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$12 million? No thanks, I don't deserve it

ThePresence

ThePresence

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Wow, I am honestly stunned by this story.

Baseball Player Quits, Says "I Don't Deserve $12M"

Royals starter Gil Meche walks away from a guaranteed contract

Okay, Gil Meche hasn't been great since signing a big contract with the Kansas City Royals. But not many players would feel so badly about their performance that they would walk away from a guaranteed $12 million.

Meche announced last week he will retire, giving up the payday due on the last year of his deal. Meche has always been known for his integrity, according to The New York Times, but this move left the baseball world stunned. Meche said he just didn't like the idea of not earning his keep.

“When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it,” Meche told the paper from his temporary home in Lafayette, La. “Once I started to realize I wasn’t earning my money, I felt bad. I was making a crazy amount of money for not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I didn’t want to have those feelings again.”
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Rest of the story here: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/s...its-Says-I-Dont-Deserve-12M-114712809.html?dr
 
The story gets crazier when you add on the fact that his employer is the one that destroyed his career by injuring him. Meche is nuts.
 
AMDZen said:
Fuck that. The dude is clearly insane and someone should be kicking his ass right now.

Good for him ...... rightttt
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Yes good for him. Why should he take it? Did he earn it? He's got more integrity apparently than I do... and apparently you too.
 
It's not as much money, but Keith Foulke did the same thing with the Indians. He honorably walked away from a $5 million contract signed a few weeks before retiring.
 
Homerboy said:
Yes good for him. Why should he take it? Did he earn it? He's got more integrity apparently than I do... and apparently you too.
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He earned it when they Royals offered him the contract. Contracts are earned before you sign, not during your contract. There's a risk to signing players and it certainly isn't Meche's fault that the Royals rode him into the ground and played him while he was injured, causing him to be seriously injured and unable to play effectively.
 
rcpratt said:
He earned it when they Royals offered him the contract. Contracts are earned before you sign, not during your contract. There's a risk to signing players and it certainly isn't Meche's fault that the Royals rode him into the ground and played him while he was injured, causing him to be seriously injured and unable to play effectively.
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Your mentality is why CEO's don't give a shit if they run their companies into the ground; their contracts have golden parachutes which give them insane payouts if they quit/get fired.

For the record, i would have taken the money as well. That's because it's human nature.
 
Well if he made smart financial choices prior to turning this down I'm pretty sure he can retire on the 50 million he made prior to turning this down. I doubt he'll be struggling for money.
 
Phokus said:
Your mentality is why CEO's don't give a shit if they run their companies into the ground; their contracts have golden parachutes which give them insane payouts if they quit/get fired.

For the record, i would have taken the money as well. That's because it's human nature.
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Worst story I ever heard about was a small company. CEO only got paid 400 grand a year but he racked up debts to the tune of 600 thousand. Ran the company into the ground. Got 20 million when they fired him.
WTF?
 
Phokus said:
Your mentality is why CEO's don't give a shit if they run their companies into the ground; their contracts have golden parachutes which give them insane payouts if they quit/get fired.

For the record, i would have taken the money as well. That's because it's human nature.
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I'm pretty sure the reason Meche didn't live up to his contact isn't because he "didn't give a shit."

This is more like if the CEO of a large company was intentionally run over by a board member in a Hummer. And then was incapable of doing his job, causing him to fall short of expectations.
 
rcpratt said:
I'm pretty sure the reason Meche didn't live up to his contact isn't because he "didn't give a shit."

This is more like if the CEO of a large company was intentionally run over by a board member in a Hummer. And then was incapable of doing his job, causing him to fall short of expectations.
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No, but you can compare the mentality. 99.999999% of CEO's who underperform but still get serious paydays would not do what Meche did. I remember years ago reading a study done circa 2000/2001 when the economy was in the shitter and companies were doing poorly across the board, the average CEO pay rose from previous years even if their companies were underperforming. If those CEO's had any shame, the very least they would have done was to forgo bonuses/stock options/raises.

In my opinion, Meche is a god damn hero.
 
rcpratt said:
I don't disagree about any of this CEO stuff, I'm just not really sure that it applies.
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Sure it does. In this case, the employer was partially the reason why he couldn't perform up to his standards and he still believed, in the grand scope of things, he didn't deserve a whopping 12 mil. The CEO, OTOH, typically doesn't face those types of risks that an athlete, and even if they are solely at fault for destroying their companies, will gladly accept raises/bonuses with a smile on their face and absolutely no shame whatsoever.
 
Krazy4Real said:
I can honestly say that I wouldn't do the same if I was in his position.
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I can honestly say that I would love have to make that decision of having earned $50 million and having to decide whether to accept another $12 million or not. I'm sad to say the closest I'll probably get to that is to be given $50 bucks to spend at McDonald's to feed myself and then having to decide whether to turn down $12 more bucks to spend there.
 
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