Interesting contract clauses

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Weird baseball contract clauses - CNN.com

13. Michael Jordan pulls in cash in the minors
This last one's actually a basketball contract. Michael Jordan's abrupt departure from basketball to play minor league baseball following the Chicago Bulls' 1993 championship campaign struck a number of observers as odd. How could Jordan quit playing hoops and leave all of that money on the table?
As it turns out, "His Airness" was losing less cash than we all thought. Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf also owned the Chicago White Sox, the team Jordan was playing for in the minors.
Even though Jordan was technically retired from basketball, Reinsdorf paid Jordan his $4 million salaries for the Bulls seasons he missed.

Never knew that...I actually saw MJ play in a spring game against the Marlins at Joe Robbie Stadium. He was pretty much an azz and refused to sign my young daughter's hat.