On Micah Parsons, Jerry Jones wants to ignore the CBA

History has a way to repeat yourself. Especially with regard to the team with a story of 30 years not to participate in a victory for the Super Bowl.

The owner of the Cowboys, Jerry Jones, expressed Tuesday the desire to negotiate a new Micah contract Parsons directly with the player, without dealing with his agent, David Mulugheta. Jerry has already done so.

During the reservoir of Ezekiel Elliott in 2019, Jones clearly indicated that he prefers to cut the intermediary.

“(T) hat has always been the problem With me and my approach to manage cowboys, “said Jones in 2019.” When you cut people between money and the player, we all know that agents, lawyers have their agenda. By the way, they all remove money from the pie also when they are there. The more it goes from the source to the one who receives it, nine times out of 10 more efficient. »»

The NFL players’ association examined the problem at the time. We don’t know if something has been done. If it was, it didn’t take.

This time, Jones was even more strident with regard to his desire to bypass the agent and negotiate with the player. Among other things, I was missing openly in Mulugheta saying that he did not even know his name.

In any case, the collective agreement obliges Jones and the cowboys to deal with the NFLPA certified agent of Parsons. Whenever a player asks a team to negotiate contract conditions with its representative, the team must comply with this request. Indeed, the NFLPA is the ultimate negotiation entity on behalf of the players, and the union delegated these responsibilities to contractual advisers for individual contract negotiations.

Cutting the agent means cutting the union. Which violates the ABC.

The NFLPA currently has no comments on Jones’ last attempt to get around the agent and conclude an agreement with the player. And the union might not need to do anything, because Startons knows what Jones tries to do.

“David is the best and I will not make any offer Without (David Mulugheta) involved! »Parsons said on Twitter. “Like anyone with common sense, I hired experts for a reason. There is no one in whom I have confidence in the negotiation contracts than David! There will be no stolen doors in this contract negotiation. »»

Parsons could not make it clearer than that. This means that if Jones does not know the name of Mulugheta, he would better learn. Fast. No offer is made for Parsons until Jones engages David Mulugheta.

To his credit, Mulugheta took the high road.

“I agree with Jerry – It was never about me,” Mulugheta told PFT by SMS on Wednesday morning. “The only person who counts here is Micah, and, in the end, our goal is that Micah can do for the generations of parsons what Jerry did for the generations of Jones.”

Jones has won his generational wealth in part by doing good business. He hopes to make offers even better by dealing directly with someone who is not an expert in the negotiation of NFL players contracts. That’s part of her modus operandi.

It did not work in the past. As for Parsons, this will not work in the present.