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Whether you're a player, an American owner (not named Hicks or Gillett) or even a lowly referee, if you're in the business of Premier League football, then business is good. Just ask Mark Clattenburg, who has become the FA's first active ref with an endorsement deal. Granted, it's for a place called the Hair Loss Solution Centre. And he had to endorse the following joke that could spawn a million different job performance based jokes:
"The hardest decision to make is to pick up the phone and make that call. But I did, and it changed my life."
Still, that's sweet, sweet endorsement money rolling in that is usually reserved for footballers. As the Guardian's Marina Hyde points out, "Even Pierluigi Collina had to choose between his career and an endorsement deal (he chose the latter, and retired.)" But Clattenburg is having his cake and eating his hair loss treatment, too.
So what's next in the exciting world of referee endorsements? No, Manchester United won't be endorsing Howard Webb. But Chris Foy hawking home delivery of diabetic supplies could bring the lucrative world of referee endorsements to dizzying new levels.
Image via The Mirror