I know this is OT but thought you guys and gals might find it entertaining.
Joe
The answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?", I
submit the following:
Michael Jordan makes over $300,000 a game. That = $10,000 a minute, at an
average 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in endorsements, he makes
$178,100 a day, working or not.
If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of
sugarplums dance in his head.
If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550
while he's there.
If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.
He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage.
He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.
If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a
whole 12 hours.
If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would
have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.
He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be
reimbursed $33,390 for that round.
Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax
deferred account (401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m.
on January 1st.
If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you 'd be living
comfortably at $65,000 a year.
He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics.
He'll make about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.
While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy
Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.
This Year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past Presidents
for all of their terms combined.
Amazing isn't it?
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However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll
still have less than Bill Gates has today.
Game over.
Nerd wins.