Quote Originally Posted by Marlowm1 View Post
What is interesting from the article is the Jozy Altidore is holding out for a buyout of the entire amount due to him.
His agent likely knows MLS regs well and has told him that if they want to buy out a deal they have to pay for the option year as well.

If so, he'd be insane to take anything less than full payment. There's no guarantee he'll get another chance to play elsewhere, so why give up his last big payday? It's not like it's anything but a rounding error to MLSE.