Comments on: Irsay pledges $50,000 to Indiana tornado relief

By: lilyflower64

lilyflower64 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:48:44 +0000

I live in one of the communities hit by the tornado. The issue isn’t the amount of the donation. The money belongs to him and he should be able to give any amount he chooses and to the charity of his choice. The issue is, how much of the actual donation actually ends up going to the victims? I have been in the mist of the distraction since day one and I can honestly tell you the red cross is a joke. I will never give another penny to this organization.

By: vousetesunxxxx

vousetesunxxxx — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:42:11 +0000

@mrslay1

Judging by your phrasing, and lack of appropriate punctuation, you must be the child that “no child left behind” left behind.

By: mrslay1

mrslay1 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:13:32 +0000

spoken like a true demacrap!!! What have you ever done thats so speical. Worry about your own penny and be glad Irsay and people like him look over your stupidity!

By: sportsreporterusa

sportsreporterusa — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:04:39 +0000

Wow – I am glad that I am following this.

Guys – as someone who has been involved in charitable fundraising for 10 + years this is a initial gift that is going to increase.

BTW – while you guys can mock a $50,000 contribution all you want, it makes you look small and petty.

I can guarantee you that the Development Officer of the non-profit organization is very thankful for that kind of leadership contribution which by the way none of you really know what kind of funding levels the non-profit is calling for.

For all you know – $50,000 is the upper tier contribution that is being called for.

Everyone on this board needs to call that number and make a contribution especially those that are mocking a $50,000 gift.

By: IrsaysTwitterThumb

IrsaysTwitterThumb — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:52:23 +0000

50,000 > 10

By: kmack831

kmack831 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:39:17 +0000

If we all gave $5 bucks say that we all make $50,000 a year. We would give .01 percent of worth.

Jim giving 50k is aprox .0035 %. If he gave = to the .01 % that we gave it would be 140k

So the 50k from a billionaire is about us giving $1.75. POCKET CHANGE!!

What should happen is he give with out anyone noticing. And not take the focus off the poor Tornado victims.

Also Give more than a Buck 75 Jim… If you really Care about the people and helping out, instead of trying to appear to be a good guy.

By: chaser68

chaser68 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:17:25 +0000

I always love how everyone is an expert at spending other’s money

By: bumbler19

bumbler19 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:59:46 +0000

Well if he had wanted to make everyone forget about Manning he could rebuild that area. To hell with the cost. A Billionaire and only $50,000? That’s like us “burger flippers” donating 50¢ to someone whos house just burnt down.

Wha a chump!

By: larryfinfan

larryfinfan — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:15:52 +0000

Nice gesture, but is that all since he isn’t going to pay Manning the $28M bonus that he can afford ??

Seriously tho, I’m happy for the folks who will be help and I do applaud Irsay for this…

By: brj1212

brj1212 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:36:18 +0000

In a stunning PR move…PEyton Manning just donated $51,000 to make IRSAY look bad again…

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000

“You know how long you morons will have to flip burgers to make that much cash?”

You do know that Irsay inherited his fortune, right? And that he did absolutely nothing to earn any of it.

By: hooks024

hooks024 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:34:33 +0000

Guy hands peyton manning $26 million to do nothing last year, and all he had for this is 50 g’s? Something smells funny here, and I think it’s jim’s sense of charity.

By: hillshirefarmsgomeat

hillshirefarmsgomeat — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:11:33 +0000

illwillthemick, mgm36, stairwayto7, how much have you all given? $50,000 will buy A LOT of supplies that will help A LOT of people.

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:57:56 +0000

He’s donated $50,000 to the ‘Please Don’t Hate Me For Dumping Peyton Manning” fund.

By: onebucplace

onebucplace — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:15:15 +0000

Figures a bunch of nothings that have never done anything for anyone would criticize over a generous donation. You know how long you morons will have to flip burgers to make that much cash?

By: bennyd720

bennyd720 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:29:43 +0000

while I concur that it’s great he is donating something, I’ll have to say that $50,000 is an embarrassing number for someone of his financial status to be proud about donating given the scope of the disaster. Like someone already said, that doesn’t even replace one house…

By: skinsfanwill

skinsfanwill — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:23:32 +0000

I applaud him. How many of us will give $50?

By: mrslay1

mrslay1 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:04:00 +0000

Hey folks… Branson Mo. Got hit very bad as well and left people without homes and such. They could sure use some help as well.

By: dempsey63

dempsey63 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:38:57 +0000

For all we know, he might quietly have donated $10 million but announced it as $50,000 so that the rest of us wouldn’t think of the victims’ problems as being solved without any need for our contributions.

By: knicks4life

knicks4life — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:03:34 +0000

Cheap bast4rd

By: nyyjetsknicks

nyyjetsknicks — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:16:04 +0000

He’s going to be saving $35 million this year, so this donation feels a little light.

By: kingdavid56

kingdavid56 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:07:26 +0000

He is an idiot with his pr moves. But you have to tip your hat to him here, while some people say only $50k at least it’s something.

By: truthfactory

truthfactory — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:03:19 +0000

One of the strangest, and yet most generous billionaires in the world. Not just with this disasters, but countless others as well…

By: pikindaguy

pikindaguy — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:00:06 +0000

That’s a lot of text messages he had to send.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:45:44 +0000

Irsay is worth $1.4 BILLION dollars. Someone do the math, but my guess is that’s a pretty low proportion of his disposable income and a pretty pathetic excuse to issue a press release.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_James-Irsay_BYI3.html

Any guy who spent $2.4 million on a original manuscript of “On the Road” can afford to add a zero or two to that amount.

By: kd727

kd727 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:42:15 +0000

There’s some awfully righteous commenters we have on here tonight, criticizing a man who donated 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS to one cause. How much have you macho men donated?

By: supremeomega

supremeomega — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:34:10 +0000

How much did you donate? What are you doing for others? 50K isn’t much for Irsay but did you even give 5 dollars?

By: staffordsyear

staffordsyear — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:27:21 +0000

Quit knockin the guy..at least hes givin something..its 50,000$,that money will go to good use.

By: gguffey

gguffey — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:24:38 +0000

Packer@ss…talk about stupid! Yeah, u

By: lombardihero

lombardihero — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:12:13 +0000

Maybe he could give the 28 million he is going to save when he cuts Manning.