‘Doing nothing is not an option’ – Hall of Famer inserts himself into Micah Parsons saga in a way that could hurt Cowboys’ Jerry Jones
The NFL Hall of Famer took aim at both Jerry Jones and the NFLPA.
Contract dramas around the NFL are dying down. On Monday, Washington Commanders WR Terry McLaurin and Cincinnati Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson reached agreements with their teams following trade requests earlier in the year. However, the feud between Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys continues.
That’s right, America’s Team will be playing in the NFL Kickoff under two weeks from now and Parsons has yet to practice once. Last week, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones discussed the messy negotiating process while offering little hope of a deal getting done anytime soon.
While doing so, he detailed the sticking point between the sides: Jones maintains he and Micah Parsons reached an agreement without Micah’s agent, David Mulugheta, present. The Cowboys owner argues it was Mulugheta who later tanked the deal. Those comments partially have backfired on Jones, as many media members have been critical of his admitted attempts to leave players’ agents out of negotiations. But perhaps no critic had been as direct as NFL Hall of Fame cornerback Darrelle Revis, who posted a full statement taking aim at the NFLPA for not stepping in yet.
Darrelle Revis criticizes Jerry Jones, targets NFLPA for not intervening
Revis posted the statement on his X account on Monday and he didn’t pull his punches.
“Now Jerry Jones feels comfortable publicly humiliating our union,” Revis wrote. “I don’t know if filing a grievance is necessarily the right battle at this moment, since the fine to (Jones) under the CBA amounts to pennies. But doing nothing is not an option.”
Earlier in the month, Parsons acknowledged he engaged in a back and forth about his contract in March but his version of events claims the Cowboys owner turned a conversation supposed to be about his leadership into an impromptu negotiation. Jones’ practice of leaving agents out of the loop has been going on for years, and it’s something he doesn’t even attempt to hide.
Revis added: “At the very least, the NFLPA should be saying it does not condone what Jerry is doing.”
The NFLPA stands to win little by attempting to file a grievance, as Revis points out, but it could send a strong PR message if it criticizes Jones’ actions. It could also clarify that Jones’ public claims that the sides had an agreement in March are meaningless.
As Daniel Salib pointed out on social media last week, the CBA states “any agreement between any player and any club concerning terms and conditions of employment shall be set forth in writing in a player contract as soon as practicable.”
Nothing was put in writing back in March. It’s almost September. There’s no such thing as an agreement between the sides and with no paperwork to back anything up, it’s difficult to buy into Jones’ story.
However, unless the NFLPA takes a very serious stand, it will remain easy for Jones to shape the narrative by doing the media rounds like he’s so used to. Revis’ statement is very telling, though. Jones attempting to cut out agents over the years shouldn’t be a story the player union ignores. It should at the very least address it.
If it does, it would harm Jones amid (halted) negotiations with Parsons. The ball is on the NFLPA’s court.
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