[TheHotSnakes]

Sure they spend all that time....by choice.....nobody made them coach. There are people in every school system that are over paid, and if they are paying that much you need to add them to the list.

Then by that logic, why pay somebody very much at all, regardless of the job? I mean, nobody made them do whatever job they are choosing to do. Right?

No one coaches high school ball for the money. That's a fancy way of saying "no one becomes a high school coach to get rich." The pay minus all of the work they do and all of the crap they have to deal with, ends up equaling out to be a very one sided situation. I've known guys who are coaches who have had to pick up the trash at their stadium because the grounds crew and janitors in charge of ACTUALLY doing it, just didn't. Because they didn't think it was fair to their families to have to work on Friday night or Saturday morning. I've known guys who coached who have had to miss their child's Little League games or school functions, because they'd had practice or a meeting.

Any time I've met somebody who coaches, regardless of sport, they coach for either one or both of these reasons: 1. They love the game far too much to leave it. 2. They had a coach greatly impact their life, and want to return that to today's youth.

Should a coach want as much money as they can get? YES! You know why? BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS MORE MONEY!

If a school chooses to pay someone a lot of money, that's their call. If they choose to pay someone very little, that's their call. Ultimately, there is no one coaching in the state of Kentucky whose pay is a major drain on the budget of their school system.

But, paying somebody 11K per year to have a full time job that deals with probably crappy kids and even crappier parents? No where near over paid.