Fehr’s legacy: More money, less ethics

Fehr’s legacy: More money, less ethics

Maybe the best way to explain Donald Fehr is that he was very good, maybe even too good, at his job. It’s just that he could not or would not grasp what his job could have and should have been.

If the union chief’s sole responsibility was to pump up player salaries, then the brilliant and quick-witted Fehr was a smashing success. Clearly, that is how he evaluated himself. The fact that his own income was tied directly to the average player’s salary may have had something to do with his point of view.
But if the head of the union had some accountability for the long-term health and well-being of both the players and the game that enriched them all, then Fehr’s tenure can only be considered a wretched failure.
This seeming paradox can best be explained with a single name: Alex Rodriguez.

philly.com
6/23/09