<p>INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy announced on Twitter Thursday morning that he's donating money to help a city near Tampa Bay remove a Confederate statue.</p> 
<p>Dungy tweeted a picture of the front page of the Tampa Bay Times saying Hillsborough would need $140,000 in private funds in the next 30 days to move the statue. He said he and his wife "are in for $5K" and then challenged Tampa's sports teams to pitch in as well.</p> 
<p>Since Charlottesville, there has been <a type="internal">a surge in efforts</a> to move or outright destroy statues of Confederate war leaders from Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore, Maryland.</p> 
<p>There has also been a renewal of efforts to protect the monuments. President Donald Trump tweeted that it's "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country <a type="internal">being ripped apart</a>" with the removal of such statues around the country. Maine's Republican governor Paul LePage went so far as to say removing Confederate statues is <a type="internal">"just like"</a> removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks.</p>
Tony Dungy donates to help remove Confederate statue in Tampa Bay area