To be honest, the amount of leverage and opportunity that some teams have when it comes to the lower tax rates that players have to pay is completely bullshit. To have some sort of parity between these mega franchises in desirable climates and tax brackets, and a franchise like the Toronto Raptors, where there’s much more tax that needs to be paid.

There needs to be more done by the league to give opportunity to teams that don’t have any control of that factor.

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    11 months ago

    We should also make the salary cap dependent on the the amount of sponsorship opportunities available to players! And also adjust for the cost of living! And have a weather adjustment so colder climates can attract stars! Every team has its own cap!

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    11 months ago

    Do most NBA players even live in the city they play in? They’re traveling most of the year anyway, so their actual homes are in desirable cities like LA, Miami, and New York.

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    11 months ago

    Players only pay home taxes on games they play at home so variance in state tax isn’t as big of a factor as people assume

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    Do you take into account the cost of renting/buying a home? Cost of school/childcare (yay Canada) ? Cost of healthcare (yay Canada again)? Hurricane/flooding insurance? So no, taxes should not be included as they capture only a part of living costs specific to an area.

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    11 months ago

    I’ve been wondering about this for years as well and was hoping to see something addressing it in the latest CBA. I imagine it gets complicated real quick with road game salaries being taxed differently than home games, etc but it seems like there’s gotta be something that could be done to make take home salary for an MLE contract roughly equivalent between teams across the league.

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    11 months ago

    Because the players clearly don’t care about it. And its reductive to just look at state and local taxes as your point of comparison. If there are no state taxes they get you on property or sales or other taxes. That money doesn’t just come from no where.

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    11 months ago

    Are you trying to channel Harrison Bergeron? Nothing is ever going to forcibly make the NBA competitive landscape completely equal.

    Every NBA city has different competitive attributes for free agents. Some cities are cold (Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Toronto). Some cities are warm and have beaches (Miami). Some have lots of fun for young adults (wherever the best strippers are, IDK ask Harden). Others are better for raising families (Orlando? Utah? OKC?). Some have better tax incentives (teams in states without income tax). Others have better career incentives (you’d probably want to live in LA if you want to be an actor, or maybe GS or NY if you want to be in tech or finance). Others have a richer NBA history (Boston, Lakers). Some cities are good at throwing batteries (Philly).

    Why not let players choose what matters to them rather than somehow trying (and failing) to force some arbitrary matter of equality?

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    11 months ago

    Jock taxes

    Many players claim permanent residence in no-income-tax jurisdictions like Florida and Texas already. It doesn’t affect the tax paid on playing salaries, but endorsement income, outside investments that are considered ordinary income etc wouldn’t be taxed.

    If taxes was the main focus for players, the LA teams and the Warriors would struggle to recruit free agents since California’s state income tax is 12.3% at the top end. Shockingly, players take other factors into consideration, too.

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    11 months ago

    We should also force more populated markets to relocate their surplus of citizens and corporations to less populated and less corporately occupied markets.