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Friday, May 18, 2007
Family Plan winner’s curse: fake outrage in NYC
Roger Clemens’ condition to speak to him is that he needs a Family Plan clause. The second condition, apparently, is that he’d be the highest paid player in baseball. The ball is in the court of the other 30 teams. It’s pretty basic: if you don’t like it, don’t agree to it. NY, unlike other cities, complains, after reading the agreement, and after signing the agreement, that the agreement is… unfair!
Now, the people of NYC didn’t sign the agreement, but they could have well guessed the conditions. They could have voiced their displeasure before the signing. And the Yankee players as well. And Joe Torre. Torre is on the radio all the time, and rather than giving his support, he always says, “We’ll see if it’ll become an issue”.
And, the media, maybe the NY-based media, which loves to create fake outrage. Where were they when Houston kept offering him the deal? The media, rather than saying “what’s the story?” end up saying “what can we make into a story?”.
If you don’t like something, don’t agree to something.
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