You can't be serious (John McEnroe)

Every so often you get a pop up on your computer screen that invites you to come in a look at some statistics and also look at all of the advertisements. I don’t mean the ones that invite you to get in touch with Holly, a 24 year old grad student who will do anything that you want to pay off her college loans.

No, these are lists of questions or people who are in certain categories that the ad makers think you will take a look at. I am mostly interested in the trivia about sports and current pop culture. This morning I was enticed to look at a list of the salaries of sports announcers.

Now you might pass by such an innocent listing, but I was just curious because I do look at lots of sports on TV. To say that I was shocked to see how much these cardboard cutout people make is to underestimate my surprise.

According to this list, most of the announcers make well over a million dollars. Of course, the women make less than the men. Many of the male announcers earn around 6 million dollars. Stephen A. Smith earns 12 million, Terry Bradshaw earns 25 million and Jim Rome earns 30 million.

I know that is hard to believe. There is now rationale for these talking heads to make that kind of money. Speaking of talking heads Sean Hannity earns 36 million, not including real properties that are owned by shell companies. Anderson Cooper makes 12 million dollars. Rachel Maddow just inked a deal that would give her 30 million a year and it will be over after the 2024 election.

How about football and basketball coaches? Nick Saban just signed an 8 year 84-million-dollar contract with other kinds of goodies. Bill Belichick earns 12. 5 million. Coach K earns 9.7 million dollars per year. And yes, I can spell his last name Krzyzewski).

How about some movie stars? Brad Pitt makes 20 million dollars per picture. Angelina Jolie also earned that amount per picture. Jaret Lets played the Joker in the movie “Suicide Squar.” He earned 10 millin dollars for his 10 minutes on the screen.

TEACHERS ACROSS THE NATION IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS EARN $63,645. SOUTH CAROLINA TEACHERS EARN $55,893.

MAYBE SOMETHING IS SCREWED UP.