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[edit] Citations Needed

Two paragraphs at the end regarding A-Rod's new contract need citations especially since there are words quoted. ie "selfish", "bad advice", "just talk".

I'm wondering why Boras' monkeys deleted the line about him losing Kenny Rogers as a client? God forbid anything truthful appears next to his name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.28.29.115 (talk) 00:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jason Varitek and no-trade clause

The section about Jason Varitek mentions something about how they set up a rule in the Red Sox that no player who'd been on the team for 8+ years could be traded. It further says that Varitek is the only player this applies to. This is not true. Tim Wakefield currently has the longest tenure on the Red Sox, and so it would apply to him as well if it applies to Varitek. It will also soon apply to Manny Ramirez. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.242.65 (talk) 09:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Prior Contract

The section dealing with contracts Boras has negotiated includes one he negotiated for Mark Prior that mentions it has performance incentives. The entry says that this makes it one of his "most intriguing" contracts, but I'm not sure why. Many contracts have performance incentives. What's different about this one? There's no citation, either. I think we should delete that bit if no one has further explanation. --Alta-Snowbird 16:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent anonymous additions

I removed a lot of the "Boras Client List" section that appeared in this diff of the article. Most of the additions had some POV problems, had little to do with Boras himself, and read like they came from a newspaper column. See the Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:NPOV tutorial for more information. --Idont Havaname 03:34, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Also, there was some speculation in that version of the page too. Please remember that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. --Idont Havaname 03:37, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

I removed this paragraph as it has no citation and AROD did not even negotiate with the Yankees as they already had a SS named Jeter. "After the 2000 season, Boras negotiated a contract with the New York Yankees for his client Alex Rodriguez. An argument over souvenir selling rights broke out which neither side will admit to starting."wow

I removed the part that someone posted, un-sourced, about Scott Boras favoring the New York Yankees. Someone posted that this favoritism is apparently the reason why Boston can't sign Dice Matzsusake. Un-sourced and no basis for the statement. Everyone knows that the real reason there was a holdup in the Dice K deal was because Boras forced them to sign JD Drew first.

[edit] Profanity

Can somebody remove that? I clearly don't see where it's embedded into the code. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.166.144.188 (talk) 18:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Controversy

The whole section seems very 'anti-Boras'. Kelvinator 19:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I think my edits have made it pretty NPOV (the title is now "criticism"). Please remove the tag if you agree. --C S (Talk) 12:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Well after all the recent edits, the result is that my summary of critics views has basically been removed. The interested party can look it up in the page history. Additionally, the oft-stated nickname of "baseball's most hated man" has been removed subsequent to a mysterious deletion of its supporting citation. This is something of a shame. Those not baseball fans will probably not realize the extent to which he is criticized; it's not coincidence, after all, that this nickname is mentioned or alluded to in both articles in the external links. In any case, I did what I could, and it seems (cf the NOR and BLP violations about Boras' degrees) nobody's really interested in keeping this page in good shape anyway. --C S (Talk) 17:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

It should be. Boras and Rodroguez disrespected the entire sport last night by cancelling a huge contract by leaving a voice mail on a Sunday afternoon, and announcing it during a World Series game while it was getting played. Boras is despised in both New York and Boston...for treating the Yankees like some bad date you dump on the phone and by trying to upstage the Red Sox on one of their greatest nights. And the League office is livid [1]

This clone of Gordon Gekko ought to get what he deserves in this article for this stunt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.84.60 (talk) 23:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone ought to link to this article

http://www.examiner.com/a-1029310~Frantz__Boras_gone_would_help_A_Rod.html?cid=rss-San_Francisco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.84.60 (talk) 11:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Beckham contract

David Beckham's contract has been cited as 250 million, but that includes endorsement money. Alex Rodriguez still has the largest contract, since his is actual money the team will pay him. If you included all of A-rod's endorsement money, he would have a much bigger deal. I'm going to change the section unless anyone has any objections. 147.155.82.23 00:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

well, as of today A-Rod's contract is worth zero, since he tore up the one he had with the Yankees —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.84.60 (talk) 01:50, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

That doesn't change the fact that it did exist.