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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

LA sports teams - many who have billion-dollar valuations - donate a paltry $8m to fire victims

Social media users reacted with disbelief after it was announced that 12 Los Angeles-area professional sports teams, collectively worth tens of billions of dollars, donated a combined $8 million to wildfire relief funds - and sent out a press release praising their own efforts.

The sum was described online as “embarrassingly low" and "laughable,” as many pointed out the immense wealth and value of the teams and their owners, which is believed to be around $36 billion combined.

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