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Originally Posted by cpayne5
In 2002, the White Sox invoked a clause in Thomas' contract called a diminished skills clause. By doing this, his salary dropped from $10million to ~$250k. Another stipulation of doing this was that Thomas could immediately void the contract with penalty and enter free agency.
"But I can't complain about the money I'm making. If you want to categorize it, yes I am a designated hitter the majority of the time, so I think I'm being paid fairly in that aspect. If I'm going to be on field half the time, then we can work on some other things." - Thomas after agreeing to a $6million contract following the 'dispute'
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i don't remember it being that big of a difference in the pay cut, but i remember him answering questions about it and a couple times he sounded like a prick and this is coming from a guy who, like i said, was and is a fan of thomas. seeing that pay cut explains why he sounded the way he did.
06-17-2004, 08:55 PM
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