{"id":29334,"date":"2020-07-17T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brandon-mccarthy-players-should-boycott-self-serving-liar-alex-rodriguez\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:28:00","slug":"brandon-mccarthy-players-should-boycott-self-serving-liar-alex-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brandon-mccarthy-players-should-boycott-self-serving-liar-alex-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brandon McCarthy: Players should boycott \u2018self-serving liar\u2019 Alex Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Brandon McCarthy: Players should boycott \u2018self-serving liar\u2019 Alex Rodriguez<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 17, 2020 |<\/span> 10:28am <\/p>\n

\n Alex Rodriguez is one of the bidders on the shortlist to purchase the Mets, but he may have already lost his potential locker room.<\/p>\n

Preparing for his third season as an analyst for ESPN\u2019s \u201cSunday Night Baseball\u201d broadcast, the former three-time American League MVP seemingly argued for MLB to adopt a salary cap system.<\/p>\n

The sentiment didn\u2019t sit well with his colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to god he\u2019s shouted out of every clubhouse he attempts to enter in this and future seasons,\u201d former 13-year pitcher Brandon McCarthy tweeted Thursday. \u201cCall him a self-serving liar and make him explain himself to a room full of his former peers if he wants broadcast content.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amidst declining relations between MLB and the players association, Rodriguez claimed that the players no longer hold the leverage they enjoyed during the 1994-95 strike when they successfully fought off salary cap proposals from owners.<\/p>\n

Baseball has lost its standing to other sports like the NBA and NFL and to rising media<\/a> conglomerates, Rodriguez argued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way it\u2019s going to happ<\/a>en is if they get to the table and say the No. 1 goal, let\u2019s get from $10 to $15 billion and then we\u2019ll split the economics evenly,\u201d Rodriguez told reporters Thursday. \u201cBut that\u2019s the type of conversation instead of fighting and fighting against each other because there is too much competition out there right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

A salary cap-less system allowed Rodriguez to earn roughly $448 million throughout his career. Union head Tony Clark called out the hypocrisy in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlex benefited as much as anybody from the battles this union fought against owners\u2019 repeated attempts to get a salary cap,\u201d Clark said. \u201cNow that he is attempting to become an owner himself his perspective appears to be different. And that perspective does not reflect the best interest of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodriguez is no stranger to damage control and PR battles surrounding his persona after he was infamously suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performance enhancing drugs and repeatedly lying. His public image has rebounded, however, becoming the face of ESPN\u2019s lead broadcast team and his engagement to Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n

As he attempts to complete his transformation from player to owner, Rodriguez is once again walking back his own statements.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Thursday), when I was asked about the CBA expiring in 2021, I answered honestly, but never mentioned the word salary cap,\u201d Rodriguez said in a statement posted on Twitter. \u201cMy goal as a broadcaster and more importantly a fan of the sport is to grow our game<\/a>. I suggested on the call that both sides \u2013 players and owners \u2013 work together to make baseball as big as the NFL and the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in contact with Tony Clark, the executive director of the MLBPA, to make sure we\u2019re aligned in taking our sport to the next level and showcasing the world\u2019s best athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rodriguez and Lopez face an uphill climb in beating out billionaire Steve Cohen to secure the Mets. McCarthy, whose one season in The Bronx came during A-Rod\u2019s suspension, is already an owner, however. He currently owns Phoenix Rising FC, an American professional soccer team playing in the USL Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI own a sports team,\u201d McCarthy posted on Twitter. \u201cYou do not have to be anti-player to be an owner. You can accept that you won\u2019t take advantage of them and won\u2019t allow yourself to be taken advantage of. Be fair and don\u2019t be a liar.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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