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Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
HBCUs face new challenges in wake of NCAA Settlement
The recent approval of the $2.8 billion House v. NCAA settlement marks a transformative shift in college athletics, allowing Division I schools to compensate student-athletes directly. While this development promises increased equity, it also presents unique challenges for HBCU athletics, which have historically operated with limited resources. Under the settlement, schools can allocate up to $20.5 million annually for athlete compensation, with the cap set to increase over time. Additionally, the agreement includes $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who competed between 2016 and 2024. This new model effectively dismantles the NCAA's long-standing framework of amateurism, ushering in a new era of revenue sharing in collegiate sports. Several HBCUs, including Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T, Hampton University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, have opted into the settlement. By doing so, these institutions can offer direct financial benefits to student-athletes and gain immunity from future lawsuits related to name, image, and likeness (NIL) restrictions. However, participation also entails financial obligations; for instance, Morgan State is expected to contribute approximately $231,000 to the settlement fund. Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Commissioner Charles McClelland addressed the implications of the NCAA House settlement during a public appearance last December. He emphasized the financial urgency it creates for HBCU athletic programs. "It is now allowable for institutions to directly give NIL money to their student-athletes," McClelland said. "That means there's going to be an influx of athletes that are looking for NIL payments. You're going to have to have some name, image and likeness money set aside to compete." McClelland confirmed that the financial stakes are significant. The SWAC's total contribution to the House settlement is $30 million. Every school in the conference will feel the impact. "There's going to be some challenging times from a financial standpoint," he said. To support member institutions, the SWAC is creating tools to help HBCUs navigate this new era. Among them is a best-practices document that will be distributed to university presidents and chancellors. This guide will help schools build sustainable NIL strategies and maintain compliance. "We are in a good spot from a revenue standpoint; we're going to be just fine, but it will take some additional effort," McClelland said. "We will need NIL dollars on the inside, and we will work with you to help develop that." As the NIL landscape evolves, McClelland reaffirmed the conference's commitment to ensuring that HBCUs remain competitive. "We're going to continue to stay on top," he said. Opting in also requires adherence to new roster and scholarship regulations. Morgan State, for example, plans to reduce its football roster from 130 to 105 players and adjust other sports programs to maintain Title IX compliance. For HBCUs that choose to opt out, the path forward remains uncertain. While they avoid immediate financial contributions, they also forgo the opportunity to directly compensate athletes, which may impact recruitment and competitiveness in the evolving landscape of college sports. Looking ahead, the settlement presents both opportunities and challenges for HBCU institutions. On one hand, the ability to offer direct compensation could enhance recruitment and retention of talent. On the other hand, limited financial resources may hinder the implementation of these new models, potentially widening the gap between HBCUs and wealthier institutions. As the collegiate athletic landscape continues to evolve, HBCUs must navigate these changes carefully, striking a balance between the promise of increased equity and the realities of financial constraints. Strategic planning and investment will be crucial to ensure that HBCUs can thrive in this new era of college sports. The post HBCUs face new challenges in wake of NCAA Settlement appeared first on HBCU Gameday. Copyright HBCU Gameday 2012-2025
The Courier
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Courier
St Johnstone defender Sam McClelland suffers injury setback
St Johnstone defender, Sam McClelland, has suffered an injury setback and undergone a second major operation. The former Northern Ireland under-21 international was ruled out for the season when he ruptured his Achilles on day one of the last league campaign. It had looked like he was closing in on a return to full fitness, with Simo Valakari hoping the Chelsea academy graduate would stay with the Perth club for pre-season training, even though he was out of contract. However, McClelland has now gone under the knife again – this time his ankle. The picture will become clearer once he has his follow-up consultation. He was offered the option of continuing his rehabilitation with Saints. But it is understood McClelland, who had a successful loan spell with Dundee United in the Championship two seasons ago, will stay at home for this recuperation process. A free agent, the 23-year-old will then have decisions to make about the next stage of his career.
BBC News
06-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Life 'trapped' in Nottingham's tallest tower block
Liam McClelland says he has some of the best views of the city from his home in one of the tallest buildings in the East living more than 20 floors high in Nottingham's Victoria Centre flats, he says unreliable lifts can leave many of his neighbours "trapped". Within the space of a year, lifts in the 26-storey social housing complex broke down more than 100 times, with 23 occasions when they were down for at least 12 hours, according to data obtained by the BBC. Nottingham City Council said it was committed to ensuring the lifts were "as reliable as possible". The flats above the shopping centre are allocated for tenants who are either employed, in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment, or who are retired. Mr McClelland, who lives on the 21st floor, says those with physical disabilities were particularly badly impacted."What they're doing, in effect, is trapping people in this building when the lifts break down," said Mr McClelland. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Nottingham City Council showed the lifts broke down 109 times between 1 March 2024 and 28 February 2025. There are six lifts located across the complex which the council says each make 600 journeys a day on average, and which are serviced monthly by its maintenance contractor. But tenants say they have long complained about the lifts being frequently out of use. For Mr McClelland and his neighbours in the tallest tower of the complex, when the lifts are down, they have to walk to the tenth floor and through a corridor leading to an adjoining block, to access an alternative lift - an arduous and sometimes impossible journey for those with limited mobility. The 37-year-old added: "Sometimes it feels like it's every other week. It really impacts your day-to-day living. "Any plans that you had, you've got to factor in - will I still be able to get into my flat if the lifts aren't working? "Do I want to walk up all them flights of stairs? How much shopping can I carry up these stairs?" 'Traipse up the stairs' In some cases, residents resort to cancelling their plans. That is the case for 72-year-old Oscar Smith who also lives on the 21st floor."I stay in and just keeping popping my head round to see if one's working," he said."It's OK when one is broken but when two are broken you're just trapped."Mr Smith added despite the issues with the lifts, he had enjoyed living in the complex for almost 20 years. A 24th-floor resident, Julia McBride had also enjoyed the convenience of living above a shopping centre for the last 34 years, despite the ongoing concerns around the lifts - which she believed were not as bad as they were before being replaced five years ago. The 81-year-old recalled the long walk to find a working lift but her age and limited mobility meant she could not longer do said: "It's always worry if the lifts are playing up because you go down and you worry about the lifts working when you come back to them."If I can't get out [my son] will go, but then he has to traipse up the stairs."It's always the same. The council will be really apologetic and then in a few weeks it will go back to normal."The authority said on the "rare occasion" multiple lifts were out of service, all affected residents would be kept informed, with extra support offered to those with "additional needs" who could not easily access stairs. Anthony Creedon, who has arthritis in his legs and uses a walking stick, said he complained about the lifts on numerous occasions and believed other tenants had "given up", believing nothing would be done. He said if the lifts accessing his floor were working but others were not, he could end up waiting up to 20 minutes to get an available lift or one that had enough space."If you've got appointments with doctors and things it messes it all up and you can get as angry as you want but you won't get apologies or anything," he the city council said the lifts for the Victoria Centre flats were available "more than 95% of the time, on average" during the period March 2024 to February 2025. Lifts one and two, in the tallest block, had 33 and 37 callouts respectively over the year - the most frequently reported to have broken down of the six. During that period, the council said £19,968.51 was spent on repairing the lifts which - including "chargeable call-outs, additional contractual parts and chargeable repairs". A spokesperson for the city council said: "Residents can report issues to us 24 hours a day, seven days a week and we have a team who also proactively check lift availability regularly through remote monitoring information."Our lift engineers are available 24 hours for call outs with a target to attend breakdowns within two hours (within four hours for out-of-hours) and within 45 minutes (75 minutes for out-of-hours) for trapped passenger reports."If a lift does go out of service, we make sure the contractor is contacted as soon as this is reported to us, with the aim of having the lift back in service as quickly as possible. Most of the time, this is within the same day of us receiving the report."If a repair is more complex or requires a specific part to be ordered, this may result in a delay to getting the lift back into operation."Sometimes a lift may go out of service for non-mechanical reasons like users holding lift doors open for a long period, accidental damage or occasional acts of vandalism."It added the of the 109 callouts reported during this period, 28 were as a result of this, with a further 18 of the callouts finding the lift operating as normal on arrival."We continue to work hard with residents on ways to prevent accidental damage and always look to take the strongest possible action against anybody found to be damaging the lifts maliciously."
CBC
05-05-2025
- CBC
Wings, wool and wonder: Faro celebrates annual crane and sheep festival
At Faro, Yukon's annual crane and sheep festival, spectators gather around a fire while up above, cranes are "kettling" — or swirling in circles. It looks like a dance in the sky, with birds nearly crashing into each other. Carrie McClelland is a biologist with the Yukon's Department of Environment. She says the kettling allows the birds to travel large distances. "Anyone who's been a glider pilot knows that's how you gain altitude," she said. Every year, people from all across the Yukon and beyond visit Faro to take part in the festival and see the migration of thousands of sandhill cranes as they make their way from Texas to northern Yukon and Alaska, across the Bering Sea to Siberia. The festival also features the Fannin sheep, also known as Dall sheep, which live around Faro and make their migration from their winter to summer habitat, a few kilometres away. McClelland says over 5,000 birds flew overhead on Friday night alone. She's been coming to the festival for 15 years and says seeing the migration never gets old. "It's amazing and beautiful. I liken it to seeing the northern lights. We get to see them a lot in the North, yet everyone still stops and looks. Same with the cranes, they've been coming here for millennia, and still the locals and visitors stop, watch and appreciate the site," she said. On a cliff face near the festival site, sheep graze on early season shrubs, regaining strength after losing about 20 per cent of their body weight over the winter. The female sheep, or ewes, like to be high on a cliff with their lambs because the challenging terrain helps keep predators at bay. Visitors in Faro gather and look through telescopes and binoculars scanning the mountain's slope for the sheeps' brown and white coats. Tina Freake is the festival's head organizer. She says she's happy with this year's turnout, both human and fowl. "Mother Nature's agreeing with us. The animals are out. So, yeah, it's been really good," she said. The festival took place from Friday to Sunday with nature walks guided by territorial biologists and meals provided on a by-donation basis. Now that this year's festival is over, Freake says she's on to planning the next one. And she says, she can't wait.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
90 Plus: Louise ‘Sammie' McClelland
ELTON, La. () — A 105-year-old resident of Elton, Louise Samrow McClelland, who is fondly referred to as 'Sammie,' received the key to the city. 'When I started teaching, another Louise was teaching there, and that's where the Sammie comes in. They started calling me 'Sammie from the Samrow,'' McClelland said. Louise was born and raised in Slidell as one of seven children. She was the only girl among six boys. 'We go to Mandeville to go dancing on Saturday night,' McClelland said. 'All the girls had to have a chaperone. Well, I had my brothers. So, I went with my brothers.' Being the family's only sister, Louise shares how her brothers were always good to her. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now 'I don't think there was one of them I wasn't close to,' she said. 'My oldest brother was very protective of me. The others were younger.' Life in Slidell was simple. 'There was no electricity, air conditioning, radio, or television. Nothing like that,' McClelland said. Louise shares that despite the challenges of the Depression Era, her family managed to remain untouched by its hardships. 'We didn't realize the Depression was going on. We had gardens, we had chickens, we had ducks, we had pigs. We had cows we milked,' she said. 90 Plus: Wilma Daigle In college, Louise majored in English and French and earned minors in math, social studies, and PE. 'So when I graduated, I was qualified to teach all five subjects,' she said. 'When I taught in Iota, I taught math, civics, and PE.' Louise taught in schools in Iota, Crowley and Elton. She also recalls being assigned to teach the class when her teacher left early in high school. 'He would say okay, Louise take over,' McClelland said. 'I was supposed to be in that class learning, but then I taught his class while he took off doing something.' Louise met her husband while playing bingo in Crowley and later attended a dance with some friends, where someone else drove instead of her friend. 'I thought, 'Whose car is this?' It was the man standing up against the wall glaring at me, but it was my husband later on. That's where I met him,' McClelland said. Today, Louise reflects on her life and says that God has blessed her. 'I belong to the Catholic Church,' she said. 'I lectured, was a Eucharistic minister, and worked with the RCIA. I taught catechism. I was director of religious education for a while.' Louise's secret to a long life? 'Eat right, follow God's rule, and exercise.' Crawfish prices hit season low just in time for Easter celebrations Here's how to stay safe from the measles while traveling 90 Plus: Louise 'Sammie' McClelland Lafayette special needs child also has special musical talent Arrest made after Pit Bull Olive found shot and tied to tree Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
