Tracy has spoken publicly to draw attention to her situation

Frederic Vasseur expects Renault will announce its 2017 line-up in early September and says the drivers it chooses must be capable of leading a team.Renault looks set to play a key role in the driver market for next season, with Kevin Magnussen or Jolyon Palmer unsure whether they will be retained for another year. The team, which returned to the grid as a manufacturer this season, has been linked with Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas in recent weeks.Team principal Vasseur says the drivers chosen must be able to lead Renault and the long-term project it hopes will take it back to the front of the grid.If you look at the success stories of the past, success was always built around a driver: [Michael] Schumacher and Ferrari, [Sebastian] Vettel and Red Bull, Lewis [Hamilton] and Mercedes, and also [Fernando] Alonso and Renault in the past -- so the driver is important, Vasseur told the official F1 website. A driver is not only about performance, but about being capable of leading a team.Right now we have more or less a thousand people in the team, if you take Viry and Enstone together, and that needs some sort of emotional leadership -- and that is the job for a driver! We need a driver who is super-motivated and able to super-motivate everybody else.When asked if Magnussen and Palmer fit the bill as team leaders, he replied: They are improving! We know we are on the grid, so improving is written in capital letters for us. It is too early to make any decision right here and now. We will probably do it at the beginning of September.Though Renault has only finished in the points once this season - Magnussens seventh position in Russia - Vasseur is happy with how both his drivers have been performing.Its not easy for them either. They have been used to winning in the past [in junior categories] -- and now they are cut off from that. I see both of them improving. Keep in mind that Jo is rookie and Kevin did only one season [of F1] before -- and that was two years ago.Jo has been improving a lot -- true he spun in Hungary, but so far he did a good job. And that also goes for Kevin. Both have a very optimistic approach. They are a good support for the team. New England Patriots Shirts . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. New England Patriots Store . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side. https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/ . 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Current guidelines generally allow schools or conferences to hand down such punishments.Tracys son Darius says he started the petition after hearing about multiple sexual assault allegations involving Baylor football players. The petition contains more than 157,000 signatures.Its unclear when -- or if -- the NCAA committee will take action. It already has already met once with the family as it debates how to address sexual violence on campus.Brenda Tracy says she was raped by four men, including two Oregon State football players, in 1998. The Associated Press generally doesnt identify people who say they were sexually assaulted, but Tracy has spoken publicly to draw attention to her situation.She recently met with football players at Nebraska and Baylor. Nebraska is coached by Mike Riley, who was Oregon States coach in 1998 and suspended the two accused players for one game. They were arrested but never charged.Baylor faces at least three federal lawsuits brought by wommen who claim the school was indifferent to or ignored claims of sexual assault and didnt enforce federal gender discrimination protections under Title IX.dddddddddddd The scandal cost coach Art Briles his job and forced university chancellor Kenneth Starr to resign.Following Tuesdays announcement promoting the petition, the NCAA issued a statement that read in part: She has a compelling story and, like us, is seeking changes on campuses and nationally to stem the tide of sexual assault. We look forward to continuing our conversation with her and other leaders regarding this important matter.The NCAA first began discussing the issue in 2010, and held a summit in Indianapolis in the spring of 2011. It later announced it would sponsor the Violence Prevention Think Tank.In August 2014, the topic came up again. This time, the NCAA issued a statement on sexual violence prevention.One month later, the NCAA released a handbook about how to deal with sexual violence and joined the Its on Us campaign.In July 2015, the NCAA started the Sexual Assault Task Force. In February, the NCAA held another summit on the topic. ' ' '