Comments on: Surprising Article http://will-clarke.com/surprising-article/ Will Clarke - 2 x British National Triathlon Champion and Beijing Olympian Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:06:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Nikola http://will-clarke.com/surprising-article/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Nikola Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:17:45 +0000 http://will-clarke.com/?p=235#comment-40 A pitch for an ad campaign for a known sports brand required 5 teams of 2 people each, of which one person got 1000 usd/day 2 months contract. That is one person! There is other nine people in that pitch plus accounts, creative directors etc... This is normal pricing, if not lower than standard. That 50 000 usd for one of many in a team for one pitch only. No fame, no glory, just regular work. And this is in the wake of financial crisis. And that is one of many ad campaigns. It gives you a perspective of how little athletes actually get at the end. Probably less than 1% of the total turnover in sports business, while they actually do make the sport. I am very skeptical about any athletes profits considering they can make money only around a decade average, and after taxes and expenses which take them up. Olympics are an extreme idealism. Is it possible that a competitive hot-dog eater like Takeru Kobayashi makes more money than Chris Hoy? A pitch for an ad campaign for a known sports brand required 5 teams of 2 people each, of which one person got 1000 usd/day 2 months contract. That is one person! There is other nine people in that pitch plus accounts, creative directors etc… This is normal pricing, if not lower than standard. That 50 000 usd for one of many in a team for one pitch only. No fame, no glory, just regular work. And this is in the wake of financial crisis.

And that is one of many ad campaigns.

It gives you a perspective of how little athletes actually get at the end. Probably less than 1% of the total turnover in sports business, while they actually do make the sport.

I am very skeptical about any athletes profits considering they can make money only around a decade average, and after taxes and expenses which take them up.

Olympics are an extreme idealism.

Is it possible that a competitive hot-dog eater like Takeru Kobayashi makes more money than Chris Hoy?

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