Shaquille O'Neal Donated $500,000.00 To Katrina Victims

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I know he makes more money in a year than most folks reading this thread will make in a lifetime but that's still a generous donation.....



LSU is his alma mata and he went to Baton Rouge to distribute personally food and water to disaster victims...


I'm proud to be a fan of the Big Diesel...

[newportdadde]

1. One man donates 50% of what Walmart coughed up..

[redsoxliberal]

11. seriously, right...

[Zynx]

2. Makes my $175 seem pathetic.

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. We do what we can, Zynx, and when all of us regular folks...

pool our money, it amounts to a lot.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. God Bless Shaq....

He's richy rich but Mike Tyson made over three hundred million dollars in the ring and he's bankrupt...

I made a donation too but I'll bet you will miss your $175.00 more than Shaq misses his 500 K....

[Zynx]

12. I'm a college student so I will miss that money dearly. ;-)

In all seriousness though, it is a small price to pay considering what people down in LA and MS are going through.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Some Of Those Athletes Burn Money As Soon As They Get It...

I trust Shaq is smarter than that...

[Lorien]

15. Proportionally it's probably the same

Shaq has a house here in Orlando; it's sort of a mini Versailles. $500,000 is no drop in the bucket to him though, I'm sure-just as $175 isn't pocket change to you or I.

[Triana]

3. Way to go Shaq!

He's real people and he knows what to do. Bless him!

[frylock]

5. big ups to shaquille..

he's good people.

[Tyranny_R_US]

6. Whoo hoo! Shaq!

Thank You!

[Mr_King]

8. That's why

He's my favorite basketball player, because of his heart.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. How much has Gasbag Rush donated?

Good on Shaq! :woohoo:

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Thanks, Shaq!

[theboss]

13. Shaq is a genuinely good guy

He does this kind of stuff all the time and most of it never gets publicity. And I honestly believe him when he says he wants to go into law enforcement after his career is over. His dad raised him well.

[lildreamer316]

14. Kudos.

Now THAT makes me proud (and in turn ashamed) to be an american.

[LTR]

16. He also paid for George Mikan's funeral a couple months ago

Mikan was a basketball legend back in the '50's, with the Minneapolis Lakers.

Shaq said that without Mikan there would be no Shaq. And he's right.

Shaq has become a class act over the years.

[Booster]

18. Way to go, Shaq, and way to go, Zinc. We all give according to

what we can afford, but it's the giving of anything that helps.

[JimmyJazz]

19. I always like it when I get to change my opinion of someone for the better

:)

[bullwinkle428]

20. Shaq passes out loads of toys to underprivileged kids

every Christmas ("Shaq-a-claus"), so I'm not at all surprised to see this gesture from him!

[intheflow]

21. Compare to Heinz Corp. -- Also donated $500,000.

You'd think such a huge corporation could do better than match the donation of one private ball player.

[faithfulcitizen]

22. i was just thinking, i wonder how much Kerry will give...

:shrug:

[cthrumatrix]

23. thank you Shaq ... thank you

[KitchenWitch]

24. Shaq has always been a generous donor!

I have a lot of respect for him.

[growlypants]

25. Thats all??? They say his net worth is $300 million.

he lives in a 60 THOUSAND square foot house. :puke:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. No Way He Can Be Worth That Much...

First of all he hasn't made that much in his career including endorsements and the government gets 40% of it....


Also, those guys burn cash like it was paper....

[MN ChimpH8R]

26. Good on him

One man gives $500K and multibillion dollar corporations give.....

[movonne]

27. Where is Toby Keith ???

[d_b]

29. Probably writing a song

about kicking Katrinas ass.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. LMAO!