Highest Paid Public Employees by State

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Many athletic programs actually generate a PROFIT even with the high salaries. There's a reason those coaches are paid so well, so that there is a return on the investment.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsm...le-athletics-program-is-a-winner-financially/

Even when major sports like football and basketball do well, however, not all schools turn a profit in their athletic department, as you saw with the SEC financial data I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Louisville did though. For the 2009-2010 school year, Louisville’s athletic department turned a profit of over $2 million. Having recently researched profits in the SEC and Big Ten, I can tell you that is more than Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Northwestern, Minnesota or Illinois.