How much good will does $200 buy?

A lot if you’re the CEO of Hooters. He is one smart guy. When he realized that $200 worth of Dom Perignon had been purchased with Hurricane Katrina funds at one of his establishments, he offered to send a $200 check to FEMA.

Now many major news outlets (including MSNBC) pi200-bucks.gifckup the story and also mention the $250,000 Hooters has donated to Red Cross Katrina Fund. This seems like a lot of positive publicity for a company for basically nothing.