'Smack Tripper said:
'TobiasFunke said:
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'shadyridr said:
Theres no chance theyd be able to get out of his contract. From what? Hand written "medical records"?
Nope. But it's going to be really awesome to watch them try, then after failing, bring him back.
This twitter feed sums up the massive fail of the "Yankees should try to get out of the contract" argument pretty well.Another good one I saw: If they're gonna commit a felony to get rid of A-Rod, why stop with insurance fraud? It's a lot easier to get away with murder.
Its overloaded right now, but are they not allowed to put this matter to civil trial? I think their endgame is pressuring and embarassing A-Rod, and not winning. Even if they won a civil judgement, it wouldn't pass the CBA but I wonder whats chicken and egg. If there is no provision for "fraud" in the CBA, whats to stop them from getting in the murk.Not exactly where you want to be as an organization, but with 100 million plus on the line, I guess people can and will do strange things. Even sleazy ones.
Civil trial for what? To get out of the contract due to breach? I can't imagine they can get out of the contract. To recover on the insurance? Sure, they can sue the insurer to recover when the insurer rejects their claim. But I can't imagine they'd want to subject themselves to discovery, because I assume (I'm not a doctor so I can't say 100%) that he'd be healthy enough to take the field at some point before the contract expires when he's 42. And if you
knowingly lie to your insurer about the nature of your claim, that's felony insurance fraud.
If however his injury is actually career-ending like Bo's hip, then they're in a different situation. But I haven't seen that anywhere. Everything I've seen is people suggesting that his time with the Yankees should or will end without saying they think he can't every play again. But that's impossible- if he can play again, the Yankees are stuck with him, or at least his salary.