{"id":1672648,"date":"2022-10-04T15:51:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672648"},"modified":"2022-10-04T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:52:57","slug":"tyreek-hill-only-needs-four-words-to-explain-why-he-chose-dolphins-over-jets-in-trade-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyreek-hill-only-needs-four-words-to-explain-why-he-chose-dolphins-over-jets-in-trade-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyreek Hill Only Needs Four Words To Explain Why He Chose Dolphins Over Jets In Trade Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyreek-hill-only-needs-four-words-to-explain-why-he-chose-dolphins-over-jets-in-trade-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/miami-dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Dolphins\u2019<\/a> newly-acquired wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/report-chiefs-wide-receiver-tyreek-hill-to-dolphins-in-blockbuster-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyreek Hill<\/a> only needed a few words to explain why he ultimately chose a life in the Sunshine State over a contract with the New York Jets \u2014 a trade he said was \u201cvery close to happening\u201d at one point.<\/p>\n<p>The reason was simple, he explained during a recent press conference discussing the deal: \u201cThose state taxes, man.\u201d Video of Hill\u2019s explanation was shared via Twitter on Monday by Paul Andrew Esden Jr.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dolphins<\/a> WR Tyreek Hill (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cheetah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cheetah<\/a>) said a trade to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> \u2018was very close to happening\u2019 this offseason \u2018but it was those state taxes man\u2019 \ud83e\udd23 you gotta respect the honesty \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiDolphins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MiamiDolphins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinsUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FinsUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TakeFlight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TakeFlight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIAvsNYJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIAvsNYJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jDHg8M0wyz\">pic.twitter.com\/jDHg8M0wyz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Andrew Esden Jr (@BoyGreen25) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoyGreen25\/status\/1577085622803902464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jets were the other team that was vying to trade for you,\u201d one reporter noted. \u201cHow close was that to happening?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what? It was very close to happening, man,\u201d Hill replied. \u201cBut just, just, those state taxes, man. I realized I had to make a grown-up decision and now here I am in the great city of Miami. You know, great weather, great people, beautiful people I feel like, so, here I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill previously played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/kansas-city-chiefs-retire-warpaint-mascot-team-vows-to-keep-creating-opportunities-to-educate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>, where he could have chosen to reside in either Kansas or Missouri. In Kansas, the state income taxes are calculated on a progressive scale that depends on income and ranges from 3.10% to 5.70%. In Missouri, the income tax rate is also on a progressive scale that hinges on income \u2014 and in that state, the rate ranges from 0% to 5.40%.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, however, where Hill would have moved in order to play for the Jets, the progressive tax rates range from 4.00% to 10.90%. Hill \u2014 who is the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL going into the 2022 season \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/tyreek-hill-19119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to earn<\/a> some $30 million in his first season with the Dolphins, including bonuses. If New York had offered him a similar contract, that could have resulted in him owing something in the neighborhood of $3 million in state income taxes alone.<\/p>\n<p>The wide receiver opted instead to move to Florida, where there are no state income taxes at all.<\/p>\n<p>Hill\u2019s trade was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-chiefs-wide-receiver-tyreek-hill-to-dolphins-in-blockbuster-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in March at the start of the off season, and as ESPN reported, the Kansas City Chiefs got five draft picks \u2014 three in 2022 and two in 2023 \u2014 in exchange for the star wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: The Chiefs are trading Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins for five draft picks, sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamSchefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2022 1st-round (No. 29)<br \/>2022 2nd-round pick (No. 50)<br \/>2022 4th-round pick<br \/>2023 4th and 6th-round picks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3tRmHzLdVj\">pic.twitter.com\/3tRmHzLdVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1506672155110608908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dolphins\u2019 newly-acquired wide receiver Tyreek Hill only needed a few words to explain why he ultimately chose a life in the Sunshine State over a contract with the New York Jets \u2014 a trade he said was \u201cvery close to happening\u201d at one point. 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