It's $8.5 mil($55mil-47 mil=8 mil). New Jersey has a 8.97% income tax also. 0.0897*55 mil=$4.9 mil. The difference is $3.1 mil. Scola is not popular enough to get a Nike shoe deal. Scola also receives additional chinese endorsements, because plays with Yao Ming. <object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.tudou.com/v/Y-XofpSzQCk"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.tudou.com/v/Y-XofpSzQCk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object>
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