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Colin Kaepernick Continues
Floyd Mayweather Will Join
Mission To Donate $1M To Charities;
Billionaire Athletes Club
J Cole’s Foundation Gets $30K
After McGregor Fight
Despite being blackballed by the NFL, Colin Kaeper- nick has continued his mis- sion to donate $1,000,000 to various charities this year, most recently donating over $30,000 to J. Cole’s charity the Dreamville Foundation.
Jermaine Cole, also known as, recording artist, J.Cole, established The Dreamville Foundation. Sim- ilar to his dreams of becom- ing a successful rapper, he knew from an early age he wanted to give back and up- lift the urban youth of Fayet- teville, North Carolina.
The Dreamville Founda- tion’s goal for the urban youth is to have a dream, be-
Colin Kaepernick has not found a football home, however, he has continued to donate money to various charities. J. Cole’s foundation was a recent recipient.
Floyd Mayweather won “the money fight” on Satur- day and is now poised to enter a new arena: the billion- aire athletes club.
Mayweather is expected to bring in over $300 million for his fight against Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter he beat in 10 rounds.
The boxing superstar — he now boasts a 50-0 record — has already grossed a re- ported $700 million in his ca- reer from fight purses, which include money from pay-per- view sales, ticket sales and fight endorsements.
After this fight, May- weather should join Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as the first three ath- letes to make more than $1 billion, said Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of May- weather Promotions.
“I don’t think he’s done too bad in his career,” Ellerbe added.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Jordan made more than $93 million over his career, according to salary tracker Spotrac. However, he had several lucrative endorsement deals, including a lifetime deal with Nike.
Those endorsement deals helped him break into the bil- lionaire’s club, as well as his ownership of the Charlotte Hornets. In 2015, he made Forbes’ list of billionaires for the first time.
Tiger Woods was also on the exclusive list, at least for a time.
Floyd Mayweather
earned $25M before throwing a single punch or even step- ping inside the ropes against Conor McGregor.
The 50-0 king of boxing earned the eye-watering pay- day from sponsorship and branding deals l appeared on the ring, on his hat and on his robe and shorts, according to the Telegraph.
The shorts are far and away the most expensive space on Mayweather’s body. His sponsorship partners, One En- tertainment, broke the trunks down into six separate spon- sorship areas, which when added all together are worth $15 million.
Here is a breakdown of Mayweather’s full sponsor- ship payday:
Ring sponsorships: $5 mil- lion
Robe: $1 million Shoes: $1 million
FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND CONOR MCGREGOR
Weigh-in trunks: $1M Victory hat: $1M
Walk-out cap: $.5M
Fight shorts, front waist:
Over $3.M
Fight shorts, front seams:
$3.5M
Fight short, rear center: $3M Fight short, rear waist: $2M Fight short, front thigh:
$1.5M
Fight short, rear thigh: $1.5
M
Unbelievably, a betting
company purchased the space on just the ring cushion behind Mayweather’s head for a cool $3.1M.
lieve in their dream, and achieve their dream. The Dreamville Foundation is dedicated to creating pro- grams and events that will allow our youth to be “Set up for Success.”
Since pledging to donate $1 million of his salary to various charities in the wake of his national anthem protests, Kaepernick re- portedly had donated $700,000+.
Conor McGregor Issued Two- Month Medical Suspension After TKO
FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND CONOR MCGREGOR
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued a two- month medical suspension to Conor McGregor after his TKO loss to Floyd May- weather in the boxing ring last weekend.
McGregor (21-3) has been suspended from competition through Oct. 26 and is to re- frain from "contact" until Oct.
11.The term "suspension" might draw public attention, but this is a standard regula- tory practice in combat sports. McGregor's two- month medical suspension figures to have zero impact on his next fight.
The 29-year-old UFC champion drew praise for his professional boxing debut against Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs), who surpassed Rocky Marciano's land- mark undefeated boxing record of 49-0. May- weather, who retired imme- diately after the fight, received no medical suspension from the commission.
It Cost $3 Million To Cover Floyd Mayweather’s Trunks
Jordan Brand Unveils New Air Jordan XXXII Signature Sneaker
Nike's Jordan Brand un- veiled the latest model of the Air Jordan sneaker, the Air Jordan XXXII, at a special event in Italy, harkening back to the company's deep roots in the industry. The sneaker will be released on Sept. 23 and re- tail for $185, the same price as last year's edition.
With Jordan long retired from the game, the shoe will be headlined on the court this season by Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell
Westbrook, the NBA's reign- ing MVP. Other All-Stars, such as Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Carmelo An- thony, are also expected to wear it in their own exclusive uniform-specific versions.
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