Terrell Owens Finds Lifeline Indoors
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By DERON SNYDER
Upon hearing that Terrell Owens has signed with an outfit called the Allen (Texas) Wranglers, many people might initially feel pity. There’s a certain amount of sympathy in seeing an all-time NFL great scuffling to continue his career in the Indoor Football League.
Then again, if he’s really going to be paid up to $500,000 and receive an ownership stake, you really can’t blame him. Especially since he appears to have serious money problems, due largely to the four paternity suits he’s facing.
Even the judge considering a reduction of Owens’ child-support payments noted that returning to big-time football looked unlikely. “His NFL career seems to be over,” Judge Marc Marmaro said earlier this month in Los Angeles County Superior Court. “I mean no disrespect.”
The end seemed obvious when Owens held a workout in October, trying to convince the NFL that he was fully recovered from knee surgery. The session was televised, but not a single team showed up. Agent Drew Rosenhaus brushed it off. “Just because they weren’t there doesn’t mean they weren’t interested,” Rosenhaus said. “I can guarantee that all 32 teams were interested.”
