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Originally Posted by Jason14h
And deferring money has no impact on the luxury tax - The current value of the contract is taken into consideration for tax purposes.
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It's still a 700M deal. It's just paid over the course of 20 years instead of 10 so the Dodgers save 24M a year on luxury tax calculations.
It's been reported numerous times that Ohtani wanted to do it so the Dodgers could add even more players.
He still gets his 700M to add to whatever he makes in endorsements. He just gets 97% of it after he retires.