still get the remainder of his $3.5 million salary.



With eight of 17 weeks remaining, that's $1.64 million in free money for Owens.  Even if his contract is claimed by another team through the waiver system (unlikely), he's still eligible for the remainder of his salary from the Eagles as termination pay, pursuant to Article XXIII of the CBA.



A player can forfeit his right to termination pay only if the team has provided him with a written warning that he is failing to exhibit the level of good faith effort required from the club.  Even then, the matter would be subject to a grievance.



The far better course, as several league insiders believe, is to impose the four-week suspension on Owens, fight over whether he gets his pay for those games, and then deactivate him for the rest of the season and send him home on paid leave, like the Bucs did with Keyshawn Johnson in 2003.

Hmmm...wonder what that little note TO received from the FO said...

I'm not saying he's going to be released - there seems to be a fairly broad media contingent who believe that Andy wants to rehab TO, but this sounds like the kind of duck that Banner would put in a row...

[PhillyPhreak54]

There was also a quote in one of the papers from Dawkins where he disputes what TO said on his radio show about how Dawk forgave him once he read the transcript.

[Rome]

But Reggie cut his dreads. So you gotta have him with a fade and the chinstrap beard thing.

Best I could do, Jay.  How's this?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Tight!

By the way...

Mortenson and Eskin both are apparently saying that TO will be released.

[BigEd76]

Apparently that's the rumor PFT is shooting down...