Posted on Fri, Jul. 22, 2005
Owens: 'I will be in camp Aug. 1'
By Stephen A. Smith
INQUIRER SPORTS COLUMNIST
Eagles receiver Terrell Owens said today he’s still unhappy with his 7-year, $49 million contract and that he still wouldn’t mind being traded, but that he will be in training camp on August 1.
“I’ll be there,” Owens said this afternoon by telephone. “I mean, the bottom line is that I still believe I deserve a new contract. I still believe I deserve more than what they’ve given me. But I’m not stupid. I’m not about to miss training camp, get fined every day and give them even more reasons to keep from paying me.
“I’ll be there. But I won’t be happy, I can tell you that much. Take from that whatever you want.”
Under the NFL rules, the Eagles can fine Owens $6,000 for everyday he is not in camp.
Calls to Owens’ agent Drew Rosenhaus and Eagles president Joe Banner were unanswered.
All of this comes the day after Owens appeared on a Comcast sports network saying, “it’s not going to be a good situation” if he has to go to training camp under the conditions of his current contract.
“I want something to be rectified and we can just move on,” Owens said today.