Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 06, 2016
Transcript:
Rat: Did you know that the highest paid state employee in 39 states is either a football or a basketball coach? Goat: And what kind of message does that send? Rat: That baseball coaches are getting screwed. Goat: I meant, as in what we're teaching our kids. Rat: Not to be a baseball coach?
State employee? I didn’t realize 39 states owned colleges and universities. Despite names like University of Texas, North Carolina State University, University of Massachusetts, etc., I also assumed all colleges and universities named for their home state were separate institutions and not ultimately run by the state government.