Overview

• Parsons submitted a formal trade request to executive vice president Stephen Jones on Aug. 1 and declared he no longer wants to play for the Cowboys following stalled extension talks.
• The team has issued no public response to his request and continues to refuse direct negotiations with his agent, David Mulugheta.
• Parsons remains on the Cowboys’ roster at training camp in Oxnard and refrains from practice during the ongoing contract deadlock.
• Entering the final year of his rookie deal worth $24 million, he is earning far less than the roughly $41 million annual average established by peers such as T.J. Watt.
• Owner Jerry Jones downplayed the dispute on Aug. 2, telling fans not to lose sleep and defending the club’s position on Parsons’ availability and past injuries.