Is it me, or do successful people sometimes forget their roots?
The Don Valley stadium is to close because Sheffield City Council needs to save £700,000 in running it; Jess Ennis, who has worked incredibly hard since the age of 10, training at DVS, is now enjoying the financial rewards of her dedication and success. Rag tops report Ms Ennis as being likely to earn £3.5m in sponsorship by summer 2013.
Now £3.5m is a LOT of money in a year. Whilst SCC plan to "redevelop" a nearby derelict track (erm, with the £700k they save from DVS???), if I were in Jess's {running} shoes, I would be tempted to say to SCC "here you are boys & girls, £700k to keep Don Valley open UNTIL you have redeveloped the new site". Would leave her with £2.8m (less a bit o' tax) to spend, should get her through next winter I'd have thought?
And they might just name the "new" stadium the Jess Ennis Stadium in gratitude?
Just a thought, but I do despair when £££ clouds rational thinking.
I agree that the closure is a crime, and someone must have the dosh to save it.
I wonder how much does Ms Ennis already gives to charity, personally I have no idea? But I've seen her face assocaited with a few good causes. She is a patron of
Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity, I assume (but do not know) if she donates as well. She is active in the
Jaguar Academy of Sport and also supports
The Children's Hospital Charity. She's done stuff got Oxfam and Cancer Research as well. Now how much of her sponsership money goes on this, I don't know. But I think, she may already be putting her earnings to good use....
But maybe its the guys who give the sponsership in the first place who should be digging deeper to help out with sport in the uk. And what about all the lottery money that comes in, surely UK sport could fund it. Cameron is bleating on about spending more money on sports in primary schools, at the same time becasue a council has overspent (or was forced to over spend, I wasn't sure WHO actaully had to foot the bill for the student games)they are closing a stadium, a year after the Olymipics ITS MAD!!!!
