Who're you pulling for?

[L4Dawg]

We understand. You’re a self-righteous moron.

Your argument is to ignore all the other parts of the deal except the base pay, so you can right.

Contracts are more than just base pay. Using your logic, MSU only pays Lebby $800,000 a year because the rest comes from Bulldog Club. Elon is working for free because he has no direct salary. All that matters is direct compensation, right?

He wouldn’t be in Miami for only 25 million and I can promise you there are clubs in the world that would pay him more if they could get him.

No real club is going to give 39 year old what he is getting in Miami. In that you are correct.

You are doing the same thing in the other direction. He isn't the only one getting indirect compensation.

The deal with Messi in MLS is this: it's a marketing strategy. He is worth more to them for that than he is worth as a 39 year old player in Europe. The top clubs there have other great players, younger ones who can keep playing for a long time, they can use. The younger ones won't come here because that is rightly seen as a career ending move. A younger Messi in his prime (and he was THE best then) would never have come here either. Neither would a young Beckham. I don't get the anger some are showing to that simple fact.

 

[Raiderdawg]

No real club is going to give 39 year old what he is getting in Miami. In that you are correct.

You are doing the same thing in the other direction. He isn't the only one getting indirect compensation.

The deal with Messi in MLS is this: it's a marketing strategy. He is worth more to them for that than he is worth as a 39 year old player in Europe. The top clubs there have other great players, younger ones who can keep playing for a long time, they can use. The younger ones won't come here because that is rightly seen as a career ending move. A younger Messi in his prime (and he was THE best then) would never have come here either. Neither would a young Beckham. I don't get the anger some are showing to that simple fact.

This is stupid.

You said, “He isn’t getting that much from MLS. Look it up.”

I showed you that he has the second highest total compensation contract in soccer to be Miami.

You’ve gone in circles and are now at: that may be true, but no real team would pay that much and it’s for marketing.

I don’t care. For whatever reasons, he’s getting 75-80 million to play in Miami.

You said he’s not getting that much to be in Miami. That’s wrong. He’s got the second highest total compensation contract in the sport.

That’s my part in this. You may return to arguing with others about why he doesn’t deserve it & it’s not real. I will go back to watching the decrepit 39 year old win the golden boot.

 

[L4Dawg]

This is stupid.

You said, “He isn’t getting that much from MLS. Look it up.”

I showed you that he has the second highest total compensation contract in soccer to be Miami.

You’ve gone in circles and are now at: that may be true, but no real team would pay that much and it’s for marketing.

I don’t care. For whatever reasons, he’s getting 75-80 million to play in Miami.

You said he’s not getting that much to be in Miami. That’s wrong. He’s got the second highest total compensation contract in the sport.

That’s my part in this. You may return to arguing with others about why he doesn’t deserve it & it’s not real. I will go back to watching the decrepit 39 year old win the golden boot.

He isn't getting what was said above. You think those other big stars aren't getting endorsements too? You are using one total for Messi and a different one for the others. You think an owner in Europe is going to give a 39 year old an ownership stake to get him to sign? He is here because nobody in Europe would meet his demands, and rightly so from their perspective. He can't sustain play to the level needed to command that kind of money in a real league. He can't even sustain MLS level long either. His record shows that. I don't get the irrational anger this is provoking. Athletes age, even GOATs.