Georgie Coupons?

Rey-YES · 10-21-2007, 07:59 PM

How tight can you squeeze the pennies? From today'sNYDN:

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...rs_for_ro.html

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Exclusive: While George Steinbrenner spent huge sums on player salaries, Yankee management routinely docked the paychecks of Joe Torre and his athletes for the most picayune expenses.

No.1 · 10-21-2007, 08:01 PM

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Oh wait...they are serious,

EXPECT the Yanks, and the Mets, to spend, spend, spend.

uphill struggle · 10-21-2007, 09:19 PM

oh **** this. i'm with the team. they pay for your room, they give you meal money, pay for your own ****ing pay-per-views and in room food

Led, the Revenge · 10-21-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by uphill struggle

oh **** this. i'm with the team. they pay for your room, they give you meal money, pay for your own ****ing pay-per-views and in room food

But the players are so hard up!

Voodoo · 10-21-2007, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Led, the Revenge

But the players are so hard up!

Poor Delgado could not afford the exotic jewels he wanted to decorate his car bombs with. He had to settle for cubic zirconias.

Wright 5 · 10-22-2007, 09:57 AM

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A-Rod was charged $785 for a room upgrade and $375 for room service, which included four in-room movies.

"She Male adventures"
"Dude looks like a lady"
"Upskirt Surprise"
"Ball-bearing babes"

Kid A · 10-22-2007, 10:05 AM

lol. sadly a $785 for a room upgrade is easily paid for 30 times when Arod just shows up to the park and takes batting practice.

im with the team on this too. although most company's do pay for employee business travel (which technically away games are) however they would never pay up for the luxuries that many players (like Arod) would require just to sleep comfortably. Normal people (like me) would be lucky to stay at a $59 per night bed and breakfast 3 mins from the office I was visiting.

Green Must Go · 10-22-2007, 10:52 AM

The team is under no obligation to pay for all these extras. Screw the players and their big money. If they want extras, they can pay for them.

The article doesn't mention whether or not the players fought these deductions. I suspect they didn't care and knew they had to pay extra. So this article is probably trying to make something out of nothing.

freakzilla11 · 10-22-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Must Go

The team is under no obligation to pay for all these extras. Screw the players and their big money. If they want extras, they can pay for them.

The article doesn't mention whether or not the players fought these deductions. I suspect they didn't care and knew they had to pay extra. So this article is probably trying to make something out of nothing.

It is. I'm sure just about every baseball team back charges it's players for incidentals.

Sports Doctor · 10-22-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Must Go

The team is under no obligation to pay for all these extras. Screw the players and their big money. If they want extras, they can pay for them.

The article doesn't mention whether or not the players fought these deductions. I suspect they didn't care and knew they had to pay extra. So this article is probably trying to make something out of nothing.

Good point, but if it stirs the **** in Yankee land Im all for it

Green Must Go · 10-22-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sports Doctor

Good point, but if it stirs the **** in Yankee land Im all for it

True - I am all for that as well.

mets84 · 10-22-2007, 11:36 AM

I'm kind of surprised that, these being pro athletes, they don't try to get the hotels to comp them for everything anyway.

Mr. Met · 10-22-2007, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Must Go

The team is under no obligation to pay for all these extras. Screw the players and their big money. If they want extras, they can pay for them.

The article doesn't mention whether or not the players fought these deductions. I suspect they didn't care and knew they had to pay extra. So this article is probably trying to make something out of nothing.

Totally agreed. As most all of these guys are making more than we will ever make, who cares if they have to pay a few hundred dollars, for bigger suites, fancy food, and porn. With all the money ML teams are paying the players, why should they have to pay even more for all of the other nonsense. I am quite certain that most teams would charge the players back for that stuff anyway.

Talk about making a mountain out of molehill.... jeez.

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10-21-2007, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
No.1 Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Home of a MLS Cup Finalist Posts: 5,370	Hahahahahahahahahahahaha Oh wait...they are serious, EXPECT the Yanks, and the Mets, to spend, spend, spend.

10-21-2007, 09:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
uphill struggle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,059	oh ** this. i'm with the team. they pay for your room, they give you meal money, pay for your own **ing pay-per-views and in room food

10-22-2007, 10:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kid A Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,335	lol. sadly a $785 for a room upgrade is easily paid for 30 times when Arod just shows up to the park and takes batting practice. im with the team on this too. although most company's do pay for employee business travel (which technically away games are) however they would never pay up for the luxuries that many players (like Arod) would require just to sleep comfortably. Normal people (like me) would be lucky to stay at a $59 per night bed and breakfast 3 mins from the office I was visiting.

10-22-2007, 11:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
mets84 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Down by 11 in the 9th inning Posts: 9,859	I'm kind of surprised that, these being pro athletes, they don't try to get the hotels to comp them for everything anyway.

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