
A few weeks back, I tweeted an article I read on cnnsi.com that ranked the top earning international athletes in the world. I was pleasantly surprised to find our very own Manny Pacquiao ranked third behind just David Beckham and Kimi Räikkönen. I found it quite amazing as Manny was ranked ahead of such global names like Yao Ming, Lewis Hamilton, Roger Federer, Vijay Singh, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Dirk Nowitzki, Maria Sharapova and Kaká.
The article claims that Manny earned US$40 million. Is this true? Who knows. It's probably a guesstimate. Nevertheless, a simple conversion to PHP (1USD = 48 PHP) shows us just how much it really is. In our currency, it is equivalent to a staggering 1.9 billion pesos. Yes, that's right...1.9 BILLION pesos! For perspective, GMA-7 earned a profit of 1 billion pesos from January-May of this year. Of course, GMA-7 is a huge organization with possibly thousands of employees accross the country.
Why again does he want to run for public office?
To read the full Sports Illustrated article, click here.
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