Viral video of US teachers scrambling for dollar bills draws outrage
- The ‘Dash for Cash’ event saw educators on their hands and knees scooping money into their shirts at a hockey rink in a bid to raise funds for schools
- Social media users called the contest cruel and dystopian, comparing it to the Netflix hit Squid Game
A video of US teachers scooping dollar bills into their shirts on the ice at a hockey rink during a Saturday event has gone viral, with critics on social media calling the contest cruel and dystopian.
The event, dubbed Dash for Cash, involved 10 teachers in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area scrambling to collect single dollar bills from a pile of US$5,000.
The money, which was donated by South Dakota business CU Mortgage Direct, was meant to go toward the teachers’ classrooms or schools, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported.
The contest took place during a Sioux Falls Stampede hockey game on Saturday. Each of the teachers got hundreds of dollars, ranging between US$378 and US$616.
Ryan Knudson, director of business development and marketing for CU Mortgage Direct, told the Argus Leader: “With everything that has gone on for the last couple of years with teachers and everything, we thought it was an awesome group thing to do for the teachers.
“The teachers in this area, and any teacher, they deserve whatever the heck they get,” he added.