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Lurky Guy
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re: Entergy needs seven new power plants for the META Data Centers
Posted by Lurky Guy on 4/15/26 at 7:59 pm to nicholastiger
Meta is guaranteed to pay for everything built for them, even if they use 0 electricity, based on their minimum bill structure… Most likely to save the “tax” payers lots and lots and lots based on actual expected usage.
Tired of seeing ignorant takes about these deals - quite literally single handle saving us 10%+ on our bills when we desperately need help due to doubling costs of pretty much everything electricity related.
Tired of seeing ignorant takes about these deals - quite literally single handle saving us 10%+ on our bills when we desperately need help due to doubling costs of pretty much everything electricity related.
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I get your point, but the whole purpose of these scholarships is to incentivize local in-state students to stay in our state.
The risk to the student and their family is huge - thinking of trying my best and failing, then still owing tens of thousands to the state, would personally scare me away from TOPS and thus nullify its intended purpose.
I’ve rejected job offers that have similar “clawback” clauses if you leave in the first so many years. One was a $100k penalty for leaving within two years - completely ridiculous notion for a new grad (or a high school grad looking for student loans).
I could understand owing back the money for only the semester that you became ineligible as a middle ground on this, but a full payback of all monies is overly punitive and will probably kill TOPS as a resource for in-state students.
The risk to the student and their family is huge - thinking of trying my best and failing, then still owing tens of thousands to the state, would personally scare me away from TOPS and thus nullify its intended purpose.
I’ve rejected job offers that have similar “clawback” clauses if you leave in the first so many years. One was a $100k penalty for leaving within two years - completely ridiculous notion for a new grad (or a high school grad looking for student loans).
I could understand owing back the money for only the semester that you became ineligible as a middle ground on this, but a full payback of all monies is overly punitive and will probably kill TOPS as a resource for in-state students.
I hate property taxes as well, but they do generate taxes from extremely wealthy people without them spending money or showing income - this is pretty much the main factor in keeping rich individuals/corporations from holding insane amounts of property for no reason.
Hence, why the billionaires want to get rid of it…
Hence, why the billionaires want to get rid of it…
re: Chambliss - NCAA Enforcement Powers
Posted by Lurky Guy on 3/5/26 at 4:04 pm to Quicksilver
Ignorantly asking - what is unconstitutional about deciding eligibility for a private organization?
From my perspective, there are all kinds of organizations that are allowed to “discriminate” and decide who is allowed to join or not? Of course not based on protected classifications like race.
From my perspective, there are all kinds of organizations that are allowed to “discriminate” and decide who is allowed to join or not? Of course not based on protected classifications like race.
Chambliss - NCAA Enforcement Powers
Posted by Lurky Guy on 3/5/26 at 3:51 pm
Hello board! As my name implies, I’m a classic long time lurker first time poster. Exciting times…
All these court cases, along with portal madness (people can leave anytime, just unenroll then reenroll) is seemingly revealing the NCAAs inability to enforce its rules.
I’ve been thinking about this and was hoping someone may have a better understanding, or know why this doesn’t work.
To my understanding, the NCAA was formed by the universities to serve as the ruling body of its member institutions (the universities). So basically, the universities willfully instituted their own governing body.
From the perspective of the NCAA governing “students,” their power is clearly extremely limited (as it should be), hence the students can and will do anything they want.
Why does the NCAA not use its power as intended, govern the universities?
If a university allows a student athlete to compete when ruled ineligible by the ncaa, it is the university that is punished (post season ban, etc), enforced by all of the other universities on themselves.
Along the same thought, if a university has an athlete transfer to their school outside of the portal window, the university would not be allowed them to play, lest they face penalties. Same with tampering etc.
TLDR;
The member institutions of the NCAA seem hellbent on destroying the enforcement of the rules that these same institutions formed the NCAA to enforce - the universities have the power to correct this, and should, by abiding by the rules they vote on together.
Thoughts?
All these court cases, along with portal madness (people can leave anytime, just unenroll then reenroll) is seemingly revealing the NCAAs inability to enforce its rules.
I’ve been thinking about this and was hoping someone may have a better understanding, or know why this doesn’t work.
To my understanding, the NCAA was formed by the universities to serve as the ruling body of its member institutions (the universities). So basically, the universities willfully instituted their own governing body.
From the perspective of the NCAA governing “students,” their power is clearly extremely limited (as it should be), hence the students can and will do anything they want.
Why does the NCAA not use its power as intended, govern the universities?
If a university allows a student athlete to compete when ruled ineligible by the ncaa, it is the university that is punished (post season ban, etc), enforced by all of the other universities on themselves.
Along the same thought, if a university has an athlete transfer to their school outside of the portal window, the university would not be allowed them to play, lest they face penalties. Same with tampering etc.
TLDR;
The member institutions of the NCAA seem hellbent on destroying the enforcement of the rules that these same institutions formed the NCAA to enforce - the universities have the power to correct this, and should, by abiding by the rules they vote on together.
Thoughts?
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