MtnElk
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These baseball and basketball salaries are just stupid. Least amount of physical contact and long term physical wear and tear… highest salaries. Yet football and hockey guys (sans QBs) are playing for far less
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I get a kick out of the "they get paid too much" crowd. High paid athletes are the best in the WORLD. The world is a big place. Wish I was good at baseball. mtmuleyOhtani is awesome. I honestly thought he could be the first to $1B on a 12 yr. IMO they’ll make quite a bit back in valuation and sales. I don’t like the Dodgers but the Angels were a dead end for him.
Or a fired college football coach. They usually do pretty good. mtmuleyI wish I was good at golf.
Dream job. Maybe stack 2 or 3 salaries on top of each otherOr a fired college football coach. They usually do pretty good. mtmuley
Cheering for Seattle sports teams is the road to disappointmentSounds like some of you losers should stop complaining, and learn how to lay off the slider.
While my dream of the Mariners signing Ohtani is officially dead, the dream of Ohtani buying the Mariners has just begun.
Yes, baseball contracts are guaranteed and Major League Baseball has no salary cap. Although they do have a luxury tax.I'm not up on baseball stuff, but that contract is fully guaranteed I believe. mtmuley
Bingo. Also saw that someone did the figures for inflation and tax rate for CA and it’s more like the equivalent of 500 mil or somewhere in that neighborhoodCan’t fault him for the contract, he seems like a decent guy and is unreal to watch.
Yeah it is a disguising amount of money, but overpaid? Not sure about that, not if the Dodgers make money on the decision in the long run. He works in the entertainment industry, and he apparently has a unique ability entertain in baseball that no one else has. A lot of people in Asia have TVs and buy stuff too, have to imagine his off the field value is crazy to the Dodgers as well.
Good for him.
Sure, good for him, can't fault him or his agents! Overpaid? Absolutely, minimum salary for MLB player is $720k/yr. All those guys are overpaid for what they actually do and for how long they and frequent they "work". Talk about big deer in the Rocky Mtns, the Dodgers apparently have the big BUCKS!! I assume that money will be "earned" by the franchise in out years??Can’t fault him for the contract, he seems like a decent guy and is unreal to watch.
Yeah it is a disguising amount of money, but overpaid? Not sure about that, not if the Dodgers make money on the decision in the long run. He works in the entertainment industry, and he apparently has a unique ability entertain in baseball that no one else has. A lot of people in Asia have TVs and buy stuff too, have to imagine his off the field value is crazy to the Dodgers as well.
Good for him.
All those guys are overpaid for what they actually do and for how long they and frequent they "work".
Economic perspective? Who's...the franchise? It's the beer and popcorn guy with an Ohtani tee shirt that can barely afford to buy a game ticket that's funding some of that salary. I guess we're the stupid ones. My take is if one is ...if one buys a ticket to watch the Dodgers, they should not complain. Ohtani is amazing to watch...even on TV.Should a baseball player make more than a soldier, policeman, nurse or teacher? I certainly wish they didn’t.
But from a purely economic perspective, I do not agree that they are overpaid. The teams continue to rake in money and increase in value for a reason, as head-scratching as it may be.
Economic perspective? Who's...the franchise? It's the beer and popcorn guy with an Ohtani tee shirt that can barely afford to buy a game ticket that's funding some of that salary. I guess we're the stupid ones. My take is if one is ...if one buys a ticket to watch the Dodgers, they should not complain. Ohtani is amazing to watch...even on TV.