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Jerry Jones claims that he does not know the name of the agent who represents Micah Parsons.
For the most part this offseason Jerry Jones has stayed out of the public limelight.
Jerry did not speak at the NFL Combine which was a rarity for him. Prior to Tuesday his only comments in any sort of public capacity came at the retirement press conference for Zack Martin and that was obviously an understandable thing.
It feels appropriate that Tuesday was April Fool’s Day.
While in Florida for the NFL owners meetings Jerry Jones finally had a chance to speak on a number of things. As you can imagine the subject of Micah Parsons and his pending would-be contract extension arose, and Jerry noted that he and Parsons have been talking to one another... one on one.
This caused a bit of a reaction from people as it doesn’t seem to be the best way to go about business. In defending the nature of these negotiations Jerry said something rather bold - that he doesn’t even know the name of Micah Parsons’ agent.
“I really... are you kidding me? That’s just not something that you should worry about. You should be worrying about your ability to make it work and you should be worried about what the player does. Does he have good enough health? Does he have enough skill to do what you’re paying him the money for?”
“The agent is not a factor here, or something to worry about. And I don’t know his name. And so my point is that I’m not trying to demean him in any way, but this isn’t about an agent. The agent doesn’t have one thing to do with what we’re doing when we get on the football field against a team. Micah does. To the degree I’m involved, I do. The people that have something to do with what we do going forward, relative to our fans in football, are me and the player. not the agent. And I’m not demeaning the agent. I’m just saying anybody can do this. And that’s talk directly to a player. Frankly, most people that negotiate me will tell you that they were better off negotiating with... this is not uncommon. Visiting directly, with as far back as Emmitt. Deion. We, by the way maintained relationships that lasted well after their playing days.”
For the record Micah Parsons is represented by David Mulugheta. He works for Athletes First. He is quite literally one of the most well-known agents representing players in the NFL.
Maybe you didn’t know that. No one is saying you should. But FOX Sports’ David Helman, formerly of the mothership, put it well in saying that if you follow the NFL on a somewhat serious level then you likely know who Mulugheta is.
Even if Mulugheta didn’t have this level of reputation and notoriety, Jerry Jones openly saying that he doesn’t know the name of the star player he is...
