Don't trade him but don't speak to him until he reports. You save money on the cap. It the team does great, let it lie. If the team does poorly, take the money that they would have paid him and sue him, his agent and the representing agency. Now most are going to laugh. But a message needs to be sent to players. You are paid to play football. You are paid very well to play football. There are conditions that you signed up to play in. Honour your contract. I am sure that the media will make it a distraction. so what. Is it going to stop players from playing? No way. I would rather work for someone with a backbone than a mealy mouth bunch of wimps afraid of offending someone.

Don't trade him but don't speak to him until he reports. You save money on the cap. It the team does great, let it lie. If the team does poorly, take the money that they would have paid him and sue him, his agent and the representing agency. Now most are going to laugh. But a message needs to be sent to players. You are paid to play football. You are paid very well to play football. There are conditions that you signed up to play in. Honour your contract. I am sure that the media will make it a distraction. so what. Is it going to stop players from playing? No way. I would rather work for someone with cojones than a mealy mouth bunch of pussies afraid of offending someone.