SI List of 50 Top Paid Athletes; Mayweather at 4

[amat]

NBA players are on the list so much because they make so much. Their average salary is $4.9 million which is the highest average of any American sports. That's because of the long season coupled with the fact that there are a lot less NBA players then there is anything else in team sports.

Boozeboxer hit it on golf, and it is an exciting sport, I watch all the majors. Hard to watch much else though especially if it's like the first round of the Pheonix Open.

[Youngblood]

Tiger's endorsement power is huge because of the cross-over ability he has to virtually any medium. To any sports fan.

EVERYONE knows who Tiger is, and generally most everyone likes him. So regardless of what his name ends up on, it will sell. It ends up on the things it does, because those companies can pay out what his marketability worth is. And it's huge.