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College Football Playoff Expansion: It’s Time to Pony Up and Pay College Players

June 16, 2021 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

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Pay College Athletes Their Worth!!

With the recent development that the College Football Playoff committee is considering expanding the number of teams that make the playoff from 4 to 12, the business that is college football could go from an annual revenue of $4 billion to some insane amount beyond that. The only problem is that the labor force that is most responsible for the success of the sport – the players – don’t see a piece of that revenue pie. It is way past time for college players to be paid what is commensurate with their contributions to this enterprise, and people need to stop being hypocrites and wake up and realize that.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: acc, Basketball, big10, big12, business, cfb, cfbplayoff, college football, college football playoff, College Gameday, ESPN, expansion, Football, Freedom, hypocrisy, Instagram, ncaa, NFL, pac12, podcast, revenue, sec, Social Media, Sports, status quo, value, worth, youtube

What to Learn from Kanye West’s Comments on the Music Industry and Modern-Day Slavery

September 29, 2020 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

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Why are Kanye’s comments about modern-day slavery and the need for ownership so important?

Kanye West took to Twitter to tweet out several comments on the importance of ownership. He also likened the music industry to modern-day slavery. We discuss his comments, as well as how important it is that black and brown people prioritize the notion of ownership to attain true freedom.

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Filed Under: Society Tagged With: Artist, awareness, Black Lives Matter, business, creativity, entrepreneurship, environment, Freedom, hiphop, hiphop music, Kanye West, leverage, Logic, Music, music industry, ownership, potential, Rap Music, Red Pill, slavery, talent, value

Coronavirus – Lessons and Opportunities

April 6, 2020 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

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What are the lessons we can learn and opportunities we can take advantage of during the coronavirus pandemic?

Things are tough due to the coronavirus pandemic, but we believe that there are lessons that we can learn and even opportunities that can come from it, especially given the economic toll that the virus has taken. We discuss those lessons and opportunities.

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Filed Under: Society Tagged With: alone together, business, collaborate, coronavirus, covid19, destiny, education, financial literacy, financial wealth, flatten the curve, greatness, grind, hustle, knowledge, opportunity, pandemic, Positive, potential, prosperity, quarantine, quarantine and chill, social distancing, stay at home, stay home, Together, wealth, with me

VIDEO: People Urge NFL to Drop Michael Vick from Pro Bowl – Our Reactions

December 25, 2019 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

Michael Vick

Photo: Gene Puskar/AP/Rex/Shutterstock

Three petitions and 1 million signatures later, public outcry against Michael Vick as an honorary captain at the 2020 Pro Bowl shows that in the world of pro sports, second chances are hard to come by.

The news that the NFL has invited former quarterback Michael Vick to be an honorary captain at the 2020 Pro Bowl has sparked outrage. Many people don’t believe he deserves the honor after being convicted of dogfighting in 2007.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: animal rights, animals, business, cancel culture, commentary, community, Culture, dog fighting, dogs, earn, ESPN, Football, hard work, humanitarian, Humanity, Logic, michael vick, model citizen, Negative, NFL, NFL Football, outrage, petiton, Positive, privilege, pro bowl, right, second chance, society, Sports, support, uplift

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