The Eagles and the Temple Owls are approaching the 11th hour in their negotiations for Temple regarding using Lincoln Financial Field for their home games.
The two sides have worked out a 15-year deal for $15 million. The sticking point is the payment schedule. The Eagles are demanding all the money up front. Temple is willing to accelerate payments so they will pay the $15 million over 5 years.
The Eagles are revealing themselves more and more as the spoiled child who believes they are entitled to whatever they want. It's not like they put the money up, so now to play hardball with a state funded university is ridiculous.
Update
A deal has been struck and Temple will play at Lincoln Financial Field this year and if the program survives, the next 15 years as well. Temple will pay $1 Million a year, but will acclerate the payments so they will pay the total over the first five years. Interestingly according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Temple had a contract they had agreed to but not signed to pay all the money up front since October 2002.