Barry Schlachter over at the Star-Telegram breaks down some the revelations that came from opening up the books for the Texas Rangers.
Tom Hicks was drawing a salary. A low six-digit salary, and one that would finish paying off a nice 1950s bungalow in North Dallas, but relatively low as far as salaries go, I suppose. Nolan Ryan was getting about $1.5 million , but I don’t think I have a problem with that, either – the team’s been relatively stable and successful under Ryan and GM Jon Daniels (whose salary was not mentioned in the story). Â This is a bargain compared to the $9M per year salary the New York Daily News claimed he was getting.
But the interesting part? Jamey Newburg, of the blog The Newberg Report, is listed as having gotten more than $27,000 from the Rangers from February to April. Newberg and his family was also flown by the team to Surprise, Ariz., for spring training this year.
As Schlachter pointed out, Newberg’s site lacks a disclaimer. Maybe the Rangers pay for all sportswriters and their families to attend spring training. Newberg says the money is from books he sold to the club, and not for his website.
But in the day and age where the FTC now requires mommy bloggers to say up front that the car seat they just reviewed was provided gratis by the company, wouldn’t a whole trip also require a legal disclaimer?
