John Riordan: Snyder takes the money and runs in ground-breaking week for US sports business

It has been a busy week for American sports business, lucrative and groundbreaking, both figuratively and literally.
Over the past eight days, an NFL team became the most expensive sports franchise in US history and an NFL quarterback (at a rival outfit, no less) was handed what could end up being the most lucrative contract ever inked by an active player.