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White's holdout continues

By Chris Vivlamore
Aug 3, 2009

Flowery Branch — A second day of Falcons training camp came and went Sunday without Roddy White.

The Pro Bowl wide receiver continued his hold out because he wants a new contract. White is in the final year of a five-year, $7.35 million contract and is due $2.28 million this season.

As per the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, White is being fined $15,888 for each day he holds out, bringing his two-day total to $31,776.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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