A-rod will opt out says SI

[BCVM22]

why does everyone hate on Boras for making his clients as much money as possible when that's exactly what his job is?

 

The same reason people harp on Muskat for just doing her job. In a "perfect" (see: not real) world, PR writers are 100% objective and critical of the organizations that pay them to write fluff and sports agents say things like "My client would play for free if it meant he could play the game he loves forever."

[davearm2]

Arods already filthy rich. Why are so many people making this about the money? My gut tells me they guy just wants out of NY and I don't blame him.

Because it is about the money. But so what? that's what they play for.

 

ARod/Boras are floating a 262 million dollar number around. That is EXACTLY twice as much as the higest paid athlete in sports.

 

According to Keith Olberman.

 

If you want to say "for Boras, it's all about the money", then fine. Of course Boras is drooling to put Arod on the market. I can't stand the man, but if I were a ball player, he's the guy I want representing me.

 

Arod opted out without even sitting down with the Yanks. If it was about the money, don't you think he'd at least sit down with them and hear what the richest team in baseball has to offer?

Well said.

 

Not only are the Yanks the richest team in baseball, but they had a $21M headstart on everyone else.

 

Now I'm not sure I'm fully onboard with the 'too much uncertainty with the Yankees' future' party line, but there's more at work here than just money to be sure.

[Tracer Bullet]

why does everyone hate on Boras for making his clients as much money as possible when that's exactly what his job is?

 

because they want the money? This isn't complicated - he wanted out of new york and boras told him he would still get the money.

 

for pro athletes, it's either about the money or about the money. and if they say it isn't, they're lying

 

What a terrible generalization. It's not always about maximizing the money for every athlete. Sure it is for many of them. But there are dozens of athletes in different sports that have taken less money (or restructured deals) to go to a team with a better chance of winning a title, or improving their teams chances of winning a title.

 

Frequently, it's athletes in ARod's situation - have tons of money and the big name, but really want the ring. And in baseball, the Yankees give you a great chance to win one, but they certainly aren't the only team that can regularly contend for a title by adding ARod (and other teams come with less baggage than the Yankees do).

[Pinktermite]

It's not always about the money, it's just MOST of the time about the money. Is that the case with ARod? Probably...but that's not certain, and nobody knows the answer except him and Boras. Regardless, the Cubs won't/can't sign him because they don't have an owner.

[Derwood]

why does everyone hate on Boras for making his clients as much money as possible when that's exactly what his job is?

 

because they want the money? This isn't complicated - he wanted out of new york and boras told him he would still get the money.

 

for pro athletes, it's either about the money or about the money. and if they say it isn't, they're lying

 

What a terrible generalization. It's not always about maximizing the money for every athlete. Sure it is for many of them. But there are dozens of athletes in different sports that have taken less money (or restructured deals) to go to a team with a better chance of winning a title, or improving their teams chances of winning a title.

 

Frequently, it's athletes in ARod's situation - have tons of money and the big name, but really want the ring. And in baseball, the Yankees give you a great chance to win one, but they certainly aren't the only team that can regularly contend for a title by adding ARod (and other teams come with less baggage than the Yankees do).

 

right, so they really aren't being all that altruistic since they already have enough money for 5 lifetimes

[nilodnayr]

I think players who have the good fortune of being desired they decide what is important to them and prioritize based on that. Money might be extremely important, but so might location, competitiveness, friends, etc. Sure, all athletes want $, but guys turn down higher offers from crap teams in crap cities all the time. Similarly, like in ARod's stituation 8 years ago, he had a choice between the Texas bid and whoever else. Turned out the Texas bid was $50M higher than the next best bid. At the time, $50M weighed more heavily than whatever other qualities the other teams had over Texas. Basically, its an unfair statement to say that all athletes just go after the money. Money is one of the factors, and usually the highest ranking, but that doesn't mean that other factors do not apply. And in ARod's case, the relative difference in money that was offered outweighed the other characteristics he was looking for in a team/city.

[nilodnayr]

why does everyone hate on Boras for making his clients as much money as possible when that's exactly what his job is?

 

because they want the money? This isn't complicated - he wanted out of new york and boras told him he would still get the money.

 

for pro athletes, it's either about the money or about the money. and if they say it isn't, they're lying

 

What a terrible generalization. It's not always about maximizing the money for every athlete. Sure it is for many of them. But there are dozens of athletes in different sports that have taken less money (or restructured deals) to go to a team with a better chance of winning a title, or improving their teams chances of winning a title.

 

Frequently, it's athletes in ARod's situation - have tons of money and the big name, but really want the ring. And in baseball, the Yankees give you a great chance to win one, but they certainly aren't the only team that can regularly contend for a title by adding ARod (and other teams come with less baggage than the Yankees do).

 

right, so they really aren't being all that altruistic since they already have enough money for 5 lifetimes

 

Why should they (or anyone) be altruistic?

[Bull]

It's not always about the money, it's just MOST of the time about the money. Is that the case with ARod? Probably...but that's not certain, and nobody knows the answer except him and Boras. Regardless, the Cubs won't/can't sign him because they don't have an owner.

 

Its never about the money. Its about the respect and appreciation of what I do. The money is just a statement of that respect.

[Derwood]

It's not always about the money, it's just MOST of the time about the money. Is that the case with ARod? Probably...but that's not certain, and nobody knows the answer except him and Boras. Regardless, the Cubs won't/can't sign him because they don't have an owner.

 

Its never about the money. Its about the respect and appreciation of what I do. The money is just a statement of that respect.

 

not to mention that my union will not allow me to sign a contract that will lower the overall market at my position