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Originally Posted by Grandstander
Making sure that the focus of future Arod milestone homeruns will be on money rather than the achievement, the NY Yankees have worked out a bonus arrangement where Rodriguez gets paid six million bucks each time he ties one of the top four on the homerun list.
What is the thinking with this? That unless they money is offered, Arod will lose interest in becoming the all time homerun champ? That someone with his money will actually be motivated by what amounts to pocket change for him at that point? Otherwise he might walk away from the contract prematurely?
ESPN - Slugging for dollars: A-Rod agrees to HR bonuses - MLB |
the idea is for arod to essentially profit-share in the additional revenue brought in through reaching these milestones. it does to some extent misalign incentives. not that hitting home runs is ever bad, but the hitters mentality should be somewhat situation dependent. and if arod's overriding incentive is to maximize his chance at hitting a home run regardless of the situation, then a disconnect is created.