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Chargers Needlessly Poisoning Relationship with Joey Bosa in Contract Standoff
- Updated: August 12, 2016
Fifteen weeks have passed since the San Diego Chargers drafted Ohio State defensive lineman Joey Bosa.
Still, he is not in camp as the two sides squabble over how his signing bonus will be paid out and how much money the Chargers would get back should Bosa eventually be cut and sign with another team.
Inside the Bosa camp, there is true hope that this entire contract mess can be fixed. There is also, however, another emotion just as palpable: anger.
The contract dispute between the Chargers and their top draft pick, the third overall selection, can still be resolved sooner than later. It could happen tomorrow. It could happen in a week.
But for now, inside parts of the Bosa camp, there is a great deal of resentment, anger and disgust with how the Chargers are handling their first-round pick, according to a person close to the player. There is always frustration in holdouts. Yet this feels different. It feels slightly more personal.
The feeling I’m getting from the source close to Bosa is that the Chargers are flexing their muscles unnecessarily, and they are poisoning their relationship with Bosa for no good reason other than because they can do it.
“There is a bitterness that I’m not sure will ever go away,” said the source.
At issue is Bosa’s $17 million signing bonus, a sum his camp would like paid out this year, according to Andrew Brandt of TheMMQB.com. San Diego would like to pay half in 2016 and the remaining half in March of next year, when the NFL’s new fiscal year begins. Further, the Chargers would like to ensure themselves some financial relief, should they part with Bosa and he latches onto another team, by including offset language in the contract.
As a result, the Chargers’ cheapness and refusal to bend in any way may cost them the long-term loyalty of a valued draft pick.
The Bosa camp officially will deny this, but I can say for certain that Bosa’s frustration is growing exponentially.
Tom Telesco, the team’s general manager, spoke up for his side on the “Loose Cannons” program on XTRA 1360:
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