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Beckham's contract has been cited as 250 million, but that includes endorsement money. Alex Rodriguez still has the largest contract, since his is actual money the team will pay him. If you included all of A-rod's endorsement money, he would have a much bigger deal. I'm going to change the
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Rodroguez disrespected the entire sport last night by cancelling a huge contract by leaving a voice mail on a Sunday afternoon, and announcing it during a World Series game while it was getting played. Boras is despised in both New York and Boston...for treating the Yankees
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