The drama surrounding Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys keeps getting louder, and now it’s his agent, David Mulugheta, setting the record straight. This week, Cowboys ownerJerry Jones claimed during an interview that Mulugheta told the team to “stick the contract up their ass” after Dallas presented terms for a deal. Jones’ version of events added fuel to an already tense standoff, but Mulugheta has strongly denied ever using that phrase or anything close to it.
When reached out about the alleged comment, Mulugheta didn’t hesitate to laugh it off. “I’ve never used that phrase in my life,” he told ESPN’s Ryan Clark. The longtime NFL agent added that Jerry’s comments are nothing more than a public tactic to make a bad situation even uglier. In his words, the claim is “all lies, all bull crap,” and has no basis in reality.
Cowboys contract drama gets even uglier after agent’s response
So what exactly did Jones say? Appearing on Michael Irvin’s podcast, the Cowboys owner insisted that he had a deal in place with Parsons back in March. He went on to say that when the team tried to send over the contract details to Mulugheta, the agent told them to shove it. For Jones, it was a sign that Parsons’ camp was being unreasonable and blocking what he considered a fair agreement.
But Mulugheta’s pushback is a reminder that contract negotiations in the NFL are never as simple as one side claims. Parsons’ agent flat-out denied being disrespectful to Jones or any other owner or general manager in the league. From his perspective, the story Jerry is telling is an intentional way of shifting blame onto the player’s camp instead of admitting that the Cowboys haven’t been able to get the deal done.
For Parsons, the star linebacker who has quickly become one of the most dominant defensive players in the NFL, this public back and forth only complicates his relationship with the team. Earlier this month, he formally requested a trade and even scrubbed references to the Cowboys from his social media accounts. Moves like that are hard to ignore, especially with the season opener just weeks away.
Meanwhile, Jones has hinted that if no long term extension can be reached, Dallas might use the franchise tag to keep Parsons under team control. That would give the Cowboys leverage, but it would also keep tensions high and risk alienating one of their brightest young stars. In a league where locker room chemistry and trust between front office and players are critical, this sort of public clash is the last thing Dallas needs.
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