Alex Rodriguez sent a letter to Scott Boras 45 days ago to inform the agent that he no longer requires his representation, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com. Bob Nightengale of USA Today first reported the news and Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports soon confirmed the report. Pittsburgh attorney Jay Reisinger and Washington lawyer Jim Sharp advise Rodriguez, according to USA Today. But as Joel Sherman of the New York Post points out on Twitter, they are not his baseball agents.
Boras negotiated Rodriguez's ten-year $252MM deal and his ten-year $275MM deal, the two biggest contracts in baseball history. Rodriguez's current contract expires when he's 42, so he won't need to negotiate another deal for a while. Here is MLBTR's list of Scott Boras clients.
Why not? He’s got his money already, anyway…
A cheater, getting millions of dollars he doesn’t deserve… when we have hard working people in America, risking their lives for others, who get in a YEAR what this guy makes in a called strikeout…
A-Roid has a conscience now?
who cares? it screws over borass and that makes it a good move. he dosent need him anymore anyway
Why do you need an agent when you’re covered for the rest of your career?
If anything Boras moved on as well, he milked Alex for all he could
He may feel like he could get more endorsement deals. Maybe he wants to appear in a movie or something as well. Agents do a bit more than just negotiate salaries with MLB clubs.
He definitely wants to be in a movie, something where he saves the world and becomes a hero.
good point
He’ll never need another contract, so why not?
I bet Scott Boras just sent a mean letter to A-Rod in and he wrote it in Comic Sans font. But if I were A-Rod, I wouldn’t need an agent either. 250MM isn’t all that bad anyway.
comic sans is awesome
HE WANTS TO TASTE THE CURB
a thousand times yes
Right?
I have a feeling this is just a ploy by A-Rod to win back some fans. If he were due another big contract there is no way this would happen.
Satan fireing Satan really doesn’t win back fans.
Agents don’t only negotiate contracts. They serve other functions as well, including representation in the media and public appearances. Boras and his crew don’t just negotiate a contract and sit around making money off it.
Obviously, but the main reason everyone wants Boras is because he’s the best negotiator. Other agents can do that type of work, and do it well, throughout the span of the contract.
That’s what a publicist is for. I’m sure A-Roid has one of those too.
Aroid is a fraud. Glad he will never be in the hall. Hope he breaks a leg and never plays another game. Will make the game better.
I’m surprised this wasn’t announced during the first NFL game or something.
or during the world series, game 4 perhaps
I hate the fact that everyone knows how much money an individual makes, but NO ONE knows how much money the team makes. What percentage of player salary accounts for total liability….and what are all the assets ( revenue, etc ). Getting the whole picture would really set people on fire.
You think the Yankees organization makes as much as they pay everyone, players, coaches, trainers, workers, etc? Cause i dont buy it. They dont even sell out games in that new stadium lol.
Uhh, yeah they do.
Forbes valued the net worth of the Yankees organization in April 2010 as about 1.6 BILLION.
Their payroll is about 200 MM.
what people never understand, is that even if they break even on stadium costs vs. ticket sales, the money they make on advertising from YES network is the real money maker. Not merchandising ( that all gets pooled into the pot )…the reality is as fans and supporters, we should demand they open their books and be accountable, especially if we get to know every knook and cranny of every players contract.
safe to say you do not have a degree in business
Save to assume you’re a Yankee bandwagon fan.
what does his fandom have to do with you not understanding the YES network’s revenue stream for the Yankees franchise?
The Yankees have lost money on operating income over the past five years (except in ’09, when they won the WS). So yes, minus the effect of the TV revenue they generate, they lost money. The TV revenue is what keeps them so far above everyone else.
forbes.com/lists/2010/33/baseball-valuations-10_Ne…
sounds about accurate
safe to assume you cannot defend your incorrect point and instead decide to make a random attack on another commenter.
Try again.
The Yankees have like sold out every game for the past two years, probably even more.
ahahahaha yes, you are right, the yankees lose money . lol thats what they do, they lose money.
He’ll probably be out of baseball by the time his contract is over anyway.
This seems like as good a venue as any to ask an old question that bugs me from time to time:
When A-Rod opted out of his contract in 2007, the report was that the Yankees were pissed because they would lose the remaining money that the Rangers owed, resulting in the period that Fall where the sides didn’t talk, until A-Rod reached out to the Yankees. Yet, I noticed during the Rangers bankruptcy story this year that they are still paying A-Rod. What happened there? Was there a loophole in the old contract that meant the Rangers had to continue paying on the new contract?
I think part of his contract with them included deferred money, so they’re still on the hook for that.
From Cot’s Baseball Contracts, looking at A-Rod:
# Texas obligated to fund $9M as part of deferred compensation provision in previous contract (to be paid with interest in $3M increments in 2008, 2009 & 2010)
Bet Boras is crying all the way to the bank. He already collected his commission.
Boris must have told ARod to get off his mound…..
and then he went to try and get that moose and sqvirrel
baseball is nothing more than a game people risk there lives everyday in war yet celebrities or high profile sports players get the attention and money i enjoy sports but its not high on my priorities in life.there is so much better things than sports to me that i have control over.as for this i bet if any of you were to play in the mlb you would want to for money to regardless of team and would sign with scott boras lets try to be less biased with this cuz baseball isnt really a life or death sort of a thing your all just fans sorry if its mean but its the truth
Ask Ray Chapman or Mike Coolbaugh…
-wtk
Baseball is entertainment. No one bats an eye at the absurd amount of money that actors and studio execs make either. The fact that a hack and talentless person like Lindsey Lohan can get $1 mil to host a NYE party in Vegas or a mil for an auto-biographical tell all book tells you how we roll in the good old USA. It’s survival of the fattest to say the least. As far as Arod and most ball players are concerned. I’m sure many of them would play for a fraction of what they earn if the owners weren’t charging as much as they were now. Arod is rich…the person that pays him is wealthy. That is the greatest analogy you can use. It’s a world wher billionaires are paying millionaires and we (the fans) are at the bottom of the food chain. As for the comparison of athletes vs teachers, firemen and cops, the day you’re willing to pay $30 bucks to see Ms. Johnson teach addition and subtraction to a 2nd grader you let me know. Until then, stop the silly apples and oranges comparisons and enjoy “it” for what it is…..entertainment. Jenna Jameson earned about $20 mil last year doing porn and I guarantee 99.9% of you would rather pay to see her work her “craft” than you would a firefighter or cop so stop being hypocritical.
you’re always good for a great post..
I’m confused…I thought A-Rod already dropped Boras a couple years ago when the negotiations with the Yankees seemed to be stalling?
No he didn’t drop him but he did decide to negotiate the new deal with the Yanks w/o him. He was just used to write up the deal in terms of language but it was Arod along with either Warren Buffet or some dude from Sachs Goldman that was a mutual friend of Buffet/Arod that actually did the direct negotiations. There was another player though that did drop Arod around the same time I think.
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A-Roid.
Aren’t I the very pinnacle of hilarity? Maybe for my next act I’ll wish ill will on a person I’ve never met, or talked to simply because he makes a bunch of money and plays for the mean ol’ Yankees.
/is literally a child