Basketball player Jeremy Lin disclosed that two years ago, he was not able to benefit from their height of his fame when he did not accept endorsement opportunities offered that were offered to him.
According to Lin, "If I had accepted everything, I don't know the exact number, but I would have been making way more off the court than on the court, even the next contract after."
Lin is earning a salary of $14.9 million in the final season of his three-year, deal of $25 million.
Jeremy Lin, 26 years old, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
He received no athletic scholarship offers from high school and was undrafted out of Harvard University. Lin then was offered a partially guaranteed contract deal four years ago with the Golden State Warriors.
Lin has only played in 35 games with the Knicks during the 2011-2012 season. In February 2012, Lin led a winning streak by New York Knicks while he was being promoted to the starting lineup. This paved the way for the global "Linsanity" movement. In the summer of that year, Lin had signed a three year contract with the Houston Rockets. He played two seasons before the Los Angeles Lakers got him in the trade. He became famous, boosting television ratings and merchandise sales in New York. Lin's jersey was the best seller in the league.
Yesterday, Lin onboarded the Whistle Sports Network as a content partner. This added his YouTube channel with 400,000 more subscribers. At the moment, he is the first athlete to produce content for Whistle Sports Network and received equity partnership. Lin is also one of the few NBA players with a YouTube channel.
Lin had avoided most endorsement offers except for Adidas AG which he signed in last January. Regarding his endorsements, Lin said that "We've turned away almost everything, just because I do think my purpose is to play basketball, play well, and play for the glory of God. The stuff off the court is great and it's fun, but it's definitely secondary to my primary job."
