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Unsettling Thoughts During an Unsettled Summer
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My mother used to yearn for the day when all her children would be “settled.” I hated that word. To Mom, settled meant settling down: finding a good job, spouse and house and then, above all, providing her with “gorgeous” grandchildren. Once we had checked those boxes, she wouldn’t have to worry about us anymore. …
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Your Work Ethic Always Matters
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“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – New York Yankees Hall of Famer Derek Jeter Have you been out to dinner lately at your favorite restaurant and discovered that their hours are limited and/or it’s taking longer to…
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Penn State Football: How Much Is a Scholarship Worth?
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I’m all for college athletes being able to cash in on their names, images and likenesses. But I don’t want to discount — or neglect — the compensation that they are already receiving as scholarship athletes. It’s called a college education, and a full ride is a special thing, even if a Penn State football…
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Roads to the Future
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Frank Zappa once said, “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” On a smaller scale, John Hook says, “You can’t be a real city…
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For Penn State Athletics, 2020-21 Directors’ Cup Was Half-Empty
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The final 2020-21 standings of the IMG Learfield Directors’ Cup were released late last week, largely unnoticed. That’s a good thing for Penn State, a longtime perennial top 15 finisher — or often better — in the annual rankings of college athletics’ best broad-based program, encompassing both men’s and women’s sports. Penn State ranked 39th…
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What Might NIL Have Looked Like in the Past? Here Are Some Deals That Could Have Been
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Since the NCAA is now allowing college athletes to earn money using their own names, images and likenesses, social media has been awash in former players pondering how much money they would have earned in their day. So in the name of good-natured fun, here is a short list of deals that could’ve been made.…
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Mining Memories in a Return to California
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GOLD COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA – I took a trip down memory lane the other day, though the signs said I was driving on Highway 49 – so named because it connects the towns that sprang up during the 1849 rush to find gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills. I lived in these parts – the Mother…
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Courage Is a Two-Way Street
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What a great Fourth of July I enjoyed with my family and friends, a celebration courtesy of the courage and sacrifices that many have made over the past 245 years that we too often take for granted. I hope that you had the opportunity to celebrate your freedoms in a meaningful way. That freedom means…
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The Basics of Mutual Funds and ETFs
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In my last article, I gave an overview of stocks and fixed income/bonds. In this article, I will give an overview of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Mutual funds and ETFs contain other investments inside of them.
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Meet 3 Penn State Athletes Who Are Well-Positioned to Cash in on NIL
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“Show me the money.” It’s my favorite all-time line from a sports movie. In fact, I show this scene from “Jerry McGuire” the first day of class, every semester. Starting today, tens of thousands of college athletes are saying the same thing. What does that look like at Penn State? Well, it is not just…