re: Bosa rejects latest offer from Chargers, we are at an impasse

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ESPN just reported they offered him 14 M of 17 guaranteed and rest was to be paid through 5 years (550k/year)

If this is true Bosa comes across looking bad.

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@ Bosa

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ESPN just reported they offered him 14 M of 17 guaranteed and rest was to be paid through 5 years (550k/year)

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I'm not understanding this without context.

Isn't the #3 slot is due to get $25 million over four years? The renegotiation of rookie deals (downward significantly) pretty much took away much player or team flexibility. The Chargers can't give less, he can't get more.

So there's no greed issue to be had on either the part of the team or the rookie in terms of money that could be offered.

What is different about the Chargers offer from other teams is their demands for offset language. So, in a system designed to control rookie pay, the Chargers are still finding a way to make it harder to sign their players... just like they did with Tomlinson, Merriman, Jammer, Rivers, etc when there was more to negotiate.

Statement from Bosa's camp:

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It is unfortunate the San Diego Chargers have decided to manipulate facts and negotiate in the media. The team surely is not strengthening its relationship with Joey Bosa by taking this stance and making their position public.

We have decided that we will not engage in public negotiations or discuss numbers and/or terms in this negotiation.

We will say, that it is ironic that the team now takes issue with the timing of Joey’s arrival, since the Chargers unilaterally decided to remain silent for the first 14 days of training camp instead of replying in a timely fashion to the proposal we made on the eve of training camp on July 28th.

At this point, all we can do is continue to fight for a fair contract on behalf of our client, as we do for all of our clients. The Chargers can focus on trying to sway public opinion, but our focus will remain on our client and securing a contract for him that is fair and consistent with his draft position.

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no guarantee that he won't get picked by San Diego again

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Ummm it's actually a guarantee he wouldn't get drafted by San Diego again.

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lose 17mil

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Except he'd be a top 10 pick again. Every other team in the league has to be looking at the Chargers and shaking their heads. That's Jeff Loria shite.

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Context is they offered him 85% of contract guaranteed

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Someone's numbers are fishy. Can't be slotted for 30 million and only be guaranteeing 14 or 17 - and then call that 85%

Based on the way they've handled this and prior negotiations I think the Chargers have fed a half truth into the half truth machine of public information.

Kid sounds like a douche.

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Chargers need every dollar to market to the tards of San Diego City cause only they can vote on a new stadium not SD County

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This is a super way to do it.

You calling anyone a tard

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People white knighting for Bosa are classic

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Classic how?

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Chargers need every dollar to market to the tards of San Diego City cause only they can vote on a new stadium not SD County

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Are you admitting that they are trying to short change him?

Chargers are idiotic to piss this asset away over a tactic that I don't think others are doing