1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 2: All right, that is us A good morning, good morning, 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: good morning. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 3: Happy uh oh man. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: Holidays are right here Christmas this week, so Happy Sports 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 2: Saturday to all. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 3: Don't forget. 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: We broadcast live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. This 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: is the show about you Sports, High School Sports, n 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 2: i L. Just in time for the CFP Playoffs College 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: Football playoffs. As uh, last night Oklahoma fell apart and 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: Alabama shockeda. We're all more on that with the Fellas 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: coming up with Jeff Schwartz and about an hour. 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 3: But first let's tackle a big week. Good morning, Danny 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: d what's going on? 16 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 4: Cause how we doing? Baby? 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: I know you you were locked in Oklahoma Alabama last night. 18 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, man, they fell apart. They started so hot. I 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 4: was like, man, they're gonna they're gonnah. 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 5: But credit to bamav you know, for fighting and sticking 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 5: with it and finishing the first half strong. And then 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 5: you know, Oklahoma just I think they took all the 23 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 5: juice out of them. 24 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 3: Man. 25 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, geez picked six and uh when the 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 2: punter drops the punt, yeah, you know that can't happen 27 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 2: like those two turnovers, Like you know, it's just at 28 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: that point you just gave him the game. And then 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden, Batman's defense gets a 30 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: little juice, a couple stops and uh and and they 31 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 2: lost all the momentum. 32 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 4: It'mum, the real thing. And when it when it hits 33 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 4: you hard, it's it. 34 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 5: We'll see who were you know, who can bounce back 35 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 5: and and handle it. 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: But you know we saw last we saw Thursday night 37 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: with the ram Seattle. That's it is a real thing. 38 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: I tell people, it's why analymtics work up into a point. 39 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 3: Ye. When the field there's nothing like football. 40 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: When the field tips, it feels like you're going up 41 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: a mountain. 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 4: Yep, you start breathing a little heavier. You know, moments 43 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 4: just feel a little bigger. 44 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 5: It's just you know, everyone's a little tighter, not running 45 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 5: the right they usually run, so it's difficult. But yeah, 46 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 5: credit to Batman man at shows resilience. I always say, 47 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 5: adversity bilge character. 48 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: Well, I know you's a lot of your messaging to 49 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 2: the kids. It was a big week in youth sports. 50 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: I mean major happenings, big stories. And the one we 51 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: got to talk about is is uh pretty wild because 52 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: Congress sat down over youth sports. House Education Subcommittee examines 53 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 2: the cost of youth sports for families. Several lawmakers expressed 54 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 2: interest in improving youth sports by offering more opportunities for 55 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: children to play regardless of skill level, as well as 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: removing financial barriers. So basically, the crisis is this that 57 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: youth sports is becoming for a select few for kids, 58 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: the better athletes, the parents with means, you know, struggling parents. 59 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: So it's got a lot, you know, and the private 60 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: equity firms that are moving into youth sports has changed 61 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: the landscape dramatically for sure. 62 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: I mean, it's so they list it's a forty billion 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 5: dollar industry youth sports today. So like we've talked about 64 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 5: in the past, billion dollar, multi billion dollar, they're they're 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 5: evaluating that a forty billion dollar industry. So money's obviously 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 5: driving it, right, and it's because it's pricing people out. Congress, 67 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 5: you know, they noted that seventy percent of kids are 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 5: quitting sports by the age of thirteen. And there's a 69 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 5: lot of factors that go into it, right, the specialization, injuries, burnout, 70 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 5: but also cost. You know, we're telling these kids, you know, 71 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 5: they're kidding at twelve thirteen. 72 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 4: We're losing them before. 73 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 5: You know, we talk about the CENIL money, we're losing 74 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 5: them before then il, we're losing them before they get 75 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 5: to college because of how expensive it is. They're saying 76 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 5: it cost over one thousand dollars per family per season. 77 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 4: That's the minimum to play these travel sports right now. 78 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, you know, I mean listen as a 79 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: parent of too. Yeah, I mean, you know, especially baseball. 80 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: Baseball is Baseball's tough man. You know, Yeah, the expensive 81 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: the travel is ridiculous. 82 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: Yah know. 83 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 5: I mean, so we talk about all this money at 84 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 5: the top of NIL, but we're bleeding the families out 85 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 5: at the bottom just to stay involved, right And that's 86 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 5: and I think that's a bigger problem, right, like, because 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 5: it's such a big industry, we're bleeding out and not 88 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 5: allowing these you know, these low income families or middle 89 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 5: class families to be. 90 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 4: Able to afford for the kids to play it. 91 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 5: Or they're you know, the other side of it is 92 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 5: they see this money in the NIL and they're they're 93 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 5: making these specialization and they're burning kids out, and it's 94 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 5: becoming you know, it's becoming a big issue. And you 95 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 5: know it's crazy that Congress is now having to you know, 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 5: step in and you know, try to find some solutions. 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 5: One of them they mentioned is, you know, some of 98 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 5: the tax money that we get from sports betting to 99 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 5: try to push back in to build local you know, 100 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 5: city and uh you know state more, you know, youth 101 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 5: programming with that money. 102 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's in theory, it's great, but it 103 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: has to work itself through the infrastructure, and. 104 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:39,559 Speaker 3: I just don't. 105 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 2: So let's take baseball, okay, because baseball is the American 106 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: pastime and every kid played little league and then you know. 107 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 3: You played leadion ball. 108 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: I mean, look at the iconic movies saying a lot 109 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 2: like we all did, right, we all played all. 110 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 4: Field the street, stick against factories. 111 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: And all that stuff. Right. 112 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: But I look at baseball now and I mean it's 113 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 2: the haves and haves, not like and have nots. And 114 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: I don't just mean with financial resources. I also mean 115 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: there's only a handful of kids that really can play 116 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: it because the disparity between them, Like I coach it, right, 117 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: and you know, I remember when my little one was 118 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 2: like eight, nine, ten, like during that period. He's twelve now, 119 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 2: So during that period, you know, kids start to get 120 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 2: really good, right, like kids play team ball and all, 121 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden they start to separate. 122 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden, like once they're like 123 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: ten and especially in the eleven twelve, they can't be 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 2: on the same field together, Yeah, because other kids can 125 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: get hurt, like the way they hit the ball, the 126 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 2: way they throw, the way they pitch. If they're on 127 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 2: the field together, it's a danger risk. I remember one 128 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: kid and he wanted to play the infield, and he was, 129 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: you know, like crying to me about not playing the infield, 130 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: and I was afraid to play him there because like 131 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: he couldn't play. I wound up trying to put him 132 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 2: in second, and I uh, I had him playing deep 133 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: just to get him the feel for it. But I 134 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: remember being frightened that this kids wouldna get get hurt 135 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: because the way they hit the. 136 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 4: Ball, No, for sure, it's it's a wild thing. And 137 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 4: and a. 138 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 5: Couple of points that they like harped on in this 139 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 5: hearing were you know, overuse in injuries. Right, kids are 140 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 5: specializing earlier in this you know, play to playground. So 141 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 5: it says like, you know, there's all this burnout and injury. 142 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 3: Right. 143 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 5: But the NIL was saying like we're we're pushing this 144 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 5: nil thing. But it doesn't matter if kids are getting hurt, 145 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 5: burntout and quitting before high school. 146 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 3: Right. 147 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: So then it's like this small few where we're carrying 148 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 4: a out. 149 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 5: The you know, the small percentage of these kids that 150 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 5: are trying to you know, push through. We're training kids 151 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: to you know, chase exposure opposed to like building their 152 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 5: skills and you know, you know, becoming more active. And 153 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 5: you know, that's a dangerous model if we if we 154 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 5: don't you know, try to figure out ways to combat it. 155 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: Well, now, you're right, it's not about like, hey, let's 156 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: be in shape and let's be a kid who's active. 157 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 2: It's about let's you know, who's the next great you know, 158 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: finding the next great player. 159 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 5: And they talk about that, they say, like child obesity 160 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 5: is growing and a lot of it is because U sports. 161 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 5: The number is declining because of these factors. 162 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 3: Right. 163 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 5: So U sports is one of the best public health 164 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 5: tools that we have in the country, right, getting kids 165 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 5: out of the house, right, especially now with all this technology, 166 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 5: getting them out of the house, getting them active, getting 167 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 5: them running, you know, having them interact with kids, learning 168 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 5: life skills. We're losing that. And a part of it 169 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 5: is just pay to play. The big part of it 170 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 5: is the best realization. And again, like some families are 171 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 5: priced out. So how do we fix that? Is really 172 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 5: what the focus of Congress when it was addressed this week. 173 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 2: You know, you just touched on something, though. The biggest 174 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: issue is the video games and the technology. And I'm 175 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 2: on the electronics all day long because what's happening is 176 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 2: kids aren't out playing ball. Like when you and I 177 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 2: were growing up, we were out until. You know, you 178 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 2: leave the house in the summer day, you left the 179 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,599 Speaker 2: house in the morning, you came home for dinner, he 180 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: went back outside, and you play whatever it was, basketball, baseball, football, 181 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: hockey in the street. Like whatever it was we played, 182 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: we all played together. We were out there constantly. So 183 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 2: there was a natural interest in being out and being 184 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: and playing. And then you had your teams. Right now, 185 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: we were all your our school teams and doing this. 186 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 3: But there was an interest on it, interest for it 187 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 3: or in it. 188 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: That's our biggest hurdle is how do you get kids 189 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: away from screens? 190 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And I think part of what Congress said is, 191 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 5: like I think there needs to be more. Like I 192 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 5: grew up in rec centers obviously, right, my dad was 193 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 5: the recommissioner for Philadelphia, But like they had such great 194 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 5: programming to keep us busy during the day, right, Like 195 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 5: I would leave the house early in the morning, but 196 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 5: I would run to the rec center and there were 197 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 5: always some type of with football league or basketball league. 198 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 5: There was people that were running these types of programming. 199 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 5: And I think that is lacking, right, I think that's 200 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 5: part of a bus So definitely the technology piece, how 201 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 5: do you combat it. There's so much technology out there 202 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 5: that is keeping these kids locked in, and I think 203 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 5: it has to be a push from everybody. Has to 204 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: be a push from the parents' side, has to be 205 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 5: pushed from you know, the city and state to have 206 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 5: more funding, to have better programming, to kind of push 207 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 5: these kids. That's free and they can come in and 208 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 5: try something with having to spend two thousand dollars to 209 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 5: be a part of a team. Right, I mean, that 210 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 5: is that's a huge thing. And I think the goal 211 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 5: is to not raise like the greatest twelve year old 212 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 5: baseball player in the country. I think the goal is 213 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 5: to raise like health well, you know, well around the 214 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 5: kids that at twenty they love sports still, right, they 215 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 5: don't have this you know, love hate relationship with it 216 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 5: because it wasn't forced upon them. But they had these 217 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 5: avenues to escape to and you know, things to build 218 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 5: them and become you know, better human beings. Like my 219 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 5: best friends that I grew up with. The bond was 220 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 5: over sports man. We meet at the playground and we 221 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 5: play tabs, we play whatever. But that's where you know, 222 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 5: I met lifelong friends and you know, became the person 223 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 5: I am. But a lot of it, some of it, 224 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 5: you know, comes back to having those great rec centers 225 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 5: and great programming at the city and state levels. 226 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: So where do you begin? 227 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: Like that's the that's that's the thing that is so 228 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: so daunting for me. 229 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 5: You know, I think there just has to be a 230 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 5: continued conversation about it, and we have to identify it 231 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 5: that it's a problem. 232 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 6: Right. 233 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 5: I think people were because there's so much money behind 234 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 5: it and it's growing so rapidly and you know, again 235 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 5: forty billion dollar industry. I think people are hesitant to 236 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 5: really call what it is and there's an issue with it, right, 237 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 5: So how do we go about fixing that? And how 238 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 5: do we go about you know, stepping in the face 239 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 5: of you know, making some serious change. 240 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: So all right, the cost the you need volunteers, you 241 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 2: need coaches, you need a lot of less. Like the 242 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 2: travel thing is ridiculous, Like there needs to be some 243 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 2: sort of watch dog for that industry, you know. Like sure, 244 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 2: I was talking about it the other day. I mean, 245 00:12:58,400 --> 00:12:59,599 Speaker 2: we spend a rom on a lke to go to 246 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 2: South It for a tournament. We're playing it in the 247 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: tournament is another Southeastern PA team? 248 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, like what are we doing here? 249 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 2: Why why am I play you know, flying hotels right, 250 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: you know, and then you're out dinners and meals and 251 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 2: everything else to play a team that's twenty minutes away 252 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: from me. 253 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's great. 254 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 5: Again, people, there's someone getting paid on that side, right 255 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: to push these people and raise it. So again, it's 256 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 5: like finding ways to combat that where you get more 257 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 5: strategic with how you're playing and where you're going and 258 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 5: finding ways hopefully to offset some of these costs. If 259 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 5: Congress can find a way to really put money in 260 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 5: a good place to offset it, because again, you shouldn't 261 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 5: have to spend thousands of dollars. 262 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 4: To be involved in a sport, you know, and that's 263 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 4: where it is right now. 264 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 3: So what about what about interest? 265 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 2: Like, how do you how do you get kids interested 266 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 2: in sports? 267 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 3: That's the other problem. 268 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 2: If the parent isn't pushing listen, if left to my 269 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: their own device, my two kids would be would be lost, 270 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: like they would be you know, overweight, and they would 271 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 2: be watching you know, I mean, playing video games and 272 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 2: eating pizza, right Like that's that's human nature, that's kids. 273 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 2: But that that's what they would do. They love their 274 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 2: ridy get video games. I have to monitor. It's a 275 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 2: constant fight. 276 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's and it they when I did a little 277 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 5: bit of research, they say, like the turning point was 278 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 5: COVID because it was all blowing right. 279 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 4: Yes, we put a stop to it. 280 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 5: Kids got more used to staying inside right there. There 281 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: wasn't a ton going on outside the house. And then 282 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 5: we've never really gotten back from it. And since we've 283 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 5: gotten back from it, this specialization and this you know, 284 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 5: pay to play movement have really took off post COVID. 285 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, you know, COVID was the worst. I go 286 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 2: back to it and think about it. COVID was the 287 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: absolute worst because it did it made kids and said 288 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: cats potatoes and homebodies. It did, and the problem is 289 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: people got too comfy and like you still see it, like, 290 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: you know, I get remote working and there's a million 291 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: things and some good came out of it. But the 292 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 2: bad is with kids just not being outside. They don't 293 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: keep me, they don't hang out even listen. I have 294 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: a sixteen year old and he spends his interaction with 295 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: his friends. It's more through video games that it is 296 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: anything else between you know, school and practice. Right there, 297 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 2: you go, they get together once on the weekends. Right, 298 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 2: It's not like you know, run up in the northeast 299 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: or in a city city skate where you're walking to 300 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 2: school together, you're hanging out. 301 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: It's just a different. 302 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 4: World for sure. 303 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's again I think it's some of it comes 304 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 5: on the parent, right, some of it's the programming side 305 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 5: of it. I think some of it is, you know, 306 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 5: just having these opportunities for kids to kind of try 307 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 5: different things, and a lot of youth programs like like 308 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 5: elementary and lower level stuff, you know, more instructional based 309 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 5: programming to try to get kids out. Like I was 310 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 5: lucky enough to have a great youth organization up the street, 311 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: to have all these different types. It was fish Town 312 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 5: AC and they had great clubs that had all different 313 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 5: types of program. 314 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 4: We had multiple levels a team B. 315 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 5: Team, right, So it welcomed kids from all walks and 316 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 5: skill levels, right, And I think that's dying as well, 317 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 5: and that's part of the problem. 318 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 4: It's more it's a select team. It's can you make 319 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 4: this team? And then again it's. 320 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 3: It's it, it's exactly it. 321 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: We're creating at twelve, and this is the danger and 322 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: this is what's scary. We're creating a professional division almost right, 323 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 2: Like it's the professionalization that youth sports. So what we're 324 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 2: seeing is the kids and this is it, like, hey, 325 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: these are all pros, but these are the kids that 326 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 2: can play play and the other ones watched from the sidelines, 327 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 2: which means they don't play. They're in their house playing 328 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 2: video games. 329 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, so that's it's like the haves and have nots 330 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 5: right now. Posed it it was all welcome, right. We 331 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 5: had different skill levels, we had different things. Like another 332 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 5: stat I saw so like just to play in a 333 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 5: regular season in a thousand if you play for a 334 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 5: travel team like you were just talking about your son, 335 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 5: the average cost is over three thousand per season. Well, yeah, 336 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,239 Speaker 5: that's the does have the schools you know to go 337 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 5: to have a grade school? 338 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 2: Right, Baseball like almost four grand a year. I mean 339 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 2: for the I see it like in the spring. The 340 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 2: dudes are the bills coming up, you know fourth that 341 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 2: doesn't count, the bats that doesn't travel. 342 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: That's just that's just to pay to play. And it's 343 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 5: not without all the equipment. That's all with all your 344 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 5: gas money you're spending right. 345 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: Thank god. 346 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think about it. It's it's a drant. 347 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 2: Like now listen and you know football and everything else. Hey, 348 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 2: coming up, we're gonna I got a great guest for 349 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: us UH coach Frank Delano from Haddenfield, New Jersey. He 350 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: coaches Haddonfield High School. He's he just wanted seventh championship. 351 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: He's a stud great coach, but he's also a dad 352 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 2: and he coaches Little league and he's gonna he's the 353 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: father of a twelve year old. And we have this 354 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 2: conversation a lot, and he's gonna join the fray because 355 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 2: I want you to throw a lot of this stuff 356 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: in him. 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Dan is a great coach, a great football coach. Effect. 391 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 2: He just won his seventh title, his seventh state title 392 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 2: in fourteen years. He's got one hundred and eighty eight 393 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 2: career wins. He's got he is. We was inducted into 394 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: New Jersey Hall of Fame in twenty twenty one. He's 395 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 2: an incredible coach, but he's also a dad father of 396 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 2: a twelve year old. We together running these circles coaching 397 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: Little league baseball and youth basketball, and enjoining us is 398 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 2: the great Frank Delano. 399 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 3: Good morning, coach, how are you, buddy? 400 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 6: Thank good morning, guys, thanks for having me. 401 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 2: So we got into this conversation because Congress had a 402 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 2: committee subcommittee this week about the issues involving youth sports 403 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 2: and the idea of the pay for play model and 404 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 2: how it's kind of driving kids away and the numbers 405 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 2: just aren't there anymore. You as a coach and educator, 406 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 2: you see this stuff and the issues with it every day. 407 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 6: Oh gosh, you absolutely do. As a as a coach, 408 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 6: as a sixth grade teacher, you hear it. You hear 409 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 6: it in in your classrooms. You hear about everything, and honestly, 410 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 6: you just hear about the insanity of it, quite frankly, 411 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 6: like you hear about you know, timelines, and you know, 412 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 6: we have to play three seasons. We have to do this. 413 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 6: It's kind of scary in the direction in which you 414 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 6: kind of see see it going, right, guys, like you know, 415 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 6: you're sitting there. Never really when we were growing up, 416 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 6: like it was the greatest thing, Like you had a 417 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 6: chance to play three seasons, right, you know in the 418 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 6: winter time, right, you know, in our area, and right, 419 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 6: you know, you're sitting here, you're you know, emulating like, hey, 420 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 6: I'm rod Ors, I'm doing whatever it is, right, And 421 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 6: then next you know, next thing, you know, you're a 422 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 6: doctor j And then you followed it up, and you know, 423 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 6: you followed up in the spring and you're Mike Schmidt. 424 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 6: Well you're not allowed to do that anymore. Apparently, apparently 425 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 6: someone said along the line that you're not allowed to 426 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 6: be a three sport athlete. But I don't know where 427 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 6: where that started, where that model. I think you got 428 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 6: a good hunch where it is. It's all financially motivated. 429 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 6: But it's sad. It's sad that that's the harsh reality 430 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 6: of the world right now where kids feel that they 431 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 6: got to get sports specific, which is technically obviously going 432 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 6: to drive numbers away when you have kids, hey, maybe 433 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 6: aren't playing three different sports anymore. So it's a sad 434 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 6: state of affairs, quite frankly, if you asked me about 435 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 6: about this, because obviously, shoot, you're born and raised, you know, 436 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 6: on a sidelines, on an ice hockey rink or on 437 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 6: a deck hockey rink or whatever it is that you're doing. 438 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 6: You know, when was the last time you saw kids 439 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 6: just in the backyard playing, right, Like, if it's not structure, 440 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 6: don't we don't do it right, we don't do it. 441 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 6: It's sad, exact. 442 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, you now, the coaching congratulations on the championship. I mean, 443 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 5: you're doing a great job over there, and you keep 444 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 5: it up. You're doing a service to the area and 445 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 5: we're very proud of you. 446 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 6: I appreciate that, thank you for sure. 447 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: So it's ever changing, right. 448 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 5: We talk about it all the time and like it's 449 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 5: the specialization, it's it's the money, right And me and 450 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 5: Aunt talk about it like one percent of you know, 451 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 5: high school athletes play Division I sports and one percent 452 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 5: of them make it pro right. But for some reason 453 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 5: with the technology and the social media. You know, I 454 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 5: don't want to crush people's dreams, but that is you know, 455 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 5: pushing kids to that model, right. So that's something that 456 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 5: we're always trying to have to combat as you know, 457 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 5: the haves and have nots in the sports. 458 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 4: But I do have a question for you. You know, 459 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 4: you kind of live in two worlds. 460 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 5: You know, you're a high school football coach, but you're 461 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 5: also a parent of a student athlete. So dealing with that, 462 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,719 Speaker 5: like how do you how do those seats look, how 463 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 5: do those two different seats look for you? 464 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 4: And how are you navigating that. 465 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 6: I am tearning exactly the way we're coaching, and it's 466 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 6: just the reality that I want Maddie d to play 467 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 6: for a different sports. I wanted Lauren Delano when my 468 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 6: senior in high school. I wanted her to play, you know, 469 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 6: as many things as she or he humanly wants. My 470 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 6: son does not have a pitching coach. My son does 471 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,479 Speaker 6: not have a hitting coach. Like he doesn't you know, 472 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 6: I want him to go and enjoy everything. The kitty 473 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 6: is just turned thirteen years old. You getting ready to 474 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 6: play what sixty ninety baseball? He's not gonna be able 475 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 6: to hit the ball out of the infield, right, Let's 476 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 6: call it what it is. Right, Let him grow, let 477 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 6: him find his way, find his wife, find what motivates him. 478 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 6: So for me, yeah, there is that timeline where it's like, 479 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 6: as a high school football coach, there's nothing better right 480 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 6: now this time of year to you go and you 481 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 6: watch one of our players who are sitting on you know, 482 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 6: on a court, you know, sitting here at the back 483 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 6: end of the game. Who's got to hit a front 484 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 6: end of a one on one in front of a 485 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 6: pack gym? You know, to sit there and ice a 486 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 6: game where to be one of the four, you know, 487 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 6: fourteen starting spots on a wrestling mat, right, Like, this 488 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 6: is what athletics and competitions about, right, And I think 489 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 6: we're getting too narrow focused. As you mentioned about a 490 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 6: money piece, right, the money is just insane. 491 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:40,239 Speaker 3: Right. 492 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 6: You put God, I love I love hitting coaches. 493 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 3: Right. 494 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 6: You put him in a soft toss environment. You're sitting 495 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 6: on a chair, you're six feet away, you're underhanding the ball, right, 496 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 6: and the kid, oh, look at this wing, Look at 497 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 6: this wing. And then you got a parent back end 498 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 6: filming the thing looking at him, look at him right, 499 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 6: and then they go in a real life situation and 500 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 6: he looked at the three straight pitches, strike three, you know, 501 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 6: like one, good morning, good night, good afternoon, right, get 502 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 6: out right, It's. 503 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 8: Crazy the parents expecting a rod going what are you doing? 504 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 8: Man like swinging the ball and then the pressure and 505 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 8: then all of a sudden, the kid goes, I don't want. 506 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 6: To play baseball, correct, you know, and you and I 507 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 6: have talked about this before. You know, I want and 508 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 6: I want all I want mad and I want all 509 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 6: kids to love it when it matters, right like at 510 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 6: ten years old, you know, athletics, you just puts to 511 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 6: be fun. Falster, that love, falster, that energy. When you 512 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 6: get to high school is when it starts to matter. 513 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 6: You just make reference to it right there, and I'll 514 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 6: use I'll use the football model. There's sixteen thousand schools, 515 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 6: excuse me, to play high school football in the in 516 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 6: the country, right, and two percent of all those high 517 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 6: school players are going to go on to play four 518 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 6: years about with football, period. So I don't know what 519 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 6: we're exactly pushing. And I you know, and for the 520 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 6: fortunate part, for like a football, that's one of the 521 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 6: only sports that you could physically still play three sports 522 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 6: if you have you know, the right coach, who doesn't 523 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 6: you know, we're not worrying about the seven on seven 524 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 6: model and playing football in your underwear and all this nonsense, 525 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 6: like you literally, like I don't understand where coach the 526 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 6: guidance is being given from a high school coaching standpoint. Hey, 527 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 6: you've got to play base, you got to play fallball. 528 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 6: Why those those twenty at bats in the cold weather 529 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 6: in that tournament really is going to make a difference. Now, 530 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 6: go compete, Go play something else. Go callous yourself, you know, 531 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 6: And and if you know that story, you know, you 532 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 6: and I talked about briefly the other day, Like we 533 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 6: were in a in a state semifinal game this year, right, 534 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 6: and we're sitting here and unfortunately our starter starting quarterback 535 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 6: got hurt in the first quarter and you know, Danny 536 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,199 Speaker 6: got you know, I know the introduction, you said, our 537 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 6: seventh state title. And you guys know in the state 538 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 6: of New Jersey. How you know, I know for all 539 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 6: these the listeners that are all over the country here 540 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 6: that the state has changed its model multiple times from 541 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 6: a playoff standpoint. Right, So the first six times we 542 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 6: won the max that we could win in the state 543 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 6: of New Jersey, right, it played to a sectional title, 544 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 6: then it played to a regional title. Well, this year, Shorts, 545 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 6: you know, we won our sectional title for the seventh time, 546 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 6: as mentioned, But we're now in the state semi final. 547 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 6: We're playing a really good football team and our starting 548 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,479 Speaker 6: quarterback gets hurt and it's early in the first midway 549 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 6: through the first quarter, and we get a sophomore command 550 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 6: and the beauty and the poise and the confident that 551 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 6: this kid, you know, just you just saw it, man, 552 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 6: and it was infectious to everybody. Why yeah, maybe because 553 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 6: he played in our youth program since he was a 554 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 6: Hilo Grass Opera and we were fortunate enough to be 555 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 6: able to develop them. But the other thing I don't 556 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 6: want to go unnoticed with this was this kid was 557 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 6: a starter for a lacrosse team last year, you know, 558 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 6: for our high school team who you know, had a 559 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 6: good run in a playoffs. He had those other experiences 560 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 6: on those other stages, and it was great because you know, 561 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 6: the stadium's packed, you're playing it, you know, an unbelievable team, 562 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 6: right and we're sitting here and the only thing he asked, Hey, guys, 563 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 6: you just slow down the sign. I'm a little overstimulator 564 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 6: right now, right? How about that? 565 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 3: Right? I love that story. 566 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 2: You love it. 567 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 6: They're playing the States the final game right here. It 568 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 6: is you're you're playing a team, but you got two 569 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 6: tackles that are six seven, three hundred pounds? Is please 570 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 6: put on the signs? Why? Because he's a multi sport 571 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 6: athlete that has been put in those situations prior. It 572 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 6: wasn't the first time the lights were bright. And I 573 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 6: don't understand how the adults, how his educators. If we're 574 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 6: in this thing for the right reason that we are 575 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 6: providing this guidance of you've got to specify, you got 576 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 6: to get sports specific. But the seven year old, for 577 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,959 Speaker 6: what right they can barely chew gum and walk right 578 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 6: in the same time. Right, and yet but here we go, 579 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 6: We're gonna go we're gonna go sit in front of 580 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 6: that personal instructor and hit a ball from six feet away, 581 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 6: and then we're going to go to a real game. 582 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 6: We're going to drop the ball there. Yet. You know what, 583 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 6: let's hey, mom, dad, a couple more lessons, so it's 584 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 6: not going to cost you about five hundred more bucks. 585 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 6: And I promise you're going to get that hitch out 586 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 6: of this thing. I'm going to get that delivery right. Hey, 587 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 6: run a video then and were then you know what, 588 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 6: You've got to then put it on Twitter to see 589 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 6: if you can get in the scholarship. 590 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 4: We're going to share it on social media. That's that's 591 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 4: the thing, right, What. 592 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 6: Are we doing? I just think we're all in this thing, 593 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 6: And unfortunately I don't want to say we all. I 594 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 6: think you had as you mentioned about the social media pieces, 595 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 6: we're in this thing for the wrong reasons. Everything. Once 596 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 6: it became about the money, once it became about hey, 597 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 6: I can profit off of all of this. I think 598 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 6: the essence of it. You remember to day that the 599 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 6: little league to brawl out bag right, neverth bag to 600 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 6: get it right, And all of a sudden, your helmet 601 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 6: right was on the kid at second base when you yes. 602 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 3: We shared that stuff. Yes, that's the only one. 603 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 6: That's where's the bat? Where's that one bat? Where's the 604 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 6: one bat? 605 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 3: Right? 606 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 4: It's great getting it from the other side. You're born 607 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 4: from the other team. 608 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, Like, what are we doing? This is crazy? 609 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 2: It's my bat bag is worth more to my car? 610 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 6: Is that right? That is fantastic. We said that the 611 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 6: other day. We were joking around because you know, I 612 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 6: we I do you know coach a little bit of 613 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 6: Matt you know, we call it kind of a. 614 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 2: Traveler Danny real quick, Frank and eye coach with each 615 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 2: other or part of each other in football, basketball, and baseball. 616 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 2: And he's a finds time to be a Hall of Fame, 617 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,479 Speaker 2: you know, high school football coach. So you know that's 618 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 2: he's an involved dad. 619 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, but but it's it's just my numbing. It's truly, 620 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 6: it's my numbing where we're going. And I think, truly 621 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 6: you're right, it all oil down to educated parents. It 622 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 6: also what's your why? What's the end game of this? Right? 623 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 6: Is it really for your kid's best experience? Because I 624 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 6: know every every nine year old wants to get up 625 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 6: at five in the morning, get in a car and 626 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 6: drive for an hour and a half to go play 627 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,239 Speaker 6: an eight o'clock game in seven degree wather when it's 628 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 6: baseball season, you know, you know fall ball, right, Like 629 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 6: every kid wants to do that, right, he really does, 630 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 6: he really does. 631 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 5: Stop one one quick thing we're big on, you know, 632 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 5: giving advice to parents on the show. 633 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 4: Sure, if there's one piece of advice. 634 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 5: You can give a parent, you know, for long term 635 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 5: and you know, just trying to get a high school 636 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 5: student athlete to you know, thrive in high school sports. 637 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 4: What do you think that would be. 638 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 6: Make sure we're in it for the right reason, to 639 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 6: make sure these kids get foster the love of the 640 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 6: game and not send it the other way. 641 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 3: Right. 642 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 6: You know, kid's going to go you know, regardless of sport, 643 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 6: Kid's going to go over three. Right, Why are we 644 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 6: yelling extreme? 645 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 3: The kids? 646 00:32:55,880 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 6: You know also understand that burnout is real, right, burnout 647 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 6: is real. I started to mention it like I want 648 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 6: you know, all kids to love the sport when it 649 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 6: truly matters, right, and you know it when you know 650 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 6: you're an ad the what's the goal? 651 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 3: Right? 652 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 6: The goal? You know, And when I started this, you know, 653 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 6: I've been our head coach here, how does that I 654 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 6: go down for twenty four seasons? 655 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 3: Right? 656 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 6: I hope we didn't miss this as coaches as parents, right, 657 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 6: I hope we just keep the end game in mind 658 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 6: and what truly is our why and why we're doing this? 659 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 6: And you know, do we coach right to be successful 660 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,959 Speaker 6: or to make a difference. I don't think they need 661 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 6: to be mutually exclusive, but I also know to be 662 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 6: really mindful of making sure we intertwine them both because 663 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 6: why for a kid's the success isn't necessarily determined about 664 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,719 Speaker 6: our wins and losses. It about that, especially a kid 665 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 6: who's nine, eight, nine, ten years old, it's that well 666 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 6: if he brings some of the bring that energy and 667 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 6: want to and bring that passion for the game when 668 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 6: it matters, because you want to come back, if she 669 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 6: want to come back the following year, and hey, you 670 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 6: have not talk to a friend and just listen to 671 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 6: them talk to their friends. Well, this is that really stuck. 672 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 6: We're We're no, man, this was awesome. I want to 673 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 6: bring up buddy. So for me, the advice is, you know, 674 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 6: just knows, gosh, foster the love of it. Don't go 675 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 6: the other way with it. Listen have conversations, you know, 676 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 6: and just make sure that you know the end game 677 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 6: and man, because they're just pushing kids way too fast, 678 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,240 Speaker 6: right and honestly, what kid needs to play one hundred 679 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 6: and seventeen baseball games? And you know, and it could 680 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 6: be the most boring sport on the plane at a time. 681 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,320 Speaker 6: It's done the wrong way. And if a kid is 682 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 6: getting forced to do that, you know, and then you're 683 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 6: going to place you know, soccer all year round, like 684 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 6: just you know, come on, the multi sport athlete is 685 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 6: not It shouldn't be a lost start. And I think 686 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 6: people just do their research and do their homework here 687 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 6: a little bit, right, because go back to what dall 688 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 6: of the NFL drafts, of all first John draft decks 689 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 6: are multi sport athletes. Yeah, we're specifying at nine years 690 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 6: old he can't play this Why because he's got folle ball. 691 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 6: But he can't do this because he's got travel soccer 692 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 6: all year round? 693 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 3: Right? 694 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 6: What is what is going on? 695 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,399 Speaker 2: I'm a coach, you're you're you're so right that that's 696 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 2: a great message. We got to get you back. You 697 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 2: are awesome. Coach Frank Delano had Infield High School. Uh 698 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:34,280 Speaker 2: Hall of Famer seven championships, but more importantly, a dad 699 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 2: and an educator making a difference. Uh, we want to 700 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 2: launde you. Thanks for doing this, brother. We we love 701 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 2: your messaging. 702 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 3: Thank you man. 703 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 6: Thanks having to look forward to connecting soon, guys. 704 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 2: With Marry Chris is buddy there he is, Frank Delena. 705 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 2: We'll come back Project nil. Just a moment, won't go anywhere. 706 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 4: You're listening to sports radio radio. 707 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 2: Ah, welcome back Project Nil. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays to 708 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 2: everybody out there. Uh, Danny Dvad Anthony Gargano sports that. 709 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 2: And here's the thing, Dan, we talk a lot all 710 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 2: morning about this congress Uh here this congressional hearing. 711 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,320 Speaker 3: And you know, coach was awesome. 712 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 2: He's great, He's an educator and I love his messaging. 713 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 2: I always want to amplify it. The one thing that 714 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 2: we talked about was a lot about specialization. But even 715 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 2: if we were able to tackle that and got our 716 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 2: kids not to specialize, the issue is we're still dealing 717 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 2: with the same pool of kids, right, Like, how do 718 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 2: we expand the field, Like how do we get other 719 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 2: kids and make it the masses for them to heat 720 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 2: instead of a select few in the arena and everybody 721 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:04,720 Speaker 2: else watching. 722 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, like we talked earlier, I think some of the 723 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,399 Speaker 5: big things are at starting at the youth level, right 724 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 5: at the young you know, at the really young five 725 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:14,919 Speaker 5: six seven year old level. 726 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 4: Right, that has kind of really changed. 727 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 5: I think, you know, we got a fund, you know, 728 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 5: hopefully the government funds like pilots in the community based things. Right, 729 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 5: there's a little bit more oversight. Right, there's there's no 730 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 5: guardrails on anything. Nil, there's no guardrails. There's no guardrails really. 731 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:30,280 Speaker 4: On youth sports. 732 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,319 Speaker 5: Now, well you never thought there would have to be, right, 733 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 5: but there's there's no guardrails. And you know, I think 734 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 5: we got to continue, you know, obviously I'm a little biased, 735 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 5: but continue to support the parks and recks and support 736 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 5: the school sport. 737 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 3: I think that's it. Yeah, you you nail it. 738 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 2: Parks and recr Your father ran Philadelphia is Parking Reck. 739 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 3: You saw it in action. 740 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 2: And I think that's that's a big key at that 741 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 2: age to foster activity. 742 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, the programming has changed again, it's post COVID, it's changed. 743 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 4: But also, like you know, I understand the kid is different. 744 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 5: But I think we you know, we saw the resistance, 745 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,279 Speaker 5: and we pivoted opposed to pushing through that resistance and 746 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 5: pushing them to be out there and continue to invest 747 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,959 Speaker 5: in the community and have these programming for. 748 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:18,880 Speaker 4: These kids to be active. 749 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 5: I have a couple buddies that their kids are, you know, 750 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,720 Speaker 5: at their local rec center, and it's great for their development. 751 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 3: Right. 752 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 5: My good friend Joey, his son's playing everything right now. 753 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 5: He's five years old. He's in everything, but he has 754 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 5: a good local neighborhood programming where he's able to do basketball, 755 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 5: able to do soccer, able to do you know, baseball, 756 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 5: do all these different sports because there's an avenue for it. 757 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 5: I think we need to continue to push that and 758 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 5: make sure that these kids have these opportunities. 759 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 2: I got an idea, all right, because one of the 760 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 2: things that the issues are, like listen, I'm with you. 761 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 2: In the city, we know that environment suburbs become all 762 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,920 Speaker 2: about parent driven. 763 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:00,959 Speaker 3: It's there's gotta be more than. 764 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 2: Gym class in school, right, Like gym class just can't 765 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,880 Speaker 2: be about physical fitness. It should be about sports that 766 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 2: I get through varied sports, but I think there needs 767 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,319 Speaker 2: to be more of that in the grade schools that 768 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 2: foster you know, the competition. 769 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, No, I think obviously being in shape is really important, 770 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 5: but the competition and learning of the actual sport, right, 771 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 5: don't just roll out a ball and say chase it 772 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 5: and run around. The actual education part, how to hit 773 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,400 Speaker 5: a ball correctly, how to kick a ball correctly? 774 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 4: Right, that should be happening at the school level as well. 775 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,319 Speaker 5: I think that's a great idea, and I think there 776 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 5: should be more emphasis on it. I think again, we've 777 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,280 Speaker 5: gone away from some of these key factors. 778 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got like I remember, like I've been shocked 779 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 2: at kids that didn't know how to throw a ball. 780 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:55,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, but that. 781 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 2: Stuff needs to be taught in school, Like that's important, 782 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 2: like just as a in the same way as a 783 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 2: little as a child, like you need to learn stuff 784 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:04,799 Speaker 2: like that. 785 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,759 Speaker 3: Oh, you know, and and again just to heighten their 786 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 3: interest a little bit. 787 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,680 Speaker 5: No, I I a thousand percent agree, and I think 788 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,800 Speaker 5: it's a it's a great point, and we got to 789 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,839 Speaker 5: keep you know, we gotta keep growing, and we gotta 790 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,840 Speaker 5: keep asking these questions, right. I think it's important for 791 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 5: parents to ask questions. 792 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:22,400 Speaker 3: You know. 793 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 4: I think it's important for schools to keep. 794 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 2: Get them pass part, get them off the video games. 795 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 2: You gotta monitor it. It just takes over because that's 796 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 2: it's meant to be addictive, and that's all. 797 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:34,480 Speaker 3: They want to do. 798 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,080 Speaker 4: Yep, keeping them locked up. 799 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,280 Speaker 2: All right, that's gonna do it for us. Great stuff 800 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,360 Speaker 2: this morning, my brother