More A-Rod Rumors

by foxpaw on May 16, 2007 10:49 AM PDT

Buried in an article about Joe Torre regaining respect for A-Rod is this juicy little tidbit:

And everyone presumes that Arte Moreno will offer A-Rod partnership as an owner to get him to come west to play for the Angels.

That's all the article says about it. It's obviously pure speculation, but would it work? Has there ever been a player in their prime that a franchise wanted so badly that they were willing to offer them part ownership of the team in order to play with them?

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Arte would not do that

Lat time I checked, Arte is SMART... not D U M B ....

by Rev Halofan on May 16, 2007 11:01 AM PDT reply actions

I think it was a figure of speech

or a sarcastic over exaggeration to imply that the Angels would pay major amounts of moneys to get A-Rod. Kind of like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse".

Save the season, DFA Hillenbrand

by Hutch (someone took my name) on May 16, 2007 11:10 AM PDT reply actions

Huh

It could be that my sarcasm detector is broken today, but the tone of the rest of the article just didn't lend itself to a sarcastic interpretation.

It is far-fetched enough for it though. Even though I've been hungry enough that I could have eaten a horse before. Plus, I hear they're tasty.

by foxpaw on May 16, 2007 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions

You must learn to translate

from Sportswriter-ese back to English.

Ervin Santana To AAA!

by scareduck on May 16, 2007 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Not Legally Possible

He was speaking (writing) in the metaphoric sense. He just meant that Moreno would pay so much that it would be tantamount to giving him a share of the team.

A player cannot be an owner, because he'd be on both sides of the collective bargaining agreement.

Same reason Magic Johnson had to sell his share of the Lakers when he came back as a player briefly in 1996 or thereabouts.

by jjackflash on May 16, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions

That makes sense

Thinking about it after I posted I figured there would be some kind of conflict of interest there. Thanks for the clarification.

Looks like my sarcasm detector is just broken today. Or maybe it's my metaphor detector. I wonder how much it would cost to get a new one...

by foxpaw on May 16, 2007 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

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by Ty Webb on May 16, 2007 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Not entirely correct

Mario Lemieux owned the Penguins the last few years of his career.

Bring back Al Wisk!!!

by Sixtyminuteman on May 16, 2007 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

NHL is Weird

Did they even have a CBA in the NHL at the time? Did he personally own his shares, or were they held in a trust the way Magic's were temporarily held?

Fact of the matter is that it is prohibited in both MLB and the NBA.

by jjackflash on May 16, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

there was a CBA in place, and he personally owned and ran the team. I don't know if the current post-lockout CBA would allow it.

Bring back Al Wisk!!!

by Sixtyminuteman on May 16, 2007 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Research

I did a bit of it on this issue.

First, the NHLPA had to agree to allow Lemieux to hold both roles.

Second, he had to give up his voting rights as an owner.

He was paid the league-average salary, and paid union dues; however, he was not an actual member of the union (and therefore couldn't vote on union issues, either).

by jjackflash on May 16, 2007 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions