<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey @ Feb 18 2008, 11:35 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dumpy @ Feb 18 2008, 11:24 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey @ Feb 18 2008, 11:18 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Feb 18 2008, 07:03 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Josh_Boone @ Feb 18 2008, 05:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Think about it. KVH has millions of dollars. 4 Million to him is like $40.
Does KVH want to do the team that rode him out ot town a favor, or does he want payback?</div>
You have somewhat of a valid point.
KVH made about 112.3 million in his career, so an additional 4 million would be a little over 3.4% of his entire wealth (4/116.3 million). For an average person making $50,000 a year, that's about the equivalent of being given $1716.74 to sit on the bench until the end of the season (April/May/Whatever).
That's without counting taxes and the fact that he might not like New Jersey. Still, he has a nice amount of cash to give away to charity or something.
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While the math appears good, don't think you laid it out correctly. KVH made 116.3 over his career, not a year. That total was made over 9 years.
So it's more like 4M/(116.3M/9Y)*50,000. So it's more like ~15,500 for someone making 50,000.
-Petey
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Also the tax code is different now than when KVH made most of his money. He would see a greater percentage of the $4 million in his pocket than he did of the $116 million, if that makes sense.
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Haha, very well. Lets just go w/ the estimated figures as his 2 largest salaried years were ones in which half his income didn't have any form of state income applied (w/ the Mavs the past 2 years).
-Petey
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Ah yes I forgot about that. That's a good point, Petey, but I don't think he will make much more money after this season, so he will have to live with close to this amount of cash the rest of his life I assume, thus bringing down the total.