It's also time to give the governor a raise from the current salary of $98,600, 46th among the states. Based on the 2014 season just ended and the raise in pay, the University of Oregon is paying its head football coach about $5,000 per point scored. It's true, as Babe Ruth might observe today, that the Ducks' football coach had a better season than the governor did, but it's also true that in any non-religious organization the size of state government, the chief executive is paid a more competitive salary than what our legislature apparently thinks our governors are worth. Also if we pay the governor a bit more -- at least enough for the public servant to send a child or two off to become a Duck or a Beaver -- we would reduce the need to make a living on the side.