ESPN has released a look at coach salaries in comparison to other public employees. The key takeaway ESPN wants to drive home?
Of the 50 U.S. states, a college football or men's basketball coach was the highest-paid employee in 39 of them in 2016.
And it will provoke the usual outrage it’s aiming for. For instance:
But as most of the other comments point out—it’s flat out wrong.
Take our dear old U.Va. for instance. According to ESPN, Bronco Mendenhall is the highest paid public employee in Virginia, making $3.