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Old 11-16-2004, 03:07 PM   #1
KurtBevacqua
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It's not OK for A-Rod to take a pay cut, but it is OK for Sammy to?

Assuming this is correct, I smell just a tad bit of hypocrisy in the MLPA air. They nix a deal where A-Rod gives up cash to change teams, but make no fuss when Sammy Sosa does virtually the same thing. Hmmm.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ove/index.html
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A high-ranking official within the Players Association confirmed yesterday that it is "little more than a formality" that the union would not fight a request by Sammy Sosa's agents to have an $18 million triggered option in his contract dropped to clear the way for a trade.
-- New York Daily News
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