By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.comThe University of Texas is giving a $2 million yearly boost to the man who (a) discovered a cure for cancer, (b) created an infallible program to end the violence in the Mideast, or (c) coached a football team into the national championship game.
It's not the fault of Mack Brown, who will be receiving $5 million annually, that his specialization is teaching kids how to score touchdowns or, need be, keep others from scoring them instead of teaching them to score on an exam.
It's the educational system's fault.
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