Gates to Bosa "Man Up" I have been there

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

Merriman and LT basically said the same thing. Be a man and get in camp, you are only hurting yourself by staying away (and over such minor BS)

Merriman only hurt himself and his team by refusing to get surgery until weeks before a season started. Lights Out!!

[homeless simpson]

Merriman and LT basically said the same thing. Be a man and get in camp, you are only hurting yourself by staying away (and over such minor BS)

Yeah, Joey...why won't you listen to all these current and former chargers that got paid after their own long holdouts.

[chargerkdb]

It's easy for Gates to say this when he's not the one getting nickel-and-dimed by the organization right now. As the article says, Gates held out for a long time a few years ago. As much as I respect Gates, he's being hypocritical by telling Bosa to "man up." He should just stay out of it.

He had the same agent and nothing got resolved until he cut CAA out and resolved it with Spanos himself, apparently same deal with LT and his holdout. Sounds like when they sat down with Spanos they took the deal on offer. Agents always think their clients are getting nick led and dimed. It's not the Agents contract, it's the players. That's what Gates is saying

[chargerkdb]

Yeah, Joey...why won't you listen to all these current and former chargers that got paid after their own long holdouts.

They got paid after they realised what they were arguing over wasn't worth the time missed. They are Professional football players they need to be playing football

[BlazingBolt]

Yeah, Joey...why won't you listen to all these current and former chargers that got paid after their own long holdouts.

Best guys to get advice from are the guys who have gone through it.

[homeless simpson]

They got paid after they realised what they were arguing over wasn't worth the time missed. They are Professional football players they need to be playing football

Let's not pretend that all these athletes criticizing bosa ended their holdouts because they wanted what's good for the team. They held out FOR MONEY and STILL GOT PAID.

This is the equivalent of any player using the cliche "this is where I wanted to be" AFTER getting paid (like say, John Parella about the raiders or any player that signs a contract extension with their current team......or Reggie White saying God guided him to sign a big ass contract with the Packers).

Look at it this way, a few years from now how would you feel bout bosa if he critcizes another rookie coming in to end their holdout?

[Grinners]

Let's not pretend that all these athletes criticizing bosa ended their holdouts because they wanted what's good for the team. They held out FOR MONEY and STILL GOT PAID.

This is the equivalent of any player using the cliche "this is where I wanted to be" AFTER getting paid (like say, John Parella about the raiders or any player that signs a contract extension with their current team......or Reggie White saying God guided him to sign a big ass contract with the Packers).

Look at it this way, a few years from now how would you feel bout bosa if he critcizes another rookie coming in to end their holdout?

And then they learned from their mistakes and tried to share their bad experience with Bosa. He will still get his money and they mention that also........

[Boltjolt]

It's easy for Gates to say this when he's not the one getting nickel-and-dimed by the organization right now. As the article says, Gates held out for a long time a few years ago. As much as I respect Gates, he's being hypocritical by telling Bosa to "man up." He should just stay out of it.

Thw owners are the ones that wanted the rookie scale and now they want offset language. Cant have everything. Pay the kid the scale you wanted to pay them. Injuries happen so drop the offset language bullshit. We have guys getting hurt in practice. Hey, dont have any hitting in practice if you worried about injuries.

[homeless simpson]

Since we're talking about Gates, holdouts and stupid Charger policies.... when gates held out, the team told him to sign his 1 year rfa tender and they'll give him an extension...gates side said fuck that, if you're gonna give me a damn extension just give me the damn extension. Stop fucking around. Months later plus a suspension, gates ends his holdout by signing his RFA tender and the team immediately gives him his contract extension. So the fucking Spanos clan just fingered their own asses by adhering to their strict policies for no reason other than they have strict policies.

(In Malcolm floyds case, he did the same thing, signed his rfa tender then immediately got his extension early in FA.... But doesn't change the fact that what gates was holding out against was true....if the Chargers were already sure they wanted to extend a player, they still need to bullshit force the player to sign the low tender first BEFUCKINGFORE they IMMEDIATELY sign them to an extension (and by immediate, I mean between 24 hours to less than a week). Is it that hard for the Spanos management team to not skip their bullshit policy if it meant avoiding long holdouts that's costly to the team?

[BlazingBolt]

Thw owners are the ones that wanted the rookie scale and now they want offset language. Cant have everything. Pay the kid the scale you wanted to pay them. Injuries happen so drop the offset language bullshit. We have guys getting hurt in practice. Hey, dont have any hitting in practice if you worried about injuries.

You do realize the offset language has nothing to do with injuries?

[Boltjolt]

It does have something to do with injuries.

[chargerkdb]

I'm pretty sure you can't cut a injured player. They would need to reach an injury settlement before they can be released.