The University of Tennessee, which is situated comfortably in a fine place called Knoxville, has upped the pay of both its football and basketball coaches. This, according to the venerable news gurus over at the Nashville Tennessean. I always thought it unnecessary and egregious to form a city's name into a moniker to identify its citizenship (see Chicagoan, New Orleanian, Texan, New Brunswickian). And to name a paper after the folks who live in a particular area? Why, this is just irresponsible or lazy.
Regardless, both football coach Phillip Fulmer and men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl have signed lucrative seven-year deals worth nearly $3 million per year. That's some scratch, for those of you keeping score at home.
But here's a special fact for those of you feminists out there: Pat Summitt, the women's basketball coach over there at Tennessee makes about a million skrilla less than both Fulmer and Pearl per year. But then again, what's she done other than build one of the most dominant programs in all of college sports, all the while amassing 8 -- that's right, 8 -- national championships since 1987?
Meanwhile, Fulmer and Pearl have, in 20 combined years of coaching at Tennessee, one -- one whopping national championship -- between them.
This just in ... Rosie the Riveter is reportedly rolling over in her grave, middle finger fully extended. Why she was buried face down in the first place ... well that's just another example of the man sticking it to us.
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