Monday, February 25, 2013
Globe: In nonprofit game, many athletes post losing records
(www.boston.com)
posted on February 25, 2013 at 07:36 PM by villageidiom to charity, dodgers, nba, nfl, olympics, red sox, yankees
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A decent read, if only scratching the surface of the issue. I’ve always been curious just how much money raised goes to charities directly, versus going to fund activities which in turn help the charity, versus going to fund “administrative costs”.
In some cases athlete charitable foundations are accomplishing a lot, sometimes after very non-productive starts. In other cases, calling them charities is being… er, charitable.
Read More......just 37 cents of every dollar raised by the Josh Beckett ...
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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on July 27, 2012 at 05:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0When I think of pure athletes, my mind goes immediately to the track and field and gymnasts. For some reason, I know that soccer players are great athletes but for some reason my mind doesn't go there. Of course I think internally my mind doesn't really think of sports athletes as "athletes" as much as players.
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