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Letter to the Sports Editor… Could those donations be made public

Aug 11, 2018 Sports

Dear Sir,
How is it that persons and companies donate to sporting organizations but choose not to divulge what they are donating. I see it every day in the sporting section of all local news papers. A check is handed over but no one knows what is really handed over. This is a double whammy for sports.
Some people hand over pittances but the attention given makes it appear that they have given a jewel and a crown. This may serve as a deterrent to others who genuinely want to give more but believe that the association/ promoter has already kicked a fat purse.
Why is it that sponsors don’t want to say what they give? Why call a press conference to say that you are giving but withhold the most important thing which is how much you are giving? The reason is because the public would laugh because a big fuss is being made about nothing. A newspaper’s duty is to give its readers the truth, the whole truth and nothing about the truth. Any newspaper failing to ask for and then not report on the amount being offered is aiding and abetting in the suppression of sport. This confounded nonsense must stop.
Sincerely yours,
R. Trim

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