Jerry Jones declares there's no violation in bypassing agents (and he's wrong)

The relationship between the Cowboys and linebacker Micah Parsons went sideways due in part to the insistence of Jones to negotiate directly with the player — and to treat his agent like a bystander.

Even though the strategy blew up in Jerry’s face, he fully intends to keep doing it. Regardless of whether it violates the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association.

He thinks it doesn’t.

“There is no violation,” Jones declared during a Tuesday morning appearance on 105.3 The Fan. “Period. I have all the authority in the world, and the player has all the authority in the world, to negotiate directly with me. There is no equivocation. There.”

There may be no equivocation, but there’s also no accuracy. The NFLPA is the exclusive representative of all