... athletes. It's really unnecessary for someone who plays a game to make that much money (Hoffman, Greenberg, 3). The highest paid player in American sports history, is Texas Rangers short stop Alex Rodriguez (Eichorn, 1). Alex signed a contract for 252 million dollars over ten years with the Rangers, or 22 million each year for ten years [(Weiss, 3)(Eichorn, 1)]. But some don't fathom how much ... ,000 salary, you"d have to wait about 5,000 years to make what Alex makes in a year. You could also get lucky with the lottery (Eichorn, 2). The owners paid more for Rodriguez, than they paid fo...

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... a man turn "green". Athletes today display a greedy personality when it comes down to their contracts and merchandise. They try to get as much of the "mean green" as possible. Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers makes about 30 million dollars a year. But the baseball year is only from March until October. The President of the United States only gets paid a mere ... the downfall of our country or war, so why do they make so much money? All they have to do is practice and show up to games to play. Alex Rodriguez's Texas Rangers came in last place and he still makes that kind of money. I w...

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... for the first two years the club owner pays you whatever he wants. (p46) There is a two hundred thousand dollar minimum, but who wants that in the league while Alex Rodriguez's is making 25.2 million dollars a year, that beats them in two games. For the next three years the player is eligible for salary arbitration, which is where they settle kind ... ...

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... totaling $412 million. Manny Ramirez had been playing for the Cleveland Indians for four years. He showed his loyalty to his team by signing with the Boston red Sox. Alex Rodriguez had played for the Seattle Mariners for seven years. Naturally, he abandoned his team and signed with the Texas Rangers. Their skills "may well make a great athlete, but they don ... ...

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... watch the athletes compete assume that they adhere to a schedule that is much lighter than what they actually follow. For example we will go through the daily schedule of Alex Rodriguez, shortstop for the Texas Rangers, on the day of an afternoon away game. He wakes up at 7 in the morning and gets to the team breakfast at 8. After that he ... ...

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