Matt Porter had planned to go to the Bahamas. Beautiful sandy beaches, clear blue water and drinks with umbrellas—this is how he wanted to spend the $10,000 he won from a bet he placed in June for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow to win the Heisman Trophy. Two days after Burrow won the top individual prize in college football, Porter’s plans have changed. Instead of to some resort island in the Atlantic Ocean, a portion of his winnings are heading to, of all places, Alabama.
On Monday, Porter planned to donate more than $3,000 of his post-taxed winnings to a GoFundMe account connected to Colton Moore, a 9-year-old LSU fan living in Odenville, Alabama, who is stricken with spina bifida.