There is so much money in sport these days:
Football (Soccer) has always seen absurdly high wage packets dished out. David Beckham has long-since been one of the most marketable footballers in the world, with his zany haircuts and often embarrassing dress-sense (men’s sarongs?). He made a massive 27 Million pounds last year alone.
And the most expensive footballer in world, “check-out-my-body-and-you-might-be-my-next-baby’s-mama”
Christiano Ronaldo netted about a half a million less than him last season. But these aren’t even the highest-paid footballers!
And the most expensive footballer in world, “check-out-my-body-and-you-might-be-my-next-baby’s-mama”
Christiano Ronaldo netted about a half a million less than him last season. But these aren’t even the highest-paid footballers!Young 22-year-old Lionel Messi of Barcelona has that distinction by earning an unbelievable 29.6 Million pounds in the 2009 season. 14 Million was for playing football, and the rest came from a whole host of endorsements.
Now all sorts of crazy money has been pumped into the sport, turning the once
“gentlemen’s game” into celebrity fanfare.
The recent Airtel Champion’s League held in South Africa demonstrated this:
Third and fourth placed South Australian Redbacks and Royal Challengers Bangalore each earned half a million US dollars. The Eastern-Cape Warriors earned 1.3 million dollars for finishing second, and the winners, the Chennai Super Kings, were paid a whopping 2.5 million dollars.
