OT: LeBron James pledges $87M for hometown kids to attend college

[ErniesPinkStripes]

LeBron James pledges $87M for hometown kids to attend college | New York Post

Have never been a Lebron guy, always felt he was all about me me me (check my stats) .. just found him generally irritating and hard to like... but this was pretty cool, even for a guy worth over 200 mill.

He went up a few notches in my book with this gesture.

 

[Huckleberry1]

That was nice of him.

 

[Froob]

He'll never be Jordan, Jordan was a much nicer guy and would have taught the kids himself. That's what Nike told me anyways.

 

[Observer]

Wow!

 

[oldrover]

That is waaaaay more than nice. Dude's laying up some treasures in heaven.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Just Do It!

Great move!

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

I still hate Lebron, always will, classy move though

 

[mosey threetupu]

Agreed that's great. But this also reminds me of the Scott's Tots episode of the office. Classic.

 

[Froob]

Agreed that's great. But this also reminds me of the Scott's Tots episode of the office. Classic.

Same. I mean how could it not?

 

[The Brandon Five]

This is terrific. Kudos to Lebron and his family.

 

[letekro]

Still a terrible man because he once agreed to do a TV show for ESPN, which raised another $6 million for charity. #NeverForget.

 

[Fixit]

Still a terrible man because he once agreed to do a TV show for ESPN, which raised another $6 million for charity. #NeverForget.

Truth. Some things just cannot be forgiven.

 

[h0c2000]

The headline is misleading and the article is from last year.

From the article, this pledge is from his foundation. What percent of that 87M is from him personally versus sponsors and other donors is unclear. Looking at the 2014 IRS 990, there wasn't much in the bank at the time. 2013 showed 2-1 expense-grant ratio.

Any update?

 

[AtomicDawg]

He'll never be Jordan, Jordan was a much nicer guy and would have taught the kids himself. That's what Nike told me anyways.

LeBron donates his money to kids, Jordan gambled with his extra money and invested in prisons. Just sayin'.

 

[randomk1]

I've always hated the guy. I thought that he was the Peyton Manning of the NBA. Incredible talent but just mentally weak and soft. But after coming back from 3-1 i'm thinking he is right there with MJ. He took a lot of **** for the decision and going to Miami and losing to the Mavs but i think he developed a backbone in the process. Something the giant forehead(from HGH) never accomplished.

 

[zoostation]

this is obviously an enormous amount of cake$. i must say i am slowly gaining respect for LeBron

 

[ausbacker]

I've always hated the guy. I thought that he was the Peyton Manning of the NBA. Incredible talent but just mentally weak and soft. But after coming back from 3-1 i'm thinking he is right there with MJ. He took a lot of **** for the decision and going to Miami and losing to the Mavs but i think he developed a backbone in the process. Something the giant forehead(from HGH) never accomplished.

Nobody is on the level with MJ in the NBA much like there will never be another Tom Brady in the NFL. That said, this is a wonderful gesture by LeBron.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

LeBron donates his money to kids, Jordan gambled with his extra money and invested in prisons. Just sayin'.

And supposedly Jordan is an extremely poor tipper, to the point of stiffing caddies.....neither has the greatest rep for tipping...
Michael Jordan and 10 Athletes Who Are Terrible Tippers

 

[supafly]

Still a terrible man because he once agreed to do a TV show for ESPN, which raised another $6 million for charity. #NeverForget.

Wait, "The Decision" helped raise 6m dollars for charity?

 

[JPPT1974]

Well they say that he is worth $500M from what I saw on a news website.