By Tom Rock
Spoke with Kendall’s agent, Neil Schwartz, this morning, and he and Pete are pretty steamed about the unnamed source in today’s Newsday article who said that Kendall had the option of signing a one-year deal before the 2006 season and decided to lock in for a four-year package.
“It’s a blatant lie,” Schwartz said. “The person who made that statement is cowardly for not putting their name on it.”
While hostilities between Kendall and the Jets continue to rise, there seems to be an easy resolution, at least from Kendall’s camp. I asked Schwartz if, after all Pete said yesterday, he would sign a contract if the team met his request for a million dollars more this year.
“It’s always been about the money,” Schwartz said. In other words, after all the snubs, unprofessionalism and unreturned phone calls that Kendall charged the Jets with yesterday, he’d still be willing to play here … for the right price.