After his subpar 1999 season, the Mets released Bonilla, but still owed him $5.9 million. Bonilla and his agent offered the Mets a deal: Bonilla would defer payment for a decade, and the Mets would pay him an annual paycheck of $1.19 million starting in 2011 and ending in 2035, adding up to a total payout of $29.8 million.[11][12] Mets owner Fred Wilpon accepted the deal mostly because he was heavily invested with Ponzi scheme operator Bernie Madoff, and the 10 percent returns he thought he was getting on his investments with Madoff outweighed the 8 percent interest the Mets would be paying on Bonilla's initial $5.9 million. As a result, the payout was a subject of inquiry during the Madoff investment scandal

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

There was a guy who played in the ABA, I can't remember his name right now but it's in a book I have, who had a similarly ridiculous contract and still might be getting paid today. Although I think the terms of the deal have finally expired he was getting paid long after the ABA went out of business.

Im pretty hammered right now.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.