Princeton Kicks Fundraising Priorities Through the Uprights

by Nick Summers | November 22, 2006 at 9:49 am

Princeton Kicks Fundraising Priorities Through the UprightsKudos to ‘79 Princeton grad William C. Powers, now a portfolio manager, who this week donated a whopping $10 million to those kids who are truly in need: Princeton football players.

Now, you can argue that the Tigers don’t need the money. They are Ivy League co-champs, and they do play in a beautiful new stadium (to be renamed “Powers Field,” naturally). But this team has had just four winning seasons in the last decade. That’s almost as bad as the crisis in Darfur.

But before all you readers in the Holy See rush off to start the canonization papers, there’s something you should know about Powers. He … didn’t give all he could. No, the bastard held out on us, alloting another $500,000 for the school’s financial aid effort.

Son of a bitch. Doesn’t he know a half mil could have re-sodded an entire practice field?

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5 Responses to “Princeton Kicks Fundraising Priorities Through the Uprights”

  1. Comments Adrian Says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 12:49 pm

    wild.

  2. Comments brown Says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    The donor held out the remaining $500k for financial aid for football players (based on need). His entire donation really only benefited them.

  3. Comments Eric Says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    Maybe his beautiful gift will help Princeton continue to win Ivy football titles…something the Tigers have not seen in quite some time.

    Shameless plug…the official Ivy Football Champs gear is now on sale at Ivysport:

    http://secure.ivysport.com/category-category_id/162

  4. Comments Randy Moss Says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 8:14 pm

    Disgusting. Why doesn’t he just drop the pretense and call it a sports scholarship?

    I suppose alumni at other schools will get all excited and try to match, lest other Ivies lose the arms race of the meatheads to Princeton.

  5. Comments oy Says:
    November 23rd, 2006 at 2:19 am

    i hope that’s not adrian ross