Comments on: What if? http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:50:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lynn http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32417 Lynn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:48:48 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32417 Do you guys calculate all these numbers in your head? Do you guys calculate all these numbers in your head?

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32411 Doug Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:47:16 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32411 Running back. That's what Walter Payton does, right? (I've not followed the NFL for a while.) Running back. That’s what Walter Payton does, right? (I’ve not followed the NFL for a while.)

]]> By: tvp http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32338 tvp Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:07:40 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32338 Just what Doug wanted on his blog: a football discussion! I wanted to let Alexander go after our Superbowl season. Not because I didn't like him, but just that I felt his value was as high as it would ever get and that he'd peaked in his career. He was right at the age where running backs start to decline and I didn't think he'd ever reach that level again. It's something I've hated to be right about, but I was right about it. tvp Just what Doug wanted on his blog: a football discussion!

I wanted to let Alexander go after our Superbowl season. Not because I didn’t like him, but just that I felt his value was as high as it would ever get and that he’d peaked in his career. He was right at the age where running backs start to decline and I didn’t think he’d ever reach that level again. It’s something I’ve hated to be right about, but I was right about it.

tvp

]]> By: Scott B http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32332 Scott B Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:47:11 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32332 I can't say it matters much. I will keep on his bandwagon 1 more year. But, I am begining to feel like he is being payed too much per inch now. :) I can’t say it matters much. I will keep on his bandwagon 1 more year. But, I am begining to feel like he is being payed too much per inch now.

:)

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32316 Doug Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:17:46 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32316 Oops. Yards, miles, whatever. :-) Oops. Yards, miles, whatever. :-)

]]> By: tvp http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32299 tvp Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:06:50 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32299 Actually, since Shaun gets paid per yard (not per mile) it would cost 3.7 quadrillion dollars to get him to do such a thing. If all you have is a paltry 2 trillion dollars, the farthest you could get him to run would be halfway to the moon, or, say, five times around the Earth. I mean, this guy is *expensive*. You don't hire a guy like this to run to the sun. tvp Actually, since Shaun gets paid per yard (not per mile) it would cost 3.7 quadrillion dollars to get him to do such a thing. If all you have is a paltry 2 trillion dollars, the farthest you could get him to run would be halfway to the moon, or, say, five times around the Earth.

I mean, this guy is *expensive*. You don’t hire a guy like this to run to the sun.

tvp

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32295 Doug Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:38:16 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32295 So it would have been cheaper to have Shaun Alexander run to the sun and back (186 million miles) than to invade Iraq. What if. So it would have been cheaper to have Shaun Alexander run to the sun and back (186 million miles) than to invade Iraq. What if.

]]> By: tvp http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32293 tvp Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:02:03 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2008/01/22/what-if/#comment-32293 I love playing with numbers like this. For instance, even if we decided to be totally selfish and help no one else in the world, we could have cut a check for over $7,000 to every man, woman, and child in this country. (Which is also the bill due for each and every one of us, if divided evenly, since we're the ones paying for it.) Crazy numbers are everywhere. Recently I sat down and calculated how much Shaun Alexander, the running back for the Seahawks, gets paid per yard he gains.\ It's $10,000 per yard! I guess if we could get him to run for about 200 million yards, he could pay for it. tvp I love playing with numbers like this. For instance, even if we decided to be totally selfish and help no one else in the world, we could have cut a check for over $7,000 to every man, woman, and child in this country. (Which is also the bill due for each and every one of us, if divided evenly, since we’re the ones paying for it.)

Crazy numbers are everywhere. Recently I sat down and calculated how much Shaun Alexander, the running back for the Seahawks, gets paid per yard he gains.\

It’s $10,000 per yard!

I guess if we could get him to run for about 200 million yards, he could pay for it.

tvp

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