This is an interesting, fun little piece from Deadspin on the highest-paid public employee in each state. Often it’s a football or basketball coach, unless you live in Nevada, clearly.
Highest Paid Public Employees
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Kelly O'Mara 
Reblogged this on We Run and Ride and commented:
This is an enlightening graphic that says a lot about our priorities in America. But what would happen if football became too litigious a sport to sustain?
I don’t know that anything is really becoming too litigious to maintain, despite popular anecdotes. If some of the lawsuits against the NFL won, then the NFL might have to actually pay for athlete’s injuries and stuff.