Whoa whoa whoa....A-Rod is NOT the ND of football. A-Rod has brough all the criticism on himself. You have the perfect juxtaposition of top athletes on that Yankees team between Jeter and A-rod and the answer to why A-Rod is criticized and Jeter is not.
Jeter carries himself with complete class, when he speaks to the media, how he handles his contract business and how he goes about his everyday life. A-Rod on the other hand has made it perfectly clear that he is a hired mercenary with only his intrests at hand. Sure, everything has been great this season with A-Rod (except for the whole hooker thing) because of his incredible numbers, but do you forget his "threats" he made when the Yankee fans were booing him last year and complaining that he probably should leave because the fans don't rally behind him when he goes 0-96 when it matters? Or how about when he called out Jeter saying he didn't have his back during those trying times?
A-Rod is a crybaby bum who only cares about A-Rod, which is why he put on that little show last night talking about how he has failed because he was brought to NY to win a championship and hasn't done what he came here to do. I don't know about the rest of you, but with Clemens gone, Petitte considering hangin it up, Mariano feeling disrespected and looking elsewhere and Posada looking to test the waters, I think A-Rod skips town looking for that 30+million a year. Why? Because A-Rod is a jackass and for some reason getting 30 mill a year is much more important that being a team player and only making a meager 25 million...I really feel for the guy and hope he gets his 30 mill so he can continue to pay for his hookers and buy his wife disgustingly tastless clothing.