How does a male tennis player make more than bball players in endorsements?

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Euros are sonning the fukk outta dollars, breh. Tennis is huge over there.

I ain't fukked with this since Agassi/Sampras, tho :yeshrug:
 
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you know who that is breh? top earning female in the world

Never heard of her neither does majority of America. One well to do chinaman doesnt account for a whole country. America only cares about basketball, football, baseball, and NASCAR. Oh and mayweather and tiger individually. Being big outside of those sports really ain't saying much.
 

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How golfers make that kind of money is more crazy to me. Must be the corporate image..How many people watch the sport?

Look at what Phil Mickleson wears and you will find your answer. They crossover easier because middle age corporate people want to be them and bank like them. That is why you see them in banking, financing, watches, and other ads.
 

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lets see racquets, tennis balls, tennis shoes, plus tennis stars always get those Gillette and watches endorsements, plus he's from Switzerland he has all of europe at his disposal.


remember pete sampras and andre agassi?

plus tennis stars are usually young they only have a short little career, hell pete sampras retired at 31
 

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Can't make the un-athletic kids feel like shyt, they pay your bills in America. :takedat:

Exactly. We like that fake humility here and Cronaldo doesn't provide that.


Yeah he's pretty much been the face of Nike's most cutting edge boots since 2008. He eats well off of Armani, too. Is he affiliated with a cola company? I know Messi is with Pepsi, so I'd assume Cristiano is with Coke.
Coke isn't into football, it seems.

If he wins Euros, I guarantee Cronaldo will double his earnings by 2014.
 

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I can't believe how many people are out of touch with the rest of the world. Tennis is a huge sport and just because you don't have an interest in it has nothing to do with it's popularity. Why is it so hard for nikkaz to grasp the idea of that? I'm not a tennis fan really but it's not surprising.
 

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$18m makes you a big athlete or globally recognized?? Rashard Lewis who makes $22m could take out yo trash and you wouldn't recognize him. :skip:
Rashard Lewis is getting paid 22m by a single team. Li Na got 18m from various companies who want her to represent their brand solely because she's a recognizable figure around the world, mainly throughout Asia aka the most densely populated place on Earth and the place where you were of the belief that no one plays tennis.. No one is paying Rashard Lewis because of how visible he is. Why did this even need to be explained to you?
 

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Rashard Lewis is getting paid 22m by a single team. Li Na got 18m from various companies who want her to represent their brand solely because she's a recognizable figure around the world, mainly throughout Asia aka the most densely populated place on Earth and the place where you were of the belief that no one plays tennis.. No one is paying Rashard Lewis because of how visible he is. Why did this even need to be explained to you?

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Rashard Lewis is getting paid 22m by a single team. Li Na got 18m from various companies who want her to represent their brand solely because she's a recognizable figure around the world, mainly throughout Asia aka the most densely populated place on Earth and the place where you were of the belief that no one plays tennis.. No one is paying Rashard Lewis because of how visible he is. Why did this even need to be explained to you?

She is one of the top in her sport but only seeing 18m compared to the top players in football and basketball who seeing twice that. I not denying she's big in her sport but when we talk about globally recognized athletes her scale is rather minute.
 
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