discolé monade Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources told ESPN on Sunday night, the largest deal in professional sports history. The deal includes an opt-out after five years and no deferred money, sources said. If Soto opts out, the Mets can void it by increasing his annual salary in the final 10 seasons by $4 million -- from $51 million to $55 million -- taking the total value to $805 million. we are a ridiculous society. absolutely dumb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimOdin Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 He should reinvest and become a minority owner in the team. That’s so much money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 I really want to politicize this but I won't 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 9 hours ago, discolé monade said: Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources told ESPN on Sunday night, the largest deal in professional sports history. The deal includes an opt-out after five years and no deferred money, sources said. If Soto opts out, the Mets can void it by increasing his annual salary in the final 10 seasons by $4 million -- from $51 million to $55 million -- taking the total value to $805 million. we are a ridiculous society. absolutely dumb. Honestly? It's a dumb number, but Baseball is one of the only sports I know that generally stays up with inflation. Every 10-15 years you get a wave of record breaking contracts. People thought A-rods 10 year, 100 million contract 20 years or so ago was outrageous. After that, 100 mil became the number get in the door to start negotiating with Elite level talent like that. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 13 hours ago, André Toulon said: I really want to politicize this but I won't don't hold back on my account... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 9 hours ago, molarbear said: Honestly? It's a dumb number, but Baseball is one of the only sports I know that generally stays up with inflation. Every 10-15 years you get a wave of record breaking contracts. People thought A-rods 10 year, 100 million contract 20 years or so ago was outrageous. After that, 100 mil became the number get in the door to start negotiating with Elite level talent like that. and still, does not make sense to me. i mean i completely understand what you are saying, but i didn't get the reasoning for people in sports, or any arena for that matter "deserved" that amount of money for doing their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 50 minutes ago, discolé monade said: and still, does not make sense to me. i mean i completely understand what you are saying, but i didn't get the reasoning for people in sports, or any arena for that matter "deserved" that amount of money for doing their job. I would argue that football players or boxers might deserve that kind of money on account of the extremed physical punishment drastically shortens their life spans, but in baseball that's kind of absurd. Part of it is me thinking that making those two sports absurdly expensive should be enough to trigger fan backlash against violent sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 12 hours ago, discolé monade said: and still, does not make sense to me. i mean i completely understand what you are saying, but i didn't get the reasoning for people in sports, or any arena for that matter "deserved" that amount of money for doing their job. I mean... some crypto dudebro just paid 4 million dollars for a banana that was taped to a poster board 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted December 13 Author Share Posted December 13 On 12/12/2024 at 12:56 AM, molarbear said: I mean... some crypto dudebro just paid 4 million dollars for a banana that was taped to a poster board my god. humans are the dumbest animals..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 18 hours ago, discolé monade said: my god. humans are the dumbest animals..... That's not true! There's a lot of really smart, and compassionate humans out there. We're just completely unchecked in the food chain and modern medicine prevents a lot of needed Darwinism 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted December 14 Author Share Posted December 14 8 minutes ago, molarbear said: That's not true! There's a lot of really smart, and compassionate humans out there. We're just completely unchecked in the food chain and modern medicine prevents a lot of needed Darwinism fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Watch him tear his ACL during spring training. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted Monday at 03:12 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:12 PM exactly this. SOMETHING that will keep him mostly on the injured list, and STILL getting paid. we've all seen it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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