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Anyone care to check the math? Bruce A. (51, 2.5) ---------- > [Read all the way to the end] > > "Justification for higher education".... > > 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 million 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! > > >