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Chicken - Egg. If you don't show you can't fail. But then again you never passed. Yeah I'm sure that loop-hole will hold water. I understand we all want our angle in this to be the one that plays out. But if he doesn't show, it's all going to be voided, it's the only sane thing you can do and the Bill Of Rights, allows the player not to show if he chooses not to.
Actually the Bill of Rights is superceded by a CBA...and the NFL CBA provides there are consequences for not showing. In this case it's the 5 day letter which stipulates you either show or you are ineligible to play for the remainder of the season and your contract does not toll so you lose a year of service and start the following season right back where you left off...unless you decide to retire. They have these rules so that all players can't simply refuse to be traded...