http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/03/27/baseballs-highest-paid-players-on-and-off-the-field-2/
The start of the 2013 baseball season had the leagues most stacked team struggling. The New York Yankees are the most prosperous team in the league however most of their highest money making players have yet to see the field. Despite his 2009 confession of using performance enhancing drugs, Alex Rodriguez is still the highest played player on the team. Even though he is starting off the 2013 season on the bench he still is getting payed $29.5 million for the season even if he doesn't set foot on the diamond the whole season. Derek Jeter, the face of the Yankees, is also on the disabled list and is still getting $26 million for the season, not to mention all of the millions he gets for endorsement deals.
Baseball is the last form of pure capitalism in the world. Because teams can spend however much they want to on players, which some argue allow big market teams to be better, this is a great concept because in a free market, teams should be responsible for their actions. If they want to pay too much for an injured player, they have the free will to do so. I would like to see more of this freedom in the business world.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Will, if a team wants to spend top dollar for the best talent then they should be able to do so without any restrictions.
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