Give the money back? That's whack.

Now that Jason Giambi has become pretty much what everyone expected him to become without his MVPJuice, the sanctimonious assholes are at it again.
Peter Gammons, Skip Bayless, and anyone else with a forum and a readership is railing about how Giambi needs to accept a trip to the minors, or negotiate a buyout of his contract, or die on a cross made of Louisville Sluggers and pay for the sins of his generation, or whatever else the armchairs can think of that makes things just in their world and gives them the self-righteous feeling of “That’s what I would do if I was in that situation.”

There’s plenty of blame to heap on Giambi. He was a mediocre, insecure ballplayer and he found the magic bullet. And he shot high capacity magazines into his veins for years. Now he’s paying the price.
But why all the sympathy for the motherfucking Yankees? These are the motherfucking Yankees we’re talking about!!
The same Yankees who, in their effort to give a ridiculous contract to a guy who was sure to have had plenty of people whispering “steroids” at the time, actually gave in to Giambi’s agent at the negotiating table when he asked specifically for a clause relating to voiding the contract if Giambi used steroids. !!!!!

Now everyone thinks Giambi should just give the money back?
Why?
Everyone including the Yankees knew he was using when he signed the goddamned deal. And neither party gave a shit because Giambi was going to go out, mash, drive in a shit load of runs, and win World Series’.

For Steinbrenner and his cronies, that was an acceptable level of risk. But you know what? That’s why they call it “exposure.” There’s a chance you’ll get depantsed and everyone will laugh at your tiny dick.

Give the money back? My ass. Where’s the precedent in that? Why is Giambi being held to a higher standard than everyone else?

Because the holier-than-thou sportswriters, to a man, would give back $80M if they were in his spikes.

If you want to blame someone, blame the owners for being a doormat during collective bargaining for the last 50 years. Blame the owners who allowed guaranteed contracts (like Giambi’s) to become the rule instead of the exception.
Did you get that word, George? G-U-A-R-A-N-T-E-E-D? That means you owe him the money no matter what.
If you had stuck to your guns and not allowed the steroid language to be stricken, maybe I’d have some sympathy and you’d have a leg to stand on.
But you don’t, so pay him his fucking money.

He won’t accept an assignment to the minor leagues? It’s the right thing to do?
So what!? It’s part of the collectively bargained labor deal. A guy with his service time doesn’t HAVE to go to the minor leagues!!

These are the rules everyone agreed to, yet now it’s convenient to expect one guy to not have to play by them because he’s the posterboy.

I’m still waiting for the “Alex Sanchez Should Forfeit His Salary” column, Gammons.

The same people who are telling you that Terrell Owens and Drew Rosenhaus are devils because they’re not honoring a contract that T.O. signed are telling you that Jason Giambi is a devil because he IS honoring a contract that he signed.

And I got a name for people that tell you things like that: Assholes.