Chicago Bears: Will Mitch Trubisky be a training camp holdout?
The Chicago Bears have invested in rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky to be a major part of their future. However, is a training camp holdout on the horizon?
In just over a week, the Chicago Bears will begin preparations for the 2017 season at Training Camp in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The Bears roster is pretty much set with a ton of new talent coming into the mix. Among the players who the Bears and their fans alike are most interested to see is rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
Bears general manager Ryan Pace fell in love with Trubisky throughout the draft process. Pace traded up from the third to second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft in order to secure the selection of Trubisky as his franchise quarterback. The day the Bears draft Trubisky, he immediately became the most important player on the roster.
Simply put, if the Bears are going to turn around their fortunes in the next few years, Trubisky is going to have to be an important part of it.
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However, will Trubisky be able to join his teammates in Bourbonnais? You see, he has still yet to sign his rookie contract with the team and the NFL rules are simple. No contract, no participation at training camp.
Could this be a holdout situation?
The Trubisky contract situation never seemed to be a major concern. However, as camp draws near, one can only wonder; will the most important Chicago Bears player actually hold out?
Back in OTAs, Trubisky did not seem worried about the contract situation. However, he was allowed to participate in the activities then. Now, if they cannot agree to a deal, Trubisky has to sit out.
The rookie contracts always led to camp holdouts before. However, under the new CBA (signed in 2011), rookie contracts have become more straight forward. The two sides wage scales that determine what the player is worth. The two sides still need to negotiate specific terms of the contract but training camp holdouts are extremely rare in the new CBA. There simply is not as much to fight about.
This is the most important story going on in Bears country right now. A camp holdout would be a terrible situation for both Trubisky and the Chicago Bears. Mike Glennon is the starting quarterback for the Bears in 2017, but Trubisky is undoubtedly the future at the position. The more time he gets with the coaches and around the organization, the better.
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Any sort of training camp holdout will hurt the development of Trubisky. That is not good for the player or the team. Mitch Trubisky is undoubtedly the most important player on the Bears’ roster. The two sides simply need to sit down and bang out any minor details that they currently disagree on.
A training camp holdout does not help anybody. Not to mention, it is a terrible way to start an extremely important relationship between the two sides.