Something interesting.....

[HarpBros]

Who is your state's highest paid employee? The Governor? A doctor? A university president? The answer will surprise you... Or maybe not.

http://www.theadvocates.org/

[ShockerPrez]

Am I the only one that is happy about these numbers? Better than having a freaking politician be the highest paid. At least these people work for a living. (For the most part)

[Steeleshocker]

Am I the only one that is happy about these numbers? Better than having a freaking politician be the highest paid. At least these people work for a living. (For the most part)

And if they don't perform at least they get fired.

[WuDrWu]

The only people that think this is bad are teacher's unions and government employees. Nothing wrong with this picture at all.

[GoShockers89]

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[BOBB]

Respect New Hampshire with the hockey coach.

Edit for geography fail

[shockdude]

The only people that think this is bad are teacher's unions and government employees. Nothing wrong with this picture at all.

For what its worth doc, I am quite involved with the union and would say many if not all of the teachers I deal with would be fine with the salaries. Cheap shot. I look forward to your posts more than any other but it would be nice to come on to a shocker site and celebrate the team without having to wince at cheap anonymous shots- but such is life.
Anyway, thanks for your insights and hints regarding shocker basketball. Your posts will continue to be the posts I'm most excited to read. I do appreciate them.

[60Shock]

Interesting stuff, but shouldn't this be in the Off-Topic area?

It is really a stretch for BB.

[DwShock]

What I'm upset about is its not Gregg Mashall representing the state of Kansas in this map.

[kcshocker11]

Interesting stuff, but shouldn't this be in the Off-Topic area?

It is really a stretch for BB.

Its is http://shockernet.net/forum/showthre...-in-your-state

[shock]

Its is http://shockernet.net/forum/showthre...-in-your-state

haha nice plug

[wsushox1]

KC Shocker posted this a day ago.

[Rlh04d]

I'm pretty shocked Billy Donovan makes more than Muschamp. He deserves it...but that's pretty solidly football country. Good for him.

I was, too, but it makes sense. Donovan has two national championships, and all of the other football coaches in Florida are fairly new.

I'm not sure if either got a big raise over the offseason, but as of last November Jimbo Fisher was making about $300k more than Muschamp as the highest paid football coach in the state. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/college-gridiron-365/os-fbc-jimbo-fisher-tops-state-coaches-in-salary-20121120,0,254870.post

I do think coaching salaries are getting a bit absurd. I love college sports, but the financials of the NCAA are getting crazy ... coaches get rich, executives get rich, ADs get rich, and the "student-athletes" are essentially forced to compete in a minor-league without any real compensation, while we pretend that a scholarship is an acceptable return for the players risking their health and occasionally lives to make everyone else around them rich. Most of these "student-athletes" could care less about a college education and are only there because it's the only option to go pro. The amount of wink-wink-nudge-nudge that has to go on to accept the current status quo as being fair is getting a bit tough to swallow.

[shockmonster]

AD's get rich? How much do they make?

[Rlh04d]

AD's get rich? How much do they make?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/03/06/athletic-director-salary-database-methodology/1968783/

A number of AD's make over a million. I guess "rich" is up for debate, but I consider a salary of more than a million a year to be pretty well past that point. I'm not going to go through the actual numbers, but after a quick skim I'd guess the average AD salary in the SEC is around $800k, and the average of BCS programs is between $300-500k.

Vanderbilt's AD made over $3.2 million last year, although he has a handful of job titles.