Ole Miss won't be needing to reach into school coffers to pay the fine it got from the SEC or for new goalposts.
The school was fined $50,000 by the SEC on Sunday because fans had stormed the field. Add that to the $11,000 cost of each of the two goalposts that were taken down and paraded around Oxford, Miss., and the school was looking at an over $70,000 outlay for the celebrations surrounding the Rebels' win against Alabama.
Fans have got the school covered. The Ole Miss Foundation tweeted a link Tuesday afternoon for fans to donate to the cause and as of Wednesday morning, over $90,000 has been raised.
The school set up five levels of giving for the fine and goalposts ($5, $25, $250, $500 and $1,000), and the two top levels have already been filled. (A total of $45,000.) Why could that be? Well perhaps it's because those who donate either $500 or $1,000 receive a piece of the goalposts from the victory. As SBNation noted, the school even increased the quantiy of goalpost sections available at the $500 level to accommodate demand.
Well done, Ole Miss fans. If you're one of the people who donated enough to get a piece of goalpost, what are you going to do with it? Is it going to sit on a shelf? Be the centerpiece of an Ole Miss display? Travel with you to football tailgates? Let us know.
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