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05-04-2003, 11:57 AM
TAMPA - Warren Sapp was back on a football field Friday, where he's most comfortable, showing off what he says are his God-given talents.
``That's my sanctuary,'' Sapp said between workouts during the first day of the Bucs' three-day minicamp at One Buc Place.
Every indication is that Sapp will be on a football field July 19 for the start of training camp, and that he will honor the final year of the six-year contract he would like the Bucs to extend before then.
Sapp fell short of guaranteeing that Friday. Though he reportedly has said he would never stage a training-camp holdout, Sapp did not definitively rule it out while speaking with reporters.
``I don't discuss that,'' Sapp said when asked if he could guarantee his presence throughout training camp. ``I haven't even talked to [agent] Drew [Rosenhaus] about that, because we don't have anything to talk about.
``If you don't get an offer, you have nothing to talk about, do you? I've got a contract. And until I hear something different from what's going on, there's no telling what might go on.''
There is no way of telling how this contractual issue with Sapp will end up, either. It could result in Sapp playing out the final year of his contract and becoming a free agent.
Or it could result in the Bucs keeping Sapp for another year by naming him their ``franchise player'' and paying him the average of the NFL's five highest-paid defensive tackles ($5.9 million last season).
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``That's my sanctuary,'' Sapp said between workouts during the first day of the Bucs' three-day minicamp at One Buc Place.
Every indication is that Sapp will be on a football field July 19 for the start of training camp, and that he will honor the final year of the six-year contract he would like the Bucs to extend before then.
Sapp fell short of guaranteeing that Friday. Though he reportedly has said he would never stage a training-camp holdout, Sapp did not definitively rule it out while speaking with reporters.
``I don't discuss that,'' Sapp said when asked if he could guarantee his presence throughout training camp. ``I haven't even talked to [agent] Drew [Rosenhaus] about that, because we don't have anything to talk about.
``If you don't get an offer, you have nothing to talk about, do you? I've got a contract. And until I hear something different from what's going on, there's no telling what might go on.''
There is no way of telling how this contractual issue with Sapp will end up, either. It could result in Sapp playing out the final year of his contract and becoming a free agent.
Or it could result in the Bucs keeping Sapp for another year by naming him their ``franchise player'' and paying him the average of the NFL's five highest-paid defensive tackles ($5.9 million last season).
http://bucs.tbo.com/bucs/MGA84PLW8FD.html