Patrick Mahomes has agreed a 10-year contract with Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs which will reportedly make him the highest-paid athlete in the world. The quarterback's new deal is said to be worth up to 503m US dollars.. According to the official NFL website, Mahomes becomes the first athlete with a half-billion-dollar contract and the first American football player to be the highest-paid athlete in the sports world. Mahomes, who tweeted a video with the caption "Here to stay", originally entered the NFL as the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Chiefs. Mahomes' deal passes baseball's Mike Trout as the largest one in sport after the Los Angeles Angels player signed a 12-year-contract said to be worth up 426.5million US dollars in March 2019.

Source: Irish Independent July 07, 2020 09:33 UTC