you can really tell how effectively insidious the luxury tax is when you see people arguing about how "for Team X it wasn't $62 million but 96" or whatever. That's the entire game, folks. They created a structure to give themselves an excuse not to spend and you've opted in.
@cdgoldstein That's for repeat taxpayers. The Giants were not last year. They were in at roughly 217 mm. They won't have to pay the 110% on the Snell deal this year. The Giants are estimated to be at 255 mm this season, including Snell 32 mm. The final number won't be known until after 2024.
@cdgoldstein Yes it’s a ridiculous system where those who don’t spend benefit from those who do & therefore guarantee profitability by not spending but no in the sense that those who are spending shouldn’t stop because of tax penalties increasing, they’re spending so they’re not the problem.
@cdgoldstein No Craig... the players opted into that system.
@cdgoldstein @pinstripealley 1) teams operate under budget constraints whether fans like so of course ppl are gonna analyze moves based on that, however self imposed they are 2) even league minimum is 10x the median salary so I think it's hard to get worked about a player getting 'only' $60m guaranteed
@cdgoldstein I don’t really understand the anti-owner narrative. What are you trying to argue, that players should make more money?