Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Believe half of what you hear and none of what you read..on the net

"I need a Winn Dixie bag fulla money to the V.I.P. section...RIIIIIGHT NOW!" - Lil' Wayne "I Get Money"

Many of you may or may not hear
d the ridiculous rumor of Michael Vick and Allen Iverson hanging out in a Virginia Beach strip club, the day before he has to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about possible re-reinstatement to the league and possibly resume his career as a quarterback. Lets be serious.... neither one of them cats have a job and both know how important it is for Vick to be seen in a true light of reforment. Not that going to a "Gentlemen's Club is a bad thing, plenty men (and ladies) go to them.

Here is an article posted by the Associated Press that refutes the whole thing.

RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for Michael Vick says the quarterback did not spend his first night of freedom at a Virginia Beach strip club. Attorney Larry Woodward says Thursday that Vick was not in Virginia Beach on Monday night and has not been to any strip club.
Woodward says reports of such activity are "absolutely, categorically false. "Vick was released from federal custody Monday after a 23-month sentence for a dogfighting conspiracy. The blog thebiglead.com quoted a DJ, who refused to be identified, who said Vick was at the strip club with NBA free agent Allen Iverson. Leon Rose, Iverson's agent, said Iverson hasn't seen Vick since his release. Vick is expected to meet soon with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in hopes of getting his league suspension lifted.
League sources told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio and Chris Mortensen Thursday that sometime next week Goodell is expected to announce a conditional reinstatement of Vick, which would allow Vick to go to training camp if he signed with a team but that could also include a four-game suspension."Can we suspend him in basically double jeopardy?" asked the league source. "That's the question. "Goodell had already given Vick an indefinite suspension that ran concurrent with the 23-month federal prison sentence and home confinement stemming from Vick's role in an illegal dogfighting ring. According to a source close to Vick, the former Falcons quarterback is hoping to receive no additional punishment. A four-game suspension would likely inhibit his ability to catch on with an NFL team. No teams have expressed interest in bringing Vick in for a tryout as of yet. As part of the deal, Goodell is reserving judgement in the event of any further transgressions from Vick. "This is a serious matter. We are engaging in a careful and thoughtful process and no decisions have been made," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said. Earlier Thursday, SI.com first reported that Vick and Goodell met Wednesday afternoon in Allendale, N.J., at a small security firm for three hours. Vick apologized to Goodell, especially for lying to him in 2007 when Vick denied being involved in any dogfighting ring, according to league sources, who described the meeting to Paolantonio and Mortensen as very cordial but tense. One league source said Thursday that Goodell did not necessarily need to hear that apology. "The commissioner has said many times, 'this is not about me,'" the source said.Vick -- once the NFL's highest-paid player -- was joined at Wednesday's meeting by his legal and personal advisors, including agent Joel Segal. Vick was released from federal custody Monday after finishing the home confinement portion of his sentence at his home in Hampton, Va. SI.com reported Thursday that both Vick and Goodell were spotted leaving the offices of Buckley Petersen Global Inc. separately at 4 p.m. Vick exited in a Cadillac Escalade, while Goodell departed approximately 10 minutes later in a BMW. According to eyewitnesses, both Vick and Goodell were described as looking "somber" after leaving the meeting. NFL training camps are set to open next week and this deal could free Vick to pursue an NFL contract that would allow him to begin to alleviate his massive debts. Vick declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2008, a little over three years after he signed a then-record 10-year, $130 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons. A handful of teams have publicly declared no interest in Vick, citing a multitude of concerns. Giants owner John Mara and Jets owner Woody Johnson were emphatic in saying their teams' quarterback positions were filled. "On a lot of levels, no," Mara said when asked if the Giants had any interest in Vick. Mara added there wasn't even any discussion or debate in the front office about Vick. Despite the competition to replace Brett Favre, Johnson said the Jets also weren't interested. "We've got Kellen Clemens and now we have this young Mark Sanchez, and I think we are good on quarterbacks," Johnson said, adding that the Jets also didn't see Vick as an option. Vick admitted to bankrolling Bad Newz Kennels on his estate in Virginia and assisting in the killing of dogs that performed poorly in practice fights.

Information from ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Sal Paolantonio and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Cha-ching!!!!

The saying goes "Money talks and bullshit runs a marathon". A few minutes ago I read on ESPN.com where former LSU Tiger / Dallas Maverick Brandon Bass signed a free agent contract to play for the Orlando Magic, terms 4 years for 18 million dollars. That got me to thinkin, "What's this dude's hourly rate? By raw calculations it came out to around $914 an hour. Gotta love that job, right?

Well as the wheels kept turning, I googled Bill Gates and found that he makes around $234,000 an hour. Diggin deeper in the article, there were some interesting points made. If Gates stacked his total estimated worth $35 Billion in one dollar bills under a king sized mattress, he would need a parachute to fall outta bed. A distance of 9.6 kilometers which translates to 5.9 miles. WOW at that! Over the course of a good nights sleep he wakes up $3.5 million wealthier than he went to sleep. Now how many of us can say we wake up better off than we went to bed (financially that is)?

The Mayor of New York was 17th on the list and Im not talkin about Jay -Z, but Michael Bloomberg at $16 billion. He donates around 800K to charities every year. I have no idea at all why he wanted to be the head worm in the Big Apple, but some folks have "dreams". Goin further down the Forbes list, the youngest in the top 25 was Michael Dell founder of Dell computers age 44, is worth $12.3 billion. I refuse to buy another "Fail" computer as long as I'm black and thats gonna be a long time. Other notables on the list were: Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft) (#32), Philip Knight of Nike at (#52), Record and Film executive David Geffen (#110), News, Inc Rupert Murdoch (#132), Charles Schwabb (#164), Apple computers Steve Jobs (#178), Filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg (#205), Polo Founder Ralph Lauren (#224), and Media Personality and talk show host Oprah Winfrey (#234) with an estimated worth of $2.7 billion. Winfrey is the only African American Female in the top 250, and ranked above Virgin Records Sir Richard Bronson, Dallas Maverick team owner Mark Cuban, and Real estate mogul Donald Trump...all billionaires.

This fact made me look deeper and by catagories, and found some other interesting things. Beyonce Knowles Carter was number 1 on this list of celebrities under 30 at 90 million earned from music, movies, and endorsements...between June of 2008 and June of 2009. LeBron James was third at 40 million. Other notables on the celebrities list were, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and as Forbes put it "The last true movie star Will Smith who brought in a cool $45 million of his two box office bangers Hancock and Seven Pounds (combined box office earnings were a whopping $795 million bucks).Oh and I almost forgot...my man Jay-Z topped the Hip Hop list with an earnings estimate of $35 million and Lil Wayne at $19 milli a milli a milli....

My question...What recession?
From the mind of an Insomniaq, rubbin a dime and a nickel together really hard...still no dollar