Federal agencies place orders against these contracts in many ways-through GSA customer representatives or catalogs, by phone or fax, charge cards, electronic requisitioning, in-person auctions, over the Internet, or by contacting suppliers directly.
At 22, Lionel Messi is the youngest player to make the top 20 list of highest-paid soccer stars. Messi's 2009-2010 contract is worth $13.74 million. Messi, a striker for Spanish champions Barcelona, will represent his home country, Argentina, at this year's World Cup.
He hasn't kicked a ball in Major League Soccer yet, but Kaka is now the league's highest-paid player. According to salary figures released by the MLS Players Union on Monday, the Brazilian is on a total salary of $7,167,500, making him not only the highest paid in the league, but the highest-paid player in MLS history.