Faustian Bargain Analysis

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The Faustian Bargain is defined as as somebody who sells there soul to the devil in exchange for unlimited desire for knowledge and power. Face or fiction, this concept is very interesting never the less. One that thinks the sacrifice of there soul is worth the knowledge and power must have a superb plan for what they are going to use it for. I personally don't think its worth the risk, but I did find two examples that may sway my opinion one way or the other. The first article that i found has too do with two of baseballs biggest icons, Ken Griffey Jr., and Jim Bowden. The article begins with the description of the odd contract Ken Griffey signed with his home town Cincinnati Reds. The contact didn't even hold a candle to what some though Griffey, a hometown hero, should have received. Griffey left millions upon millions of dollars to stay with the small market Cincinnati Reds, while he could have signed with a plethora of other teams like the Dodgers and Yankees. What a break for the Reds one may think, but things are more complicated then that. Griffey and the team manager, Jim Bowden, where very close to each other and has an almost father son relationship. Without Griffey, the Reds would be nothing, and a player like Griffey, who is almost worth more then the whole team, leaving would certainly …show more content…
I think this is defiantly a factorial case of it actually happening. Its pretty clear to me that there was no other way Griffey should have signed with the Reds at that point in his career. With all the other options he could have gone with, there is no way he would've picked less money to go to a team that wasn't playoff material without the actions performed by Bowden. The devil here was Ken Griffey because he was so desired by not only the team, but there manager as well. The Faustian was Bowden because he was the one who sold his soul in order to save his best friend/player from other teams in
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