I generally like agents, but...

I am nothing more than a fat guy who advertises "breaking" news by hoping he is the first guy to repeat what someone else said on TV.  That in mind, by now everyone has had sufficient time to digest the Rafael Furcal coverage.  However for those of you who have not, let me draw your conclusion for you--Arn Tellem and Co. ought to be thrown out of Major League Baseball forever!

The job of the agent, as we all know, is to get the best possible contract for his or her client.  And while some people become a bit worked up about Scott Boras thinking all his players deserve to be the highest paid players in the game, the bottom line is he gets the Benjamin's for his guys.  And certainly thre is a bit of flair to his work, but he--and most agents--have a certain respect for the process.  Certainly some agents say stupid things (fankly I just don't think some agents are all to smart) and may have a camera lovefest beyond their profile, but what Team Furcal did is absolutely gross.  When a deal is struck and agreed upon, that's the deal.  You don't get to take the signed agreement to other organizations and tell them to beat it.  While that's bad in it's own right, it is still not as bad as how they justified what they did. 

Arguing they were trying to do what's in the best interest of their client was bad enough, but then to hide behind the union and NLRB (BTW-ask the UAW how that has worked out for them this year) is terrible.  The guy's you really need to feel sorry for in this process are the low dollar middle reliever or utility player these yahoo's represent.  The bit player who will never have the chance to suit up for one of the top organizations in the game simply because they employ an Eric Gordon (not the basketball player) approach to business ethics!