Think Football prices are crazy?

Peyton Manning

Just wanted a general reaction to this as opposed to a sporting one:

The Boston Red Sox paid $50 million just to talk to Daisuke Matsuzaka about the possibility of signing him.

:eek:

Only heard this today...

How disgusting is that?

Hagar

You owe me €6,000,000 just for reading your post. PM me for details of where to send the cheque.

Peyton Manning

You owe me $6,000,000 for replying. We're even.

il gatto

With such a boring sport, they need something to generate interest:p

Dave!

That's ridiculous money......

Archeron

He should use that money to open a sports car factory. I for one would definitely buy a motor called a Daisuke Matsuzaka. Has a good ring to it.

godtabh

Archimedes wrote:

Just wanted a general reaction to this as opposed to a sporting one:

The Boston Red Sox paid $50 million just to talk to Daisuke Matsuzaka about the possibility of signing him.

:eek:

Only heard this today...

How disgusting is that?

Who does he play for? Is he any good?

raido9

Archimedes wrote:

Just wanted a general reaction to this as opposed to a sporting one:

The Boston Red Sox paid $50 million just to talk to Daisuke Matsuzaka about the possibility of signing him.

:eek:

Only heard this today...

How disgusting is that?

Link?

humanji

Archimedes wrote:

Just wanted a general reaction to this as opposed to a sporting one:

The Boston Red Sox paid $50 million just to talk to Daisuke Matsuzaka about the possibility of signing him.

:eek:

Only heard this today...

How disgusting is that?

In fairness, for what most american sports players, $50m is probably nothing to him. What sport is it by the way?

Terry

humanji wrote:

In fairness, for what most american sports players, $50m is probably nothing to him. What sport is it by the way?

baseball, according to google.
Couldn't find anything about the $50 million the OP speaks of, but I did see something about him costing the red sox $103 million.
In fairness, I didn't really look too hard.

petes

wikipedia wrote:

On November 14, the Boston Red Sox won the bidding rights to Matsuzaka with a bid of 51 Million (6 billion yen), outbidding the Texas Rangers, New York Mets, and New York Yankees. [5] [6] The Red Sox had 30 days to sign Matsuzaka to a contract. If a deal could not be reached, Matsuzaka would have returned to the Lions, nullifying the bid. Scott Boras refused to consider the posting fee as part of the contract negotiations, while the Red Sox general manager recalled, "We tried to come up with a total number, for the post and contract, that made sense."[7] On December 11, John Henry, Theo Epstein, and Larry Lucchino boarded a plane to "[take] the fight directly to [Boras]" [8] Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe asserted that Boras, by refusing to negotiate, was using Matsuzaka as a protest or "test case of the posting system."[8]

On December 13, Matsuzaka and Boras joined Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, CEO Larry Lucchino, and Chairman Tom Werner on a private plane owned by Red Sox owner John W. Henry headed for Boston. During the dramatic flight—which was followed by both the Boston and the Japanese media [9]—the group agreed to terms on a contact. Journalist Nobuhiro Chiba characterized Japanese reaction to the signing: "I think the people are relieved to send Daisuke to the Boston Red Sox."[9] In Boston, Matsuzaka passed his physical and signed the six year, $52 million contract, which could be worth as much as $60 million if he reaches incentives. The details of the contract include a $2 million signing bonus with a $6 million salary in 2007, $8 million in each of the following three seasons (2008–2010), and $10 million in each of the final two years (2011–2012). [10] He also has a no-trade clause, specially constructed by the Red Sox to fit Matsuzaka's contract. [11]

51 million just for the bidding rights.

Dragan

The earning potential of a top tier Basket ball, Baseball of Football player in the states makes the likes of the entire Real Madrid squad look like amateurs. The market over there is just so big it's actually not even funny. If the Red Sox spend 103 million on a player it's because they can make twice that from his purchase in Season 1 of his contract.

Peyton Manning

It would be one thing if it were a transfer fee. But that much money just to discuss the possibility of him joining? Its crazy..

Mushy

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didnt the Yankees pay $252 million fo Rodriguez a few seasons ago? Crazy Money