Absolutely Amazing!!
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And some question why Jans went to talk.
Supposedly the Waltons don’t care much about athletics. They think the university should prioritize academics. Losers.
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Not true, the Walton Family Foundation has contributed more than $13 million toward mountain bike trails in Northwest Arkansas. Bentonville is the bomb for mtbiking.
My bad, I didn’t realize the university of Arkansas had a mountain biking team. I stand corrected.
This is true. The heiress to the Walton empire is married to the owner of the LA Rams.
I’m not saying these number are false but AR has had a rough go at the NIL in football and the portal really blew up for them this year in basketball.
You've mentioned Tyson, Walton (there's Jim, Alice, Rob $234 Billion net worth according to Business Insider) and Jerry Jones, they are the tip of the iceberg.
Look up the Murphy family from El Dorado (Murphy USA & Murphy Express as in 1,500 Wal Mart gas stations, they also owned Deltic Timber which sold their 530,000 acres of timber to Potlatch and still has a part in it).
Look up Stephens Inc (Warren & Harriet) from Little Rock. The founders (Jack & Whitt Stephens) gave Jerry Jones his start as a young sprout at ARKLA (Arkansas Louisiana Gas). STephens Inc is the largest off Wall St investment banking house in the world. Jack was the guy as chairman of August National put the Green Jacket on Masters winners until he died in '05
JB Hunt Trucking in Springdale (Johnelle Hunt, 33,000 employees. They are into railway and container ship freight too in the US, Canada, and Mexico. After the Walton's she is the 2nd wealthiest in AR.
Look up the Murphy family from El Dorado (Murphy USA & Murphy Express as in 1,500 Wal Mart gas stations, they also owned Deltic Timber which sold their 530,000 acres of timber to Potlatch and still has a part in it).
Look up Stephens Inc (Warren & Harriet) from Little Rock. The founders (Jack & Whitt Stephens) gave Jerry Jones his start as a young sprout at ARKLA (Arkansas Louisiana Gas). STephens Inc is the largest off Wall St investment banking house in the world. Jack was the guy as chairman of August National put the Green Jacket on Masters winners until he died in '05
JB Hunt Trucking in Springdale (Johnelle Hunt, 33,000 employees. They are into railway and container ship freight too in the US, Canada, and Mexico. After the Walton's she is the 2nd wealthiest in AR.
No worries, but they do. Not that was part of the original statement saying the Walton family does not support "athletics" (ie sports).
Also, they support a road cycling team too. HERE...der
That’s almost infringing on their softball team