High Priced Athletes

The recent demise of the New York Yankees is being blamed on one man Alex Rodriquez.  A-Rod  still has more than 114 million dollars owed to him on his contract.  The world is falling a part if you are  a Yankee fan  because A-Rod had a bad playoffs.  Why is this any different from any other playoff.  A-Rod is not Mr October,  he never has been.

If there is any blame for all this then the Yankees have to look no further than the front office in putting them in such a position.  My first question is why would any team pay such a high price for any player for such a long time.  The effective life of any athlete is very short and to even think that any player in his thirties  should get a ten year contract is preposterious

It seems people or businesses and I would throw any govenment agency into this category that has plenty of money (especially if it not theirs) they have a willingness to over pay for items that they could get cheaper but just because they can get it for any price they will pay that price. The Yankees paid A-Rod 24 million a year when they didn't have to pay a penny more than 10 or 12 million a year.

This dilemma  for the Yankees is their team is old and all their players are over paid and they are tied up in long term contracts.  Who's fault is that but the Yankees and their deep pockets?  The California Angels will be facing this same situation as  the older Albert Pulos gets.

The media has come up with this idea that the Yankees have to trade A-Rod and then pay most of the contract to who ever  weasles the deal with the Yankees.  A-Rod hit 272 this year which is 28 points lower than this career batting average.  That is still a decent average and if the Yankees get rid of A-Rod they are crazy especially if they were going to pay most of his salary to someone else to get rid of him.

The bottom line in all of this is people who think they are the smartest people in the world most of the time only have money not brains.  Why the Washington Nationals decided to  shut down their best pitcher when the innings count for the season finally arrived.  If they were planning to do that all year why did they not instead of pitching every fifth day just let him pitch once a week.  It is obvious to me having money  and having brains don't mix.  It seems this applies in government and sports.