Academic types have long lamented that coaches at many public universities make millions more than their schools' professors and presidents, not to mention the governors of their states. That much is true. Mr. Saban's eight-year contract will pay him $4 million a year -- $5 million if he earns all his performance bonuses. That dwarfs the salary paid to Alabama President Robert Witt ($611,000) and Gov. Bob Riley ($105,000).
But there are two fundamental problems with comparing teaching and coaching salaries. The first is simple supply and demand. With all due respect to the many great teachers, it's easier to replace them than Mr. Saban, Ohio State's Jim Tressel or Penn State's Joe Paterno (who makes a paltry $500,000 a year).
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