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Adjusted for inflation, that's... oh.

Half of that money goes to hard candy, slipcovers and wall-length mirrors.

@Chamomiles Davis: He's already got a lifetime sponsorship from Werther's Original... his hard candy expenditure is covered

Also, I know he still makes a lot, but has anyone seen his house? Still lives in the same place he did 30+ years ago, and gives all his money to our wonderful library.

/homerism

Also, according to the Big Lead article about the same subject, looking at the USA Today stats, Kirk Ferentz makes more than $2 million a year? Who the hell is writing that check?

The low salary makes it easier to hide the money underneath his mattress.

Disposable income isn't a huge necessity. His only major expense is onions to tie to his belt.

I heard that his contract with depends is worth millions.

I used to smoke weed in the woods behind his house, and the very first time I saw him we were all so confused as to why the mailman was working on a Saturday.

@Phatty: Oops. Sunday.

@LingeringBursitis: Library?!? Pfft. What a nerd.

Fortunately for JoePa, Road Rage is still free.

Back in the early days a man could survive with little more than $100 dollars, a fifth of whiskey, and all the gaming rights the state of PA could afford.

@LingeringBursitis:

Yeah I've seen it, and I've witnessed him walk home from games on occasion.. he lives that close to Beaver Stadium!

@Phatty:

Take another puff Philly trash..

Public universities structure football and basketball contracts in such a way to minimize the amount that is paid by the state government. This is a way to avoid some negative press as to why the football coach makes 40 times what the governor does and also limit the retirement benefits they could claim, if they ever lasted 20 years at the job.

My guess is Jo Pa brings in 2M a year.

Latrell's kids think that's good money.

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: To be fair, though, "Beaver Stadium" is what he calls Mrs. Paterno.

...I'll show myself out.

@Chamomiles Davis: You needed more Ogre-esque inflection in that comment!

@Chamomiles Davis: I don't think that Stadium has been open for a few years..

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: Oooh, somebody has sand in their vagina today!

Gotta edit my threadjack from espn comment of the day:

$0.5 Mil in State College = $8.0 Mil in Tuscaloosa

@Chamomiles Davis: Not to mention shiny quarters for the grandkids.

Seriously though, the fact that it's so low, and that he admitted that he makes more in endorsements, shows how much class he has.

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: Great, now I've got sand in my vagina.

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: It was condemned after Jay got out.

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: Because JoePa looks like the mailman? I don't get the hate.

@BelichickSpiesOnYou: Yeah I've seen it, and I've witnessed him walk home from games on occasion.. he lives that close to Beaver Stadium!

OMG! I like totally can't believe you've actually seen him in person!

I asked Mrs. Paterno what her husband's cock tastes like.

She said, "Depends."

Public universities structure football and basketball contracts in such a way to minimize the amount that is paid by the state government. This is a way to avoid some negative press as to why the football coach makes 40 times what the governor does and also limit the retirement benefits they could claim, if they ever lasted 20 years at the job.
My guess is Jo Pa brings in 2M a year.

At UConn I know Coach Calhoun makes most of his money through public speaking, endorsements and shoe/clothing contracts with Nike. I'm sure its that way with most public university coaches just for the reasons you stated. In fact at UConn the salaries of Calhoun/Auriemma and Edsall all come from funds raised by athletic boosters and non of the money is budgeted by the state.

@Chamomiles Davis: As someone who played serious Club sports at Penn State, and had to do the "Clean Beaver Stadium to raise funds for our rugby travel expenses", I wish you hadn't gone there..

@Juancho: Class don't get you far in the Big11 these days.

@LingeringBursitis: I just hope you raised enough funds!

@Sarcastro: well done

$500,000? How many coffee cans does it take to hold that?

On a serious note, I would guess he makes $3 to $5 million in outside income due to his Nike deal (which I think he has had since 1946), his radio show, and other endorsements (mmmm....o.....milano).

@LingeringBursitis: All you need is the world's largest douche?

(zing?)

@Chamomiles Davis: Yeah, thankfully, we made enough cash to make the experience worth it. Hungover as fuck, showing up at 6am on a late-November morning to sweep mountains of fries and burger wrappers into the aisles, then fucking bag it all and transport all the bags to the dump. Ugh.

@Sarcastro: We would have tried that, but Skip Bayless was unavailable to help.

[that's the zing]

@LingeringBursitis: That's no way to spend your college years, son.

@Chamomiles Davis: it was only once a year, thank God. We needed beer money for our rugby tours! It's understandable!

One year while touring Florida, we stopped in Panama City with our tourbuses, and we set one up as a fake cab service. We'd park outside the big clubs and drive people back to their hotels, charging 20 bucks a head for groups of 6 or more. After 4 hours, we had enough to pay for our hotel suites in Clearwater, and 4 kegs the first night we were there.

That's better, right?

Ya look at that photo with the article, and you figure he's gotta spend a little more of that dosh on Metamucil.

@LingeringBursitis: Better than better. That's goddamned brilliant.

@Phatty: ..cause dope smoking is so cool that you write inane(look it up) things when trying to be funny.. and the fact that you are from Philthy..

@Phatty: OMG you've smoked dope behind his house! You are like, so cool!

@Sarcastro: I asked her the same question and she told me "Sarcasto's breath"

@Sarcastro: I just read your blog.. that explains your hate of Paterno..Yinzer

@Phatty: I'm from "Philthy" too, Phatty. I believe "inane" means "ridiculous, meaningless or stupid"... like using "Philthy" as an insult.

@Chamomiles Davis: Philadelphia has now been introduced to dictionary.com

@LingeringBursitis: As a fellow Penn State rugby alumni (women's) that stadium cleanup was the worst. I believe there was a rule that you weren't allowed to go into the stadium unless you were hungover.