Why is Scott Boras the dumbest agent ever?

Question

Boras is obviously very good at his job or he would'nt have any clients. His job as a agent is to to get the best deals and the most money for his clients. I can't be upset about that and while I understand it is a game and your reason for playing should be because you love it baseball is also a buisiness a very big
buisiness and the players want to make as much money as they can.Why should the billionaire owners make all the money . The players sellthe product
and they should be paid accordingly . Boras does what he can to make sure that happens . I don't always agree with his tactics but as a owner I wouldn't want to deal with him. As a athlete Scott Boras is the agent I want to represent me because I know he's going to fight to get me the best deal and I always thought that was what every athlete wants in a agent.

Answer 1

My feelings exactly and very well stated by you.

Answer 2

Here are my thoughts.
Why should the owners make all the money, because they take all the risk.
As great as we feel that some of these players are, if they never existed, we wouldn't miss them.
You may love Jeter, Ramirez, Pujols, but individually none of them played, baseball would not have changed.

For Boras, he's kind of like Remax. They promise that they will sell for the most.
However, the catch 22 would be: If you were the buyer and you knew that a Remax agents sells for the most, then you wouldn't look at Remax agents sales because you know you will pay more for it.

For Boras, he has top tier clients because he gets the most for them. Having Boras as an agent is a tell-tale sign that the player is really only in it for the $$

Now, if owners and GMs really didn't negotiate with Boras, then his clients would realize that he doesn't get the most for his clients, so, he would cease to be #1 in the agent market.

Answer 3

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 4

He's obviously good at pushing the owners around and getting money for his clients, but he also ruins careers. Look how long it took for Alex Rodriguez to have a decent season in New York. And Barry Zito was a complete tank in San Francisco after getting his big Boras-contract. Who's next? Sure, you get the big paycheck, but to sign with him means to become a curse to the game. I'd certainly be wary if I was an athlete.

Answer 5

The owners not making money is a good idea, but we end up paying more when the clubs bring on high price talent. The fans split the bill, so keep giving him your vote of confidence as we pay his commission. Also, he drives up the contracts, so that only the Yankees or Red Sox will be able to sign the best players.

Answer 6

well if i was an agent i would want to get my clients the most money because thats how i get paid! The more they make the more he gets paid!! hes not an idiot he just wants to get paid like the rest of the world

Answer 7

boras is brilliant, i dont like him, but hes brilliant, he may ask for obscene amounts of money, but you know what? he gets those amounts, and his players that benefit the most from that
does he ask for way too much sometimes? yes
is he bad for baseball? in some ways yes
but the owners pay what he asks for, or at least close to it, so you cant really blame him in any fairness

Answer 8

The players ARE the product.

Answer 9

Dumb?Not at all. Cocky and arrogant and a bully?Oh yeah. But guess what?Thats exactly what his cleitns hired him to do. Its all about getting the top dollar for his clients. And he does that .

Answer 10

he is not dumb but hes greedy he just wants to make a huge amount of money of the players even if the players not worth it

Answer 11

the man is obviously very good at this job. the only problem is he is sooo good that many clubs are saying they don't want to deal with him. hence a-rod trying to negotiate his own contract with New York.