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RockRam
Just to change the subject a bit:
What is the deal with this Bosa hold out and nastiness?
Considering this sort of thing is rare, that the CBA more or less dictates the salary, bonus, years, etc., and that San Diego hasn't had any trouble signing anyone for several years, one has to wonder what's going on.
Clearly San Diego is not going to change it's practices for one guy, even if that guy is a high draft pick. Any business.....and especially sports....knows that there is no such thing as an exception to the rule when it comes to contracts. An exception becomes the new precedent. Whatever San Diego does with Bosa will translate to draft picks from here on. Is Bosa going to fundamentally change the Chargers? Don't think so.
And it is unimaginable to me that Bosa would seriously consider blowing off 2016 and going back into the 2017 draft. A full year out of football, and then a rather inexplicable contract holdout (that frankly, even the player-friendly media is calling out Bosa), is not going to find Bosa getting drafted anywhere near the top 3 the next time around, and maybe not top 10. The man has perishable skills. And who would want to waste a draft pick on a guy who seems to have some strange ideals about how this contract thing is to go down? If he's trying to prove a point of some kind (like he's going to single handedly change the dynamic about offset language or how SBs are paid), then that is an even bigger red flag because that stuff can carry over to the locker room and practice field.
Read a lot of different thoughts about this, and I'd say the majority are in the camp of "What the.....?"
IMO Bosa better eat some crow and report or he's going to start his career on a decidedly sour note that will not be helpful to him in the longer run.
"Clearly San Diego is not going to change it's practices for one guy, even if that guy is a high draft pick."
I question this. Why draft him if you aren't prepared to extend a standard contract? Why should the draft pick be expected to make an exception that no other player in his draft slot has, just because of some team's peculiarity and idiosyncracy?
My understanding is top 10 picks since the new 2011 labor agreement receive more up front bonus money sooner OR don't have offset language. SD insisted on Bosa giving in on BOTH. He compromised by stating he would yield on one, not both. SD is stubbornly refusing to negotiate, taking a my way or the high way stance. His mother shouldn't have commented, but neither should the SD front office have recently called Bosa's stance asinine.
SD may have been assuming Bosa/Condon would cave and overplayed their hand. Bosa can report by week 10 and still accrue a year towards his second contract. Point taken Bosa could cost himself a lot of money, but he would still likely make a lot of money in a worst case scenario. Some people make decisions based on principle and what they think is right. SD is hurting the entire team, organization and fan base. They do have a well deserved rep for being cheap, imo, this fiasco at least as much on them.
A few of SDs points were deliberately misleading and don't really pass the sniff test, so why the BS and misdirection?
"Only Wentz made more from the 2016 draft class" - Well duh, Bosa was picked third, of course he was offered more than #4, #5, #6, etc. (Goff gave a concession on up front bonus payment timing for no offset language?)
"Bosa would make more than any previous Charger first rounder since the new labor agreement - again, duh, they haven't picked this high. Who are they trying to kid?
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"There have been instances when players have sat out an entire season and gone back into the draft.
Those include most notably Bo Jackson, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1986. Jackson chose to play baseball and went back into the draft in 1987, when he was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round." (Bosa of course doesn't have baseball as an exit strategy).
"Who was the last player to hold out?
Bosa's holdout is the longest since the current system was created by the new CBA in 2011.
According to ESPN Stats & Information, receiver Michael Crabtree was the last rookie to remain unsigned into the regular season. Selected No. 10 overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2009 draft, Crabtree did not sign his rookie deal until Oct. 7 of the regular season.
Tackle Bryant McKinnie is the longest rookie to remain unsigned. Selected No. 7 overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2002 draft, McKinnie did not sign his deal until Nov. 1 of that year.
The Chargers have a history of rookie first-round selections reporting late to Chargers Park, including LaDainian Tomlinson (2001, 30 days), Quentin Jammer (2002, 50 days), Philip Rivers (2004, 25 days), Shawne Merriman (2005, seven days) and Corey Liuget (2011, eight days)."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2016 10:07AM by Kind of Blue/Gold.