T.O. fined $9,500 for absences, tardiness

[nickel]

Is the honeymoon over?
Report: 'Boys fine T.O. $9,500 for absences, tardiness
Posted: Sunday August 27, 2006 12:09PM; Updated: Sunday August 27, 2006 2:13PM

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IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Terrell Owens has been fined $9,500 for missing a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and being late to an offensive meeting, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday.

"That's our club business. That's going to be accounted for," team owner Jerry Jones told the newspaper.

The incidents occurred Friday, the team's final day preparing for a preseason game against San Francisco. The Cowboys beat the 49ers 17-7, making them 3-0 this preseason without Owens playing any of the games because of a hamstring injury that's also kept him out of 19 of 31 practices since the start of training camp.

Neither team officials nor Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, immediately returned calls to The Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.

During a postgame television interview, Jones did not mention the fine but answered several other questions about Owens. Jones said his only concern with the receiver is "injury, not all this other stuff you hear about."

Owens' past is filled with run-ins with quarterbacks, coaches and others in his own organization. San Francisco and Philadelphia got rid of him, but the Cowboys welcomed him with open arms and a lucrative contract in March, four days after the Eagles released him.

Owens vowed to be a better man and a better teammate in Dallas. While the fine is the most drastic, he already has done plenty to stand out.

He missed much of the offseason training program -- with permission -- and turned his hamstring injury into an attention-getter by flying in specialists to help him rehabilitate and wearing a cycling team outfit one day while pedaling a stationary bicycle.

After returning to practice for several days, coach Bill Parcells ruled him out of a Monday night game and Owens hasn't practiced since. He said he aggravated the injury because the club pushed him too hard. When Parcells said this week that he needs to see Owens on the field, T.O. responded that there's 10 years of tape to show what he can do.

Jones seemed to downplay the drama surrounding Owens' injury by noting that Carolina's Steve Smith and Pittsburgh's Hines Ward also have been slowed by hamstring injuries without drawing the same scrutiny as Owens. He also recalled Deion Sanders' ability to play well after flying in from baseball games and missing long stretches of practice.

"I know this -- when he's healthy, he's going to help us win these ballgames," Jones said.

The Cowboys play their final preseason game Thursday night at home against Minnesota. The opener is Sept. 10 at Jacksonville.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/specials/preview/2006/08/27/bc.fbn.cowboys.t.o.fine.ap/index.html

This guy is trouble. Take all the talent in the world and if the guy has attitude and is uncooperative all that talent can't shine through. Hopefully, this fine will let him know his boss means business.

[johnnymk]

Just goes to prove that people never change.

[DarkFury]

Honestly, folks are looking (and chompin' at the bit) for him to fail...

Folks aren't gonna give him much of a chance... so comments like this are expected. I personally will reserve judgement until he REALLY does something majorly wrong (ok.. he missed a practice and a meeting, yes it's wrong, he violated team policy and got fined for it. However that's not a "major explosion" that deserves a major reaction.)

I would think that he would realize the position he is in now and try to NOT give the media any more fuel than they already have.

[nickel]

Honestly, folks are looking (and chompin' at the bit) for him to fail...
i honestly would like to see him succeed.


Folks aren't gonna give him much of a chance... so comments like this are expected. I personally will reserve judgement until he REALLY does something majorly wrong (ok.. he missed a practice and a meeting, yes it's wrong, he violated team policy and got fined for it. However that's not a "major explosion" that deserves a major reaction.)
how many chances should he get?


I would think that he would realize the position he is in now and try to NOT give the media any more fuel than they already have.
amen. when will he realize that? time for him to grow up. i'll bet all his life he got away with talking anyway he wanted and doing whatever he wanted cause he could kick ass on the football field. he was an asset and so people let him be an ass.
but that's grown old, and he needs to change.

[Sirrich3]

Color me surprised...

[Memo]

Why should he change? He gets paid a lot to be like this.

[brainsmile]

he should go play with A.I.

[eSDee]

Big deal it's preseason.

[MikeD]

i honestly would like to see him succeed.

Mmm hmm. About as much as you'd like to see Big Papi succeed. :hihi:

The wheels are falling off the bus quick...real quick. I thought Year One would go well, with that crap starting next season. Looks like it might not even take that long.

No doubt the media is pumping this up. But missing team functions is BS...if he's hurt, fine, but he should be there for meetings.

I like Dallas (on the field) much better w/T.O. But at this point, it wouldn't break my heart to see them cut him. They'd recoup his salary cap space for this season, and I wonder what kind of interest he would draw on the market. Wait, Dan Snyder would probably scoop him up...'nuff said.

[nickel]

Mmm hmm. About as much as you'd like to see Big Papi succeed. :hihi:
oh hush you. :P
speaking of Boston, i like how Johnny Damon has succeeded now. :D

for real, i am not one of those who DF says is "chomping at the bit" to see O.T. fail. i actually pity him at times.

[MikeD]

Johnny Damon

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVRF.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


God I hate the Yankees. ;)

[nickel]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVRF.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


God I hate the Yankees. ;)
In that case the NFL, and MLB are full of traitors. :P
I know you hate the Yankees. They are a love 'em or hate 'em team.

Of course I love 'em, and besides the fact that my father was a fan, and I grew up with a Yankee game on the tv/radio all season long, i do stick with home state teams in all sports.

http://www.yankeestars.com/images/jeter/jeter_derek.jpg
and perfect teeth... look at those perfect teeth. :D

[guiseppewv]

Why should he change? He gets paid a lot to be like this.

The NFL or at least all of the teams that he has played for have let him get away with this crap and then increased his salary, so why should he stop????? I am just glad that he will NEVER be a part of my team at least while Cowher is the coach and the Rooneys still own the team.

[Maarchk]

he should go play with A.I.

At least AI shows up to every game and gives 110%. more than i can say about TO on a regular basis.

[Prngr44]

I'd wager that Dallas will cut him before the season even starts.

First off, he's injured. Second, they owe him no signing bonus and his base pay is pretty high. It's obvious he and Mr. Tuna aren't getting along and they won't take any cap hit by cutting him loose plus they'll save all the dough. (The only bonus he's slated to get is a roster bonus.)

[Memo]

The NFL or at least all of the teams that he has played for have let him get away with this crap and then increased his salary, so why should he stop????? I am just glad that he will NEVER be a part of my team at least while Cowher is the coach and the Rooneys still own the team.

On top of that his antics land him other money making deals like interviews and have made him a household name.

[MikeD]

Hmmm...


Terrell Owens, speaking with media today at Valley Ranch (above), confirmed that he was fined for being late to a team meeting Friday.

"I just overslept," he said. "I was late and [the fine] was the consequence of that. It's not anything I tried to do intentional. It's not the first time and it probably won't be the last time, but like I said, I'm trying to do everything I can to get back on the field, so it's one of those things that happens."

Owens continues to list himself as "day to day" with a sore hamstring, although he didn't say whether he was going to practice today. Practice is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Owens smiled as he talked to reporters about his ongoing soap opera.

"This is just unfortunate," he said. "I think everybody has overslept, you know, once or twice in their life before. Nothing intentional, it's just something that happened. And there's nothing I can do about it."

Owens said Friday was the first time he'd been late for a meeting since joining the Cowboys. Asked about reports saying he'd been late to several meetings, he said, "I don't know where that came from."

He also apologized to his teammates.

"Across the league, not just football, these types of things happen even going through high school, you're tardy sometimes, you're late . These are the type things that happen. Obviously, there are consequences, you know, of those actions and I was fined. Other than that, for me, it's not a big deal. It wasn't something I purposely tried to do. It's something that I will try to make more of an effort to get here on time. Other than, it's really not a big issue."

Much, much more to come.

http://cowboys.beloblog.com/

[CornMonkey]

"This is just unfortunate," he said. "I think everybody has overslept, you know, once or twice in their life before. Nothing intentional, it's just something that happened. And there's nothing I can do about it."
how 'bout getting yourself an alarm clock?

[guiseppewv]

I don't think he can afford it. He has to make money to feed his family not waste it on an alarm clock. :rolleyes:

[MikeD]

I don't think he can afford it. He has to make money to feed his family not waste it on an alarm clock. :rolleyes:

Nah, you're thinking of Latrell Sprewell.


On Halloween 2004, Sprewell, who was in the final season of a $62-million, five-year deal he signed with the Knicks, said he was insulted by Minnesota' s offer of a contract extension that was reportedly worth between $27 million and $30 million for three seasons. "I've got my family to feed," he said.

http://espn.go.com/classic/s/add_sprewell_latrell.html

[nickel]

Hmmm...



http://cowboys.beloblog.com/
Didn't he use that "overslept" excuse with the Eagles too?

I just hope his antics don't bring the whole team down, and God I hate the Cowboys. ;)

[MikeD]

God I hate the Cowboys. ;)

Ooooh. Be careful. Watch out for stray lightning bolts today.

The Dallas Cowboys are God's Team. Don't ya know that's why the hole is in the roof down there?

[nickel]

Ooooh. Be careful. Watch out for stray lightning bolts today.

The Dallas Cowboys are God's Team. Don't ya know that's why the hole is in the roof down there?
isn't it "America's Team"?

anyways, thanks for filling in for my brother today. he's been a Dallas fan since the Landry days, which has forced me to root for whomever their opponent is. love that healthy sibling rivalry. :P

[MikeD]

isn't it "America's Team"?

It's both. :P


anyways, thanks for filling in for my brother today. he's been a Dallas fan since the Landry days, which has forced me to root for whomever their opponent is. love that healthy sibling rivalry. :P

Your brother got the "coolness" gene in your fam...hate to tell you that Ms. Nickel.

[nickel]

Ooooh. Be careful. Watch out for stray lightning bolts today.

The Dallas Cowboys are God's Team. Don't ya know that's why the hole is in the roof down there?
well toilet bowls have a hole in them too so what does that have to do with anything?


(had to comment again, it was just too ripe for it. :D )


It's both. :P



Your brother got the "coolness" gene in your fam...hate to tell you that Ms. Nickel.
he would agree with you. :P

[guiseppewv]

Nah, you're thinking of Latrell Sprewell.


No, I was being sarcastic. :)

[kgsilvas]

Shame on T.O. and shame on Dallas for signing him. They knew what he was like when they wrote the contract.

[MikeD]

While I won't defend T.O.'s past actions, this thread is funny. All this hub-bub over missing a team meeting and a training session. You gotta be kidding. Is he the only guy to ever be fined for such an infraction?

While we're at it, the hammy issue: this is even more absurd. Every day it's a story on SportsCenter, yet there are plenty of other guys who have missed time this pre-season for the same thing. Steve Smith and Hines Ward immediatley come to mind. (Did I just mention a Steeler in the same breath as T.O.?!?!) :P

And also while we're at it, Bonds hit two more HR's the other night. Creeping, creeping, creeping...:hehehmm:

[guiseppewv]

Please don't compare Hines to TO, let alone say their names in the same breath. No comparison. Both are great WRs but only one of the 2 is a class act and it ain't and never will be TO.