Be careful of Gofundme accounts Under Devon Gales Name


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Devon Gales,

Southern University wide receiver, suffered a severe spinal injury on September 26, 2015 during the Southern-Georgia football game in Athens, Ga. Devon joined the SU football program as a walk-on and was a redshirt sophomore at the time of his injury.

SU athletics and the SU System Foundation developed The Devon Gales Fund in an effort to provide financial assistance to Devon and his family to cover medical expenses.

The Devon Gales Fund is the official fundraising platform of Southern University and A&M College.

https://netcommunity.sus.edu/the-devon-gales-fund


This is the actual account
 
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Question: If he was injured in a game doesn't SU hold the burden for paying his medical expenses? I'm not being mean just curious. It's good that he is getting the resources needed.

Please pass this on....

He can apply for vocational rehabilitation and they will pay for education, rehab needs, etc....as well. My college, grad, and post grad was paid for through vocational rehab as long as I attended a college in Louisiana. Vocational Rehab will pay for law school and med school outside of Louisiana. They paid for my brother to go to Med School at UCLA.

This is something he will need because this may be a career ending injury. It's time now to start exploring options.

I hate this for this young man.
 
While it's important that we do get funds directed to the right place, there really isn't a need for baseless accusations. All indications are that the woman in question was well-intentioned; she just happened to step over boundaries.
 
JaguarNation99 said:
While it's important that we do get funds directed to the right place, there really isn't a need for baseless accusations. All indications are that the woman in question was well-intentioned; she just happened to step over boundaries.
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Sometimes good intentions are taken the wrong way. As the old folks always say..."You know they mean well."
 
The Founder said:
Question: If he was injured in a game doesn't SU hold the burden for paying his medical expenses? I'm not being mean just curious. It's good that he is getting the resources needed.

Please pass this on....

He can apply for vocational rehabilitation and they will pay for education, rehab needs, etc....as well. My college, grad, and post grad was paid for through vocational rehab as long as I attended a college in Louisiana. Vocational Rehab will pay for law school and med school outside of Louisiana. They paid for my brother to go to Med School at UCLA.

This is something he will need because this may be a career ending injury. It's time now to start exploring options.

I hate this for this young man.
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If I am not mistaken. All these kids have NCAA mandated insurance for injuries and treatment. I don't know what it covers though and if there is a minimum and max coverage required. All schools fund raise for these kind of incidents. Ole Miss did it for Chucky Mullins back in the day and Penn State did it for some player that ended up walking again.
 
JR said:
If I am not mistaken. All these kids have NCAA mandated insurance for injuries and treatment. I don't know what it covers though and if there is a minimum and max coverage required. All schools fund raise for these kind of incidents. Ole Miss did it for Chucky Mullins back in the day and Penn State did it for some player that ended up walking again.
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Cool because its more than expenses for the young man. His family now has to be in Athens living.
 
The Founder said:
Cool because its more than expenses for the young man. His family now has to be in Athens living.
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Exactly. And I don't know if medical coverage for athletes covers long term care. Maybe just the surgery and initial hospital stay. But you rehab and other stuff.
 
JR said:
If I am not mistaken. All these kids have NCAA mandated insurance for injuries and treatment. I don't know what it covers though and if there is a minimum and max coverage required. All schools fund raise for these kind of incidents. Ole Miss did it for Chucky Mullins back in the day and Penn State did it for some player that ended up walking again.
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Exactly, and there's always going to limit to insurance coverage. With an injury of this severity, that gap is likely to be large. That doesn't even include other things like lost income for his parents if they're taking extended leaves from work.
 
How is the young man doing now? An injury like this makes you put so many other things in perspective! On Sunday my family and I went to the altar and prayed for him and had our pastor to have a moment of prayer for him with everyone at church. Will continue to do so because when something like this happens it's just like a member of your own immediate family!
 
Personally, I'd rather go through a relatives GoFundMe than risk money getting caught up in college politics. I know SU means well, and I'm sure whoever setup that GoFundMe does too. But neither has a lesser likelihood of trapping funds than the other. Let's just be real.
 
2kool said:
Personally, I'd rather go through a relatives GoFundMe than risk money getting caught up in college politics. I know SU means well, and I'm sure whoever setup that GoFundMe does too. But neither has a lesser likelihood of trapping funds than the other. Let's just be real.
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I don't think SU would risk that fund for Gales fall into some shady back room college politics. That would be a PR night mare for the school. I think they are just trying to make sure they don't incur any kind of NCAA violations.
 



JR said:
I don't think SU would risk that fund for Gales fall into some shady back room college politics. That would be a PR night mare for the school. I think they are just trying to make sure they don't incur any kind of NCAA violations.
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I realize that, but let's say this fund generates over a million dollars by Friday. You don't think some ego in a suit & lapel pin isn't gonna try to have those funds diverted, or at least tinkered with?

Don't put the alum shades on, now...it'll happen at AAMU too. I don't trust nobody with that much money. Family or university gatekeepers included.
 
JR said:
I don't think SU would risk that fund for Gales fall into some shady back room college politics. That would be a PR night mare for the school. I think they are just trying to make sure they don't incur any kind of NCAA violations.
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and possible fraud charges.
 
2kool said:
I realize that, but let's say this fund generates over a million dollars by Friday. You don't think some ego in a suit & lapel pin isn't gonna try to have those funds diverted, or at least tinkered with?

Don't put the alum shades on, now...it'll happen at AAMU too. I don't trust nobody with that much money. Family or university gatekeepers included.
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If it got to a million dollars. Folks would have all eyes on it. It would actually attract TOO MUCH attention for anyone to try to steal it. That amount of money would be way too visible and cause too much scrutiny. Has nothing to do with my alumni shades. Just know them mofos that try to steal like to be undercover with it. This would be too much for them to comprehend stealing or diverting.

We all got dishonest folks on our campuses. But in this case. I don't think the low level folks going to be handling it. The big dogs will not want to risk their nice jobs getting caught. Stealing or diverting Alumni donations or Game money is one thing. This is money folks will be tracking for IRS purposes.
 
The Founder said:
Question: If he was injured in a game doesn't SU hold the burden for paying his medical expenses? I'm not being mean just curious.
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The schools insurance is the secondary insurance for the athlete. The parents primary insurance that covers the athlete is used first and then the secondary insurance kicks in. It usually will cover the overages and additional deductibles along with the rehab cost after the primary insurance reaches it's max.
 
Fiyah said:
The schools insurance is the secondary insurance for the athlete. The parents primary insurance that covers the athlete is used first and then the secondary insurance kicks in. It usually will cover the overages and additional deductibles along with the rehab cost after the primary insurance reaches it's max.
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got it.
 
Fiyah said:
The schools insurance is the secondary insurance for the athlete. The parents primary insurance that covers the athlete is used first and then the secondary insurance kicks in. It usually will cover the overages and additional deductibles along with the rehab cost after the primary insurance reaches it's max.
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Major Medical plans don't have maximums anymore thanks to the Afforadable Care Act. But the other insurance should pick up some of the deductibles/ coinsurance that he is left with. The GoFundMe money should really be serving to take care of family travel/ lodging and help the kid after rehab is done and he transitions into his new normal....whatever that may be.
 
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