The financial rationale for not solving the standoff between Chargers management and top draftee Joey Bosa took a big hit in recent days when both sides compromised on what each claimed was the one large sticking point: time frame on payments of Bosa’s signing bonus.
The NFL labor pact, which spells out compensation of high-end draftees, mandates that Bosa’s bonus will be $17 million. Also preset are guaranteed salaries that will raise the contract’s value to $25.8 million.
The quibbling is over how much of Bosa’s bonus is paid before January 1.
It took several weeks, but the gap was whittled down to a sum whose impact, objectively, shouldn't be a deal-breaker.