Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott wants running back Ezekiel Elliott at camp but knows this is all part of the buisness and he won't be asking him to report.

“Friendship is friendship and business is business,” Prescott said via ESPN.com. “You don't cross those.”

Elliott went to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico at the beginning of training camp to continue to workout and Prescott knows that whenever he does report to camp, he will be in great shape and ready to go.

“Obviously we miss the player that he is, but I know that he's getting better,” Prescott said. “I know that he's working on his game. He's in shape. He's going to make sure that he comes back and when he's back on this team he's a better player than before camp or before the spring. He's a good friend. Obviously want him out here, but that's business.”

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Cowboys running backs coach Gary Brown has been in contact with Elliott since the holdout has started and knows that he is doing the right things to get into shape and ready to help the team.

Brown also said he thinks that it is really hurting Elliott that he isn't with the rest of the guys at camp, because he is a team player.

“I'm sure it's killing him a lot [not being at camp],” Brown said. “At the end of the day he's a ballplayer. A lot of this negative stuff you hear about him in the news, that's not who he is. He's a really good guy, care about his teammates, and it's killing him not being here.”

Elliott is subject to a $40,000 a day fine for each day he misses, but the team can decide if they want to fine him or not.