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Crabtree, the 49ers first-round draft pick, is prepared to sit out this season and re-enter the NFL draft in 2010, David Wells, Crabtree's cousin and adviser, said Thursday. "We are prepared to do it," Wells said. "Michael just wants fair-market value." However, Crabtree's agent, Eugene Parker, told ESPN.com that no such threat has been made on his part.
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Addressing the report, agent Eugene Parker told ESPN.com on Thursday afternoon: "You've known me a long time and I'm not a guy who makes threats. Nor am I a guy who negotiates in the public. I don't know where this came from but no such threat has been made." There are reports suggesting that Parker is trying to get around the NFL slotting system in which rookies are paid an amount commensurate with their draft position. Crabtree wants to be paid more than what is slotted for the 10th overall pick based on the theory he should have gone higher.
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