When you have the kind of money these people do they don't think about money
Yankees didn't want to play him. His agent probably asked every other mlb team and no one wanted him. Probably he was offered minor league deals
Simply put to save face he is giving up and moving on. For Arod nothing much awaits just regrets and c level celebrity prestige.
It will be depressing to not matter any more. There are those that can transition into nothingness and those who can't. Drugs will be there if he can't and alcohol.
Slings and arrows I suppose slings and arrows