Wednesday, August 27, 2008

They'll Be Good Parents

The dominant volleyball team of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor is breaking up, intent on creating a future gold medal winning team. After their gold medal match, the ladies spoke of their plans to take some time off to start a family. They spoke very frankly about now being time for a baby.
But Misty will be putting that off at least for a few more months. She'll be a contestant on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. I have a feeling she'll outlast Warren Sapp and Cloris Leachman.
But maybe in the offseason she can spend some quality time with her husband, Marlins catcher, Matt Treanor. She said her one night to see him this past month was when she flew to Arizona after the Olympics.
She attended the Diamondbacks-Marlins game and in a strange break from tradition, threw out the first pitch while wearing a Diamondbacks jersey, but the pitch was received by a player from the opposing team, Matt Treanor.

Misty May-Treanor throws out the first pitch at the Diamondbacks-Marlins game
Who's the pitcher and who's the catcher
Misty May shows off her gold medal to John McCain

Matt Treanor is getting paid $705,000 by the Marlins this year. Do you think Misty May is getting more? Maybe in an Olympic year she's earning more in endorsements, but I doubt she brings in that much during a regular year of playing on the beach volleyball tour.

I hope both women are successful and that they'll both be happy pregos by next year.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:14 PM

    Usually, each tour stop has a set amount of prize money, about $200,000 (although there was one that was $50,000 this year). The winners usually get 10% (that $200,000 is for the men and women to split), and the rest gets paid down the line.

    There are 19 tour stops this year. They forfeit one of em due to injury (I dont think they played at all, so I guess it doesn't count as a loss), and they skipped 3 for international stuff. There's also 5 tour stops left, which I'm not sure they're playing. So thats about $200,000 for her AND Keri walsh to split so far.

    The 3 international events were for $150g each...so that probably ads on another 45g for them to split.

    So for 2008, so far, Misty and Keri have made about $122,500 each...with the potential to split another $100,000 for the rest of the year.

    So as a TEAM, if they won every event on the AVP tour, they'd only make about $380,000. V-ball money is alllll in endorsements and advertisement deals.

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  2. Anonymous1:11 AM

    Who would have known justin would have written an essay about the money of volleyball players...where is the description to hit the ones and twos

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