http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2234459
PHILADELPHIA — Terrell Owens’ season is effectively over after an arbitrator ruled Wednesday that the Philadelphia Eagles were justified in suspending him for four games.
Arbitrator Richard Bloch wrote that the Eagles clearly proved that the suspension was justified, and were within their right to pay their All-Pro receiver but not allow him to return “due to the nature of his conduct and its destructive and continuing threat to the team.”
“We couldn’t have written it any better ourselves,” an Eagles official told ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio.
Bloch heard more than 13 hours of testimony last week. Owens’ side argued the penalty is excessive and the Eagles’ decision to deactivate him is too severe. Owens wanted to be reinstated to the Eagles or released so he can sign with another team.
I am glad that the arbitrator ruled in favor for the Eagles. Maybe TO will take some time to think his actions through while he is sitting at home watching the games for the rest of the season.
Doubtful that he will change, but one can hope right?
TO is a great receiver, when he comes to play. Put too often he is running his mouth about his team and the owners and not doing his job. He is paid a ridiculous amount of money to go out and catch passes and the fact that he really only shows up about 50% of the time is just plain stupid.
There is a lot of speculation on who TO will end up with. My beloved Denver Broncos are on the short list of a lot of analyst. I really hope they are wrong.
Mike Shannahan couldn’t put up with Clinton Portis’ antics (which were minor league compared to TO) so who in their right mind would think he could deal with TO???
And then there is that pesky fact of TO bad-mouthing Donovan McNabb. Does anyone really think that Jake Plummer would stand a chance with TO? Get real!
While the talent would be a great addition, the fact that the Broncos are all about the TEAM just doesn’t seem to be a good fit for TO. TO is all about himself.
And let’s not even get started on his agent/loud mouth/worst person who could have TO’s best interest at heart Drew Rosenhaus…
From Peevish, who took it from Ratboy’s Anvil, because marriage and family should be about love.
01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.
07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.
But I can still watch and pay respect to Rosa Parks:
The (Detroit) Free Press will provide live streaming video coverage of Rosa Parks’ funeral Wednesday. The video coverage, produced by WZZM-TV in Battle Creek, will begin at 10 a.m. ET. The funeral begins at 11 a.m.
Ms. Parks’ funreal is being held at Greater Grace, the mammoth church that I used to live a few blocks from. Getting in and out of my neighborhood on a regular Sunday was a chore, I can only imagine what it would be like if I was living there now.