Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is holding his ground about planning not to report to his team without a long-term contract.

Bryant expressed this stand on his Twitter account, just two days before the Cowboys' deadline to finalize negotiations on long-term deals with their players.

Sources stated that Bryant's latest tweet on the matter was posted right after the Texas-born athlete had contacted Cowboys' executive vice president Stephen Jones, telling him of his intention not to "attend training camp and will sit out regular-season games" if they will not be in agreement about a long-term deal before July 15, 2015, Wednesday, at 4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) deadline, ESPN reported.

But Jones reached out to the sports site and denied having a conversation with Bryant about such intent.

Bryant already declared his opinion about receiving $12.82 million salary for this year in a previous Twitter post.

Although, his pay is even greater than everything he received in his half a decade tenure with the team since 2010, as NFL.com noted, the 26-year-old receiver wants security for his family.

If his recent tweet still mirrors the same sentiment he had over this issue, it could mean that the negotiation is not yet sealed contrary to earlier reports that claim a deal is almost in the bag.

Just recently, sources told Fox Sports that Bryant's "wait is almost over." The wide receiver who tallied 1,320 receiving yards last season and the Dallas football team management were rumored to be agreeing to a deal, which is "maybe worth $100 million spread over seven years." The site's sources claimed that an announcement about this huge contract may happen anytime soon, and of course, before the July 15 set deadline.

Yet, it seems the announcement about the rumored contract was not yet ready all along.

Without agreeing and signing the franchise offer, Bryant will not be penalized or fined by missing any training camp session, NFL.com informed, However, as ESPN explained, come regular season, he will have to forego more than $750,000 for every game he misses, and at the same time, he will be stuck with a non-long term contract, aside from having a more unstable future with the team.

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