*My freedom would be to decline the $10 million offer and put myself out there in free agency.*
Doesn’t work that way. If you don’t know I’m not gonna tell you.
When he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1983, John Elway refused to play for them. In 1986, Bo Jackson refused to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they drafted him. It isn't common, but it does happen. In this country, we are still free to make our own life choices. That includes people who play sports at the highest level.