The NBA free agency period has sparked some intense conversation about pro athlete salaries. James Harden, a 27 year-old guard for the NBA’s Houston Rockets signed an extension that pays him $228 million over six years.
For those of you who are math-challenged or too lazy to grab your phone, that’s $38 million per year. Ripples are being felt into the NFL. Is this trend going to affect the Detroit Lions or Matthew Stafford‘s future in the Motor City? Inquiring minds want to know.
Stafford, the Lions quarterback, is in the process of getting his own extension.