A-Rod’s next contract $300million???
Posted by Media Outrage on October 20, 2007
A-Rod photo’d with his agent ScottBoras.
Alex Rodriguez is about to do in November what he hasn’t been able to do in October: Produce some real eye-popping numbers.
The New York Yankees’ star third baseman, already the highest paid U.S. athlete in professional team sports, is likely to sign a new multi-year contract soon that could be between $300 million and $400 million.
A huge nine-figure deal is virtually certain. What’s not known is where he’ll sign.
But you don’t have to be Scott Boras, A-Rod’s uber-agent, to argue that a team can give his client a hefty raise and still have the deal be a good one.
Even if you don’t believe all of Boras’ arguments about the economic benefits of lavishing money on his top client (and I don’t), the changes in the market for players’ salaries, and the improvement in the game’s overall economic outlook, means it makes sense to sign the game’s most productive player, even at top dollar.
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