Saturday, June 15, 2013

WHY?

We seem to have a fixation on playing games that involve balls:

Basketball--putting a ball in a round hole with netting hanging from it.
 



Baseball--throwing and hitting a ball as fast and as far as possible. Some people even take drugs to do it better.

 
Golf--bashing a tiny ball with metal sticks trying to force it into a itsy-bitsy hole in the ground.


Soccer--kicking a ball into a rectangular goal with eleven other people trying to stop you.

Bowling--rolling a ball down a hardwood alley trying to knock over wooden pins.


Football-oblong ball but still a ball.


 
Tennis-bashing a ball back and forth over a net. 



What is the common factor in all these activities?

Those who play them well get paid an obscene amount of money.

BASKETBALL

#1. LeBron James

  Total earnings : $53 million

Salary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)


#2. Kobe Bryant

 Total earnings: $52.3 million

Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million


#3. Dwight Howard

  Total earnings: $25.6 million

Salary/winnings: $14.6 million
Endorsements: $11 million


#4. Kevin Durant

  Total earnings: $25.5 million

Salary/winnings: $12.5 million
Endorsements: $13 million


#5. Dwyane Wade

  Total earnings: $24.7 million

Salary/winnings: $12.7 million
Endorsements: $12 million


#6. Carmelo Anthony

Total earnings: $22.9 million
Salary/winnings: $14.9 million
Endorsements: $8 million


#7. Amar’e Stoudemire

  Total earnings: $22.7 million

Salary/winnings: $14.7 million
Endorsements: $8 million


#8. Kevin Garnett

  Total earnings: $21.1 million

Salary/winnings: $17.1 million
Endorsements: $4 million


#9. Chris Paul

  Total earnings: $19.2 million

Salary/winnings: $13.2 million
Endorsements: $6 million


#10. Tim Duncan

  Total earnings: $19.1 million

Salary/winnings: $17.1 million
Endorsements: $2 million



BASEBALL
  
Alex Rodriguez
3B
New York Yankees
$30,000,000
Vernon Wells
OF
New York Yankees
$24,642,857
Johan Santana
SP
New York Mets
$23,145,011
Mark Teixeira
1B
New York Yankees
$23,125,000
CC Sabathia
SP
New York Yankees
$23,000,000
Joe Mauer
C
Minnesota Twins
$23,000,000
Prince Fielder
1B
Detroit Tigers
$23,000,000
Adrian Gonzalez
1B
Los Angeles Dodgers
$21,857,142
Cliff Lee
SP
Philadelphia Phillies
$21,500,000
Miguel Cabrera
3B
Detroit Tigers
$21,000,000




GOLF








1. Tiger Woods

ON COURSE: $2,067,059 | OFF COURSE: $62,000,000 TOTAL: $64,067,059

2. Phil Mickelson

   ON COURSE: $3,991,564 | OFF COURSE: $38,000,000 TOTAL: $41,991,564

3. Arnold Palmer

ON COURSE: $0 | OFF COURSE: $36,000,000
 | TOTAL: $36,000,000

4. Jack Nicklaus

  ON COURSE: $155,000 | OFF COURSE: $28,800,000 | TOTAL: $28,955,000

5. Greg Norman

  ON COURSE: $75,118 | OFF COURSE: $22,750,000 | TOTAL: $22,825,118

6. Luke Donald

  ON COURSE: $13,183,497 | OFF COURSE: $8,500,000 | TOTAL: $21,683,497

7. Ernie Els

ON COURSE: $1,409,442 | OFF COURSE: $17,000,000 | TOTAL: $18,409,442

8. Gary Player

  ON COURSE: $14,486 | OFF COURSE: $16,000,000 | TOTAL: $16,014,486

9. Sergio Garcia

  ON COURSE: $3,601,441 | OFF COURSE: $12,250,000 | TOTAL: $15,851,441

10. Bill Haas

  ON COURSE: $14,354,785 | OFF COURSE: $1,000,000 TOTAL: $15,354,785

11. Rory McIlroy

  ON COURSE: $8,174,832 | OFF COURSE: $5,900,000 TOTAL: $14,074,832














SOCCER







1. David Beckham - US$50.6 million (£32.5m)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo - US$43.5 million (£27.9m)
3. Lionel Messi - US$40.3 million 
(£25.9m)
4. Sergio Aguero - US$20.8 million
 (£13.4m)
5. Wayne Rooney - US$20.3 million
 (£13m)
6. Yaya Toure – US$20.2 million 
(£12.9m)
7. Fernando Torres – US$20.2 million (£12.9m)
 8. Neymar - US$19.5  million
(£12.5m) 
9. Kaka - US$19.3 million 
(£12.4m)
10. Didier Drogba - US$17.8 million
 (£11.4m)










BOWLING







A professional bowler might make $175,000-$225,000.

2011-2012 Top 20 PBA Tour Money Winners


Money Earned (USD)

Sean Rash$140,250

Jason Belmonte$137,375

Mike Fagan$116,950

Pete Weber$97,820




FOOTBALL


#1 Drew Brees

Total Earnings: $49.4 million
On Field: $44.4 million, Off Field: $5 million



#2 Peyton Manning

Total Earnings: $42.4 million
On Field: $32.4 million, Off Field: $10 million




#3 Haloti Ngata

Total Earnings: $37.3 million
On Field: $37.1 million, Off Field: $200,000




#4 Larry Fitzgerald

Total Earnings: $36.8 million
On Field: $35.3 million, Off Field: $1.5 million



#5 Ndamukong Suh

Total Earnings: $36 million
On Field: $35.5 million, Off Field: $500,000



#6 Charles Johnson

Total Earnings: $34.4 million
On Field: $34.3 million, Off Field: $100,000



#7 Mario Williams

Total Earnings: $33.2 million
On Field: $32.9 million, Off Field: $250,000

  
#8 Darrelle Revis

Total Earnings: $28.3 million
On Field: $27 million, Off Field: $1.3 million



#9 Sam Bradford

Total Earnings: $27.8 million
On Field: $26.8 million, Off Field: $1 million

#10 Tom Brady

Total Earnings: $27.1 million
On Field: $23.1 million, Off Field: $4 million


TENNIS

#1 Roger Federer

On court: $9.3 million
Off court: $45 million
Total earnings: $54.3 million



#2 Rafael Nadal

On court: $7.4 million
Off court: $25 million
Total earnings: $32.4 million


#3 Maria Sharapova

On court: $5.1 million
Off court: $22 million
Total earnings: $27.1 million

 

#4 Novak Djokovic

On court: $10.3 million
Off court: $9.5 million
Total earnings: $19.8 million


#5 Li Na

On court: $1.4 million
Off court: $17 million
Total earnings: $18.4 million

#6 Serena Williams

On court: $5.3 million
Off court: $11 million
Total earnings: $16.3 million

#7 Caroline Wozniacki

On court: $2.7 million
Off court: $11 million
Total earnings: $13.7 million



#8 Andy Murray

On court: $5 million
Off court: $7 million
Total earnings: $12 million

#9 Victoria Azarenka

On court: $6.7 million
Off court: $3 million
Total earnings: $9.7 million



#10 Andy Roddick

On court: $0.8 million
Off court: $8million
Total earnings: $8.8 million



There are many other games where playing with a ball can be very lucrative: Billiards, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo, Ping Pong, Soft Ball, etc

Average salary for:

TEACHERS


special education teacher

$35,000

science teacher

$37,000

middle school teacher

$35,000

math teacher

$36,000

teacher assistant

$24,000

preschool teacher

$28,000

lead teacher

$17,000

elementary teacher

$36,000

early childhood teacher

$25,000

social studies teacher

$36,000

spanish teacher

$37,000

child care teacher

$15,000


 POLICE