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02/22/25
02/22/25
July 06, 2011
Why The Mets Still Owe Bobby Bonilla $30 Million: A pre-Bernie Madoff scandal article about the Mets' annual payments to Bobby Bo. Wilpon thought the Madoff train would keep paying into perpetuity.
Why The Mets Still Owe Bobby Bonilla $30 Million: A pre-Bernie Madoff scandal article about the Mets' annual payments to Bobby Bo. Wilpon thought the Madoff train would keep paying into perpetuity.
I love the Bonilla deal. The Mets did reach the World Series because of the short-term financial flexibility it offered them, so it's not entirely disastrous for them. More athletes should defer money, either through contracts or through their own investment plans, for retirement.