Beyond that, how much of a donation is enough, really? This is a great gesture by Magic Matt #9 and he’s a class act. It’s absurd that any person mocks his donation of time and money.

And THIS counts :

http://myfaithsjourney.com/

Note that Stafford wasn’t trying to get attention for himself.

Compare that to Jim Irsay who donated $50,000 towards tornado relief and issued a press release to call attention to his donation.

To Irsay, who spent $2 million for a personal copy of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road,” that donation is the equivalent of $1.75 for someone making $50,000 a year.

Yet while you and I routinely donate MUCH more than $1.75 a year and don’t issue a press release or expect any pats on the back, Irsay’s got his entire press operation out there spending much more than his donation to tornado victims trying to make him look good.

So yes – Stafford deserves credit for making a nice donation WITHOUT any expectation for good press – because of that I’m glad he got some.

I’ve got a clue for the clueless. It’s more than $15K.

Nice job, Stafford. I’m sure you really made that family’s day. I didn’t want to like you when you chose UGA and were the #1 pick, but whatever; you’re a good fellow, and you’ve earned my cheers with your hard work on the field and good character off it. Keep up the solid work.

I love the people who complain that this guy makes millions and “only donates 15k, big deal…” Really? You are the same people that think successful people should have to pay for all the lazy people that don’t want to work. To all those people I say, how much have you donated to charity? Thought so…
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Had a big, long post to you and decided against it. Instead, I’ll simply say this:

Matthew Stafford: 11.5 million = $15,000, less than half a percent of his salary

Mrs. Squirrel and I: Appx $80,000 = between three and four grand donated in the last year, slightly over 4% of our salary.

I am not asking for a pat on the back and in fact expect much backlash for it. I just find it humorous that you are so quick to judge anyone who feels that he probably could give more than $15,000 (and maybe he does) as people who ‘live off the government.’

I would like to give Stafford props for his donation, as any donation to a charity should be applauded, however I don’t have the time to sit and wait for you to finish your verbal blowjob for Stafford’s donation of less than 1% of his salary all the while judging me and others at the same time…

… this also begs the question of who in the hell would choose Rex Grossman as a handle on this site. Seriously.

Kent Graham.

Ask the Falzone family if the gift feels like a cheap PR move.

Since he won the bid, that means other bids were lower, so his bid ensured the maximum amount went to the charity.

And he’s the only reason the package was there to auction off in the first place.

What portion of your 2011 income did all of you donate to charity?

Not a fan of obvious PR moves like this one. $15,000? Big deal. And then he runs off and does an interview about it. Classy.

Complaining about an athlete actually doing something positive and helping out someone less fortunate? CLASSY!

Read the story first, before popping off. The newspaper asked him to comment on his gift.

My guess is this donation isn’t the only thing he has done this year as far as charity goes. So, it’s rather ignorant to mock someone else’s donation of $15,000.

Obviously you can’t put a price on helping a family like that, but he easily could have donated more in that situation if he feels it’s a great cause.

The facts are that any athlete that supports children’s causes, especialy hospitals, are all-pros in my eyes.

Way to go Matthew.

I wish that we could see more of this.

Good job to all the people mentioned in this article.

What the deuce…