$700,000,000 !!!!

I can't blame the players. Except for golfers that jumped to LIV. I can blame the system. The TV revenue and other income that comes from Ohtani is huge. But what's happened is ticket prices have gotten to place where, just as it is with other sports, it's become elitist. A lot of kids who live and breathe sports won't ever have a chance to see a game live unless their parents are wealthy. That hurts me. But it's similar in other industries. Families can't afford to take their kids to Disneyland. That's just wrong.
My Mom, who's in her 80's, LOVES the Golden State Warriors, and I bought her tickets to a game. She's now wheelchair bound and, like most venues, they don't offer the best seats. Two tickets and parking cost me almost 800 bucks. I couldn't freaking believe it. I bought them because I REALLY want her to see a game in person but it just made me sick that it's gotten to this place. Never again.
That said, Ohtani deferred a lot of his salary to make it easier for the Dodgers and he didn't have to do that. But still. When the bar gets set that high it doesn't come down. So the system won't change.