Comments on: Manny Being Influenced To Be Manny? http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/08/12/manny-being-influenced-to-be-manny/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manny Being Manny or Boras Being Boras? « Connecticut Sports Law http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/08/12/manny-being-influenced-to-be-manny/#comment-89600 Manny Being Manny or Boras Being Boras? « Connecticut Sports Law Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:30:58 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=1767#comment-89600 [...] of Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB denies that it launched a full investigation), the role of superagent Scott Boras has come under fire.  Was the disruptive, childish and petulant behavior of Ramirez just the latest [...] [...] of Manny Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB denies that it launched a full investigation), the role of superagent Scott Boras has come under fire.  Was the disruptive, childish and petulant behavior of Ramirez just the latest [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/08/12/manny-being-influenced-to-be-manny/#comment-89296 Jon Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:07:43 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=1767#comment-89296 I think a potential conflict of interest is always at hand when one agent respresents multiple athletes, especially when they play for the same team. It would be in an agents benefit to have players on different teams to maximize each of their earning potentials. The fact that Boras wasn't recieving a commission on Manny's current contract only fuels those assertions. It may be easier to get Manny more than $20 million in LA than it would have been in Boston, where he also has to try and work out a deal for Varitek after milking them for $70 million (J.D. Drew) and having Johnny Damon sign with the Yanks. Perhaps Boras was only one half of the equation - maybe the Red Sox didn't want to re-sign Manny and didn't want to just let him walk, fearing criticism from the fans. Maybe both sides wanted to split and worked together to make it seem logical rather than being based solely on financial reasons. At the end of the day we will probably never know, but I agree, it does seem very shady to say the least. I think a potential conflict of interest is always at hand when one agent respresents multiple athletes, especially when they play for the same team. It would be in an agents benefit to have players on different teams to maximize each of their earning potentials. The fact that Boras wasn’t recieving a commission on Manny’s current contract only fuels those assertions.

It may be easier to get Manny more than $20 million in LA than it would have been in Boston, where he also has to try and work out a deal for Varitek after milking them for $70 million (J.D. Drew) and having Johnny Damon sign with the Yanks.

Perhaps Boras was only one half of the equation – maybe the Red Sox didn’t want to re-sign Manny and didn’t want to just let him walk, fearing criticism from the fans. Maybe both sides wanted to split and worked together to make it seem logical rather than being based solely on financial reasons.

At the end of the day we will probably never know, but I agree, it does seem very shady to say the least.

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