The online harassment of college athletes by betters is a real issue and the Louisiana Legislature is trying to address it. Joe Gallinaro has the story…
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Senator Bill Cassidy has declined an invitation to debate his two biggest challengers during Moon Griffon’s statewide radio talk show. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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State lawmakers have started to advance legislation that would allow the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to set up a rule where they can ban a person from placing sports bets in Louisiana if they harass a college athlete. Leesville Senator Mike Reese says a recent ESPN report found that one in three high profile college athletes receive abusive messages from bettors.
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Reese is the author of the legislation, and he says Ohio and West Virginia have already passed this law and the NCAA is encouraging more states to do the same…
During his testimony in front of a Senate Committee, Reese presented evidence that female college athletes are harassed more than men…
Reese says many of these threats are related to prop bets, which Louisiana has already prohibited on college contests. An example of a prop bet would be a wager on the number of points or touchdowns a player would score.
The bill heads to the Senate floor and is expected to receive legislative approval.
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Senator John Kennedy says he feels everyone’s pain when it comes to soaring gasoline prices. The spike started at the beginning of this month in the wake of the U.S. military action in Iran. That choked off the Strait of Hormuz, which is a critical shipping corridor for oil coming into the U.S. Kennedy says by closing that waterway, Iran is only hurting itself in the long run.
Kennedy says everyone knew that a spike in gas prices would result from the military action in Iran.
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As to when the price of gasoline and diesel will stop soaring into the stratosphere, Kennedy says at this point, it’s anyone’s guess.
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Senator Bill Cassidy has declined talk show host Moon Griffon’s invitation to participate in a debate involving his two most formidable challengers to his re-election chances. John Fleming and Julia Letlow plan on attending the April 28th debate from 9 to 11 AM on Griffon’s radio show. Cassidy says it would be better for voters, if the Senate Republican Primary debates are on television…
When Cassidy was elected to his second term in 2020, he refused to debate Democrat and at that time Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins. Cassidy said during an interview on KEEL Radio in Shreveport, the circumstances were different back then…
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Cassidy is still calling on Letlow to debate him on TV….
Multiple TV stations have invited Cassidy, Letlow and Fleming to participate in a debate before the May 16th primary, but so far the three candidates have not agreed to do one.