“Maybe Kyler Murray Can Buy the As”: Twitter Rips Apart Oakland Athletics as They Become the Laughing Stock After Kyler Murray’s NFL Salary is Compared With the As Payroll
Kyler Murray, the quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, is well-known for declining an offer from the Oakland Athletics to play in the NFL in 2019. If he ever decides to give up football, the A’s still has his rights to baseball. Murray has secured a contract that will make him one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL for the upcoming two years.
The 24-year-old signal-caller has consented to a $230.5 million, five-year contract extension. John Gambadoro, an Arizona sports insider, claims that the agreement has wording that nullifies some assurances if Murray plays baseball.
The agreement also includes a no-trade provision. The most crucial issue, though, is that Murray cannot attempt to do a Deion Sanders and play two sports at once. Fortunately, it hasn’t been a problem thus far for Cardinals supporters. But given Murray’s early success in the NFL and the money that supports it, it appears—at least for the time being—that he made the correct choice.
Twitter reacts to Kyler Murray’s NFL salary compared with Oakland Athletics
Kyler Murray is set to make $46.1M a year with his new contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals.
The Oakland Athletics, the team who took Murray 9th overall in the 2018 MLB draft, have a payroll of $48.5M this season 😲 pic.twitter.com/OZvZnKYhu8
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 21, 2022
The former University of Oklahoma baseball star, who was selected in the first round by the Athletics, is likely just interested in football moving forward. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the same:
Well maybe Kyler Murray can buy the Oakland A's if the back half of his football career doesn't completely fall off.
— Mike Perez (@MikePerez24) July 21, 2022
🤣 The A's 2nd half starting lineup if Kyler stuck with baseball:
RF: Kyler Murray
1B: Kyler Murray
SS: Kyler Murray
3B: Kyler Murray
DH: Kyler Murray
C: Kyler Murray
CF: Kyler Murray
LF: Kyler Murray
2B: Kyler MurrayP: Kyler Murray https://t.co/GhTSDEwC1f
— Rich Ohrnberger (@ohrnberger) July 21, 2022
Lmfaoooooooo…A's are the laughing stock of sports https://t.co/pUu7cX7yX5
— #FTTB (@Rai_Neil) July 22, 2022
In another universe, Kyler Murray's service time is currently being manipulated by the Oakland A's as he sleeps on an air mattress in a bachelor apartment in Summerlin South, Nevada. pic.twitter.com/hIsnawA5fJ
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) July 21, 2022
We can now unequivocally say that Kyler Murray made the right decision turning down the A’s
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) July 21, 2022
Yea Kyler wasn’t gonna get paid by the A’s like this lmaoooo
— Diet Hobie Brown (@JoshHelaku) July 21, 2022
160 mil guaranteed for Kyler Murray. The a’s used a first round top 10 pick on him when he was never going to play baseball and set the franchise back like 5 years. 🤦🏻♀️
— Allison Barnard 📎 (@southpaw1522) July 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/dieter/status/1550156849583796224?s=20&t=CzSvAHi9_1GLciJZvytPgw
Yall remember when people said he should play baseball? 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/rJQPul229S
— Billy (@TxBornSooner) July 21, 2022
But “you are much too small, just ride the bus and eat baloney sandwiches in the minors for a few years, Kyler” https://t.co/ztWbJTJ0BE
— Kory (@Kory_TTS) July 21, 2022
Murray has previously said that he won’t rule out a return to the field, stating that he misses baseball and hopes he could do both. Murray is the first athlete to ever be selected in the first round of both the NFL and MLB drafts. But given Murray’s early success in the NFL and the money that supports it, it appears—at least for the time being—that he made the correct choice.
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