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  • Monday, March 4 2013 5:56 PM EST2013-03-04 22:56:03 GMT
    As sports fans we hate it when players make it all about the money. Know what's worse? When they try to tell us it's not all about the money. Joe Flacco just signed the biggest contract in NFL history.
    As sports fans we hate it when players make it all about the money. Know what's worse? When they try to tell us it's not all about the money. Joe Flacco just signed the biggest contract in NFL history.

  • Monday, March 4 2013 4:24 PM EST2013-03-04 21:24:06 GMT
    Cleveland Browns season ticket prices will remain flat for the 2013 home schedule, the team announced Monday. It marks the fifth straight year in which the price of Browns season tickets has not increased,
    Cleveland Browns season ticket prices will remain flat for the 2013 home schedule, the team announced Monday.

Joe Flacco done gone and got paid -- the Ravens quarterback cashed in on his free-agent status by signing the largest contract in NFL history.

But if you ask him, the new contract wasn't about the money. It was about respect.

"It was never about earning the money and all that. It was about earning the respect," Flacco said Monday at his press conference announcing the new deal. "Definitely about earning that respect and feeling that respect around here. The fact that we got it done and that they made me [the highest-paid player in the NFL] definitely makes me feel good about how we played and how they feel about me."

To read the rest of Will Brinson's article on Joe Flacco's new deal, go to CBSSports.com