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WTF? That's rape.
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/k...oney-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.
WTF? That's rape.
That's definitely lame. But who's stupid enough to pay $50 bucks for basically a t-shirt and to be able to read a blog?
The site is mostly free. If you're stupid enough to pay $50 to get a t-shirt and read a blog, then your stupid ass deserves to lose $50.
Kobe "Want to be like Mike" Bryant.
You'd be suprised to see how many of them are in Southern Cal. They literally worship the MJ wannabe.
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Depends how cool the Tee shirt is. If it's a cool shirt, you have to figure it's worth about $30. If I were a huge Kobe fan, I wouldn't be doing backflips over this, but there's worse things in life than having the option to spend 20 measly bucks for website access.
content would have to include nude pics of his wife for fifty dollars.
Kobe "Want to be like Mike" Bryant.Once again proving my point. People wonder where the Kobe and MJ comparisons come from. Alot from the hater themselves. You'd think they'd stop trying to bring it up, but they always do regardless of the topic. Maybe, just maybe, they actually think is that close.You'd be suprised to see how many of them are in Southern Cal. They literally worship the MJ wannabe.
Lakaluva
I wonder how long/consistent his entries would be...
Gino's blog would probably own it. As well as Agent Zero's.
Excellent
kobe may not be the actual person behind it
Kobe's playing for the world famous lakers and has an entire empire
I wouldnt be surprised if Kobe never even goes to the site
his managers are more likely the ones behind it
This coming from the guy with a Timmy pic as his avatar. Priceless!You'd be suprised to see how many of them are in Southern Cal. They literally worship the MJ wannabe.
Exactly. No doubt the webmaster get's a salary from Kobe. He probably came up with the new concept and asked if he could go with it to get some extra income for himself. Kobe probably approved thinking what could it hurt.
Every little issue with Kobe gets brought up by the haters and the "MJ is god" fanboys. Seems odd to me. If they really think there is no comparison and Kobe is so pathetic, then why do you keep bringing it to the spotlight. I would think you would ignore all things Kobe and let it fade into obsecurity.
Kobe will probably write the first 2 blogs then someone will take over and start ghost writing the entries for him.
Very cheap and not so original Bryant..not at all.
when lakalava comes back he's going to sort everyone in this thread and explain why it's worth 50$ for the website
that sucks
Ok?Kobe "Want to be like Mike" Bryant.
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DId you ever think that maybe the money goes to his foundation?
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