[Pirata.]

Trainwreck of a post, this.

[swebright]

I hope Fed is making wise investment of all his hard-earned money. Just don't invest in tennis magazines !!

[Pirata.]

Originally Posted by swebright

I hope Fed is making wise investment of all his hard-earned money. Just don't invest in tennis magazines !!

Go to 1:15 and you have your answer

[abraxas21]

Originally Posted by Sri

Silly little philistini .. all I'm saying is everyone is equals and let markets decide!

sure, that's just wonderful and gives liberty of choice to everyone, right?

[octatennis]

i dont know how my man abraxas forgot that everyone in india works in a call center, thats why he spend so many time in here.

[ssin]

I think Fed will stay in tennis and invest some of the money in the sport, which is great.

I like the couple Fed - Mirka. That sort of stability and partnership goes a long way, this is something that everyone could wish for. Give me caring and loyal mother Mirka any time over some trophy model. Indeed, Mirka looks waaay better than Roddick's wife to me. So much better.

It was certainly love, but Fed was also very wise to choose and stick with Mirka. Hats off, he is just a very successful man. And his success came with hard work, belief and good decisions.

[pray-for-palestine-and-israel]

what i love about him is the fact that he's still hungry for winning

he still wants more slams- its more than just about money- his sponsorship deals would be there even if he retired today

its about legacy now- thats why i respect him

[barbadosan]

Originally Posted by ssin

I think Fed will stay in tennis and invest some of the money in the sport, which is great.

I like the couple Fed - Mirka. That sort of stability and partnership goes a long way, this is something that everyone could wish for. Give me caring and loyal mother Mirka any time over some trophy model. Indeed, Mirka looks waaay better than Roddick's wife to me. So much better.

It was certainly love, but Fed was also very wise to choose and stick with Mirka. Hats off, he is just a very successful man. And his success came with hard work, belief and good decisions.

Well and maturely articulated

[Everko]

Great world. A man can make 10 times more than another man who owns him. Then as well this world also has America as our "world leader"

[Everko]

Originally Posted by tennis-hero

what i love about him is the fact that he's still hungry for winning

he still wants more slams- its more than just about money- his sponsorship deals would be there even if he retired today

its about legacy now- thats why i respect him

respect him? For pure arrogance

[Horatio Caine]

Actually my first thought was "is that it?"

Obviously he'd have been spending a fair chunk of it, but I thought he was earning a bit more in endorsements (than was quoted).

[Kworb]

It does seem a bit low. You'd think he'd be approaching a billion right now. Na Li nabbed $42 million in endorsements after winning RG this year.

[tennis2tennis]

Originally Posted by Kworb

It does seem a bit low. You'd think he'd be approaching a billion right now. Na Li nabbed $42 million in endorsements after winning RG this year.

erm that because China has 1 billion population sponsors will flock to any chinese star...its pure math!

[Nasi]

Originally Posted by GlennMirnyi

So what? He's just a tennis player.

The market... well the market should be subordinated to the well being of the people. Shouldn't someone who has studied years and years earn more than someone who only plays a sport? I think so.

I have no need for millions and millions.

Depends extremely heavily on what they studied for years and years, and how they are applying that knowledge to make everyone's lives better. Study in itself doesn't make you worthy of millions of dollars. Case in point: the impact Steve Jobs had on the world vs the impact I've had on the world. I went to college for 4 years and spent 6 on a Ph.D. Steve Jobs spent, what, one semester in college? Moreover, even if we place a high premium on intensity and duration of study, don't you think Federer has studied his craft? Do you think he woke up one morning able to outplay everyone in the entire world? Why do you discount HIS years of study?

Finally, the premise of complaining about tennis players' earnings implies that sport serves no important societal purpose; yet, athletic contests have been a part of our culture throughout recorded history. The persistence of these contests seems to indicate a crucial role; perhaps they channel instincts that would otherwise be wasted in costly, bloody wars, or perhaps they provide inspiration and vocation for those who lack the intellect needed for academic success. I'm sure someone's studied this before; it might be worth looking into before we dismiss athletes and their successes as undeserving and wrong. Eliminating the lucrativeness of being a top athlete by force (forbidding companies from offering them endorsement deals, perhaps, or mandating that all of their "excess" earnings, ie, anything we as laypeople deem to be more than they deserve, be paid to their respective governments) would almost certainly kill the profession, and killing the profession may have unintended consequences.

[tennishero]

and this guy is still playing tennis lol