Alex Rodriguez is Getting Destroyed for Siding With Owners Regarding Debate Over 2020 MLB Season
By Jerry Trotta
Another former New York Yankees star has joined Mark Teixeira in choosing to side with MLB owners after their proposal to kickstart the 2020 season was widely ridiculed by players.
On Friday, Alex Rodriguez took to Twitter to implore the MLBPA to acquiesce to the owners' bold overture and accept a 50/50 revenue split that requires significant salary concessions.
Players & owners can come together to grow the pie-share in it-& have a double bottom line
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) May 16, 2020
Most of all, the FANS of our amazing game deserve it. This isn't about the past, or the CBA or posturing. This is about surviving as a country & the American pastime can again lead the way
Do we really have to go through this again? A-Rod is an intelligent guy, but he made the easily avoidable mistake of asking Twitter for its thoughts on his pro-owner stance.
He might just have checked off every stereotype in the book, too.
What are your thoughts? Text me at 305-690-0485 to tell me what you would do if you were Commissioner.@MLBONFOX @MLB @FS1
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) May 16, 2020
Like clockwork, the former 14-time All-Star was ripped apart, and the critique started with the fact that he himself pocketed over $450 million in salary across his 22-year career. Of course, that was capped with a 10-year, $275 million contract with the Yankees, which he signed back in 2007. As of this time, he's still the highest earner in baseball history.
Calling for the players to sacrifice now that he's out of the league and more than set for life is easy for him to say.
Can't imagine this will go over too well with the MLBPA: Alex Rodriguez, with the highest career earnings in major league history to date because he could take advantage of a free market, advocating for the revenue sharing proposal made by owners. https://t.co/KXrfAnTSGS
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) May 16, 2020
Rodriguez failing to acknowledge that there is no chance he would have made as much as he did under these circumstances, even with a 50-50 revenue share, is ridiculous. The owners are literally asking to trim players' salaries even though they aren't the one's risking anything by playing amid a global pandemic. Why is the former three-time AL MVP okay with this?
As expected, a number of fans didn't hesitate to rip into Rodriguez's controversial past (despite it not being fully relevant to this economic discussion).
Alex Rodriguez cheated, lied about cheating and manipulated drug tests. How he continues to have such a high-profile position in baseball media blows my mind.
— Tom Froemming (@TFTwins) May 16, 2020
That's just what happens when you give Twitter an excuse to let loose.
You are wrong. The owners want to privatize profits and socialize losses. As a great former player and potential owner i would think you would understand the economics and the sanctity of contracts.
— Leslie L. Lake (@lesllake) May 16, 2020
We did, too, but opinions are bound to change after you flirt with buying a team and becoming an owner yourself, right?
A-Rod acting like an owner in light of all this is tough to level with. It's easy to see why he's getting destroyed on social media.