So it turns out that at the end of the day Pujols is nothing but a sell out like the rest of the professional sports fraternity who will sell themselves out to the highest bidder. Sad

 

As I said in the other thread, with the difference being somewhere between $30-50M, no one is going to pass that up. That is way too much money to take a pass on.

A tweet I just read said that the Angel's owner paid $75 million dollars more to Pujols than what he bought the team for in 2003.

So it turns out that at the end of the day Pujols is nothing but a sell out like the rest of the professional sports fraternity who will sell themselves out to the highest bidder. Sad

 

I don't really feel like that is a fair statement at all. Why should he have any commitment to the Cardinals other than when he's under contract with them. 50 million more to go elswhere is hard not to turn down.

A tweet I just read said that the Angel's owner paid $75 million dollars more to Pujols than what he bought the team for in 2003.

 

You know, that sounds like something Adam Schefter would probably tweet about.

The last ten year contact handed out looks like this...

 

08:$27M, 09:$32M, 10:$32M, 11:$31M, 12:$29M, 13:$28M, 14:$25M, 15:$21M, 16:$20M, 17:$20M

 

6 more years of A-Rod who has been hurt a lot lately and not producing. It might sting now Cards fans but you are likely better off without Sir Albert and that crazy contract.

 

 

Albert will make just over 68K per day for the nest 10 years.

 

$68K...which is roughly $21K more than the average YEARLY income for a California household with a single earner.

It's pretty early to be hitting the bottle. :lol:

 

I wish...haha

 

 

Stupid typing on my phone...

So it turns out that at the end of the day Pujols is nothing but a sell out like the rest of the professional sports fraternity who will sell themselves out to the highest bidder. Sad

 

Actually the Marlins reportedly offered him $275 million over 10 years.

 

He took a lower contract to play in the AL (probably what he wanted to end his career in) and to play for a contending team.

Pujols was the foundation. So many question marks now. At least they have some money to play with but I doubt they go after Prince and outside of him there really isn't much out there.

The Cardinals already had question marks in shortstop and center field. Now they have some wiggle room to address them.

So it turns out that at the end of the day Pujols is nothing but a sell out like the rest of the professional sports fraternity who will sell themselves out to the highest bidder. Sad

 

Sad? So your saying you would not take a job that you would make a lot more money at, while doing the exact same job but actually might be a little easier since he can now DH some? Not to mention going to a better location for the job. I mean as long as the rest of the family was fine with it, then what person would not take it? We have to remember that even though it is a sport and fun for us to watch. It is also a business for them, and he did what many people would do if a similar situation happened in the jobs that we do.

What was Pujols did that was so bad? Took the most money he could get?

He owes nothing to the Cardinals or anyone else. Get paid.

 

No one complains about the hundreds of player cuts that an organization makes each season to save money but wants to complain when the top players in the league get a huge salary. Makes no sense.

As I said in the other thread, with the difference being somewhere between $30-50M, no one is going to pass that up. That is way too much money to take a pass on.

But when you profess your love for St. Louis and their fans and claim you want to be "a Cardinal for life" ...

But when you profess your love for St. Louis and their fans and claim you want to be "a Cardinal for life" ...

 

I understand Cardinal fans being upset. It's the non-Cardinal fan that screams about greed that annoys me.

 

Than again, "a Cardinal for life" is like a college coach saying, "I'm not going anywhere".

Actually the Marlins reportedly offered him $275 million over 10 years.

 

He took a lower contract to play in the AL (probably what he wanted to end his career in) and to play for a contending team.

I think the Marlins will be contending with or without Pujols.

I understand Cardinal fans being upset. It's the non-Cardinal fan that screams about greed that annoys me.

 

Than again, "a Cardinal for life" is like a college coach saying, "I'm not going anywhere".

 

How can you say greed has nothing to do with? 99% of people in this world base their decisions off greed every single day. I'm not upset about anything. In fact I am happy as heck he is out of the NL central.

How can you say greed has nothing to do with? 99% of people in this world base their decisions off greed every single day. I'm not upset about anything. In fact I am happy as heck he is out of the NL central.

How is wanting to get paid what you're worth "greed"?

How can you say greed has nothing to do with? 99% of people in this world base their decisions off greed every single day. I'm not upset about anything. In fact I am happy as heck he is out of the NL central.

 

The problem is attaching emotion to these decisions. It is a business decision for Pujols and a business decision for the Cardinals. No one did anyone wrong and I would guess they both would have preferred that Pujols stayed a Cardinal. But business is business.