Micah Parsons “wanted to be a cowboy,” according to his agent, who spoke with ESPN on Tuesday.
Micah Parsons He never planned to miss this season and I would have played for the Dallas Cowboys In the first game Thursday's regular season against Philadelphia Eagles if he had not been transferred to the Green Bay Packers Last week, according to his agent, David Mulugheta, in the “First Take” program of ESPN on Tuesday.
Mulugheta said that Cowboys were never informed that Parsons would not play.
“Never,” said Mulugheta. “That is, Micah loves the game. I was going to play whatever happens.”
In fact, Mulugheta said that Parsons' first option was always staying in Dallas.
“I think the most important thing is that Micah wanted to be a cowboy,” Mulugheta said. “He grew up encouraging the cowboys, he wore the blue and white shirt in Penn State, used it in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys. He wanted to be a cowboy, and we did everything possible to keep following him.”
However, Mulugheta said that the Cowboys would not negotiate with him, since the owner and general manager Jerry Jones believed that he had reached an agreement directly with Parsons after a meeting held on March 18 between them.
“If you are an (then) 25 -year -old football player and your boss, who turns out to be the most powerful person in the NFL, begins to talk about contracts, it is difficult to finish that conversation,” Mulugheta said. “So they had a conversation. Micah nodded in respect.
“Obviously, there is a dynamic of a little different power. One is the owner of the team and the general manager, and the other is Micah Parsons, a young 25 -year -old American football player. So I'm not sure if there was a misunderstanding when Micah left, but at no time believed he was negotiating a contract.
Jones has affirmed otherwise and believes having reached a mutual agreement with Parsons. The cowboys have negotiated directly with players in the past, which is not explicitly included in the collective agreement.
Mulugheta said he contacted him several times before and after that meeting to ask about the negotiations, but that the cowboys were not interested in speaking. Fuentes informed ESPN that Mulugheta never made an offer to the cowboys.
“Waiting for someone like Micah Parsons to be one of the best defenders of the NFL and also a great lawyer in the field of contracts, it seems a bit unfair,” said Mulugheta. “His work is to go hunting quartbacks, and our work is to go looking for commas for him. I'm not sure what happened like that, but we were always prepared and open to negotiate a contract with the Jones family.”
The Packers signed Parsons with an extension of the contract of four years and 188 million dollars, with 120 million dollars guaranteed at the time of the firm, according to ESPN.
Jones said that Cowboys's offer was the greatest guaranteed amount for a player who wasn't quartback in NFL's history, and a source told ESPN that it exceeded 150 million dollars. At the time of the alleged agreement, the average of 40.5 million dollars annually of the Cowboys would have turned Parsons into the best paid defensive player according to the annual average.
The biggest difference between the offers of the cowboys and the Packers was the duration. The supply of the cowboys was an extension of five years, which, in Mulugheta's opinion, could have cost Parsons between 60 and 70 million dollars in future profits.
“That's why I say that the devil is in the details,” Mulugheta told ESPN.
Parsons trained with Os Packers on Monday. Parsons seemed to have a limited participation due to a back injury that, according to Mulugheta, has been treated with anti -inflammatories and may require additional treatment to play in the first game of the Packers season against Detroit Lions on Sunday.
“What I will tell you is that Micah will do everything possible to return to the American football field, just as he did when he wore the cowboys shirt,” Mulugheta said.
Mulugheta's partner in Flast Athletes, Trevon Smith, represents the cowboys receiver, George Pickenswho is in the last year of his contract. Mulugheta said that any discomfort generated by the Parsons situation will not affect the possibilities of Pickens remain in Dallas.
“There is nothing personal here. It is a commercial transaction in regards to the contract,” Mulugheta said. “So if George Pickens meets our expectations, which is to be one of the best NFL receptors this year, we will have those conversations with the cowboys. And if they are willing to dialogue with us and negotiate a long -term contract, we would love that George Pickens was a star with the star in the helmet. If not, we will see what awaits him out there.”
