Never going to happen.
Fans who dump on Marcus should spend some time learning about his philanthropic activities and priorities.
Who will be our Thomas Boone Pickens?
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Never going to happen.
Fans who dump on Marcus should spend some time learning about his philanthropic activities and priorities.
I've mentioned Marlene Tepper's name here a couple times jokingly and maybe JH/SB can talk to her woman to woman. I think I've seen her name on one of the Rutgers boards. I can't remember which one, maybe the Board of Overseers.
I don't know if they've been officially divorced. They were separated last year but I've not seen anything about a divorce. Besides half of 10 billion is still 5 billion, lol even a 1/4 is 2.5 billion more than enough money to make difference in whatever she feels like. They were married 30 years so it's not some flight by night marriage.
You know Harold Hamm's wife got 1 billion in a divorce. He was worth 8 billion after having founded an oil company, Continental Resources. She wanted more and he tried to argue the company did well because oil prices went up and not because of any added value he provided. I don't think that strategy ever got tested in trial though. She first refused the billion dollar check saying she deserved more but then later accepted while still fighting for more. Once she accepted the check though that was that and she couldn't get more.
I've always said that 10% of any lottery (I don't mean $500 scratch-off winnings...) I hit - BIG - will go to Rutgers. 5% to athletics and 5% to academics. That's to start with, mind you, should I "do" things with that money, which puts more $$$ in the bank, obviously there would be more to come for my alma mater.
Marcus was the guy I was thinking about. I first thought Arthur Blank but he was the other co-founder.
Why bother donating to academics ? Throw the full 10 percent to athletics unless you plan on going to see a kid do a chemistry experiment
One of David Tepper's largest academic contribution was to Carnegie Mellon University (received his equivalent of an MBA from CMU) for $67 Million.
Recently purchased a mansion in the Hampton's (Sagaponak NY) from John Cornzines ex for $43.5 million.
Dave a successful Pitt grad gave a million to Pitt.
Hope he increases his future contributions to Pitt.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
Recently purchased a mansion in the Hampton's (Sagaponak NY) from John Cornzines ex for $43.5 million.
Dave a successful Pitt grad gave a million to Pitt.
Hope he increases his future contributions to Pitt.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
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I knew about the Carnegie Mellon donation, I think he went to business school there. Also knew about his Corzine purchase, actually demolished the house and built a completely new one. I think he just recently completed the renovation.
Thing is to get donations like these the person doesn't necessarily have to have attended the school. Alums are the most logical source for donations but they don't necessarily have to be the only ones. I think there was an article awhile back and about 40 some odd percent of donations to RU were actually from non alums. Local residents/businesses are just as good sources, you just have to find places where interests may align.
I've mentioned here before that Louisville got a 5M dollar donation for their soccer stadium from a guy that was an alum of Murray State and wasn't even a fan of soccer at first. There are always opportunities to cross promote once you get them into the fold for whatever they may be interested in to start. It's one of the reasons I've said there's a practicality to supporting Olympic sports like lacrosse, soccer, golf, etc..Participants of these sports usually come from more affluent backgrounds and are more likely to go on and do well in life. If you neglect their passions why would they be interested in giving a second look to donate to other causes and then you've lost a nice pool of potential donors.
That's why I suggested we reach out to the entertainers in our state. I was half-serious when I posted about having a concert in HPSS to raise funds for athletics. Springsteen is a very proud resident of the State of New Jersey, and so Jon Bon Jovi. There are many other entertainers that hail from New Jersey who are not connected to Rutgers such as Queen Latifah, Joe Pesci, Shaquille O'Neal, and Jack Nicholson, to name a few. Wonder what the results would be if Rutgers reached out to any of them or offered an honorary degree.
You can always try, the worse they can say is no. I'd think it would be more "realistic" to have a fundraiser for something altruistic for lack of a better word. Say something like that Adult Autism center I posted about a week or so ago where RU seems to be the only university looking to create one. Like I said find places where interests may align and from there you can branch out and cross promote to other areas like athletics or what not.
What about the Football players? Does Todd Frazier give to Athletics? Just curious who gives and who doesnt. I know A LOT OF GUY GIVE THEIR TIME but if Patrick Peterson can throw down $1 million to LSU, I'm sure the McCourtys could combine for a $1 million donation.
The issue for RU is - there is another school in which to deposit your money if you have home state pride. Its been one of the huge problems for RU since the beginning. Tack on that alot of Catholics would rather give to Catholic colleges and NJ has ALOT of Catholics, and you have the basic issue for RU as far as attracting non-RU money from NJans.
An aquarium that is a big ad for Home Depot (their mascot is a bright orange fish call Deepo.)
This is a better plan than trying to get them to get in for sports first. Sports are something you donate to because you are already a fan of the team - essentially you are trying to buy future wins.
Yea I agree. Maybe it's this autism center, maybe it's cancer research at the Rutgers Cancer Center, or whatever else and from there something along the lines of free for saturday? want to take in a game of the local team, etc..? show them the whole 9 yards with some special treatment, etc.. Then maybe you develop a new fan and then maybe you get the donation. It's a gradual step by step process and doesn't happen overnight, a relationship has to be built. Then you get a new fan of fooball and then maybe you can interest them in other sports possibly and vice versa from other sports towards football/basketball.
This can all happen with currently disinterested alums along with just local residents. Of course winning a lot would make the whole thing easier.
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According to this, David Stern's networth is $135 million--http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/david-stern-net-worth/
That one is a real head scratcher. I don't want to single him out, and maybe he has done some things behind the scenes? Does he show up to RU hoops games or otherwise show support?
