He’s not being paid with tax dollars. He’s being paid with football dollars, the program will bring in 16 times his salary.
He’ being paid 100% football donation dollars!? That’s rich!
I’ll end with this: As conservatives we constantly say imagine what it would be like if xyz were privatized? It would be so much more profitable! Same with college sports, plus we wouldn’t have to subsidize (with tax payer dollars not used to pay a head coach) the lesser popular sports.