A-Rod Gives Up

http://nypost.com/2014/02/07/a-rod-backs-down-suit-against-league-commissioner-union-dropped/

Wow, first move of contrition I've ever seen from the guy.

 

Is it contrition or just acceptance that he has no case?

Threats of shit-flinging never pan out. Dammit.

 

First smart move A-Rod has made in the whole affair. Best for him to totally disappear from the news for a year and let the public forget.

 

Interesting move on a few levels.

The ESPN article says it was going cost $10 million in legal fees to fight for $25 million in 2014 salary and that, presumably, was why he dropped the fight. But he has to know that dropping the suits will be seen in the court of public opinion as a tacit admission of guilt.

I'm wondering if the main reason is that MLB's evidence would have become public record and no matter the outcome of the lawsuit, A-Rod was worried about what that evidence was going to show of him to the public.

Guy still seems to want to come back for 2015. What a shitshow that will be if he remains in pinstripes.

 

If the Yankees' owed you approximately $60M in the event that you showed up for work in the Spring of 2015, wouldn't you show up?

A-Rod is a sleazy human being - but he ain't stupid. And leaving $60M on the table would be STUPID!

 

Now that it's down to $60M, I could see them eating it. Wasn't there a story that if they cut him, the salary wouldn't count against them in figuring the luxury tax?

 

All I can say is it's about time.

 

So if you were voting today, based on whatever information and opinions you have, would you vote him into the Hall of Fame?

 

I would for the simple reason that I don't have a stick up my ass regarding PEDs. Even if I did, I'd vote Bonds in because he was already a HOFer before he even touched a syringe.

 

I'm the type of person who doesn't believe that because "everyone else is doing it!!!!" PED users should get a free pass, so no I would not vote him into the Hall. To put it in FB's terms, yes, I have a stick up my ass regarding PEDs.

I honestly don't understand the widening acceptance of cheating.

 

You don't know that. For all we know, Bonds started using PEDs when he was in high school. That's the problem with all sides of this argument. Far too many people confusing what they believe with actual knowledge.