4 years $200 mil, with $153 million guaranteed. The NFL has gotten as bad as baseball when it comes to outrageous salaries. We're not far away at all from the day when some baseball, football and basketball players sign deals for a billion dollars guaranteed over a course of years.
I'm not knocking Rodgers, if the owners are going to offer that kind of money of course he's worth it. But there are so many sloppy NFL games with poor play, bad or non-existent fundamentals, tons of penalties, and players who obviously are going half-assed despite all the money they make. Other teams simply quit if they decide they don't like their head coach. I'd prefer not to know what pro athletes make. Why the obsession with it? Business executives, talk show hosts, movie stars, sports broadcasters and others make a ridiculous amount of money but it's not a non-stop news item when they're negotiating new deals.