London (CNN) -- I remember well the shock when in 2000 Alex Rodriquez signed a 10 year, a quarter of a billion dollar deal ($252 million) to play baseball with the Texas Rangers.

It was beyond reality, and it didn't work out for the Rangers. He was later traded to the Yankees who happily increased the deal. Good for Rodriguez.

But at least he was being paid to work.

Rory McIlroy has now become Nike's poster boy -- certainly there will be a lot of strings attached; but he's not being paid by Nike to swing a club. He'll get millions more to do that.

Read more: Nike unveils Rory McIlroy: Tiger's heir apparent

Good for McIlroy. It's a better deal from Nike than Woods got.

His baseball cap now switches from Titleist to the Nike tick. TV ads have already been shot.

Now, I wonder which stable of Nike's sports stallions will he join?

Will he join Roger Federer and Michael Jordan at causing little or no offenses on or off the field of play?

Will he join Lance Armstrong and one day cause a massive scandal putting his Nike contract in jeopardy?

Or will he join the middle rank of bad boy athletes who's off the field scandals don't cost them their Nike deal; think Kobe Bryant or of course, Tiger Woods.

What's the difference? Lance Armstrong is accused of cheating his fans and his beloved sport and cashed in on that cheating. But remember, Nike actually stood by Armstrong for months in 2012, when all others headed for the exit.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Who signed a contract?
2. For how much?
3. For which team?
4. How long was it for?
5. Did he stay 10 years with them?
6. Why not?
7. Where did he end up playing?
8. Did he make good money with them?
9. Who is Rory McIlroy?
10. How much did he make?
11. How doe he relate to Tiger Woods?
12. Who else worked for Nike?
13. Was there anyone else that did?
14. What kind of problems did he cause?
15. Did anyone else cause problems for them?
16. Did they lose their contracts?
17. What else did Lance Armstrong do?
18. How did Nike react to that?
19. What did his other sponsors do?
1. Alex Rodriquez
2. $252 million
3. Texas Rangers
4. 10 year
5. N0
6. It was beyond reality
7. Yankees
8. Yes
9. Nike's poster boy
10. millions
11. better
12. Roger Federer and Michael Jordan
13. Lance Armstrong
14. massive scandal
15. Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods
16. No
17. cheating his fans and sport
18. Nike stood by Armstrong
19. headed for the exit