Cam Newton becomes only football player to join this prestigious list of athletes

Keep getting them checks, Cam!

What do Cristian Ronaldo and Cam Newton have in common? They both play football, albeit different versions of it. That's not the only thing though as they are both on the Forbes list of top 10 highest paid athletes. The list includes not only the salary of these athletes, but how much they're making in endorsement as well.

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The Carolina Panthers quarterback is the only American football player on here and joins the like of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant from the NBA ranks.

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Ronaldo is not only getting paid the most to play his sport, but is also making a hefty $32 million from endorsements. James, Phil Mickelson and Roger Federer are the hardest workers outside of their sport and they all make $50 million or more in endorsements.

 

[h/t Saturday Down South]