Tonight's topic is money. 

#1-If O.J. Mayo got $30,000 indirectly from an agent a year before signing a multi-million dollar contract is he A)A disreputable character whose actions cast a shadow on a fine academic institution, B)A rental player just taking a swig from a bottle everyone drinks from, or C)A real sucker for just getting a lousy thirty grand?

#2-Find the flaw in this statement.  Rich Rodriquez was paid $14 million to leave West Virginia to become the new football coach at Michigan.  A)Nobody in their right mind would pay a college football coach $2.5 million a year, B)Rodriquez' loyalty to WVU could have been purchased much more cheaply or C)They should have spent the money on the guy from Appalachian State.

#3-If Alex Rodriquez makes $27.5 million a year and is on pace to hit 16 home runs this season, should a guardian be appointed for Hank Steinbrenner until he can prove himself competent to handle his own affairs?

#4-If the Kansas City Royals paid Gil Meche $7.4 million to lose thirteen games last season, how much would it cost them for their ace to lose 20 games?  A)$11.38 million, B)$711,000 for each home run Alex Rodriquez will hit this season, C)Don't be silly, the Royals would surely be outbid by the Yankees for a pitcher with that kind of potential, of D)All of the above.

#5-Meche's $55 million dollars converted into $4 six inch hot dogs would stretch how far-A)To last place, B) To the moon and back, or C)From Kansas City to the approximate location of the wreck of the U.S.S. Monitor.

#6-If the bond market keeps going south will the Dallas Cowboys be so much in debt for their new gilded palace of sin (sorry about that Gram) they are forced to hock some of Terrell Owens jewelry?

#7-Is Commissioner Goodale's contract written so that if he is injured or has a bad year the league can not pay him what he signed for and choose instead just to take a hit against the salary cap?  Oh, wait...

#8-If you can't find NHL playoff games on TV does that mean more or less money for scalpers?  And in a related area, if Sid Crosby fell in an arena with no televison would it make a sound?

#9-David Beckham's contact is for $25 million.  If there are 6,432 actual hard core pro soccer fans in North America how much would it cost to buy Beckham a nice SUV and a gas card, and send him around the country to meet each of them personally?

#10-Annika Sorenstam has earned $22 million on the LPGA tour and Tiger Woods earns $90 million counting endorsements.  On what date would Woods pass Sorenstam's all time winnings?  A)What's a Fuzzy Zoeller?, B)Shortly before V.J. Singh pauses to stop saying dumb things about other players, or C)March 28.

Answers (1-C, 2-B, 3-Yes, but what would be the fun in that, 4-D, 5-C (really), 6-Yes, and Tony Romo will have to start going dutch on dates, 7-Of course not, 8-No and you can but your Ovechkin on it, 9-Yes, but people would see Posh in the car and not come to the door, 10-C).