WEBVTT - The Fantasy Footballers 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:07.840 Hi, Welcome to Access Podcast, the podcast about podcasts. I'm 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:10.760 your host, Maddie Stout, and this week we're gonna talk 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.080 fantasy football with one of the best, Andy Holloway. He's 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.120 the host of the Fantasy Footballers podcast, which is one 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.800 just about every award for best sports podcast and fantasy 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.280 football podcast according to Podcast Awards dot Com and Academy 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:26.880 of Podcasters and anybody else who puts out a boat 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.400 and says, hey, what's the best fantasy football podcast? This 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.400 one wins? Check it out. I'm gonna go with the 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.640 guy who, look, he's he's not been a complete bust yet, 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.760 but he's the twenty second range wide receiver, disappointing every 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.199 owner that has him so far. That's Julio Jones. Julio 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.959 Jones I believe has been terrific this year. He has 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:49.520 he has just not had the touchdowns. I mean he's 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.960 got one touchdown right now and we're over half the 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:55.480 season in. And this is indicative of the entire Atlanta 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.440 Falcons team if you look at how they've been performing 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:03.160 and joining us from x Arizona. Andy Holloway, Andy, do 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.160 you ever go one hour in the day without somebody 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:10.560 coming up and asking you some fantasy football advice. Uh, 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:14.080 if I'm lucky, Yeah, if I'm lucky, it'll happen occasionally. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.959 If I locked myself in a room, um, you know, 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.560 fetal position, someone will leave me alone for about an hour. 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.360 But after that. Yeah, the the questions they come early, 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.960 they come often. I mean do you ever just just 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:30.880 say enough enough with the questions? Uh? No, not really. 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:35.280 I mean people love fantasy football, and I understand that 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.399 that's why we do what we do. So uh, it's 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.440 comedics sometimes when you know, when I'm out to dinner 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.720 with my wife and and the waiter has a question, 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.160 maybe that's that's not the best time to ask it. 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.840 But um, but yeah, for the most part, I don't 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.760 worry about it. I know these people are invested in 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.600 their teams just like I am. Now they'll judge me later. 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.880 I'll probably ask you one or two questions, but there 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.080 you go. I do consider myself a fantasy poser. I 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.480 honestly I was just I'm never admitted it out loud. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.840 I only got into fantasy football because of the show 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.280 The league Am I am? I calling? Are there other 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.200 ones out there like being that you've talked to? I'm sure. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.320 I I think that there are a number of people who, 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.920 you know, that was their first exposure to the dynamics 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.320 of fantasy football. I mean, the sport becomes more popular 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.880 every year. The NFL's popularity grows because of fantasy football, 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.200 and um, the league had a big part in that. 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:25.840 I mean, that was a show that kind of brought 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.320 the craziness that is fantasy football leagues to the forefront. Now, 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.320 you didn't come out of the bomb saying I'm going 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.880 to grow up to be a fantasy football host, which 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.960 rude you too. Fantasy football and especially you know you 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.960 have quite a quite quite a great tech career going. 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.640 What made you say, you know, this is something I 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.240 really want to vote all my time too. Yeah, I 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.880 mean I I wouldn't even when I had an interest 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.799 in doing media and doing something in the fantasy football field. 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:54.920 I don't know if I necessarily thought, you know, that 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.880 was necessarily a career path more than a you know, 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.600 a part time passion project and that sort of thing. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:04.240 But um, I've always been kind of a sports guy, 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:09.400 a sports journalism guy. I certainly in engage with and 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.480 have played fantasy football for years and years and years. Uh, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.640 first time I met one of our co hosts was 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:18.000 in high school, and you know, our first interaction as 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.440 friends was playing in a fantasy basketball league together. So 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.280 I've always really enjoyed the kind of uh, NonStop check 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:28.079 your phone, check your computers, see how the stats are producing. Um, 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.079 I've always just kind of enjoyed that, and I've enjoyed 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.640 what it does with friendships. You know, We've had friendships 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.040 across leagues that spanned many states. And when people leave 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.880 you know, high school or college, you kind of stay 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.120 in contact with people and you're you know, talking to 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.160 them all the time, get together for drafts, and so, 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:47.440 you know, the fantasy football universe it kind of takes 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:48.920 as much as you can give into it. You know, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.280 if you want to spend you know, eighteen hours a 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:55.000 day being obsessed with it, you you can do that. 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.920 And you can look for nineteen hours a day. And 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.280 if you only want to spend a few hours or 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.360 a couple of minutes, you know, you can do that 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.600 as well. So it kind of affords people of any 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:08.040 type of interest level the ability to jump in. For me, 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.640 it was early, Uh, it was something that we did 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.160 very passionately, even when I was in my tech career 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.159 doing Facebook games and things like that. We we always 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.280 had a very passionate league and we were always knee 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.520 deep in it, so it was kind of a something 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.640 that came out of that. Speaking of your career in tech, 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:26.920 I I teach at the university. I teach a couple 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.440 of podcasting classes, and I always tell the students to 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.520 treat their podcast as a startup. You know that it's 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.400 it is a business, and you need to market it 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.520 and you need to have goals. Do you feel like 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.880 the background in tech helped you as far as you know, 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.800 creating a podcast that has become the most popular fantasy 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.080 football podcast out there. I think absolutely. I think that 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.520 advice is is the same that I would give. I mean, 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.599 I think one of our advantages was looking at it 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.040 like a business, looking at it like what we had 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:59.640 done before, with an entrepreneurial mindset. Um look at if 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.920 there's one thing I like talking about more than football, 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:07.600 and might be, you know, business building and entrepreneurship. And 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.400 you know, that's what I really really enjoy about this 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.840 is having the ability to do things that are innovative 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.360 in a space that I'm passionate about. And I think 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.600 for any new podcaster, your advice is spot on. If 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.240 you treat it like a startup, if you treat it 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.280 like you know, a business, that doesn't mean that it's 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.680 not going to be your passion. It just means that 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.520 you're going to find I think, opportunities and in roads 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.960 that other podcasters aren't taking advantage of. I think that 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:35.440 was one of our big kind of separators from other 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.680 podcasts that we've always approached it that way. And you know, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.919 I don't think a podcaster should feel shame or embarrassment 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.600 that they want to try to make money and make 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.960 a living off of that. You know. Our our ambition 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.360 to do that was in line with our passion for 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.400 fantasy football, and we wanted to be able to uh 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.400 step into that industry and do it as much as 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.240 we could. And that meant we had to you know, 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.280 pay our bills. We all have kids, we all have 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.080 families that we need to support, and that was a 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.480 piece of the puzzle. And I think that the one 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.000 thing that also shines through, you know, looking at your website, 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.320 listen to your show, you know, is that that everything 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.839 it's it's so well put together, and your website alone 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.520 is just I mean just it's it's just like anything 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:14.359 you want there. You got podcasts, you've got video, and 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.840 I think that's that the diversification I think for new 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.159 podcasters that's really important is to know how to like, Okay, 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:22.760 you can you can sit on a mic and do 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:24.480 a podcast every week, but you need to like do 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.360 other things. How haves have those things come up for you? 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.920 And you know, is it step by step or you know, 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:35.080 with with launching these different products. Yeah, it's a good question, 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.520 and it definitely was a step by step thing. It 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.320 wasn't you know, let's do forty five things in the 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.680 very beginning. No, Let's instead, let's focus on a few 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.040 things that we do well, Let's do the podcast to 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.400 them to the best of our ability. Let's you know, 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.480 accentuate that, let's answer some you know, we started the 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.760 show and we started answering paid questions if people wanted 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:58.200 really fast applies. You know, that was one of the 0:06:58.200 --> 0:06:59.800 first things we did. We don't even do that anymore 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:02.200 just because it we don't have the time to do it, 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:03.760 but that that was something we did right out of 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.440 the gate that brought people to the website, that gave 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.560 people the opportunity to interact with us. We poured ourselves 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:11.480 into social media right away. We knew that um, kind 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.040 of the independent feel of our show was very attractive 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.000 to people because you know, they were sitting around the 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.880 same table with their friends talking about fantasy football and so. UM. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.800 It's one of those things that we've We've always had 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.120 the mantra, you know, the right thing at the right time, 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:30.680 for the right reason. And if adding something to our business, 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:34.880 to our podcast didn't meet those three we were willing 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.800 to say no to it and have been and still 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.360 do to this day. Is is you need to be 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.880 able to say no because if you thin out everything 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.560 you're offering, because you're trying to offer everything, UM, you 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.600 don't really separate yourself, and you're going to burn yourself out. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:53.920 I do have to ask, as you mentioned, you know, 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.160 you're all married, you have children, how do you stay married? 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.400 You know? The truth is is we we all have 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.880 the same ideology when it comes to business and the 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.360 same philosophy when it comes to how we invest ourselves 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.920 into it. And so you know, for for guys like us, 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.320 who you know, there's a certain amount of time we 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.160 have to invest on a Monday night or a Thursday 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.280 night or a you know, a Sunday morning and afternoon. 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.240 We make it a priority to to be home on 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:20.240 time and to spend time with the family and to 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.440 take you know, we take a half day on Fridays 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.160 after we do our show on Friday, so that we 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.360 can kind of give that back to our families the 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.840 half day we steal from them on Sundays during the season. So, um, 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.280 it's nice working with UH co host that have that 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.680 kind of mindset that we want to put our our 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:39.240 families first and UH the business second. And so with 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:42.080 three people running in that direction, we we get lucky 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.760 enough to kind of accomplish that goal more times than not. 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:49.439 I've got a three brothers. Besides being degenerate gamblers, they 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:54.000 are frenatic UH fantasy football players. But I'll be honest, 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.520 I do not enjoy watching football with them anymore because 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.720 it's it's never about the game ever. I mean, do 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.440 you ever feel like at some points like you, do 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.240 you ever not enjoy a game because you're more worried 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.280 about your players and how they're doing than actually maybe 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:12.400 the team you're rooting for. Yeah, definitely, And then there's 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.080 a fatigue on our side that happens with that as well, 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:18.920 because you know, I remember last year when the playoffs hit, 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:22.880 there was something really really relieving and relaxing to sit 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:27.480 down and watch a playoff game without the implications for 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.960 fantasy and just enjoyed as the game of football. So, um, 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.880 you know, it goes both ways. We can really enjoy 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.960 a game that would normally be a stinker on Monday 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.040 Night football because we have players invested in and picks 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.360 and things like that. Um, you know, but it does 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.719 it takes away at times and it can be exhausting. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.880 Now you've got uh a lot of fans that follow 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.360 you guys the foot Clan. Tell me about the foot 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:55.360 Clan and and and how how fanatic are are they? Sometimes? Sure? Yeah, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.880 our foot plan is the fun moniker that we we 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.600 give to our Our list ers are passionate community of 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.720 listeners and um, you know, our show exists because of them. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.800 I mean they're they're great, dedicated loyal listeners that are 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.480 passionate like we are about not just winning, but we 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.520 take a holistic approach to the to the fantasy football world, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.200 which is you know, it's gonna be more than just 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.920 the statue you're reading. It's gonna be about how do 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.960 you make your league more enjoyable, how do you understand 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.640 your competition and how they play and realizing the fact 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.680 that you know, the Dynamics change league to league. So 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.960 we have a really great group of people that um 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:38.000 have supported this show, have followed the show since its inception, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.719 and and new foot Climb members, uh, you know, kind 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:43.160 of coming on board every single day when they get 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.120 exposed to the content, and um, you know, we're we're 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.840 just very thankful to have a group of really passionate listeners. 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.400 They joined leagues together, they play together. We've had the 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.319 opportunity to do several live events where where those people 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.600 have come out and we've got a chance to you know, 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:58.280 talk to them and meet them. And it's just a 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:02.560 great group of people that were truly like humbled by uh, 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.960 their loyalty to the show. Like, we don't know why 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.400 we have such great people listening, but we're certainly thankful 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.080 that we do. I think a big part of it 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.920 is is that chemistry with the three of you, and 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.800 that you're you know, you're you're obviously you're obviously friends. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.000 You know, I've worked I hate those guys, I hate 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.760 I know but yeah, I worked in radio a long 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.080 time and I've known I mean, I've worked on some 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.080 sports radio shows in New York that the host literally 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.280 came in different doors because they hated each other so much, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.320 Mike and mad Dog. Um. But I think that that's 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.000 one thing that really comes through is your is how 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.120 well you get along. I mean how important is that, 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.560 uh for you? And you think as far as like 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.160 how successful this show has been and really a short 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.120 amount of time, I think it's been huge. I mean 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.120 they're like you said, you alluded to it. There are 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.920 situations out there where hosts don't like each other. There's 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.360 also a lot of situations where hosts just don't know 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.640 each other. Maybe they don't maybe they don't hate each other, 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:56.720 but maybe they're both on you know, a skype call 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.360 and uh, you don't get to interact face to face. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.240 I think us being in the same room together helps. 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.680 And yeah, we're we're friends. We've been friends for a 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:05.599 really long time. I mean I go back, you know, 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.040 fifteen plus years with Jason, Mike and I you know, 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.839 we've known each other for gosh going on eight nine 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.000 years now, So that dynamic, you know, you're really the 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.800 fourth person at the table with us. We're doing what 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.079 we'd be doing whether the cameras are on or not. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.839 So um, I think that that's helped a lot because 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.000 we do we you know, we don't always get along, 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.600 but we certainly respect one another and we certainly are 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:33.960 you know, friendly, and and I think it translates I'm 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.320 a died in the wool radio guy, and I I'm 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.679 not a fan of cameras in a studio when I'm 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.640 doing a podcast because I feel like it takes away 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.600 You guys film and you do video. Do you ever 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.080 mind it? You used to it? Is it take it away? 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.600 I mean I was watching the Halloween episode, for instance, 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.080 and and you did not seem to be enjoying the 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:56.760 Batman mask. It's funny because that singular episode was probably 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.439 the most trying one from you know, when you're talking 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.880 about the members are doing anything for the video side. 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.280 Uh No, the mask was not very comfortable. But if 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.480 you take the Halloween episodes the way, I think we've 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.840 definitely gotten used to it. It's something that we realized 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.439 there was an opportunity to kind of extend our our 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.520 content reach onto the YouTube space. It was something in 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:20.160 the beginning that, you know, a lot of financial investment 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.920 went into it, a lot of uh, you know, kind 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.040 of the awkwardness of Okay, now you know, you gotta 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.200 gotta make sure you're wearing the right stuff. You gotta 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.319 make sure you're don't look like a slob. I mean, 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.920 when we do a show that's just an audio podcast, 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.760 it seems so easy anymore because you just walk in 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.920 and we flip on the recorder. Um, but it's something 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.040 we're definitely used to. We we appreciate the fact that, 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.760 you know, there are users that are connecting in different 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:44.920 environments and we try to put forth a really good 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.440 video product so that you know, someone that wants to 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.080 tune in, you know, I as fantasy football fans, we 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.679 wanted something like that. So, um, you know, it's kind 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.040 of a longer, longer play for us as a business, 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.720 is just providing that, you know, audio is still the 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:02.400 dominant part of our distribution. But um yeah, I think 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.040 you know, outside of Halloween masks, we we deal with 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.400 it all right. With video comes people knowing who you are. 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.199 How what's the worst fan experience you've had so far? 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.360 And I don't mean to call out a particular fan, 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.160 but as somebody came up and just been overly anxious 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.920 to get advice from you. You know, I I should 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.240 have some terrible story, but you know, alluding to the 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.440 foot plan before. Every interaction that we've had has been 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.520 very positive. Um. You know, we run into people from 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.840 time to time, and you know, it can be at 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.080 a restaurant, it can be at an amusement park or 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.000 airport or something. But everyone's been really kind and respectful. 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.120 And and you know, we've always got the kids in 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.560 tow if we're alone, and you know, they seem to 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.880 have been very uh you know kind about that as well. 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.240 There is there is the occasional person that just you know, 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:52.640 one or two extra questions when maybe it's time to leave, 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.680 but you know, not not really any bad stories. Well 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.840 I'll create one now because I've got some questions for you. Great. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.960 Actually these are we we put this out earlier and 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.120 ask some people to tweet in. So I this person 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.160 who tweeted his names Ethan, I have this same question. 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.800 Do I even deserve to win the league after not 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.720 starting Deshaun Watson last week? Yeah? You deserve to win 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:19.080 the league because I think last week you just have 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.840 to go with the process sometimes and not live in 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:26.720 the fiery regret. Last week in Seattle, nobody knew if 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.440 he could go on the road become a matchup proof 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.040 fantasy player. If you didn't play him, it's probably the 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.760 greatest regret you've had this year. But there's a lot 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:37.560 of people that didn't, So I would say, yes, you 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.120 still deserve now. You know, though, you gotta go with 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:42.880 what you've learned, and now you gotta start him regardless. 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.160 I have Alex Smith and Deshaun Watson. I'm starting Deshaun 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:51.000 Watson this weekend, right right move? Yeah. I think you 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.640 just gotta we have a saying on the show, you 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.680 gotta stay in the flames. I mean he is, he's 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.440 proven himself. I still love Alex Smith rest of season. 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.080 I mean, he's my quarterback in our dynasty league. He's 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:05.040 a player that's having a special year and is still, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.520 you know, the number one quarterback on the season before 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.200 you know, the bye week isn't there yet for him. 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.680 But his playoff schedule is good. I think both are great. 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.280 I think you can, you know, pick your poison at 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.480 at times, but Watson has just shown that he is 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.400 matchup proof. He he offers you that baseline with his 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:25.040 rushing yardage, and so you're in good shape at MICHAELA. 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.400 S h L says. Kaepernick's lawyer says, his signing is eminent. 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.680 Where do you think he'll be the best asset? Well, 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:35.560 that's interesting. I hadn't heard that signing is imminent. Is 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.920 that is that fresh today? That was a tweet we 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.480 got what an hour ago? Looking at my producer's he 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.400 she said, yeah, we just got that. Yeah. I mean, 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.080 if you look around the NFL, there's a lot of 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:53.360 quarterbacks that are struggling in situations and teams that are struggling. So, um, 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.000 the reality with the Kaepernick situation, regardless of where you 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.160 fall on all of that controversy, is that he's a 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.240 better football player then probably a third of the quarterbacks 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.159 in the league at least, And so, um, you know, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.320 where's the best fit? We already know some of these 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.399 situations with injuries. He should be a better player in 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:12.560 Arizona than Drew Stanton if they still want to make 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.320 the playoffs. He'd probably be a better player in Green Bay, 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.040 but they've already said they're gonna stick with Brett Hunley. Uh, 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.320 He's definitely he would walk in and be the best 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:25.120 quarterback on the roster in Cleveland without question. And he'd 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.960 probably be the best quarterback in Miami right now if 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.880 he walked right in the door today. So I think 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.920 that there are destinations and places, um, that he'd be 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.480 able to perform. I think he's a pretty special player. 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.480 You know, he's he's struggled compared to his Super Bowl year, 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.480 but he's still much better than some of these backups. 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.159 Can can we both Can we all just agree that 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.719 the NFL is gone crazy and that Las Vegas can 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.119 suck it for taking my Oakland Raiders? You know what, 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:57.560 I will just um, I'll just agree with you to uh, 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.720 you know, I think it's hilarious. I mean, I do 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:04.200 think that there's such irony. Yeah, when the league tries 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:08.639 to kind of distance itself perceptually from from gambling and 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.480 yet leans into the fantasy football aspect and leans into 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:16.399 the the reality that look fantasy football and sports gambling 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:21.320 gambling in general, it adds to intrigue and interest in 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.800 the NFL. And we know that that's the case. And 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.920 so all of these commissioners, whether it's Roger Goodell or 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.879 or you know, Adam Silver in the NBA. They know 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.639 that reality, and I think it's a matter of you know, 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:36.480 it's kind of ironic that you that you'd bring a 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.359 team into Las Vegas and yet you know, stay in 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.479 arm's length away from those topics. But that's the reality 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:46.080 we live in. So if that's crazy, then yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:48.360 I'm just I'm an Oakland fan, so yeah, no, I'd 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.440 be heartbroken. It is the It's it's the worst. It's 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:53.160 the worst because I don't know what to do, Like, 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.600 I can't I can't imagine rooting against them, but I 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.200 can't support a franchise that did this to me. It's 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.040 and I can't. I can't hear for the forty nine. 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.240 You're You're in a troublesome situation there. That's what the 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.000 Chargers fans had to deal with. Their Chargers have no fans. 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.360 I mean they go up to Los Angeles, nobody's their fans. 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.320 All their San Diego people are so embittered that they're 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.480 not fans. And I've always asked myself, if you know 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:20.560 there's on a Cardinals leave, am I following them with 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.640 my loyalty? When am I choosing a regionally close team? 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.159 I hope I don't have to go through it. I 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.320 can always tell when the team is doing bad. We 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.439 have a lot of homeless people in San Francisco, and 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:31.240 when you see them decked out in a certain gear, 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:33.160 you know that's the gear that people are giving away. 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.560 They're they're throwing it. It's they're charge of gear everywhere, 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:40.359 Charge of gear everywhere. That's yeah, that people don't like it. 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.240 I got charge of friends and they they've sworn the 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:48.439