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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Sept 30, 2019 10:26:29 GMT -5
Keep following walker. Slick gopman. No matter what is other politics are, right now he represents the largest portion of A&T, so the school has to keep him accountable for the issues that directly affect A&T. Right now both he and Alma Adams are on the House Committee on HBCU Issues. That is where focus should be until the 2020 election. Also don't assume the Democrat will automatically have A&T's best interest in mind. For example, one of our goals is to increase research grant funding to $80 million. Who might best be able to secure grants from large corporations to make that happen? Because grants from the federal government will eventually dry up or stagnate. I am not by any means endorsing his politics overall, but I am saying be mindful of what he does for A&T in specific as well as what he may do for black people in general. Senate, not House... but you get the picture.
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Post by aggieswag on Sept 30, 2019 13:45:20 GMT -5
Same deal going on in the NC general assembly..Everyone should call Sen. Robinson.. Rep. Brockman did a tremendous job negotiating the budget to get unprecedented funds toward A&T . The ball is in the Senate.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 29, 2019 13:38:15 GMT -5
NCAA votes to allow athletes to profit from likeness
Dan Murphy ESPN Staff WriterThe NCAA's top decision-makers voted unanimously Tuesday to allow college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness "in a manner consistent with the collegiate model." The board directed the three separate divisions of college sports to immediately begin figuring out how to update their rules in a way that maintains a distinction between college and professional sports. The board members said in a release Tuesday that all changes should make sure student-athletes have the same opportunities to make money as all other students, maintain the priorities of education and the collegiate experience, and ensure that rules are "transparent, focused and enforceable" and do not create a competitive imbalance. The board wants each division to implement new rules by January 2021. "We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," board chair Michel Drake said. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships." The association's board of governors gathered Tuesday morning on the campus of Emory University for their final regularly scheduled meeting of 2019. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Big East commissioner Val Ackerman presented recommendations to the board members on how to modify the NCAA's rules on students profiting from name, image and likeness. Smith and Ackerman have spent the past several months spearheading a working group that was appointed to evaluate the issue. The working group was formed in May, months after a pair of politicians proposed bills to make the NCAA's rules about endorsement deals illegal. Nancy Skinner, a democratic California state senator, wrote a bill that was signed into law in late September. That law will prohibit California schools from punishing their athletes for accepting endorsement money starting in January 2023. More than a dozen states have expressed interest in creating laws similar to California's in the past several months. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week voiced his support for a bill introduced in his state that could go into effect sometime this summer if passed in its current form. The variety of solutions proposed in different states prompted NCAA leaders including president Mark Emmert to say that they would prefer a uniform national law or rule that applies to all members of their association. U.S. Congressman Mark Walker (R-N.C.) proposed a bill to change the federal tax code in a way that would likely force the NCAA to give all student-athletes the rights to sell their name, image and likeness. The current proposal would create an unrestricted market for college athletes to seek endorsement deals. Walker said earlier this month that he hoped to bring his bill to a vote in early 2020, which could mean it would go into effect in January 2021. Read more: www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/27957981/ncaa-votes-allow-athletes-profit-likeness
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Post by Aggie One on Oct 29, 2019 15:03:41 GMT -5
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 2, 2019 14:41:44 GMT -5
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 2, 2019 20:22:03 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Dec 3, 2019 12:07:08 GMT -5
How will that affect Walker?
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 3, 2019 14:23:29 GMT -5
The old map: The new map:
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 3, 2019 14:37:41 GMT -5
How will that affect Walker? Based on Walker's comments here... he may not make it out the gate for 2020: www.rollcall.com/news/democrats-north-carolina-congressional-elections-will-likely-go-forward-new-mapInstead of the 6th District being Person, Rockingham, Caswell, Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Randolph County and half of Guiford County... Walker will now have all of Guilford and half of Forsyth. So Walker would have to consider ALL of A&T AND UNCG, Guilford College, Bennett College and Greensboro College, in addition to the entire city of Greensboro. That's not exactly conservative territory. Kathy Manning lost to Ted Bunn in the 13th District, which had the other half of Guilford County along with Iredell, Rowan, Davie & Davidson County. Manning is much more well known in Greensboro and has already announced she would run in 2020 for the new 6th District based on the proposed map.
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 3, 2019 14:50:58 GMT -5
An area where I think Walker missed an opportunity was being a public advocate for getting the State Department of Environmental Quality to expedite the priority of the War Memorial Stadium Brownfield Permit. Even though the stadium is technically in the 13th District, the fact that Walker wears an A&T baseball jersey with the stadium of the school he represents in its current shape... not a good look for him in a contested election. So... we'll see.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Dec 3, 2019 14:56:20 GMT -5
Sounds like he may decide to take his ball and go home if he can't get the map he wants.
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Post by Aggie One on Dec 3, 2019 14:58:57 GMT -5
How will that affect Walker? Based on Walker's comments here... he may not make it out the gate for 2020: www.rollcall.com/news/democrats-north-carolina-congressional-elections-will-likely-go-forward-new-mapInstead of the 6th District being Person, Rockingham, Caswell, Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Randolph County and half of Guiford County... Walker will now have all of Guilford and half of Forsyth. So Walker would have to consider ALL of A&T AND UNCG, Guilford College, Bennett College and Greensboro College, in addition to the entire city of Greensboro. That's not exactly conservative territory. Kathy Manning lost to Ted Bunn in the 13th District, which had the other half of Guilford County along with Iredell, Rowan, Davie & Davidson County. Manning is much more well known in Greensboro and has already announced she would run in 2020 for the new 6th District based on the proposed map. Translation - He most likely won't be seeking re-election in a district that now has a huge urban voting block in it.
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Dec 3, 2019 17:36:03 GMT -5
Does this mean that he won't be able to "crash" the SCIF room again along with Jordan, Meadows and other fools in congress claiming to be kept in the dark??
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Dec 5, 2019 11:28:16 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Dec 6, 2019 14:01:47 GMT -5
North Carolina Republican won't seek reelection after congressional map redrawn
By Clare Foran, CNN
Updated 12:16 PM ET, Fri December 6, 2019(CNN)North Carolina Republican Rep. George Holding announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, saying in a statement that "newly redrawn congressional districts were part of the reason" for his decision. Holding, who represents the state's second congressional district, has served in Congress since 2013 and is a member of the House Budget, Ethics and Ways and Means committees. But, according to the Raleigh, North Carolina-based newspaper The News & Observer, Holding's GOP-leaning House district was redrawn into a district that now leans Democratic and the congressman had ruled out the possibility of challenging another Republican incumbent in 2020 to win reelection. Read more: www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/politics/republican-house-retirement-congressional-maps/index.html
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