"Tony Polson" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" wrote:

If it's a decent thing to do why doesn't the challenger give it straight
to
charity and cut out the middle man?


Because he wants to prove a point, I expect.

I expect he will also make sure that there is no chance of him ever
paying out the money, most likely by imposing his own subjective
assessment of what constitutes "proof".

:-)