pmcg76 said:
There was bucketloads to be made if you were Lance(because of his history), I would wager he made more money than the rest of the next top 20 pro cyclists accumulated in the 00s.
I think LeMond signed a 3 year contract worth 1 million in 89. Yes, big money but hardly bucketloads in comparison to most other sports. A half decent soccer player in Europe makes far more in a week than the average pro cyclist makes in a year, thats before going near US sports or Golf.
Cyclists are still paupers in comparison to most other sportspeople.
amen to that...
LA made $20 mil last year i think with endorsements included...peanuts compared to mega balls woods who made $105 mil even with three of his major sponsors dumping him...
The livestrong foundation incidentally pulled in $41 mil last year for research and for various global efforts to benefit the cancer community. for some reason i dont think someone who makes even a paltry $20 mil has to take money from cancer victims to make a living. One more thing and i think im done with this thread and that is someone recently posted some derogatory comment about LAs being a classics rider and then a tour winner and incredulity at how that could be...
i fell to 110 lbs during my little bout looking in the mirror and seeing only death looking back....when i came back to something that aprroximated "normal" (tho normal never really returns)i was 15 lbs lighter but in odd places, My arms bever became as big as they were when i weighed 170 and as i rode my bike my legs developed and i became a very fast hillclimber ...weighed 154 at race weight...now im old fat and slow but cancer does terraform the body and even more importantly the mind...anyone who has not experienced the process cannot even begin to fathom how it changes motviation and more importantly focus and what one cna endure...when you stare death in the face and relaize you possibly only have a month or two left your focus on whaty is important becomes razor sharp...i was always a focused individual prior to cancer ,afterwards i was hyper focused to the 12th degree...
I didnt leanr that form lance but rather firom cancer, however i see the smae "afterglow" effects in him.... i was told in a recent post to pull my head out of my ***...excellent advice. i once had it firmly lodged there as I was uncomprehending of the suffering in the world...my experience made me pull ti out and relaize thta the world was aobut more thna just me and my petty and angry selfish opinions...La and his foundation are the tenth largest research foundation in the world...sorry but this guy has doen something ownmderful with what eh was handed..cnacer changed my life in a similiar manner as it does everyone whose life it touches. im not moralizing but merely offerign if we are to learn soemthign form La or any human beign it is a disservice to them to just focus on the negative...However i accept that negative is the sum total of some humans viewpoints...
when lance falls his ofundation will implode...Right now they are foccusing on stigma work in africa and developing o****ires...anyone have any idea of what thta si and how many hundreds fo thousanmds of lives it will impact? didnt think...pulll my head out of my ***...thanks again, that was great advice..