Black and gold: At $22 million total—$11 million in salary earnings and another $11 in endorsements—New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is listed by Forbes as the world’s 67th highest paid athlete. According to the magazine’s list of the top earners in sports this year, boxer Floyd Mayweather will make the most of any athlete: $300 million. Mayweather’s earnings all came from his successful blockbuster bout with Manny Pacquiao earlier this year. At $160 million, Pacquiao is No. 2 on the list. “If Mayweather worked on Wall Street, he would have ranked 14th among the top-earning hedge fund managers in 2014,” Forbes reports. See the full list of the world’s highest earning athletes.
Head of the class: Jimmy Sawtelle has been selected unanimously as the chancellor of Central Louisiana Technical Community College by the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors. LCTCS President Monty Sullivan made the recommendation to the board during its monthly meeting on Wednesday. Sawtelle has served as acting chancellor of CLTCC since early December 2014. Prior to his arrival at CLTCC, Sawtelle served as senior vice president for workforce solutions for LCTCS. A native of Ville Platte, Sawtelle has 23 years of higher education experience, serving in roles ranging from classroom instructor and electronic learning director to campus dean and the acting head at four colleges within LCTCS.
Electronic eyes are everywhere: Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to let law enforcement agencies automatically scan motorists’ license plates, to crack down on car thieves and insurance scofflaws. The House and Senate voted today for a proposal by Republican Sen. Ronnie Johns, of Lake Charles, creating a pilot program that will allow the practice until 2021. The bill goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal for consideration. The Associated Press reports Johns touted the technology as an easy way for police to cross-check license plates with police databases. If a scan yields results, officers could have probable cause to make an arrest, or issue an insurance citation to a vehicle owner. The bill doesn’t allow stationary traffic cameras to scan plates. Departments that opt into the program would have to coordinate efforts with local district attorneys.
