Beat me to it. I don't know if telethons count because all those people, frankly, are probably being paid for their appearance - many times this is the case. But JJ Watt is doing this on his own time out of the goodness of his heart. I'm not seeing a whole lot of other rich athletes stepping up, but one is.
Here is a list from Sports... This was as of August 30th for Harvey.
• J.J. Watt, Houston Texans ($100,000 personally and his fund has raised more than $14 million)
• Chris Paul, Houston Rockets ($50,000)
• Scott Kazmir, Los Angeles Dodgers ($130,000)
• Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals ($10,000 for each home run he hits from Aug. 28 until the end of the season)
• Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals ($10,000 for each home run Carpenter hits from Aug. 28 until the end of the season)
• Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels ($27,000)
• Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys ($21,000)
• Jay Bruce, Cleveland Indians (Matching up to $100,00)
• Leonard Fournette, Jacksonville Jaguars ($50,000)
• Chris Stroud, golfer ($10,000 and 10 percent of his earnings at TPC Boston)
• Sergio Garcia, golfer ($2,000 for every birdie and $5,000 for every eagle during the FedEx Cup)
• Stacy Lewis, golfer ($195,000)
• Gavin Cecchini, New York Mets (Matching up to $5,000)
• Brian Cushing, Houston Texans ($50,000)
• Vance McDonald, Pittsburgh Steelers (Matching up to $50,000)
• James Harden, Houston Rockets ($1 million)
• Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors ($118,000)
• Enes Kanter, Oklahoma City Thunder ($25,000)
• John Wall, Bradley Beal and Washington Wizards teammates ($250,000)
• K.J. Choi, golfer ($100,000)
• Patrick Reed, golfer ($50,000)
• Alex Rodriguez ($25,000)
• Dikembe Mutombo ($50,000)
• Kelvin Sampson, Houston Cougars basketball coach (Collecting t-shirts and sneakers from basketball coaches around the country)
• Todd Whitting, Houston Cougars baseball coach (Collecting t-shirts and sneakers from baseball coaches around the country)
• Leslie Alexander, Houston Rockets owner ($10 million)
• Bob McNair, Houston Texans owner ($1 million)
• Amy Adams Strunk, Tennessee Titans owner ($1 million)
• Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys owner ($1.1 million)
• Robert Kraft, New England Patriots (Will match American Red Cross donations up to $1 million)
• Mickey Arison, Miami Heat owner ($1 million)
• Houston Astros ($4 million)
• Minnesota Vikings ($300,000)
• Green Bay Packers ($100,000)
• Houston Texans ($1 million)
• Detroit Lions ($1 million)
• New York Jets ($1 million)
• Dallas Cowboys ($1 million, hosting a telethon after cancelled preseason game vs. Texans)
• Baltimore Ravens ($1 million)
• Cincinnati Bengals (Donating net proceeds from tickets sold to Sept. 14 game vs. Texans)
• Texas Rangers ($1 million and the charitable half from three home game raffles)
• St. Louis Cardinals ($10,000 for each home run Matt Carpenter hits from Aug. 28 until the end of the season)
• Arthur Blank, Atlanta Falcons owner (Will match up to $1 million)
• Sacramento Kings ($100,000)
• New York Yankees ($100,000; will add $9,000 after every win)
• Tampa Bay Rays (Donating all revenue from the three-game series between the Astros and Rangers being played at Tropicana Field)
• Los Angeles Lakers ($100,000)
• Tennessee Titans Foundation ($25,000)
• Baylor football (Free admission and food to Saturday's game against Liberty)
• NBA and NBPA ($1 million)
• NFL ($1 million)
• MLB and MLBPA ($1 million)
• NHL and NHLPA ($200,000)
• Atlanta Braves ($25,000)
• PGA Tour ($250,000)
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/20...f-donations-jj-watt-houston-texans-chris-paul