Shohei Ohtani is said to have signed a contract for the next season for about 4 billion yen a year.Supervised by Itaru Kobayashi“A Quick Understanding of Business Education: The Economics of Baseball”(Shinsei Publishing) excerpts and edits a part and explains the back side of the baseball business.
From Little League to High School Professionals
Minimum of 5 million yen required
With the success of Shohei Otani, who surprised the Major League Baseball (MLB) with his throwing and batting dual wielding, and Aki Sasaki, who was the youngest player in the history of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) to complete a perfect game, every parent should think, “My child too.” To be a professional baseball player …”, but in reality, how much does it cost to become a professional baseball player?
Let’s say that I let my child start playing baseball in elementary school in order to become a professional baseball player. Is it the shortest route to join the local Little League for 6 years in elementary school, the local Little Senior in junior high school, join a prestigious private baseball club in high school, and then graduate from high school and become a professional baseball player?
In that case, the cost for 6 years of elementary school is over 1 million yen, including the cost of equipment. When you enter junior high school, the monthly league fee doubles at a stretch, and the total cost exceeds 800,000 yen even for three years. Furthermore, if you live in a dormitory in high school, it will cost about 2 million yen even if it is cheap. In the 12 years from elementary school to high school, baseball-related expenses amounted to about 5 million yen. is added.
Approximate costs for elementary school (Little League). It costs 390,000 yen just for equipment for six years.Enlarged image display
In the case of junior high school students (little seniors), it is about 800,000 yen or more in three years, and at a prestigious private high school, the total is over 3 million yen, including dormitory fees.Enlarged image display
