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Eagles suing Owens for $769K in bonus money

 

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles sued their former wide receiver Terrell Owens for bonus money he has not repaid the team.

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The suit for nearly $770,000 was filed in U.S. District Court on Monday. Owens lost in arbitration earlier this year, a ruling calling him to repay $1.7 million in bonuses the team paid him when he played in Philadelphia in 2004 and '05.

Neither the team nor Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, returned phone calls from the Associated Press seeking comment.

The Eagles suspended Owens for conduct detrimental to the team midway through 2005, one year after he helped them get to the Super Bowl. Owens lost $965,000 in salary from the final five games of 2005 after the team withheld game checks.

He was released after that season and the Eagles now are trying to get back the remaining sum: $769,117.

Owens subsequently signed with the Dallas Cowboys for $25 million over three years.

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Reputation:92
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 14, 2006

April 29, 2008 10:50 am
to worry about this instead of building a good team. The Eagles are an embarrassment to the NFC east where all other teams have at least 3 super bowl championships!
Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Jan 16, 2007

April 29, 2008 4:05 pm

If anyone is interested I will be selling my season tickets on craigslist this season. I'm only interested in the visiting teams now like Pitt and Cleveland, the rest are for sale. I refuse to continue to sit by and let the Eagles organization treat me like I have no common sense.

No number one receiver... "no problem& ...(more)

Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 2, 2006

April 29, 2008 8:39 am
The "courts" are just now ruling that T.O. has to pay back Philadelphia bonus money?   How long ago was this...how far behind are our courts?    I could careless about T.O. paying the Eagles back.   As far as I am concerned a signing bonus is a signing bonus, don't give it if you will want it ba ...(more)
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 27, 2006

April 29, 2008 10:05 am

The Eagles should be suing themselves for not winning a Super Bowl during the 5 year window they had while they were a good football team. Or, why not sue the Patriots for stealing their signals and cheating them out of a Super Bowl win. The Eagles have become a petty & bitte ...(more)

Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 7, 2006

April 30, 2008 8:24 am
 If you or I steal a loaf of bread because we were hungery, they put us in jail, TO was order by the court to pay the money back,  HE should or go to jail, hes had his day in court, and lost, its not like he cant wright a tell all book, and make 100 times what he owes.
Reputation:89
Level:All-Star
Since:Mar 8, 2008

May 4, 2008 12:44 pm

t.o (doen't even deserve to be capitalized!) is a big a-hole.  remember when he did sit ups on his drive way and by the way, Drew "Next Question" Rosenhaus isn't much better. the money should be the E-A-G-L-E-S because of all of the problems ol' 81 caused.

Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Aug 4, 2007

April 29, 2008 1:07 am
The Eagles are stupid. Terrell Owens does not owe them money. In his contract he signed a signing bonus, by signing he got x amount every year for x amount of years. the Eagles then put Terrell Owens on the bench. Then they released him. So far Terrell Owens has done fine ...(more)
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Apr 10, 2007

April 29, 2008 8:35 am

I am to the point to where I cringe when I see Terrell Owens name in the media anymore. I mean is it really T.O. or does the media just have a "Britney Spears" attraction to this guy.

I personally don't care if the Eagles sued him for his signing b ...(more)

Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Jan 9, 2007

April 29, 2008 12:57 pm

To anyone that doesnt think this is fair to the Eagles, how about the yankees with Carl Pavano? the braves with mike hamption?

in football, these "bonuses" are actually GURANTEED. Remember the mike vick case?

I dont feel bad for the eagles. they have him a BONUS, which in all trights, are not part of his regua ...(more)

Reputation:91
Level:All-Star
Since:Nov 23, 2007

April 29, 2008 1:25 pm

This latest gesture from the Eagles shows just how bad things are going there.  T.O. doesn't owe these guys squat.  The eagles have bigger problems than that, like their head coach, whose kids were holding drugs in his house!  Philly chose to sit T.O., don't try to get money from him now. 

T.O. ...(more)

Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 13, 2006

April 29, 2008 2:31 pm
To bad I can't invest any money in that team, because they are without a bottom line organization. Why else would they have traded out of the first round two years in a row. Next year they may trade out of the first round twice. However, they should just let the TO thing go.

Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 15, 2006

April 30, 2008 2:34 am
O COME ON, TO is wrth a whopping 20+ million dollars not including his investments and what not, and the Eagles organization is probably well over 100 mil, so are they bickering over $700,00, I am a loyal Eagles fan, and have been my whole life, but geese they are cheap.  Did anyone hear about the poor population that cleared out the ...(more)
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Since:Dec 17, 2007

April 29, 2008 2:22 am