Vernon Davis “holding out” for a new contract

Filling in on Monday for the vacationing Peter King of TheMMQB.com, Davis admits that, it really is about looking for the deal.

“In 2010 I signed a five-year, $37 million contract extension with $23 million guaranteed,” Davis writes.

On one hand, Davis made his bed in 2010, agreeing to a deal that committed him to the team but that didn’t commit the team to him beyond the truly guaranteed money at signing.

But if Davis truly intends to hold out (as he uses that term), he should skip the minicamp and not show up for training camp, either.

Writing in the column about his long-term career objectives, Davis admits that “in 10 years my goal is to host my own show, start acting, and continue to build a business empire.” If Davis succeeds, he’ll rue the day he opted to take $4 million in return for 10 percent of all brand-related earnings for the rest of his life.

So if he wakes up in a decade as the host of a daytime talk show with a smattering of seven-figure acting gigs and realizes that a dime of every dollar disappears before it ever lands in his wallet, Davis may consider holding out of his Fantex deal.