The highest baseball contracts for professional major league baseball players are multi million dollar, multi year contracts, sometimes totaling well over a hundred million dollars and even over two hundred million dollars for the top players. Often teams take a financial hit due to excessively large baseball contracts, especially when the contracts are guaranteed contracts. When a contract is guaranteed, the player must be paid regardless of whether he is kept on the team or not. Teams may have to continue to pay a player;s salary or pay a monetary fee to cut a guaranteed contract player from a team, causing a financial loss. Paying for the highest baseball contracts in tight economic times, when ticket sales are down, can also cause a financial burden for teams, who must struggle to keep up with the large salary requirements of their players. Critics have argued for salary caps and other restrictions to bring baseball contracts back down to reasonable levels.