baseball

Ryan Howard has just received a $125 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies making him the third highest paid player in all of baseball. Ryan Howard has been a major contributor to the Phillies success these last couple of years, but he hasn't made that major of an impact as of lately. His on base percentage has gone down as well as his slugging percentage. With this new contract the bigger story is that Albert Pujols is now expected to receive a new contract at the net wort around $30-35 million dollars a year, where as Howard makes $25 million a year.

Baseball is a prospering sport in America and has always been one of the higher paying sports in this country as well. To pay a player $125 million though is excessive. No man needs that much money and no man has that type of value to one organization. He is not a great fielder and is slowing down with age so his value is losing money not gaining. I am happy for Ryan Howard but i do not believe that he is worth as much as he has been given.