Felonies and misdemeanors are two classifications of crimes used in most states, with petty offenses being the third. Petty offenses are sometimes called violations and are usually punished by a fine with no jail time.
Confidence votes 16. Brett Favre had the first 100 million dollar contract in the NFL when the Green Bay Packers gave him a 10-year, 100 million dollar contract in 2001. That is a complete lie and whoever wrote that is just making that up completely from their head.
Salaries were steadily rising before the implementation of the rookie wage scale, resulting in monster contracts for quarterbacks like Stafford and Bradford. After the wage scale took effect, Newton was the first to feel its wrath, as he signed a deal more than $50 million cheaper than those two signal-callers.