Shohei Ohtani got SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION dollars, live reaction 

that's a bit of a stretch, I've heard quite a few times that jerseys sales, even for global superstars like LeBron or Cristiano Ronaldo really don't make a fortune that you might think. Regardless Ohtani will definitely sell a shitload of jerseys and be nothing less than a superstar and probably reach even greater heights at the Dodgers.

not only jersey sales or even merch sales- TV contracts, japanese company endorsements - those japanese ads you see in the ball parks PAY BANK, pple fly from all over the world to see Ohtani play - more seats filled in Dodger stadium. Even if Ohtani is injured and doesnt play for a full year, the dodgers will have those endorsements and ad revenue . 700 million isnt much at all. the Dodgers make MORE for just having him in the roster - Ohtani is worth well over 1 billion dollars.

Not sure if the money will be recouped that quickly but it will be recouped in relatively short order. Just Ohtani alone means increased broadcast right sales (more fans in Japan tune into his regular season games then in the US), home ticket sales 📈 IF he helps to get them there, there are the Championship/world series monetary payouts for teams. This, on top of the jersey sales/merchandising will mean the Dodgers will profit from this monster deal. The Dodgers are playing a game in Seoul next year, pretty sure its sold out already and the crowd will be half (if not more) Japanese and I would not be surprised if a one day stop in Tokyo is arranged prior or after the game - If Ohtani is there, the national interest, and subsequent fees generated, would be astronomical! Edit: the Seoul game is the Dodgers opening home games for 2024 so they will be Ohtani's debut in the regular season for the Dodgers the interest/media interest will be mind blowing.

No they won't and they will regret this contract in four years or less. This is one of the worst contracts ever given out.

jersey sales... lmfao. You must be an accountant.

yeah it was stupid but he apologized for it

​​​@@tuankhoinguyen9198more like he was forced to. I remember after the backlash happened when he said what he said on the episode of First Take he went on Twitter and doubled down on it. It wasn't until later he apologized it's obvious ESPN called him up because they made him do an entire episode of First Take listening to his colleagues some of them of Asian descent the day after.

@@tuankhoinguyen9198it was not a sincere apology whatsoever

大谷は日本人にとって神である。大谷を敵に回すということは日本人1億2000万人全員を敵に回すことと同義。

He’s never gonna have hall of fame numbers, and he’s not gonna win any World Series

You'll notice the weakest in every race are the most racist and money hungry.

he dispised him a couple years back.. now he is his brotha??? Only in America .. Only in America..

Np.. we all have a opinion and i have thumbs up across the board..@@eddievanich

@@greatfullded I was looking for this comment. It's completely racist. He's basically saying only in this country can someone like Shohei who is an outsider get away with it.

Just to clarify, SAS said if he's going to be the face of MLB he should learn to speak English. He got called out after people point out he does speak English. The man is racist no doubt.

This

He rarley talks about Ohtani because he barley talks about baseball. Most of those shows First take, undisputed, the herd etc talk football and hoop that is it.

​@@eamonkelley3811He rarely speaks about him because he said racist things about him

Yeah the dodgers overpaid. What else is new?

@@westhoodqualzini7884the dodgers got a good deal considering how much revenue ohtani will bring in it pays for itself

Source?

​​@@sixtynine2856SAS mouth on first take just this last week. And earlier this year.

@@westhoodqualzini7884 can you really overpay with a no cap league?

Ok only in America and Saudi can a team player make that much not counting endorsements

Per year basis no.

@@NerdChannelBrasil outside of artificial Saudi money who makes more than 70 million a year in team sports? Not counting endorsements.

@@NerdChannelBrasildoesn’t Cristiano make like $200M a year from Nassr?

@@ezioaltairacWhat?? Holy ffffffff

100%

Penaldo the 🐫🤡🤡🤡

They made 162 million in revenue off him in 2022

@@SY-fo3bb This isn't about Messi vs Ronaldo, it's just the reality of the revenue surrounding CR7 at Juventus. Now take your gaslighting somewhere else

​@@JS-te2vjmessi broke that record when he went to psg!Messi again beat Ronaldo's shirt selling records when he went to miami!

Well… probly still is just keeping it inside cuz his employee told him to stfu. When ppl show u who they r , trust them

BUT YOU'RE ON HIS CHANNEL😂

yellow hate

​@@FaceFamousTo call out racism

Is he not asian?

IF! coming off surgeries

Team Player!

Dodgers will get bounced in their first game of the playoffs again, with or without Shohei.

​@@masonjenkins5037cope some more L!!!😀

​@@masonjenkins5037whatever helps you sleep at night 😂

@@rayxmenlol

Mad Dog Russo said that whoever gives Ohtani this money needs to have their heads examined I want to hear his reaction.

lol god damn that's an insanely bad take. you're measuring his skill by how the angels can't get people to watch their team? once again, god daaamn. plus it's baseball we have like a gajillion games in the regular season

​@@xaevius5319funny thing is, the dodgers lead MLB in attendance every year. Have the highest capacity stadium in baseball, and draw 50k+ plus per home game. They pretty much just guaranteed selling out every game with this signing.

It'll be more like 50 mill a year once the deferred money is dealt with

Bargain.

Should of been a billion

@@davidgutierrez4606nah, it said Majority of the amount is deferred. That’s a minority. He may get something like 30MM a year

@@davidgutierrez460635m

yes,7 hundred dollars is cheap.

Are u nuts man's 30 and always injured and he's not playing the field this season

​@@RockyMiller-tc1wjhe puts up Aaron judge numbers offensively and judge got $40m a year for 9 years. When he pitches he puts up cole numbers and het got $30m+ a year.. do the math. Even if he can't pitch, in advertising alone he rakes in $20 million a year for the dodgers.

does baseball bring in ratings like that? its pretty much a regional sport right now

​@@spenser6353😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@spenser6353 He opens up the entire Asian market for endorsements and TV deals. 90% of Japan watched the WBC. Does 90% of the U.S. watch Jaylen Brown play in the postseason or even the Finals?

Wasn't 90%. All the games were between 42-46%(excellent). Final between JPN vs USA was the lowest at 42,% plus because it was shown at 8am. If it was night, probably around 60-70%.

​@@spenser6353 millions of Japanese tourists will pour billions in the US economy over next decade just to see Ohtani play in Los Angeles. Ohtani actually being underpaid. 700m is a steal

how would you trade him?no way you are getting equal value and who ever got him would have to come up with money

@@randolphdefreese7874 I believe back in August, Angel’s could’ve traded Ohtani to a bunch of contending teams for a decent haul of prospects. Angels decided to not trade him because side they thought they could make a push for the playoffs and entice Ohtani to resign. Hindsight is 20/20 but I feel like we all knew that playoffs were stretch. The owner wanted to maximize his earning potential out of Ohtani and decided against trading him. Now the Angels will be irrelevant for another 10 years. 😭

@@randolphdefreese7874 you will never get equal value correct. But not they get nothing while losing him.

​@@randolphdefreese7874the haul of prospects they would've gotten from the team of their choosing would've been IMMENSE. Would've set them up right for the future, as well as given them bargaining chips for future trades. They were going to lose ohtani anyways to free agency. By not trading him not only did they still lose him, but they got nothing in return

Welcome.

As much as i am frustrated with the giants, I would never make the move over to the dodgers.

Ahh warms my heart hearing this, welcome brother 🔵🔵🔵

Welcome.

Truth

A country 125+ million with baseball as the unanimous favorite sport. Correct you are.

no they wont

That is cool phrase. “ Asian Sensation “

Bruh💀

Better than babe Ruth

No no he's not just Japanese Babe Ruth he's even better

Don’t insult him by calling him Babe Ruth.

Dude he’s way better than Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth was good for his time but Babe Ruth in the MLB today would be average. It’s not even close look at the stats

From oil money, not revenue. Ronaldo would not make that in Europe

He says it like that on purpose he found that out when the cast laughed at him when he first did it. Now it's part of his comedy shtick .. so He messes up the pronunciation on purpose. It was funny the first time earlier this year. Not anymore

dow as

LA can sell the tv rights to japan make that money back easy..Japanese love see their guy play so does America

Not really 35 million a yr as a hitter/35 for a being a Ace pitcher

@@ronkali5365most Asian countries in general will pay

You're paying for two players basically and he'll get money until he's 60 years old

Dude with that much money you don’t even need all that right now. He’s going to get paid even after retirement 😂 that’s not even including sponsorship. This is truly historic for any sport. Let’s go Dodgers🎉

Lmfao I thought I was the only one

Not only populated but with purchasing power!

Shhh, Stephen doesn't think outside the box 😅 Shohei just a superstar 😅😅😅

yeah ok

Still hates international athletes.

Clout chasing a superstar on a big LA team now. Its for his own agenda.

Dumpster fire franchise that’s why. They probably respected him and they wanted him to stay.

dodgers checked in and most certainly wouldve given up 2 top prospects for him but that fo is terrible

Their owner wouldn’t allow it and instead went all-in. Now they’re decades behind in everything.

@@ezioaltairac 🤣🤣its insane huh

America a decent place to live Saudi Arabia isn't 😂

They gave Criminal grifter trump's son-n-law a 2 billion to handle

At least in the playoffs

He doesnt play positions, he DH's and Pitches only

Negative Can't throw the ball right now

@@rolandoortiz1528 by September he should be able to throw the ball at about 80%. And that is more than enough to play LF

@@Whydidyoun0tturnback He did play outfilder in japan. why he doesn't play outfilder is because of pitching

One of the lamest arguments

Explain

He's still underpaid at 700m.

overpaid even at 500m. Why? He's prone to injury and will have 3rd Tommy Jones surgery. He will be out again. just watch@@ChappellX