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  1. 05-31-2017 #1
    ambchang
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    http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...nking-athletes

    I am surprised, shocked, that Durant made it in the top 10 and Curry didn't. No surprises Lebron is top 3.

    3 soccer players, two tennis stars in the top 10. Surprised Tiger still made top 10, and Usain Bolt is not higher.

    As for the rest of the list, Wade at 24, Rose at 33, Westbrook at 35, Melo at 41 are all pretty funny, and shows that popularity really has nothing to do with dominance or even success in the sport.
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  2. 05-31-2017 #2
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    List is probably based on current social media trends
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  3. 05-31-2017 #3
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    ESPN's decision to give Caitlyn Jenner an ESPY award, more Media Circus
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  4. 05-31-2017 #4
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    No baseball players?
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  5. 05-31-2017 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
    No baseball players?
    List is about Athletes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
    No baseball players?
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    Missi loses to Ronaldo per par.
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  8. 05-31-2017 #8
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    This is a BS list...

    No one knows Phil Mickelson outside 40 year old wrinkled white men, coons, and 25 year olds making 40k a year pretending to make 90k a year.

    Phil Mickelson over Neymar and Curry.
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  9. 05-31-2017 #9
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    Tiger at 10, so much for falling from grace. He didn't fall very far, Curry still looking up at his asshole.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ambchang
    http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...nking-athletes

    I am surprised, shocked, that Durant made it in the top 10 and Curry didn't. No surprises Lebron is top 3.

    3 soccer players, two tennis stars in the top 10. Surprised Tiger still made top 10, and Usain Bolt is not higher.

    As for the rest of the list, Wade at 24, Rose at 33, Westbrook at 35, Melo at 41 are all pretty funny, and shows that popularity really has nothing to do with dominance or even success in the sport.
    All about marketability, brah. The average sportsballluva is a fairweather re . They don't think like ST posters do tbh. It's the guys that do the twerking after every made shot who are going to appeal to the masses and get shown on commercials. I know it's not Kawhi's nature, but he's definitely going to miss out on tens of millions of dollars in endorsements by being so bland...fair or not
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  11. 05-31-2017 #11
    lefty
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
    No baseball players?
    Duh
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    at mickelson being on that list
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jodelo
    List is about Athletes.
    That invalidates soccer players then
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    Yeah, this list is heavily weighing endorsement money. Why there's so many golfers on the list. Luxury brands (Rolex, Mercedes, Armani, etc) kill each other to endorse golfers and pay big money to bring them on board with their brand. Even though golf's audiences aren't mega huge, the demographic is typically affluent. In no universe is Rickie Fowler a bigger global name than Drogba, but the difference is the people who know Fowler will buy watches and suits, while the majority of people who know Drogba are probably eating roaches in some village hut.
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  15. 05-31-2017 #15
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    There is no way Tiger is below KD, lol
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    Manny Pacquiao #59 LMAO
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    im not surprised that povertyball has fame around the globe, but at golfers being on an athlete list
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    Golfer and Cricket players being above Tom Brady... This clearly means that Golf and Cricket more athletically demanding sports than Football. Amirite?
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    Surprising that there is more MMA fighters on here than boxers tbh.
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  20. 05-31-2017 #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by midnightpulp
    Yeah, this list is heavily weighing endorsement money. Why there's so many golfers on the list. Luxury brands (Rolex, Mercedes, Armani, etc) kill each other to endorse golfers and pay big money to bring them on board with their brand. Even though golf's audiences aren't mega huge, the demographic is typically affluent. In no universe is Rickie Fowler a bigger global name than Drogba, but the difference is the people who know Fowler will buy watches and suits, while the majority of people who know Drogba are probably eating roaches in some village hut.
    Never heard of Drogba, have heard of Fowler for almost a decade. The Masters, British Open are mega huge worldwide tbh.
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    didn't read the lists yet

    but did any f1 drivers made the list vs indycar drivers?
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    Quote Originally Posted by midnightpulp
    Yeah, this list is heavily weighing endorsement money. Why there's so many golfers on the list. Luxury brands (Rolex, Mercedes, Armani, etc) kill each other to endorse golfers and pay big money to bring them on board with their brand. Even though golf's audiences aren't mega huge, the demographic is typically affluent. In no universe is Rickie Fowler a bigger global name than Drogba, but the difference is the people who know Fowler will buy watches and suits, while the majority of people who know Drogba are probably eating roaches in some village hut.
    that's cold
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
    No baseball players?
    Quote Originally Posted by Jodelo
    List is about Athletes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth_Pelican
    Missi loses to Ronaldo per par.
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  25. 06-01-2017 #25
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    ESPN helping tiger by photoshoping his mug.
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