In 2000, a star major-league baseball player signed a 10-year, $252 million dollar contract with the Texas Rangers. Assume that equal payments would have been made each year to this individual and that the owners cost of capital (discount rate) was 12% at the time the contract was signed. What is the present value cost of the contract to the owners as of January 1, 2000, the date the contract was signed, in each of the following independent situations? (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount and not in millions.)

1. The baseball player received the first payment on December 31, 2000.

Present value: _____ ?

2.	The baseball player received the first payment on January 1, 2000, the date the contract was signed.

Present value_____ ?

3.	Assuming the owner is in the 45% income tax bracket, calculate your answer for requirement 1.

Present value_____ ?