04-20-2011, 02:00 PM
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NOT breaking news
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Top Paid Athlete by Country!
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04-20-2011, 02:11 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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So 5 countries have hockey players as their top paid athlete. A couple are fairly obvious, but good luck guessing them all.
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04-20-2011, 02:14 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Those salaries in Nepal and Niue are pretty low. About 50% of high school kids in Calgary are making about the same amount of money in one summer.
Pretty surprising to see Manny Paq make 16mill a fight.
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04-20-2011, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Sports must not be high priority for the Nepalese. One would think with all those sherpas running around, they'd have a few more standouts in something.
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04-20-2011, 02:15 PM
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NOT breaking news
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Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Arsenal14
So 5 countries have hockey players as their top paid athlete. A couple are fairly obvious, but good luck guessing them all.
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Especially when Canada is not one of them!
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04-20-2011, 02:17 PM
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Spains Fernando Alonso makes 30 million Euros, or $43.5M to drive for Ferrari
I think Germany's Sebastian Vettel is in the 15 million Euro range, but that might include bonuses. If accurate, that would place him ahead of Nowitzki
Also, Kimi Raikkonen had a $51M salary from Ferrari, and received ~$23M of that in severence so he could go Rally racing
Last edited by Canada 02; 04-20-2011 at 02:31 PM.
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04-20-2011, 02:21 PM
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Seems like all the top earners are in racing (auto / motorcycle); well, unless your name is Manny Pacquiao or Alex Rodriguez.
Earners with the best name is a tie between Lehlohonolo Seema (Lesotho) and Anicet Andrianantenaina (Madagascar)!
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04-20-2011, 02:26 PM
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First Line Centre
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I never realized how much the top F1 drivers make.
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04-20-2011, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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LOL @ the New York Mets who are paying 3 guys on that list a combined amount that rivals the NHL salary cap.
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04-20-2011, 02:33 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Wow, I can't believe a WRC driver makes more than an F1 driver and it's practically the highest paid thing on there aside from a boxer and A-Rod.
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04-20-2011, 02:36 PM
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who is the highest paid female athlete?
I would guess Danica Patrick, Michelle Wie, or a tennis player (William's sisters)
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04-20-2011, 02:40 PM
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Imagine being the guy from Nepal and seeing the rest of that list!
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04-20-2011, 02:40 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
Seems like all the top earners are in racing (auto / motorcycle); well, unless your name is Manny Pacquiao or Alex Rodriguez.
Earners with the best name is a tie between Lehlohonolo Seema (Lesotho) and Anicet Andrianantenaina (Madagascar)!
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There's a lot of baseball players with huge salaries as well. A few big basketball and soccer salaries too.
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04-20-2011, 02:40 PM
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I'm surprised Jason Bay makes more than Justin Morneau, although it isn't by much.
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04-20-2011, 02:41 PM
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Location: Vancouver
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I like how the top paid athlete from Ethiopia is in the sport of "road running".
It must be a great life.... that is until the coyote catches you.
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04-20-2011, 02:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
who is the highest paid female athlete?
I would guess Danica Patrick, Michelle Wie, or a tennis player (William's sisters)
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Not including endorsements I think it's Danica Patrick or Kim Clijsters.
Clijsters made $5 million last year, and I can't find a number for Danica which doesn't include her endorsements. She reportedly made $12 million total.
Including endorsements it was Maria Sharapova @ $24.5 mil.
Last edited by malcolmk14; 04-20-2011 at 02:48 PM.
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04-20-2011, 02:46 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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How does Malouda only make $3.4 mil playing for Chelsea?
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04-20-2011, 02:47 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
who is the highest paid female athlete?
I would guess Danica Patrick, Michelle Wie, or a tennis player (William's sisters)
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I don't think they include endorsements or else Tiger Woods and Mickelson would be way ahead of A-Rod, so Michelle Wie wouldn't be close as she is about the 3rd-5th best American Womens golfer last season making less than other Americans on the LPGA tour.
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04-20-2011, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by moon
I don't think they include endorsements or else Tiger Woods and Mickelson would be way ahead of A-Rod, so Michelle Wie wouldn't be close as she is about the 3rd-5th best American Womens golfer last season making less than other Americans on the LPGA tour.
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I would guess Wie would have appearance fees for just showing up at the various golf tournaments
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04-20-2011, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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As a Yankees fan, every time I see the $32,000,000 million price tag for A-Roid, aka A-Fraud, aka A-Hole, I throw up a little in my mouth.
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