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9 comments
May 21, 2013 at 7:20 am
john zande
What do they mean by “public employees”?
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May 21, 2013 at 8:10 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
People employed by payed for via the government. I’m assuming. There is a caveat here, many of the coaches are payed their salaries as result of the huge dollars their sports teams bring in.
I overlooked how sport infatuated many Americans actually are and was coming from the angle that their pubic purse is being misused to pay coaches obscenely high salaries. I thought (wrongly) that their university sports were similar to those up here in Canada (where universities primarily are for learning, as opposed to chasing a rubber ball about).
So despite my oversight, the infographic remains appalling just for different reasons. :)
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May 21, 2013 at 10:52 am
syrbal
Wasn’t that map a special kick in the pants? I am, of course, ever unpopular due to insisting sports should be extracurricular and paid for by bake sales….not major bits of the budget.
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May 21, 2013 at 4:13 pm
cocacolafiend
That is very strange!
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May 21, 2013 at 6:26 pm
The Arbourist
@Srybal
But how would we get kids to learn the spirit of competition if they are not actively competing against each other and making each other bleed?
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May 21, 2013 at 6:27 pm
syrbal
Oh, not to worry, plenty of time for THAT kind of play when they can’t find jobs and are forced to join the military for a monthly paycheck.
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May 21, 2013 at 6:29 pm
The Arbourist
@Syrbal
Well played, game set and match are yours. :)
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May 21, 2013 at 6:30 pm
syrbal
LOL, and all without ever playing football!
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May 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Francois Tremblay
As a Quebecois, I liked that there was a hockey coach up there. In general, the New England results seemed somewhat more sane, although I am a staunch socialist.
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