An observation/commentary

[251am]

I hear ya Jeff. I'm not a big KC fan-she's too interruptive during interviews. Anyway, yeah, when the Powerball was @ 380 million I had one hell of a raceing rig in Fantasyland. Long-nosed Pete with a mondo trailer that was a double-stacker, blahblahblah....

15 mill to yack at morning audience? That's where the ad dollars have gone?! WTF! It is sad really.

[weggie_man]

You people really care about this shit? Who the hell has time to watch TV, especially day time TV?

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

I don't need a rare Hermes bag over my should to announce I'm cool. I don't need Manolo Blahniks on my feet to be all hoity toity. These people need the obvious signs of affluence to make their lives complete. It's sad really.

If I said I needed roo' leathers and a one-of-one Ducati Factory MotoGP bike hauled in a Diesel Funmover to make my life complete, would you think less of me? :(

[HAWK]

If I said I needed roo' leathers and a one-of-one Ducati Factory MotoGP bike hauled in a Diesel Funmover to make my life complete, would you think less of me? :(

I'd ask what you did with K3!

Have you had the new bike out yet?

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

The Gixxer LIVES!  And it's a missile!  This bike will take some getting used to, because it's about TWICE as fast as my SV.  I had it out at Grattan last weekend, but it was so cold that all I could do was slide around.  We'll see if it's warmer at Putnam this weekend! :D

[spyderchick]

If I said I needed roo' leathers and a one-of-one Ducati Factory MotoGP bike hauled in a Diesel Funmover to make my life complete, would you think less of me? :(

Dude, those are necessities. I'd admire you for it, especially the truckstop hooking. (You really shouldn't hit on fellow racers, though. They tend to kiss and tell, doncha know).  :o ;) ;D

[Jeff]

You people really care about this shit? Who the hell has time to watch TV, especially day time TV?

No.  That's why I said I didn't know or care who she was...

It was an observation regarding income for a job.

[fullmetalF4i]

actually 15million a year is right up there with pro athletes.  to hit 10 mill a year you have to have a structured contract that pays evenly over 10 years.  since that has gone to the wayside and most contracts are 4-7 years they're end heavy.  The first couple of years are heavy with incentives while the last couple of years include roster bonuses ontop of higher salary to get a 127 mill over 7 year contract (i think thats what Kevin Garnet makes im not sure).  
Yes once you live the life of luxury there is no turning back.  If she's paid 15 mill a year Im sure she spends close to that a year.  you cant look at it from a priveteer racer stand point since we're always about sqeezing the very last cent from the only dollar we have in our leathers.  IM sure she has expenses for her cleaning crew, food people, driver and who knows what kind of house she lives in, she could have a monster mortgage (like 250K a month or something.)  Hell Tiger Woods just bought a 35million dollar house and property in south florida.  If he mortgaged that i think it was something like 650K a month for a 30yr fixed.
I think if you cut Valentino's salery he'd still race for a while but who knows.  He's already thinking about moving to Formula 1 (where im sure he will be paid well.)

[CCS]

Stop and think about this....$15 million a year to host a 2-hour show, 5 days a week...to go to $15 million a year to host a 30-minute program...I think that is a wage increase on your per-minute face time in front of the camera like most people will never see.

[OmniGLH]

Yes once you live the life of luxury there is no turning back.  If she's paid 15 mill a year Im sure she spends close to that a year.  

Ditto!

No matter how much money I make, get better paying jobs, get raises, etc. - I *always* have the exact same amount of money left in my pocket at the end of the month.  Which is not much.

I only WISH I could get my living expenses back down to what they were when I was in college and keep my current income!  I'd be a baller!!