OT: $22.5 million donation from Peter Werth

[tcf15]

 

[Waquoit]

Now that's a good fan.

 

[CL82]

Ollie buy out fund.

(Okay, I'm sorry, but you know someone was going to post it.)

 

[BlueMAB]

Do we know what it is earmarked for? Is this part of the Blaze strategy?

 

[tcf15]

Doesn't appear to be for athletics:

 

[UCFan1513]

Doesn't appear to be for athletics:

It is a fund to hire a new 'entrepreneur' to 'innovate' the Men's Basketball program.

 

[UConnDan97]

Wow. Big time move by a big time Husky! That's a really big check...

 

[Travelman6]

Now someone tell the UNI not to blow it on a new football scoreboard!

 

[Guapo]

This is really amazing.

Does he have some spare change to give to the Boneyard?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Now someone tell the UNI not to blow it on a new football scoreboard!

Nor should we lie about the guy's dementia-driven interest in football numbers and statistics. What a sad story and awful call by UNH that was

 

[Walker11]

I'd like to know if he makes the drive from Fairfield County to Gampel on a weeknight before I label him as a good fan.

 

[huskiesnyc]

I would be perfectly fine with that money going straight in Delany’s pocket if it got us in the B1G

 

[elmcityboy]

I'd like to know if he makes the drive from Fairfield County to Gampel on a weeknight before I label him as a good fan.

Werth lives in Woodbridge, and he's more than welcome to car-pool with New Haven-ites @awfuldan and I, as long as he chips in for gas money.

 

[housekeys]

Thank you Mr. Peter Werth!

 

[UCDaveD]

PETE, WORTH! PETE, WORTH! PETE, WORTH! PETE, WORTH!

 

[huskyjawz]

I'd like to know if he makes the drive from Fairfield County to Gampel on a weeknight before I label him as a good fan.

Funny!

 

[LIuconn]

Too bad the $ won't be used to move campus to the banks of the Ct river

 

[UCweCONN]

OK, Mr. Werth, what's your Boneyard screen name? May I suggest DoggyWarbucks?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Aside from buying politicians which is pretty cheap, the best uses of the money would be?

Endowment or research/innovation partnerships with big time companies

 

[Wordbomar]

OK, Mr. Werth, what's your Boneyard screen name? May I suggest DoggyWarbucks?

Clever this deserves more likes

 

[Palatine]

For those interested -- https://www.foundation.uconn.edu/wp...pdf-uconnfoundation-endowment-report-2017.pdf

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Quite generous of DoggyWarbucks, especially given Werth's not a Connecticut alum [BS Pittsburg State (KS), MS Stanford]. Generic drug R&D can be a wee bit prosperous. STEM matters!

 

[CL82]

STEM matters!

So you are saying its Werth it?

 

[huskyblooz]

Ollie buy out fund.

(Okay, I'm sorry, but you know someone was going to post it.)

Would that be the Net Werth Fund?