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<blockquote data-quote="ArizonaPackerFan" data-source="post: 17848" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Has anyone paid any attention to the TE situation with the Chargers where Gates was not under contract and was holding out similar to the way Bubba is?</p><p></p><p>I don't understand the Gates situation. I don't like it when players like Mike McKenzie were under contract and hold out, because I think they should honor their contract. But I was under the impression that Gates wasn't under contract, and that the Chargers told him he must sign a contract and report to training camp by last Saturday or be suspended for at least three games. He missed the cutoff date and has since signed a one year contract, but he's still going to be suspended 3 games for missing the Saturday cutoff date the Chargers imposed. </p><p></p><p>I don't see how a team can suspend a guy for missing a cutoff date when he wasn't under contract in the first place. That would be like the Packers telling Bubba Franks to sign the 1 year tender by this Friday or we'll suspend you.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't seem right or legal to me. Is there more to the story that I'm missing, because I don't understand how a team can do that to a player who isn't under contract? Below was the ultimatum the Chargers made to Gates. I want Bubba back, but I'd hate to see the Packers ever do that to a player the way the Chargers did to their TE Gates.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2137595" target="_blank">http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2137595</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArizonaPackerFan, post: 17848, member: 53"] Has anyone paid any attention to the TE situation with the Chargers where Gates was not under contract and was holding out similar to the way Bubba is? I don't understand the Gates situation. I don't like it when players like Mike McKenzie were under contract and hold out, because I think they should honor their contract. But I was under the impression that Gates wasn't under contract, and that the Chargers told him he must sign a contract and report to training camp by last Saturday or be suspended for at least three games. He missed the cutoff date and has since signed a one year contract, but he's still going to be suspended 3 games for missing the Saturday cutoff date the Chargers imposed. I don't see how a team can suspend a guy for missing a cutoff date when he wasn't under contract in the first place. That would be like the Packers telling Bubba Franks to sign the 1 year tender by this Friday or we'll suspend you. That doesn't seem right or legal to me. Is there more to the story that I'm missing, because I don't understand how a team can do that to a player who isn't under contract? Below was the ultimatum the Chargers made to Gates. I want Bubba back, but I'd hate to see the Packers ever do that to a player the way the Chargers did to their TE Gates. [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2137595"]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2137595[/url] [/QUOTE]
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