Thunder Dan
01-17-2009, 12:23 PM
Seriously- this is the case where 2 assholes are made: 1. Kobe for actually having the gull to charge his fans through some BS membership, and 2. anyone that pays $50 for it
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/01/14/kobe-bryant-loves-his-fans-well-their-money-at-least/
Kobe Bryant makes something somewhere north of $30 million dollars a year, at least. He makes $22 million from the Lakers this year. All of his endorsements aren't public knowledge, but you can bet they provide a pretty hefty amount of coin.
So all in all, he's doing pretty well for himself.
Or so you think.
This economy has hit all of us hard. And if you want to survive, you need to treat your assets as a business. You never know when that $30 million a year is going to suddenly vanish into nothing. I mean, that's not really that much more than the average American family makes, you know? Plus, Kobe loves Cheesecake Factory. Do you know how much that costs?
Luckily, Kobe and his people are thinking ahead. They've figured out a way to weather the storm. And it's all in KB24.com.
KB24.com is arguably the best athlete website on earth. It provides exclusive content. It has nice flash design. It is the web portal to the product that is Kobe Bryant. It must take a seriously committed webmaster to run, and its operating budget is probably higher than all of the other athlete websites out there.
So it probably takes a pretty big chunk out of that $30 million. It must have, since now they're charging Kobe's fans for it.
LABallTalk.com brings us the story today of changes to KB24.com. Now, all the important stuff that you came to KB24.com for are still free. Pictures of Kobe's new shoes (only $140 per pair!), highlight reels you can get on YouTube, and lots of links to the 24Store (thank goodness, Momma's birthday is coming up soon!). But if, for some reason, you wanted to check out Kobe's exclusive blog, or talk to other Kobe fans about how he was totally robbed of the MVP in 200x, you better pony up.
For premium content on KB24.com, Kobe's now charging $49.99.
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/01/14/kobe-bryant-loves-his-fans-well-their-money-at-least/
Kobe Bryant makes something somewhere north of $30 million dollars a year, at least. He makes $22 million from the Lakers this year. All of his endorsements aren't public knowledge, but you can bet they provide a pretty hefty amount of coin.
So all in all, he's doing pretty well for himself.
Or so you think.
This economy has hit all of us hard. And if you want to survive, you need to treat your assets as a business. You never know when that $30 million a year is going to suddenly vanish into nothing. I mean, that's not really that much more than the average American family makes, you know? Plus, Kobe loves Cheesecake Factory. Do you know how much that costs?
Luckily, Kobe and his people are thinking ahead. They've figured out a way to weather the storm. And it's all in KB24.com.
KB24.com is arguably the best athlete website on earth. It provides exclusive content. It has nice flash design. It is the web portal to the product that is Kobe Bryant. It must take a seriously committed webmaster to run, and its operating budget is probably higher than all of the other athlete websites out there.
So it probably takes a pretty big chunk out of that $30 million. It must have, since now they're charging Kobe's fans for it.
LABallTalk.com brings us the story today of changes to KB24.com. Now, all the important stuff that you came to KB24.com for are still free. Pictures of Kobe's new shoes (only $140 per pair!), highlight reels you can get on YouTube, and lots of links to the 24Store (thank goodness, Momma's birthday is coming up soon!). But if, for some reason, you wanted to check out Kobe's exclusive blog, or talk to other Kobe fans about how he was totally robbed of the MVP in 200x, you better pony up.
For premium content on KB24.com, Kobe's now charging $49.99.