Even he is a BYU grad but I think his sports loyalties are with the Utes. Just

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Jan 4, 2025
3:21:55pm

Lord Jim All-American

goes to show that even the wealthiest Ute donors had to come through BYU

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Lord Jim

Previous username: Polemic
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So who is Utah equivalent to Ryan Smith?

JohnnyC

Jan 4, 7:54am

Maybe a gas station worker who worked his way up to regional manager?

CycloneCoug

Jan 4, 7:55am

*assistant to the

Hambone

Jan 4, 9:23am

3 Utes in a basement

thewaterboy

Jan 4, 7:56am

Eccles family is worth $500M - $1B+

OnEMoReTrY

Jan 4, 7:58am

Here's the thing about family money

shakarocks

Jan 4, 9:44am

And he’s not even are largest donor to date 🙂

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 7:59am

Who is?

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jan 4, 8:06am

RE: Who is?

Methusaleh22

Jan 4, 8:23am

RE: Who is?

Tesla Coug

Jan 4, 9:08am

<< Deleted >>

slatecoug

Jan 4, 2:47pm

There is a reason they don’t want it know publicly. 😉

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 8:27am

RE: Who is?

Unibro

Jan 4, 9:00am

Whoever paid for AJ

ochobeeguy

Jan 4, 9:11am

RE: Who is?

Sandy Lyle

Jan 4, 4:38pm

Pig Bus. He’s worth literally dozens of dollars.

shokupanmanbo

Jan 4, 8:06am

He’s a hundredaire!

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 8:28am

Neelman?

ldssdl

Jan 4, 8:07am

Not with breeze challenges

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 8:28am

Health Equity Neeleman is loaded.

Cougar Jazz Fan

Jan 4, 8:48am

Yep, thats true. Grandpa Neeleman was a mentor of mine. RIP. Such good people.

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 9:00am

I don’t think he put a ton of his own money into Breeze. But between his

califcougar

Jan 4, 9:16am

I got a question bout Neelaman: Does anyone know if he was ORIGINALLY

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 8:58am

Are you Brazilian? I was thinking he served in Brazil

Big Daddy D

Jan 4, 9:14am

I'm talking the Pharmaceutical one. (Not sure what his profession is, exactly.)

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 9:21am

I could be wrong but I presumed it was David Neeleman the airline entrepreneur

Big Daddy D

Jan 4, 9:54am

Yeah, I didn't realize that two of them (at least) were D1 FB players.

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 11:51am

That's Steve Neeleman. (currently Stake Pres in Alpine) his bio:

TunaOne

Jan 4, 10:09am

That's him. Thanx. So he ended up an Ag. Everything in the media talks bout them

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 11:45am

I served in Brazil with David’s brother Mark. Mark was/is a huge Ute fan

RevolutionDeathsquad

Jan 4, 2:17pm

Didn’t he start a bamboo company down there?

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 2:48pm

Yeah, he started a bamboo company and also helped David found Azul, a

RevolutionDeathsquad

Jan 4, 2:59pm

I think he may have wound down the bamboo company though not sure

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 4:18pm

Some Neeleman kids served in Brazil like grandpa and some born there

Hammurabi

Jan 4, 10:12am

I do kinda remember talking about that with him.

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 11:48am

I hear he is a neighbor of this guy

jollaksentie

Jan 4, 8:15am

I saw a BMW 7 series with a Ute plate. Probably that guy.

Ragnar Danneskjold

Jan 4, 8:48am

You lost me at BMW 7 series. If you had said 3 series then maybe.

DazeofBlue

Jan 4, 3:40pm

Probably the guys whose names are on the stadium and arena

Kajdin

Jan 4, 9:05am

The huntsmans

Cougz19

Jan 4, 9:14am

I really believe what is hurting Uu the most is huntsman dying. I feel he was

Cougarite

Jan 4, 10:02am

They have a lot of wealthy alumni that don’t care about sports. I know of one

califcougar

Jan 4, 11:24am

Now his son is suing Utah to get donations back b/c didn't meet expectations /s

HandwovenBox

Jan 4, 11:33am

For real? Hilarious if true!

Cougarite

Jan 4, 3:17pm

No, /s means sarcasm. My joke was based on this:

HandwovenBox

Jan 4, 5:56pm

Spencer Checketts

44C

Jan 4, 9:59am

What about his drinkin' money?

DazeofBlue

Jan 4, 3:42pm

Bill Marcroft

44C

Jan 4, 10:00am

Check it. William Marcroft

Belboz

Jan 4, 10:46am

Layton Construction guy maybe? The dude that raised a fit about Rising not playing?

Bob Vance

Jan 4, 11:56am

Even he is a BYU grad but I think his sports loyalties are with the Utes. Just

Lord Jim

Jan 4, 3:21pm

Garffs are big supporters and throw a lot of money at the U. Don't know that they are billionaires, but their

Bob Vance

Jan 4, 11:58am

Pretty sure Huntsman did the Bill Gates thing of give all your money away except

Cougarite

Jan 4, 3:18pm

taxpayers

Bobber

Jan 4, 11:58am

The Marriotts built their world class library^^

Koreacougar

Jan 4, 12:56pm

...thats never used.

DazeofBlue

Jan 4, 3:43pm

Actual name of the library (this is real): "The J. Willard

HandwovenBox

Jan 4, 6:02pm

Hands down it's Cheesefries

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