dartsndeacs
THE quintessential dwarf
I'd say it worked out OK for Brady and DuncanBut why should he be the one to take less and defer?
I'd say it worked out OK for Brady and DuncanBut why should he be the one to take less and defer?
I'd say it worked out OK for Brady and Duncan
Agreed - from a baseball fan/competitive balance perspective, I don’t think it should be allowed, but it is by the current CBA (something I would expect to now be heavily negotiated next time around). From Ohtani’s perspective, it doesn’t seem crazy at all - we only know what’s been publicly reported, but by all accounts, he wanted a west coast, winning team and the deferral idea came from his side.I mean his circumstance is unique enough that I really don’t think it’s comparable to anything we’ve seen before.
I don’t think structuring a contract this way should be allowed, but I get it from Ohtani’s perspective
He makes $45M a year in endorsement deals. He can afford to take $2M a year to allow the team to build around him and win
Ohtani pitched this. Why pay more competitive tax if you don’t have toThe lead owner for the Dodgers with worth $5.8B. They can afford to pay all the players they need to win a World Series.
who are the companies that pay him the most?Ohtani makes like $50M a year off of endorsements.
Look, I know you’ve read and heard a lot about Shohei by this point. You’ve seen him play. You know what he can do. You get it. I get it.
But I’m here to tell you that Shohei Ohtani is an even better person than he is a baseball player. And I’ve never met anyone who is as comfortable in his own skin as Shohei. None of it is a show, either. You can absolutely tell.
The first time I met him I was in the clubhouse, feeling a bit on my own — didn’t know anyone, didn’t speak the language, nerves all over the place. I’m fumbling around trying to put stuff away in my locker, and I turn around and … Shohei and Ippei are standing there looking at me. And I’m not too proud to say that I was starstruck right then. But Shohei, he just gives me this huge smile, and, in English, he says: “Hey, Lars. How’s your family?” It immediately put me at ease.
And all throughout the tournament, he was just one of the boys. In Japan, age and respect are everything. But with Shohei, even though he was a little older than some of the players on that team, he was always telling us: “Treat me like I’m the same age as you! Talk to me as an equal!” He was always wanting to just be one of the guys.
So to be that talented, and then, at the same time, that humble and kind? It really was inspiring to me. I can’t say enough good things about him. And now, I’m so proud to call him my friend.
They are betting on the fact that payroll will continue to go up over the next ten years, and paying this amount of money over that time frame will be less detrimental than doing it now. It is kind of interesting though, I think there's an argument to be made that paying him like $10-15M per year over the next 10 years to lessen the hit from 2034-2045 would be better than for the Dodgers than what they are doing.So the Dodges are gonna be awesome for at least the next 5 years and then absolutely suck from 2034-2045?
It’s so much money that it doesn’t really matter.He's an idiot if that deferral is interest free.