Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani signed a record-setting deal for a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers. But Ohtani will defer all but $20 million of his salary, until 2034, so that his team can have more money for better players now.
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this is the best contract in pro sports history this needs to be studied and put in the sports museum
We should have an extra professional athlete tax. They do nothing for society
Teachers, firefighters, ER doctors….bruh you can't be pro-America and pro-capitalism without being okay with those with completely unique talents getting paid what the market dictates. I'm sorry, but for every 100 million people who can become teachers, there are only 100 or so who can become pro athletes, and out of those there's 1 on Ohtani's level. He's the top 1% of pro sports so he obv should get paid that way.
It doesn''t matter about the interest and inflation because he'll be getting money, while most of his peers are filing for bankruptcy.
This dude will likely earn more money through endorsements in the future than from their salary, so there's no need to be concerned about Shotime's deferment money.
He definitely did do this trade for money he loves baseball
This is "Ohtani mentality"
Respect
As if you couldn’t like him any more 😃
Truly amazing combination of baseball talent & being a team player.