True. I don't know if I'd like Lin if I didn't have Taiwanese friends and family. I know I wouldn't follow Houston. I wouldn't hate him either because I'm not jealous of new found fame and I don't judge others' reactions to it. I'm ok with hype as I feel it all evens out, if you're not as good, it'll settle - if you keep it up, you deserved it. I'm happy that he has a starting job from where he started.
I think if I were an athlete, I'd just take the money from playing. I wouldn't need the money from advertisements. I wouldn't spend much so I would take the money I saved like payment (assuming if I made more, I'd spend it). But I can't really say, if I were a famous person, I might be a different person (not to say if I were a different person that I'd be famous). Strangely enough, if I were to be famous, I'd want a stage name, not mine. My friends and family would probably want me to keep my name and make that famous, but not for me. I like my name fine for a private person, just not public.