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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 23, 2024 19:19:06 GMT -8
Lots to digest in this thread. I don't think Jensen is anti-sports. He just wasn't as crazy about the sports teams as the rest of us when we were at OSU. He and Lori definitely made the better long-term choice when they put their donation toward the computing center rather than stadium expansion and coaches' salaries. I give a bit to OSU Athletics every year (not just for my seats) and will continue to do so, but the world of college football is so screwed up right now that it doesn't exactly make you want to donate to keep the insanity going. Still, as others have said, a couple hundred million thrown toward OSU Athletics would come in handy about now. :-) As for investing in Nvidia stock, I just talked to a guy 2 days ago that bought 100 shares when Nvidia had their IPO in the 90's. With all the splits, that 100 shares would have grown to 4800 shares today if he'd kept them all. He sold 3/8 of his shares in 2006 to recapture his initial investment. He sold another 1/6 of his remaining shares this week when the stock shot up another $100 per share, for a cool $300K or so. The shares he has left are worth almost $2M today. How many of us would have held on to the shares through all the ups and downs? Jensen was a junior ping pong champion. Maybe the Pac-2 should start a new sport, collegiate table tennis?As of 2019, it was a men's club sport. Oregon State competes nationally in table tennis.
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