How much will holdout Zack Martin be fined until he reports to Dallas Cowboys camp?

All-Pro guard Zack Martin is officially holding out of Dallas Cowboys training camp.

Martin was not at the official start of camp on Tuesday in Oxnard, Calif.

He was among a number of veterans who did not travel to training camp on the team charter on Monday. Quarterback Dak Prescott, linebacker Micah Parsons, cornerback Trevon Diggs, running back Tony Pollard, receiver CeeDee Lamb and defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence were among the Cowboys who took their own transportation to Oxnard. They were on camp on Tuesday.

The first team practice is Wednesday.

Martin is unhappy with his contract.

Martin, who has made first team All-Pro in six of his nine seasons with the Cowboys, remains the best at what he does on the team and is still considered the best guard in the NFL.

Martin has two years on his contract and is due $13.5 million in 2023 and $14 million in 2024, significantly less than Atlanta’s Chris Lindstrom, the highest paid guard in the league with an average salary of $20.5 million annually.

The NFL has made it punitive for players to hold out for leverage, thanks for former teammate Ezekiel Elliott, who famously held out of camp in 2019 before signing a six-year, $90 million contract extension.

Per the collective bargaining agreement, signed in 2020, players who hold out of training camp are subjected to fines of $50,000 per day.

Unlike the Elliott situation, those fines can’t be rescinded once the two sides come to terms.

So if Martin misses the first week camp, he would be fined $250,000. The number could swell to more than $1 million if he misses all of camp.

By the same token, it would behoove the Cowboys to find some common ground with arguably the team’s best player, especially considering how much they have invested in Prescott and Martin remains the only guarantee up front.

The question is how to get it done.

Martin turns 33 in November and is not long for the NFL.

The Cowboys signed Hall of Fame guard Larry Allen to 6-year, $37 million deal in 2002 at the age of 31.

He was cut in 2005 after making the Pro Bowl for the 10th time in his Cowboys career.