Football Bosa rejects Chargers "best" offer

Wildcat2005 · 08-24-2016, 02:37 PM

Anyone with an understanding of the situation knows the Chargers are the ones who screwed this whole thing up.

Here is a post someone made that goes over every detail

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comment...n_explanation/

TLDR version:
"Basically, Bosa wants what everyone else in his position has received since the new CBA was put in place. He either wants his bonus money up front OR he wants no offset language. He's not asking for both, he just wants one or the other. Meanwhile the Chargers want to defer his bonus AND they want him to have offset language. They don't want to give in on either issue."

Every 3rd overall pick under the new CBA has included either no offset language, or no deferral. The Chargers are demanding both. This is literally the worse contract offered for a top 3 pick since the CBA was changed. The Chargers are using "team precedent" as an excuse for their below market offer. The problem is the market is set by 32 teams, not just the Chargers.

The Chargers tried to strong arm him into signing a below market contract, and it blew up in their face. People forget that they have had issues with hold outs before. Tomlinson, Rivers, Merriman all held out as well.

And btw in case anyone suggest it, no the Chargers cannot draft him again
If he re-enters the draft they will be barred from selecting him

In short the Chargers should have traded out of the top 3 if they were unwilling to pay the price required for a top 3 pick. They didn't and now they are stuck.

08-24-2016, 02:37 PM	#11
Wildcat2005 Starter Join Date: Nov 2012 Casino cash: $10005555	Anyone with an understanding of the situation knows the Chargers are the ones who screwed this whole thing up. Here is a post someone made that goes over every detail https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comment...n_explanation/ TLDR version: "Basically, Bosa wants what everyone else in his position has received since the new CBA was put in place. He either wants his bonus money up front OR he wants no offset language. He's not asking for both, he just wants one or the other. Meanwhile the Chargers want to defer his bonus AND they want him to have offset language. They don't want to give in on either issue." Every 3rd overall pick under the new CBA has included either no offset language, or no deferral. The Chargers are demanding both. This is literally the worse contract offered for a top 3 pick since the CBA was changed. The Chargers are using "team precedent" as an excuse for their below market offer. The problem is the market is set by 32 teams, not just the Chargers. The Chargers tried to strong arm him into signing a below market contract, and it blew up in their face. People forget that they have had issues with hold outs before. Tomlinson, Rivers, Merriman all held out as well. And btw in case anyone suggest it, no the Chargers cannot draft him again If he re-enters the draft they will be barred from selecting him In short the Chargers should have traded out of the top 3 if they were unwilling to pay the price required for a top 3 pick. They didn't and now they are stuck. Last edited by Wildcat2005; 08-24-2016 at 02:42 PM..
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