$700,000,000 !!!!

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That's crazy, they're playing a game.

They deserve it for working so hard to get there.

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Shohei Ohtani just signed a 700 million dollar contract with the LA Dodgers. What are your thoughts on athletes getting paid so much?

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swirlie

You're forgetting that it's taxed at 50%, probably closer to 55%, so what he takes home is $350 million over his 10 year contract at 50% taxation. That's $35 million per year over the next 10 years.

When you consider that professional major league players usually only play to the age of 40, that means that in 11 years from now Shohei Ohtani will be 40.

If he lives to be 90 years of age and he's almost 30 right now, $350 million after-tax dollars divided into his last 60 years of useful consciousness is only $5.8 million per year.

Gross income means nothing except to the ego. After-tax dollars is where the rubber meets the road.

Sevendays · M

@swirlie but don't forget his endorsements. He'll make as much, if not more, from those.

swirlie

@Sevendays
So what about his endorsements?
What do his endorsements have to do with your question?
Your bittch was about his $700 million contract being too much to get paid!
Now you're bittching about his endorsements too?
Where the hell does it all end with you?

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swirlie

@Sevendays
All that will only last him for about 10 years max! What then? If he's like the rest of them, he'll end up selling cars when his athletic career is over in 10 years.