<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The news moved slowly across the ESPN ticker last weekend: Philadelphia Eagles suspend wide receiver Terrell Owens four games for conduct detrimental to the team. Minnesotans, snoozing in their Barcaloungers on a lazy weekend, had reason to sit up with a start.In essence, the Eagles want to withhold Owens' salary as punishment for repeated public criticism of the organization -- among other off-field incidents that fall well below criminal levels. Owens has filed a grievance with the NFL Players Association, but he would lose nearly $765,000 if arbitrator Richard Bloch upholds the decision.Meanwhile, Minnesotans have been crying out for some kind of discipline in the wake of the Vikings' alleged Oct. 6 sex party on Lake Minnetonka. Team officials are awaiting the completion of a police investigation, but they have insisted that disciplinary measures will be limited significantly by the NFL's collective bargaining agreement with its union.So what gives? How could the Eagles suspend Owens for giving colorful interviews, fighting (hardly an unusual event in a football locker room) and parking in handicapped spots at Philadelphia's practice facility -- the highlights of the Eagles' reported case against him -- while the Vikings seem relatively powerless in the face of much more serious accusations?</div>LinkVery interesting point. Frankly I have no idea.
In other words, the Vikings are scared to go do whats right because of the NFLPA. Tell your owner and coach to grow that pair and do whats needed once the investigation is done.
<span style="colorurple">Well the Vikings can't do anything until charges are filed and we actually know what happened. We all know and saw what T.O. did.Several Vikings players are getting lawyers and threatening lawsuits of their own, so to do anything to them would be unfounded at this point, regardless of the NFLPA.</span>
