A Good Cause

Look, I hate Michigan (the football program, not the state).  And it takes a certain amount of chutzpah to email a Penn State fan only a few days after the most recent debacle in Ann Arbor.  But this does appear to be a worthy cause, so I'll pass it along:

My name is ******* and I'm co-chair of the Bernard "Pat" Maloy Scholarship at Michigan. The scholarship gives a money to undergrads at the Univeristy of Michigan who either have cancer or whose family members have cancer. We're holding an online auction of sports memorabilia at www.umich.cmarket.com . Most of the items are UofM stuff.

I know that people in Philly would ordinarily not care at all but there is an autographed Brian Westbrook jersey up for auction that your readers may have an interest in. Frankly they could probably steal these items because despite the fact that the site has been up for 4 months, no one has even put a watch on that item. I think most of our bidders are interested in the UofM and Detroit sports stuff.

Anyway, I was hoping your blog could help us promote. Check out the auction site www.umich.cmarket.com to see that we're both legit and what I'm talking about.

So yeah, I don't know anything beyond that, but I followed that link and searched for the Westbrook jersey and it does indeed exist.

And like those eBay ads say, it's more fun helping people when you win it, or something.