Joey Bosa

[Bengalbug]

(08-11-2016, 09:26 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: You do realize he will get all his Bonus money regardless.  He is and will get ALL 17 MILLION regardless of when, so he is not missing out on any money at all either way, what  he is missing out on getting better as a football player and helping his team and building a better start to his NFL career.

Think Bigger picture... Owners wanted the new rookie wage scale and it has worked tremendously.  They NFL owners should want to continue to follow the precedence set since 2011.  If bosa gets neither, this will become an ongoing issue moving forward.  Last thing the NFL needs is to go backwards on rookie wage scale. 

Agree bosa is missing out on football but this has NFLPA vs Owners/NFL written all over it.   It's just unfortunate this happened to Bosa.  I'd be willing to bet any player would be holding out in this situation based on advice from agent, friends family, and most importantly the influence of NFLPA. The owners gained all the leverage in 2011- this is the only area the player has input.

Additionally if a person is not happy with a contract/salary when they start a job, they typically never will be.  I agree with Bosa and if this were the bengals in the same situation i would also be on the players side.  If Bosa was drafted 6th overall chargers would be in the right, but being top 5 they are wrong