2024 EDSBS Charity Bowl: Day 5, Michigan Beating Everybody

Meh- Methinks you need to find The Fine Line Between Stubbornness and Stupidity.

You have every right to throw your money wherever you chose and in this instance I agree with you in every sense and the simple fact that as you state  "A collective throwing $1M at a kid to bring him to their school (or keep him from transferring) could do a lot of good elsewhere with that $1M" is our reality ANGERS me beyond words. This is so beyond acceptable, I cant believe its true.

But, here is where you still cant seem to grasp reality and I give you credit for sticking to your guns. 

"I would much rather throw my discretionary dollars at people in genuine need rather than at semi-pro athletes already getting a full ride (and then some) at a major US university."

Look, to you and I the perceived value of  "a full ride (and then some) at a major US university." is fantastic and the perceived value to the student athlete of "a full ride (and then some) at a major US university" in the 1970's, 80's and maybe even early 90's still held true. But no matter how hard you want to jump up and down and stomp your feet and hold your breath, your temper tantrum will NOT alter today s reality and that reality is the perceived value of "a full ride (and then some) at a major US university" is nowhere near what it was then. 

Think of the value of the dollar which in 1970 $100 dollars would require $850 today in comparable purchasing power. The difference between the two (the value of the dollar and the value of the full ride)  is one is reality and the other is perceived and the perceived value of "a full ride (and then some) at a major US university" has not only not appreciated in kind but it has depreciated, again the key word here is "perceived". This perception may not be yours but you are not the commodity.

No mater how much you want to protest or ignore it the simple fact is that the entire environment has changed. Coaches making $10m a year, coaches changing teams for millions, conferences signing BILLION dollar TV contracts for football, universities funding entire athletic departments from the student athletes participating in the televised activities, AD's making millions a year, strength coaches making millions a year and on and on and on...This has radically changed this thing we love called college football and the change is in its infancy right now. You can bitch and moan and complain about the good ole days all you want but, it's about to be rewritten as you and I know it. 

This is about one thing and that is the almighty dollar, and greed always prevails as we all know and it will prevail here. 

That's a school's donations from all people named "Matt" - not a list of the highest single donation. Unless every school's highest donation was made by a singular person named Matt.

IIRC, that's true, but Holly has also said there is one major Michigan person who drops a six-figure donation every year. They did it early this time around, supposedly, which is why UM jumped so high so early.