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Cluggy’s Family Amusement Center plans upgrades
from The Slate 1-24-23
by The Slate
Cluggy’s, a popular family entertainment center located in Chambersburg, is preparing for a series of upgrades under new ownership.
John and Mary McGough, the previous owners, had been operating Cluggy’s since 1999 to improve customer service and updating birthday packages to include more options. They also aim to replace play tunnels with a new indoor playground and update the batting cages. Cluggy’s offers go karts, miniture golf, numerous arcade games and a “tunnel of fun,” a three-story play area for children ages 3–10.
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The Bentzens will officially be taking over the business on Feb. 1, with plans for more upgrades and renovations. Cluggy’s is located at 393 Bedington Blvd.
Chambersburg be treated as employees of the school. Last month, the NLRB said it will investigate an unfair labor practice complaint involving the rights of University of Southern California football and basketball players. As of July 2021, college athletes can now earn money through use of their name, image or likeness and the budding industry now sees millions in deals. The NCAA is still working through its oversight of NIL payments after a series of states passed laws permitting them. And players have meanwhile taken to social media to argue for a cut of some of the hundreds of millions of dollars that NCAA schools earn on sports through marketing, merchandise and television contracts, including one campaign on the eve of the 2021 NCAA basketball tournament that carried the hashtag NotNCAAProperty.
The NCAA, at its convention, compared the athletes to students who perform in theater groups, orchestras and other campus activities without pay. “If you’re going to say that a scholarship athlete is an employee, then why isn’t a scholarship trombone player an employee? Why isn’t a scholarship mathematician an employee?’’ asked incoming NCAA president Charlie Baker, the former Massachusetts governor. “Remember the vast majority of the kids who play sports in college do not play sports in school where schools make money on sports.’’ arcade
McDonald said those types of campus groups are student led, while athletes have their time controlled by their coaches in a way that resembles employment. “The most controlled kids on any campus are the student-athletes,’’ he said.
In December, New York Magazine published an entire edition dedicated to nepotism babies. For those unaware, a nepotism baby is someone who is born of wealthy parents and whom society sees as having an advantage in life.
While the article explores those born of actors and celebrities, “nepo-babies” is an umbrella term that really covers anyone with parents who are somebody.
It definitely feels unfair, but has been around for literally ever. They had these issues with governments and churches with people getting power just because their uncle/dad/grandfather put them there so they could