In this Sept. 23, 2014, file photo Real’s Cristiano Ronaldo holds the ball as he celebrates his four goals during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Elche at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain. Ronaldo is one of the three finalists for the Ballon d’Or, the FIFA World Player of the Year award. AP PHOTO
When you’re a good professional athlete, you’re paid an exorbitant amount just by doing pretty much anything.
Take Cristiano Ronaldo, as Chelsea’s Eden Hazard put him, the “extraterrestrial” superstar of Real Madrid and Twitter’s most famous athlete.
As of posting time, CR7 (Ronaldo’s monicker taken from his initials and shirt number), has 37.6 million followers on Twitter and according to AS cited in Bleacher Report, the Portuguese winger makes a lot of money per promotional tweet.
According to the said report, the three-time Ballon d’Or makes $250,000 for any tweet promoting any product that will reach his small country of followers.
Meanwhile, four-time NBA MVP LeBron James makes $140,000 per promotional tweet. RAM