De La Hoya never won any of his big fights. He beat a couple very good fighters but never beat any of the top tier fighters.
The UFC fighters get such a raw deal. Their pay has been increasing but the owners and dumbshits like Dana White must be making tons of money off pay per view.
De La Hoya being number two really isn't surprising at all. His company put on the fight (which had the most ppv buys ever for anything) so he probably made even more than what they're saying. Mayweather only got 15 million I believe (not saying that's chump change, but the difference between putting on a fight and winning it is pretty huge).
PPV Track got 138 customers at $4.95, that must count for something.
i do not think so wrote:
Jr. makes $20 million in endorsements? I call BS.
I believe merchandise sales are probably included in the endorsements total. Jr. sells an incredible amount of T-shirts, beer cozies, key rings, and other assorted crap with his image on them.
What is crazy is that J. Gordon is one of the founders of one of the largest dealers in Nascar merchandise. Chase Authentics is the company. He and Jr's dad started the company.
Nascar drivers can make some crazy money, the low paid drivers bring in about 500k.
Formula 1 is even more ridiculous. You see alonso at the top of the international list and Ralph Schumacher down in the teens and most are not far behind! The average driver makes are 8 Million a year and the slowest guys get around 1-2 million. Michael Schumacher in his prime two or three years ago between his salary w/Ferrari, endorsments and earnings was way ahead of tiger, like 10-20 Million ahead.
Mtn Dew wrote:
He does Budweiser and Wrangler jeans and I'm sure he does others that I can't think of. He makes a shitload off of Budweiser. He's the most marketable Nascar driver by a mile, I think it's legit. I'm surprised that Antawn Jamison makes more than Tom Brady.
I wonder if the $6 million Brady did not take (in order to sign Moss) was not included, if you include that he moves up to #18.
? wrote:
Do a google search on "Michelle Wie 88", should give you a better picture of what was going on.
"LPGA's 88 rule, which stipulates that any non-LPGA player (Wie was there on a sponsor's exemption) who doesn't break 88 in a round is not allowed to finish the tournament or play in any other tournaments for the rest of the season."
Wie hurt her wrist a while back RUNNING to stay in shape. She will be back by this fall. Remember Greg Oden?
Lebron James is the most UNDERPAID athlete in the world. With a 5 million salary (even though it is set by the league) Dan Gilbert should be arrested for theft!!!
Lebron brought in an EXTRA 7,000 per game at an avg of $50 for 41 games. That is over 14 million not counting vending sales. The NBA and the Cavs are making a ton of money off of him.
There are 121 players in the NBA making more this year than Lebron including a retired Allan Houston making over 20 mil for the Knicks. The pathetic Knicks had 11 players make more than Lebron this year.
Don't forget the terrible NHL players union!
Skin wrote:
Don't forget the terrible NHL players union!
The NFL is the biggest league there is if I'm not mistaken. NFL contracts aren't even set in stone, guys can get cut. Peyton Manning ought to be in the top 10, but his salary is pretty low for a guy that's got a good image, sets records AND is a Super Bowl champ.
Also, NFL athletes have shorter careers than their MLB counterparts.
He's making more in endorsements than any other player in the league, he will continue with these huge endorsement deals beyond his playing career, and his salary of course will continue to rise throughout his career. Don't worry about Lebron rippy, he'll get along OK.
luv2run wrote:
Mtn Dew wrote:He does Budweiser and Wrangler jeans and I'm sure he does others that I can't think of. He makes a shitload off of Budweiser. He's the most marketable Nascar driver by a mile, I think it's legit. I'm surprised that Antawn Jamison makes more than Tom Brady.
I wonder if the $6 million Brady did not take (in order to sign Moss) was not included, if you include that he moves up to #18.
Brady's salary was listed at just over $6 million, so that bonus was not included.
Of course he will do okay. It was shocking to see how many players made more than he did this year even though he has been the best player in the league the last 2 years. His salary does go up to over 12 mil next year.
Kele wrote:
He's making more in endorsements than any other player in the league, he will continue with these huge endorsement deals beyond his playing career, and his salary of course will continue to rise throughout his career. Don't worry about Lebron rippy, he'll get along OK.
Actually, hockey players make probably more than they should. I read somewhere that players salary is about 30-35% of team income in ticket sales, vending, and whatnot. The big three sports, baseball, basketball, and football are lower at around 15-20%. Hockey doesn't make enough money to pay anyone 20 mil a season.