Right. Its as simple as saying if Lebron is capable of making 1 billion now, certainly Jordan would do it. Jordan could almost walk over and collect 8% off the top of Lebron's earnings since he basically helped create the money market that Lebron is in. I'd like to see a list of athletes who invest and establish their own business ventures. Like Magic Johnson Enterprise. When Gone with the Wind was released, Babe Ruth was way the Tiger Woods of that time. Wonder what his inflation adjusted earnings would be.
The whole concept of him earning more than any other athlete is based on a simple economic fallacy. That is inflation. A dollar earned in Jordan's heyday went alot further than a dollar in Tiger's prime today. You can't compare 1980's dollars to post millennium dollars unless they are adjusting it to inflation. I don't see them indicating that in the article at all.
