I agree with your comment on the endorsement income and getting it removed from high tax states is a legitimate tax strategy. They just don’t have any options about the locus question on where they play/win and the taxes that will be extracted.
>> “They just dont have any options about the locus question on where they play/win and the taxes that will be extracted.” <<
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If enough pass on the opportunity to play in high tax states, the laws will change.