In a message dated 8/6/99 3:53:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pdelevett@amcity.com writes: << "Mercer is eligible for a maximum salary of $9 million per season." If that's the case, how can Sylvester Tevester be talkin about a $71 million deal? Does this writer have her facts wrong? >> The salary starts at $9 million and increases each year making the total close to $72 million. George