Prince doesn't want to play here any longer than he has to. He's made that pretty clear by his actions (or lack thereof). Attanasio could easily just pony up the extra $. This team is a sub-.500 team likely without Prince. By losing him, they are going to lose millions in associated revenue (ticket/merch sales, etc...). Attanasio could eat the year-to-year loss because the value of the franchise when he sells should be higher with a better performing team and better financial numbers (attendance, etc...) I really wish they would have tried to get him signed through 2012 so we had 2 years to "go for it" instead of just this year, but that ship has sailed. He's gone after this year now.