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Originally Posted by blankall
Theoretically, players like McDavid should be able to earn more from sponsors and building their brand than salaries. If McDavid were able to win a couple of cups, it would have a huge impact on his marketability.
I guess the issue with that is that McDavid isn't exactly Lebron James. Pretty easy for James to take a multi million dollar discount, when his networth is north of a 1 billion and he's earning $50+ million in passive income a year.
Maybe McDavid's people realize that his personality is so non-existent that his only hope of big money is via his contracts.
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LeBron has taken a discount twice in his career. The first year in Miami, and just this year in LA it was like 500K so they would be under the 2nd apron for taxes.
The NHL doesn't have the same sponsorships that other leagues have especially the NBA.