Budget, Taxation & Economy
NFL Draft begins tonight
The NFL Draft begins at 8 pm (ET) and will air on NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN Deportes. The City of Cleveland, Roger Godell, and wokeism better not screw…
NFL draft
annual three-day event determining player selections for NFL teams
Budget, Taxation & Economy
No, Republicans did not shut down NC New Schools
Yesterday, North Carolina New Schools, a nonprofit organization that specialized in developing early-college high schools, announced that they had closed. Representatives of the group cited “cash flow problems that were…
Liberty
Cam Newton gets a big contract
$103.8 million over five years to be exact. Kevin Seifert of NFL Nation offers an interesting perspective on the contract, arguing that the Panthers made the move because they had…
Liberty
The Panthers draft Shaq Thompson
I really don’t get this move. The Carolina Panthers have multiple needs — offensive line, defensive end, offensive line, secondary, maybe even wide receiver, running back, or defensive tackle — yet…
Education
An overview of Governor McCrory’s K-12 education budget
View in your browser. Welcome Governor McCrory released his budget recommendations today. What are the good and not-so-good parts of his recommended K-12 education budget? Will legislative leadership support his…
Liberty
Panthers’ 6th round pick gone after exactly one play
Not sure which is more bizarre: • The Panthers’ decision to draft running back Tyler Gaffney in the sixth round this year, given that the Panthers already had DeAngelo Williams,…
Liberty
Why the Panthers are a bad team
As we have long said, the core problem is the team’s inability to draft effectively and develop talent. James Dator of Cat Scratch Reader documents the problem. Between 2008 and…
Liberty
Stylin at the NFL Draft
We’re not just talking the draftees: “I dress like this to magnify the aura,” said Arnold Norfleet, a Carolina Panthers fan who came up from Philadelphia for the first round…
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More on the Panthers’ salary cap mess
From ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas: Carolina already has $127 million committed toward next year’s salary cap and that obviously doesn’t include the players they draft this year. This year’s draft class…
Liberty
Panthers in Salary Cap Hell
Not exactly a surprise if you follow the Panthers, but still ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas offers up some pretty sobering numbers: The Panthers currently have about $136 million committed against next…
Liberty
Marty Hurney fired!
Jerry Richardson canned longtime Carolina Panthers General Manager Marty Hurney today. Does this come as a surprise? Not really. The Panthers are a complete mess at the moment, and a…
Education
How excellent is the Excellent Public Schools Act?
View in your browser. Welcome Last week, the Republican leadership in the North Carolina Senate released details of the Excellent Public Schools Act. Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, a…