Peyton Manning gave up $4 million in salary to the Broncos in March. He’s now giving up $3 million more to his alma mater.
Manning has donated $3 million to the school in honor of university employees Gus Manning and Carmen and Deborah Tegano. Gus Manning has served the UT athletic program for 64 years, Carmen Tegano has spent 31 seasons at the school, and Deborah Tegano was one of Manning’s professors.
The donation will create the Gus Manning Gate at Neyland Stadium, and it will place the names of the Teganos on a dining hall to be added to a dorm currently under construction.
At a time when more and more people are noticing the gross imbalance between the value generated by highly successful college athletes and the compensation they receive, it’s admirable any time any of them give anything beyond what they’ve already given.