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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
I mean, these didn't exactly go away. Bobby Bonilla's buyout was essentially also a Dolgoff Plan - the Mets put the money in a kitty. let it grow on its own, and paid Bonilla a lot less over time than if he'd have just kept onto the original contract and invested himself (well, at least that was the idea before 2008). If they don't happen anymore I think it's mostly because they look way more spendy than they really are and also ever since the Great Recession the world economy just doesn't grow the way that it used to.
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The buying power of Bonilla's annual check has been smashed. Probably by more than half. A lot more.