Most overpaid player in sports history

[mofome]

who be it?

[EaglesPhan36]

Brad Ausmus

[5 star bomb]

Mike Hampton

[SBR Lou]

There may be other answers or positions from sports that paid a heck of a lot more, but Reggie Bush comes to mind. Joke of a running back, slot receiver and punt returner at best. MAYBE a backup situational running back.

[Quebb Diesel]

michael vick

[willyback]

Barry Zito.

[Deuce]

Barry Zito.

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[michael777]

jon koncak Koncak is perhaps best remembered for the six-year, US$ 13 million contract he received from the Hawks in 1989 - an unprecedented total for a reserve. The deal was roundly criticized since it paid Koncak more than Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

[yanksrule80]

kevin brown 7 yrs 105 million I belive 1st yr he was down hill

And also Carl Pavano I dont know how much it went for but hes never even pitched a game for yankees.

[willyback]

Pavano was listed at 10 million (per year) in '07.

Good call.

[Shark79]

JJ

[willyback]

Richie Sexton,

Last year he batted .205
The Mariners paid him 15.5 million.

[thegreatdiatchi]

Pavano, Giambi, Damon, Igawa...trying to think of other Yanks who make more than they are worth.

Remember Hideki Irabu?

[tony73]

Carlos Zambrano,Barry Zito

[Sportsbetting123]

Allen Iverson...yes, he can score (shooting a little over 40% with a ton of shots every game), he is quick, can steal the ball, etc. But he has never made any of his teammates better.

[Sportsbetting123]

I agreed with the Vick pick even before his conviction. People actually referred to him as a "mega-star"...what a joke!!

[seaborneq]

hands down Roger Clemens 2007, 28 million for 6 wins

[twtb19]

Allen Iverson...yes, he can score (shooting a little over 40% with a ton of shots every game), he is quick, can steal the ball, etc. But he has never made any of his teammates better.

he did go to the nba finals with a crap 76ers team and I think even stole the first game of the finals from la.

[cantgetright]

chan ho park

[hoopster42]

relative speaking, for his time period, i would say jon koncak of the atlanta hawks

[louisvillekid]

david beckham

[BigLee55]

david beckham

I would have to disagree with that, although he was hurt he drew a ton of attention to the sport which is what he was paid to do. Healthy Beckham can still play with the best

[bigboydan]

jon koncak Koncak is perhaps best remembered for the six-year, US$ 13 million contract he received from the Hawks in 1989 - an unprecedented total for a reserve. The deal was roundly criticized since it paid Koncak more than Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

Believe it or not Jon Koncak was the first person I thought of when I read the thread topic. If I remember correctly they were paying his contract to the early 2000's after renegotiating the deal several times.

[BeatTheJerk]

no no no u guys got it allllllllllll wrong i have the winner here (jerome james) from the new york knicks, in 05 he scored a 5 yr 30 million dollar deal, and what is doing today > ? collecting his money at home doing absoulutely nothing besides sittin on his fat ass, ...............

[EaglesPhan36]

Forgot another Rockies legendary contract . . Denny Neagle.

[Wyndham]

The New York Knicks.

[Wyndham]

(On a more serious note, having read the thread I see far too many MLB names and nowhere near enough NBA guys. For instance, do you guys realize Stephon Marbury signed a four-year, $77 (!) million contract a few years ago?!)

[louisvillekid]

I would have to disagree with that, although he was hurt he drew a ton of attention to the sport which is what he was paid to do. Healthy Beckham can still play with the best

i know it was a marketing thing, but he is kinda over the hill to be giving that kind of money.
i know he has probably brought attendance up, but i'm sure the avg. ticket price is only around $40 and they probably only get 15-18,000 people a game, and play around 30-35 games a year, half at LA, now i assume the attendance will probably go up at all games he's at, assuming he isn't injured. so you have roughly 30 games a year at roughly 15,000 a game, for an AVERAGE ticket price of $40. i'm not good at math, but it seems like roughly 300 games to get your money worth out of him.

[Louisvillekid1]

JuWan Howard

[Louisvillekid1]

Rashard Lewis (current)

Chris Webber (last few years)

[Kaps]

danny jackson pitcher ....ages ago for the cubs

[Louisvillekid1]

Adam Eaton (last year)

[Willie Bee]

Brad Ausmus

Aw, Ep, that stings, I love the Ausmus. Plus even if his entire career was a bust, he'd still have cost his owners something like $35-$37 million tops. A lot more has been wasted on a lot less.

Mike Hampton

Agree, if not the most then certainly among the title contenders.

The New York Knicks

Now that's funny.

[purecarnagge]

Ricky Williams...

[AgainstAllOdds]

no way Vick was over paid....see what happened to the team after he left?!?!