Comments on: Revised Present Value Comparison of Cliff Lee Offers http://www.captainsblog.info/2010/12/14/revised-present-value-comparison-of-cliff-lee-offers/4341/ A Daily Look Inside The Yankee Universe (and around the world of baseball) Thu, 16 May 2013 22:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sam M http://www.captainsblog.info/2010/12/14/revised-present-value-comparison-of-cliff-lee-offers/4341/#comment-402 Sam M Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:12:51 +0000 http://captnsblog.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-402 Will you please forward this to mikeandmike@espnradio.com – I tried to bring up the disparity in taxes making the difference not so great and the reply was that the “Yankees offered $30 million more, I think that will more than make up the difference”
This tax problem for NY teams is real.

]]> By: OC http://www.captainsblog.info/2010/12/14/revised-present-value-comparison-of-cliff-lee-offers/4341/#comment-401 OC Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:31:56 +0000 http://captnsblog.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-401 Agree, despite the talk all over Philadelphia saying how much Lee left on the table.

If you take into account the 7.5% state and city tax differences (with Philadelphia has 3% vs NY 10.5%), the $125M with the Yankee will net $116M after tax differential – same as playing for Philly.

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