No link to an article. I just heard it on ESPNEWS. The Giants have just released him.
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Plaxico Burress released by Giants
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Saw this headline somewhere.
The Blue Screen - NY Daily News
Giants saw no signs Plax would change
Jerry Reese has said for months that the Giants would welcome Plaxico Burress back, despite all that???s happened, ???if everything goes right.???
But according to two people familiar with the team???s thinking, it became increasingly clear to the Giants in the past few weeks that things just weren???t going right at all.
A combination of Burress??? attitude, his agents??? actions, and what had become an increasingly nasty fight over his money led to today???s shocking decision, according to those sources.
???Jerry has said all along that if everything works out and Plax demonstrates he wants to be here with a desire to be part of this thing, (then) yes, we want him back,??? said one of the sources. ???Well, the fact is that we???ve been given no reason to think things will be any different in the future than they have been in the past.???
The last straw, apparently, was the arbitration hearing on Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania where representatives from the NFL Players Association began the fight to recoup some of Burress??? lost money. The hearing was over a $1 million payment the Giants withheld from Burress after he shot himself on Nov. 29, and included arguments about future bonuses and escalators which the Giants argued Burress had forfeited due to his actions.
The Giants, according to several team and league sources, made several attempts to settle that grievance and possibly even settle the second grievance - - over his four-week suspension without pay and fine of one week???s salary - - which is scheduled to be heard by an arbitrator in June. But Burress and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have rejected all settlement attempts.
???Ultimately, Plax???s attitude is: I don???t owe them, they owe me,??? one source said.
The Giants had begun to sense that attitude - - and lack of remorse - - almost from the moment they learned that Burress had shot himself in the thigh on Nov. 29. He wasn???t immediately forthcoming with them on his condition and details of the incident. And he didn???t exactly express what team officials believed was a sincere sorrow for what happened when he finally met with him a week later to announce his suspension from the team.
Burress, 31, then essentially disappeared and only maintained sporadic contact with the team at the beginning of the offseason - - which has been normal for him since he signed with the team on March 17, 2005. But the tranquility was disrupted in February when the Giants learned of an e-mail Rosenhaus sent to each of the other 31 NFL teams informing them that Burress could be available in a trade.
The Giants interpreted that as a sign that ???Plax does not want to be here,??? one source said. The source added ???That sentiment ??? has been expressed consistently in the ensuing months.???
So the decision was made not to wait out the arbitration decision - - which is due by Wednesday - - and not to wait for a resolution of Burress??? legal situation (he???s due back in court June 15). The Giants simply decided that no matter what the resolutions of those two cases were, Burress??? attitude was still the same as always. He didn???t want to be with the Giants, he wasn???t sorry for his actions, and there was no sign that he???d suddenly become a team player willing to follow team rules.
So Assistant GM Kevin Abrams called Rosenhaus today and informed him of what appeared to be a stunning reversal by the Giants, but in truth wasn???t that dramatic of a change at all.
???There has been no sudden change (in the situation),??? the source said. ???It???s been more of the same, and that wasn???t going to be good enough.???
Giants saw no signs Plax would change
Jerry Reese has said for months that the Giants would welcome Plaxico Burress back, despite all that???s happened, ???if everything goes right.???
But according to two people familiar with the team???s thinking, it became increasingly clear to the Giants in the past few weeks that things just weren???t going right at all.
A combination of Burress??? attitude, his agents??? actions, and what had become an increasingly nasty fight over his money led to today???s shocking decision, according to those sources.
???Jerry has said all along that if everything works out and Plax demonstrates he wants to be here with a desire to be part of this thing, (then) yes, we want him back,??? said one of the sources. ???Well, the fact is that we???ve been given no reason to think things will be any different in the future than they have been in the past.???
The last straw, apparently, was the arbitration hearing on Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania where representatives from the NFL Players Association began the fight to recoup some of Burress??? lost money. The hearing was over a $1 million payment the Giants withheld from Burress after he shot himself on Nov. 29, and included arguments about future bonuses and escalators which the Giants argued Burress had forfeited due to his actions.
The Giants, according to several team and league sources, made several attempts to settle that grievance and possibly even settle the second grievance - - over his four-week suspension without pay and fine of one week???s salary - - which is scheduled to be heard by an arbitrator in June. But Burress and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have rejected all settlement attempts.
???Ultimately, Plax???s attitude is: I don???t owe them, they owe me,??? one source said.
The Giants had begun to sense that attitude - - and lack of remorse - - almost from the moment they learned that Burress had shot himself in the thigh on Nov. 29. He wasn???t immediately forthcoming with them on his condition and details of the incident. And he didn???t exactly express what team officials believed was a sincere sorrow for what happened when he finally met with him a week later to announce his suspension from the team.
Burress, 31, then essentially disappeared and only maintained sporadic contact with the team at the beginning of the offseason - - which has been normal for him since he signed with the team on March 17, 2005. But the tranquility was disrupted in February when the Giants learned of an e-mail Rosenhaus sent to each of the other 31 NFL teams informing them that Burress could be available in a trade.
The Giants interpreted that as a sign that ???Plax does not want to be here,??? one source said. The source added ???That sentiment ??? has been expressed consistently in the ensuing months.???
So the decision was made not to wait out the arbitration decision - - which is due by Wednesday - - and not to wait for a resolution of Burress??? legal situation (he???s due back in court June 15). The Giants simply decided that no matter what the resolutions of those two cases were, Burress??? attitude was still the same as always. He didn???t want to be with the Giants, he wasn???t sorry for his actions, and there was no sign that he???d suddenly become a team player willing to follow team rules.
So Assistant GM Kevin Abrams called Rosenhaus today and informed him of what appeared to be a stunning reversal by the Giants, but in truth wasn???t that dramatic of a change at all.
???There has been no sudden change (in the situation),??? the source said. ???It???s been more of the same, and that wasn???t going to be good enough.???
