Steve Ekstrand wrote:Talk coming out today that Lewis Hamilton might have more earning power than David Beckham or Tiger Woods. Calling him the next Mohammed Ali.
Maybe he'll challenge Obama for Global Kalifah.
You just can't leave it alone. A scholar of the U.S. Constitution is going to take the oath of office--""to preserve, protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America"--and then go off the deep end.
Just because Nixon and W did this in clandestine ways, it is not proof that Obama will do this regardless of how you interpret the varying and biased analyses of his views. Has the GOP suddenly denounced "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice?" I see W and the neocons pulling the strings claiming a defense of the security of the U.S., but that neither includes or ensures the liberty of its citizens.
As of for "the next Mohammed Ali," the top endorsement values of athletes during the past 20 years were/are held by Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Beckham was a blip in the U.S. and Canada until he joined the LA Galaxy and now he's a blip-and-a-half. I've seen more of that Olympic swimmer than I have of Bechham. Ali? Hasn't been in the game for a long time because of Parkinson's. What year were the Olympics when bravely carried the torch? 1992?
For all that Hamilton has accomplished, his endorsement contracts will be in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Each tailored to the audience, of course. Doubt that he and Glock will be in any advert shown in Brasil.
