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Browns certainly could have, but Purdy would probably still be Mr. Irrelevant at this point and out of the league or be a practice squad player....
How many players take a large non-deferred contract to play for the Pirates or Brewers? Deferred contracts have no real economic impact except on...
I think it could impact players signing their 2nd big deals. For example, Bregman could happily defer money to get his $300MM deal and also not...
So now it's a bad thing to honor your contract? The rationales people are using to find a reason to despise him are pretty funny. He's all...
At current risk-free rates, the value of his deal is $460MM - that's how that luxury tax numbers comes out. Sure, he could invest the money more...
This would only be true if there was a team out there offering him $700MM non-deferred. There is no evidence that's the case. So he's only losing...
There have been 14 of these contracts in history; 2 have won titles. Most are still in the early years or haven't even started yet. Stanton is...
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Neither Pujols or Hamilton were $300MM contracts, so they weren't the types of contracts being referred to. And Mike Trout hasn't prevented the...
Money in 2043 is worth less than money today. If I say I'll pay you $100 in 2043, it's basically the same as me saying I'll pay you $45 today...
It's not - he's actually getting paid properly and the Dodgers getting taxed properly on a $460MM contract. The $700MM is just a fake number....
Interesting - I had no idea. It's apparently because the compensation is deferred 10 years. If the money was paid 9 years out, it would be taxed...
It's similar to offsides on the defense - except a "free play" for the defense in the this case. If the play results in a sack or interception,...
The money was earned for work performed in California, so I think he'd still be on the hook, though I'm not positive. Otherwise, employees would...
What do you mean? Money in 10 years is worth less than today. If a team was going to pay him $46MM/yr today, they just invest that money in...
But he wasn't getting $700MM from anyone else either. He's getting $460MM or so after accounting for the lost value - that's likely the range he...
No - he just wanted a big headline number, but the value of his contract is less. The luxury tax number will be about $46MM per year because...
The whole thing is stupid. Imagine the NFL with all QBs on 1-year deals. If you're Oregon, why ever recruit a QB? You can get a Heisman-level...
There's the occasional team that does that. But you could also just argue that it's smart management. The vast majority of free agent deals don't...
And yet, their payroll was the same as the Astros last year. It's like people don't actually pay attention to what these teams do. Dodgers'...
