{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HBCU Gameday","title":"Shannon Sharpe vs. North Carolina A&T's GHOE, and Protect The Yard: Homecoming Violence & Accountability | Queens of the Yard","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3901,"description":"Sheena leads with the business of GHOE: Shannon Sharpe's Nightcap pulled out of North Carolina A&T's homecoming, and her verdict is blunt — the largest HBCU in the country does not need a podcast's exposure, and its band, auxiliaries and D9 organizations do not perform for free. Why it matters: this is the money and safety episode. Who benefits when a national podcast plants its flag at a homecoming, who pays for the safety footprint when a city swells by hundreds of thousands, and who gets blamed when violence happens near — but not at — a campus event? On Nightcap at GHOE: Sharpe says A&T charged for the band, auxiliaries and student access ten weeks after planning began, and named a university administrator on air. Sheena answers from the business side — GHOE was booked out long before Nightcap called, the Blue and Gold Marching Machine is booked and busy all homecoming week, and exposure is not a donation. Steve (SJG) joins with the journalism view: HBCU Gameday sought A&T's side, and ten weeks was likely too close for GHOE logistics either way. Protect The Yard: after the shooting in the vicinity of Florida A&M's homecoming, Sheena — drawing on her justice-studies degree and military background — breaks down root causes, including her research finding that most homecoming-weekend violence does not involve students or alumni at all. She holds up the coordinated NC A&T / Greensboro / Guilford County safety plan as the model, contrasts it with what she saw in Jackson, and gives the practical playbook: situational awareness, an exit plan before the first drink, hydration and medical prep, and community self-policing. Schools should not have to choose between celebrating the culture and feeling safe. Football recap: Bethune-Cookman beats Jackson State (the Tigers get a bye to reset); Bowie State stuns Johnson C. Smith; Virginia Union rolls Shaw 49–6; Winston-Salem State beats Lincoln (PA) 21–14; South Carolina State tops Norfolk State 22–7 on the Spartans'...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-Y0CtAGbsViKogVqforHHdmEfn2rFqijcr4DXXJQkgA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNmFi/ZjUyZjZiMzFhMzAz/YzI2YTViNWY5YzAx/NWI0Ni5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}