BillsFan4 Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) ? Some good young men we have leading our Sabres/Bills. Jeff Skinner too: Quote Jeff Skinner announced on his Instagram that he’s donating $53,000 to the fund started by Terry and Kim Pegula last week. Skinner said he wanted to help health care workers, as well as FeedMore WNY as the fight against the coronavirus rages on. https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/sabres-skinner-donating-to-help-those-fighting-covid-19 Edited April 9, 2020 by BillsFan4
ngbills Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 Not trying to diminish this. Brees just donated $5M. Pegulas worth over $5 Billion... 4 1
MJS Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 1 minute ago, ngbills said: Not trying to diminish this. Brees just donated $5M. Pegulas worth over $5 Billion... Must remember that the owners have tons of employees and expenses related to stadiums and other things, so it isn't an apples to apples comparison. But yeah, you'd think owners would be able to donate more. Just now, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks He's on a rookie deal... 1 1
tumaro02 Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 18 minutes ago, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks So did you donate the $25.00 or donate anything like Allen or do you just throw shade for the purpose of throwing it? You have zero idea what donations Allen makes in WNY including his work for O'shei Childrens Hospital and other charitable organizations. He is also on his rookie contract. Making that judgement is interesting. 6 5 3
YoloinOhio Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks Did you donate anything? I think it is wonderful they are all contributing. I’m not going to criticize anyone for the amount. They aren’t required to do anything. 23 minutes ago, ngbills said: Not trying to diminish this. Brees just donated $5M. Pegulas worth over $5 Billion... The Houston Texans donated 100k. I don’t know why good deeds need to be judged. Just let them be good deeds. Edited March 26, 2020 by YoloinOhio 12 2 4
thebandit27 Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks No, no it isn’t. I promise that $25k goes further than $25. 5 1
gjv001 Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 I think all Bills Fans and Fans of WNY should be very thankful for the Pegulas. Thank you Terry and Kim for your support and generous donation. 3
YoloinOhio Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 Is this ok too from Tremaine or not enough for some of you? 7 2
BillsInWilmingtonNC Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 25 minutes ago, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/money/a31467983/coronavirus-outbreak-donation-nonprofits-list/ That might help you find where to donate your $25 3
TroutDog Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 These are all such class moves and it makes me even happier to be a fan of this team. Good on them all! 3
Johnnycage46 Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Is this ok too from Tremaine or not enough for some of you? JUST lunches...no dinners?!?! Kidding of course. It's great to see people getting out and helping folks! 2
Tenhigh Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ngbills said: Not trying to diminish this. Brees just donated $5M. Pegulas worth over $5 Billion... The latter seems to contract the former. 3 1 2
bbb Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ngbills said: Not trying to diminish this. Brees just donated $5M. Pegulas worth over $5 Billion... Actually, you are trying to diminish this. 6 1
DrDawkinstein Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 I wont ever knock Josh's donation. He's still on a rookie contract, and who knows, may have to make that money last the rest of his life. But yeah, Brees does embarrass the Pegulas. We should expect more from our Billionaires. Those numbers would make more sense if they were reversed ($5M from Pegs, and $1M from Brees). I like that it says "at least" $1.2M, so maybe it will go up if/when needed. 1
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, MJS said: Must remember that the owners have tons of employees and expenses related to stadiums and other things, so it isn't an apples to apples comparison. But yeah, you'd think owners would be able to donate more. He's on a rookie deal... He's on a first-round rookie deal....got a $13M signing bonus in 2018, paid $1.4M last year. That said, I'm not judging...I don't know how he invested or tied up his money, how much he might have loaned or put into his folks farm, etc etc. We all want to see pro athletes preserve their big bucks and make generational wealth from it, but that means you invest it well, you don't leave it in your bank account where it's easy to draw out. People can have high net worth but low liquidity 1
YoloinOhio Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: I wont ever knock Josh's donation. He's still on a rookie contract, and who knows, may have to make that money last the rest of his life. But yeah, Brees does embarrass the Pegulas. We should expect more from our Billionaires. Those numbers would make more sense if they were reversed ($5M from Pegs, and $1M from Brees). I like that it says "at least" $1.2M, so maybe it will go up if/when needed. What have the other nfl owners done? Edited March 26, 2020 by YoloinOhio
whorlnut Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, krf139 said: 25k? That’s like me donating 25 bucks Totally lame man. The kid is on a rookie deal and it’s pretty cool that he’s donating anything at all. 4
DrDawkinstein Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: What have the other nfl owners done? Fair question and good point. Pretty much every owner/ownership group should be putting up $5M in local relief. Except maybe Green Bay. Keep in mind, this is basically a PR move for the Pegulas after all the bad PR from the story you posted yourself. Edited March 26, 2020 by DrDawkinstein 3
MJS Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: He's on a first-round rookie deal....got a $13M signing bonus in 2018, paid $1.4M last year. That said, I'm not judging...I don't know how he invested or tied up his money, how much he might have loaned or put into his folks farm, etc etc. We all want to see pro athletes preserve their big bucks and make generational wealth from it, but that means you invest it well, you don't leave it in your bank account where it's easy to draw out. People can have high net worth but low liquidity He's also early in his career so he has a lot more to risk than Drew Brees (not to take away from his very generous donation at all), who has earned over $200 million over his career, not to mention his businesses, investments, endorsements, etc. Allen could take a catastrophic injury and never play again and never get another contract. I, personally, have not donated anything yet. So I am certainly not one to judge a player or owner for the amounts they donate.
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