07-15-2020, 12:33 PM
(07-15-2020, 12:15 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: The one difference in situations, is Mixon has said he will sit out the season if he doesn’t get a new deal.
That's cool and all but that was before the pandemic. Any agent that lets him holdout with the current situation should lose their NFLPA certification. First, Melvin Gordon ended up losing 3.2 million in fines and lost salary from his holdout and ended up signing a below-market contract. Second, He can't sit a whole season and accrue a year of service, so he has to come back at some point. Now for the part that kills all his leverage, If he holds out and plans on coming back and accruing a season and the season gets cancelled at some point he'd be screwed. He would then not accrue a season and would have to come back next year, all while not getting paid (and getting fined) for trying it this year.
Bottom line, he may posture but he will play this year, contract or not. That assumes he has competent representation, which I admit I know nothing of his representation.
