The Trent Williams holdout racked up $5.34 million in non-waivable fines

As dollars go, the Trent Williams holdout was a wash, at best.His new numbers reveal an increase of roughly $5 million over the next three years, with many of his millions now guaranteed. His holdout ultimately cost more than $5 million, and none of the fines can be waived.Washington traded Williams to the 49ers in 2020. When his contract expired, Williams became an unrestricted free agent. He re-signed with the 49ers as an unrestricted free agent. And that's an important point, given the portion of the CBA that imposes a non-waivable fine of $50,000 for each day of camp missed plus a non-waivable fine of one regular-season game check for each preseason game missed. For the 49ers, veterans reported on July 23. The $50,000 daily fines lasted, per the CBA, until the Sunday before the start of the regular season. That's 40 days, and $2 million in fines.Three of those days included preseason games. At a prior base salary of $20.05 million, Williams lost $1.113 million for each preseason game he missed. The total fine for missing three preseason games becomes $3.34 million."For the avoidance of doubt, any such fines shall be mandatory, and shall not be reduced in amount or waived by...