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dzrams
The team is the one being unreasonable. Everyone wants to blame player greed. My question is, why should Bosa be the only player in the top 5 picks that doesn’t get either no offset language or his bonus up front?
Lot of ways to parse this. A lot of the same criticisms of Bosa could be equally directed at the franchise. But it sounds like they are bickering over the fraction of his bonus that is payable either by the end of 2016 or early in 2017. To Bosa, it could impact his taxes next year as a CA resident. To the Chargers, it might represent something like $30,000 (give or take?) in interest they can or can't collect depending on when they pay the bonus. Which is the greater amount? I suspect Bosa would be losing more in taxes by carrying the payment over into 2017, than SD would lose in interest by paying in full by 2016 (but not sure)?
How much money would Bosa lose if he signs right before week 10? Since most of his compensation is in the form of the overall bonus, it would be 10 game checks (I think $28,000 X 10 = $280,000)? That way he could still accrue a year towards his second contract (not the case if he sits out all season). One article reported someone close to Bosa acknowledged he is resigned to not getting the concession he wants, making a signing sound inevitable (if not imminent) if true, but they didn't specify WHEN he might sign. Crabtree and McKinnie reported about a month and two months into their rookie seasons, respectively (Bo never signed with TB, but had MLB as a fallback - much like John Elway), though of course they were all pre-2011.
* Also a couple good articles in the post above titled "Joey Bosa situation part of a decades-old pattern for SD".
** Addendum - I meant to cite income, not sales tax. Guessing around 13% in CA, 5% in OH and 0% in Florida (where Bosa now resides).
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/2016 01:15PM by Kind of Blue/Gold.