ESPN - Urlacher may protest contract by skipping mandatory workouts - NFL
This could be mildly interesting.
This could be mildly interesting.
They need to come up with a word other than contract to descibe NFL pay agreements because in no way are they a 'contract'.
In my opinion, it is the league's fault. What other recourse do the player's have? Contracts are not guaranteed, and are generally so backloaded, that players are forced to restructure their deals before they're done or get cut. There's no job security at all. Holdouts are the only thing that carries any clout sometimes. And on the surface they do make the player look greedy, but in reality the franchise is as much or more to blame.