Show them the money.<\/p>\n
That’s the message from Ron DeSantis, who believes that high school coaches in his state should make more. The Florida governor came out this week on behalf of his state’s high school coaches, stating that they don’t make as much as in other states.<\/p>\n
Things are certainly on the move in Florida lately, with the state reportedly ready to allow NIL for high school athletes<\/a>.<\/p>\n DeSantis, who ran in the Republican presidential primary earlier this year, said that there is a significant disadvantage between what Florida high school coaches are making and the rest of the country.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to say that money is everything, but I think you can make more money being like a high school football coach in Georgia because parents can do boosters and stuff,” DeSantis said according to Florida Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n “And look, I know there\u2019s got to be guardrails on that, but I want it to be attractive to coach.”<\/p>\n There is a certain level of pessimism that the bill for a wage increase would pass, largely due to the financial implications for school districts as well as taxpayers.<\/p>\n In dealing with other pressing issues in Florida related to inflation and rising costs in the school district, better pay for high school coaches is likely simply not a priority.<\/p>\n It also may not raise the support of the teacher’s union.<\/p>\n