The earnings ranking of Jordan’s # 1 athlete, Pele sends encouragement to Federer
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Recently, the American golf media, Golf Digest, compiled and announced the income rankings of past sports players.
In this ranking, announced up to 10th place, there were active players, but there were also many retired ‘legends’ who dominated the times.
1st place was “Basketball Emperor” Michael Jordan (59, USA), who earned $ 2.62 billion (about 3.65 trillion winnings).
In addition to Jordan, four other people who received the title of “emperor” in their sport while on active duty in the top 10 were Tiger Woods (47, USA), Michael Schumacher (53, Germany) and Roger Federer (41, Switzerland). ).
Woods is in second place with $ 2.11 billion, Schumacher is in ninth with $ 1.13 billion and Federer is in 10th with $ 1.12 billion.
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Indeed, receiving the title of “emperor” is somewhat subjective because there are no fixed qualifications.
However, many people agree with the title of “Emperor” only when they have excellent performance, a pioneering position to lead the event, fan preference that transcends sport and social symbolism.
Although he did not make the top 10 on the income charts due to different periods of active duty, Pele (82, Brazil), who is called “the emperor of football”, deserves to be ranked as a “emperor of global sport” .
As Federer announced his retirement following the Laver Cup later this month, only golf Emperor Woods remained active.
However, it is another feature of “Emperor” that even after retirement constantly appears in the main news and draws the attention of fans to every move.
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The day Federer announced his intention to retire, the jersey Jordan wore in the first game of the 1998 NBA championship was auctioned at Sotheby’s for $ 10.1 million, or 14.1 billion won in. Korean currency, making it the subject of discussion.
1998 was the last time Jordan won the NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan, who is currently the owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, steadily becomes a reporter with Nike’s “Air Jordan” series and the 2020 “world hit” documentary “Last Dance”.
Not to mention the Woods active duty.
Woods, who suffered a serious leg injury in a car accident in February last year, made headlines every time he appeared in public.
Sports fans around the world rejoiced when he won the 2019 Masters after overcoming a sex scandal in 2009 and subsequent severe back and knee injuries.
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Schumacher, the “Emperor of Formula 1 (F1)”, suffered a severe head injury while skiing in 2013 and fell unconscious.
He has since been receiving treatment in the hospital but has never returned to the F1 car and his post-crash appearance has never been released.
However, whenever a new record is released in F1, Schumacher’s record is mentioned so much that it plays a huge role in F1.
Pele, the “emperor of football”, has had great performances during his active career, but recently his predictions are often wrong, and he is a famous “celeb” also known as the “curse of Pele”.
He received treatment for colon cancer late last year and was hospitalized earlier this year due to poor urethra.
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However, in June, he received applause from fans for his elder actions, such as appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop the war.”
“It’s hard to let go of what you love, but we’ve done our best every step of the way and your journey has had a huge impact on the world,” Federer said on social media on the same day, encouraging the emperor.
/ yunhap news
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