Not Free Agency related per se, but I found this and thought it was kind of interesting:
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070104/D8ME8PNG0.html
A's Beane Joins Board of NetSuite Inc.
Renowned for building one of baseball's most successful teams on a shoestring budget, Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane will test his business acumen by joining the board of NetSuite Inc. - a rising Silicon Valley company backed by computer software mogul Larry Ellison.
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"I like to diversify myself," Beane said during an interview Wednesday. "This is an opportunity to be with a company with an impressive pedigree and to be around people that do things differently."
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"This idea about working with Billy has been rolling around my head ever since 'Moneyball' came out," Nelson said.
Other executives apparently have had similar ideas because Beane said he has turned down numerous other offers to serve on the boards of other companies that didn't seem like a good fit for his skills. He is currently a director at two privately held companies involved in sports, equipment-maker Easton-Bell Sports Inc. and ProTrade, the maker of an Internet game that trades professional athletes like stocks.
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