I was just looking at the MLS Roster Rules and Regulations and felt like I was buying a Blimpie franchise.
2015 Offseason Megathread
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Dave, good stuff, I look forward to future healthy discussions man.
They are all pretty funny!
I'll stay out of the mud. Happy holidays!
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If I am honest, I like the popcorn eating guy better. That face he makes is priceless.I see your popcorn gif and raise you my personal favourite, popcorn cat:
Thanks for putting that together.
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Duka has family in NY and is from the area and he is a pretty good mid. I would love to have him with NYCFC.
Cant really say much about Maxim but looking at his highlights and the most important, Fifa FUT rating, SIGN ME UP!!!! lol....Villa and Maxim up top? Lets do it!
Wide players. I'm already expecting a 4-3-3 next year under Vieira, here's some more smoke.
Also, EMCM is exactly the type of DP we should be targeting moving forward. Likely bullshit rumor though, or the transfer is for MCFC.
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Yea about moting I'm assuming it's for man city not for us, just throw nycfc to create more MLS internet buzz
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It's not. They take total compensation, including bonus, and divide it by the length of the contract.
This:
Otherwise teams could sign as many DPs as they wanted.
DPs 1-3 get their balloon salaries this year.
DPs 4-6 get their balloon salaries next year.
DPs 7-9 get their balloon salaries the following year.
And so on.
Interestingly, that's exactly what the Mets did with Bobby Bonilla. He last played for them in 1999, and they'll be paying him over a million a year through 2035.
Amusing details: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/new-york-mets-bobby-bonilla-contract-2035-deal
The smartest contract any athlete has ever signed. It sets him and his family up for generations and generations instead of becoming yet another sports star that ends up broke.
Eh, not exactly. While the annuity stream is nice (and it's a large number), depending on how he is with his money, he may have been better off with taking a larger sum of money up front with no guaranteed cash flow. You would have to discount the value of that $1 Million over time, factoring in the lack of growth and opportunity cost for further investment. The value of $1 Million today is less than it was 20 years ago on an inflation adjusted basis.
The article linked above claims that the Mets came out ahead and Bonilla lost if you assume an 8% annual rate. I did not check their math. But it wasn't by a huge amount even then and steady 8% is pretty high. Some hit that, but most don't. He maybe could have done better but this was, at the least, a good solid deal for him.
8% is a big nut. That doesn't factor in inflation, opportunity cost, need, etc.
All that really matters is whether or not he is good with money. If he's not, this is probably a good thing for him. Adidas pretty much saved Allen Iverson from himself, although he probably got cash advances on his deferred compensation arrangement with them.
It may have been that they agreed to pay him more if he agreed to the deferred payment
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