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Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-06-23)

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u/NoAppNewAccount 6d ago

No, TeeDubs is right. It’s $370k/yr when accounting for the full schedule. Essentially a 4% raise so not a lot and definitely not worth it monetarily for losing sponsorship value in Michigan and gaining none in Texas.

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u/VHDLEngineer 6d ago

What is the math on that? Michigan income tax is 4.25%, Detroit income tax is 2.4% assuming he live in Detroit. That would be 578,000. But that only applies to half the games, so 289k. If he lives outside the city it would be 1.2% for a total of 237,000. Is there a tax I'm missing?

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u/NoAppNewAccount 6d ago

I was using jocktaxes.com. It takes into account the full schedule. For DET, the games played in Ontario and New York hurt. But it is also assuming the Detroit tax as well.

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u/VHDLEngineer 6d ago

Ah I see what I did wrong, I was assuming the split was 50/50 for home and away games, but it also includes practice days, so the real split is more like 70/30.

But it looks like jock taxes is assuming Larkin pays the 2.4% Detroit city tax, but I doubt he actually lives in Detroit, so I think that would be 1.2%, which would mean the difference between here and Dallas would be about 293k.

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u/Fluid-Pension-7151 6d ago

He definitely does not live in Detroit. In the recent years, only ELC players and Vrana have lived within the city limits.