So word on the street is...

[drjeff]

Lindsey Vonn begs for dirty Rama Noodles that have fallen from a table compared to Tiger Woods.

I'd venture a guess that today atleast, with Tiger not nearly the sponsors dream that he once was, and Lindsey's sponsor stock being pretty high right now, that while he still makes more in sponsorship $$ than she does, with what i'm sure Red Bull, and Underarmor, Head, Oakley, Audi, Rolex and Vail pay her that it's not nearly the spread in $$ that many might think it would be.

With the Sochi Olympics coming up about a year from now, i'm guessing that Lindsey will be signing a few more endorsement deals and/or larger current ones if they're up for renewal this year. Tiger might need to have an old "Tiger like" year to keep ahead of Lindsey sponsorship wise :lol:

 

[AdironRider]

You are high if you think Lindsey is even close to Tiger in earnings.

He gets 3 million just for one appearance. Im willing to bet thats probably what Lindsey gets all year. Skiers and snowboarders dont make that much money. Lets put it this way, Tommy Moe is still doing ski lessons, and he won Olympic Gold as well.

Noone I know who doesnt ski really knows who Lindsey Vonn is, if they do, they just assume Olmpics and only give a shit once a four years. Tiger on the other hand is known by pretty much every person in this country over the age of 12.

Nike contract anyone? Thats like 8 figures a year as it is.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'd venture a guess that today atleast, with Tiger not nearly the sponsors dream that he once was, and Lindsey's sponsor stock being pretty high right now, that while he still makes more in sponsorship $$ than she does, with what i'm sure Red Bull, and Underarmor, Head, Oakley, Audi, Rolex and Vail pay her that it's not nearly the spread in $$ that many might think it would be.

I do.

Golf isnt just > than skiing.
Golf is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than skiing.

I guarantee that in Tiger Woods' best year, he made more $$ than Lindsey Vonn's career earnings from every FIS win and every endorsement contract she's ever had or is currently signed to combined.

He's had numerous > $100M years. Plus, even with his "depressed earnings", he's still pulling down something like $60M a year, Vonn cant even come remotely close to that.

Noone I know who doesnt ski really knows who Lindsey Vonn is, if they do, they just assume Olmpics and only give a shit once a four years. Tiger on the other hand is known by pretty much every person in this country over the age of 12.

Percentage of Americans who know who Tiger Woods is? Probably 98% (possibly more)
Percentage of Americans who know who Lindsey Vonn is? Probably 19% (possibly less)

 

[timm]

Forget Americans, Woods is one of the most recognizable celebrities on Earth. Woods annual earnings, even in these "bad" years are many times what Vonn has made in her entire career.

 

[drjeff]

You are high if you think Lindsey is even close to Tiger in earnings.

He gets 3 million just for one appearance. Im willing to bet thats probably what Lindsey gets all year. Skiers and snowboarders dont make that much money. Lets put it this way, Tommy Moe is still doing ski lessons, and he won Olympic Gold as well.

Noone I know who doesnt ski really knows who Lindsey Vonn is, if they do, they just assume Olmpics and only give a shit once a four years. Tiger on the other hand is known by pretty much every person in this country over the age of 12.

Nike contract anyone? Thats like 8 figures a year as it is.

Not to split hairs, but as a golfer and a skier, I kind of lump "appearnce fees" into winnings when it comes to a golfers income, which is seperate from sponsors endorsements. So for those 1/2 dozen or so tournaments where Tiger isn't playing in a PGA sanctioned event (can't give out appearnance fees in a PGA sanctioned event) and say some sheik in Dubai gives him in the past 3 million (this year he was "only" worth 1.5 million to show up) or some new chinese billionaire pays him an appearance fee to come play in an event at the course linked to the casino in Shanghei that he just developed, that atleast in my mind is seperate earnings wise than what he gets for the result of his on course efforts over 4 days and 72 holes of competition.

Tiger still has his BIG Nike contract for sure(he's actually now their #2 paid golfer behind newly signed Rory McElroy from Ireland - who BTW is dating the very attractive tennis star Caroline Wozniacki), but you son't see his face all over Buick, or Amex, or Rolex or etc, etc, etc adds like you used too. A solid year this year after some good results for him last year might change that once again. But even in the golf world, the once heralded "Tiger Woods designed signature golf courses" that used to adorn many a new high end golf communtity piece of advertising you just don't see anymore.

He makes a crap load of sponsors cash by most anyone's accounts for sure, but the number and size of sponsors checks that he's cashing today aren't nearly what they were before "the 9 iron hit the teeth"

Also, LV is gaining in the US market, and is BIG in the European market. With Underarmor putting her in media and print adds where it's just her and Tom Brady as the featured athletes, I'm guessing that the folks out of Baltimore are paying her easily 7 figures to wear their logo on her turtlenecks and other sportswear. And I think that we can alll agree that the Southeast Asian's behind Redbull pay their top athletes some decent change per year too.

 

[Rambo]

Does all this mean that when I am in the supermarket next week, I'll see Lindsey's and Tigers faces photoshoped together on the front pages of the National Enquirer, Star... etc.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Also, LV is gaining in the US market, and is BIG in the European market. With Underarmor putting her in media and print adds where it's just her and Tom Brady as the featured athletes, I'm guessing that the folks out of Baltimore are paying her easily 7 figures to wear their logo on her turtlenecks and other sportswear. And I think that we can alll agree that the Southeast Asian's behind Redbull pay their top athletes some decent change per year too.

It's still chump-change compared to Tiger. They're not even in the same zipcode in terms of earnings!

Look, when Vonn failed to pay her income taxes in 2010 (her best year) the bill was $1.7M. That's all the info you need to know her total income is less than what Tiger Woods bets on the under/over in the Superbowl.......at the last minute......because he's bored.

 

[SIKSKIER]

From what I could find,she made almost 6 million after the O's in 2010.$466,000 in prize money.Paywizard estimated she earned 3 million last year.Poor tiger's dropped from 75 million to 58 million as of last May.

 

[AdironRider]

Not to split hairs, but as a golfer and a skier, I kind of lump "appearnce fees" into winnings when it comes to a golfers income, which is seperate from sponsors endorsements. So for those 1/2 dozen or so tournaments where Tiger isn't playing in a PGA sanctioned event (can't give out appearnance fees in a PGA sanctioned event) and say some sheik in Dubai gives him in the past 3 million (this year he was "only" worth 1.5 million to show up) or some new chinese billionaire pays him an appearance fee to come play in an event at the course linked to the casino in Shanghei that he just developed, that atleast in my mind is seperate earnings wise than what he gets for the result of his on course efforts over 4 days and 72 holes of competition.

Tiger still has his BIG Nike contract for sure(he's actually now their #2 paid golfer behind newly signed Rory McElroy from Ireland - who BTW is dating the very attractive tennis star Caroline Wozniacki), but you son't see his face all over Buick, or Amex, or Rolex or etc, etc, etc adds like you used too. A solid year this year after some good results for him last year might change that once again. But even in the golf world, the once heralded "Tiger Woods designed signature golf courses" that used to adorn many a new high end golf communtity piece of advertising you just don't see anymore.

He makes a crap load of sponsors cash by most anyone's accounts for sure, but the number and size of sponsors checks that he's cashing today aren't nearly what they were before "the 9 iron hit the teeth"

Also, LV is gaining in the US market, and is BIG in the European market. With Underarmor putting her in media and print adds where it's just her and Tom Brady as the featured athletes, I'm guessing that the folks out of Baltimore are paying her easily 7 figures to wear their logo on her turtlenecks and other sportswear. And I think that we can alll agree that the Southeast Asian's behind Redbull pay their top athletes some decent change per year too.

You are pretty clearly missing cause and effect.

You dont see Tiger on golf course developments anymore because of the housing crisis, not because he went to town on some porn stars.

Keep on keepin on I suppose, but you are delusional. Tiger makes more in a year before stepping on a course than Lindsey has made in her entire life.

You are giving way to much credit and faith to what extreme athletes make. They really dont make much but their expenses are paid for pretty much year round, which is pretty sweet for them.

The closest extreme athlete is Jon Ollson (however you spell it) and he isnt even close to Tiger, more like his caddy level of income and blows it on Lambo's and image type stuff.

 

[BenedictGomez]

The closest extreme athlete is Jon Ollson (however you spell it) and he isnt even close to Tiger, more like his caddy level of income and blows it on Lambo's and image type stuff.

Actually, I bet Tiger Woods' long-time caddy Steve Williams has also made more $$$$$ than Lindsey Vonn's career earnings AND endorsement deals combined. Not too many caddies dabble in philanthropic ventures.

 

[AdironRider]

 

[kingslug]

Upsetting this is........

 

[Puck it]

Little bit of an eighthead going on, but she can still eat crackers, mind you.

 

[C-Rex]

Before his divorce, Tiger was just shy of being a billionaire. LV is on the lower end of the millionaire spectrum.

To put that in perspective: If you stacked up a million dollars worth of $100 bills so they were 1 story high you'd look at that like, "Damn, that's a lotta duckets! I'd like to have that." Now do the same with a billion dollars and it would be 1000 stories tall, over 10,000 feet high. You could BASE jump off it and not even have to open your chute right away.

Anyway, I think this rumor is total BS. And it'd be kinda stupid. How could someone who's that into skiing be into someone that I'm not sure even know's how to ski.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Frankly, in terms of female hotness, I think LV is ridiculously overrated.

 

[Cannonball]

Lindsey Vonn net worth = $3M http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/lindsey-vonn-net-worth/

Tiger Woods net worth = $500M http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-golfers/tiger-woods-net-worth/

I'm sure Tiger's real motivation in this relationship is to be worth $503M

 

[marcski]

Tiger could never earn another dime and he'd still have a greater net worth than Lindsey even if she wins 3 golds in Sochi!

 

[C-Rex]

Frankly, in terms of female hotness, I think LV is ridiculously overrated.

Agreed. I'd be afraid to go downtown on her, she could crack my skull like a walnut with those thighs.

 

[ChicoKat]

Two words for this thread: Julia Mancuso

 

[darent]

Wow, if that's true my opinion of Lindsey just plummeted.

+2 or 3, why would you want to bring that dude in your life,great track record for a relationship