Tom Brady donated hefty speaking fee to charity
Remember the story from earlier this week about how Tom Brady got $170,000 to speak for an hour after deflate-gate? Remember how obscene that sum seemed, how ridiculous that a university would pay so much money to a pro ballplayer?
Yeah, well, we’ve all got to eat our words a bit, because according to the Boston Globe, Brady donated all that money to charity. Of the total, $50,000 went to “Best Buddies,” which aids people with intellectual and developmental issues, and the remainder went to other charities. Not only that, Brady’s event apparently turned a $40,000 profit for Salem State University, which hosted the event.
Now, you could go and spin this all negatively if you like: Brady will, of course, get a nice little tax deduction for his donation, of course, and the university surely could have used some of that money in pursuit of its educational aims. But hey, we’ll stay positive here this time and give Brady all due respect.
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