With the help of NFL Auctions, Terrell Owens is auctioning off his 2004 Philadelphia Eagles NFC Championship ring, in order to raise money for hurricane relief. With the help of NFL Auctions, Terrell Owens is auctioning off his 2004 Philadelphia Eagles NFC Championship ring, in order to raise money for hurricane relief.
Owens said on his website TerrellOwens.com that his hope is to find someone with a "generous heart and hopefully a big pocketbook" that will see this as an opportunity to do their part to help those that have lost everything.
All proceeds from the auction will go directly to hurricane relief.
The Philadelphia Daily News reported several weeks ago, a rumor circulating among media people friendly with Owens contended T.O. had sent his NFC ring back to the Eagles, unopened, as a demonstration of his unhappiness over the team's refusal to revise his contract. At the time, the Eagles hadn't issued any rings, so the rumor didn't spread far.
Last week, the Eagles handed out the diamond-encrusted rings, whose value an Eagles spokesman declined to reveal. This week, Owens seems to have found a way to avoid accepting the ring, while also avoiding any criticism he might have encountered for just tossing the ring back in management's face.