Barry Bonds Missing Out on 30 Million Dollars In Endorsements

BONDS’ BITCHINESS BLOWING AWAY ENDORSEMENT BUCKS: Jonah Freedman of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED points out how much endorsement money Mr. Bonds could be missing out on due to Barry being Barry:

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Contracts from contacts like shoe shuckers and fast food financiers could be netting the Giants slugger almost $30 million in sponsors’ spending. However, it’s difficult to sell products when your possible pitchman won’t even be honored by his league’s commissioner:

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Freedman enlisted the help of a sports marketing firm to create a hypothetical portfolio of Bonds’ projected earnings if he wasn’t a projected pain in the ass.

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For example, Barry could be chowing down on $750,000 from Taco Bell, while Nike would lace up a sizeable sum of $10 million for Bonds as he flies in the field featured in their footwear.