Jesse Jackson getting involved in the T.O. situation. What a leech.

Posted on Sat, Nov. 12, 2005

Jackson weighs in for T.O.

After talking to Terrell Owens by phone, the civil-rights leader urged his reinstatement.

By Bob Brookover

INQUIER STAFF WRITER

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the list of high-profile personalities who believe that Terrell Owens deserves to return to the field this season.

Jackson, in fact, became the second former presidential candidate this week to say that Owens should not be banished for the season. He put out a statement yesterday that echoed the feelings of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who sent letters to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Thursday urging the Eagles to "rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation" of the wide receiver.

Unlike Nader, the civil-rights leader spoke to Owens by telephone this week and came away convinced that he was sincere in the apology he issued Tuesday from his home in Moorestown, Burlington County.

"First of all, I'm a Donovan McNabb fan," Jackson said last night in a telephone interview. "I want to get that point out there first. I thought what T.O. said was unsportsmanlike and a detriment to the team. We talked about it, and we had prayer.

"He is really remorseful about what happened, and from what I've seen, Donovan felt he was sincere in his apology, too. If T.O. had done something egregious, I could understand this penalty. But he did not do anything illegal."

Owens, of course, was suspended Monday for four games without pay by the Eagles. Coach Andy Reid said that Owens would not rejoin the team after the suspension ended.

Owens and Drew Rosenhaus, his agent, pleaded for the Eagles to reinstate the receiver Tuesday - a request the team rejected. A grievance filed by the NFL Players Association on Owens' behalf is scheduled to be heard Friday in Philadelphia. Arbitrator Richard Bloch will rule on it.

"What I find most objectionable is the extent of the punishment," Jackson said. "If the Philadelphia Eagles don't want him on the their team anymore, he should have access to the open market. Don't lock him out in the middle of his career."

Jackson said he had tried to contact Lurie and McNabb earlier this week without success.

"I don't want to choose sides in this," Jackson said. "I want to reconcile the sides."

The Eagles feel as though they are well within their rights to prevent Owens from playing this season because they plan to pay him the remainder of his salary after his suspension is over.

Owens did not take part in his weekly radio show for a South Florida station yesterday. Host Dan Le Batard said the receiver was unable to do his weekly 20-minute spot because of the pending grievance.

Owens made news in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because he is selling his 18,000-square-foot home in Lithonia, Ga., an Atlanta suburb. The house is listed at $4,499,000.

"We put it on the market before all the latest came up," real estate agent Bill Ransom said. "It's not related to the news this week."

Owens put his home in Moorestown up for sale last month before he was suspended by the Eagles. That home is listed at $4.3 million.

Johnson on Rosenhaus. Dallas receiver Keyshawn Johnson has refused to comment on Owens' suspension, but he was more than happy to talk about Rosenhaus in an appearance on Sirius NFL Radio on Thursday night.

"He's a rat that belongs in the gutter," Johnson said. "I can smell him a mile away. That guy doesn't care about Terrell."

Yea, Jesse Jackson is a media whore attention craver.

Now even Ralph Nader has gotten involved claiming TO's right to free speech is being infringed on.

"November 10, 2005

Jeffrey Lurie
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Philadelphia Eagles
1 NovaCare Way
Philadelphia, PA 19145

Paul Tagliabue
Commissioner
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Dear Messrs. Lurie and Tagliabue,

I am writing to urge you to rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. If the Eagles management declines to remedy its mistake, Commissioner Tagliabue, you should intervene to overturn the team's decision, which dishonors this country's traditional respect for free speech and cheats fans of an opportunity to see arguably the best receiver in football. Let him play.


There is no question that Terrell Owens' comments have been boorish and unwarranted. However, the comments were just that -- comments.

It should be the policy of the Eagles and the National Football League, as well as other sports teams and leagues, that players not be punished merely for what they say.

There is a great tradition in this country of respecting free speech, and the Eagles and NFL should express those values in handling even churlish speech. This is not a matter of law: U.S. constitutional speech protections and most state speech protections do not extend into the workplace; and the NFL collective bargaining agreement affords teams the right to suspend players for "conduct detrimental" to their team, a provision that has been interpreted to cover speech and other expressive conduct. No, it is not a matter of law, but of principle. And the principle should be: employees are not penalized for speaking out, even if what they have to say strikes management as ill-informed or offensive.

That the Eagles' proposed punishment for Owens -- a four-game suspension followed by an inactive designation for the rest of the season -- is so harsh, and so far in excess of punishments applied to other players who have engaged not in ill-considered speech, but criminal conduct or serious wrongdoing, points to how injudicious the Eagles' approach is.

There is, as well, a consumer issue at stake here. Fans have purchased tickets for Eagles' games, in Philadelphia and elsewhere, on the assumption that they will see one of the game's most exciting receivers, so long as he is healthy enough to play. The Eagles' action denies them this opportunity.

If the Eagles do not want Terrell Owens on their team, then they should release him. Instead, the Eagles propose not just to suspend him for the term permitted by the collective bargaining agreement, but to make him inactive for the duration of the season. This vengeful approach keeps him as an effective hostage -- kept away from the fans who would like to see him play.

I look forward to your response, and would be pleased to discuss these matters with you further.

Sincerely,

Ralph Nader
Founder, League of Fans"
source: nader.org


other links:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10003290/

google: ralph nader terrell owens

When you are a race baiter, this is what you do..........

Jesse Jackson - America's #1 attention whore, assisting America's #2 attention whore.

I'm shocked!

Owens should be reinstated after four games; steroid users come back but he can't? Ridiculous!

hope we dont have a holiday named after this fucker when he takes his dirt nap

Anything JJ and Nader are for you know that the Eagles and NFL did the right thing.

For one of the few times in my life, I agree with both Messrs. Nader and Jackson.

why do a feel some kind of lawsuit coming.jesse,kiss my ass!

This Guy Is To Much

if the eagles are going to pay TO it is their right to say: you are not going to play. stay home.


people like jackson and nader chiming are ridiculous.

wouldn't you love it if your boss said: "we are going to pay you but don't come into work anymore this year."

NO ONE will EVER love Jesse as much as Jesse loves Jesse. the guy is a fool and EVERY TIME he opens his motuh he proves it even more.

if you are black and can't get Jesse any attention - FORGET IT! Jesse doesn't care about you - he ONLY wants the media coverage

Jesse should spend more time being a loving and faithful husband and less time spewing crap like this. But as we know, Jesse is incapable of practicing what he preaches as witnessed by the kid he had out of wedlock with his mistress that produced a kid who is now in her 20s - or close to it (and how ugly a woman do you have to be for Jesse to make you his mistress).

Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
Pat Robertson
Jerry Falwell
Billy Graham
Benny Hinn

ALL OF YOU - get on the next plane to ANYWHERE there are no cameras or microphones so we NEVER EVER EVER have to hear from you again

THE TRUTH:

Posted on Sat, Nov. 12, 2005

Jackson weighs in for T.O.

After talking to Terrell Owens by phone, the civil-rights leader saw a way to continue his racist agenda and make some money with his reinstatement.

By Bob Brookover

INQUIER STAFF WRITER

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the list of high-profile personalities who believe that Terrell Owens deserves to return to the field this season.

Jackson, in fact, became the second former presidential candidate this week to say that Owens should not be banished for the season. He put out a statement yesterday that echoed the feelings of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who sent letters to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Thursday urging the Eagles to "rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation" of the wide receiver.

Unlike Nader, the civil-rights leader spoke to Owens by telephone this week and came away convinced that he was sincere in the apology he issued Tuesday from his home in Moorestown, Burlington County.

"First of all, I'm not a Donovan McNabb fan," Jackson said last night in a telephone interview. "I want to get that point out there first. I thought what T.O. said was not unsportsmanlike or detrimental to the team. We talked about it, as well as my infidelities and we had half ass prayer. I hope TO bought my sincerety.

"TO is a little remorseful about what happened, and from what I've seen, Donovan felt he was not sincere in his apology. But Donovan is a dog so who cares what he says. If T.O. had done something egregious, like not letting me horn in here for some media time, I could understand this penalty. But he did not do anything illegal. Its just the white mans way of keeping a brother down"

Owens, of course, was suspended Monday for four games without pay by the Eagles. Coach Andy Reid said that Owens would not rejoin the team after the suspension ended.

Owens and Drew Rosenhaus, his agent, pleaded for the Eagles to reinstate the receiver Tuesday - a request the team rejected. A grievance filed by the NFL Players Association on Owens' behalf is scheduled to be heard Friday in Philadelphia. Arbitrator Richard Bloch will rule on it.

"What I find most objectionable is the extent of the punishment," Jackson said. "If the Philadelphia Eagles don't want him on the their team anymore, he should have access to the open market. Don't lock him out in the middle of his career, its a white man doing this, so you know how that goes. They are treating TO like a slave"

Jackson said he had tried to contact Lurie and McNabb earlier this week without success.

"I don't want to choose sides in this," Jackson said. "I want to make some money from both the sides. I'm calling for a boycott of all Eagles games to be lifted when and only when some money is wired to Latrina Jefferson Washington Davis my personal assistant"

The Eagles feel as though they are well within their rights to prevent Owens from playing this season because they plan to pay him the remainder of his salary after his suspension is over.

Owens did not take part in his weekly radio show for a South Florida station yesterday. Host Dan Le Batard said the receiver was unable to do his weekly 20-minute spot because of the pending grievance.

Owens made news in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because he is selling his 18,000-square-foot home in Lithonia, Ga., an Atlanta suburb. The house is listed at $4,499,000.

"We put it on the market before all the latest came up," real estate agent Bill Ransom said. "It's not related to the news this week."

Owens put his home in Moorestown up for sale last month before he was suspended by the Eagles. That home is listed at $4.3 million.

Johnson on Rosenhaus. Dallas receiver Keyshawn Johnson has refused to comment on Owens' suspension, but he was more than happy to talk about Rosenhaus in an appearance on Sirius NFL Radio on Thursday night.

"He's a rat that belongs in the gutter," Johnson said. "I can smell him a mile away. That guy doesn't care about Terrell."
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