The Dallas Cowboys plan to release veteran receiver Terry Glenn, bringing to an end a lengthy squabble regarding whether Glenn would agree to take a drastically reduced payment in the event that his bad knee would have resulted in his placement on injured reserve.

Owner Jerry Jones claims that the move isn’t the result of Glenn’s refusal to accept a lower salary if he can’t play.

“That turned out not to be an issue,” Jones said.  ”At the end of the day it had more to do with where we are right now . . . all that might have impacted how we give our young players a chance in how we evaluate that position.”

Glenn was due to earn a base salary of $1.74 million.  Jones wanted Glenn to take only $500,000 if the knee were to implode.

Immediate speculation likely will center on Glenn signing with the Dolphins, given that Miami V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells drafted Glenn to the Patriots in 1996, and brought Glenn to the Cowboys in 2003.

Glenn spent five seasons with the Cowboys, but played only one game in 2007 before his knee prevented him from any further action.