Cowboys In 'Serious Trouble' For How They Handled Micah Parsons Situation

The consequences for the Dallas Cowboys' public falling out with Micah Parsons are likely to extend well beyond his mere absence from the team and the draft pick compensation from the trade with the Green Bay Packers.

The genesis of this entire saga was Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones flat-out refusing to work with Parsons' agent David Mulugheta to hammer out the structure of the new deal. Jones repeatedly made it clear to the public that he does not want to work with agents and prefers to negotiate with players directly.

But while Jones may not care for Mulugheta, there's one powerful group of people that does: Other NFL agents.

On Friday, ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio revealed that he received a message from a longtime NFL agent admonishing the Cowboys for how they handled the situation with Parsons' agent. The agent seemingly warned that agents talk to each other a lot and that Jones' treatment of Mulugheta will result in agents deciding to steer their clients away from the Cowboys in the future.

“You have no idea how damaging this episode is for the Cowboys as it relates to the entire agent community. We all talk and nobody would ever willingly steer their clients to that team. Make no mistake, they’ve never been a honest or good organization, but since [Jerry] so brazenly disrespected and went behind the back of a top player’s top agent, they are in serious trouble moving forward. This is really one of those ‘time to take the car keys away’ moments," the agent told Florio.