With the relationship between the Dallas Cowboys and receiver Terry Glenn disintegrating, Glenn has opted for a different approach.
He’s now pressing his face into the hind quarters of owner Jerry Jones.
“I want Jerry to understand that I know he has the ultimate power in everything that goes on with the Cowboys, and I’m not trying to challenge him in any way, shape or form,” Glenn told ESPN’s Ed Werder on Wednesday. ”He can — and will — determine the outcome of this because it’s ultimately his decision. But what I want is to remain a Cowboy. I’ve been here for five years and I’ve made Dallas my home, and I would love nothing more than to be a Dallas Cowboy.
“I’m not trying to be at odds with Jerry. These words and comments coming from me were strictly frustration, knowing football season is right around the corner and I don’t know if my future is here, there or anywhere. I’m ready to give 100 percent. I just want to know if this is going to be my home.”
The problem is that the Cowboys want Glenn to sign a document reducing his 2008 salary from $1.74 million to $500,000 if Glenn’s knee implodes. Absent such a deal, Glenn would be entitled to the full $1.74 million.
Glenn acknowledged that a tentative deal had been reached between the team and his former agent, James Gould. Glenn says that the amount was supposed to be $385,000, and Glenn backed out only after it unexpectedly dropped to $345,000.
It’s now $500,000, and Glenn is talking like a guy who’s ready to sign whatever he needs to sign in order to play football.
“I feel I need to do something,” Glenn said. “I need to be in a camp. I need to be in this camp practicing with players I want to be with or you need to let me go. That’s what I’m trying to say. I need to be involved somewhere, somehow — and soon. That’s what’s so frustrating. It’s that time of year. I’ve been doing this for 28 years straight. My body knows when it’s that time. I’m getting jittery and excited but what am I getting excited about?”
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June 18th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Maybe I’m missing something, but Glenn is worried about where he’s going to be, whether Jones will keep him, etc. But, it sounds to me like it’s completely Glenn’s decision. Sign the deal and reduce your salary to $500K if your knee blows out again, otherwise you get the full wad.
I find it very interesting that players like Plastico insist on reworking contracts that they agreed to, and won’t play unless they get more cash. However, when the tables are turned, whoa, look out, they want to have nothing to do with that…
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June 19th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I love T.G., but come on!! He got over 5 mil last year for good faith!! If your a real team player(and I know he is) help the team out a little. If something happens to that knee he’ll still get paid a lot of money. And who knows, J.J. will probably give him a shot the next year if possible. Hope it works out for him and the Cowboys…….
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June 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am
If he loves Dallas that much, take the pay cut and sign the deal.
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June 19th, 2008 at 1:03 am
totally agree. like 5 hundred k is teally that bad anyway. i’m a 20 yr old college student.. you know what i’d do to make $500,000 even if i break my leg??????????
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Guys, it’s not a pay cut. They aren’t asking him to reduce his salary to 500K, or risk getting cut. They’re essentially asking him to take a “liability cut”. Meaning, if he stays healthy, he gets the full 1.74 mill.
If he gets injured, specifically in the knee he had work on, Dallas is only on the hook for 500K.
It’s risky from Glenn’s point, only from the sense that if he plays 15 games, and then blows out that knee in the 16th, he is essentially getting screwed. However, that’s really what insurance policies are for. It shouldn’t be too hard to take out a policy on that knee, that would essentially pay him the difference between the 500K and the 1.74.
For what it’s worth, I hope he does play for Dallas again this season.
He’s a tremendous contributor, and he’s one of the few talented WR’s that doesn’t act like a complete butthole (see exhibits Ocho Stinko, Chris Henry, Javon Walker, Randy Moss, and TO).
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Is Dallas really that strapped for cash or cap room?
1.74m isn’t really a whole lot for a number 2 reciever. Look at what they spend on everyone else. Don’t these players have some rights, isn’t this what the union is for?
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:49 am
they are not strapped for cap room. i bet jerry comes back with another offer….say 750G. jerry is just pissed that 5.8 mill last year burned his ass and feels taken advantage of so this year jerry wants to do the taking advantage of!!
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June 19th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
It’s simple. Glenn went against team doctors advice and didn’t have the microfracture surgery that they recommended. Now Glenn says his knee is fine and he wants to play and I respect that, but I also respect the “split salary” thing because Glenn refused the advice of team doctors. If Glenn truly thinks that his knee is fine, why wouldn’t he agree to the split salary? As I understand it, Glenn still gets the full salary if he plays and hurts something else. The split salary kicks in if he hurts that knee. Jerry Jones holds all the cards because there aren’t any teams out there that are going to take a big risk on that knee. If he gets cut, Glenn’s career is probably over. At least with the split salary thing he has the chance to make the entire $1.74 mil. i’m not sure that Jones feels like he’s been taken advantage of but it has to sting paying a guy that much to do so little.
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