Greinke, The Honest Money-hungry Athlete By L. Iwamoto

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I don’t know about you, but I cringe every time I hear of another outrageous contract involving tens of millions upon millions of dollars for professional athletes. I just don’t get it. Are they really worth that much?

Worse of all—the athletes declare they chose the particular team because it’s what is best for the team, blah blah blah. Yeah right. The multi-million dollar contracts had nothing to do with it? Give me a break!

On a refreshing note, we finally have an honest, money-hungry athlete. Tom Brady signed a six-year, $147 million dollar contract with the Dodgers. And rather than saying he chose the Dodgers because it would be the best thing for the team, he told it like it is: it was because of the money. Hats off to the honest money-hungry athlete!

In fact, Greinke actually said that he would play for whatever team paid him the most. Period. He said, “It’s obviously the No.1 thing. I could play for the worst team if they paid the most…If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10 million, I’m going to go for the $200 million ...
... no matter what the team it was.”

Ok, that’s a no brainer. And to be honest, who can blame the man? I mean, if I had the opportunity and choice that Greinke has, believe you me, I would go for the money too. It’s those phony, “it’s the best for the team” athletes that really irk me. Be a man, guys! Tell it like it is. You get the bucks, so fess up! I mean, really!

Athletes these days are in it more for the money than they are for the sport itself. Ever wonder why the boxer Floyd Maywether Jr. is called “Money”? He spent less than an hour in the ring and made $85 million big ones. Good grief!!!

But let’s just look at baseball. Alex Rodriguez has a ten year contract with the New York Yankees for $252 million. Albert Pujos had a ten year contract with the Angels for $240 million. Joey Votto had a ten year contract with the Cincinatti Reds for $225 million. A per year average brings Greinke’s to $24.5 million per year, and Rodriguez to $27.5 per year. It’s just a mere 7 million dollar difference…

Still, Greinke told it like it is. He is in it for the money. I think he would join a T-Ball team if they paid the most.

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