Another Reason a Revis Holdout Makes No Sense

by John B on Jun 20, 2010 11:29 AM EDT

Cimini reports about a largely unknown quirk in the CBA that provides another indication Darrelle Revis will be in camp.

Based on the risk-reward, it's possible that CB Darrelle Revis won't show up for training camp, Aug. 1. But if he doesn't, don't expect a prolonged holdout. People are forgetting that, because it's an uncapped year, there's a new rule in play:

If a holdout lasts beyond Aug. 10 -- 30 days before the first game of the league year (Minnesota Vikings-New Orleans Saints, Sept. 9), the player will not receive credit for a year of service. That means he'd be giving up a year toward free agency.

So if Revis stages a holdout until Aug. 10, will that accomplish anything? He and his agents have about six weeks to make that decision, assuming they don't get a new deal by then.

The Revis contract saga is a legitimate story, but this is another example as to why it presents the Jets with little immediate danger.

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As it stands Revis is set to only make $1M this year. Its far too risky for him to play the season at that rate because if he gets injured he will be cut a la Leon. I think he will hold out until he gets some guaranteed cash. I think the Jets best option is to give him guaranteed $10M bonus for this year plus a $5.3M performanced based bonus to be collected after the season. Then they can re-address this issue at the end of the season.

by Crackback on Jun 20, 2010 12:48 PM EDT reply actions

I don't think he accepts that deal

He seems to be making his last stand now. If he gets a multi-year deal now, he won’t have to worry about any sort of lockout next year when nobody’s going to be getting any new deals.

by Exystence on Jun 21, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions