SonnyCID
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No, it is not. Did revis hold out regular season games with 3+ years on a contract?
The preseason holdouts are common. Less so now that the CBA put rookies in slots of money and locked them in. That stopped a lot of it.
Find me players with 3 years left that held out regular season games and were awarded. I haven't found any in quick searches.
Whether not it's been an effective strategy is not my point.
My point is that they are granted the right to hold out as much as they want, by the contract, that the team signed.