Here’s the punchline: Ryan Day’s salary is publicly funded through Ohio State’s athletic department, which is fueled by TV deals, jersey sales, and your favorite uncle yelling at a screen on Saturdays. So essentially, you and your uncle are paying for his new pool. But hey, for $9.5 million a year, he’d better win every game by at least 40 points—and maybe also cure world hunger in the fourth quarter.
In the end, numbers like these are why college football coaches are the only people who get richer by screaming into a headset. If you ever feel bad about your paycheck, just remember that Ryan Day gets paid more to lose to Michigan than you do to win at life. And he still can’t find a parking spot on campus.
