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Give a free Corvette to a millionaire? Sure, why not!
By David Johns
If you follow baseball at all you might recall last month when Detroit Tiger's pitcher Armando Galarraga was basically robbed of a perfect game. He had pitched to 26 batters, not allowing a single man on base. But the final out was spoiled when the batter was called safe at first base by umpire Jim Joyce. It was the wrong call. Galarraga knew it. The fans knew it. The TV and radio announcers knew it. Even Joyce knew it as he later admitted. It was a mistake pure and simple. What followed was a lot of chest pounding by the fans and frenzied hype by the press, none of which is worth giving any more mention than that. The very next night Galarraga was surprised by a shiny red 2010 Corvette convertible waiting for him behind home plate. It seems that General Motors felt this was a fitting consolation prize for him not getting his deserved perfect game. Now I love both Corvettes and baseball, but this gift really rubs me the wrong way. Is it really appropriate to give a highly paid baseball player a $53,000 Corvette simply to make him feel better about getting a bad call? Galarraga made $435,000 last year. Is he really the most deserving person to give a brand new car to? One of the reasons General Motors cites is that they wanted to reward him for the way he handled himself after the bad call. And it's true that Galarraga (and Joyce for that matter) dealt with the situation with professionalism and respect. But that's what they supposed to do. They're professionals and it should be expected that they would act that way. Do you give him a new sports car simply because he didn't throw a tantrum like a spoiled brat? Maybe General Motors should have put the matter to a vote of their shareholders, including the US tax payers that funded their bailout package. Would they think this an appropriate use of that money? I think I can guess what the hundreds of GM workers who were laid off recently would say; "BAD CALL!"
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By KIRTHMON F. DOZIER, Detroit Free Press
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Don't confuse advertising with generosity. How much air time did General Motors get with the reporting of their free gift - now work out what that would have cost them. They got a bargain, especially as they could write off the cost of the car 100% against tax.
Life is very strange. A man that makes $435,000 gets a free car and there are millions of people that don't have a car because they can not afford one. Something just seams wrong about that.
I agree with Arthur on this one. This is a great advertising deal for GM. The added advantage is they don't have to sell this car which has already lost value since it's a 2010 but get to write off the list price in taxes. The added advantage is all the people this baseball player associates with are all prime potential customers for Corvettes. It amounts to a free endorsement for GM every time he drives it.
Was he paid extra for accepting the car?
May be he didn't whant that brand?
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Well, at least they didn't give one to an athlete who behaves poorly. In my opinion that would cover about 60% of them.
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