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Originally Posted by esquire
It was a 4 year, $18.2 million US deal. First year paid over $6 million. Again, that was 1991 (!). I'm pretty sure Ismail was the highest paid player in pro football when he signed that contract.
There were a few CFL millionaire contracts back in the free spending 90s, the downside was that they almost killed the league.
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I believe that those huge salaries back then (which were legit) were personal services contracts paid directly by the owner (Ismail in T.O., McNall) (Flutie in Calgary, Ryckman). I'm not sure if each team was allowed one marquee player at the time or if the league was thinking of implementing that or if I am confusing that with something else. I'm sure someone can google the correct answer.
Holy cow, I just looked it up to see what happened to Larry Ryckman, he's only 59 years old.