Fernando Roig, the president of Spanish second division side Villarreal, recently announced that the club has given up public subsidies of more than 3 million Euros amid the country’s ongoing financial crisis.
The reason: Roig said that the people of Spain need the money more than his club.
(A Spanish-language story on the news is available at El Periodico Mediterraneano here, and a Galician-language account is at ESPN here.)
As seen in the image above, Villarreal fan Ravi Ramineni, a contributor to the On Football blog, Tweeted the news on November 26.
His message was retweeted 71 times and favorited by 5 users.
Follow the link below for a Storified collection of Twitter responses.
As you’ll see, Twitter users praised the club’s move, characterizing it as selfless given the country’s ongoing economic malaise.