Please reconcile these two sentences

Which is it?

Is it a stupid contract or not?

Or were the Katz/Wilpons supposed to sign a stupid contract to prove they aren’t stupid?

The money was crazy, sure, probably more than the market should’ve commanded for an injury-prone player. But don’t blame Miami; this is an indictment of the Wilpons’ collapsing empire.

via Klapisch: Mets are too broke to even compete – NorthJersey.com.