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In response to "remember that librarian who scrimped and saved to give $4m to UNH? they spent $1m of it on a football scoreboard -- (link)" by mr monkey

I dunno, if you donate to the school, it is up to school on how to use it.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Sep 20 '16, 13:49

I don't think you get to bitch about it

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Unless there are clear instructions on how in advance that the school can use to decide to accept or not. - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 13:52 7
- and they could have Spicoli'd it by hiring Van Halen to play the Homecoming Concert. wouldn't make it any less wasteful -- nm* - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:58 6
  - Well, that depends. Who's singing? nm - Dignan Sep 20, 14:06 1
    - Adam Lambert -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:22
  - again, if they sell advertising on the sign every year and make $ off of that, how is it wasteful? -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 14:02 3
    - as the opponents state in the article, there is a list of many other things that would have been more valuable to the school's educational mission -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:05 2
      - sounds like sour grapes to me. - groiny Sep 20, 14:06 1
        
        If they could generate that much money from the scoreboard, they wouldn't have needed a bequest to buy it - Roger More Sep 20, 14:32
There are still good ways to spend donations and dumb ways -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:52 13
- Devil's Advocate: What pot of money - other than donations - would you have had them spend the $1M out of? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 13:53 12
  - donations for sports seems a deep well for many teams to draw on, look at all the violations of giving cars to stars etc... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 14:17
  - They get an alumni or sports fan to pay for it with naming rights, like a lot schools do. -- nm - . Sep 20, 13:56
  - None? Fuck football -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 13:55 9
    - I'm generally okay with that line of thinking, but now let's set it aside and go back to "It's being bought. How should it be paid for?" -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 20, 14:03 8
      - colleges are a de facto minor league system for the NFL. send them all the bills -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:04 7
        
        college teams generate a ton of revenue for the school, not just for Athletics. -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 14:05 6
        
        not enough to pay for a new scoreboard, apparently -- nm - mr monkey Sep 20, 14:06 5
        
        And unless they're getting money from television, many smaller schools put more money into sports than they gt out of it. -- nm - . Sep 20, 14:08
        
        not if a large % of that money is earmarked elsewhere. - groiny Sep 20, 14:08 3
        
        State school, so the tax payers do. Especially when there are areas were there are needs unmet. -- nm - . Sep 20, 14:11 2
        
        where are those needs unmet? - groiny Sep 20, 14:13 1
        
        More computers in the library, scholarships and other aid for students in need. - . Sep 20, 14:25

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I dunno, if you donate to the school, it is up to school on how to use it.

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