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Burress, who has been campaigning for a new contract, told the Newark Star-Ledger that he will report to training camp on time when it begins Thursday. "I'm going to be at camp. I'm going to get out and practice," Burress told the Star-Ledger. "I said that I may not have, but the smarter thing for me to do is to show up and show my teammates I'm ready to play football."
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That doesn't, however, mean he'll be a happy camper. "It shouldn't have gotten to this point. It just shows me as a person how important I really am to them," Burress said. "It just opens your eyes a little bit to the people you're walking around with. You look them in the face and they smile at you." Burress has three years remaining on his six-year, $25 million deal. He will earn $3.25 million this year, $3.5 million in 2009 and $3.75 million in 2010. But after big deals for Randy Moss, Terrell Owens and Javon Walker, Burress wants a raise. However, one source told the New York Daily News that the Giants "have gone about as far as they're willing to go."
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