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ragincajun03
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re: Seismic’ changes are coming to college athletics, not entirely for the better
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 1:40 pm
[quote]Let's call it the National Association of Minor League Athletics wherein the Universities as host schools provide zero support for football and basketball athletes in regards to scholarship opportunities and Athletes are treated as if they're just another student responsible for their tuition...
re: What if a Trump win caused a Hollywood emigration?
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 12:55 pm
They won’t leave. For the vast majority of them, their skill set, while top tier for what they do, doesn’t translate to anything else in the real business world to make an income.
Well…except maybe being a lying politician. ...
re: Seismic’ changes are coming to college athletics, not entirely for the better
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 12:31 pm
[quote]That's going to make SEC baseball even stronger[/quote]
It will. They’ll be able to really stack rosters. Programs like LSU won’t have to worry about playing the TOPS and then pay for books and meals with a half scholarship type game. ...
re: Seismic’ changes are coming to college athletics, not entirely for the better
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 12:28 pm
[quote]Wonder if we start to see a shift where smaller schools that may not have any realistic chance to keep up in football, go all in on say basketball or baseball etc.[/quote]
I used to get pissed at the USL/UL administration for just sitting “comfortable” in football, wanting to be lazy when ...
Seismic’ changes are coming to college athletics, not entirely for the better
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 12:19 pm
[quote]Possibly as early as next week, college athletics could change forever.
The catalysts are three lawsuits against the NCAA and power conferences that are expected to be settled, [b]with the NCAA owing $2.8 billion in damages[/b], according to reporting by Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. [b]Th...
re: Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to protect ‘freedom’ to buy gas vehicles
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 9:15 am
[quote]Just republicans picking winners and losers by asserting the king’s control over the market.[/quote]
I'd imagine the original restrictions and middle-man requirement was a bipartisan accepting of campaign cash and other goodies from dealership lobbyists....
Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to protect ‘freedom’ to buy gas vehicles
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 9:03 am
[quote]Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to prohibit any state agencies from limiting the use or sale of combustion engine vehicles and to protect the public’s “freedom of choice” in buying the kind of car they want — unless it’s a Tesla.
House Bill 515, sponsored by Rep. Dodie Horton, R...
re: Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves undecided on which district he’ll seek reelection
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 8:46 am
[quote]It is more than the Landry wing.
The Johnson / Scalise wing is pissed that he backstabbed Scalise to back Kevin McCarthy in the last speaker race. [/quote]
True. I forgot about that.
You'd have to have a shift in the way many conservatives in Louisiana view Graves. Might take every...
re: Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves undecided on which district he’ll seek reelection
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 8:32 am
[quote]He can take Landry’s spot in the governors mansion in a few years if he wants.[/quote]
If he can get out of the primary.
Maybe after 8 years it might ease off, but the Landry wing of the LA Republican/conservative voter base has mostly disdain for Graves right now....
Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves undecided on which district he’ll seek reelection
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/18/24 at 8:08 am
[quote]BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — U.S. Rep. Garret Graves released a statement Friday, May 17 about this week’s Supreme Court decision on Louisiana’s congressional map and his plans to run for reelection.
The Supreme Court ordered the state to use a congressional map with a second majority-Blac...
re: June 27 debate is is a test/setup
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 1:38 pm
[quote]He was already going to be replaced by Newsom.[/quote]
Didn't DeSantis already destroy this leftist, to the point Newsome's wife threw in the towel and called the fight for him when they were asked if they wanted to continue?...
re: What would you rate yourself, looks wise, on a scale of 1-10?
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 1:37 pm
35.0...
re: Another JL moment: 10 Commandments coming to La public schools.
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 1:25 pm
[quote]A coworker - who voted for JL - said she was shocked the first time she actually heard him speak. She said he sounds like a bumpkin! The whole LSU basketball spat really turned her off to voting for him again.[/quote]
So why the shite did she vote for him in the first place?...
re: Another JL moment: 10 Commandments coming to La public schools.
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 1:21 pm
[quote]Red meat culture war issues gain you traction in the GOP presidential primaries, not boring economic development.[/quote]
+1
But hey, let's look at it this way. It appears they're getting all that shite passed and out of the way this session. So next Spring, we should be ready for some...
re: Question for land aficionados
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 9:06 am
[quote]My next response was going to be to ask about signing over just surface rights but maintaining mineral rights and see how the company reacts.[/quote]
I was about to suggest that, but kept reading all the replies first. This is the approach I would take just to see how they react....
re: Best BBQ in or near Katy Tx
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 8:49 am
I've never been, but people in that area love Brett's. Roegel's also opened a location in Katy. I haven't been to that one yet, but their Houston location I've been to twice, and is my favorite pork ribs I've ever eaten....
re: Governor Landry pushes for use of public funds for private or home schools
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 8:39 am
[quote]Most of your links are 404[/quote]
And one of them that works was written by Lamar White.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:...
re: AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene are getting testy, straight comedy.
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 8:37 am
[quote]2016[/quote]
When the Obama Administration was controlling the Executive Branch? Ok.
:lol:
But I'll say this about 2016, at least our economy was starting to crawl back out of the 2014/2015 recession....
re: AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene are getting testy, straight comedy.
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 8:30 am
[quote]but I think we need more people in office like MTG. She recognizes who the real enemy of the people are in this country and she unapologetically goes after them.[/quote]
With the highly acclaimed debate tactic of making a comment about one's fake eyelashes.
She definitely "grew up" po...
re: AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene are getting testy, straight comedy.
Posted by ragincajun03 on 5/17/24 at 8:25 am
The electorate of the districts those three represent should be ashamed of themselves....
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