According to the NFL’s Constitution and Bylaws, if a player leaves the team during training camp or the regular season, he has five days to return. If he doesn’t, the team can place the player on its reserve list as a retired player. And if that happens under those specific circumstances, the player cannot play again that year for any team.

The daily soap opera that is the Dallas Cowboys continues as the contract standoff between All-Pro Micah Parsons and owner