Submitted by Michael Collins, Oct 30, 2007 13:37

This is a RIDICULOUS argument. I am amazed it was not rejected by the editors. The writer has no concept of facts or labor economics, including the role inflation plays in most salary increases. For 90% of people, the rising cost of living impacts their ability to make ends meet on a week to week or monthly basis. Solely out of necessity, employers provide raises that are nearly in line with infaltion. That rationale is meaningless when you are talking about individualized employment contracts totalling hundreds of millions of dollars. On top of that, virtually EVERY significant baseball person has acknoweldged that the Texas Rangers made a foolish deal and overpaid A-Rod significantly. But almost of Boras' client's get far more than they are worth on any objective level. Boras has done more to wreak havoc on baseball than any individual in history. No one in their right minds will give Pay-Rod $300 million dollars. Beyond that, he is still to this day, and by far, the highest paid player in the game and will be for most or perhaps all of his acreer, despite his usuelessness in October. A-Rod's story is similar to Torre's. The Yankees entered into a ridiculously lucrative contract with Torre that paid him at least $5 million more than he was worth, e.g., what he could have obtained on the open market. So because the moron Swindel made a bad deal with Torre, the Yankees were obligated to further that bad deal by again agreeing to pay Torre double any other manager? Because Boras ripped off Texas ,were the Yankees suppossed to accept the patently absurd notion that A-Rod is worth $300 million dollars? The writer sounds like a shill for Boras, and his avaricious crusade, run-amok.

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