The One Big Ass Parsons Trade Tracker

[Aggiepride]

Hitzges' book:
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I suppose it comes down to who you want to believe. I am pretty sure I read he had a no trade clause.

! So I decided I would ask AI. I used two different ones. The first one (POE) said Walker DID NOT have a no trade clause. The second one (Gemini) said HE DID have a no trade clause.

Even AI can't agree.

 

[Doomsday]

I suppose it comes down to who you want to believe. I am pretty sure I read he had a no trade clause.

Hitzges' account is right in line with Jimmy's. Two extremely credible sources.

 

[Aggiepride]

Hitzges' account is right in line with Jimmy's. Two extremely credible sources.

I asked AI. I used two different ones. One said he did not have a no-trade clause. The other said he did.

It makes intuitive sense to me that he did. Otherwise there really would not be any reason to cajole etc. Players get traded all the time. The idea that Walker might not report doesn't seem right to me. You report or you do not get paid--especially before free agency.

 

[Doomsday]

I asked AI. I used two different ones. One said he did not have a no-trade clause. The other said he did.

It makes intuitive sense to me that he did. Otherwise there really would not be any reason to cajole etc. Players get traded all the time. The idea that Walker might not report doesn't seem right to me. You report or you do not get paid--especially before free agency.

Don't report then there's no trade and the rights to the player stay with Dallas where he's still then under contract.

I'm believing the two very credible sources, one of which was at the tiller of the trade boat.

 

[Doomsday]

asked AI. I used two different ones. One said he did not have a no-trade clause. The other said he did

Archived UPI article from the very week of the trade good enough?

Herschel Walker to Vikings deal collapsed - UPI Archives https://share.google/NQ7DDD4gECOSKTHjH

 

[bbgun]

I wonder why he was reluctant to go to a much better team. Maybe the cold Minny weather factored in (despite the dome).

 

[English Cowboy]

Don't report then there's no trade and the rights to the player stay with Dallas where he's still then under contract.

I'm believing the two very credible sources, one of which was at the tiller of the trade boat.

Case in point being Darrin Nelson, who was part of the trade, refusing to report to the Cowboys. The Vikes retained his rights and traded him shortly after to the Chargers.

 

[Aggiepride]

Doomsday
STAR: 25 Years Later, Jones Gives His Side Of Walker Trade​

STAR: 25 Years Later, Jones Gives His Side Of Walker Trade

"I spent all night, or into the wee hours of the night, at some restaurant over in Irving... with Herschel and his agent, Peter Johnson, negotiating what to give Herschel to agree to make the trade. Herschel had the right to say no, so Herschel had to agree to make it."

My guess is that because the modern Collective Bargaining Agreement didn't exist, the wording in the contract was such that it officially was not called a no-trade clause, but that Walker did have the right to reject a trade.

Then we have the added bonus of most journalists being lazy and not really doing the research but instead just repeating what they heard.

"A lot of people don’t know, or maybe just don’t talk about, the other part of the story and that was the million dollars to accept the trade." He continues, "I didn’t want to go to Minnesota. Jerry worked hard to make that happen. And he was very smart in doing that.""

 

[Doomsday]

Doomsday
STAR: 25 Years Later, Jones Gives His Side Of Walker Trade​

STAR: 25 Years Later, Jones Gives His Side Of Walker Trade

"I spent all night, or into the wee hours of the night, at some restaurant over in Irving... with Herschel and his agent, Peter Johnson, negotiating what to give Herschel to agree to make the trade. Herschel had the right to say no, so Herschel had to agree to make it."

My guess is that because the modern Collective Bargaining Agreement didn't exist, the wording in the contract was such that it officially was not called a no-trade clause, but that Walker did have the right to reject a trade. Darrin Nelson, example mentioned earlier. Hershel didn't have any no trade clause. He had the leverage of refusing to report.

Then we have the added bonus of most journalists being lazy and not really doing the research but instead just repeating what they heard.

"A lot of people don’t know, or maybe just don’t talk about, the other part of the story and that was the million dollars to accept the trade." He continues, "I didn’t want to go to Minnesota. Jerry worked hard to make that happen. And he was very smart in doing that.""

"Had the right" exactly like every other player does. The leverage of refusing to report.

 

[yimyammer]

I wonder why he was reluctant to go to a much better team. Maybe the cold Minny weather factored in (despite the dome).

 

[yimyammer]

Here's some videos I've saved over the years regarding this trade:







As everyone knows, I'm president of the "He-Man Jerry-haters club" but Ive always given Jerry credit for making this deal happen by coming up with the cash, etc to get Herschel to agree to it (and not nixing the trade like he would probably do without Jimmy being around). This was a time when Jerry was at his financially weakest point during his ownership of the Cowboys so to have found the money and been willing to spend it to make the deal happen deserves kudos imo. Its just a shame he couldnt be satisfied with credit for this type of stuff and give credit to Jimmy for his talents (and Jimmy in turn could have blown some smoke up Jerrys ass for his part in the deal--had they found a way to share credit and responsibility, it could have been an even more incredible run but alas....)

 

[Dodger12]

 

[Dodger12]

 

[daboyz]

Many fans are glad HE'S gone! ​

 

[Doomsday]

I said this before, his agent screwed him.

 

[bbgun]

About as exciting as Dbair's morning bathroom routine.