If each premiership footballer in the 25 man squad could donate £1000 of their not so hard earned wages to the cause, that would be £500k! Scudamore donated 5k didn't he? His wages are obviously less than footballers get. Makes me so angry when we are expected to dig deep, which we do and have to go without a pint or a takeaway etc when celebs can do both without even breaking a sweat!
Many players have probably made a donation...just haven't made a song and dance about it. Also sure the final figure will be far higher.
Thats a bit unfair because we don't know how footballers spend their money. I would like to think a fair few footballers give a chunk away to charity regular basis.
It's not you're right, but my point is some of us would struggle to donate yet we still manage it. And yeah I'm sure footballers do donate to charity but it's just a shame when a footballer is doing something so amazing that they can't just donate a bit more to what is a great cause. Nobody has to go public with a donation if they don't want to but if a few did, it would raise awareness of what Benali achieved! This man deserves to raise that £1million!
Yes, of course he does, and although many of us have donated what we can afford, the present total of just under £140K is frankly pathetic. Sorry not to be more diplomatic about it, but it's the truth. There, I've said it. Yes, I'm sure it'll grow a good deal, and then there are those signed shirt auctions to be done, but given the enormous personal effort Franny and those around him demonstrated, he should be overshooting that £1M by miles, not struggling to make it. I very much hope I'm completely wrong and that his great challenge finally gets out there, because at the moment it appears that the general public prefer sheltering dogs.
Its all about publicity. Eddie Izzard had a series about his less outstanding achievement (which was nonetheless impressive by the way). Other people would write a book about it (i'm reading one at the moment about someone who cycled an old Giro d'Italia route). For some reason it hasn't really gone national which I don't understand. Steve Cram for example, a great footie fan and someone who ought to appreciate how massive an achievement it is.
It is about publicity. It's also about momentum. These things snowball after a while, provided they get the right people engaged. This one hasn't... yet.
I hope it does. Even forgetting about the fact that he is trying to raise money, his actual athletic achievement should be recognised.
When it wasn't even mentioned on Match of the Day(MOTD2 isn't as popular so it smacks of a half arsed attempt to promote it!) It's gonna struggle to snowball!
Dean Hammond doing Franny a favour and getting him some more coverage today. please log in to view this image
