Revis Contract Situation

With the immense amount of talent on the Jets practice field right now people still can't help but question when the best player might show up.  Darelle Revis is staging a hold out after the Jets refused to renegotiate his current contract and make him the highest paid corner in the league.  On day three of training camp it doesn't appear that the Jets and Revis are any closer to signing a deal.  Rumors from the Revis camp say that the Jets offers are way off from where he wants them to be while the Jets front office is dealing with the problem of an uncertain CBA next year which is making it extremely difficult to give a lucrative, long term extension.  

My personal opinion: Revis shouldn't be at camp at his current contract.  Normally, I would side with the team in saying that if a guy is under contract he should be participating.  However, the Leon Washington situation last year changed all of that for me.  Washington entered the season with a contract on the table that would have payed him around 5 million a year.  He turned this down and went into the season unprotected and came out with a broken leg.  the team didn't show any loyalty to Washington (nor did they have a responsibility to) when they sent him to Seattle on draft day.  Revis looks at this situation and can see a similar thing happening to him.  If a player gets injured and the team has a way to get out of paying them they have every right to do that.  Why should Revis show up to camp with a small contract and no guarantees that he wouldn't be sent right along as Washington was if he suffers a bad injury.  Revis proved last year that he was the best cornerback in the league and an integral part of the best defense in the NFL.  He deserves to be paid and he more importantly he deserves to have his future guaranteed.  The only point that I am against Revis on is his insistence that he is the highest paid corner in the NFL.  This usually would not be a major problem.  The best player at a position deserves to be the highest paid.  However, Nnamdi Asomugha's contract in Oakland is absurd and should not set the benchmark for any future contracts.  Revis should accept a deal in the 12-13 million dollar a season range and be happy with that.  I hope we see him out on the field soon but until the Jets start submitting serious contract offers I do not blame him for staying home.