David Smith executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group also had a very good 2017, but came nowhere close to what Nexstar's Perry Sook made. 

Last year, Smith pulled in $6.64 million, which was a raise of 28% over his pay in 2016. 

To give you a bit of perspective on that, as Sinclair employees contracts are coming up, sources tell FTVLive that the company's standard offer is 1 1/2% raise. A long way from the almost 30% raise that Mr. Smith got. 

Seems fair, don't ya think?