Nothing new in the linked thread but I am amused by the Joebots still whining that they refuse to donate to PSU because of what the BoT did to Joesus. As years go on and classes keep graduating from PSU, the Joebots' pouting and refusing to donate money to their own school matters less and less -- even if PSU will no longer receive the entire estate of some of the Joebots. I love the guy who donates only enough money to keep his football tickets. Rosa Parks has nothing on that level of sacrifice.
http://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/barrons-vision-for-penn-states-next-fundraising-campaign.41201/
Aoshiro: "The university stabbed its best fundraiser in the back. Good luck."
Keyser Soze 16801: "My spouse and I have no kids and planned to leave everything to PSU prior to 2011. Instead, PSU will get zilch."
Old Tired Lion: "I have given a hell of a lot of money to Penn State through the years. Now I donate only enough to retain my seats for football and NOTHING more. I've made known my displeasure with the current regime of corrupt cowards who've taken control of the BoT and will NOT be writing any more checks to further their stranglehold over this university. If they all resign
en masse and take along
all their self-appointed sycophants, leaving only the alumni elected trustees to decide our future, at that time and only at that time will the coffers get any more contributions from me."
NittPicker: "Amen. The egos of some BoT members make it impossible for them to understand very few people donate to the university because of them. Joe and Sue were the people many donors felt comfortable with and the Paternos were able to close the deal on many contributions. I never met Joe but there are many stories of his uncanny ability to work a room and remember names. I doubt any of the stiffs on the BoT have those kinds of interpersonal skills."
NittanyZiggy: "I say this in all honesty. I have a niece who, my wife and I, were responsible for in the unfortunate event of the death of both parents. When she turned 18, we had to revise our Trust. Simply put, we wrote PSU out of their 50% of my (meager) estate. This is FACT!"
JoeBatters1: "**** Barron and PSU."
Fayette_Lion: "You heard it here first....when this fizzles in early 2017, they'll honor the Paternos and ask for everyone to get back in the fold. They are idiots but they aren't financial fools."
fairgambit: "I think it's fair to say that most people who have stopped, or reduced, their contributions, still love Penn State. They just cannot tolerate its leadership. Those arrogant bastards refuse to make any meaningful effort to heal the divisions, or to honor the most important man in Penn State history. On the contrary, they continue to open old wounds and advance an "anti-Paterno" agenda which has been soundly rejected by tens of thousands of loyal alums. Their apologists will dismiss those who have decided to stop their donations, arguing that the amount of their giving is a drop in the bucket and has no meaning outside of its limited protest value. In doing so, they miss the larger point. Penn State needs all her sons and daughters. It is their numbers and their loyalty that make Penn State the world class institution it has become. Casting them aside, as they did Joe Paterno, diminishes Penn State and limits its influence. Sadly, they just don't give a damn."
wensilver: "When Louis Freeh peels off a few million to start "the ball rolling" on "advantaging" this campaign, from what these bastards paid him to scorch the greater Penn State community, then perhaps I'll open up my checkbook.
Until then, F-U."
Peetz Pool Boy: "You are correct about the "spin", but demographics are really working against the "Paterno-stabbers".
Marshall30: "Barron gets [Mark May] until the truth comes out."
lionlurker: "It's likely that they will collect a ton of money, because the university has a ton of graduates. None of it will be from me, however, until they see the error of their ways. It may not mean much to them, but at least I can look myself in the mirror each morning knowing that I am doing whatever little I can to show my displeasure. Unlike the sycophant nobodies on the BOT who automatically do the bidding of the true power brokers, my integrity is not for sale."
