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Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez is the highest paid player and he's getting paid $32 million in 2011.
Michael Vick signed a 118 million dollar contract.
James Yap was the highest paid player that year, with 80 million pesos in his three-year contract.
None, The Athletes have always been amateur
Joe Flacco since he got the last contract
Aaron Rodgers,just got $110 million contract
Alex Rodriquez re-signed with the New York Yankees 10 years $275 million dollar contract.
In 1973, Dick Allen signed a 3-year contract with Chicago White Sox for approximately 250,000 per year. This annual salary made him the highest paid athlete in Major League Baseball history, as well as the highest paid athlete in 1973.
The highest paid soccer, as far as know, is Jose Mourinho, currently manager of Real Madrid. He is getting 10.000.000 per season, with a 4-year contract.
Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the highest paid professional footballer in the world, Ronaldo's contract is worth €13 million per season and it has a €1 billion buy-out clause.