Dez Bryant, Sengketa Bangsa Roc Klaim Jerry Jones di tengah drama Micah Parsons
Dez Bryant and Roc Nation have entered the chat.
After Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that Bryant and Roc Nation Sports owner Jay-Z are the reason why he doesn’t like to deal with agents in players’ contract discussions, both parties fired back. The 82-year-old told reporters that Jay-Z quit taking his calls after the two spent hours negotiating a new contract for Bryant in 2015. In a statement, Roc Nation called Jones’ recollection of events from 10 years ago both “false” and “comical.”
Bryant, who played for Dallas from 2010-17, warned Jones that he’d share his side of the story. “I don’t think it’s smart to mention my name,” Bryant wrote on social media. “We can have story time if that’s what we’re doing.”
Jones’ comments come on the heels of Cowboys star Micah Parsons claiming that Jones avoided speaking to his agent during ongoing extension negotiations this offseason, which ultimately led to his fiery trade request on Aug. 1.
“I no longer want to be here,” Parsons wrote on social media. “I no longer want to be held to close-door negotiations without my agent present. I no longer want shots taken at me for getting injured while laying it on the line for the organization, our fans and my teammates. I no longer want narratives created and spread to the media about me.”
Parsons is seemingly referring to Jones’ comments in mid-July about the 26-year-old missing a handful of games because of a high ankle sprain last season — the first time Parsons had dealt with an injury in his professional career.
Parsons went on to put the team on blast in his 1,000-plus-word statement, calling out the Jones family for how they’ve handled contract negotiations and revealing that they haven’t “had a single conversation” with his agent.
“Not one demand has been made by my agent about money, years or anything else,” Parsons wrote. “Still, I stayed quiet, but again, after repeated shots at myself and all the narratives, I have made a tough decision. I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys. My trade request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.”
Bryant was quick to publicly react to Parsons’ statement. “I respect that you are standing on business because a lot of us have failed due to lack of knowledge,” Bryant said. “What you are doing is much bigger than the game of football.”
Bryant went on to say that Jones’ actions are “disrespectful” and that “the love-hate relationship is real” between him and the Cowboys franchise.
“As much as I love the Cowboys, this is exactly why it’s hard to see them reach their goals,” Bryant wrote on July 31. “… I pray that any athlete reading this does what’s best for them. … It’s important to understand your influence and power and never let anyone or any organization take it away from you. … You’ve got the greatest franchise in sports history. [Use] itu untuk keuntungan Anda dengan cara yang positif. … [The] Fans lebih mencintai para pemain daripada tim yang sebenarnya. “
Masih belum jelas apa yang sebenarnya terjadi antara Bryant, Jay-Z dan organisasi Cowboys bertahun-tahun yang lalu, dan kemungkinan akan tetap seperti itu karena Jay-Z seharusnya tidak terlibat dalam negosiasi kontrak langsung untuk pemain karena dia tidak memiliki lisensi untuk melakukannya oleh NFL Players Association, Seperti yang pertama kali ditunjukkan oleh pembicaraan sepak bola pro.
Adapun Parsons, hanya waktu yang akan memberi tahu apa yang akan terjadi di masa depannya di Dallas.
Sebelumnya, quarterback Dak Prescott berpartisipasi di kamp pelatihan tahun lalu sebelum mendapatkan kontrak baru sebelum dimulainya musim yang membuatnya menjadi pemain dengan bayaran tertinggi NFL. Penerima luas Ceedee Lamb di luar kamp sebelum menerima kontrak baru $ 136 juta, empat tahun dengan $ 100 juta dijamin Agustus lalu. Transaksi yang berlarut-larut itu datang menjelang musim 7-10 yang menandai berakhirnya lima tahun Mike McCarthy sebagai pelatih kepala.
“Bayar saja pria apa yang Anda berutang [him]” Lamb menulis di media sosial pada 1 Agustus.
Draft pick putaran pertama pada tahun 2021, Parsons memiliki setidaknya 12,0 karung di masing-masing dari empat musim dengan Cowboys dan 52,5 untuk kariernya. Dia memiliki 12,0 karung dan 12 tekel karena kalah dalam 13 pertandingan musim lalu. Parsons akan memasuki tahun kelima dan terakhir dari kontrak rookie -nya dan bisa ditandai waralaba pada tahun 2026 tanpa perpanjangan kontrak.
Jones menyingkirkan kekhawatiran selama akhir pekan, bersikeras bahwa kebuntuan dengan Parsons tidak berbeda dari situasi masa lalu yang telah ia tangani. “Jangan kehilangan tidur karena itu,” kata Jones. “Itu satu hal yang akan kukatakan kepada penggemar kita.”
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