When Dan Tudesco's disappointment went viral ¡§C ESPN's coverage in the BCS nationwide championship captured the Notre Dame alumnus within the stands, distraught more than the one-sided reduction to Alabama, and he was quickly referred to as "Sad Irish Fan" ¡§C he explained he figured establishing an anti-cancer fundraiser inside the memory of Manti Te'o's deceased girlfriend was a wonderful approach to capitalize over the focus.
Tudesco stated he was pleasantly stunned with the response for the campaign ¡§C via Thursday evening, about $4,400 had been donated in small over per week.
Still like most anyone else, he was stunned to find out the female didn't exist.
"The hoax is past comprehension," Tudesco explained, including: "We believed Manti had suffered a substantial reduction. In light of what is come up, we have eliminated Lennay's title in the internet site."
Now, the work is referred to as the "Sad Irish Fan Campaign." But Tudesco, who stated he graduated in 2006 and now will work in public relations in New York, explained he ideas to carry on the on line campaign with money funneled as a result of the web page indiegogo.com likely to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc. He mentioned the initial goal when the web-site went on line Jan. 9 was to raise $5,000.
The fundraising campaign was poised to get a boost when a video crew from UND.com, Notre Dame's official web-site, contacted Tudesco after seeing Twitter conversation about the campaign. An interview with Tudesco was posted Tuesday over the Notre Dame athletic department's YouTube channel. Nevertheless according to Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, the school had identified from the hoax since Dec. 26. The video has since been taken down.
Tudesco, who says he hasn't been in contact at any point with "anyone official at Notre Dame or the administration or with Manti himself," stated he didn't believe the video crew knew the story was a hoax.
"I don't think there would have been anyone (around the video crew) during the loop on this on the time the interview happened," Tudesco mentioned.
Tudesco says he planned to carry on the fundraising campaign past the initial goal.
"The inspiration for this doesn't really change," he explained. "We still feel inspired by the stories around the team this year, and that included Manti.
"We did this for reasons that echo past Manti."
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