Baltimore Ravens’ safety Ed Reed hints at training camp holdout – NFL News
Baltimore Ravens’ safety Ed Reed has hinted at continuing the holdout as he thinks it is the best way for a player to influence the management for renegotiation of fresh deal terms for him.
The safety thinks the deal issue is a matter of business for him. He said there are always two sides in a business to work together and insisted his protesting attitude is not just for the sake of money.
He said:
"The only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out."
He added:
"This is not about money. This is a business. There's two sides to every business."
Reed’s remarks are in contradiction of the hopes of his teammate, Ray Lewis, who said the safety will be at training camp when it starts on July 25.
According to Ray:
"Ed is Ed, and when July 25 (training camp) comes up, Ed will be here and we'll be getting ready to roll."
Ravens’ veteran safety is into last year of his previously signed six-year, $40 million contract, and is expecting the management to offer him an extension to it.
Surprisingly, the player has remained less vocal as compared with the compelling deal matters of his colleagues, Ray Rice and Joe Flacco. He had rather surprised everyone earlier when some reports claimed he is mulling retirement from
the professional league.
Interestingly, he has never contradicted those reports until now and some analysts doubt his chances as far as a long-term commitment to the pro career is concerned. A number of them think he might call it quits on failure to win an extension
from Ravens.
Apart from the recent comments, Reed has shown a rather casual approach and never sounded to be as threatening as Flacco. As a matter of fact, he never officially demanded what he exactly expects from the team.
It is pertinent to note here that the player at the moment is not represented by any agent. Since firing of his previous agent, he has been taking the career matter all alone. It is to see how successful he is in his efforts.
His miss of the mandatory three-day minicamp is due to cost him $70,000 in fines. He can also face a penalty of $30,000 for each day he skips the training camp.
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