ESPN (Mort) Dez may skip opener with no deal ***MegaMerge***

[Plumfool]

The Financial side of sports can be so ugly. And it's easy to suggest what a team "should do" or what a player "should do." Dez brings so much to the team, I hope it's worked out for the best of both.

 

[JohnsKey19]

The Financial side of sports can be so ugly. And it's easy to suggest what a team "should do" or what a player "should do." Dez brings so much to the team, I hope it's worked out for the best of both.

I have always felt that fans make the mistake of getting emotionally involved with this side of the game. I hope everything works out, but certainly won't feel any differently about Dez whether he sits out or not.

 

[rynochop]

I'd franchise Dez for two seasons and if he won't accept a reasonable deal, I'd let him walk.

Has this ever happened in the history of the franchise tag?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Has this ever happened in the history of the franchise tag?

Basically the Cowboys did that with Anthony Spencer.

The tag isn't used that often so the opportunity to see something like this happen is rather scant.

Much of the time a deal is worked out well before it reaches that point.

 

[cowboyblue22]

whether we as fans want to believe it or not this is about money from the owners the nfl and the players its not about the game they say it is but its not its about the money dez will play for whoever pays the highest check regardless of who it is, like most players in the league.

 

[coogrfan]

lmao...well, if the shoe fits. I'm a PIA, too!

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

 

[visionary]

Not disagreeing with you.

I'd franchise Dez for two seasons and if he won't accept a reasonable deal, I'd let him walk.

If we win the SB this year I would give Dez a first round tender (if that is allowed) and walk away with the first and cap space

 

[slomoxn]

People need to stop saying this. Roc Nation is his marketing firm, not his agent. Tom Condon is the one who handles contract negotiations.

Jay Z owns it; that's all they know.... That's all they care to know.

 

[mitchell2254]

T-Will and Beasley would suck without DEZ. Hope we can get this worked out, but I think Dez has too much love for the game to actually sit out games.

 

[Rockport]

People need to stop saying this. Roc Nation is his marketing firm, not his agent. Tom Condon is the one who handles contract negotiations.

Marketing and contract negotiations are related by $$$. Oh yeah, they are at minimum partially responsible.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Im amazed at the people on this board saying to let him go after 2 seasons. Amazed

I'm not getting there yet but the more this goes public instead of being handled behind closed doors the more I'm getting pushed in that direction.

 

[kazzd58]

some of these non realistic comments im reading i just shake my head... dallas got the money and he is worth the $

 

[Frosty]

some of these non realistic comments im reading i just shake my head... dallas got the money and he is worth the $

Jerry would pay DEZ a kings ransom if it weren't for the Salary Cap..... Fact is there is a SALARY CAP....cant pay every player on the team 100MIL....Dez needs to learn to stay out of the negotiations..Opening his mouth will not get a him a better deal any quicker.....let his agent take care of the business.

I don't see D Thomas crying to the media over his Franchise Tag......POOR LITTLE DEZ....wont play for $13Mil........The more DEZ opens his mouth the more I say get RID of him....... KID IS INMATURE... HERO TO ZERO...

 

[StylisticS]

Im amazed at the people on this board saying to let him go after 2 seasons. Amazed

Amazing to me too. Keep Dez here in Dallas for the rest of his career.

 

[Nightman]

Jerry would pay DEZ a kings ransom if it weren't for the Salary Cap..... Fact is there is a SALARY CAP....cant pay every player on the team 100MIL....Dez needs to learn to stay out of the negotiations..Opening his mouth will not get a him a better deal any quicker.....let his agent take care of the business.

I don't see D Thomas crying to the media over his Franchise Tag......POOR LITTLE DEZ....wont play for $13Mil........The more DEZ opens his mouth the more I say get RID of him....... KID IS INMATURE... HERO TO ZERO...

In comparison Emmitt signed a 4yr/13.6m contract when he held out in 1993

Now Dez is insulted by a 1yr/12.8m franchise tag

Dez is coming off a 5/11.8m rookie deal. So he will make more this year than he has his whole career.

 

[NinePointOh]

Marketing and contract negotiations are related by $$$. Oh yeah, they are at minimum partially responsible.

That's it? "They're both related to money" might be the one of the most transparently tenuous arguments that could possibly be made. It's just lazy speculation without a shred of evidence. Are his bank teller and personal accountant partially responsible, too?

This is obviously Dez's agent, Tom Condon. He's the one negotiating the contract, and the one quoted in all the articles about this. He's the one that got Cade McNown, Brady Quinn, Benjamin Watson, David Pollack, Byron Leftwich, Rick Graf, Matt Leinart, Drew Brees, Malcolm Jenkins, William Green, Tony Gonzalez, and Danny Noonan to hold out, among plenty of others. This is Condon's MO, and has been for a long time.

 

[Rockport]

That's it? "They're both related to money" might be the one of the most transparently tenuous arguments that could possibly be made. It's just lazy speculation without a shred of evidence. Are his bank teller and personal accountant partially responsible, too?

This is obviously Dez's agent, Tom Condon. He's the one negotiating the contract, and the one quoted in all the articles about this. He's the one that got Cade McNown, Brady Quinn, Benjamin Watson, David Pollack, Byron Leftwich, Rick Graf, Matt Leinart, Drew Brees, Malcolm Jenkins, William Green, Tony Gonzalez, and Danny Noonan to hold out, among plenty of others. This is Condon's MO, and has been for a long time.

Don't you know that everything boils down to money? Just follow the money and you'll find the root. Very naive to think otherwise.

 

[NinePointOh]

Don't you know that everything boils down to money? Just follow the money and you'll find the root. Very naive to think otherwise.

So that would mean the root is Tom Condon, who is in directly charge of making Dez money through contract negotiations.

 

[BrassCowboy]

Amazing to me too. Keep Dez here in Dallas for the rest of his career.

if he wants 100mill contract, then his career looks to be say.... 2 years

 

[Rockport]

So that would mean the root is Tom Condon, who is in directly charge of making Dez money through contract negotiations.

I don't know if you don't get it or you just don't agree. Condon is the agent. ROC Nation does his marketing. Both of their interests are in the money they make off of Dez. They're bed partners. It's all intertwined because of the $$$.