Chargers WR V Jax May Become Holdout

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The San Diego Chargers sent a letter to WR Vincent Jackson, who has yet to re-sign as a restricted free agent, informing him his 2010 salary will be drastically reduced if he does not sign his tender offer before June 15, reports Kevin Acee, of The San Diego Union-Tribune. It is believed that Jackson's agent sent the Chargers a letter saying if they received a letter about a reduction, the team would not see Jackson in camp for some time to come. Sources believe Jackson may be prepared to sit out into the regular season, or even through 2010. If Jackson does not sign his one-year tender in the next week, his salary will be reduced from $3.268 million to $583,000.

Jackson and OT Marcus McNeill that they will face a reduction in their tender offers if they do not sign by June 15. McNeill's would go from $3.168 million to $583,000.
 
The Chargers are showing some backbone and appear that they will not budge on the matter with these two players.

Could come back and bite them right in the butt
 
San Diego Chargers WR Malcom Floyd is expected to take part in the team's offseason workouts Tuesday, June 8, reports Kevin Acee, of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Floyd signed his one-year, $3.168 million tender Monday.
 
if they reduce the tender offers to the RFA's, could another team still come in and sign them to an offer sheet and since the reduce the tender that would reduce the compensation?
 
Miller said:
if they reduce the tender offers to the RFA's, could another team still come in and sign them to an offer sheet and since the reduce the tender that would reduce the compensation?
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Good Question, Miller. While I can't say for sure I think it goes something like this. Originally these tender offers are set up to pay set amounts of salary to go with set amounts of pick compensation for picking up a player when they become a Restricted FA. The players have to sign these deals because they can't just not sign anything and become a Free agent if they want to. I suspect that if the money part goes down the pick compensation remains the same. This salary reduction is a penalty for not signing. So a team could come in and make an offer a little cheaper money wise than before but would have to pony up the same picks. Otherwise, I don't think the Chargers would go this route.
 
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