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On September 21, Full-Count reported that San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish continues to support a team charitable facility that was established in 1961. This season, sidelined all year by injury, Darvish forfeited the entirety of his contracted ¥2.35 billion salary, and this latest donation is being described as “one of the largest ever.” On 5channel, opinions were divided over the precedent set by forfeiting a salary, the tax considerations behind choosing to donate in the U.S. rather than to disaster-stricken areas of Japan, and comparisons to other athletes like Shohei Ohtani and footballer Takefusa Kubo.
Mon, Sep 21, 3:56 PM
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Since the facility was established in 1961… carrying on the wishes of the team’s late owner
Source: topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp / Read the original article
What people said
He shouldn't have set this crappy precedent.
Don't go spreading Japan's idiotic values overseas.
Agreed. It's a heartwarming story in Japan, but overseas they'd probably just call him an idiot.
You're a pro, aren't you?
That team won't spend money but won't sell either.
What about the Rakuten Eagles instead?
Donating to Japan is a huge tax hassle.
If you donate ¥1 billion, you could end up owing another ¥500 million in taxes.
Yeah, since he lives in the US, that would apply.
Chappy (net slang for ChatGPT) says it'd be around ¥250 million.
Forfeiting your salary — which is a player's right — like that…
It makes players who don't forfeit theirs look like the bad guys.
Wasn't it Kamagaya or Ichikawa, not Okinawa?
A lot of them are broke and turning to crime.
Maybe setting up a company to help with their career transitions would be good.
He's already forfeited it, on his Padres contract?
I heard something about the Padres leaking this out of spite, forcing his hand.
He's under contract through 2028.
He's been out all season with an injury.
And he forfeited his entire salary.
The fact that he deliberately never goes past ¥50 million is out of deference to Darvish.
Since Darvish donated, he pretty much has to as well, right?
Just 1% of that would do.
Please give it to me.
AI Overview:
In his rookie year with the Nippon-Ham Fighters, in February 2005, Yu Darvish was reported by a tabloid photo magazine for underage smoking and visiting a pachinko parlor during Okinawa spring training, and received an indefinite suspension.
Here comes the AI copy-paste guy again (slang for someone who pastes AI-generated summaries into threads).
Nah, it's not really like that.
If you donate ¥1,000 too, maybe Ohtani will recognize you lol
Ohtani has his own foundation and does charity work too.
MLB players in particular donate a ton.
You never hear about this kind of thing in soccer though.
Do guys like Kubo or Mitoma donate at all?
Even top Japanese players like Kubo and Mitoma only make a few hundred million yen a year, so don't compare them to MLB players pulling in billions.
They probably donated something to Kumamoto earthquake relief or whatever, I don't really know.
They go looking for other people's misfortune to throw money at.
And the recipients know it too, so they take the money without much gratitude.
You only get a deduction, so donating still leaves you with less money in hand.
In Japan, with a tax-credit type donation, your net take-home stays the same.
And with furusato nozei (the hometown tax donation program) you actually get goods back, so you come out ahead.
It's basically like begging.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Darvish has played for the Padres since 2018 and is known for his ongoing community contributions through the team’s charitable activities. The facility reported on this time was established in 1961, and his support is described as carrying on the wishes of the team’s former owner. In the thread, opinions were divided over the merits of forfeiting a salary as a method, the reasoning behind choosing to donate in the U.S. rather than to disaster-affected areas of Japan, and the size of the tax burden involved — though the specific tax figures and mechanisms cited varied from post to post, and no official confirmation had been established as of this article. Some posts also referenced past events, such as the 2005 reports of underage smoking, but this is a previously reported, already-known fact, and this article adds no new claims about it. Comparisons of donation amounts with other athletes like Shohei Ohtani, Takefusa Kubo, and Kaoru Mitoma also came up, but it should be noted these aren’t simple apples-to-apples comparisons given the differences in contract scale and systems between sports.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[MLB] Darvish Makes “One of the Biggest” Donations — After “Forfeiting” His ¥2.35 Billion Salary, His Devotion to San Diego Continues.”
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