Today in the Noble Ideals of Amateurism
By Cartels can be very profitable to the people allowed to profit from them:
You may have heard that the highest-paid employee in each state is usually the football coach at the largest state school. This is actually a gross mischaracterization: Sometimes it is the basketball coach.
Based on data drawn from media reports and state salary databases, the ranks of the highest-paid active public employees include 27 football coaches, 13 basketball coaches, one hockey coach, and 10 dorks who aren’t even in charge of a team.
In conclusion, that time when a recruit was given a certificate good for 10 free car washes was the worst scandal in scandal history ever, except for steroids.