Denny Duron is a legendary highschool soccer coach who preaches a easy mantra to his gamers: “God first, household second, and soccer third.”
This season, Duron got here out of a 30-year retirement in an try to guide the soccer program he based at Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana, again to the nationwide stage.
Amazon Freevee has agreed to air an unscripted, coming-of-age docuseries following the staff’s 2022 season with the title “God. Household. Soccer.”
The sequence will characteristic the non-public tales of Evangel’s gamers and coaches set in opposition to the backdrop of the 2022 Louisiana highschool soccer season.
Duron returned to the staff after Evangel Christian had the worst season in class historical past final yr, ending 3-8.
“When it was clear that we had entered a season the place we had been actually beginning over as a soccer staff, I couldn’t resist the chance to be part of it. … It felt identical to 1989 once we began the primary time,” Duron mentioned in a press release. “I imagine God known as me then, and I imagine He’s calling me once more.”
The Eagles, who’ve received 14 state championships prior to now 20 years, have already matched final season’s win whole, going 3-3 so far.
Few states take college athletics more seriously than Louisiana—and the Pelican State is reportedly proving that with a crusade designed to reduce teen vaping.
Per a Wednesday morning report from Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator citing public records, Louisiana’s government is using money from a settlement with Juul to do a series of anti-vaping NIL deals with college athletes in the state.
“According to public records, the state so far has agreed to spend $281,000 on NIL deals with athletes, with $225,000 going to LSU athletes over three years,” Hutchinson wrote.
In addition to the Tigers, Louisiana is said to be engaging athletes at Grambling, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese State, Northwestern State, and Southeastern Louisiana.
The $10 million settlement “can be used for research, education, and vaping cessation programs, among other things,” per Hutchinson.
Given the sheer visibility of college sports and college athletes in Louisiana, the state government will have a powerful ally.
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