ISU fans on the popular Cyclone blog, Cyclonefanatic.com, have started a fund for the Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines in response to the $25,000 fine levied on Athletics Director Jamie Pollard for comments made on Big 12 officiating.

The idea, conceived through the site’s forums, was originally to raise money to pay Pollard’s fine. Forum contributor Chris Johnston emailed Pollard, who responded suggesting donations go to Blank Children’s Hospital because it has helped him so much with his son.

Site publisher Chris Williams helped organize the effort, with Blank Children’s Hospital agreeing to create a donations section to help track the funds raised.

Williams said in his post on the site that they want to turn a “negative situation into a positive” with all donations going to the hospital.