Right, he just had documents in his garage he visits every weekend, after they found other documents several months earlier in another location. But "he didn't know he had them" is a lie, er, excuse that works for you.
I did it for several months because my wife started snoring like crazy 2 years ago. I didn't like the other bed so I came back and wear ear plugs in bed.
He won't hold out all season. He'll show up to at least the last 6 games to accrue another season. More likely if the sits out and they start losing, they cave.