What's Wrong With All the $$$

I recently had a discussion with a family member about government employees and salaries. I looked online at Government Salaries to find all the salaries. We both found it quite amazing that the top three paid government employees were all head coaches… for the same school. Mack Brown, the University of Texas head football coach, at 5.1 million dollars makes twice as much money as the next guy, Rick Barnes, the University of Texas head basketball coach, at 2.15 million dollars. If you look down further on the list you see that Will Muschamp who is only the assistant football coach is fifth on the list making 900,000 dollars. These numbers can upset some people. People wonder why are a football coach and basketball coach making so much money when tuition is going up and professors are being let go at the University of Texas. The reason that they are getting paid so much money is the product they put on the field or on the court is paying for there salaries. In the case of football Mack Brown supports his salary and probably pays for every other sports team besides baseball and basketball. Baseball and basketball probably break out a little ahead or even. Every other sport runs at a deficit. The football program pays for the entire athletic department. In most other states the athletic department runs at a deficit and the funs have to come from somewhere, whether that is from tuition or from the state. All I am trying to say to those people who are upset with how much Mack Brown is being paid is unless you want to get rid of all the sports teams that do not at least break even, or you want to pay those programs with your taxes dollars, cut Mack Brown a break. He deserves every penny he is getting.