Absolutely no athlete is worth $425 million, and the Miami Marlins contract to a baseball player is outrageous especially since them has no chance of winning the World Series any time soon. The exorbitant payment of athletes has gotten out of hand and sends the wrong message. It shows how greatly society is messed up when athletes who can barely read are making so much more money than many teachers who are living below the poverty line.
5/19/2015 - Follow up
Just as predicted on the initial post written 11/17/14 - Miami Marlins are performing so poorly that within the season, its administration fired the baseball coach, Mike Redmond. But, they made a more absurd move of hiring their general manager, Dan Jennings, whose last coaching job was over 30 years ago with a brief stint at a high school!! Guess, their $425 million "shining star" has not made any great impact on the team intentions to be a contender for the World Series! But, this ridiculous practice is prevalent with other sports teams since yesterday, Ryan Tannehill was re-signed by the Miami Dolphins organization for mega millions. If Tannehill had the potential of helping the Miami Dolphins to have any chances of going to the Super Bowl then probably his re-signing fortune could be justified. However, since that expectation will never happen with him on the team, there goes once again millions of dollars that could be better spent fighting poverty throughout United States and the world.
