In today's NFL, players have every right to hold out

Ravens safety Ed Reed realizes that players can get what they want only by holding out.  Reed himself seems to be seriously considering a holdout of his own, even though he’s under contract for 2012.

Last month, I had an epiphany on this subject, thanks to our buddy Ross Tucker of NBC Sports Network, SiriusXM NFL Radio, Sports USA, and more.  I now believe that, regardless of whether a player is laboring under the slotted rookie deal that he has outperformed or whether he’s playing out a veteran deal that the team always has the unilateral ability to tear up and disregard, he has the right to hold out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/13/in-todays-nfl-players-have-every-right-to-hold-out/