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Man, I wish I knew how to play sports. As it is, all I can do is write about them, or so they tell me. On Friday, Americans showed the world how they value money, and who should bring home the big paychecks. Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre signed a 6-year deal that will pay him at least $42 million. That's a lot of money. That's how much the president of the United States, who earns $250,000 a year, will bring home after 42 4-year terms. That's a really long time. And on the same day Favre inked his deal, Texas-Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez refused to sign a $38 million contract extension. That, too, is a lot of money. That's even more than Mike Tyson earned to eat Evander Holyfield. NFL training camps, baseball pennant races and Ben Hogan's death weren't the top-sports stories of the day. Instead, it was the money stuff. My drinking buddies tried to tell me athletes are overpaid. Wrong. We're paying athletes exactly what they deserve, and we're paying them exactly what we want them to earn. Of course, this is only my opinion, but I'm a pretty smart guy, and I've never been wrong before.