Monday, April 25, 2011

James is already one of the richest sportsmen

James is already one of the richest sportsmen in the world. He signed his first endorsement deal with Nike before even turning professional Prada Sunglasses. He is currently paid $15.8m (£9.7m) by Miami Heat, but when his endorsements from Nike, McDonald's and Coca-Cola are totted up, his earnings stand at an estimated $30m a year. The terms of the new deal have not been released, but it is expected that Fenway Sports will earn a small commission on any deals it makes on behalf of James.
One place such a deal is unlikely to be signed is in his native Ohio. Mr James grew up in Akron, a few miles south of Cleveland, whose Cavaliers' team he joined in 2003 as a 19-year-old Louis Vuitton Sunglasses. His departure to Miami Heat last summer is widely viewed as one of the most acrimonious in sporting history.
Such was the extent of his idolisation prior to the move, the Ohio governor Ted Strickland personally altered state legislation over the size of advertising next to freeways so a 10-storey high billboard of James could remain where it was Replica Oakley Sunglasses. The move to Miami was revealed in an hour-long TV show called The Decision and his former teammates were only informed a few minutes before it was aired.

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