Being named the highest-paid athlete has immense aspirational value for the youth but aspiration must not become a distraction. Forbes has named global soccer star Lionel Messi as the world’s highest-paid athlete for the first time. The cut-off to land a place in "The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes" list was $25 million this year. To give some context to these numbers, consider the television broadcast rights revenue for Fifa. It was $3 billion for the 2015-2018 cycle, and marketing rights revenue for the same cycle were $1.65 billion.

Source: Mint June 12, 2019 14:39 UTC