If I recall correctly UW is one of the charities that spends a lot, more than 50%, of its donations on additional fund raising.

You should've sent back a receipt showing you donated your "fair share" to Doctors without Borders, Habitat for Humanity or another worthy cause.

George, Elaine and Jerry attend Dr. Tim Whatley's Hanukkah party where each receive a card notifying him that a donation has been made by Whatley to "The Children's Alliance" in his name. George is offended by Whatley's gift to him, a donation in his name to a charity. George decides to use the Whatley approach when giving out Christmas gifts at Kruger Industrial Smoothing; however, he makes up his own charity called the "The Human Fund." George's boss, Mr. Kruger, gives George a check for $20,000 to "The Human Fund" but later the accounting department informs him the charity doesn't exist. George tries to convince Kruger that he passed out the fake gift cards because he didn't want to be ridiculed for the holiday his family traditionally celebrates, Festivus. To prove it, George brings Kruger to his father's Festivus dinner.

What is the Human Fund? Seriously I have never heard of it before but have of the others mentioned.

I talked to my boss, who was also under pressure, and he suggested I take out a second mortgage in order to pay my "fair share."

I've yet to see a quote from McCourt saying each player will be required to donate. He has said that each player contract will require the language, with the blank line; and he has said they must fill in a number. And I've seen him quoted as saying each player will be asked to donate.

I even got called in to see the GM about my lack of compassion.

“Every future Dodger will be asked to fill in a blank line,” Frank McCourt said in remarks to Town Hall Los Angeles today. “They’re making a lot of money, these players. We won’t tell them how much to contribute, that wouldn’t be right.”

Well, let’s see what happens when a player enters $1.00 on the line.

This isn’t to say that players won’t willingly go along with advancing the Dodgers’ charitable efforts, but let’s say for the sake of argument that I were to somehow have the baseball gods land on my doorstep and make me an MLB player of interest to the Dodgers (hey, one can dream). I would most likely decline any substantial donation to the McCourts in favor of autism research (for those that may not know, I have a child with autism, and the Business of Sports Network works to promote autism awareness). Who is to say that investing money I earn in autism research, or some other charitable foundation is any less noble than the one being foisted by the McCourts on future Dodger players?

If you don’t think that players aren’t doing charitable work, I have a mountain of press releases from the MLBPA to say otherwise. There are also countless press releases from players doing charitable work on their own (as a matter of fact, Matt Kemp of the Dodgers just hosted Ante Up for Autism).

The MLBPA may look like the bad guys on this, but there’s a case to be made that forcing players into a donation is against the CBA.

At the time my wife had quit work to have a baby and I was, for the only time in my life, having money problems. I talked to my boss, who was also under pressure, and he suggested I take out a second mortgage in order to pay my "fair share."

Those four guys who carry me around on a throne of gold aren't cheap, you know.

What is the McCourts' obsession with charitable donations and their relation to player salary, anyway?

I can't believe that the city of New York has an income tax. And their state taxes aren't exactly rock-bottom, either. Where does all that money go?

You sound like Mayor Daley.

Seriously, with all the money that state and local governments rake in, you'd think that they'd be continually trying to figure out what to do with their massives surpluses. Instead, they're continually in the red. It's mind-boggling.

The foundation's main purpose is to.... build baseball fields. Seriously