why doesnt AROD fire his agent and give MLB teams/fans a break?

Question

and save them 50% or split that

when you save your team 30 million dollars a year and 300 million dollars over 10 years. You bet ticket prices will go down.

Hell some teams arent even worth 30 mil

dude get a life.

if AROD fires his agent he wont have to pay him 15 mil a year for 30 mil a year contract. That means teams only have to pay 15 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to sign agent-less AROD. Wouldnt you do that??? You save your team , fans and god forbid AROD some money!!

Answer 1

Yet people wonder why sports figures, not all, get into trouble because of their inflated head over money. ARod makes about $17,000 PER INNING??? It's got to stop. Those folks always say "it if weren't for the fans..." well, reduce a paycheck and give fans entertainment that they can afford!!!!!

Answer 2

Simple rules of inflation will tell you that he is going to get more money, he would not fire Boras who is going to get him the most money, he has to look out for A-Rod...Baseball owners look out for themselves so the players are going to do the same. Ticket prices will never go down, that is another thing with inflation, cost of living. The cheapest team like KC is still worth about 375 million dollars so if any of them really wanted to they could easily pay that, it is not a case of can they afford to pay for him but are they going to get the return on the investment, is his being there going to generate more season tickets, more merchandising, more publicity for your franchise, in most cases I would say yes...that is really where the Yankees and Red Sox do not need help, they are already at the top of both so why worry about bringing in another huge contract when some small market team will overpay to try and validate themselves. Therre is not a chance in hell that he is going to use his last chance for a huge contract to go for less money. He is still not even scratching the surface of the revenue generated by MLB...this year it is an estimated 5.6 Billion dollars; if he was so expensive then he would account for more than the 0.75% of baseball's revenue that he does account for, I am pretty sure that he will bring in more money that they pay him at that rate...people will take about hating him but then their butts are in the seat (25 bucks) with a beer (6 bucks) and a hot dog(4 bucks) wearing a hat (30 bucks) and a T-shirt (20 bucks) to see him every night. In a stadium that holds 40,000 people that is 3.4 million dollars per night.

Answer 3

Boras scored ARod a quarter-billion dollar deal a mere seven years ago, and is probably going to do better this time. Whatever reason would Rodriguez have for dumping him?

And No, ticket prices would not go down. Stop living in fantasy world.

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Edit: fine, let's make a bet on ticket prices going down. I take the position that they will not, based upon payroll demands. You stand that ticket prices WILL fall. What's the wager? Straight odds, of course. ...Oh, just pick a large, painful number and send me a money order for that much, yes? Because you lose, and believe me, I can demolish your hopes and dreams on this matter with one, maybe two short sentences. Ticket prices are set to optimize revenue and are based upon what the market will bear; payroll is downstream, not upstream. Wanna learn why this is? Then send the money order. I'm expecting five figures left of the decimal point, so do see to it.

Answer 4

yeah ok. Fire the best agent in pro sports, the one that will get you mountains of money. That's not realistic. People will pay to go to games, ARod's contract won't have much to do with raising ticket prices because most teams increase them every year anyway and people still pay the money.

Answer 5

ARod is greedy and narcissistic - why else would he have announced his opting out of the contract during the final game of the World Series? He was also supposed to be at that game in Colorado to accept the Hank Aaron award. He opted out of that citing personal reasons. Most people figured he did it because he knew all the focus would be on his contract and not on the award or Hank Aaron. But then he goes and makes the announcement that night - very narcissistic.

Answer 6

You know the best things in life are free. You can give them to the birds and the bees. I want mmmmooooney. That's what I want!
It's what the market will bear dude. We are a capitalistic society and get it while the getting is good.

Answer 7

Why doesn't A ROD just go away somewhere, like to Japan?