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Speaker 2: Welcome to GMSP, everybody. I'm m Jay Acosta Ruiz here

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, dark and early with Isaiah Stanback and

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Speaker 2: former wide receiver Matthew Hatchett. But don't you dare call

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Speaker 2: him Matthew No hat only Okay, So we've established that

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Speaker 2: right off the bat. And our guy, of course, Kyle Brent,

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Speaker 2: hanging out in New York.

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Speaker 1: Kyle, what's happened and thought, It's always great to see you.

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Speaker 3: Isaiah, You're the man. And listen, Hatch, I loved watching

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Speaker 3: you play.

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Speaker 1: I remember you catching touchdowns in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: I know you're into the high school game now.

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Speaker 1: It's everything we love about football, and we're going to

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Speaker 1: talk about it for two hours this morning. Let's start

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Speaker 1: the show, friends, GMFB.

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Speaker 3: Let's go, Let's go.

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Speaker 4: Let's Good Morning Football.

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Speaker 3: He's been the playing around the field far and away.

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Speaker 3: Today the study punch, pressure game about.

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Speaker 1: The channel, perfect time from Drake May May Dang May

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Speaker 1: sits in there.

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Speaker 3: Pressure.

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Speaker 5: It throws a perfect strike in the middle where there's

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Speaker 3: We walked France.

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Speaker 5: Pressure because I'm pitching this movement relent so ready.

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Speaker 1: Inside of it, Drake May allude to defender trying to

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Speaker 1: keep the play a line pulling down.

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Speaker 4: He trust to the end.

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Speaker 3: It's got it. Oh my god, Drake May. And there

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Speaker 2: If you were wondering what we were going to be

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Speaker 2: chopping it up about on this Tuesday in June, we're starting.

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Speaker 3: Right there, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Once again, I'm doing a Costa Ruiz Isaia. It's on

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Speaker 2: back hatches, Mate, Meudet and Kyle, with us always looming

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Speaker 2: above it, almost like the Wizard of Oz. I love that,

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Speaker 2: especially with the green today. Exactly those were the vibes. Kyle,

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Speaker 2: I knew it.

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Speaker 3: I knew it right off. Some bat didn't.

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Speaker 4: I didn't know that was there. You did not.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know there. He kind of scared me. Kyle,

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Speaker 3: I had no idea. I didn't know the big screen.

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Speaker 2: It's fantastic And that is exactly how you start the

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Speaker 3: All right, guys, we're gonna.

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Speaker 2: Get started right in New England with quarterback Drake May,

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Speaker 2: who was entering his second year in the league. He

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Speaker 2: had an impressive rookie season, being named a Pro Bowl

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Speaker 2: replacement after his twelve starts just last year. Now, the

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Speaker 2: Patriots are expected to improve from just four wins in

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Speaker 3: I mean, you got it right.

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Speaker 2: Let's take to that by spending the most money in

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Speaker 2: free agency this year, plus having hired Mike Rabel as

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Speaker 6: I think that's what you want.

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Speaker 7: I think to see the other Patriots are used to winning,

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Speaker 7: and that's what we're trying to get back to. I

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Speaker 7: of what will fuse it to be out here. We'll

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Speaker 7: fuse you to get the rep right and practice. What

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Speaker 7: hard in the light room or kind of not what

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 2: Look as a football analyst, of course, this is an

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Speaker 2: same division as the Patriots for their rival the Dolphins,

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Speaker 2: it's a little tough for me to actually ask are

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Speaker 5: Yeah, No, their time obviously expired. Obviously during the end

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Speaker 5: of Tom Brady. Obviously Bill Belichick leaves. But now you're

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Speaker 5: the Mike Rabel era. We all understand the lineage of

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Speaker 3: Teams is within Mike Grabel.

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Speaker 6: He's going to come back.

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Speaker 5: He's going to be disciplined, he's in company, he's going

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Speaker 5: Now they're surrounding Drake May with resources. They've given him receivers,

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Speaker 5: So take the ball away, protect the ball offensively.

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Speaker 3: Pay attention to details, do your job.

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Speaker 5: That's what they've always said in New England, that's what

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Speaker 5: when I was there, and I believe that's what Mike

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Speaker 8: Wow, what's the definition of winning though, that's the question.

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Speaker 8: Right in New England it's Super Bowls. So they go

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Speaker 8: nine to eight this year, is that winning? Sure, it's winning,

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Speaker 8: right because the percentage wise, But I don't see them

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Speaker 8: getting back to Super Bowl soon, right, that's the catch.

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Speaker 8: You have to have a little bit more I guess,

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Speaker 8: you know, and what is it four and thirteen? Which

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Speaker 8: is better? That's what he's saying, which is cool, But

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Speaker 8: I still they're not the top of the AFC, unfortunately

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Speaker 1: I look at the Patriots now and they're one of

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Speaker 1: the past. And I think that's why it's interesting that

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Speaker 1: Drake May specifically started talking about the fans are used

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Speaker 1: it's time to move on. Tom Brady now is an

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Speaker 1: week one looking to burn that place down. Rob Gronkowski

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Speaker 1: has been gone for seven years from the Patriots. Bill

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Speaker 1: Belichick is a college football coach at a basketball school.

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Speaker 1: The last five years, the Patriots have played one playoff

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Speaker 1: the page for this organization. It is time to start

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Speaker 1: a new era. It listen Boston Reference. It reminds me

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Speaker 3: But he's the coach. He doesn't have the pads on.

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Speaker 1: Was this franchise built up by this magical sixth round

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Speaker 1: are they more?

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Speaker 6: I think they're more.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots were super Bowls before Tom Brady. Robert Kraft

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Speaker 3: But it is time. It is time to win.

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Speaker 6: Ah.

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Speaker 3: The AFC is tough, I get it. With the NFL

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Speaker 3: is tough, Josh and Lamar and Burrow. So what you

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Speaker 3: have a coach, you have a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones was in the playoffs as a rookie. Are

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Speaker 1: you telling me Drake May can't do it in year two?

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Speaker 3: I don't believe it. And I'll say this about Boston.

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox are not good, the Bruins were terrible,

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Speaker 1: the Celtics are broken.

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Speaker 3: It's the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: They're supposed to be the standard and the prodigal sun

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Speaker 1: the head coach and get this back to where they're going.

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Speaker 1: Never mind where they've been, where are they going. I

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Speaker 1: think the future is bright. I think the quarterback is talented.

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Speaker 1: I think this team is more than Tom Brady once was.

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Speaker 1: I think they should win this year. I'm not afraid

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Speaker 3: It's sitting there. It's time to make the jump or

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Speaker 3: forever live in the past.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And to your point, Kyle, it is tough to

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Speaker 2: But just like Hat said, that is a benchmark that

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Speaker 2: they have set because while it feels really far removed,

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Speaker 2: it really wasn't. It's so it's so up top right,

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Speaker 2: it's so relevant in our recent memory that it's.

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Speaker 3: Like, wait, what is this Patriots team? But this is

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Speaker 2: And I love that you mentioned talent because both May

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Speaker 9: Figure out where where everything is and you know, what

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Speaker 9: his role is and making sure that as we add

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Speaker 9: red zone, that he's staying up on it. It's working

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Speaker 9: hard in his in his rehabit. When he can certain

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Speaker 9: drills he can be out there, and there's certain drills

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Speaker 9: and they're there.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 10: I like his energy.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he seems like, you know, awesome teammate. You know,

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Speaker 7: he's he's my next door to my locker locker mate,

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Speaker 7: so he's you know, one down from beside me.

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Speaker 3: You know, we talk all the time.

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Speaker 7: He's a veteran of this League's made a lot of plays,

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Speaker 7: playing a lot of big time games. So just an

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Speaker 7: awesome voice for for the receiver room for this offense.

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Speaker 7: He's playing some playoff games, He's had some big games,

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Speaker 7: and I think, you know, once he kind of recovers

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Speaker 7: you'll be able to throw the foo footballs and uh

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Speaker 7: just it's always good having a guy like that in

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Speaker 2: And May stop just short, he corrected himself, almost calling Digs.

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Speaker 4: An old head.

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Speaker 2: I was like, let's let's call down. I mean, he's

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Speaker 2: the context of perhaps this week and someone like May

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Speaker 2: know the type of work that Diggs puts in, and

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Speaker 2: it is tough coming back from an injury. But I

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Speaker 2: do think this is going to work with Diggs once

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Speaker 2: he's come back healthy from this rehab with this Patriots team.

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Speaker 3: You know, I'm going to wait and see moment. Right now,

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Speaker 3: I'm kind of kind of on standby right now.

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Speaker 5: I don't like standby lines, but right now I'm gonna

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Speaker 5: stand by with the New England Patriots and Stefon Diggs.

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Speaker 5: I have no questions about his ability to make plays.

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Speaker 5: I have no no questions about his ability to go

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Speaker 5: out there and be an asset to this offense. It's

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Speaker 5: the leadership aspect for me. I mean, I think that

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Speaker 5: forced to be a leader. They're asking him to be

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Speaker 5: a leader, and I'm not sure that he necessarily wants that.

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Speaker 3: Right I can't sit up here and speak for the man, but.

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Speaker 5: I know he's still living his best life right now,

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Speaker 8: You're going home, you're getting your rest, you're eating right,

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Speaker 1: Well, first things, first, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not going

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Speaker 3: If that's an old head, we are all in a

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Speaker 1: I don't want to hear Diggs referred to as old

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Speaker 3: He's all okay, none of that. So I'm not gonna

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Speaker 3: We're good, No, I'm fit. I'll go.

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Speaker 1: I'll drop right now to one end, said Jack Towns.

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Speaker 1: all right now, that said Drake May. He's got that

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Speaker 1: I've met Diggs several times, maybe you guys have. He's gregarious,

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Speaker 1: no mistake, when Diggs leaves New England, he's no longer

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Speaker 1: But before then I think it will be really good.

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Speaker 1: I'm someone who I believe in Diggs as a player,

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Speaker 3: I think it's a little more nuanced than that.

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Speaker 1: But what is not nuanced is the effect that he

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Speaker 3: He helps him get there. Was doing the exact same

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Speaker 3: People look at it. Stefan Dickson was like some kind

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Speaker 1: I genuinely think that for his flaws as a person,

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Speaker 3: Make no mistake, guys, it will end badly.

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Speaker 1: But I believe and have a big year this year,

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Speaker 1: I think the Patriots knew this and that's why he's there.

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Speaker 1: I believe in Diggs. I don't care if everybody online doesn't.

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Speaker 4: No, I do too, Kyle.

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Speaker 2: I'm so glad you said that, because I was, like,

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Speaker 8: I I hear what you're saying, Kyle, but he can't

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Speaker 8: We don't know if that's going to happen in New

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Speaker 8: So again, I think Dix is still a great receiver, right,

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Speaker 8: But I just don't think if you're not going to

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm more concerned about how he's going to be

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Speaker 5: Let's go out there and get the ball back three

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Speaker 5: This might be you know, hey, you might have five opportunities.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think what we have not mentioned very clearly

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Speaker 2: Grounds mini camp kicked off today, So let's touch straight

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Speaker 2: Greg I'm gonna I'm gonna put you like one of

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Speaker 3: Set the scene for us.

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Speaker 2: What is the vibe in the building right now, especially

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Speaker 3: There you go.

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Speaker 5: All right, man, we have to ask you be do

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Speaker 6: Yeah, like you said, I think they're all different.

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Speaker 6: So it's been amazing just to watch.

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Speaker 11: And we're super excited because I feel like with competition,

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Speaker 3: You're watching these guys who looks sharp?

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Speaker 1: a corner like his dad is Dion, and he's just

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Speaker 1: he's this culture personality and he's everywhere.

436
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Speaker 3: What is he like just as a guy as a teammate,

437
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Speaker 3: what's it been like?

438
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Speaker 6: Yeah, No, he's been amazing.

439
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Speaker 11: A sponge I would say, it's just crazy that guy

440
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Speaker 11: is young with this much notoriety can just.

441
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Speaker 6: Handle media and things like that.

442
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Speaker 11: I think his dad has really taught him how, you know,

443
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Speaker 11: to be that guy in the spotlight and understand that

444
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Speaker 11: what comes with it. And I think he's been doing

445
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Speaker 11: an incredible job of just learning and getting better each day.

446
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Speaker 8: Nice hey, also on the defensive side, right, you guys

447
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Speaker 8: just signed Miles Garrett of course to a monster deal.

448
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Speaker 8: Like what type of teammate has he been in locker

449
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Speaker 8: room lately?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's a monster.

451
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Speaker 11: He brings a lot of energy to his locker room

452
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Speaker 11: where people don't see behind the scenes, like just always

453
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Speaker 11: playing with everybody. He's a guy easily reachable to everybody

454
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Speaker 11: on the on the team, not just the defense. He's

455
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Speaker 11: not just a guy that says to himself. He's a

456
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Speaker 11: guy that brings the energy and is a He's a

457
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Speaker 11: huge leader for us out there.

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Speaker 6: On the field.

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Speaker 3: All Right, I have to ask you this question, man.

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Speaker 5: You the game of football, right, we visualize a lot,

461
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Speaker 5: right we man to kind of manifest us making plays

462
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Speaker 5: and now all of a sudden, you know, your division

463
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Speaker 5: rival goes out there and science Aaron Rodgers a k

464
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Speaker 5: A A a ron a john Wick. And have you

465
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Speaker 5: visualized yourself picking off Aaron Rodgers And if so, give

466
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Speaker 5: us a rundown of how that how that kind of

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Speaker 5: played out.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 11: You know it's the Steelers, you know, that's that's our

470
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Speaker 11: that's our hard nemesis. So definitely see that happening both

471
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Speaker 11: in Cleveland and in Pittsburgh. So you know it can

472
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Speaker 11: happen in the multitude of way. The tip pass by

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Speaker 11: some of the great d linemen. We got just a

474
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Speaker 11: great play, you know against a guy like DK Metcalf

475
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Speaker 11: and Friar moved.

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Speaker 6: So I think there's a lot of different ways.

477
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Speaker 11: But I'm super excited because I think, you know, this

478
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Speaker 11: is the best division in football.

479
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Speaker 6: So adding a guy like him, she's gonna make it

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Speaker 6: even tougher.

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 8: So I grew up in Cleveland, so I hated the Browns.

483
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Speaker 8: My favorite team was the Steelers, as crazy as that sounds.

484
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Speaker 8: But so again, now you have Rogers in the conference,

485
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Speaker 8: have Burrow and Lamar of course, so rank them from

486
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Speaker 8: three to one. Which one would you most want to

487
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Speaker 8: get a pick off of? And any of these, like

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Speaker 8: you know, like a ball that you would get signed

489
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Speaker 8: take home or anything like that.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure. Well since I got Lamar, I got him. Okay,

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Speaker 6: well we'll take him down a little bit. Yeah, but

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Speaker 6: you know, I'm gonna go Joe.

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Speaker 11: Burrow first just because we played in week one, so

494
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Speaker 11: you know, I'm trying to I'm trying to get off

495
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Speaker 11: to a great start. Yeah, he's a guy that I

496
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Speaker 11: love going against my entire career and has been super fun.

497
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Speaker 11: And then honestly, a Rid's right there up there with him.

498
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Speaker 11: That's a guy that's you know, one of the top

499
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Speaker 11: five greatest quarterbacks ever. Lace him up so that that'll

500
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Speaker 11: be super amazing too.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's put this on the on air right now.

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Speaker 8: If you pick off a Rod, we're gonna get you

503
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Speaker 8: a jersey swap off after the game with a Rod

504
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Speaker 8: if you pick them off.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I definitely.

506
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Speaker 3: Are you making guarantees here? Yeah? I don't know. I

507
00:21:33,308 --> 00:21:34,828
Speaker 3: will not be there to have nothing to do with it.

508
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm just like, let's walk in it now.

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Speaker 2: He said it, not mean we're not making those kind

510
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Speaker 2: of guarantees, but jerseys leads right into what I'm very

511
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Speaker 2: curious about for sure, because you know I love a

512
00:21:46,268 --> 00:21:48,628
Speaker 2: tunnel fit and I need to get your take on

513
00:21:48,748 --> 00:21:51,348
Speaker 2: one from last year. Because your girl just went to

514
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Speaker 2: the Cowboy Carter tour right across the street right here

515
00:21:53,948 --> 00:21:54,788
Speaker 2: at Sofi Stadium.

516
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Speaker 3: This is very much Cowboy Carter vive.

517
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Speaker 10: So walk us through this one, my friend, right, explain yourself.

518
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Speaker 3: Man.

519
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Speaker 11: The crazy part is before this game, I was like,

520
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Speaker 11: you know, I was training out in Dallas door rehab,

521
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Speaker 11: you know, before the season, and we just happen to

522
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Speaker 11: get a Dallas Cowboys first. I was like, you know what,

523
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Speaker 11: why not come with a statement statement piece? So, you know,

524
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Speaker 11: I got the cowboy hat, got the boots. The day

525
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Speaker 11: before the game. I kind of just put it all

526
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Speaker 11: together the day before the game. I kind of wanted

527
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Speaker 11: to just start the season off, you know, with a

528
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Speaker 11: with a statement.

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Speaker 12: Piece, and with the love of God, will you put

530
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Speaker 12: on a shirt? Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Let it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, let the world see it.

533
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Speaker 1: Listen, if I had a six pack like that, I

534
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Speaker 1: won't even own a shirt.

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Speaker 3: That's all right, go ahead, go off.

536
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Speaker 1: We talked a lot about your teammates and rookies and

537
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Speaker 1: your clothes.

538
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Speaker 3: You do some pretty cool things off the field too.

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Speaker 1: You're also an ambassador for the Browns for girls flag football.

540
00:23:06,788 --> 00:23:09,308
Speaker 1: We also understand you are now a new girl dad.

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Speaker 3: That's very very cool. Why was it important to get involved, Greg.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that's just something I've always been prideful about, you know,

543
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Speaker 11: from my sisters playing to my time at Northwestern.

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Speaker 6: That was just something that I always wanted to highlight.

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Speaker 11: You know, I think women in general, not just football,

546
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Speaker 11: women in all industries of life doesn't get the you know,

547
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Speaker 11: recognition that they deserve when they're just as qualified, not

548
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Speaker 11: or even more qualified than men. So that's just something

549
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Speaker 11: that I just wanted to continue to do and that's

550
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Speaker 11: something that I will continue to do in my career.

551
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Speaker 11: Is just trying to highlight, highlight women, you know, in

552
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Speaker 11: multiple industries as best as I can as I continue

553
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Speaker 11: my career.

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Speaker 2: And with that, Greg is invited back to the show

555
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Speaker 2: whatever he wants. Fantastic ending there, Greg, thank you so

556
00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:59,348
Speaker 2: much for your time and for joining us. Continued luck

557
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Speaker 2: at minicamp and keep bringing us the team we love

558
00:24:01,668 --> 00:24:02,028
Speaker 2: to see it.

559
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Speaker 10: We have more.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no shirts, man, put on a shirt in the back.

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Speaker 1: Hi, good morning. We're coming to you live from New

562
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Speaker 1: York City. There's a lot of tourists in town right

563
00:24:19,148 --> 00:24:20,748
Speaker 1: now in the summertime in New York. And if you

564
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Speaker 1: are in New York City next weekend, you have to

565
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Speaker 1: go to Fanatics Fest. I will be there, and certainly

566
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Speaker 1: the guy running it will be here. We have Fanatics CEO,

567
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Speaker 1: mister Michael Rubin.

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Speaker 3: What's up baby? How are we doing? How you doing?

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Speaker 12: Man?

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Speaker 10: Great to be here.

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Speaker 3: I'm fired up to have you.

572
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Speaker 1: I feel a little bit like it's uh I'm with

573
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Speaker 1: Santa Claus before Christmas. Like you are the guy who

574
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Speaker 1: runs this thing. It's one of the biggest things in

575
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Speaker 1: all of sports. Tell anybody who may not know, I

576
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Speaker 1: see you got the shirt on.

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Speaker 3: I've been full.

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Speaker 10: FACS Festival day. Yeah, it's super exciting. So we realized

579
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Speaker 10: about five years ago there had never been a sports festival.

580
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Speaker 10: There's been lots of trading card shows, there's music festivals,

581
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Speaker 10: there's Comic con, but there'd never been a sports festival.

582
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,748
Speaker 10: And we said, why not sports Fans de Service. So

583
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Speaker 10: we launched it last year in New York City at Javits.

584
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Speaker 10: For the first time Fanatics Fest we had seventy thousand

585
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Speaker 10: fans come out for our first Fanatics Fest last year.

586
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Speaker 10: Next weekend is number two, our second Fanatics Fest ever.

587
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Speaker 10: And you have every sport coming showp in the biggest

588
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Speaker 10: way with incredible activation. So the NFL would be there,

589
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Speaker 10: the NBA, Hockey, Baseball, UFC WW, they all came last year.

590
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Speaker 10: New coming this year is USTA Premier League, FIFA F one, Nike, Dix,

591
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Speaker 10: Sporty Goods on top of all the leagues that were

592
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Speaker 10: there last year, and they have incredible activations. And then

593
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Speaker 10: you have literally last year we've had about one hundred

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Speaker 10: and fifty. This year you have two to three times

595
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Speaker 10: the amount of athletes, celebrities, artists, all comings, So people

596
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Speaker 10: like Kevin Durant, Victor Minyama, James Harden, Carl Anthony Towns,

597
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Speaker 10: Lebron James tom Brady, Michaeh. Parsons, Jade and Daniel C.

598
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Speaker 10: J str Russell Wilson. I mean, just who's who. It's

599
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Speaker 10: incredible across all sports and it's just like as a kid,

600
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Speaker 10: I would have dreamed of like living here end of

601
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Speaker 10: the year. I mean, this is like what you dream

602
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Speaker 10: of doing, and you know, you look up and you

603
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Speaker 10: know there's Jay Z or there's Travis Scott, or there's

604
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Speaker 10: Kevin Hard, or there's Tom Brady, or there's there's you know,

605
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Speaker 10: Caleb Williams. So it's like all these people coming together.

606
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Speaker 10: It's it's pretty incredible.

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Speaker 1: When you're talking about it, the kid from Philly comes

608
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Speaker 1: out like, I fell the kid in you and you

609
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Speaker 1: now you are doing it. Fanatics Games. We're gonna do

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Speaker 1: something different this year. There's gonna be competition. And we

611
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Speaker 1: were talking during the break Michael maybe wants to break

612
00:26:42,628 --> 00:26:44,308
Speaker 1: some news this morning about what's going to go on

613
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Speaker 1: with the Fanatics Games.

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Speaker 10: Tell us, well, first, this is the first year we're

615
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Speaker 10: doing the Fanatics Games. Where the Fanatics Games are. We

616
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Speaker 10: basically took eight sporting competitions, they say a couple of minutes.

617
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Speaker 10: EAT's like a throwing competition in football, a accuracy competition

618
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Speaker 10: in baseball. How's your WW walk out, How's your UFC punch?

619
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Speaker 10: How how's your soccer kicking accuracy? You take the eight games,

620
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Speaker 10: you do all eight of them. You take your best

621
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Speaker 10: six scores, you drop your worst two scores. So whatever

622
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Speaker 10: you really suck at you get to drop right okay,

623
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Speaker 10: and then you've got fifty athletes, artists, celebrities competing and

624
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Speaker 10: fifty average Joe fans. That we picked one hundred people competing.

625
00:27:25,628 --> 00:27:28,788
Speaker 10: First prize a million dollars cash walk out of Finacs

626
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Speaker 10: Fest with it really. Second prize five hundred thousand dollars

627
00:27:32,748 --> 00:27:36,108
Speaker 10: Ferrari driving out of Fanatics Festival Funday afternoon. Third prize

628
00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,628
Speaker 10: two thousand and three tops rookie Lebron James Carr. That's

629
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Speaker 10: worth about two hundred fifty thousand dollars. So it's going

630
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Speaker 10: to be one hundred people fighting for these prizes. Now,

631
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Speaker 10: there's been a lot of smack being talked. Michael Parsons

632
00:27:47,268 --> 00:27:49,188
Speaker 10: called me a few times, like I'm training for this,

633
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Speaker 10: I'm leaving like I promise you, I'm leaving with that

634
00:27:51,548 --> 00:27:55,308
Speaker 10: bag of money. But both Tom Brady you're competing in

635
00:27:55,388 --> 00:27:57,908
Speaker 10: this and Eli Manning and my team said to me, like, WHOA.

636
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Speaker 10: The way we do is we pair two people to

637
00:27:59,868 --> 00:28:01,948
Speaker 10: kind of go through the competition together, just like in GOP.

638
00:28:01,988 --> 00:28:05,028
Speaker 10: So you're competing on your own, but repair two people operate.

639
00:28:05,108 --> 00:28:07,468
Speaker 10: So you've definitely paired Eli and Tom up. No reason

640
00:28:07,508 --> 00:28:10,428
Speaker 10: to not have them bring it back. Yes, And so Tom, Eli,

641
00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:12,428
Speaker 10: hope you guys are now aware that you're gonna be

642
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Speaker 10: compete against each other. That's gonna be a lot of fun.

643
00:28:14,388 --> 00:28:16,828
Speaker 10: I might personally come watch that little eight Games of.

644
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Speaker 1: Competition because Eli just rides Tom like he has beat

645
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Speaker 1: him in two Super Bowls.

646
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Speaker 3: Is the only person who really can say that to Brady.

647
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Speaker 10: He's got to just say this now that I've officially

648
00:28:25,828 --> 00:28:28,108
Speaker 10: told Tom I Gary, And he's on a trip with

649
00:28:28,148 --> 00:28:29,868
Speaker 10: his kids right now going around the world. He's going

650
00:28:29,948 --> 00:28:31,188
Speaker 10: to be the gym every day practicing.

651
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Speaker 3: For sure.

652
00:28:32,428 --> 00:28:33,908
Speaker 10: That is one guy who does not like to lose

653
00:28:33,948 --> 00:28:34,428
Speaker 10: it anything.

654
00:28:34,788 --> 00:28:37,308
Speaker 1: He just put down some sort of skinny margarita and

655
00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:40,428
Speaker 1: he's now training on the beach. You have that grind

656
00:28:40,508 --> 00:28:42,788
Speaker 1: in you too, Michael said, sound I know your father.

657
00:28:42,868 --> 00:28:44,388
Speaker 1: I say, it's Father's Day weekend. What do you doing

658
00:28:44,388 --> 00:28:44,708
Speaker 1: for others?

659
00:28:44,788 --> 00:28:47,108
Speaker 3: He's just grinding, just grinding, ready for rise and grind

660
00:28:47,188 --> 00:28:47,468
Speaker 3: all in.

661
00:28:47,628 --> 00:28:47,828
Speaker 4: Yeah.

662
00:28:48,068 --> 00:28:50,748
Speaker 10: Look, this is the hardest thing we do in our

663
00:28:50,788 --> 00:28:52,628
Speaker 10: business putting this together. And it's such a great give

664
00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:55,308
Speaker 10: back to fans. I mean, it costs sixty bucks to

665
00:28:55,348 --> 00:28:57,588
Speaker 10: come as a fan. It's just there's gonna be probably

666
00:28:57,588 --> 00:28:59,228
Speaker 10: one hundred and twenty five one hundred and fifty thousand

667
00:28:59,228 --> 00:29:01,228
Speaker 10: people coming to this over three days. And when you

668
00:29:01,308 --> 00:29:04,948
Speaker 10: see these incredible smiling faces and all these by the way,

669
00:29:05,108 --> 00:29:08,228
Speaker 10: we saw four generations coming together in a family last year,

670
00:29:08,228 --> 00:29:10,348
Speaker 10: and you see people coming dressed impressed. One of the

671
00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:12,428
Speaker 10: things we do at finags Fest is anyone who comes

672
00:29:12,548 --> 00:29:16,308
Speaker 10: dressed as a super fan, crazy super fan, are in

673
00:29:16,388 --> 00:29:19,268
Speaker 10: a full team outfit. We picked the best dressed person

674
00:29:19,348 --> 00:29:22,148
Speaker 10: for the weekend, and that person is going to get

675
00:29:22,188 --> 00:29:24,748
Speaker 10: to go to the super Bowl, the World Cup Final,

676
00:29:25,428 --> 00:29:30,548
Speaker 10: ww WrestleMania ringside, all paid for by fanatics, first class tickets, hotels,

677
00:29:30,628 --> 00:29:32,908
Speaker 10: all the tickets, and then every hour on the hour,

678
00:29:32,988 --> 00:29:35,068
Speaker 10: we pick the best dressed fan, we bring them back

679
00:29:35,108 --> 00:29:37,868
Speaker 10: to meet one of their favorite athletes, celebrities, artists. And

680
00:29:37,908 --> 00:29:40,468
Speaker 10: we see some kid who you know is a giant

681
00:29:40,508 --> 00:29:42,228
Speaker 10: fan of Eli Manners, We're going to bring him back

682
00:29:42,228 --> 00:29:43,948
Speaker 10: to meet Eli Manning. We see some kid as a

683
00:29:43,988 --> 00:29:45,548
Speaker 10: giant fan of Jade and Daniels, We're going to bring

684
00:29:45,588 --> 00:29:47,788
Speaker 10: him back to me meet Jaden Daniels. So if you're

685
00:29:47,788 --> 00:29:49,428
Speaker 10: coming to finags Fest, you're going to come dressed to

686
00:29:49,468 --> 00:29:51,708
Speaker 10: a press because you got a chance to meet one

687
00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:54,388
Speaker 10: of your biggest sports heroes, or actually go to the

688
00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:59,268
Speaker 10: super Bowl, World Cup Final and ringside at WrestleMania.

689
00:29:59,748 --> 00:30:02,508
Speaker 1: It's got like a Wonka chocolate factory feel to it,

690
00:30:02,628 --> 00:30:04,668
Speaker 1: like there's magic for sure. You could just get tap

691
00:30:04,748 --> 00:30:06,508
Speaker 1: on the shoulder and be like, hey, want to meet Brady.

692
00:30:06,668 --> 00:30:08,828
Speaker 1: Can you look really cool in your clothes? And yeah,

693
00:30:08,868 --> 00:30:11,828
Speaker 1: of course I do, unbelievably cool. And I know you're

694
00:30:11,868 --> 00:30:14,068
Speaker 1: inventing stuff all the time and your energy is contagious

695
00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:17,588
Speaker 1: across the table. Can we for a quick second talk birds?

696
00:30:18,468 --> 00:30:20,908
Speaker 1: I know you're at the super Bowl it was an annihilation.

697
00:30:21,348 --> 00:30:23,028
Speaker 1: What was it like for you as an Eagles fan

698
00:30:23,068 --> 00:30:24,428
Speaker 1: to see them just smack the Chiefs around?

699
00:30:24,468 --> 00:30:27,308
Speaker 10: Yeah? I found it fairly peaceful, Like I really enjoy

700
00:30:27,428 --> 00:30:29,668
Speaker 10: peaceful game like that. You get very few of those.

701
00:30:29,708 --> 00:30:32,228
Speaker 10: And obviously I'm a huge Patrick Mahomes fan and he's

702
00:30:32,388 --> 00:30:34,388
Speaker 10: such a stud and a piece. But you know, growing

703
00:30:34,468 --> 00:30:37,508
Speaker 10: up in Philadelphia, having that be my hometown team, having

704
00:30:37,548 --> 00:30:39,268
Speaker 10: to be the better outcome for business. The Chiefs have

705
00:30:39,308 --> 00:30:41,548
Speaker 10: won so many times, there's only so much Chiefs aparel.

706
00:30:41,588 --> 00:30:42,228
Speaker 3: People don't buy.

707
00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:44,668
Speaker 10: A lot of the money was a lot of the

708
00:30:44,668 --> 00:30:47,508
Speaker 10: money was on the Chiefs, so it was stacked being

709
00:30:47,548 --> 00:30:51,108
Speaker 10: from Philadelphia. Much better outcome for fanatics, for the fangear business,

710
00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:53,548
Speaker 10: much better outcome for the betting business. I was all

711
00:30:53,628 --> 00:30:55,828
Speaker 10: in on the Eagles and it was just peaceful. I

712
00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:58,028
Speaker 10: was like hanging in the suite just talking to the

713
00:30:58,068 --> 00:30:59,748
Speaker 10: people that were with us, and it was like, this

714
00:30:59,988 --> 00:31:02,108
Speaker 10: is great. Like I get very few games like that

715
00:31:02,188 --> 00:31:04,268
Speaker 10: in my life where I can just be a piece.

716
00:31:04,508 --> 00:31:06,788
Speaker 1: Well, because the last Chief super Bowl and then the

717
00:31:06,868 --> 00:31:09,588
Speaker 1: Brady super Bowl, even you was fingernailed by the edge

718
00:31:09,628 --> 00:31:10,708
Speaker 1: your seat the entire time.

719
00:31:11,108 --> 00:31:13,348
Speaker 3: You just got to chill. We're crushing them. That's like

720
00:31:13,388 --> 00:31:13,988
Speaker 3: what you work for.

721
00:31:14,548 --> 00:31:16,428
Speaker 10: You dream of situations like that. By the way, it

722
00:31:16,468 --> 00:31:19,388
Speaker 10: happens very unusually. I do just go to Champions League

723
00:31:19,388 --> 00:31:23,388
Speaker 10: final this past week with the owner of PSG in Munich,

724
00:31:23,428 --> 00:31:26,228
Speaker 10: and that was five no. So that was a relatively

725
00:31:26,828 --> 00:31:28,668
Speaker 10: peaceful game. But I, you know, I dream of these

726
00:31:28,668 --> 00:31:29,908
Speaker 10: peaceful matches when I need them.

727
00:31:30,028 --> 00:31:34,548
Speaker 3: Do you have that piece after fanatics vest is over? No, never.

728
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:37,668
Speaker 10: As soon as we're gonna say, okay, with all the

729
00:31:37,668 --> 00:31:39,388
Speaker 10: things we got wrong, how do we make it better

730
00:31:39,428 --> 00:31:41,788
Speaker 10: for next year? How do we keep you know, improve

731
00:31:41,868 --> 00:31:43,228
Speaker 10: what we're doing, and then you you're back to your

732
00:31:43,308 --> 00:31:46,788
Speaker 10: day job, and look, we are grinding every minute. How

733
00:31:46,828 --> 00:31:50,348
Speaker 10: do we build the best betting app and fanatic sportsbook?

734
00:31:50,548 --> 00:31:53,588
Speaker 10: How do we keep building our collectible's business. And we

735
00:31:53,668 --> 00:31:56,548
Speaker 10: have the launch of NFL Trading Cards coming April first

736
00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:58,388
Speaker 10: to next year. We couldn't be more excited for that,

737
00:31:58,748 --> 00:32:01,188
Speaker 10: NBA coming October Fest of this year, we just launched

738
00:32:01,188 --> 00:32:03,588
Speaker 10: a premier league as we speak, so super excited about

739
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,068
Speaker 10: that and the growth of the trade in cards business,

740
00:32:05,068 --> 00:32:07,148
Speaker 10: all the innovation that we're doing, and then in our

741
00:32:07,708 --> 00:32:10,308
Speaker 10: first business, what we call an ex commerce with your

742
00:32:10,348 --> 00:32:12,548
Speaker 10: fangr business, there's so much for us to do. So

743
00:32:12,628 --> 00:32:15,268
Speaker 10: I think as a company, like a lot of people

744
00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:17,348
Speaker 10: talk about the things you do right, we actually think

745
00:32:17,348 --> 00:32:18,828
Speaker 10: about what are the things we're not doing well? What

746
00:32:18,868 --> 00:32:20,148
Speaker 10: are the things we're going to improve upon? And I

747
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:23,468
Speaker 10: think if you're not unrelented at making yourself better, you're

748
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:26,028
Speaker 10: gonna get killed by your competition. I think there's like

749
00:32:26,188 --> 00:32:29,188
Speaker 10: our job and our core responsibility is to do every

750
00:32:29,348 --> 00:32:33,788
Speaker 10: like Look, our brand purpose is to relentlessly enhance the

751
00:32:33,868 --> 00:32:37,148
Speaker 10: fan experience, and so for us, we're always thinking about

752
00:32:37,148 --> 00:32:38,868
Speaker 10: how can we do things better. By the way, there's

753
00:32:38,868 --> 00:32:39,988
Speaker 10: a lot of things we do on there's a lot

754
00:32:40,028 --> 00:32:41,428
Speaker 10: of things we don't do well. We've got to keep

755
00:32:41,428 --> 00:32:43,948
Speaker 10: figuring out how it can be better. And so we're

756
00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:46,268
Speaker 10: at that, you know, twenty four seventh, three hundred and

757
00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:47,108
Speaker 10: sixty five days a year.

758
00:32:47,388 --> 00:32:49,108
Speaker 3: You guys are always changing it up too. I find

759
00:32:49,148 --> 00:32:49,828
Speaker 3: this fascinating.

760
00:32:49,948 --> 00:32:53,148
Speaker 1: Part of your personal brand, Michael, is the White Party,

761
00:32:53,148 --> 00:32:55,428
Speaker 1: the Fourth of July party. Everybody sees that, all the

762
00:32:55,468 --> 00:32:57,148
Speaker 1: celebrities and everybody goes there.

763
00:32:57,388 --> 00:32:59,748
Speaker 10: And yet I hear you're not doing it this year. No,

764
00:32:59,948 --> 00:33:04,228
Speaker 10: We're worts in every other year. So that we started myself,

765
00:33:04,908 --> 00:33:07,908
Speaker 10: Jay Z, Robert Kraft, meet Bill started the Reform Alliance,

766
00:33:07,948 --> 00:33:11,068
Speaker 10: the Criminal Justice organization that's changing the broken probation and

767
00:33:11,148 --> 00:33:13,148
Speaker 10: pro laws. So we did our first GALLA in two

768
00:33:13,188 --> 00:33:16,108
Speaker 10: thousand and twenty three. It was two months after the

769
00:33:16,108 --> 00:33:18,268
Speaker 10: White Party, and it was literally like the White Party ended,

770
00:33:18,548 --> 00:33:21,268
Speaker 10: IM like, I cannot believe I'm doing this Reform Gala

771
00:33:21,468 --> 00:33:23,308
Speaker 10: two months later. And so at the end of that

772
00:33:23,428 --> 00:33:25,028
Speaker 10: we said, hey, we're going to rotate these over the year.

773
00:33:25,028 --> 00:33:27,188
Speaker 10: So we did White Party in twenty four We're doing

774
00:33:27,228 --> 00:33:29,708
Speaker 10: the Reform Galla September thirteenth this year. By the way,

775
00:33:29,748 --> 00:33:32,868
Speaker 10: the weekend's performing for three hundred guests credit loss. Yeah,

776
00:33:33,068 --> 00:33:35,348
Speaker 10: and then White Party is July fourth, twenty twenty six.

777
00:33:35,588 --> 00:33:38,468
Speaker 3: Okay, so we're still doing it. It's just every other year.

778
00:33:38,628 --> 00:33:40,668
Speaker 10: Yeah. And look for us, we do super Bowl is

779
00:33:40,668 --> 00:33:42,268
Speaker 10: a massive event for us. We have you know, the

780
00:33:42,348 --> 00:33:45,228
Speaker 10: party of the of super Bowl weekends. I know, you know,

781
00:33:46,028 --> 00:33:48,548
Speaker 10: we have you know, we bring in that's a you know,

782
00:33:48,788 --> 00:33:50,748
Speaker 10: big hard party to put together. We bring in a

783
00:33:50,788 --> 00:33:52,788
Speaker 10: couple hundred the most important guests for us. So we

784
00:33:52,908 --> 00:33:54,708
Speaker 10: do a lot of super Bowl weekend. Now we have

785
00:33:54,788 --> 00:33:57,988
Speaker 10: Fanatics Fest. Then we're going to rotate the Reform Alliance

786
00:33:58,108 --> 00:34:01,588
Speaker 10: Gala and the and the White Party every of the year.

787
00:34:02,068 --> 00:34:03,508
Speaker 1: I have one more question I want to ask you

788
00:34:03,588 --> 00:34:05,828
Speaker 1: and if you unlimit questions. Oh okay, great, thank you

789
00:34:05,948 --> 00:34:07,908
Speaker 1: very much. I love that because this is the best

790
00:34:08,028 --> 00:34:10,948
Speaker 1: guest energy. Unlimited questions. But we have a lot of

791
00:34:10,988 --> 00:34:13,908
Speaker 1: young people watching, and I think that they may see

792
00:34:13,988 --> 00:34:18,308
Speaker 1: you online and it's it's wealth and it's famous fans,

793
00:34:18,428 --> 00:34:21,188
Speaker 1: and it's excess and it's success and everything, and they

794
00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:23,468
Speaker 1: may say, like I want to do that someday, Like

795
00:34:23,548 --> 00:34:25,068
Speaker 1: I want to do what Michael Rubin does.

796
00:34:25,468 --> 00:34:26,868
Speaker 3: What do you say to them, what is your advice

797
00:34:26,948 --> 00:34:27,548
Speaker 3: for young people?

798
00:34:27,868 --> 00:34:31,508
Speaker 10: Well, first thing is you got to go for it,

799
00:34:31,668 --> 00:34:33,748
Speaker 10: like you just got to like you can't dream about

800
00:34:33,748 --> 00:34:35,748
Speaker 10: you just got to go do it. And the thing

801
00:34:35,868 --> 00:34:39,228
Speaker 10: for me is I've been working. I've been working my

802
00:34:39,268 --> 00:34:41,228
Speaker 10: ass off since I've been eight years old, and I

803
00:34:41,428 --> 00:34:43,068
Speaker 10: love it. It's not work to me. I'm getting to

804
00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:45,828
Speaker 10: live my absolute dream. And so I think a lot

805
00:34:45,868 --> 00:34:47,908
Speaker 10: of people talk about what they want to do, they

806
00:34:47,988 --> 00:34:50,108
Speaker 10: dream about what they want to do. For me, I

807
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,548
Speaker 10: just go out and do it. By the way, a

808
00:34:51,628 --> 00:34:53,108
Speaker 10: lot of things work, a lot of things don't work.

809
00:34:53,148 --> 00:34:54,908
Speaker 10: You can't be scared to fail. You just have to

810
00:34:54,988 --> 00:34:57,828
Speaker 10: have the aggressiveness, the courage to go out and you know,

811
00:34:57,908 --> 00:35:00,268
Speaker 10: go after your dreams and make them a reality. And

812
00:35:00,508 --> 00:35:02,188
Speaker 10: you got to realize too, a lot of times you're

813
00:35:02,188 --> 00:35:04,108
Speaker 10: gonna get smacked in the face. Things aren't going to

814
00:35:04,468 --> 00:35:06,828
Speaker 10: work out. It's not going to go the way you anticipate.

815
00:35:06,868 --> 00:35:08,548
Speaker 10: But that's okay, that's part of the journey. That's fun

816
00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:11,308
Speaker 10: for me. And even like I was in a meeting

817
00:35:11,428 --> 00:35:13,628
Speaker 10: a couple of weeks ago with a company I'm a

818
00:35:13,668 --> 00:35:16,548
Speaker 10: big investor in, and they made a significant change. It

819
00:35:16,588 --> 00:35:18,588
Speaker 10: seems like it's not working. I'm just like, hey, it's

820
00:35:18,588 --> 00:35:21,228
Speaker 10: not working. Who cares? Go back? Don't be afraid. So

821
00:35:21,708 --> 00:35:24,188
Speaker 10: to me, I love the thing I love about young

822
00:35:24,228 --> 00:35:26,508
Speaker 10: people today. They used to only aspire when I was

823
00:35:26,588 --> 00:35:28,988
Speaker 10: a kid to be an athlete. You know, how could

824
00:35:29,028 --> 00:35:31,468
Speaker 10: you be that NFL player, How could you be that celebrity,

825
00:35:31,508 --> 00:35:33,868
Speaker 10: how could you be that really famous artist? You know,

826
00:35:33,988 --> 00:35:36,188
Speaker 10: today I think people do aspire to be business people,

827
00:35:36,188 --> 00:35:37,628
Speaker 10: and I think that's great because I think, you know,

828
00:35:37,908 --> 00:35:40,268
Speaker 10: we can change the world. And the thing I'm most

829
00:35:40,268 --> 00:35:43,188
Speaker 10: excited about I'm fifty two. I'm doing this till I die.

830
00:35:43,588 --> 00:35:46,068
Speaker 10: I'm never selling my company. I'm going to build this forever.

831
00:35:46,388 --> 00:35:46,948
Speaker 3: And I love it.

832
00:35:47,028 --> 00:35:50,068
Speaker 10: And you know, I remember watching the Nike Air movie

833
00:35:50,108 --> 00:35:52,228
Speaker 10: a couple of years ago and googling how old Phil

834
00:35:52,348 --> 00:35:53,468
Speaker 10: Night was. I was like, at this time, it was

835
00:35:53,508 --> 00:35:56,068
Speaker 10: like eighty five. I was fifty. I'm like, wow, look

836
00:35:56,148 --> 00:35:57,428
Speaker 10: think about how much more I can do in the

837
00:35:57,508 --> 00:36:00,588
Speaker 10: next thirty five years, assuming I'm alive, of course. So

838
00:36:01,028 --> 00:36:03,068
Speaker 10: you know, to me, for the young person, it's just like,

839
00:36:03,428 --> 00:36:05,348
Speaker 10: you know, go after your untre dreams, but you got

840
00:36:05,428 --> 00:36:07,828
Speaker 10: to realize it comes like I work harder than anybody.

841
00:36:07,868 --> 00:36:09,908
Speaker 10: I work seventeen hours a day. You know, I do

842
00:36:09,988 --> 00:36:12,788
Speaker 10: it seven days a week. You know, maybe people see

843
00:36:12,828 --> 00:36:14,628
Speaker 10: the fun things. People see the White Party, people see

844
00:36:14,628 --> 00:36:16,828
Speaker 10: the super Bowl, right, they think I'll have fun and

845
00:36:17,028 --> 00:36:19,348
Speaker 10: anyone for the thousands of people we have twenty two

846
00:36:19,348 --> 00:36:21,908
Speaker 10: thousand peopleho work at Fanatics. You ask anyone who works

847
00:36:21,908 --> 00:36:24,068
Speaker 10: at for X how I'm like first in, last out.

848
00:36:24,308 --> 00:36:26,748
Speaker 10: I'm grinding more than anybody, but I'm honored to do that.

849
00:36:26,828 --> 00:36:27,348
Speaker 3: It's so fun.

850
00:36:27,348 --> 00:36:28,548
Speaker 10: I'm getting to live my dream.

851
00:36:29,348 --> 00:36:31,348
Speaker 3: It's incredible advice. I hope you guys are listening.

852
00:36:31,748 --> 00:36:35,588
Speaker 1: Wildly successful guy saying I work seventeen hours a day.

853
00:36:35,748 --> 00:36:38,788
Speaker 1: It's not all about white parties and champagne and private jets.

854
00:36:39,628 --> 00:36:42,588
Speaker 1: Inspiring and listen, Fanatics. Vest is going to be huge.

855
00:36:42,708 --> 00:36:43,668
Speaker 3: I'm going to be there this year.

856
00:36:44,188 --> 00:36:45,788
Speaker 10: I'm I'm excited to have you. I'll be there from

857
00:36:45,788 --> 00:36:48,228
Speaker 10: before it opens every day till after closes out every day.

858
00:36:48,628 --> 00:36:50,788
Speaker 10: I'll be there before it's I'll be micromanaging. I'm like,

859
00:36:50,988 --> 00:36:53,108
Speaker 10: I go to my executive producer, you know, it's like

860
00:36:53,668 --> 00:36:55,268
Speaker 10: this should give me a walkie talking at this part,

861
00:36:55,308 --> 00:36:56,908
Speaker 10: and I'm just walking around because like I want to

862
00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:58,348
Speaker 10: make sure people are the time of their lives. And

863
00:36:58,668 --> 00:37:01,548
Speaker 10: I'm talking to thousands of fans when I'm there, and

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Speaker 10: look for anyone who hasn't been to this, you got to.

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Speaker 10: It's an incredible sports festival. It's an incredible give back

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Speaker 10: to fans. I would say everyone who came Lester had

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Speaker 10: a great time. Other than we screwed up some of

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Speaker 10: the things with the autograph and picture lines.

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Speaker 3: We're get it right this year too. Yeah.

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Speaker 10: Again, like nothing always works the way you want to.

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Speaker 10: You got to make it better and keep grinding at it.

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Speaker 3: But it's good.

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Speaker 10: People will have the time of their lives. If you're

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Speaker 10: a real sports fan, you cannot have the time of

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Speaker 10: your life.

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Speaker 3: At finance an incredible pitch.

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Speaker 1: My wife and kids will be going, I'll be going,

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Speaker 1: and everybody dress well because you're going to tap on

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Speaker 1: the shoulder from this guy and say you want to

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Speaker 1: go meet your hero.

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Speaker 3: It's a magical time. It is next weekend.

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Speaker 1: It is Fanatics Fest and we have Fanatics Founder and

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Speaker 1: CEO Michael Rubbins.

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Speaker 3: Always awesome to have you man right back at you, man,