Gretchen Serrano

Should college athletes be employees of their universities?

Stress fracture, sophomore year. Six weeks in a boot, season over. My scholarship covered tuition but I lost my summer training stipend and my spot on the travel roster, which meant losing the per diem and gear that made the whole thing affordable. An employee injured on the job files for workers' comp and keeps getting paid. I got a boot and a bill for the campus health center copays. People talk about employment like it's some radical idea, but every construction worker in America already has the deal I'm describing. I ran 60 miles a week for my university and had fewer protections than the guy who repaved the track.

we cant even get states to agree on voter ID. a federal mandate would be a total mess

Politics · Oct 6, 2026 · Should voting be mandatory in the United States?

The presentation point is the unlock. The craft categories are only boring because producers present them as boring: no context, no clips, just names. Show the audience what a sound designer actually does for 90 seconds and that category becomes must-see TV. The problem was never the categories.

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A sunset clause would help. Renew the powers only if the body can show measurable risk reduction.

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