So when I am getting a "you were right and I was wrong" from you?
And 47.5k is about 22.5 bucks an hour so if you got 15 an hour at McD's, then working 54 hours a week you would make more than the AHL player, pre tax and benefits.
Sorry I didn't apologize directly, I was wrong about the minimum salary in the AHL.
I don't agree that you were right that our theoretical 18 year old hockey player is better off at McDonalds than in the AHL though. First of all he isn't getting an AHL minimum salary. He's likely signing an NHL ELC and being assigned to the AHL (if he isn't covered by the agreement with Canadian juniors as outlined above). I just looked it up and an NHL two way ELC is
Two-Way Contract – the players salary is dependent on the league in which the player is assigned to play. The entry level NHL maximum salary is $925,000 and AHL maximum salary is $70,000
according to Center Ice View in a post from 2017. That's probably where my faulty memory came from - the minimum AHL salary for a player assigned to the AHL on an NHL contract.
Also, your McDonald's example is extremely high. It's been over 30 years since I worked at McD's, but in my experience no one got overtime. The only people working more than 40 hours were the salaried managers, and they did't get overtime. The hourly workers were closely monitored to avoid overtime. If that has changed, and they are regularly giving entry level employees 14 hours of overtime a week I'll apologize for not keeping up on their policies. I just assumed from the rallies I've seen on the news with workers demonstrating in the streets trying to get $15/hr, that wasn't happening.
(edit - just in case my tone isn't coming through properly, this whole discussion has been lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek on my part. I'm just having fun pointing out the absurdity of comparing an AHL contract to working in McDonald's - no malice intended)