is Scott Boras bad for baseball?

Question

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/columnists/gil_lebreton//story/187532.html
scott Boras is a great agent, but he never lets teams sign their current players to long term contracts. he makes them wait for free agency to shop them to all the teams. even if players get a good deal from their current team he makes them wait it out. i hate to see players changing teams every other year.

Answer 1

I'm torn on this one - I don't think his effect on the product for fans is positive, but I'd want the guy as my agent if I was a player. And I don't think Boras really deserves to be singled out more than most other agents, all of whom have loyalty to their guys more than to any club.

On the player's side, nobody does a better job of getting the highest possible market value for his clients. On the fan side, however, this means that we get guys playing musical chairs and changing teams every three years.

Boras is really just representative of the negatives involved with free agency. While I'm all for players getting paid as much as the market will allow, it obviously has a negative effect overall because teams often lose players before their fans have a chance to become attached to them.

Answer 2

Selig. Boras is simply using the free agent system and the draft system to make money - he's successful because the owners usually end up giving in to him for fear of looking bad. He'd be easy to overcome if anyone had any cojones. Selig is a bigger problem. He has presided over the sport's slide from being "America's pasttime" to an also-ran. He thinks a sport dominated by a handful of markets is good, but can't recognize the fact that they are building no new fans in Pittsburgh, in Kansas City, in Baltimore, or any of a number of other cities that can't regularly compete with the Yankees, Red Sox, or other teams that can spend 2, 3, or 4 times as much. He thinks that just because MLB is making money, they're a healthy sport.

Answer 3

It is bad for the fans to have people like Boras. THat being said, baseball wants to run the game like a business, they treat every aspect of it like a business and Boras is a very smart and shrewd businessman. He gets the most money for his players not because it is against what the player wants but because the player wants him to get them the most money and there are FOOLISH owners who are willing to throw ridiculous amounts of money at marginal talent. Most players do not want to change teams a lot but it is the nature of todays business in baseball. That being said, would you rather languish losing Texas or sign a big contract with Boston and compete every year?

Answer 4

Aside from Barry Bonds and all the steroid users, he is the worst thing in baseball today. He breaks up team chemistry and has his clients sign with a bad team. GO AWAY Scott Boras

Answer 5

He is selfish and greedy. He cares more about money than baseball. Yes, he is bad for baseball because he doesn't care about the sport. He only cares about $$$$$ for his clients.

Answer 6

He's a dirtbag & a major reason why baseball is in the bad situation it is right now.

Answer 7

YES! Him and Donald Fehr are both equally evil and vicious.
And should be burned at the stake!!!

Answer 8

your so right. I wish he would leave. Plus what was he thinking with the 9 game world series? He should leave.

Answer 9

Yes he is. He wants to much money for his clients. I would not want him as my agent even if it meant more money.

Answer 10

i think he wants his clients to make to much money and hes greedy himself so i think he and a 9 ws games that's just ridiculous