Vaughn Hardy recently rejected a $21,600,000, five-year contract with the Vancouver Seals hockey team. The contract offer called for an immediate signing bonus of $8,100,000 and annual payments of $2,700,000. To sweeten the deal, the president of player personnel for the Seals has now offered a $23,620,000, five-year contract. This contract calls for annual increases and a balloon payment at the end of five years.

Year 1		$2,700,000
Year 2		2,780,000
Year 3		2,860,000
Year 4		2,940,000
Year 5		3,160,000
Year 5 balloon payment		9,180,000
Total		$23,620,000

Click here to view factor tables Suppose you are Hardys agent and you wish to evaluate the two contracts using a required rate of return of 15 percent. In present value terms, how much better is the second contract? (Round present value factor calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2151 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)