David Beckham is reportedly getting 250,000,000 dollars to play soccer in the United States. If David were to give the parents of 5,000 kindergarten students 50,000 a piece, and those parents were to invest that 50,000 dollars at a conservative rate of 8%, that 50,000 dollars would grow to almost 140,000 dollars in 12 years. It is conceivable that David Beckham, if he wanted to, could send 5 THOUSAND kids to college in 2020. And he’d still be a multi-millionaire from his previous income. Wow. (The average 4 year public college education in the U.S. costs roughly 50K.) Even if I am half-wrong, David could easily send 2500 kids to college. And if I’m half-wrong the other way? David might be able to send 10,000 kids. 250,000,000 dollars is a staggering amount of money. Gooooooaaaaaallllll.