Floyd Mayweather is for the Heat tonight
When Miami and Indiana tip off tonight in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, at least one sports fan out there will legitimately care about the game’s outcome. His name is Floyd Mayweather and he has entirely too much money.
The leader of The Money Team reportedly placed $5.9 million on Miami to cover tonight, according to a Las Vegas gambling Twitter account. Mayweather’s rumored gambling ticket has the Heat at -7 over Indiana.
Mayweather, recently named the highest-paid athlete is America, is projected to make $90 million this year, so a Pacers cover won’t break his bank. But just think of all the good he could do by putting the money somewhere else.
Go Pacers.
36 Comments for Floyd Mayweather is for the Heat tonight
why do i get the feeling that 5 years after his career is over he will be filing for bankruptcy and in trouble with the IRS just like Mike Tyson?
Couldn’t he spend the money on pet tigers like Iron Mike, and then appear in the Hang Over Part IX
5.9 million ? Why not just make it 6 million.
I am a huge Tyson fan, but Money is very savvy when it comes to his money. This is a man who will not allow himself to get screwed over by promoters (promotes his own fights), makes more money than Tyson ever thought of, and doesn’t have a ton of people around him who will screw him over. Tyson had a lot of issues that I just don’t see Money having to face.
No, I can’t even imagine having that much money. Not alone betting 5.9 mill of it.
The crazy thing…he’s the richest athlete, but he has zero endorsements….the man gets paid for straight up performance
He could be investing in Haliburton or an Oil Co. Until you examine a man’s charitable acts I say don’t judge him. Check the history on some of the bets this guy has made and the money he has won you would be suprised. Say what you want about Floyd but he is a very good business man.
It’s his money. He earned it and can spend it however he chooses. If you’ve got extra money, you shouldn’t feel obligated to do “good” with it….Democrats.
Might want to fix “the the” title. Unless Drew developed a stutter.
8- The original millionaires like Carnegie and Rockefeller would disagree.
He knows what the rest of America does…that the NBA will make sure the Miami Heat win. The NBA is fixed almost as bad as wrestling is, it’s a joke. From the NBA draft to the playoffs, everything is done for a reason. TV ratings, building a team, and so many other things. If I had that much money, I’d sure as heck put it on the Miami Heat too. David Stern will make sure that the Heat are in the finals. Could you imagine the tv ratings of an NBA finals with the Pacers and Spurs? Not really what the NBA wants to see.
@8, Agree it’s his money and his choice. However, I couldn’t sleep knowing I had all that money and there were kids with no water dying overseas. It’s called a conscience. You don’t have to be mother Teresa and live with them. But that kind of money could save a lot of lives. That’s called narcissism.
@12 – is all relative. 5.9M is 6.5% of his income this year. It’s the same as someone making 40k spending $2,600 in a casino one night, which I’m sure happens all the time. The only difference is that the guy making 40k probably doesn’t have a VERY large nest egg and the opportunity to make 100M next year….so really, the guy making 40k makes the worse mistake.
@11, old man, glad you brought up the subject. It is so obvious the NBA is fixed. That ref that went down for fixing games was quickly swept under the rug, and why don’t they show the actual drawing of the ping pong balls anymore?
Even if you can offer an explanation for those things, most people have an instinct that tells them when something is crooked, and the NBA gives of that vibe with strength.
11—Couldn’t agree more. NBA has been rigged since the early 90s.
#Sterneffect
yeah bc $2,600 could save the relative number of lives that $5.9mil could.
how much does he win if the NBA decides to fix it the Heat’s way?
11-if it’s fixed why didn’t the spurs go 7 games, that would have been more money
It’s boxing…how does he make that much money!? No one cares about boxing.
18 to make people like you believe it isn’t
Drew talking about what good he could do with the money while Jones posts twitter pictures of him donating 1k to the Las Vegas Foundation…
Gooooood stuff.
@13 – Your exactly right its all relative. Speaking of relativity, I wonder what % 5.9 million equates to what the average Haitian makes. 5.9 million could do alot more good than the $2,600 in your example, just sayin’
LOL at anyone who thinks Mayweather will go bankrupt… one of the absolute savviest dudes in the world when it comes to making money.
@22 – i completely agree with you. I personally think to whom much is given, much is expected. However, too many times (on a much different scale than even the one at hand) we have the opportunity to ‘do good’ with money, resources, time, etc and don’t do it but are very quick to judge those, like Floyd, who don’t.
So in summary: Who are we to say what he should do with his money and if you are saying what he should do, I would hope that you are also doing good…and if you are doing good, then keep it to yourself, because that’s not the point of giving anyway.
To be a liberal is to be righteous with other people’s money. Please don’t tell me who/what to give my money to. You want someone to have money, give it to them yourself.
@8, 10, 12 all political bias aside, if you have that much money, you should choosr to do good with it. That is the good thing to do. However, you shouldnt be forced to do good with your money. Otherwise it would be someone else’s choice, not yours
25. i think jesus would disagree with you
Jesus does not force people to follow him, to give to people that don’t care to work, nor does he support free loading. The Bible actually says that he does not work does not eat. Obviously there are certain instances where people can’t work and need governemnt assistance, but definitely not everyone with their hand out that gets it now. Open your eyes people.
I don’t make $90m/year but I don’t begrudge those people who do nor do I feel like I should be telling those people how to spend their money. If you can convince someone to pay you that much money (or otherwise earn it), I say good for you! I wish you’d tell me how to do it! 😉
Miami will win, but that cover is going to be clooose. I say Miami by 6.
If he was really confident he would have put an even 6M on the Heat!
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?
who cares? he’s a deadbeat piece of shit wife-beater.
Floyd is a good business man? Please. He “forgot” to pay the IRS and had to come out of retirement to save his skin. You people hear of all he wins on gambling but do you think Floyd publishes what he lost? Take this from someone who makes a lot of their income from gambling, he isn’t as good as he projects.
Money was right on the money.
Politics, religion,…. So who’s gonna start talking about ‘her’. We could all really throw down then!!