As long as it hits the cap and taxes the same it is what it is
IMO Deferred contracts are a bigger issue than a lack of salary cap
The new CBA is going to close all of these loopholes, they exploited it but now it’s in the open
Cap isn’t going to change this at all. The AAV will be the cap hit almost certainly. This still happens in every league with a cap.
Rich teams are still going to pay as much as possible up front in bonuses. It’s better for the player, and makes the player more easily moveable if needed.
Everyone can do this. Cohen and Rubenstein are billionaires. With a ‘b’. Stop allowing the owners to cry poor and not do everything they can to compete.
That’s just the structure of his contract it all counts the same toward the AAV and luxury tax anyway.
It’s still counting towards the cap, this is just an income tax thing
And another example of the rich avoiding paying their share in taxes
People who think deferred money and signing bonuses are the real killers of the league need to educate themselves on how things actually work. I’m all for a salary cap argument but these contract specifications still count towards a team’s luxury tax, they’re just options to offer more financial flexibility that benefit players.
By the way, Vladdy had a $325 MILLION DOLLAR signing bonus but you don’t see anyone crying about that.
Cheap owners love this one trick.
If you have a soft cap and a luxury tax, you don’t have to spend money on your team, and you get money from other teams!! You don’t have to spend that either, you can just keep it!
A hard cap would force them to spend more money, which they don’t want to do, which is why we’re in this situation.
The best part is instead of blaming the owners that
game the system, we blame the teams who care about winning baseball games.
Works like a charm!
What’s the big deal here? He’s just paying less taxes.
Btw, just for comparison, Myles Garrett salary is 1,3 million until 2028, then it jumps to 38 million. Most of his pay in the beginning of the contract is bonus, because the cap hit can be spread equally through the contract.
He’s gonna drop like 62 hr a season playing in that homer dome in la.
Clickbait garbage from the most unsavory of sources.
Jesus Christ, the signing bonus is to offset the state tax that he wouldn’t have to pay in Florida or Texas. He’s still getting the same amount of money, he’s just saving $8M in taxes.
Hire smarter people or at least ones who know anything about baseball.
Every sport does stuff like this
so he doesn’t have most of his money subject to CA income taxes
However,it is still a hell of a lot of money to play baseball.
Ohh how I wish I could have hit and field better when I was a kid
I’m still mindblown somebody thinks Kyle Tucker is worth $60m AAV
Why is everybody just now starting to pay attention.. the Dodgers have been doing this for years
Winning is the point, and it’s working
I’ll bet he still has a Florida residence for tax purposes, as he’s from Tampa. That Bonus won’t see any CA state taxes. He’s not a California resident and he’s done zero work in California so far. Also, payroll taxes are an interesting thing as he may get taxed for the days played in California or trained with the team under their tax laws, but road games he’s not working in the State and those are subject to his state or residency then. So many players keep a Florida residence for a reason, even if they live and play for a team in another state.
Don’t hate the player
Baseball is so broken.
It’s going to be a long work stoppage, system is completely broken.
Everyone sees it’s ridiculous. From a fan perspective it’s sad we’ll likely lose the 2027 season.
I cope by thinking about how bad and broke the dodgers will be 10-20 years from now. Hopefully I’m still alive and well enough to enjoy it.
This way, when he sucks, he can just say Whaddya want for just a million dollar salary?
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As long as it hits the cap and taxes the same it is what it is
IMO Deferred contracts are a bigger issue than a lack of salary cap
The new CBA is going to close all of these loopholes, they exploited it but now it’s in the open
Cap isn’t going to change this at all. The AAV will be the cap hit almost certainly. This still happens in every league with a cap.
Rich teams are still going to pay as much as possible up front in bonuses. It’s better for the player, and makes the player more easily moveable if needed.
Everyone can do this. Cohen and Rubenstein are billionaires. With a ‘b’. Stop allowing the owners to cry poor and not do everything they can to compete.
That’s just the structure of his contract it all counts the same toward the AAV and luxury tax anyway.
It’s still counting towards the cap, this is just an income tax thing
And another example of the rich avoiding paying their share in taxes
People who think deferred money and signing bonuses are the real killers of the league need to educate themselves on how things actually work. I’m all for a salary cap argument but these contract specifications still count towards a team’s luxury tax, they’re just options to offer more financial flexibility that benefit players.
By the way, Vladdy had a $325 MILLION DOLLAR signing bonus but you don’t see anyone crying about that.
Cheap owners love this one trick.
If you have a soft cap and a luxury tax, you don’t have to spend money on your team, and you get money from other teams!! You don’t have to spend that either, you can just keep it!
A hard cap would force them to spend more money, which they don’t want to do, which is why we’re in this situation.
The best part is instead of blaming the owners that
game the system, we blame the teams who care about winning baseball games.
Works like a charm!
What’s the big deal here? He’s just paying less taxes.
Btw, just for comparison, Myles Garrett salary is 1,3 million until 2028, then it jumps to 38 million. Most of his pay in the beginning of the contract is bonus, because the cap hit can be spread equally through the contract.
He’s gonna drop like 62 hr a season playing in that homer dome in la.
Clickbait garbage from the most unsavory of sources.
Jesus Christ, the signing bonus is to offset the state tax that he wouldn’t have to pay in Florida or Texas. He’s still getting the same amount of money, he’s just saving $8M in taxes.
Hire smarter people or at least ones who know anything about baseball.
Every sport does stuff like this
so he doesn’t have most of his money subject to CA income taxes
However,it is still a hell of a lot of money to play baseball.
Ohh how I wish I could have hit and field better when I was a kid
I’m still mindblown somebody thinks Kyle Tucker is worth $60m AAV
Why is everybody just now starting to pay attention.. the Dodgers have been doing this for years
Winning is the point, and it’s working
I’ll bet he still has a Florida residence for tax purposes, as he’s from Tampa. That Bonus won’t see any CA state taxes. He’s not a California resident and he’s done zero work in California so far. Also, payroll taxes are an interesting thing as he may get taxed for the days played in California or trained with the team under their tax laws, but road games he’s not working in the State and those are subject to his state or residency then. So many players keep a Florida residence for a reason, even if they live and play for a team in another state.
Don’t hate the player
Baseball is so broken.
It’s going to be a long work stoppage, system is completely broken.
Everyone sees it’s ridiculous. From a fan perspective it’s sad we’ll likely lose the 2027 season.
I cope by thinking about how bad and broke the dodgers will be 10-20 years from now. Hopefully I’m still alive and well enough to enjoy it.
This way, when he sucks, he can just say Whaddya want for just a million dollar salary?
California taxes gonna take 60% of that 👏🏻😂