Regardless of hoax, 'Sad Irish Fan' to help keep up cancer do the job

When Dan Tudesco's disappointment went viral ¡§C ESPN's coverage from the BCS nationwide championship captured the Notre Dame alumnus from the stands, distraught in excess of the one-sided reduction to Alabama, and he was quickly referred to as "Sad Irish Fan" ¡§C he mentioned he figured establishing an anti-cancer fundraiser while in the memory of Manti Te'o's deceased girlfriend was a good strategy to capitalize around the consideration.

Tudesco stated he was pleasantly shocked with the response on the campaign ¡§C by way of Thursday evening, about $4,400 had been donated in small greater than every week.

However like most all people else, he was stunned to find out the lady 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 from your web page."

Now, the hard work is called the "Sad Irish Fan Campaign." But Tudesco, who mentioned he graduated in 2006 and now operates in public relations in New York, stated he ideas to carry on the on the web campaign with money funneled by the site indiegogo.com likely to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc. He mentioned the initial goal when the web-site went on the internet 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 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," mentioned he didn't believe the video crew knew the story was a hoax.

"I don't think there would have been anyone (within the video crew) from 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 mentioned. "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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