"I think I had one fight left, and I was hoping to have that fight since last year. I've been asking for the fight, but they keep telling me they are working on it... A lot of things were changing in the PFL. And sometimes it was even hard to know - because I used to talk fight-related [stuff] with Peter Murray. And then things started to change, and then John [Martin] came around, and the conversation basically had to start all over again."
Martin signed a four-year, $32 million deal with Philadelphia in the 2024 offseason, although Miami wanted him back. He spent half a season with the Sixers, averaging 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, before he was traded to Dallas for Quentin Grimes. At that point, he was dealing with a hip strain, which led the Mavericks to amend the deal and receive a second-round pick.
The standoff with Parsons is no different than past situations involving players like Dak Prescott and Emmitt Smith, according to Jerry Jones. He also noted that negotiations can be sensitive, particularly when guaranteeing large sums of money.