SuperBowl Sunday?
By Editors in DARETOREADIT, Posted in Sports
February 4, 2012, 10:16 pm CST
Have fun game watching! We'll be watching along with you!
Mayweather could earn $40 million tonite
By Sports in NewYorkTimes, Posted in Sports
September 17, 2011, 2:29 pm CDT
On Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will make tens of millions of dollars for an hour's worth of work, if that. He will be paid for what happens inside the ring and outside it, paid far more than any other boxer fighting today, for far more than just his performance in a welterweight title fight against Victor Ortiz.
"You see that arena Saturday? It's all Mayweather money. Want a hot dog? Mayweather money. Want a T-shirt? Mayweather money. I need all that."
Floyd Mayweather
The boxer weighs in on his unique business model.
On fight nights, if it were not for the din of the crowd and the sounds of fists striking chins, Mayweather could hear the ringing of cash registers. He earns a percentage of every ticket purchased, every pretzel consumed, every poster sold...
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