(4) It won't matter that technically, given his skills and age, he's only worth $45M for three years when he looks to his right and across the infield to first and to the pitcher's mound and sees a handful of teammates making far more than he does, even though they have only contributed to 1 World Series ring/win versus Jeter's 5. After all, if you're a Yankee fan, all you care about is World Championship rings, right? And if so, who deserved and deserves more than your franchise leader in the almighty rings race?
The Yankees paid Derek Jeter 189 million dollars over the last 10 years for his service to the franchise, that doesn't mean he should get 20+ million every year until the day he decides to retire.