The Facts:
Sports Illustrated is out with its annual list of the highest-paid athletes in North American sports, and the list shows Manning, who will make $15.8 million from the Colts and $15 million in endorsements, is one of just four athletes who make $15 million from both sources of income. The other three are Tiger Woods, LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Overall, Manning ranks as the No. 9 highest-paid athlete, in a Top 10 that also includes two golfers, a boxer, four NBA players and two New York Yankees. Spots 11-20 are heavy with NFL players: Matthew Stafford, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Terrell Suggs and Albert Haynesworth. As PFT's Michael Davide Smith notes, of those NFL players, only the younger Manning brother gets a significant portion of his income from endorsements; the others make almost all their income from the teams they play for.
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