$25,411.76 Per Hour

TigerBlog has some math problems for you today that have been giving him trouble. 

First, if you make $120 for 17 seconds of work, much do you make an hour? Well, there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour, so that's 3,600 seconds per hour. 

If you divide 120 by 17, then that comes to 7.06, and multiplied by 3,600, that comes to $25,411.76 per hour. Seems like a good job.

Why are these numbers significant? Well, that would be because TB locked himself out of his house Sunday afternoon. He has no idea how he did this, by the way. 

As it turned out, it cost $120 for a locksmith to come out and let him back in. TigerBlog timed him when he arrived, and from start to finish, it took him 17 seconds to unlock the door. 

Seventeen seconds? What the heck? 

So that's one math problem out of the way. 

The other is this: If you're starting college in September 2024, what year are you graduating? 

For some reason, TB got that one wrong.

When he wrote the story about the incoming field hockey class, he referred to it as the "Class of 2027." Yeah, no. That's not right. 

It's actually the Class of 2028.

How in the world did TB get that wrong? That was so easy. And he did better on his math SATs than he did on his verbal, though that was a long time ago.

There are seven incoming field hockey players. Of that group, there are four Americans — all four of whom were selected to the USA Field Hockey Senior Nexus, a launching pad to the national team program. 

The other three are all from England. Their presence will bring to 24 the number of players on the team this coming season, and the group will be split evenly between American players and international players. That was pretty much the first thing that TB looked up.

It's the kind of balance that Carla Tagliente and Dina Rizzo love to see in their program. It's also the kind of balance that leads to an even more well-rounded experience among the players themselves, since they're exposed to teammates who have come from wildly different backgrounds and pre-Princeton experiences.

One of the interesting things about writing about an incoming class, at least as far as TB is concerned, is that you have to learn quickly how to spell everyone's name correctly. TigerBlog is the field hockey contact, so he'll have to make sure he's not messing things up from the start.

In the case of these seven newbies, TB now knows that there are two "Ls" in Lilly Wojcik. Actually, that's three "Ls;" there's that math thing again.

Clemmie Houlden wants to be "Clem." It's "Faulstich," for Anna Faulstich, without a second "T" near the end of her last name. It's "Molly" Nye, which is different than the way TB reflexively types that first name, from all the times he's written "Mollie Marcoux Samaan."

This is something only people in athletic communications think about. You can also multiply this out by Princeton's 38 teams, which means learning to spell all kinds of names.

Of course, the math on this particular equation is easy. If you have 12 American players and 12 international players, then you have a 50-50 balance.

What other math is there for today? This one is always a tricky one.

The last event of the 2023-24 athletic year was the NCAA track and field championships, which ended on June 8. The first event of the 2024-25 is on Aug. 23, when the women's soccer team hosts Miami.

So what does that make the midway point between last season and this coming season?

Well, that's 22 days of June, 31 of July and 23 of August. That's 76. Half of 76 is 38 — and 38 days after June 8 would be July 16. 

TB was in a meeting yesterday which ended with these words: "August 23rd will be here soon enough."

Yes it will. It always is.

Lastly, if you make $25,411.76 per hour for a 35-hour work week for a full year, then you've made $46,249,411.80 for the year.

According to a Forbes article, that would put you 47th among current professional athletes in annual salary, just ahead of Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers and just behind Rashan Gary of the Green Bay Packers.