Philip Rivers new contract with the Chargers has no-trade clause

By GCR StaffSpecialist sports designer Populous has unveiled plans for a 68,000-capacity arena in San Diego.

The design was commissioned only six weeks ago and has sparked anger, with Mark Fabiani, a former deputy mayor of Los Angeles saying: “Never before in California history has a controversial, billion-dollar project relied on environmental review documents hastily prepared in three weeks”. Part of the reason was uncertainty about the future location of the team.

Philip Rivers signed a contract extension over the weekend, all but ending speculation that he could end his career with a team other than the Chargers. Rivers gamely played after tearing a ligament in his right knee in the divisional round, but the Chargers lost 21-12 at New England.

And if what Canepa writes is true and the Carson proposal is truly on death’s doorstep, it now becomes a two-team race between the Raiders and Chargers to see who can scrape together the necessary cash to make a move to Los Angeles first. Then, once his beaten body recovered, he was still set on playing out the final season of his contract.

“I’m going to be a Charger, wherever we are”, Rivers said, via Ben Higgins of ABC 10 in San Diego. “I think Roger has thought about it, the L.A. stadium committee has thought about it, and though we’re not ready to cross that bridge yet, it is something that at the appropriate time it will be handled very sensitively”. Rivers’ agent, Jimmy Sexton, and Chargers general manager Tom Telesco to keep sputtering negotiations from stalling.

A Charger since the day of the 2004 draft, when he was selected by the New York Giants with the fourth overall pick and traded for Eli Manning, the one big thing Rivers doesn’t have is a Super Bowl ring.

In 11 NFL seasons, Rivers has amassed 36,655 yards and completed 64.7% of his passes. The new contract includes a trade prohibition. “At this point, that is a San Diego Charger”.