From: Ellen K. 

An article I saw yesterday says the $50MM/yr estimate will put Beckham
ahead of Woods.

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:06:01 -0500, "John Beamish"
 wrote in message
:

>A piece on the radio this weekend came right out and said he's getting $10
>million salary and the $40 million balance each year is from
>endorsements.  Given the sponsorship status of Adidas (their jerseys,
>their shoes, etc.), I'd imagine a good chunk of his $40 million annual
>endorsements comes from them.
>
>I've heard that Tiger is in a similar position:  his tournament winnings
>get lost in the rounding!
>
>On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:31:59 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:
>
>> In article , 72322.1016
>> {at}compuserve.com says...
>>> The L.A. Daily News reported that the contract is for $250MM for the 5
>>> years, about $1MM per week.  The theory is that the Beckhams already act
>>> like Hollywood types, so this is supposed to make soccer fashionable.
>>> Also reported that some 1000 new season tickets have been sold as a
>>> result.  Then they interviewed residents of Carson (suburb where the
>>> stadium is located), who are mostly black and Filipino, quite a few of
>>> whom had never heard of him.
>>
>> After his ineffectiveness in World Cup, I'm surprised he's worth much of
>> anything.
>>
>> 

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