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Welcome to Made in the USA Day!
Taking place right before another patriotic holiday, Independence Day, Made in the USA Day encourages the manufacturing of goods in the United States and the purchasing of these American-made goods. It celebrates the companies and brands that manufacture their products in the United States, and gives consumers the opportunity to support them. Some sources point to Joel Joseph of the Made in the USA Foundation as the creator of the day, and lists the day as having its start in 1989.
Labels signifying country of origin are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These labels are required if the product is coming from another country, but only some products made in the United States—including automobiles, furs, textiles, and wool—are required to have the labels. However, many other products are stamped with the labels, which is fine as long as they follow the FTC's Made in the USA policy, which essentially says that in order for there to be a "Made in the USA" stamp on a product, "all or virtually all" of the product must be made in the United States. "Made in the USA" can be expressed with other phrases, such as "American-made," and can also be implied by how a product is advertised, promoted, or otherwise labeled.
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Mekhi Mason Discusses Syracuse Commitment (SI; McAllister)
Syracuse football picked up a big commitment on Thursday when linebacker Mekhi Mason out of Monsignor Pace in Florida pledged Orange over Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, LSU and several others. The 6-1, 220 pound backer says Syracuse was the best fit.
"I fit best on the defense," Mason said. "The education is great and it felt like home."
Mason's lead recruiter was Nick Monroe. The two were able to bond throughout the process, and that was a significant factor in the final decision.
"He was very big," Mason said. "Communicating with my family a lot, almost every day. We texted every day or was on FaceTime. Kept Syracuse in my ear."
When Mason made his decision, the next step was to communicate that choice to the Syracuse coaches.
"They were very excited," Mason said. "Very excited. They were all jumping and happy."
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SU AD John Wildhack takes the stage. SU football players show off new uniforms. Syracuse University Orange Summer Kickoff at Lava Nightclub, Turning Stone Casino and Resort, June 21, 2019 Michael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.comMichael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syr
John Wildhack details Syracuse’s NIL plan on logo use, pre-approval, more. Also, an SU football player has a deal. (SU; $; Ditota)
Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack today detailed how the university will implement new Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) policies as its student-athletes begin to navigate their new freedom to pursue commercial deals without jeopardizing their college sports eligibility.
Those NIL rights began at 12:01 a.m. Various college athletes began posting deals immediately. An Alabama football player endorsed a brand of sweet tea. An Iowa basketball player announced a meet and greet at a fireworks store. A Miami football player announced his own branded memorabilia, Fresno State twin women’s basketball players revealed a deal with Boost Mobile.
SU released a statement today that stressed its commitment to educating its athletes. It also announced an expanded partnership with INFLCR (pronounced “Influencer”), a company run by Syracuse native Jim Cavale.
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It has now been three years since Syracuse’s magical 10-3 season in 2018. Since then the Orange are just 6-17 including a 1-10 mark in 2020. The Orange now return 19 starters in 2021, but improvement does not seem to be on the horizon. Dino Babers’ squad had one of the worst offenses in the country last year averaging just 17.8 PPG, 92 RYPG, and 265.3 YPG. The offensive line has been one of the worst in the country the last two years and may see just slight improvement in 2021. The defense returns 10 starters, but allowed 209.1 YPG and 463.9 YPG. Tony White enters year two with his 3-3-5 scheme that needs to be executed much better if the Orange are to see any improvement. Syracuse may be a little more competitive in 2021 (only one loss by one possession in 2020) but they are still way behind in the ACC. The end of the Dino Babers era seems inevitable.
What Will NIL Look Like for SU Athletics? – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Klein)
Syracuse Athletics is already trying to get behind the wheel of the runaway train that name, image and likeness could be for the NCAA. SU announced a partnership with INFLCR (pronounced “Influencer”) to help its athletes navigate new NIL rules. That’s the behind the scenes stuff, the nitty gritty. Everyone, including the athletes want to know how this is going to truly affect them and their sports.
First of all, it’s a fallacy to say that only the USC’s and UCLA’s of the world, schools in major markets, will be able to take advantage of this development in the age of social media. It’s fair to assume most of the endorsement deals will come in the form of sponsored tweets, Instagram posts, Tic Toks, etc.
Off of the social media landscape, Syracuse athletes will be largely pigeon-holed to Central New York. The last household name the Orange had is Carmelo Anthony. Until another star freshman with dreads comes along, the national market is closed to Syracuse athletes. But that’s ok. Think of how much influence SU basketball players like Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim have in the area. Local endorsement deals for local businesses, especially ones with a preexisting relationship with the University, are destined to call guys like that. The football players are going to run into the same obstacle NFL players do. Because of helmets, they are less likely to connect to the fans on the field, which makes their marketing potential close to none, especially if they continue to perform at a low level.
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Syracuse football recruiting: 3-star Utah OL Tapuvae Amaama setting up official visit (247sports.com; $; Bailey)
Syracuse football is among the schools recruiting a Class of 2022 offensive lineman from Utah hardest and will receive an official visit this month. Tapuvae Amaama, a rising senior at Skyridge High School in Lehi, Utah, said he's close to locking in a date for July with SU offensive line coach Mike Schmidt.
The 6-foot-4, 340-pound Amaama is rated three stars by 247Sports and has been in touch with Schmidt for about a month. Amaama came onto the Orange's radar via private trainer Chris Talamaivao, he said, and Schmidt quickly extended a scholarship opportunity.
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Opponent Analysis: Louisville Cardinals — 2021 Syracuse Football preview - The Juice Online (the juice; Cheng)
As we countdown to kickoff in September, we’re going to be doing a team-by-team opponent preview each week over the summer. This week, we’re previewing Syracuse’s matchup with Louisville on Nov. 13 with three major storylines.
No offensive coordinator needed
When Dwayne Ledford left Louisville for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons following the 2020 season, everyone naturally assumed that head coach Scott Satterfield would be in the market for a new offensive coordinator.
It was a tumultuous offseason for the Cardinals coaching staff, who also lost running backs coach Norval McKenzie to Vanderbilt and Frank Ponce to Appalachian State after finishing a disappointing 4-7.
That left Satterfield with wide receivers coach Gunter Brewer, who was thought to be in the running for the offensive coordinator position.
But in an unusual move, Satterfield left the position unfilled, saying he will call the plays this season, something he did at Appalachian State.
Satterfield takes over an offense that was productive in 2020 for the most part. Louisville rushed for 200.0 yards per game, tied for 29th in the FBS, and averaged 244.2 throwing yards per game (48th).
But what killed Louisville was their turnovers, as they coughed the ball up a jaw-dropping 24 times, and finished -12 on the season in the giveaway category.
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ACC coach rankings for 2021: Who is third-best coach in conference? (TSN; Bender)
The ACC is the only Power 5 conference that didn't have a coaching change after the 2020 season.
The outlook of the conference hasn't changed much. Dabo Swinney is still on top. He's led Clemson to six straight ACC championships and six straight College Football Playoff appearances. Swinney has maintained his spot at No. 2 on our 1-130 Coach Rankings, and that likely won't change until somebody else wins the ACC.
North Carolina's Mack Brown is the other top-10 coach in the conference. He's led an impressive two-year turnaround in Chapel Hill that led to a New Year's Day Six appearance in 2020. The Tar Heels are the favorites in the ACC Coastal in 2021.
The rest of the coaches are tough to rank given the parity from 3-11. SN tried anyway. Here are our ACC coach rankings.
Here's a deeper look at our ACC coach rankings (overall FBS record in parentheses):
2021 ACC coach rankings
| RANK | COACH | SCHOOL | W | L | PCT | OVR RANK |
| 1 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson | 140 | 33 | .809 | 2 |
| 2 | Mack Brown | North Carolina | 259 | 132 | .662 | 10 |
| 3 | Dave Doeren | North Carolina State | 78 | 50 | .609 | 29 |
| 4 | Manny Diaz | Miami, Fla. | 14 | 10 | .583 | 31 |
| 5 | Bronco Mendenhall | Virginia | 129 | 75 | .632 | 32 |
| 6 | Scott Satterfield | Louisville | 63 | 36 | .636 | 37 |
| 7 | Dave Clawson | Wake Forest | 72 | 76 | .486 | 43 |
| 8 | David Cutcliffe | Duke | 118 | 117 | .502 | 44 |
| 9 | Pat Narduzzi | Pittsburgh | 42 | 34 | .553 | 45 |
| 10 | Justin Fuente | Virginia Tech | 64 | 49 | .566 | 51 |
| 11 | Jeff Hafley | Boston College | 6 | 5 | .545 | 52 |
| 12 | Mike Norvell | Florida State | 41 | 21 | .661 | 65 |
| 13 | Geoff Collins | Georgia Tech | 21 | 26 | .447 | 69 |
| 14 | Dino Babers | Syracuse | 61 | 52 | .540 | 76 |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/07/01/cfp-expansion-student-athletes-greed/ (washingtonpost.com; Feinstein)
Years ago, when college football fans and media began clamoring for a playoff to decide a true national champion, the college presidents who actually run the NCAA would sagely shake their heads and say, “We couldn’t possibly ask our ‘student-athletes’ to play more games and subject them to possible injury and missed class time.”
In those days, teams played an 11-game regular season and then possibly a bowl game, for a maximum of 12 games.
That began to change after an undefeated Georgia Tech team went to the second-tier Citrus Bowl after the 1990 season. Even though Georgia Tech shared the national title with a one-loss Colorado team, ACC Commissioner Gene Corrigan was furious because Tech hadn’t been considered for one of the major bowls.
Corrigan ordered his top lieutenant, Tom Mickle, to come up with a solution. Mickle did: Sitting in a Lone Star Steakhouse in Greensboro, N.C., he outlined a plan for something called the College Football Bowl Coalition, which guaranteed — among other things — that the ACC champion would be invited to a major bowl. It helped that Florida State had joined the ACC by then. More importantly, the plan guaranteed that the top two teams in the final poll would play one another — which had happened only six times since 1968.
College Football Playoff exploring expansion to 12 teams
The year the coalition came into existence, the SEC launched a postseason championship game. That meant the SEC champion would play 13 games.
The Bowl Coalition became the Bowl Alliance, which, in 1998, became the Bowl Championship Series. By 2006, the presidents had authorized a 12th regular season game and most conferences were playing championship games.
Then, in 2014, the College Football Playoff was formed, meaning teams that made the title game would almost certainly play 15 games: 12 in the regular season, one conference championship game and two playoff games. So much for those noble speeches about protecting “student-athletes.“
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Day One of the NIL Era (RX; HM)
Day One of the NIL Era
From the official ACC release of Thursday, July 1, 2021...Statement from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on Name, Image and Likeness:
“The ACC fully supports its student-athletes and the opportunity to benefit from their name, image and likeness. We appreciate the interim policy that creates a common standard and will continue working with congressional leaders to enact federal legislation, which is needed to protect and benefit all student-athletes in the long term.”...
2021 ACC Board of Directors (RX; HM)
2021 ACC Board of Directors
From the official ACC release of Thursday, July 1, 2021...ACC Board of Directors Announces 2021-22 Conference Leadership
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its Board of Directors announced today that Duke University President Vincent E. Price will serve as the league’s Chair of the Board of Directors, and University of Louisville President Neeli Bendapudi will serve as the Vice-Chair. Price and Bendapudi begin their service on July 1 and will serve in their respective roles for the next two academic years. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips serves as the Conference's Chief Executive Officer.
Last summer, the Atlantic Coast Conference adopted changes to the ACC Constitution and Bylaws that officially established the 15 league presidents and chancellors as the ACC’s Board of Directors. Price succeeds Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud, who was Chair of the Board during the most recent academic year.
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NIL may favor big fish in smaller ponds (RX; HM)
NIL may favor big fish in smaller ponds
Quotes taken from "The NIL era is here, and it should help level the playing field in collegefootball" posted on Yahoo! Sports...
First, what are some NIL opportunities for players?
Will NIL stack the deck for the wealthiest schools?
Good point - it really can't get much worse than having the same three teams plus a rotating fourth (OK, you could have the same four teams every year, I suppose).
But what makes anyone think that NIL will level the playing field even a little?
NIL suddenly changes the equation by rewarding players who are willing to be the big fish in a smaller pond in three significant ways:
- they'll see the field earlier and more often
- they'll become a local sports hero
- they'll tap into untapped booster money
ACC QBs D'Eriq King and McKenzie Milton now co-founders of new NIL platform - ACCSports.com (accsports.com; Geisinger)
When Florida State hosts Miami in football on Nov. 13, quarterbacks D’Eriq King and McKenzie Milton will likely face one another from opposite sides of the field. However, away from the stadium, those two will be on the same team. With the new interim name, image and likeness (NIL) policy adopted by the NCAA, King and Milton are able to become teammates — in a sense.
King and Milton are co-founders of Dreamfield, an NIL platform that will specialize in “booking live events for student-athletes, including autograph signings, meet-and-greets and speaking engagements,” according to ESPN’s Andrea Adelson.
Matthew Cleveland, an incoming 5-star recruit for FSU basketball, is involved, too.
Milton will also become the first active college athlete with his or her own NFT (non-fungible token). The expectation is for King to have his own NFT later this summer, too. Dreamfield clearly plans to compete in the NFT market.
The state of Florida will allow college athletes to make money based off their NIL starting today: July 1, 2021. A dozen other states are set to follow; however, with the NCAA’s new policy, things are opening up elsewhere, too, although some of those waters are a little murky, currently.
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This file photo shows the birthday cake milkshake (left) and the creamsicle milkshake at Rise N Shine Diner, located at 500 Westcott Street in Syracuse.Charlie Miller
New Italian restaurant with zany, ‘craveable’ dishes coming to East Syracuse (PS; $; Herbert)
Two Central New York restaurateurs are teaming up for a new Italian restaurant with zany, “craveable” dishes.
Rise N Shine Diner owner Danielle Mecuri and Adam Weitsman, owner of The Krebs and the Elephant and the Dove restaurants in Skaneateles, announced Thursday that they’re partnering on a new venture located in the former Grimaldi’s Ristorante near Carrier Circle, located at 6430 Yorktown Circle in East Syracuse. The 4,000 square-foot space will feature a new “state-of-the-art” outdoor dining area.
The new restaurant’s name has not been revealed yet, but Mecuri and Weitsman promise the menu will put a fun, Rise N Shine-inspired twist on items that will be both delectable and photo-ready for Instagram.
“We will be creating craveable, premium Italian dishes that are fun, tasteful and definitely social media worthy,” Mecuri said in a statement.
Rise N Shine, located at 500 Westcott Street in Syracuse, is known for colorful breakfast offerings like the Pancake Tacos, Mochi Waffles and the Birthday Cake Milkshake. Mecuri is also behind Loded, a trendy gourmet burger joint that offers crazy concoctions like Fruity Pebble S’mores Funnel Cake Fries at 6393 Thompson Rd.
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