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« Reply #150 on: May 13, 2010, 04:21:00 PM »
Quote from: derby on May 13, 2010, 04:16:22 PM
exactly... ducati had offered lorenzo €7 million ($9.3M, double his offer from yamaha)... you have to have a really good reason to turn down a $4.7M pay increase.


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« Reply #151 on: May 13, 2010, 06:00:17 PM »
Do the riders get money from the Sponsors like some of the other elite athletes do ?

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« Reply #152 on: May 13, 2010, 06:27:35 PM »
Quote from: DoubleEagle on May 13, 2010, 06:00:17 PM
Do the riders get money from the Sponsors like some of the other elite athletes do ?

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Yup, hence the fact that Rossi is one of the top 5 paid athletes in the world.
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« Reply #153 on: May 13, 2010, 07:56:22 PM »
Quote from: derby on May 13, 2010, 04:17:20 PM
look at my post above... they did offer the cash last year and he said "no thanks."

I remember that, but I think Hayden's performance on the bike has eased all those tensions.
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« Reply #154 on: May 13, 2010, 08:37:29 PM »
Rossi probably won't go to F1.

His other passion is Rally car Racing.

There's a good chance when he leaves MOTOGP he will compete in Rally not any other form of auto racing.

He has experience having already run in several Rally events.

His master plan a few years ago was to ride MOTOGP until he was 31-32 years old.

He's 31 now. His contract w, Yamaha is through 2010

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« Reply #155 on: May 14, 2010, 07:22:43 AM »
Quote from: El Matador on May 13, 2010, 06:27:35 PM
Yup, hence the fact that Rossi is one of the top 5 paid athletes in the world.

He's way up there in earnings, but I don't think he's top-5:

http://www.gkmen.com/sports/north-american-sports/who-are-highest-paid-athletes-2010190210
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« Reply #156 on: May 14, 2010, 07:46:16 AM »
Quote from: Cider on May 14, 2010, 07:22:43 AM
He's way up there in earnings, but I don't think he's top-5:

http://www.gkmen.com/sports/north-american-sports/who-are-highest-paid-athletes-2010190210

with all the ties in that list, he receives the 5th highest compensation.
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« Reply #157 on: May 14, 2010, 09:13:49 AM »
Quote from: derby on May 14, 2010, 07:46:16 AM
with all the ties in that list, he receives the 5th highest compensation.

So if two guys tie for first, the third guy to cross the line gets second?  Huh? 

Anyways, I wasn't disputing the original point: he makes obscene amounts of money.
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« Reply #158 on: May 14, 2010, 09:20:56 AM »
Quote from: Cider on May 14, 2010, 09:13:49 AM
  he makes obscene amounts of money.

where is the line from shitload to make the beast with two backston to obscene?
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« Reply #159 on: May 14, 2010, 09:26:49 AM »
Shitload = 5 zeros
make the beast with two backston = 6 zeros
Obscene = 7 zeros
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« Reply #160 on: May 14, 2010, 09:28:48 AM »
Quote from: Speeddog on May 14, 2010, 09:26:49 AM
Shitload = 5 zeros
make the beast with two backston = 6 zeros
Obscene = 7 zeros

thank you for that clarification!
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« Reply #161 on: May 14, 2010, 10:01:09 AM »
I make an obscene amount of nothing.
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« Reply #162 on: May 14, 2010, 10:04:48 AM »
Quote from: Speeddog on May 14, 2010, 09:26:49 AM
Shitload = 5 zeros
make the beast with two backston = 6 zeros
Obscene = 7 zeros

Do leading zeros count?
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« Reply #163 on: May 14, 2010, 10:10:07 AM »
Quote from: desmoquattro on May 14, 2010, 10:04:48 AM
Do leading zeros count?

only if you are duccarlos making an obscene amount of nothing!
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« Reply #164 on: May 14, 2010, 04:57:39 PM »
Unless you are worth a Billion like Tiger and get sued by his wife in the Divorce for $500,000,000.

Even still worth 1/2 a billion to think she could get a 1/2 a billion.

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