The nugget, a term that Robert Casey of Bleeding Yankee Blue
taught me, is a little bit of information that is thrown into an article that
is sometimes missed or purposely overlooked. On Monday we reported that the New
York Yankees were looking to void the home run milestone bonuses associated in
a marketing contract that Alex Rodriguez signed with the team in 2007. While
writing the article, in between eye rolls anyway, I thought of the circus that
Rodriguez was going to bring the team over this but when I jumped on the USA
Today this morning I feel like my sarcastic eye rolls may have been directed in
the wrong direction. The way the USA Today is wording it and reporting it the
team may flat out refuse to pay the money to Rodriguez whether an agreement or
termination of the contract comes first.
A team flat out refusing to pay a player the terms of their
contract, player contract or marketing contract, would probably not be allowed
by the league and the MLB Players Association. Rodriguez’s contract states that
each $6 million payment is due within 15 days after the home run milestone in
exchange for rights such as Rodriguez’s name and image in licensed goods. The
team is arguing that nobody will be lining up to pay for these goods and
merchandise, and they are right, and may flat out refuse to pay and break the
contract.
This is going to get ugly and this will head to an
arbitrator after a grievance is filed. Yay, another summer of the Bronx is
Burning Part III.
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