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[โ€“] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/15/494134464/-1-million-of-frugal-librarians-bequest-to-n-h-school-goes-to-football-scoreboar

The only association between the librarian and the football program that was mentioned by the university was the observation that Morin had spent the past 15 months of his life in an assisted living center โ€” and that there, "he started watching football games on television, mastering the rules and names of the players and teams."

Yeah that sounds like a load of bull from the administrators to justify an extravagant purchase ๐Ÿ™„