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Canadian Football League

In 19 91, the biggest star in american college football was rocket ismaelit was anybody's guess just how much he'd get paid to go professional with the national football league. But a day before the draft, mister ismael signed a deal for 26 million dollars not to play in the nfl at all. The highest paid player in the history of the sport would instead join the toronto argonauts of the canadian football league. This multi million dollar man has only been practising canadian football for a month, yet hes ving more attention than any other player in the entire game, including the nfl.

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