The future of Shohei Ohtani

[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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[Shoeless Moe]

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[Peter_Spaeth]

When anyone comes up with a better way than the free market to determine what someone's services are worth, please post it here.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

When anyone comes up with a better way than the free market to determine what someone's services are worth, please post it here.

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