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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5467454, member: 173"]
I don’t think you are doing yourself any favors when you make this argument.

1) AW took money and spent it in exchange for services from an individual.  He paid for the service.  He paid for by donating to a charity the person wanted - but it’s still a payment.  It affects AWs bank account in exactly the same way.  Getting upset when someone says “AW paid to have celebrities sit with him” is getting really pedantic.

2). There’s been similar celebrity appearances at NJ Devils games I’ve taken my kids to, which my daughter still talks about.  She still has very low interest in going to games and only goes for the food.  Stuff like this does not move the needle at all for most people as far as getting them to buy more tickets.   Him paying for people to sit with him helps his social media - that’s about it.  It does nothing for Syracuse tangibly, and it’s very debatable it does anything intangible.  So there’s at best trivial value in it to the school.  I think this remains one of the major issues - AW appears to be very interested in “contributing” in ways that helps himself primarily and Syracuse minimally or not at all.  Unshockingly, Syracuse has far less interest in that strategy.

He doesn’t deserve to be mocked for bringing fans to games.  He does deserve to be mocked when he acts like it was a major contribution to the athletic department.
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