Twitter: Todd France and CAA part ways

Diehardblues

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Whoever is responsible for not making the deal, agent or player, we are the winners because he's on a one year prove it with a new HC and they can sign him after this season to a long term deal or explore other options, including another tag.

I just flat don't get the disappointment with this situation.
The disappointment is with those who were already sold or All In with Dak. Including our ownership who had been touting as such. Now they risk losing him or paying much more for him.
 

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“Whoever is representing him, Dak Prescott will likely be tagged for the second time in 2021. If he is, he’ll be still holding all of the cards, with a potential third tag costing the team over $54M.

By now, Dak has bet on himself twice. Prior to the 2019 season, Prescott decided to play out his rookie deal in hopes of breaking the bank in 2020. Now, with him set to play under the tag, he’ll be hoping to raise his price tag on the field to be paid next season.

But if by then the front office still refuses to come to grips with the current QB market, Prescott will likely place a bet on himself for a third time, this time guaranteeing himself free agency in 2022.”

https://insidethestar.com/dak-prescotts-agent-todd-france-leaves-caa-impact-on-cowboys/
 

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“Whoever is representing him, Dak Prescott will likely be tagged for the second time in 2021. If he is, he’ll be still holding all of the cards, with a potential third tag costing the team over $54M.

By now, Dak has bet on himself twice. Prior to the 2019 season, Prescott decided to play out his rookie deal in hopes of breaking the bank in 2020. Now, with him set to play under the tag, he’ll be hoping to raise his price tag on the field to be paid next season.

But if by then the front office still refuses to come to grips with the current QB market, Prescott will likely place a bet on himself for a third time, this time guaranteeing himself free agency in 2022.”

https://insidethestar.com/dak-prescotts-agent-todd-france-leaves-caa-impact-on-cowboys/
Honestly, looking at the cap and how it may go down, if it goes down...
Dak would be in a serious lurch.

IF the cap remains fixed... then there will be a conversation to be had later.
 

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Only reason I stopped watching him was he was getting weird on his takes. I think you know what I mean.I am just a football purest and having a guy veer off the path into stuff just hits me wrong. So I bowed out. Well meaning dude.

You know, it's not much we have in life anymore that doesn't eventually get around to that path. Sports, for a lot of years, was one of those things but not anymore. It's really to bad cause I love sports.......

Damn shame really......
 
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Dak didn't even need an agent. How hard could the negotiations have been? I could have negotiated myself. $50M Signing Bonus, $75M guaranteed, 5 year $150M plus whatever standard incentives Jerry and Stephen want to include.

Done. And no agent fees.

It honestly would have taken me one minute to strike a deal with Jerry and Stephen.

Wes Unseld once said he could count and did not need an agent.
 

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You know, it's not much we have in life anymore that doesn't eventually get around to that path. Sports, for a lot of years, was one of those things but not anymore. It's really to bad cause I love sports.......

Damn shame really......
well said.
 

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Honestly, looking at the cap and how it may go down, if it goes down...
Dak would be in a serious lurch.

IF the cap remains fixed... then there will be a conversation to be had later.
The bottomline is by most accounts I’ve read is Dak will cost us much more next year. We know the Tag will be 37.7 million. No reason to believe Dak would sign for less than that.

And why the Cowboys ownership have been criticized for not stepping up this year cause it would ultimately have saved us money plus not risk losing him to free agency.

Only those fans who aren’t sold on Dak are happy with the current situation.
 

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Sure disappointed me. I had thought a lot of him before this clusterfudge, where Dak and his agent pretty much refused to negotiate.
That’s not totally true. You may believe that cause you believed it was a fair offer and Dak should have taken it.

But Cowboys ownership came off like they had a fair offer and weren’t willing to budge. I’m not sure how willing they were to negotiate off of their offer?
 

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“Whoever is representing him, Dak Prescott will likely be tagged for the second time in 2021. If he is, he’ll be still holding all of the cards, with a potential third tag costing the team over $54M.

By now, Dak has bet on himself twice. Prior to the 2019 season, Prescott decided to play out his rookie deal in hopes of breaking the bank in 2020. Now, with him set to play under the tag, he’ll be hoping to raise his price tag on the field to be paid next season.

But if by then the front office still refuses to come to grips with the current QB market, Prescott will likely place a bet on himself for a third time, this time guaranteeing himself free agency in 2022.”

https://insidethestar.com/dak-prescotts-agent-todd-france-leaves-caa-impact-on-cowboys/
What a load of BS. The front office's offer was well in line w/ the current QB market.
 

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That’s not totally true. You may believe that cause you believed it was a fair offer and Dak should have taken it.

But Cowboys ownership came off like they had a fair offer and weren’t willing to budge. I’m not sure how willing they were to negotiate off of their offer?
Most of this was publicized. Nothing much at all was said about counter offers, only that Dak wanted 40 mil.
 

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What a load of BS. The front office's offer was well in line w/ the current QB market.
In line with what. Every year the top 10 caliber QB’s set a new bar.

If you don’t believe Dak is in the category then that’s a different issue.
 

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Most of this was publicized. Nothing much at all was said about counter offers, only that Dak wanted 40 mil.
But we never budged off of our 33-35 million 5 year deal.

He’s going to want much more next year.

We might could have signed him for 37ish and 4 years.
 

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Honestly, looking at the cap and how it may go down, if it goes down...
Dak would be in a serious lurch.

IF the cap remains fixed... then there will be a conversation to be had later.

And if the cap goes down, the team's leverage goes way up because they can offer to pay a big signing bonus up front.
 

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I’m not arguing if it was a fair offer. For his talent level it probably was. I’m not a huge Dak supporter.

But that’s not the point. If you believe Dak is enough then you have to make the decision to over pay him or move on at some point. That’s the business of the NFL QB’s.

And all accounts I’ve seen from our ownership is they believe he’s enough.
 

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When you commit that hard to what you do...it's not as big a deal as what you think.

Oh I can;t ride a motorcycle.
Oh...I can;t go downhill skiing.
Oh....I can;t xxxx'


Cashes 100 million check. derp.
Never said it was hard or a big deal.

Just pointed out that pro sports contracts are way more complicated than the completely dumbed down version that is being portrayed in this thread.

If it was only about how much one was paid, there would be no need for a contract. But for those that have only worked for an hourly rate making way less than 7+ figures a year have a hard time understanding that simple fact.
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Most of this was publicized. Nothing much at all was said about counter offers, only that Dak wanted 40 mil.
It was said multiple times Dak wanted four years. I have heard nothing of the Cowboys the Cowboys actually offering four years. In fact I read somewhere that the Cowboys refuse to entertain four year deals in general. So I'm not sure the Cowboys would even offer four years next offseason , and Dak might want three years.
 

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I would be inclined to believe that the Cowboys were more than fair to Dak. They have been fleeced so many times, why not Dak too? It’s out of character for them not to be more than generous.
 

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I would be inclined to believe that the Cowboys were more than fair to Dak. They have been fleeced so many times, why not Dak too? It’s out of character for them not to be more than generous.

Zeke had to holdout to get paid. D Law had to play on the tag below he got paid (and delaying surgery was a de facto holdout). Amari had to get to free agency to get paid, and he ended up taking less money to stay in Dallas.
 
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