>> reporter: it's an interesting point because a vod still owed more than $100 million on his contract. he just had hip surgery recently. there's a possibility he could be out at last half of the season, perhaps the entire season. reports certainly indicate that the relationship between the yankees and a-rod has gone down in recent years. but back in 2007, he went on the air in an interview with katie couric, we have a snippet of that, where he denied using performance enhancing drugs. >> for the record, have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance enhancing substance? >> no. >> have you ever been tempted to use any of those things? >> no. >> reporter: of course it came out a year later, a-rod held a huge news conferenceoff in tampa during spring training, we were there for that, where he again had to basically admit that he was using those drugs. >> john zarrella live for us. thank you. so i want to ask you a question because this is $100 million. you know all things sports. for $100 million, is guaranteed money? >> a guaranteed contract. but if he is fou