[Shohei Ohtani]The Ohtani effect is “100 billion! ? ]~ The world economy revolves around Otani! ? ~

In 2022, Ohtani made a historic appearance in MLB. Due to his success, he signed a contract with the Angels next season for about 30 million dollars = Japanese yen for about 4.35 billion yen. MLB has 162 games a year, so even assuming that Otani, whose main business is baseball, plays in all the games, his daily wage is about 27 million yen. However, baseball fans commented, “It’s too cheap even for a single year,” “The Yankees and Dodgers would have given me more,” and “Trout (3.9 billion) + Gerrit Cole (3.0 billion) = 6.9 billion yen.” , We are flooded with comments with the core. It’s true that last season’s performance in pitching and batting has made it seem a little too cheap, but if you look at the economic value that Ohtani brings, you might feel that Ohtani’s salary is even lower. I don’t know. Professor Emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto of Kansai University, who is familiar with the economic effects of the event, calculated the economic effects brought by Ohtani this season (*broadcast rights fees, sponsorship contract fees, merchandise sales, consumption from support tours from Japan). , announced that the amount will be about 45.7 billion yen. By the way, the economic effect of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, which played in the Japan Series this season, is said to be about 45.1 billion yen (*Estimated by Professor Emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto of Kansai University), compared to the economic effect of one professional baseball team in Japan. Even if you look at it, the economic effect of Mr. Otani alone is higher. However, economic analysts are predicting that Otani’s participation in the WBC will bring about further economic effects, even now that the season is off this year. How far will the economic effect of Otani Fever jump? In this video, titled “Otani will drive the world economy in the future!?” think. If you saw this video and thought, “Ohtani’s salary is too low!” To do.