You Said How Much?!!

Okay, so here is the story for those of you that haven't heard. If you haven't, where have you been?!! Anyway, reports confirmed that Manchester City of the Premier League offered Ricardo Kaka 145 million dollars to transfer from his club AC Milan to their club. Yes you heard right 145 million bucks. Frankly, that amount of money is ridiculous and puts a bad taste in the mouths of people throughout the league.

"I'm worried that, as a game, it looks as if football has no worries and is immune from the world financial crisis," said Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the players' union in English football, the Professional Footballers' Association.

The good news is, Kaka said no to the deal. according to the AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, "Kaka is staying with Milan, for Kaka, money isn't everything... Kaka is and remains with Milan."

So what do you think? Is that way too much money or do you think the sport is just starting to catch up to the already outlandish salaries of other major sports?