After much pressure from California’s newly signed law ,“The Fair Pay to Play Act,” which allows college student-athletes the ability to make money off their likeness, the NCAA’s Board of Governors unanimously agreed to explore allowing college athletes nationwide to receive those same benefits. Now that the NCAA has demonstrated […]
Author: Bobby Rondil | Staff writer
Eliminating cross country a ‘bad look,’ student-athlete says
Jordan Nance, a member of Florida A&M University’s men’s cross country team, sat back after a long day of practice. He reflected on how he learned the news about FAMU eliminating his team, along with the men’s tennis team, in an effort to reduce an ongoing, burgeoning debt in athletics. […]
Game-day parking blues
Florida A&M University is leading the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in attendance with an average of 25,679 fans per home game, and finding a parking spot at Bragg Memorial Stadium on game days can be a challenge. FAMU’s “Investing in Champions” program reserves a majority of the parking spots close to […]
FAMU versus Fort Valley State preview
Florida A&M (0-1) looks to rebound this week against Fort Valley State (0-1) in their home opener for the annual Jake Gaither Classic. The Rattlers look to get things back together after suffering a 0-62 loss to UCF in their first game. With this being the 12th meeting between the […]