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re: Missouri is more southern than Florida.
Posted on 11/15/13 at 1:10 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 11/15/13 at 1:10 pm to East Coast Band
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Why does Mississippi have asterisks by its football coach?
Dan Mullen is the highest paid state employee in Mississippi. It is debatable to consider him a "coach".
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 1:49 pm to winyahpercy
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Why does Mississippi have asterisks by its football coach?
Because the state of Mississippi has a law that no state employee can make more than the governor. Technically the state pays Merlins $250,000 and the rest of his $2.5 MM salary comes from a private foundation, originally named the Bulldog Foundation.
Same law says that state employees can't have a contract longer than a governor's term - so that's why Mullen and Freeze have four year contracts that get extended every year.
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