Monopoly money

The Philadelphia Flyers said restricted free agent defenseman Shea Weber has agreed to an offer sheet worth a reported $110 million over 14 years. This is insane from the amount of money being thrown out to the number of years in the contract. Slavery may have been abolished but 14 years? Things have gotten a bit out of hand with these contracts.

 

We really need another adjective for a large amount of money.

The bank has only $15,140 in standard editions of Monopoly.

 

Not only that, but perhaps not comparing someone making $110 million dollars to 'slavery.'

 

Signing for 14 years for that much loot isn't slavery but there's no way he will play out the contract.

 

And everybody knows it. It's just a salary cap loophole that everyone exploits. Be gone in the next CBA, I'm sure.

 

Spread over 14 years, it's $7.85 million per year.

Shea Weber is 26.

Playing at 40 isn't really a rarity in the NHL.







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There is a very good chance he plays till 40.

How does a player signing a 114 million dollar contract relate to slavery?

 

It's not slavery, but if Nashville doesn't match, it may as well go home to Tara. Either you want to be in the NHL or you don't.

 

Maybe it's not chattel slavery, just indentured servitude or bonded labor.

 

Please Brer Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch.

 

Maybe he was abducted, then trafficked. Or press ganged into the 18th century British Navy.