In answer to the eternal question, is it better to be a jock or a nerd?:
Michael Jordan made over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 a minute, at an average of 30 minutes
per game.
With $40 million in endorsements, he made $178,000 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'd make $3,710 while watching an episode of Friends.
If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSC ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours.
If someone were to hand him his salary and endoresement money, they would have to do it at the rate
of $2 every second.
He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of gold, 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) for a
year, he will hit the federal cap of $9,500 at 8:30 am 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 $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics.
He'll make about $15,600 during the Bostom Marathon.
While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull
in about $5,600.
In his last year, he made 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 250 years, he'll still have less than Bill
Gates has today.
Game over. Nerds Win.
