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With the loss of Gronkowski and their unbeaten streak it doesn’t look so good for Patriots to repeat as champs. In other news Cam Newton & the Panthers are on fire and looking poised to win it all. However, there are still several other teams to be on the look out for and as we know the playoffs is a whole other animal. Injuries and one loss in the playoffs ends the season. So with that to digest we ask the following…
The toll of 20 long NBA Seasons even though he started his career in his teens has clearly caught up with him. Peyton if it’s just his plantar fascia and not his shoulder or neck could potentially play one more year though I doubt it.
It seems clearly the writing is on the wall for Peyton in Denver with Osweiller’s emergence from backup to starter. Kobe looks like a worn down veteran with dreams of NBA Championships past. He’s still a great and definitely will be missed from the game, however Father Time is undefeated.
Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: MIZZOUÂ Student Body Power (Athlete Power)
Where to begin? Society is still sick and still shows that we have a long way to go with the regards to the never ending fight against racism and inequity. By now we’ve all heard the incredible turn of events which forced the resignation of the University of Missouri President due to his inaction and outright ignorance of a series of racial incidents occurring on campus.
This movement on University of Missouri’s campus shows us that it begins with one person standing up and saying NO this isn’t right and I won’t stand for it and getting that message across to others. Once a movement starts to capture the minds and hearts of others it becomes infectious and inevitable that a call to action for change will follow.
What’s key to note here is that the students who initially complained to the University president weren’t heard and weren’t really effective until fellow student-athletes with a large platform joined them in protest of the inaction of the University President. Athletes have a bigger voice than the average student but it began with the non athlete students bringing this issue to light.
The power of money and the political power of athletes comes to the forefront here. Until the biggest money making part of the student body (the football team) joined the rest of the students protesting the inaction of the President and threatened not to play which would have cost the school between  a million to 2 million dollars, the protesting students didn’t really have much leverage to force the ouster of the University President.
A year or so ago the NBA with the help of the estranged wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling got his ownership stripped from him and the team was successfully sold to Steve Ballmer after Sterling’s racist rants to his then mistress were made public. The players stood in protest of Sterling’s ownership after his comments were made public and the public as well as the league demanded a change.
Money talks and the recognition of the influence athletes wield helped bring more attention to the protest and led to a change in leadership at the University. One small victory but a long way to go.
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😛 Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: The Irony of Inequity: Food Stamps
We’ll begin with an observation I found quite alarming the other day while visiting the Bronx. It’s not to say that I didn’t notice this before but just that it really took me aback the other day while shopping for a loaf of bread.
I briefly perused the bread aisle at a local FoodTown Supermarket looking for whole wheat bread. After reading several brands ingredient labels I settled on two whole wheat loaves I assumed wrongly were $2.99 each.
Boy was I in for a rude awakening when the cashier casually swiped the bread across the scanner and quoted me over $10 & change for the two loaves. I gagged momentarily and said uh…HELL NO!!!
When did a loaf of bread become so damn expensive? In any case I refuse to pay so much just for bread. I put both loaves back and got another brand that was $2.99.
This experience got me to talking with family and friends about the unreasonably high prices of not just bread, but of every day basic food staples in poorer communities versus that of “middle class” to affluent neighborhoods. It’s ironic that where the standard of living is poorest the cost of feeding a family or oneself is higher than those who can actually afford to pay a little more.
My theory is there are a couple of factors at work in this. For the purpose of this post I’ll focus on the first and probably the most obvious factor…Food Stamps. Much like subsidies for apartments i.e section 8, Food Stamps have encouraged Supermarkets and Grocers to jack up the price of food because the mentality is…”The government is paying for it so let’s get that coin”.
The problem with that is for those of us who aren’t on Food Stamps we are left to fend for ourselves against these artificially high prices that wouldn’t be in existence (barring inflation) if not for greed.
In middle class to affluent neighborhoods around the city I’ve seen the cost much lower for the same food items than in poorer communities. A perfect example is Trader Joes. Healthy, higher quality foods are half the price of the junk and comparable items in local supermarket chains like FoodTown, Pathmark, or KeyFood etc. Even the unhealthy food items are more expensive in poor communities.
Why do we accept this state of affairs and how can we change it? I’m starting to read up on the origins of the Food Stamp Program to get a better understanding of why things are the way they are today. I encourage you to do the same.
Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Shot Of The Day: Over Looking The Hudson
A look at the calmness of the “East River” on a Tuesday afternoon.
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