my little nephew is a soccer star and a tennis player now.
yesterday I had to make a trip out of town to go have dinner with mom and dad at my brother's place.
my little nephew showed me his new tennis racquet. it was a babolat racquet for little kids. guess whose name was on that racquet?
Rafa.
I then asked my nephew--Nathan---to show me a picture of Rafa on his mini IPad. he had no trouble finding one.
Rafa is going to make over $1 billion over his entire lifetime from his 9-10 RG crowns. his name will be on everything under the sun. that is a feat of staggering herculean proportions. nobody is going to ever come close to even 1/2 of those totals. I say these days even 2 RG crowns are nearly impossible. the sport has become too demanding.
just look how good Nole is and he cant even capture one. it took Federer forever to grab one. Johnny Mac could not secure even a single RG. Sampras, Connors, Edberg, newcombe, and the like all got left out of RG.
Rafa will singlehandedly help Babolat dominate the global market for Babolat tennis racquets and other Babolat products.
and in the mean time his popularity continues to soar. more and more corporate sponsors are lining up everyday.
at any rate I am worried about his security. I don't know why his father doesn't make sure his son is protected by a few tall bodyguards at all times. I mean they only have over $300 million in the bank and another $1 billion on the way over a lifetime.