By Kim O’Hare
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a professional athlete? Aside from the constant pressure to perform and ever-present adoration of the fans, there is all that money to deal with.
What would it be like to have a collection of classic automobiles, or own several homes spread around the globe? What would you do when the garage rings up to say the repairs on your aging Nissan are going to cost thousands of dirhams?
UAEasy thought it would be interesting to try to put things into perspective.
We gathered information on several high profile athletes and calculated some of the day to day costs of living using their estimated income to put things into perspective.
Our conversion table shows some of the typical expenditures we mortals make, and adjusts them so you can see how the multi-million dollar athlete feels when he has to put out hard earned dosh for the same product.
