NFL Players, Mandatory Camps, and Their Contracts

Is it just me or do NFL players really not have to follow these contact "things" they have. They don't show up for mandatory mini-camps and nothing happens. They demand a new contract, they get a new contract. They want to hold out, they hold out and eventually get more money. When the hell is a team going to stand up to a player? They all seem to do it for maybe a month, and then they cave in.

Deion Branch's incident is the latest of what seems to me to be a pandemic of players choosing not to honor their contracts.

I wish I had the choice to not honor my contract and get a raise because of it. Come to think of it, I wish I had an NFL contract period.

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