Last year, pitcher Mike Trout signed with the Los Angeles Angels of the Major League Baseball the biggest contract in the history of the sport : $ 426 million for twelve seasons. A record at that time in a sport used to reaching agreements of much greater length than other sports, such as American football and the NBA. Not surprisingly, the other big names in American sports correspond to baseball players: 330 million and 13 years for Bryce Harper , 325 and 13 for Giancarlo Stanton , 324 and 9 for Gerrit Cole ...

In the NBA , for example, the numbers per year may be similar, but no one signs more than six years. Stephen Curry , without going any further, agreed in 2017 a renewal with the Golden State Warriors for 201 million and five years.

Now, in the midst of a global tremor due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the world sports economy, a 24-year-old boy has passed all these athletes on the left and is on his way to put his signature on the largest agreement that the American sport in all its history. His name is Patrick Mahomes , he is a quarterback and in two seasons in the NFL he has achieved the MVP of the season in 2018 and the MVP of that of the last Super Bowl . More than enough reasons to drive the leadership of the Kansas City Chiefs , the champions, who have signed him for the next twelve seasons for a figure that will exceed, according to ESPN, $ 430 million.

It is an unthinkable deal in the NFL, a league he rarely observes beyond the age of five and which had running back Ezekiel Elliot , who agreed with the Dallas Cowboys until 2026, his longest contract. Mahomes' will last until 2031. Five more seasons.

A baseball star ... in high school

It just so happens that the same athlete who just beat four baseball players with mega contracts, put that sport aside in his sophomore year of college, despite being a star in high school , to focus on American football, where he saw himself with more future. He was even chosen in the 2014 MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers , but Mahomes, the son of a baseball player , has never doubted his decision and has not considered changing his sport. Now he has more than 400 million more reasons to continue with football.

Curry's Example

Mahomes is special. He has a unique style and generational talent, in a rather compelling comparison with the impact Stephen Curry has had on the NBA. Two ways of understanding your sport that break the rules, drive the fan crazy and create addiction. In Curry's case, his media and sports explosion was such that he forced most of the league's franchises to centralize efforts not only in trying to defend him, but also in obtaining figures like him . This is how basketball has expanded to beyond the line of three and the young outsiders, like Trae Young , look more and more like Curry.

Mahomes will achieve the same in the NFL. The league was already living with a player with a special talent and style, Aaron Rodgers , but Mahomes will revolutionize everything. His baseball powers have shifted to American football brilliantly, with a right arm capable of throwing in almost any position, cheating on the opponent, and moving away from the classic mechanics of other quarterbacks.

He spent his rookie year sitting on the bench, impressing his teammates in training but hidden from public opinion. The following year, in his first three games as a starter, he threw 900 yards for 13 touchdowns and no interceptions, the coaching staff's great fear. The Chiefs won those 3 games and knew they had their franchise quarterback before them.

You pass without looking, with the left, far in the race and with defenders on top ... It might seem lucky, but no. "I practice them, yes. I know there are possibilities that I can do them in a game," he explained. After losing to the Patriots in the Conference final , this year Mahomes, injured for a few weeks, returned to form for the Playoffs. He was instrumental in the Conference final against the Titans and led the Chiefs' incredible comeback to the 49ers in the Super Bowl.

A global icon

The youngster's environment, who pitched the Chiefs to their first title in 50 years , is now working to turn his good numbers on the field into excellent data on the bench. The first step, the megacontract with the franchise, looks like that. Once confirmed, it will be time to work on the global image of the next NFL icon , Brady through.

Brady's move to the Tampa Bay Buccaners and the arrival of rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to the Miami Dolphins has turned the jersey sales ranking upside down, but Mahomes was already in the top spot before that. The quarterback, the youngest in history to win a Super Bowl MVP, has acknowledged having LeBron James as a mirror of what an athlete-icon should be.

He already has deals with Oakley, Adidas, and State Farm , as well as several contracts with local Kansas City companies, including a private jet company that has helped his family, who lives in Texas, to watch all the games live. his team.

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