Posted on 12/17/2007 11:36:51 AM PST by CNS
In her “60 Minutes” interview with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez Sunday, Katie Couric asked the third baseman about steroids in baseball, the home run record he is poised to break eventually, and his own upstaging of the 2007 World Series. But most surprising were Couric’s questions about A-Rod’s record-setting salary.
"Your new contract is worth $300 million-plus,” Couric told Rodriquez, asking, “Are you worth it? Is any player worth that kind of salary?”
The Yankees announced this month that they had resigned Rodriguez in a deal ESPN estimated to be worth $275 million over 10 years, with another $30 million in incentives to reach milestones such as breaking the home run record set this year by Barry Bonds.
A-Rod could have pointed out that Major League Baseball works like any other market – players’ services are priced according to what the market will pay for their skills and experience. Someone in the Yankees organization felt $275 million over 10 years was a fair price to pay for Rodriguez. But he brushed the question aside, noting that “it’s not my job to evaluate or appraise players. I love to play baseball.”
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A-Rod could have pointed to a number of stats that suggest he’s “worth it.” He also could have asked Couric if she’s worth the $15 million salary paid to her by CBS to anchor the “CBS Evening News” and make special appearances like Sunday’s “60 Minutes” segment.
With Couric as its anchor, the “Evening News” has looked more and more like a sinking ship. Since she took over in September 2006, the show’s ratings have taken a dive.
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Ha! He is worth 100x more than her because he is actually entertaining.
The difference; A-Rod is worth it, Couric isn’t.
Is Katie Couric worth 15M ????
NOT... She's a failure but C-BS, stubborn little cusses, don't get it. Most people can't stand her.
She’s just jealous. I’d bet more people watch A-Rod than the perky one.
The Yankees didn’t finish in last place, unlike a certain “superstar” high-paid infobabe.
Until a performance based program in installed (and there are TONS of problems there) this is the way it will be.
IMO.
A-Rod would have been worth every penny from now until he dies if he would have laughed and asked, “Are you worth your salary?”
I would have bought A-Rod Breakfast Cereal for the rest of my life if he had asked that.
Chutzpah!
Thus Katie is paid (15 million / 794.90) / 40 ounces per couric = about 471.75 courics of gold per year.
A-Rod should have said something like, “well perky katie, if you’re worth 15mm then I’m definetly worth 300mm”.....
I’m thinking that he could actually deliver the news better, too.
Hey Lady, A-Rod’s not #3 in his profession, is he?
Same books, different covers.
Katie can’t hit the curve.
What a presumptuous twit.
A-Rod is worth it; especially in the Post Season.
No way Katie is worth $15 Million. She’ll never bat over .180 and can’t field at all...
Well, the only way we can settle this for sure is for them to trade places for a day. Let’s see of A-Rod can read a teleprompter and make faces. And I want to see Perkie hit a baseball out of the park and field a ball coming at her at 100 mph.
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