How much good would a woodchuck do if a woodchuck earned Jack Grealish’s salary?

In an age of unprecedented disparities in wealth, we must recalibrate our notion of what constitutes generosity. Though Jack Grealish is the subject of this piece, he is in no way its ‘target.’ He is merely one of a broad and growing class. The Manchester City midfielder received widespread praise earlier this year for donating five-thousand pounds towards clinical cancer trials for a British football fan. From Jack’s perspective — and that of countless media outlets — this was an undeniably generous gesture. But was it really? For most people, a five-thousand pound donation would be a courageous financial sacrifice, and I have no doubt the recipient and his family were extremely grateful to Jack for his contribution. But at the risk of appearing cynical, I’d like to suggest that in the economic context of modern celebrity and sport, it was far from generous, and a sign of deeper cultural issues that it was praised to such a degree. <a href="https://medium.com/@NHLucking/how-much-good-would-a-woodchuck-do-if-a-woodchuck-earned-jack-grealishs-salary-ba363c909cb0">Read More</a>