...Nick & Nate Smith

Nick & Nate Smith are 11 year old twin brothers. Last month Nate made an 89 foot goal, with a hockey puck, to win $50,000 from an insurance company sponsoring the event. The problem was that his brother Nick was signed up to take the shot, because he purchased the raffle ticket. When his ticket was drawn he was outside or the arena and had no clue he had won. So like any good twin show or movie has taught us, when one cannot perform, the other one steps in to do the duty. The next day their father, Pat, felt guilty and told the truth about the switch. The money was halted immediately. After about 3 weeks of back and forth it was decided that neither Nick nor Nate will receive the money. Instead the insurance company, Odds on Promotion, will donate $20,000 int heir name to their youth hockey league. Odds on Promotion president Mark Gilmartin said this, "We greatly respect the eventual honesty of the Smith family. [...] Although we're unable to the pay the claim on Nate's incredible shot, we are confident our donation will help foster a positive environment for present and future youth hockey in Minnesota." Though we claim to value honesty, this goes to show once again that it is not rewarded at all. I think that in these economic times most people would have kept the money. I would agree with those people. In 7 years when those boys are graduating high school they are not going to think about how much that $50,000 could have come in handy to pay for future college expense. I am giving this news a Digit Down.