Well the first in Baseball (and i think athlete) to have a one million dollar contract was Nolan Ryan.
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750,000,000
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Nolan Ryan was the first that I know of.
NFL sports commentators are paid very well. The average salary is $1 million per season. Top NFL sports commentators can make up to $5 million a season.
its tiger woods... 100 million for his salary :P Crazy huh?
i think alex rodriguez 250 million
Fox Sports and ESPN reported Vick will earn $1.6 million this season with a team option on the second year for $5.2 million.
24 million dollar loss this year...
Too Much... in comparison to other professional sports.
According to Sports Illustrated, Jay Cutler's 2008 salary against the salary cap is $2,325,000. Cutler signed a six year, $47.86 million contract with the Broncos in July of 2006. $11 million of that is guaranteed and 45 percent of the value is in performance incentives.
Tiger woods. 100 million
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In 1998 by contract Michel Jordan's salary from the Chicago Bulls was 36 million dollars. There were no incentives performance related clauses regarding this payout. By far no professional US athlete had a salary greater then the 18 million dollars.
They get paid for each game they play.