9 public college presidents' pay tops $1 million

[Fern]

What is more relevant to me, is the ridiculous amounts of money completely wasted on collegiate sports endeavors to make the donors and frat boys happy at the expense of education, you know, the reason people supposedly go to college in the first place.

This article and image, blogged by a college professor, represents the top paying jobs of public employees, by state. And something is very, very wrong with this picture.

http://professorconfess.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-picture-sure-is-worth-alot-of-words.html

Yes, something is likely wrong with it and I would suggest that is its accuracy.

I don't know about every state, or care enough to research it, but in some the coaches' pay is primarily borne by the booster association, not the university/state govt. E.g., this is how it works in the state of FL.

(Booster associations are independent tax exempt orgs.)

Fern

 

[Fern]

You do realize (probably not) that many of those coaches are at programs that bring in FAR MORE than what they pay out to the coaches? I would tend to say that most not only completely fund their sport, but many of the other university sports as well.

Correct on all counts.

Fern