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.
Kobe Bryant already has the biggest contract in the NBA, and he signed a two-year contract extension last November worth $48.5 million. Maria Sharapova, with earnings of $24.4 million, is the first woman on the list at No. 34.