Dallas Cowboys holdout Tony Dorsett said he...

Dallas Cowboys holdout Tony Dorsett said he has been the “fall guy” in media reports about his negotiations with team management.

“I’m much better off not saying anything,” Dorsett said in a brief telephone interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “That way, nothing can get twisted out of shape the way it has. The coverage has been pretty lopsided, don’t you think? I’m the fall guy in all this.

“How would you like it if your personal affairs were all over the newspapers and TV? It’s embarrassing. Tex (Cowboy President Tex Schramm) is doing all the talking publicly. Whenever I do (talk), it comes out wrong. I’m tired of reading what I read, about what I supposedly said and what they (the Cowboys) are saying.”

Dorsett, who has financial problems, including a $400,000 Internal Revenue Service tax lien against two houses, has been in hiding for three weeks. His contract calls for salaries of $450,000, $500,000 and $550,000 over the next three years.