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I'm trying to hold off on Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones, although it's getting a little more interesting.

Jane Slater did a really good job, NFL Network, Cowboys Reporter reporter talking to Jerry Jones, and we're learning

about a handshake deal that he had with Micah Parsons. There's one problem with this, and Mike

Floreo, a pro football talk, he pointed this out a couple of days ago. Owners and players

aren't supposed to negotiate contracts. You are supposed to go through an agent who is certified by the NFL Players Association.

Well, Jerry's been doing this for a long, long time, and nobody called him on it.

But now he's saying at a handshake agreement with Michael Parsons,

and then all of a sudden he doesn't have a handshake agreement.

Here is Jane Slater talking to Jerry Jones about how he does business.

So how would you describe a deal getting, so to speak, done and then walked away from?

I bought the Dallas Cowboys with a handshake.

Took about 30 seconds, and I gave the number, shook hands, the details we worked out later.

As a matter of fact, one of the details involved a lot of money, and we had to flip a coin over that.

But the fundamental I'm buying buying and you're going to sell

it to me for that range, that's done. And those are done with eye contact and handshake.

So is there... Just so you understand why I, the way that I communicate with people that I

negotiate with. So, but let's leave it at that.

There is no question that in the case of a player contract, you have to have it in writing.

All parties do.

We have a contract in writing, yet we're still talking about renegotiating it.

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