They gave him a huge paycheck, pay raise, and a bunch of options.
In addition to a huge paycheck, the winning team receives the gift of lifelong bragging rights for its fans.
His desperation not to be typecast as an action hero saw him turn down a huge paycheck to reprise his role of Officer Jack Traven in the sequel to Speed (Jason Patric stepped into the breach).
The financially and emotionally troubled Tyson needs Lewis to reclaim the heavyweight title, earn a huge paycheck (a guaranteed $17.5 million for each fighter) and, maybe most of all, regain some legitimacy in boxing and the world beyond.
He's collected a huge paycheck for the upcoming movie and could have steady work for years to come as Warner Bros. gives D.C. Comics the Marvel treatment with multiple movies lined up over the next five years.
Last we heard from Christos Cotsakos, in 2003, the founder of online stock trader E-Trade was getting forced out of his chief executive's job for pocketing a huge paycheck ($80 million) while his company was hemorrhaging money (a $242 million loss).
Johnson isn't the first CEO to net a huge paycheck on his way out.
Then, and only then, will we be ok with you taking that huge paycheck.
