Idaho’s highest-paid state employee isn’t the governor, a university president or a key scientist - it’s Boise State University head football coach Chris Petersen.    Petersen heads the list of a record 310 Idaho state employees who now out-earn Gov. Butch Otter. The list has swelled from 284 last year, in part because Otter opted to turn down his scheduled 3 percent pay raise this year and stick with last year’s salary of $108,727. Petersen’s $806,998 salary, which comes from both state and private sources, is now more than eight times the governor’s salary/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

Question: Should a sports coach, now matter how successful, earn 8 times as much as a state's governor?