[owsley]

If whatever deal arod signs isn't enormously huge and for 7+ years, it wont be because GMs all of a sudden rationalized up and stopped doing stupid [censored], it will because arod realizes that he is going to earn over 500mm + endorsements over the course of his life and is going to decide where he signs by where he can win a WS and wants his family to live. Boras notwithstanding, he is not necessarily going to squeeze every last mil he can get out of whatever team signs him, if he wants to play for NY or LA he is going to pass up some 300/10 offer from somewhere else.