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1 edit | Re: plus one thing said by Matt  :How many times before the Olympics did you see or hear about Michael Phelps? Swimming doesn't have 1/100th the national exposure as golf, so I'd give it 6 months and Michael Phelps will fade in (relative) obscurity. The same number of times I heard of any Olympic athlete outside of basketball(and tennis), 0. But that doesn't mean there can't be a year or so of "Phelpsmania".
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| Re: plus one thing Yeah, olympist can never be household names... 
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BabyBear
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| Re: plus one thing said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... I think he was referring to their "pre-Olympic" fame. As in how well known was Phelps before his 8 gold medals this time around. He had 6 previous gold medals from the past but I don't remember hearing his name before. Then again I'm not a big Olympic watcher. | |
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| Re: plus one thing "so I'd give it 6 months and Michael Phelps will fade in (relative) obscurity."
»edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/18/ph···oryemail
From John Vause
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Phelps already is collecting about $5 million a year in endorsement checks from companies like Visa -- payments that came after he won six gold medals during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
"He may be at $30, $40, $50 million a year in endorsements after all this is said and done," said David Harrow of the National Sports Lawyers Association.
That could put him in the same stratosphere as soccer star David Beckham and golfer Tiger Woods, though Harrow doubted that Phelps is "at the $87-million endorsement number of Tiger." | |
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Edwards, CO | You for got Mark Spitz. Relative obscurity ... I don't think so. Spitz last Olympics were in 1972 and he's still a household name. | |
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| Re: plus one thing said by AlexNYC :You for got Mark Spitz. Relative obscurity ... I don't think so. Spitz last Olympics were in 1972 and he's still a household name. I had never heard of him until Phelps got to 6 medals.
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1 edit | Re: plus one thing That's interesting. I have heard of him since I was a child and I wasn't even born in the US. | |
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| said by AlexNYC :You for got Mark Spitz. Relative obscurity ... I don't think so. Spitz last Olympics were in 1972 and he's still a household name. Not according to my own house | |
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| said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... Mary Lou Retton Scott Hamilton Dan Jansen Nada Comaneci Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan Kristi Yamaguchi Jackie Joyner-Kersee Apolo Ohno you forgot donovan bailey  | |
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San Ramon, CA | Re: plus one thing Theres also Peggy Fleming, Dorthy Hamel, Carl Lewis, Micheal Johnson and the infamous Marion Jones. | |
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| said by DJMASACRE :said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... Mary Lou Retton Scott Hamilton Dan Jansen Nada Comaneci Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan Kristi Yamaguchi Jackie Joyner-Kersee Apolo Ohno you forgot donovan bailey Ben Johnston!!! World Record Holder! 9.79!!!! OOPS! That was Stanozolol induced, nevermind...
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