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They get paid in years.
And a tall premium it is. You could say that big-time stars often have their runs-above-average valued at close to 2x what midrange players do.
Those extra years are extremely valuable commodities. And it leaves the basic pricing structure intact... second-order thinking by the ML franchises there.
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Don't have time to read Tango's response today. Is he re-valuing cost-per-FA-run? By how much?