I have to disagree…..name ONE player who got his "big payday" that played 1/3 as hard before he got it? I'll wait....And I'm not taking sides here, but back when this was truly about men getting on a fielf and beating the snot out of one another, glory going to the winner, those guys got paid per game played. And it was about 35 bucks a game. Yes I know, loooonng history, those days are done, the day of agents and million $$ contracts is the new thing. Bottom line is, if the NFL, MLB, NBA all just suddenly stopped tomorrow, the sun would still shine, working class stiffs would still head off to earn their pay checks and make the country grow and the world wouldn't come to a stand still....seems like priorities have been sorely misplaced. But hey, he got his payday, do with it as he will, no sweat off my brow....