World's top ten highest paid athletes

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World's top ten highest paid athletes

12 years 11 months ago
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www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/201...ghest-paid-athletes/

1. Mayweather
2. Pacquiao (also boxing)
3. Woods
4. Lebron James (basketball)
5. Federer
6. Bryant (basketball)
7. Mickelson
8. Beckham
9. Ronaldo
10. Manning (baseball)

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Re: Re: World's top ten highest paid athletes

12 years 11 months ago
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Would have expected messi to be in the top 5

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Mac, are you sure this is not the rate of pay, per second, boxers filling the top two spots.

Definately does not take take Product Endorsements into account, Golfers, F1, Soccer, Americn Football & Baseball is where the money is.

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12 years 11 months ago
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Michael Schumacher was earning 30 mil dollars a year (salary only) from Ferrari in 1996. ::o

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Interesting to note that Wood's (rank 3) salary for June 11 - June 12 was 4.4 mil $, but his endorsements (Nike) was $55 mil

Messi rank 11 salary for same period $20 mil & endorsements $19 mil

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Ou Ryperd Wrote:
> Interesting to note that Wood's (rank 3) salary
> for June 11 - June 12 was 4.4 mil $, but his
> endorsements (Nike) was $55 mil
>
> Messi rank 11 salary for same period $20 mil &
> endorsements $19 mil


Geez you make $39 million for the year and you don't even make the top 10. Amazing how much money is in Sport these days. ::o

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Forbes "the figures include salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement revenue for the period June 2011 to June 2012. Taxes and agent fees are not deducted".

And, furthermore, interestingly "Controversial boxing star, Floyd Mayweather, tops the list after raking in US$85 million. But, Mayweather only fought twice in the past 12 months and spent less than an hour in the ring. And, all of Mayweather's earnings came from his winnings, as he does not have a single endorsement deal".

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Maybe Mayweather can endorse "Fashionable Prison Clothes" X(

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Re: Re: World's top ten highest paid athletes

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Who's the top paid South African Sportsman?

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12 years 11 months ago
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Lucky_Dude Wrote:
> Who's the top paid South African Sportsman?


Would imagine a Golfer, maybe Schwartzel?

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Re: Re: World's top ten highest paid athletes

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Douglas Whyte???

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Steven Pienaar ???

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