The Tyranny of Expectation prompted me to check into the remuneration received by famous Indian (non-cricket) Sportsmen.
For his magnificent feat of earning the World Chess Championship, Anand received a meagre $390,000 prize money. With an earning of $7,550 per minute in 2005, Kobe Bryant earned this much in about 52 minutes!
On an average, India spent about $35,000 per athlete who represented the country in Athens Olympics. This pales when compared to $210,000 spent on each UT student athlete on University team, per year!
For his magnificent feat of earning the World Chess Championship, Anand received a meagre $390,000 prize money. With an earning of $7,550 per minute in 2005, Kobe Bryant earned this much in about 52 minutes!
On an average, India spent about $35,000 per athlete who represented the country in Athens Olympics. This pales when compared to $210,000 spent on each UT student athlete on University team, per year!
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In 2007 UT Athletics Department is projected to spend $107 million. At Rs. 39.675 per USD, it amounts to about INR 425 Crores! And UT Football Coach Mack Brown earns $2.5 million per year!
