There Are Times When I Am Ashamed of Some Americans

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Let me cut to the chase about what really bothers me about this.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/arti...tives.html

The Arizona Board of Regents is scheduled to meet Thursday and approve the contract of new Arizona State coach Todd Graham.

Graham, hired last week after spending one season at Pittsburgh, will have a five-year contract that expires Dec. 31, 2016. His annual salary will be $2 million, consisting of $600,000 base salary and $1.4 million additional salary.

Effective Jan. 1, 2013, Graham's annual base salary will increase $50,000. It will continue to increase by that amount every Jan. 1 through the life of the contract.

ASU agreed to pay Pittsburgh $1 million to cover Graham's penalty for opting out of his contract.

Through incentives, Graham can earn:

• As much as $150,000 if ASU reaches certain academic standards.

• $25,000 if ASU appears in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Graham would receive $75,000 more if the Sun Devils win it.

• $500,000 if the Sun Devils appear in the BCS National Championship Game, and an extra $250,000 if they win.

• $250,000 if the Sun Devils appear in any BCS bowl, and an extra $100,000 if they win.

One month of his annual salary for reaching any non-BCS bowl, and an extra $25,000 if ASU wins.

I'm not even going to add that up. But, at the same time we have this going on in Arizona.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyf...ties_p.php

Tuition increases proposed late last week by Arizona's three public university presidents make getting a public education in Arizona pricier than ever. Worse, they were probably underestimated -- again.

Presidents of the three universities sent their pitch for new tuition increases to the Arizona Board of Regents on Friday, in response to a $170 million cut in funding from the state in Governor Jan Brewer's January budget proposal.

While already creating a new level of poor-dom for students, the universities didn't exactly plan for the budget proposed by the state Senate, which calls for $235 million in cuts in the universities.

But millions for a fucking football coach?