With all due respect Deus, that really wasn't the purpose of the entry. The point was that the league actually pointed out the fact that even though Mankins completely stayed away during that entire offseason and into the early part of the season, he still returned in shape and ready to go, and even later made the Pro Bowl. Taking that into account, now they're using it as evidence that the offseason participation isn't as detrimental as the players claim. Again, that's their opinion - I was just trying to alert people to the story. I figured there may have been others who didn't see it, and as I said, I thought it was interesting that the league was actually singling him (and Welker) out in the legal documentation.
It wasn't meant to start an argument over semantics since under contract or not, he wasn't here and didn't work out at the team's facilities, nor did he participate in any of their offseason activities. So my apologies if it created any confusion as my goal wasn't meant to mislead anyone.