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The question is how to determine eligibility for the safety valve — whether any of the conditions is enough to disqualify someone or whether it takes all three to be ineligible. Lawyers for Mark Pulsifer, the inmate whose challenge the court will hear, say all three conditions must apply before the longer sentence can be imposed. Circuit Court of Appeals to make him eligible for a mandatory sentence of at least 15 years. Courts in Atlanta, Richmond, Virginia and San Francisco have ruled to broaden eligibility for the safety valve reductions. The safety valve has been attractive both to prosecutors and defendants because it helps obtain convictions faster and allows for more nuanced prison terms, Berman said.

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☆ Freshman athlete earnings are surging as donor 'collectives' dominate. Here are 3 key takeaways from a report on NIL's second year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Collectives are a driving force in the NIL marketplace because they offer big payouts to student-athletes, said Opendorse's NIL and business insights manager Braly Keller. "There's a lot of posts and activity and work being done on the commercial side compared to collectives," Keller told Insider. NIL deals and earnings by grade level. The report says Opendorse's NIL deals have a 99% view rate on Instagram reels, compared to the influencer industry average of 40%. The TikTok metrics are even more staggering: At a view rate of 73%, Opendorse athletes perform far outpace industry standards of 13%.

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☆ Freshman athletes saw a big jump in earnings in the second year of NIL, as boosters flooded college sports with cash through 'collectives'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Freshman athletes are earning twice as much per NIL deal than other college athletes, according to Opendorse. Collectives are a driving force in the NIL marketplace because they offer big payouts to student-athletes, said Opendorse's NIL and business insights manager Braly Keller. "There's a lot of posts and activity and work being done on the commercial side compared to collectives," Keller told Insider. The report says Opendorse's NIL deals have a 99% view rate on Instagram reels, compared to the influencer industry average of 40%. The TikTok metrics are even more staggering: At a view rate of 73%, Opendorse athletes perform far outpace industry standards of 13%.

☆ Midwest American Cities Are Facing a Downtown Crisis, Urban Doom Loop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

But Midwestern cities are also facing a crisis of their own — struggling to attract workers, residents, and visitors to their downtowns. Nine of the 13 Midwestern cities tracked in the study were in the bottom half of the rankings. In the early part of the 20th century, Midwestern cities boomed — attracting workers and families seeking out manufacturing jobs and education. Many Midwestern cities relied on a single industry or even a single company to buttress its economy. "If office workers are coming downtown less, but college students are willing to come downtown more, what about literally putting a college in your downtown?"

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☆ Voting Rights Act survives at US Supreme Court but more challenges loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Election law expert Ned Foley of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law called the ruling "a hugely important development for both the Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court more broadly." The decision requires Alabama to draw a second U.S. House of Representatives district where Black voters comprise a majority or close to it. The Voting Rights Act was passed at a time when Southern states including Alabama enforced policies blocking Black people from casting ballots. Nearly six decades later, the Supreme Court continues to hear cases involving Black voters suing over electoral maps they argue diminish their influence. Thursday's ruling centered upon Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a provision aimed at countering measures that result in racial bias in voting even absent racist intent.

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