Posted: Wednesday July 23, 2008 9:08PM; Updated: Wednesday July 23, 2008 9:08PM Asomugha decides against holdout, to sign one-year deal with Raiders Nnamdi Asomugha threatened to holdout to avoid a franchise tag next year By Jim Trotter, SI.com The Raiders will have all their players present Thursday when they open training camp in Napa, Calif. It did not appear that way Tuesday evening, when cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said he was strongly leaning toward staying away unless the team agreed not to use the "franchise" tag on him again next offseason. However, Asomugha said Wednesday evening that he has decided to report to camp and will sign his one-year, nearly $10 million contract. "I'm going to go in to camp focused and play the year out and see what happens," he said by text message. Asomugha, one of the game's top young...
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