The future of Shohei Ohtani

[packs]

I don't understand the issue. Don't we all try to make as much money as possible in our jobs? Why does it become different if the job is a professional athlete? Why shouldn't Ohtani make as much money as he can? Who wouldn't in their own employment?

There is only one person in the world who can play the game like Ohtani can, and that's Ohtani himself. Why wouldn't he be subject to a different standard when it came to his pay?

[Seven]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't understand the issue. Don't we all try to make as much money as possible in our jobs? Why does it become different if the job is a professional athlete? Why shouldn't Ohtani make as much money as he can? Who wouldn't in their own employment?

There is only one person in the world who can play the game like Ohtani can, and that's Ohtani himself. Why wouldn't he be subject to a different standard when it came to his pay?

My issue with sports on the whole, and this is just a personal opinion, is that there's too much money involved in all of them nowadays. I think it's absolutely ridiculous that players are paid millions of dollars to play baseball, or really any sport for that matter. Yes the market dictates what they're worth/paid, and it's just something I have to live with.

[packs]

But what makes it ridiculous? Salaries provide a window into the health of the league. Clearly MLB is doing very well considering how often these contracts are offered. I'm really not sure how it can bother people that talented individuals who generate revenues are paid salaries that reflect their value. Isn't that what everyone wants out of their job? It's upsets me I can't get it in my own work. But I'm not going to take it out on a baseball player.

[G1911]

One need not be a communist to understand that $700 million to play a game is kind of absurd. Good for him, go and get his, but it’s also a little nuts that we have chosen to value a ballplayer like this rather than any functional role.

[packs]

A talented professional athlete is earning their way. In every other circumstance it seems like maxing out your potential value is encouraged. But not in sports.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

A talented professional athlete is earning their way. In every other circumstance it seems like maxing out your potential value is encouraged. But not in sports.

Nobody is criticizing him for maximizing his value or getting his money. I even said it explicitly. Many people recognize that paying $700,000,000 to a player of a game is rather absurd for the obvious reasons.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by G1911

Nobody is criticizing him for maximizing his value or getting his money. I even said it explicitly. Many people recognize that paying $700,000,000 to a player of a game is rather absurd for the obvious reasons.

Anybody getting $700 million for anything is absurd. More absurd is Elon Musk's kids (as an example) being worth $2 billion each just for popping out of the right birth canal.

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