ONE...HUNDRED...MILLION !!!

One...hundred...million...dollars.

$100,000,000.00

How much money Haiti needs? Probably, but no.
How much money the US government spends in a day? Probably, but no.

According to this article, it's how much money the San Francisco Giants will pay their 25 baseball players... next year. One hundred million dollars! To play baseball! From April until October! Whether they have a good season, or a bad one...one hundred million dollars!

Oh, that's not even the 'tip of the tip' of the iceberg.

There are 29 more professional baseball teams. Do they all get $100,000,000? No...some get MORE! The NY Yankee players are paid over $200,000,000. Of the top 10 highest paid baseball players today, the Yankees have 5 of them. Alex Rodriguez makes $26 million a year alone.

And who pays for those salaries? WE DO, I guess...directly or indirectly. The average price of a ticket to a Yankee game is $73.

The Fan Cost Index (FCI) is a formula used to estimate how much it would cost a family of 4, to attend a sporting event. Here's what goes into that formula: the cost of 4 average price tickets, parking, 2 beers, 4 small soft drinks, 4 hot dogs, 2 programs and 2 baseball caps. For the Yankees, the FCI is over $600. That's for 1 game, for 1 family of 4. The Yankees play 81 games a season in Yankee Stadium.

That's just baseball. There's also professional football and professional basketball.

There are 30 NBA (basketball) teams. There are 15 players on a team. The Dallas Maverick's payroll for their 15 players is $97.5 million. Kevin Garnett, of the Boston Celtics, makes $24.75 million a year...to play 82 games of basketball. The LA Lakers average ticket price is $90. Their FCI is $654.

There are 32 NFL (football) teams, with 53 players on a team. The Washington Redskins pay their players $123 million per season...to play 16 games. The FCI for that family of 4 to attend a Dallas Cowboy game is $759.

My calculator wasn't able to count high enough to add the money to pay for 30 baseball, 30 basketball and 32 football teams. Needless to say...it is in the many BILLIONS of dollars.

The President of the United States makes $400,000 a year...and I DON'T want his job!
A family doctor makes $161,000.
A school teacher makes $40,000.
A nurse with experience makes $35,000.

One...hundred...million...dollars.

That would pay for a lot of school teachers.

My grandkids need school teachers a heck of a lot more than they need to watch a guy swing at a baseball.


Dan