Don't get excited....Gain will never run this contest again

Remember Gain Detergent’s huge “I Use Gain and I Smell Like Million Bucks” video contest?  Well the two guys who won the million dollar grand prize last summer, Lance Merkley and Doug Browning of Richland, WA just received their first payment of $100,000 from Proctor & Gamble and they did something pretty amazing with their winnings; they gave every penny away to various charities.  Hey, I’m sure you would have done the exact same thing if you had won…right?  This local news story has all the details:
 

 
This giant donation is pretty damn admirable for a few reasons.  First, these guys were under no obligation to do this.  I specifically remember that Gain prohibited finalists from promising to donate any of their winnings to charity.  Second, Gain is probably paying these guys in 10 annual installments of $100,000.  If I won a million bucks I’d like to think that I’d donate at least 10% but I know there’s no way I could just give away 100% of my first payment.  I don’t think anyone would have faulted these guys for giving away 10% percent of each check they got. After all, they’re probably going to have to wait a whole year before they get another check!  Don’t they have credit card debt or student loans or mortgages to pay off?