Alex Rodriguez thinks the MLB should have a salary cap

[seattlefan75]

Alex Rodriguez says MLB players should accept salary cap as he continues bid to buy Mets

So the guy that singed a 10 year 252 million contract with the rangers in 2000 only to opt out of it in 2007 then signed a second 10 year 275 million contract with the yankees now after having 450 million in wealth trying to buy a piece of the Mets and be an owner now feels that there should be a salary cap. This is why nobody likes Alex Rodriguez let the next guy make their money and shut the hell up.

 

[wazzu31]

That is kind of what happens when players or anyone actually goes into management.

 

[Wamu]

Fuck off A-Roid. I don't want to hear from that fraud.

 

[Wamu]

 

[Wamu]

 

[PickleRick]

Fuck arod.

 

[nynasty]

What a douchebag

 

[mcnabb7542]

Maybe he should lead by example and give the millions back to the Rangers since they gave him a boat load to sign with them via free agency instead of Seattle where now a days he say's he wishes he had stayed and played.

 

[moxie]

He’s so repulsive. When he’s an owner, there should be a cap on seat prices and charging more than $3 for a Budweiser.

 

[Pure Steel]

What a douchebag

How long have I been saying that?

 

[black francis]

he's not wrong, but he needs to have a little self awareness

 

[richig07]

I like A-Rod

 

[wazzu31]

he's not wrong, but he needs to have a little self awareness

Essentially this. He needs to learn from Jeter and try to destroy baseball as we it behind closed doors.

 

[podsox]

Would he be in a position to buy a franchise if there was a salary cap when he played

 

[Rock Strongo]

Alex Rodriguez says MLB players should accept salary cap as he continues bid to buy Mets

So the guy that singed a 10 year 252 million contract with the rangers in 2000 only to opt out of it in 2007 then signed a second 10 year 275 million contract with the yankees now after having 450 million in wealth trying to buy a piece of the Mets and be an owner now feels that there should be a salary cap. This is why nobody likes Alex Rodriguez let the next guy make their money and shut the hell up.

 

[Rock Strongo]

He’s so repulsive. When he’s an owner, there should be a cap on seat prices and charging more than $3 for a Budweiser.

i'm on board

 

[steveringo]

At 25, Rodriguez had left the Mariners to sign his record-setting 10-year, $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers in January 2001. While he had led the American League in home runs for three straight seasons, with totals of 52, 57 and 47—winning his first AL MVP award in that latter season—the Rangers had finished last in the AL West in all three seasons, with win totals of 73, 72 and 71. He was eager to play for a winner, but the Red Sox, who were still smarting from having lost a seven-game ALCS classic to the Yankees on Aaron Boone's walk-off home run, were unwilling to take on the entirety of the $179 million he had remaining on his pact. According to the Boston Globe’s Gordon Edes, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein told Rodriguez that he would have to reduce the value of his contract by $4 million per year—$28 million over the remaining seven years—in order for the trade to work.

A-Rod was willing to restructure his contract and, under the reworked deal, he would have been able to opt out of his contract in 2005 and every year after, instead of just in 2007, as originally stipulated in his agreement. The full scope of the trades that had been hammered out had the 27-year-old Rodriguez going from Texas to Boston in exchange for 31-year-old Manny Ramirez, pitching prospect Jon Lester—then just two seasons into his professional career and a month shy of his 20th birthday—and cash. Nomar Garciaparra, then 29, would have gone to the White Sox along with reliever Scott Williamson, 27, in exchange for going-on-30-year-old outfielder Magglio Ordonez and 20-year-old pitching prospect Brandon McCarthy. But the players’ union rejected the proposal, as it was against any effort to reduce the value of an existing contract.

 

[FirebreathingMonkey]

I'm 100% in agreement, there should be a HARD cap like NFL. In exchange, players should be able to enter FA earlier, but A-Rod is simply the wrong statesman. He got his and now looks like he wants to stop the next generation.

 

[DolansRCheap]

The balls on this guy, actually lack of balls from all the Roids.

 

[IronJaw]

I'd rather see a return of the Reserve Clause!