Cowboys Put Gauntlet Down On Absent Mincey
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OXNARD, CA (105.3 THE FAN) - Dallas Cowboys defensive end Jeremy Mincey has been talking to the front office about getting a new contract. But now that camp is here and Mincey is not - he's yet to arrive in Oxnard - the Cowboys are done talking.
"We won't be negotiating with him while he's not here,'' COO Stephen Jones said at Wednesday camp-opening press conference.
Mincey's leverage in attempting to up his present deal (a two-year contract that pays him $1.5 mil this season) is, maybe, not showing up. The Cowboys' counterpunch is to shut down talks that have been ongoing for months -- and further, to fine Mincey as much as $30,000 per day for missing training camp.
"He will be fined accordingly if he misses camp,'' said Jones, terming the team's 2014 sack leader's absence "disappointing.''
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