It’s not Thursday so this does not qualify as a Throwback Thursday, but I was still intrigued by the timing of some recent news. 26 years ago today, Ronnie Lott agreed to a three year-contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers that would pay him over $1 million per year. Darren Rovell tweeted a picture of this newspaper article discussing the deal.
This Date In 1990: @Edwerderespn reports that Ronnie Lott will make $1M in a season for the first time pic.twitter.com/MuULifKttc
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 21, 2016
According to the report, Lott would be exceeding $1 million per year for the first time in his career.