Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject: Player Greed
Ken Davidoff writes of the rumor that Pujols and Rolen were standouts on contract to market a bunch of Team Signed memorabilia after the WS as they were bickering over who should make more Rolen or Pujols.
Doesn't sound like a big deal but many of the minimum wagers <380k players> rely on this money to supplement their salary until/if they make it big.
There is a brighter story in the article on how it should be done:
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Yet sometimes it can work out better. As the Astros were playing the White Sox in the 2005 World Series, Houston's three most famous players - Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens - agreed to charge a higher rate for autographs, but then pooled those payments and divided them equally among the 25 players.
"They were giving a larger share of their money to the guys that needed it more," Mintz said. "That's how Roger and 'Beedge' and Bags are. They wouldn't have it any other way."
Too bad the Cards' stars couldn't see things similarly.
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