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Washington State lost out on over $1.5 million after football coach Mike Leach tweeted out a blatantly doctored video of President Barack Obama this summer.
Leach tweeted out the video in June and asked his followers for their thoughts. The video was heavily edited to make Obama appear to be saying things he was clearly not actually saying in a 2014 speech to the European Union. Leach was defiant after tweeting the video and even got into a spat with a sportswriter following the tweet.
His actions cost the school some serious cash. A spokesperson told the Lewiston Tribune that the school lost out on pledges totaling $1.6 million in the aftermath of Leach’s decision to tweet out the video.
A follow-up email Wednesday evening from Marketing and Communications Vice President Phil Weiler clarified the amount: “As the president mentioned, no one who had made a cash gift has asked for their money back. We did have five donors let us know that they had altered plans for their future giving, however. These were primarily estate gifts that would have been paid out upon the donor’s death. These planned estate gifts totaled $1.6 million.”
Washington State lost out on over $1.5 million after football coach Mike Leach tweeted out a blatantly doctored video of President Barack Obama this summer.
Leach tweeted out the video in June and asked his followers for their thoughts. The video was heavily edited to make Obama appear to be saying things he was clearly not actually saying in a 2014 speech to the European Union. Leach was defiant after tweeting the video and even got into a spat with a sportswriter following the tweet.
His actions cost the school some serious cash. A spokesperson told the Lewiston Tribune that the school lost out on pledges totaling $1.6 million in the aftermath of Leach’s decision to tweet out the video.
A follow-up email Wednesday evening from Marketing and Communications Vice President Phil Weiler clarified the amount: “As the president mentioned, no one who had made a cash gift has asked for their money back. We did have five donors let us know that they had altered plans for their future giving, however. These were primarily estate gifts that would have been paid out upon the donor’s death. These planned estate gifts totaled $1.6 million.”
