This is a story about one player taking on his employer in a David vs. Goliath type of tale. Unlike the popular biblical story though David is not the underdog in the typical sense. In this tale, David is the Chargers organization.
Although the Chargers do hold all of the cards, so to speak, at the bargaining table. It is also the Chargers that are facing a losing battle. The Chargers were never going to win this fight. It is because of this that David is being portrayed by the Chargers and Goliath by Gordon and his agent/PR campaign.