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Taxes in California are so exorbitant that last year Sam Darnold lost $71,000 despite earning $178,000 in the SB victory.

Player's association best say No to SBs after 2027, which is scheduled in, you guessed it, Cali.

Overly simplistic and misleading.
 
Taxes in California are so exorbitant that last year Sam Darnold lost $71,000 despite earning $178,000 in the SB victory.

Player's association best say No to SBs after 2027, which is scheduled in, you guessed it, Cali.

Here’s why that is really totally bogus:


And Darnold also earned a week of his annual salary during the week he was working in California before the Super Bowl:



That’s another $101,923.

So his actual earnings from that one week totaled $2,779,923 (*) NOT $178,000!

HOLY TAX EVASION, BATMAN!

(* $2,779,923 = Super Bowl bonus $2,500,000 + one week salary $101,923 + Super Bowl winning share $178,000)

Keep this sort of distortion in mind whenever you ready political claims by any party!
 
No, the regular contract is not at issue. The extra pay for participants in the SB is. $178,000 for Darnold.

It's not misleading to say that players who spend seven days in the Golden State lose not gain money.
However, because he spent the week in California and the state factored the tax based on his salary, not on what he made from the Super Bowl, he had to pay a whopping $249,000 in taxes.
Nevada? He'd keep it all minus federal taxes.

Yeah, the multimillionaire didn't lose money on net, but an avaricious state definitely took advantage.

This will become a story.
 

 
Lane Kiffin is a ****ing menance.

Talk about the most empty promises from a head coach in recent history. You cant trust this snake oil huckster at all. How many schools has he coached for? How many times has he sat out the end of a season cause he took another job?

Definition of failing upwards. Now hes trying to have former nfl players play for LSU and tge SEC is voting to kick them out. Its more than his fault but I hate Kiffin and his gutless leadership. God damn there's a dirth of leaders in this world
 
No, the regular contract is not at issue. The extra pay for participants in the SB is. $178,000 for Darnold.

It's not misleading to say that players who spend seven days in the Golden State lose not gain money.

Nevada? He'd keep it all minus federal taxes.

Yeah, the multimillionaire didn't lose money on net, but an avaricious state definitely took advantage.

This will become a story.
You either don’t understand how states tax out of staters working in the state, or you’re misrepresenting it . The rules make sense: if you work in the state and get paid for it the state taxes it. Gemini explains it well, even mentioning the whining about pro athletes:

 

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