The money should go to a petball fund first.Anyone who has taken on the meta challenge knows there's a serious time commitment involved, and losing that time investment no matter how it happens is a hard thing to accept easily.
I'm down for contributing 500k to the Replace ('insert Mallers meta name here') Fund, with a further 500 if someone else wants to match it. I'm sure given the falling price of meta's we can have your tamer back on his feet in no time!