I totally get where he’s coming from. The dude just wanted to be heard. Will he get any money back? Probably not. This is a big hit for their future, though. I’m glad Papa J has a say in all things Louisville. He made it clear that he didn’t want The Bucket downtown. He lost, but at least he had a say.

First the facts:
1. Do top donors usually have a heavy influence on decisions that are made at college football programs? Yes.
2. Does he have a right to cancel future donations? Of course.
3. Does he have a right to ask for any money back? Probably not.

As for how this is all going to shake out, I believe that Mr. Burton has made a huge fool out of himself. If his goal was to abandon his support of UConn and let everyone know why, a much more civil (and shorter) letter would have done the job. What did he hope to accomplish with all the emotional, self-aggrandizing drivel he included in the letter? He probably thinks that all that stuff will convince others to jump on his bandwagon and further punish the AD for hurting his feelings. What I believe it actually accomplishes is to show Mr. Burton to be the thin skinned, egotistical, amateur millionaire that he is. I believe he is amateur because you just don’t see powerful, wealthy people behave this way. It may be just a fantasy born out of watching too many movies, but it just makes sense that the most cunning wealth people know to stay out of the headlines. They pull the strings and make things happen from behind the scenes. And if something pisses them off, they have the self-discipline to not scrawl out an angry letter that makes them sound like a pompous ass.

If UConn is so unworthy, then it was his mistake to invest in them to begin with. Perhaps if he had as much influence as he thought he did, he would have used it (and his sports-genius) to see to it that this awful AD would never have been hired.

How does this affect his taxes?