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Originally Posted by Kasi
Yeah if the price is that high that’s fine with me. Toronto was likely just leveraged to push the price up. Always the bridesmaid I suppose. Still crazy numbers.
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So...I've never really come into this thread before because I'm not a Baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination. I am however, fascinated with the Economics of Professional Sports. And in that arena, this is an event!
Thing is...this is probably not even the craziest sports contract of 2023.
I'd give that honour to Leo Messi signing in MLS. That contract is WILD.
I'd even consider giving 'Runner Up' to Cristiano Ronaldo, but I cant do that in good conscience because he signed that contract with what essentially amounts to the Saudi Arabian Sovereign Wealth Fund and we'll probably never know what the real amounts are.
We can only presume that since the Saudi Sovereign Wealth fund has more money than God that it was probably rather lucrative, but as I said, we'll probably never know.
I mean, they signed a ton of players to their joke of a league for a crap-ton of money to try and get the World Cup and then all of a sudden Australia dropped out of the bidding at the last second (inexplicably?) and lo and behold the Saudis were awarded the World Cup! No way!
Then theres Ohtani. I cant really speak to this contract other than it seems like one of the highest in North American sport (other than Messi) but I'm not fluent enough in the economics of Baseball to say much more than that other than....$70M/year for 1 player?
Are Baseball contracts Guaranteed like NHL contracts?