Shohei Ohtani’s Odd Financial Decisions

{{ Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar who in December signed the richest contract in sports history, has a long track record of making strange—and sometimes downright baffling—financial decisions with little to no explanation. At every stage of his professional baseball career, which began in Japan more than a decade ago, Ohtani has defied conventional wisdom and seemed oddly apathetic about his own wealth

While playing for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Ohtani resided in team dormitories usually reserved for rookies, despite already pulling a seven-figure salary. At Ohtani’s request, those earnings were managed by his parents, who disbursed a monthly allowance of about $1,000 for him to live on. }}

https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/shohei-ohtani-gambling-scandal-e7aeaeac?st=xbwcg2vl0ess8y6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

This has to be the strangest “Lifestyles of the Rich” article I’ve read.

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If he has been gambling on the game this is set to be baseball’s biggest scandal of all time. The most expensive.