I personally blame these two teams for making it impossible for alot of teams to sign him. Granted he is worth alot of money but not the amount he and Scott Boras will be asking for.
2007-10-30 05:14:14 · 15 answers · asked by J.D.L. 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Yup! A person, nonetheless a player, that is worth that much money a year, must be able to produce more than titles to a community, in my mind. You have to be available to the public, build schools, and just overall be a public spokesperson in general. It's ridiculous on the amount of money teams spend for a player, is he educating the public, is he being a "real" positive influence, not cause he's a professional athlete, No! MJ is worth that money, Manning is worth that money, Duncan is worth that money. What do they have in common, they have won the big game and have had an influence in communities in general. The big markets who pay for this guy are pathetic! They have no moral standards and think money is all mighty. While some would say it is, it is an influence, but not the cure for all. As we just witnessed apparently 25 million a year WASN'T enough to please A-Rod. If they gave me that much money, I would help out communities and such, not ask for more because of my value in principle. That's a bunch of horse$hit. Good luck to the team that blows 30 million on something that is only temporary in life.
2007-10-30 05:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
A-rod will destory the team he signs with, so I guess it's a good thing that most teams won't be able to afford him...
The Rangers are glad to be finally off the hook paying him part of his $252 mil contract even after he was sent to NY. A-rod purposely got such a high, strange contract amount of $252 mil because it was exactly DOUBLE the previous highest pro-athlete contract (K Garnett @ $126 mil).
I'm still glad the Yanks will have to eat the extra money they owe him even when he signs with a new team (prob. the Cubs or Giants).
2007-10-30 15:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOPE!!! I blame Tom Hicks personally for driving up prices by over paying for anyone he grabs in the free agent market. I think the Yankees made the right deal to get him, they had him for a prorated price for a while. They made a smart business decision to take on a portion of his salary from the Rangers. The problem is not what he is asking for it is what people are willing to pay him. I have said this before though, players salaries are not the problem, take A-Rod's projected 30 million per year, that will be 0.75% of the 4 billion dollars that MLB brings in each year; that is not that ridiculous in a business for your top draw to make almost 1% of the whole product...it is almost ridiculous that he on makes 0.75% of the whole with as much as he brings in at the gates, merchandising, concession sales once people are at the game. I blame simple economics for his asking price!
2007-10-30 12:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by bdough15 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'd blame Boras and the Rangers. Him for being greedy and them for paying him. The Rangers wanted him gone so badly that they were paying part of his salary while he was on the Yankees. The Yankees got a hell of a deal because they only had to pay part of his salary.
2007-10-30 12:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Rangers alone gave A-Rod that contract. The Yankees traded Soriano to Texas and agreed to pay the bulk of A-Rod's contract.
The Yankees had absolutely nothing to do with A-Rod's 125 million dollar contract signing.
2007-10-30 13:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
actually the rangers are fully to blame for this because at least when A-Rod was traded, the Yankees weren't paying the full value of the contract because the Rangers were paying 7 million a year for a player no longer with them...
2007-10-30 13:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I cant stand that greedy *** Boras, A-rod decision to leave the yankees was all becuz of him i hope Alex fire his ***..the yankees r not to blame but the rangers are..
2007-10-30 13:11:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I blame Scott Boor-us more than anyone. He is nothing more than a no-talent hack, who couldn't cut it in MLB and is intent on sticking it to MLB because of his shortcomings.
I blame the Rangers for being stupid enough to pay that much. There is no person who plays in a sport who is worth that kind of money.
2007-10-30 13:07:44 · answer #8 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I blame the system, why should sports players be given enormous multi-million dollar contracts, There needs to be a per player cap.
2007-10-30 12:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by Greg 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope, I blame Scott Boras and his quest to have the largest salary portfolio of athletes possible.
2007-10-30 12:18:35 · answer #10 · answered by Lontain 2 · 5⤊ 3⤋