Bidding Wars

I have never understood the point of paying a whole truckload of money just to talk with someone.  This irks me especially when it comes to professional sports teams.  I understand the concept; you are paying for the right to take a player off of their team in another country which is really just compensation.  Hey, I’m all for compensation but when we’re talking about amounts upwards of $50 million isn’t that maybe just a little bit of overkill?  It seems that the Asian market has taken over and isn’t taking any prisoners because when’s the last time some American team paid millions of dollars to try and negotiate a deal for some guy out of the mountains of Switzerland?  Nothing comes to mind. With the news today that the Texas Rangers have officially signed Yu Darvish to a six year deal, they have committed to pay just over $111 million to a guy who has never played professional baseball in the United States.  We see this all too often and I’m sure the mindset is that the same t...