The world?s highest-paid athletes

[Train]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: Train
of course theres going to be less standouts in football, the teams are what 7 times bigger than the other team sports? Also much larger coaching staffs. Theres a lot more people to spread the money around to.

Comparing individuals such as Paqioa and Woods to team sports isnt fair either.

Football is one of the lowest paid US professional leagues.

few people realize that only a handful (at best) per team make $1 million+ per year. The average NFL career lasts some 2 years. So, so many "never-heard-ofs" have gone through the NFL. And many of those short careers end with permanent injuries.

Football also has the least endorsement potential. Other than a few star QBs and a couple of WRs/RBs most of the players can't make a dime off the field. Golfers make a huge portion of their money through endorsement deals because golf fans spend a fortune on the sport. A guy like Tiger might make 10% of his money on the course and 90% off. Most football players make nearly 100% of their money on the field. Only guys like Manning and Brady make more off than on.

Another way to look at it is... A guy who watches golf, can go out and buy the exact same Nike golf bag that Tiger used while playing on TV.

A guy who watches football.. probably isnt going to go out and buy a set of shoulder pads, he's just gonna buy more beer.

 

[mcmilljb]

The best part of the list is the fact Michael Jordan is number 2 and doesn't even play any more. That's awesome!

 

[MyThirdEye]

Originally posted by: jonks
How much did you make in the last 9 years?

TW: About a billion dollars.

Holy crap, what the hell do you do?

TW: I hit a ball with a stick.

That's it?

TW: Of course not. I can hit it really really far.

:thumbsup:

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

You'd be pissed off about a Playmate slide show?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: jonks
How much did you make in the last 9 years?

TW: About a billion dollars.

Holy crap, what the hell do you do?

TW: I hit a ball with a stick.

That's it?

TW: Of course not. I can hit it really really far.

 

[Loop2kil]

Originally posted by: HopJokey
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/ne...09&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

No surprise who is number 1. It looks like Kobe has fully recovered from his CO incident (both on and off the court).

NFL players get paid the least due to their CBA and "weak" Union. They have the shortest careers, their league brings in the most revenues but they get paid the least.

what's the average pay per game look like?? might actually be more than other sports

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Deeko
I'm a little surprised Kobe is #2

Same here. He has done a great job rebuilding his image. Notice how his wife and kids are always there to greet him (i.e. after NBA Finals, "Kobe Doin' Work).

 

[HopJokey]

Tiger Woods earns his dough. No one can deny his tremendous impact on the sport of golf in overall interest, TV ratings, equipment sales, green fees revenue increase, range fees revenue increase, etc.

For example, where was Nike Golf before Tiger (it was a joke before)? Now (according to the linked article) Nike Golf rakes in $725 million in sales annually.

He has done what Jordan did for Nike 15-20 years prior.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

I've come to hate their website / slideshow thing so much even when I'm interested I won't go through the story when I see it's at forbes.com. I don't care enough nor do I need to go through 20 slow loading slides to get this information.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha

Originally posted by: Syringer
Not too long ago Michael Schumacher was high on this list..where is he now? I don't want to click through to see.

He used to be #1 actually.

Not only that, but #1 by a wide margin IIRC.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

That was gonna be my next point

You'd think with all the business sense Forbes has that they'd be able to hire a bloody web marketing guy to make their page not so craptastic to navigate.

 

[Gothgar]

he's made a billion dollars? fuck....

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: oogabooga

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

I've come to hate their website / slideshow thing so much even when I'm interested I won't go through the story when I see it's at forbes.com. I don't care enough nor do I need to go through 20 slow loading slides to get this information.

I've updated the OP so that it has a text based version of the list.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

That was gonna be my next point

You'd think with all the business sense Forbes has that they'd be able to hire a bloody web marketing guy to make their page not so craptastic to navigate.

Business sense is not necessarily analogous to good web design.

 

[SSSnail]

You mean to tell me none of the fine athletes from the superb world of Professional Curling made the list? I demand justice.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Why the hell does Forbes have to do everything as a god damned slideshow? So obnoxious.

KT

That was gonna be my next point

You'd think with all the business sense Forbes has that they'd be able to hire a bloody web marketing guy to make their page not so craptastic to navigate.

Business sense is not necessarily analogous to good web design.

Oh I'm not saying that anyone at Forbes could design a good webpage, but that someone there surely must know the value of a good webpage and decide to hire someone to come up with one.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Again, you're not taking into account the fact that each team has what, 82 players, huge coaching staff, etc? Your per player average salary gets dragged down when you have 50%+ of the roster making minimum wage. If football players had to carry smaller amounts of players like the NBA or MLB, then their salaries would be significantly larger. To the extents of NBA/MLB? Perhaps, perhaps not.

An NFL team can only have 53 players on its roster during the season, and only 45 active players on a game day.

MLB team can have 40 players on the roster, with 25 active.


The NFL has a salary cap which limits the total pay to $128 million. Baseball has no salary cap and teams can spend as much as they want.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
he's made a billion dollars? fuck....

900 million so far and expected to cross the billion point this year. Awsome!!! :shocked:

 

[darkxshade]

Now how the heck does a driver make that list? :Q

In regards to Jordan, should he even be on the list... because technically he's not an athlete anymore?

 

[beat mania]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Tiger Woods?

That was my guess before reading the article.

Can't believe Kimi Raikkonen makes $45 million either...he hasn't exactly been performing lately.

Neither is the car.
He probably signed that contract after he became F1 champ.

 

[Q]

Damn, MJ still making $45 million / year. Good for him

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: jonks
How much did you make in the last 9 years?

TW: About a billion dollars.

Holy crap, what the hell do you do?

TW: My image generates billions a year in revenue.

FIXED

 

[rh71]

It's amazing (more like ludicrous) the top hockey player in the world, playing one of the most demanding sports from both a skill & physical aspect, only makes $13mil per year. Alex Ovechkin.

:thumbsdown: to some of these sports... and the fact that this is supposed to be "athletes" based rather than popularity... another :thumbsdown:

 

[Inspector Jihad]

its all about the endorsements. also, jordan is a small economy in himself.

 

[poopaskoopa]

How many more commercials does Peyton Manning have to do to make that list?