Holy CRAP

[Posher778]

Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, 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), his contributions 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, and 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?


However...
If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today.

[scouse mac]

Im sure he's earned every penny of that vast fortune, and I for one don't begrudge the overpaid fucker a thing!

I could only wish to be paid over $600 just for taking a shit!

[Posher778]

I'm not against him, but it's insane how much Gates really has.

[scouse mac]

Originally posted by Posher778
I'm not against him, but it's insane how much Gates really has.


Bill Gates' fortune is just ridiculous money, its the same with all these multi billionaires. Just what exactly can be done with 10 billion that cant be done with 1/2 billion?

[The Flayed One]

Well, you could try to spend $1,000,000 a day. If you had $10billion, it would take you just over 27 years to spend it all. That's if you didn't make any more money. However, I think gates is worth close to $40bil, so it'd take around 109 years at $1mil a day.

They do say, though, after a certain point, there's just no difference. No human being, no matter how hard they tried, could spend $10bil. I doubt very much there would be any difference in lifestyle if he was worth $2bil or $40bil.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Earned it all...


-6 NBA Championships

-5 Time MVP

-6 Time NBA Finals MVP

-10 Time All-NBA First Team selection

-1987-88 Defensive Player of the Year

-9 Time All-NBA Defensive First Team selection

-Chicago Bulls All-Time Leader in points, rebounds, assist, steals, games, field goals, free throws.

-Holds the NBA record for most seasons leading the league in scoring (10).

-Shares the NBA record for most consecutive seasons leading the league in scoring (7).

-Selected by ESPN as the greatest athlete of the 20th century.

-Holds the NBA record for most consecutive games scoring in double-digits (842).

-Holds the NBA record for most seasons leading the league in field-goals made (10) and attempted (10).

-Led the NBA in steals '87-'88, '89-90, 92-93.

-Holds the NBA single-game records for most free-throws made in one half (20).

-Holds the NBA Finals record for highest single-series scoring average (41.0 ppg).

-All-time NBA Finals leader in three-pointers made (42), third in points (1,176), fourth in steals (62), fifth in field-goals made (438), sixth in assists (209) and free-throws made (258).

-Holds the NBA Playoffs record for highest career scoring average (33.4 ppg)

-NBA Playoffs record for points in a game(63).

-All-time NBA Playoffs leader in field-goals attempted (4,497), free-throws made (1,463) and attempted (1,766), second in steals (376) and field-goals made (2,188), fifth in assists (1,022) and ninth in three-pointers made (148).

-Selected to the NBA All-Star game 14 times.

-Named the MVP of the 1988, 1996 and 1998 NBA All-Star Games.

-All-time NBA All-Star Game leader in steals (35), third in points (242), fourth in scoring average (20.2 ppg), and eighth in assists (52).

-Recorded the first triple-double in All-Star Game history, with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

-Won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988.

-Led the Bulls to all-time best NBA record of 72-10 and overall record of 87-13 including playoffs and finals, also an NBA record.

And that's not even all of it.

[Zero]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Earned it all...


-6 NBA Championships

-5 Time MVP

-6 Time NBA Finals MVP

. . . .

And that's not even all of it.

and yet the nurse who saves some poor schmoo's life makes a pittance and the teacher who educates the next generation barely makes minimum wage. . . ahh, god bless america

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Zero
and yet the nurse who saves some poor schmoo's life makes a pittance and the teacher who educates the next generation barely makes minimum wage. . . ahh, god bless america


Hey man, I don't decide wages and value of labor. I was just pointing out that as far as athletes are concerned, he earned everything he's gotten. You make a good point with which I completely agree.

[Zero]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Hey man, I don't decide wages and value of labor. I was just pointing out that as far as athletes are concerned, he earned everything he's gotten. You make a good point with which I completely agree.

agreed - for what he does he's the best. . . my point was more philosophical . . . but of course we're on a site dedicated to films that cost, often 10s of millions of dollars that could, in all fairness, easily go to feeding starving people or ending disease. . . maybe we should all boycott films and video rentals for one year and give all the money to some charity. . .



ok - i know no one is going to do that and i probably won't either, but its probably what we SHOULD do. . . oh well, pass the popcorn and turn on ESPN!

[PR3SSUR3]

Ha ha them's interesting stats.

I have less of a problem with Bill Gates making a mega fortune than I do with people worshipping pompous sports stars who are paid millions to run about.

In the UK, there is a lot of tension about the imminent World Cup, and how our star player will perform after injury.

I like football, but personally could not give a fuck about how the petulant little millionaire bastard is feeling... or how he might briefly cheer up the grim little lives of the football mad household feeding their whiny kids on crisps and blue pop by scoring a goal or two.

At least Gates has proved himself to be an innovative and highly efficient businessman.

:)

[AUSTIN316426808]

So if you heard that Bill Gates broke his leg(and believe me, you'd hear about it) you'd care more about his injury because he's an innovative buisnessman instead of an athlete?


I don't understand the ridicule athletes recieve because of the amount of money they make to ''run about'', throw a ball, shoot a ball or whatever it is that they do. If someone came up to you and said ''I'll give you 5 million dollars a year to play [insert sport of choice here].'', you wouldn't say ''Oh no, that's too much to throw a ball, just give me minimum wage and I'll be fine.''

[noctuary]

Originally posted by Zero
and yet the nurse who saves some poor schmoo's life makes a pittance and the teacher who educates the next generation barely makes minimum wage. . . ahh, god bless america
To be fair, teachers make quite a bit more than minimum wage. I come from a family of them, and they do quite well.

[stubbornforgey]

Originally posted by noctuary
To be fair, teachers make quite a bit more than minimum wage. I come from a family of them, and they do quite well.

since when !!!!

Em a teacher and i have to admit..
we don't get half as much as what we
should with all the crap we have to put up with...
plus teachers are paid fortnightly..
Even during stat holidays..we still work .
Its ridiculous how sporting people still get paid for sitting on thier asses.

[PR3SSUR3]

So if you heard that Bill Gates broke his leg(and believe me, you'd hear about it) you'd care more about his injury because he's an innovative buisnessman instead of an athlete?


I don't understand the ridicule athletes recieve because of the amount of money they make to ''run about'', throw a ball, shoot a ball or whatever it is that they do. If someone came up to you and said ''I'll give you 5 million dollars a year to play [insert sport of choice here].'', you wouldn't say ''Oh no, that's too much to throw a ball, just give me minimum wage and I'll be fine.''


It's the petulance I cannot stand, like the players had to grow up for a few years when they reached 16.... only to sign a mega contract a few years later and halt their development with the false love and adoration the status of football superstar brings. They get paid astronomical amounts for a few hours work, and still twist their faces with every (possible) foul on TV as if the world has collapsed, knowing their every move is going out live to millions. And probably millions of children, who will observe and copy their idols' ways.

The adoration of top sports stars is damaging to our youth, unless - you could argue - your children are inspired enough to go out and want to become sports stars themselves.

Which is fine, but it asks the question - whatever happened to growing up being influenced by your family's values instead of millionaire gangsta rappers and basketball players?


PS: Yes, I'd probably read the article about Bill Gates' injury more than I would of an athlete.

[The STE]

<<<Could spend $10 Billion

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally posted by The STE
<<<Could spend $10 Billion Same,alothough i want 6 billion exta dollars to buy a big ass castle.









All of you can come hang out in it too,just don't do anything to the carpet.:D