Being an athlete is like a dream come true for everyone in this world. Because athletes who compete in some kind of tournament or big sports event are being watched worldwide. As an athlete you can have a salary like any other job or even get higher.
Athletes have their own pride when they are winning some tournaments, they get famous, joy and of course paid. These are the following list of sports that get a high salary or even you can get rich from there.
- Football
Football is the biggest sport in the world, football is a sport that is suitable for everyone. Beside its fact, becoming a football athlete takes a lot of hard practices and exercises. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Ibrahimovic, they started from the bottom. But for your information, Cristiano Ronaldo makes $284,000 per week.
- Basketball
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Name it from Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Stephen Curry. Those names are so popular in the basketball industry. Basketball sports can’t be separated from the NBA and America, because they were the inventors of basketball. For your information, Stephen Curry gets a $48,000,000 salary per year.
- Golf
Golf is known as a ‘business sport’ because many business deals happen in golf courses. Golf is also an expensive sport, a brand new golf club set is worth from $1,000 – $10,000, it depends on the brand. Athletes like Tiger Woods, Rory Mcllroy, and Henrik Stenson can make $8,000,000 per year.
- Motorsport
Motorsport could be the most expensive sport in the world, because all of the preparations, vehicles, and equipment are a lot. Name it from F1, MotoGP, WRC, and any other driving competitions are costly. Beside those facts, Valentino Rossi gets paid $10 million per year from Yamaha.
Do not ever think that athletes can’t earn anything, athlete is a profession.
So, are you interested in becoming an athlete?