Why would you allow salary deferrals for salary cap purposes?

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do they not count later on?

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Apparently Ohtani will be a 40-45m hit for 10 years then 0 when they're paying him 68m a year for 10 years.

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Apparently Ohtani will be a 40-45m hit for 10 years then 0 when they're paying him 68m a year for 10 years.

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Is the cap based on “luxury tax salary”?
The 680M deferral lowers the present day value to 460.8M so the luxury tax salary is 46.08M/yr for 10 years

One thing people aren't talking enough about is how insane the endorsements are for athletes in Japan. During his prime, Kei Nishikori was making more money annually than Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Naomi Osaka has made more money in endorsements than Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova ever did during their primes. And Ohtani is obviously on an entirely different level from Osaka and Nishikori.

Ohtani's thinking is that he's already making well over $40 million annually in endorsements so he doesn't really need to make any money from baseball for the next ten years. But after that, the commercial opportunities will start to decrease drastically for a player whose career is winding down. That's where getting the $68 million/AAV for the following 10 years comes in. Basically, Ohtani would prefer to get consistent earnings for the next 20 years than just to get an absurd amount of money for the next 10 years and very little after that.

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The MLB luxury tax is impotent. The Dodgers don’t give two shits. This is about Ohtani living off of endorsements and wanting huge retirement checks.

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The only way this makes sense for Ohtani is if they’re were going to give him a lot less now and were willing to give him a lot more 10 years from now.

Which I guess could be the case

For you and I that isn't smart, the dude has been making 40m a year for several years now and last year between endorsements and salary he made 70m. I'm sure he will be loving just fine in the future. He will be loving off both for awhile.

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This is about Ohtani living off of endorsements and wanting huge retirement checks.

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and wanting to avoid high taxes in California.

Teams agree to these long term mega deals and the players get more money long-term. Teams like them because it lessens their hit and the payout is longer.

Same reason people take out loans, to lessen the financial impact now and pay it down the road. The main difference with Ohtani and others is he isn't collecting interest on his payback where Mookie and others are. That's where this hurts him and why the deal is better for L.A. which apparently he requested.

Do you think professional sports teams actually operate with honor and righteousness, considering what’s best for the sport and the league and the fans?

You do what you can get away with until someone stops you. It is what it is.

I would say only 25% deferrals would be fair.

But now you almost can't do it, because the Dodgers would benefit SUBSTANTIALLY for having done such a deal, where now everyone for the next 10 years can't.