Micah Parsons' agent fires back at Jerry Jones for 'stick it up our a**' allegation

Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons were really the only ones who had previously discussed what went wrong during their contract negotiations this offseason. Now, David Mulugheta, Parsons’ agent, has given his side of the story, including a defense of himself apparently telling the Cowboys to “stick (the deal) up (their) a**”.

Mulugheta came on ‘First Take’ on Tuesday morning to talk all about his client in Parsons and what happened in their dealings with Dallas, which eventually led to his trade to and signing with the Green Bay Packers last week. He talked through the process from their side of those conversations, as they waited until this offseason until, at that point, the franchise was seemingly not as open to those discussions anymore

“As far as the contract, you know, for us, it has kind of moved at a normal pace initially. You know, we were open to doing a deal, as we stated, with the Cowboys after his third season. And, at the time, the Cowboys had other deals to do – you know, Dak Prescott was coming up, their quarterback, their leader, as well as CeeDee. So, we knew that we would have to wait our turn until after his third season,” Mulugheta recalled. “After his fourth season, we asked again and they were ready to start negotiating a deal and, at that time, they told us they would let us know when they were. And, for some reason, that never happened with me.”

As Jones told Michael Irvin and Stephen A. Smith, it was Mulugheta who had told the Cowboys at that point to stick the contract they did offer, well, somewhere else. Mulugheta denied that, though, in saying his actual words were ones that suggested he was just going to sign off on that apparent deal, which Jones has repeatedly said that he and Parsons agreed to themselves, without looking it over for his client.

“Yeah, you know, it might be hard for some to believe, but I don’t think I’ve ever used that phrase in my life, in my 40-plus years. I definitely wouldn’t use it with somebody I have to work with, or somebody I plan on working with in the future,” said Mulugheta. “So, no, that wasn’t true and it was a misrepresentation of what I said.

“What I did tell them was, if they believe that the contract was already finalized and they were sending it over to me to be rubber stamped, then, you know, they probably shouldn’t send it over.”

As a result of this offseason-long storyline around America’s Team, Dallas traded Parsons to Green Bay last week on Thursday. The Cowboys received DL Kenny Clark and a pair of first-round picks in the deal while Parsons earned a four-year, $188 million contract, the largest in league history for a non-quarterback, from the Packers. That was the end to what was a messy matter the past few months, especially since Mulugheta again said this morning that Parsons had wanted to remain a Cowboy in the end.

Parsons’ agent clears air on Jones, alleged handshake agreement with Cowboys

In March, Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones reportedly came to a verbal agreement on a revamped contract that would’ve been worth $40.5 million per year, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the league at the time. Alas, Jones grew unhappy when Parsons wanted his agent, David Mulugheta, to speak with the organization before signing anything official. From that point on, the Cowboys refused to negotiate with him any further. The divide between the two parties reached its boiling point in August when Parsons requested a trade, which was eventually granted last week when Parsons was traded to the Green Bay Packers.

During an appearance this morning on ‘First Take’, Mulugheta revealed he didn’t expect the Cowboys to refuse to come to the negotiation table. In the end, even he doesn’t understand how these discussions turned out this way, especially with Parsons now in Green Bay.

“That was the part, for ourselves, that was the most confusing,” Mulugheta said. “I understand Jerry’s always gonna do what’s best for the Cowboys, and we get that, right? His job is to do what’s best for the team and put them in the best situation to win. In this situation, once Micah asked for his representation to be involved, we assumed that that would go like any other negotiation, and they would reach out, or they would allow me to reach out and commence negotiation.

“I’m not sure how this turned the way it did. We were open to negotiate. We reached out numerous times to Adam Prasifka there, who does their contracts. I reached out to Stephen Jones as well, and asked him to start negotiations. But, for some reason, coming out of that conversation, Jerry believed that he had reached an agreement and he was not open to negotiating any further.”