FWIW – Ohtani is only making 2M$ a year for now. In 2033 he starts getting 68M$ a year for the next 10 years for a total of 680M$
during those 10 years. That might make it stressful for the Dodgers to stay under a hard ceiling.
I’ve said before that there ought to be a hard floor, too. Take a designated percentage of each team’s revenue, add it all together, and divide by 30 teams. Each tram gets an equal share. Factor that in to where the ceiling would need to be.
Something drastic needs to be done. There are too many empty seats at too many ballparks. Negotiations that consist of everybody playing hog need to end. Let certain players’ reps and certain owners’ reps sit across from each other and talk it out face-to-face, man-to-man.