Gosh, this sounds familiar.

New York Jets cornerback is Darrelle Revis feels he is underpaid after three seasons and doesn't want to show up to training camp in Cortland, NY until he gets what he feels he is due.

Not for nothing, but he could be out of work and living off unemployment like much of the rest of the nation. But I digress...

A player like Revis or Tennessee running back Chris Johnson holding out bothers me more than the ridiculous amounts of money unknown rookies get paid. (See here ) The problem is that they are currently playing under contracts they (or rather their representatives) bargained for. They put their names on the bottom line and said, "This seems a fair contract for the privilege of playing in the NFL".

The only problem is that they have performed much better than obviously they or their respective teams had foreseen and now feel they are underpaid.

My response: TFB.

YOU signed the contract. YOU instructed your agent on what terms you would find reasonable. You don't like it 2-3 years in? Guess what- you signed a contract. One you held out for as a rookie so it must have seemed fair at one point or another. You may wish for a renegotiation and if the team is fine with it, so am I.

But get your ass to camp.

Every distraction you provide to a team that was knocking on the door of a Super Bowl last year decreases your value to the team in my eyes. Sure, he's the best one-on-one cover corner in the league and may very well deserve a pay raise. When you hold out and draw attention to anything other than the play on the field, you become a distraction.

Once you become part of the problem rather than the solution, I would start looking for trades. Obviously this guy places himself above the team and I would be very surprised if the Jets find long term success with this kind of attitude condoned.

No talent in the world is worth that kind of collateral damage.