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Speaker 1: Sure listening to the Hammery Nichel show. Talk a little

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Speaker 1: hoop here, Let's do that, Indiana man, never too early

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Speaker 1: to talk a little hoop. I'm Jason Hammer Jim filling

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Speaker 1: in for Big Nige and joining us in studio. Tyrone Brown,

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Speaker 1: owner and CEO of the Indiana Lions. They are a

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Speaker 1: member of the ABA. This is the eighth season for

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Speaker 1: the Indiana Lions and the ABA. Tyrone, Welcome to the studio.

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Speaker 1: And I think a lot of our listeners listening right

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Speaker 1: now they might not be aware that the reboot of

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Speaker 1: the ABA has been going on so long and there's

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Speaker 1: a team right here in Central Indie.

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Speaker 2: First, I would like to say thank you guys for

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Speaker 2: inviting me. It's an honor to be here. I'm excited

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Speaker 2: about this year's Indiana Alliance.

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Speaker 3: We have two new coaches, Coach Murray coach Coach Dewey.

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Speaker 2: We've been around for eight years playing in Hendricks County,

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Speaker 2: and I want to say thank you to the Hendricks

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Speaker 2: County family for inviting us to be there for eight years.

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Speaker 1: And when you say ABA, I think so many people

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Speaker 1: the first thing they think of is like those great

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Speaker 1: Pacer teams. Yeah, you know, Mel Daniels and Roger Brown,

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Speaker 1: Slick Leonard, the Red, White and Blue Ball, Like, how

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Speaker 1: much of that spirit is in the New ABA League.

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Speaker 2: Well, one of the reasons why we wanted to get

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Speaker 2: back into the ABA was to utter those guys. You know,

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Speaker 2: those guys were legends and being able to recapture some

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Speaker 2: of the glory days that they had and present this

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Speaker 2: to the fans of Indiana was a inspiration to us,

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Speaker 2: and that's one of the reason why.

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Speaker 3: We did this.

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Speaker 4: So, Tyrone, tell me, how do you get started in this?

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Speaker 4: I mean, like, like, what kind of led you to,

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Speaker 4: you know, run and operate a professional sports team like

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Speaker 4: the like in the ABA.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm originally from Chicago.

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Speaker 2: I been here about seventeen years now, and during a

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Speaker 2: meeting I met Joe Newman, the CEO and.

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Speaker 3: Co founder of the New Birth.

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Speaker 2: ABA, and so just talking about my background and sports

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Speaker 2: and management, Joe thought I would be a good owner

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Speaker 2: for the Hindris County region, which I live in, and

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Speaker 2: we talked a little bit and I said, hey, I've

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Speaker 2: been doing tournaments throughout Chicago for years and I wanted

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to own a franchise. My wife and I,

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Speaker 2: Deborah you want a chance to own a franchise, to

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Speaker 2: give people a second and third opportunity. You know, everybody

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Speaker 2: doesn't get drafted, everybody doesn't go to the pros. But

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Speaker 2: here's an opportunity to get some film, play in front

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Speaker 2: of your families, and hopefully one day, you know, a

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Speaker 2: scout might walk past or dry pass or come to

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Speaker 2: the game and says, hey, I understand you guys are

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Speaker 2: doing something special.

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Speaker 3: I want to come in and take a look at it.

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Speaker 1: And we were kind of talking about that before you know,

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Speaker 1: we turned the microphones on.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 1: These guys can play. It's not like it's just some

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Speaker 1: open gym. Hey come up here, put a jersey on.

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Speaker 1: These are dudes that have played overseas and know how

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Speaker 1: the game is played.

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Speaker 2: We have some of the most skilled basket ball players

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Speaker 2: in all of Central Indiana and abroad. They're coming from Kentucky,

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Speaker 2: They're coming from Chicago, They're coming from Milwaukee just to

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Speaker 4: You mentioned you have a sports background. What did you

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Speaker 4: do before you ended up owning and operating an Avy

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Speaker 2: I've played in multiple leagues in Chicago. I've ran multiple tournaments.

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Speaker 2: I played high school basketball, played one year college basketball,

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Speaker 2: so I have a background. I've been around NBA players

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Speaker 2: and understanding the mindset of what it takes to be

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Speaker 1: So I had a son that grew up playing sports

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Speaker 1: and playing ball, So I can only imagine some of

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Speaker 1: the crazy things you've seen running these tournaments before, whether

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Speaker 1: it's fights or idiot parents running out in the courts.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't matter if it's travel baseball, AAU basketball,

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Speaker 1: ABA basketball, I'm sure you've probably seen some things.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 2: One of the unique rules in the ABA, it's called

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Speaker 2: a three D light, which means if a turnover is

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Speaker 2: if there's a turnover, I'm sorry, a second violation. And

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Speaker 2: if there's a turnover in the back court, a two

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Speaker 1: Oh wow.

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Speaker 2: So you're never out of the game. So the frenzy

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Speaker 2: when the light goes on, everybody yells three D. And

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Speaker 2: so all that is when you were able that are

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Speaker 2: sixty seventy eighty years old and young kid that's hollering

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Speaker 2: three D, three D, three D. The fans get excited,

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Speaker 2: the players get excited. It's a frenzy.

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Speaker 1: Cause it feels like you're never out of the game

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Speaker 1: if you can get some backcourt stops. Even if you're

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Speaker 1: down by eight, it's a two possession game exactly.

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Speaker 3: You never out of the game.

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Speaker 4: And I love the concept that there's a light so

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Speaker 4: everybody knows everybody. Reminds me of the old Blue Light

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Speaker 4: special Kmar back in the days. Everybody gets excited when

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Speaker 4: the light goes on. Everybody starts cheering and chanting when

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Speaker 4: the three D light goes on.

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Speaker 2: I love that that three D light comes on. It

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Speaker 2: changes a dynamic about a game, your fans, but the music.

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Speaker 2: Everyone's excited because it gives you your team a chance.

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Speaker 1: The home opener for the Indiana Lions is in Danville

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Speaker 1: October twenty fifth. Tell me about how people can go

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Speaker 1: watch this team, get tickets, support this team, and how

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Speaker 1: are you guys doing so far?

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Speaker 2: Well, you can do it multiple ways. You can go

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Speaker 2: online to our Facebook, on Instagram. It's just Indianallions Lions

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Speaker 2: to spelled with.

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Speaker 1: A y L yons Yes sir.

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Speaker 3: Also, you can go on our website Indianallions dot com.

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Also, what I want to do for your guest today,

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Speaker 2: I want to give out one hundred free tickets to

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Speaker 2: our home opener. Okay, So anyone, because I really want

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Speaker 2: them to come out and take a look at it.

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Speaker 2: Because most people didn't know the ABA came back. But

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Speaker 2: the Lions have been knocking and pushing on the door

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Speaker 2: for the last eight years, and so just come out

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Speaker 2: and see what we do. Appreciate it because some of

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Speaker 2: these guys are local. They just didn't get that second opportunity,

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Speaker 2: and what we're trying to do is give them a

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Speaker 2: second and the third opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So how do these one hundred people get the tickets?

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Speaker 2: They can just mention the radio station and come to

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Speaker 2: the gym at forty nine North Wing Street. That's Danville,

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Speaker 2: Indiana for six one, two two.

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Speaker 1: Go to the gym in Danville. What's the address.

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Speaker 3: Again, forty nine North Wayne Street.

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Speaker 1: Forty nine North Wayne Street and just say hey, I

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Speaker 1: heard the interview on WYBC on Hammer and Nigel Tyrone

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Speaker 1: said it was cool. We want to come check out

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Speaker 1: the game and they'll take care of you.

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Speaker 3: Exactly. My staff will take care of them.

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Speaker 2: But what I wanted to do, and I really wanted

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Speaker 2: to thank you guys, because this is the ABA.

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Speaker 1: Uh oh oh, he came bearing gifts here.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to present you.

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Speaker 4: We go on the Red, white and Blue boar here

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Speaker 4: holding up on a camera.

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Speaker 3: Camera.

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Speaker 4: Here, look at that baby nice.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Man, that's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Sick.

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Speaker 1: I can see the following through from Roger Brown right now.

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Speaker 1: It's in my head. I can see the follow through.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome.

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Speaker 4: And you guys got your like you said, Opening Day

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Speaker 4: that's coming up in two days. That's Friday, right, No.

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Speaker 2: That's Saturday, Right, Saturday, Saturday, we'll be in Nashville, and

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Speaker 2: the twenty fifth we'll be at home.

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Speaker 1: That is awesome. Go check out the squad, man, this

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Speaker 1: is gonna be fun. The Indiana Allions l y o NS.

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Speaker 1: It's their eighth season of the all New ABA games

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Speaker 1: are in Danville. And hold that up to the camera. Man,

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Speaker 1: let's get those Let's get that up there on the camera,

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Speaker 1: looking good looking, good man.

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Speaker 2: This is the nineteen seventy three Indiana Pacers champions and

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Speaker 2: this is also the twenty twenty three fifty years later,

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Speaker 2: Indiana Alliance fifty years later, Champions.

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Speaker 1: ABA Strong Baby, I love it. I love it, Tyrone,

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Speaker 1: best of luck, man. I hope you guys do your

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Speaker 1: thing this year, cut down some nets at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year and have a great year.

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Speaker 3: That's the purpose. The purpose is all about the Ring.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you, man, thank you guy.

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Speaker 2: You.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate the Hammer and Nigel Show.