So Joe links to a NY Times article today about the salaries of college football coaches. Is it right, the article asks, that a football coach might make five times as much as the university president? For me, the answer is clearly — no. But here was the quote that caused me to write today:

"Is Alex Rodriguez worth $250 million to play baseball?" said Skip Bertman, L.S.U.’s athletic director and former baseball coach. "Of course not, and it’s not a question of whether a baseball player or a coach is worth that much. The issue is what is the market value."

No it’s not.