From: Ellen K. 

Wow.  Maybe I should have taken PE more seriously!

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:24:30 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message :

>  The endorsements have been great for Tiger in 2006. I wouldn't shed a tear
>for Phil Mickelson, Arnold Palmer, or Michelle Wie either
>
>http://www.newsdaily.com/Sports/UPI-1-20070108-14393200-bc-glf-earnings.xml
>
> NEW YORK, Jan. 8 Tiger Woods pulled in nearly $99 million in 2006 on-course
>and off-course earnings and tops the Golf Digest 50 top earners for the
>fourth consecutive year.
>
>Golf Digest said Woods made $11,941,827 on the golf course last year and
>another $87 million in off-course endorsements. The magazine said Woods'
>increased his total by about $12 million over 2005.
>
>Golf Digest editors estimate Woods has earned $646,738,003 over 10 seasons
>and say the 31-year-old will become the first billionaire in sports by the
>end of 2010.
>
>Phil Mickelson was second on the 2006 Golf Digest list with $4.2 million in
>earnings on the course and about $40 million off the course. Golf legend
>Arnold Palmer, with $27.5 million off the course and $42,850 on the course,
>was third.
>Michelle Wie was the highest earning woman, totaling $20.2 million --
>$735,224 on the course -- for sixth place, Golf Digest said. Annika
>Sorenstam, the No. 1 ranked woman in the world, was 13th with $2.3 million
>won on the course and $10.8 million earned off it.
>
>"John Beamish"  wrote in message
>news:op.tl7dobjam6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>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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