giancarlo stanton has the largest sports contract in the world.
giancarlo stanton has the largest sports contract in the world.
who has the largest sports contract in the world?
giancarlo stanton
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alex rodriguez has signed two record-breaking contracts over the course of his career. first, he signed a $252 million, 10-year contract with the texas rangers in december 2000 ($ inflation-adjusted from 2000 dollars). sandy alderson called the deal "stupefying", while "sports illustrated" noted that rodriguez's early salaries under the contract ($21 million) would be greater than the annual payroll of the entire minnesota twins team that year ($15.8 million). the deal was the largest sports contract in history, doubling the total value of kevin garnett's $126 million national basketball association contract (the previous record holder) and more than doubling mike hampton's $121 million contract, the previous mlb record which had been signed just days before. the rangers later traded rodriguez to the yankees in exchange for alfonso soriano before the 2004 season, though they agreed to pay $67 million of the $179 million outstanding on the contract. despite this, he opted out of the remainder of his deal after the 2007 season and renegotiated a new $275 million, 10-year agreement with the yankees, breaking his own record for the largest sports contract. under this deal, rodriguez also receives $6 million each if and when he ties the career home run totals of willie mays (660), babe ruth (714), hank aaron (755), and barry bonds (762), along with another $6 million for breaking bonds' mark.
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