In answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a
nerd?" I submit the following:
Michael Jordan will make over $300,000 a game: $10,000 a minute,
assuming he averages about 30 minutes per game. Assuming $40 mln in
endorsements next year, he'll be making $178,100 a day (working or
not! Assuming 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 (after the wage hike
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 his tax deferred
account (401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 for such
accounts at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st, 1997. If you were given a
tenth of a penny for every dollar 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 while the
Boston Marathon is being run. While the common person is spending
about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in
about $5600. Next year, he'll make more than twice as much as all of
our past presidents for all of their terms combined. Amazing isn't
it?
BUT: JORDAN WILL HAVE TO SAVE 100% OF HIS INCOME FOR 270 YEARS TO
HAVE A NET WORTH EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF BILL GATES.
NERDS RULE! NERDS RULE! NERDS RULE!
