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Speaker 2: tonight Ethan's Trivia Game, Round two begins at midnight. A

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Speaker 2: little bit of everything tonight, but the biggest story of

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Speaker 2: the week and probably the summer and maybe even the

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Speaker 2: college football season. It's a fluid story that continues. But

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Speaker 2: let me start by sharing an anecdote. There's an old

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Speaker 2: tale about a head coach that's hired to coach a

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Speaker 2: college football team, and he's told that there are three

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Speaker 2: envelopes in the top right door a drawer in the

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Speaker 2: desk in his office, but don't open any of them

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Speaker 2: unless you have a bad season. So the first season,

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Speaker 2: there are two and nine, and he opens envelope number

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Speaker 2: one and it says, blame the players. Okay, gets the

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Speaker 2: season number two. They are one in ten. Opens up

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Speaker 2: the second envelope and it says, blame the assistance has

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Speaker 2: a third consecutive bad season, wins only two games. Opens

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Speaker 2: up the third envelope, and it simply says, prepare three envelopes.

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Speaker 2: You know, Pat Fitzgerald has been synonymous with Northwestern football.

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Speaker 2: It's been a fixture. He's inextricably linked in a way

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Speaker 2: that Nick Saban couldn't be at Alabama because Nick Saban

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Speaker 2: never played at Alabama. Dabbosweeney, sure, he's a fixture at Clemson,

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Speaker 2: but even not the way Fitzgerald was, because Sweeney didn't

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Speaker 2: play football at Clemson. He was a star. Fitzgerald was

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Speaker 2: a star for the Wildcats at a ninety. He's joined

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Speaker 2: the coaching staff in oh one as an assistant, been

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Speaker 2: a fairly consistent run of success. Not every year is great,

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Speaker 2: but Northwestern football has been very respectable. Now, on Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: July fourth, all of a sudden, it was made clear

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Speaker 2: there was a very real chance that Fitzgerald could be

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Speaker 2: preparing three envelopes. There were reports by the student newspaper,

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Speaker 2: The Daily Northwestern, that sited a source and unnamed former

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Speaker 2: Wildcats player that there were egregious, vile, inhumane behaviors going on.

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Speaker 2: That's a quote. Player also said they believe Fitzgerald was

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Speaker 2: aware of the hazing. Now this I don't know. I'm

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Speaker 2: not Creskin. The school announced Friday last Friday that this

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Speaker 2: investigation was complete. Fitzgerald had been suspected us to spend

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Speaker 2: two weeks without pay, then two days later he's fired.

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Speaker 2: Gerald is out at Northwestern three days after being suspended

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Speaker 2: for two weeks, and two days after university president Michael

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Speaker 2: Schill publicly regretted the mere suspension seventeen years. This is

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Speaker 2: intense and I don't think it's over in terms of

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Speaker 2: what we are going to learn. It's a very complex situation.

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Speaker 2: Fitzgerald is the best program in Northwestern's modern history, and

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Speaker 2: he's beloved by many fans players, even in light of

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Speaker 2: this craziness. How the hell did this happen? I've done

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Speaker 2: my best to research a linear timeline what got to

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Speaker 2: this point, series of complaints, investigations, findings all within the

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Speaker 2: four walls of the Northwestern football program, and apparently this

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Speaker 2: In terms of these allegations bubbling to the surface and

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Speaker 2: becoming public. At that point, Northwestern received an anonymous complaint

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Speaker 2: via email that alleged there was hazing allegations within the

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Speaker 2: pressured other team members during hazing activities, which often occurred

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Speaker 2: in the locker room and started at Camp Kenosha, where

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Speaker 2: get a little cooler weather. So, following the plant the complaint,

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Speaker 2: As it were the new year rose around, Northwestern publicly

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Speaker 2: Fitzgeraltt was placed on a two week unpaid suspension, effective immediately.

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Speaker 2: The university also permanently discontinued practices at Camp Kenosha, and

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Speaker 2: the Daily Northwestern again, this is the school's student run

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Speaker 2: a little hairy here now. One former Northwestern player said

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Speaker 2: upper classmen wearing Purge like masks. Remember the movie The

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Speaker 2: Later that same day, the university president Michael Schill and

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Speaker 2: he also must take great care to upoll our institutional

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Speaker 2: moving forward. That same day, the Northwestern football team released

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Speaker 2: behind him in his unwavering commitment to our team. The

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Speaker 2: letter also called the accusations exaggerated and twisted, and was

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Speaker 2: July tenth. This is just last Monday. Life comes at

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Speaker 2: you fast. Northwestern fired Pat Fitzgerald. In another statement, President

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Speaker 2: nudity and sexualized parts of a degrading nature, and clear

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Speaker 2: violation of Northwestern policies and values. Schill said, I'm grateful

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Speaker 2: to my knowledge, to my knowledge, no students suffered physical

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Speaker 2: Northwestern football, while incredible in some ways, was broken in others. Now,

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Speaker 2: As far as their coach for the upcoming season, David Brown,

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Speaker 2: they haven't really indicated whether he's going to be an

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Speaker 2: It's a tremendously respected academic institution. I've been to Evanston, Illinois,

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Speaker 2: there seem to be multiple contradictions. Here seems this book

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Speaker 2: and you get the picture. Where do we go from here?

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Speaker 2: I think you're going to hear from Coach Fitzgerald. I

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Speaker 2: But before we get there, there were some player details

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Speaker 2: Back to you, Bernie, all right, Kevin, Thanks, Victor, Wim Banyama.

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Speaker 2: So he made his debut in the Summer League last Friday.

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Speaker 2: An NBA Summer League game is about twenty percent of

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Speaker 2: He'd be fine, and he was. My concerns about Wemby

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Speaker 2: He may well be that generational guy. But there's something

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Speaker 2: Dian Waiters, I saw Devin Booker, Damian Lillard Zion men

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Speaker 2: against boys, Now, I get it. Zion can't stay on

431
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Speaker 2: the floor because he's hurt all the time. Men against boys.

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00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 2: Wemby take away the height, and everybody's enamored with his

433
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 2: guard skills because he saw Dan Paul who's seven foot four,

434
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Speaker 2: and he's freakishly coordinated and skilled for a guy that tall.

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Speaker 2: But the NBA is a man's game. And some of

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Speaker 2: those other nineteen year olds I just mentioned Magic Dawkins, Walton,

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Speaker 2: lebron Kobe Valsinder Wemby in terms of his stage of development,

438
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Speaker 2: only stage of development in nineteen You told me he

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Speaker 2: was generational. Nowhere near the stage of development. Those other

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00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 2: nineteen year olds had his debut nowhere near. And I

441
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 2: get he's just got off a plane. I don't know.

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00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 2: Maybe he had too many breakfast tacos, he's nervous. I get.

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Speaker 2: I'll take all those things of consideration. I'm not talking

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Speaker 2: about missing shots. I'm talking about the physical nature with

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Speaker 2: which he approaches basketball. I'm not going to be a

446
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Speaker 2: guy that loves contact. I get it. The French League

447
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Speaker 2: is fairly physical, relatively speaking. You put any one of

448
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Speaker 2: those French teams in the NBA, they'd be lucky to

449
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Speaker 2: win twenty percent of their games. They might win any games,

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Speaker 2: compete different style of basketball.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: My good buddy, Dave Myers came out of UCLA third

453
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Speaker 2: player picked over all the nineteen seventy five draft, God

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Speaker 2: rest his soul traded for Jabbar, was drafted by the Lakers,

455
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Speaker 2: ended up Milwaukee, one of several players He says, we

456
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Speaker 2: were told the NBA was physical. I had no idea

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Speaker 2: until I got there. Now the league is not a

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Speaker 2: physical now as it was in nineteen seventy six. He said.

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Speaker 2: The first game he went on a pick, took a

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Speaker 2: ball and a picket roll, drove the lane, and Lonnie

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Speaker 2: Shelton smacked him in the chest. He said he thought

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Speaker 2: he'd been hit by a sledgehammer. Welcome to the NBA.

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Speaker 2: I want to see physically, physically how Wemby holds up

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Speaker 2: next season in the If you're going to be Rookie

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Speaker 2: of the year, he's got to play sixty five games.

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Speaker 2: Maybe he will. I need to see it, because I'm

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Speaker 2: not concerned. Now. I get it. Last week, if you

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Speaker 2: heard me on the air, my tone was somewhat bombastic

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Speaker 2: in vehemit, when I was merely drawing a parallel as

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Speaker 2: to the stage development progress Wemby showed versus other ultimate

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Speaker 2: NBA greats, the ones I just named. Since we're all told, quote,

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Speaker 2: he can't miss, he's can't miss, he's generational. For what

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Speaker 2: it's worth, again, I saw Lebron in high school. Vincent

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Speaker 2: Saint Mary's is living in Michigan. Drove down from Detroit

475
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 2: two hours. I'm glad I did. I do have concerns

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Speaker 2: about his body type, his relative explosiveness, and we'll see

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Speaker 2: what training can do over the next two or three years.

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Speaker 2: But if you're telling me he's gonna take three years

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Speaker 2: to be fully formed, then he's I'm gonna put the

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Speaker 2: project label on him. I'm gonna put meaning that here's

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Speaker 2: a guy se can hold two thoughts. Concurrently, here's a

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Speaker 2: guy who is exceedingly skilled, a very unique animal in

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Speaker 2: the sense that he's seven foot four, mature, had success

484
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Speaker 2: in a European league that's very competitive. Comes over here,

485
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Speaker 2: steps on the floor, and we are told that he's generational.

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Speaker 2: And when he gets on the floor, he struggles. However,

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Speaker 2: it's not that he missshots or not. He was nervous.

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Speaker 2: I watched him in his lane running. I watched him

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Speaker 2: in the low key, I watched him in the high post.

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Speaker 2: I watched him move without the ball, And I'm not

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Speaker 2: so sure how NBA ready he is now. He could

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Speaker 2: be NBA ready in three years ago from now. He

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Speaker 2: can make a layer out of me. Maybe this year

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Speaker 2: he makes a layer out of me. But he's still

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Speaker 2: got to do it. Don't tell me, show me. I

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Speaker 2: just think he's nowhere near from his physical standpoint, from

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00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 2: the motor, his motor, and he's revving up. He seemed gassed.

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00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 2: Now these are all things that are correctable, but he's

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Speaker 2: still got to do it. And again you will notice

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Speaker 2: he does have terrific handles, an incredible wingspan, great vision.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be an excellent passer. Maybe he becomes

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Speaker 2: a great complimentary player and Rudy Gobert like on defense,

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Speaker 2: Would that be so bad? That would make him generational,

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Speaker 2: that would make him a serviceable player in the National

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Speaker 2: Basketball Association. There's no crime in that. But I can't

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Speaker 2: see what I saw, and I'm not diving into the

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Speaker 2: group think echo chamber. Oh, it's gotta be fine. You

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Speaker 2: don't know what you're talking about. You're stupid. I know, scouts,

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Speaker 2: you don't. How do you know? How do you know

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Speaker 2: who I know? How do you know? So I'm not

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Speaker 2: people will listen selectively. The last thing I want to

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Speaker 2: do is have this come off as pouring cold water

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Speaker 2: on Victor wimb and Yama, or drawing conclusion like he

514
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Speaker 2: may be a bust or you know, fast forwarding his

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Speaker 2: ultimate ceiling and saying he's not going to be that good.

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Speaker 2: None of those things. I'm merely saying, is our good

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Speaker 2: friend army expanion and say the shows today, I'm going

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Speaker 2: to go based on what I saw now. What I

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00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: saw now is physically his stage of development is far beyond,

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Speaker 2: far behind other generational talents. And his first impression was

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Speaker 2: to me, not great. Not that he was missing shots.

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Speaker 2: I don't care where they went from nine points to

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Speaker 2: twenty seven points. The lane running, the physical nature, getting

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00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 2: knocked off balance, his motor, his conditioning, all those things.

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Speaker 2: I want to see what that looks like real NBA

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Speaker 2: season starts. I remember when I was an internal deforum,

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Speaker 2: Magic walked by me one day a week before the

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Speaker 2: season started. There was no such thing as six foot

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Speaker 2: nine point guards in October nineteen seventy nine, and I

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Speaker 2: said to myself. This guy was reel in college. How's

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Speaker 2: this going to work? Well? It worked great. Magic was

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Speaker 2: a man against boys. He adapted instantly, instantly, and he

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Speaker 2: came back every year and improved his game, learned the

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Speaker 2: baby hook, became a better free throw shooter, became a

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00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 2: better three point shooter, all those things, but his passing,

536
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 2: his instincts, his dribbling, everything he brought to the NBA

537
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 2: was instant results. And the thing he did most was

538
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 2: make everybody around him better, and he was highly effective

539
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 2: and produced success. I want to see if Winby can

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00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 2: do that no pressure. I just want to see him

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Speaker 2: get in there and grind. The one thing you'll say

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Speaker 2: about Zion when he's on the floor, he's a physical

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Speaker 2: beast in the sense that you can feel he's really competing.

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00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 2: You can feel his presence, and to a degree, you

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00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 2: have that on Wenby because of his wingspan. He can

546
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 2: even block three point shots. But at this stage of development,

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Speaker 2: I feel he's got a long way to go, and

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Speaker 2: I'm rooting for him. I root for the story. So

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Speaker 2: the chef taught me root for the story, and the

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Speaker 2: best story would be for Wenby to follow in that

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Speaker 2: great spurs tradition and become that Tim Duncan David Robinson

552
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 2: transcendent type player that becomes the faith of a franchise

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00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 2: and maybe even the NBA for the next decade. We

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Speaker 2: shall see coming up. There is one other stat about

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Speaker 2: Wemby in the Summer League that's undeniable, and this is

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Speaker 2: two Week one Tonight, we'll see if Poppy can defend

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Speaker 2: We roll again at midnight, start lining them up, don't

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Speaker 2: miss out. So the NBA Summer League only has a

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Speaker 2: couple of days left. But Wemby was part of something

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Speaker 2: one point four million viewers, only behind Zion's debut in

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Speaker 2: showed in Friday's viewership numbers. We can go tonight. Sports

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Speaker 2: Media Watch reported at the broadcast also averaged more viewers

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Speaker 2: than San Antonio's Only San Antonio Spurs only had one

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Speaker 2: nationally televised game last season, and that Summer League outdrew.

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Speaker 2: There were more fans watching Wemby's summer league debut than

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Speaker 2: the spurs only nationally televised game last season and their

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Speaker 2: to be a big time draw, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: One point four million viewers, only second behind Zion and

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Speaker 2: his debut back in twenty nineteen, which got one point

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Speaker 4: All right, guys, good to run it back for our

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Speaker 4: second round of Bernie's Backyard Bunking Bets. On our first week,

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Speaker 4: our last winner was Poppy from San Diego. He did

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Speaker 6: You're gonna kick us off. How you doing so, Poppy?

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Speaker 2: Congratulations? And what's this? I hear the Mallard militia was

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Speaker 2: take it away, Ethan.

641
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 6: All right, here we go, frow, here we go.

642
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 4: Uh, what team did Lano messily signed a deal with?

643
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 4: And if you could tell me for how much money,

644
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 4: I'll give you an extra hundred points.

645
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 9: Yeah, that's for Miami e FC. And he signed, Uh

646
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 9: it was a deal two hundred and ninety six million,

647
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 9: and he also got an initiative for the club and

648
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 9: sucks price.

649
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,760
Speaker 6: You got the you got the first part, right, second

650
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 6: part not so much.

651
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 2: I thought it was like one hundred and fifty mines.

652
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 4: I got one hundred and fifty million. But you sounded

653
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 4: pretty confident saying that.

654
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 2: All right, well, at least do you get partial credit?

655
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 6: Go ahead, Okay, we're gonna go to the MLB. It's

656
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 6: gonna go.

657
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 4: We got the Padres, your Padres at the Phillies tomorrow,

658
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 4: my Phillies for a ten am Pacific start uh in

659
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 4: the doubleheader. We got Walker for the Phillies, snell for

660
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 4: the Padres. We're gonna go, money line. You got Phillies

661
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 4: or Padres.

662
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 8: You know what I've been feeling good?

663
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 9: I like, I like smell, and I gotta stick with

664
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 9: the home team right here at the Poppies. We're gonna

665
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 9: go with Smell the Padres.

666
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 7: And that's what I like.

667
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 8: And I was gonna ask you, Bernie.

668
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 9: I was in your hometown, Henderson, and I thought one

669
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 9: B the first game of the first on the second.

670
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,359
Speaker 2: Game sounds good, Poppy, all right, my man, good luck.

671
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to go against you here. I'm gonna

672
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 2: stick with Taiwan Walker. Phillies got the better record, and

673
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 2: snell Is pitches one good game and one not so

674
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 2: good game. His strike out to walk ratio is higher

675
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 2: than in previous years. And interestingly enough, if the Potters

676
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 2: are road favorite, I'm gonna go with the dog Phillies.

677
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 2: But good luck, Poppy, all.

678
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 9: Right, Bbby, thanks thank you?

679
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 4: Alrighty, I like that Bernie, thanks for the Phillies' your ninety.

680
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,320
Speaker 6: I think you're seventy nine percent or something like that,

681
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 6: so I'll take your chances. Here we go. Next, we

682
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 6: got Brandon Brandon from Hawaii. Welcome back, Hey Brandon.

683
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 7: Hey, Hey Bernie.

684
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 2: How's it going good? Buddy?

685
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 4: All right, we appreciate you for calling back, and your

686
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 4: trivia question is going to be And I did make

687
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,959
Speaker 4: this a trivia question in week seven, last last last game.

688
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 6: So what was the horse's name that won the Triple

689
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 6: Crown in twenty eighteen?

690
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 7: I believe it was Justify.

691
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 2: All right, nicely done. That's outstanding.

692
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:22,280
Speaker 6: That's great stuff.

693
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 4: All right, let's go on to your best bet to

694
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 4: the MLB will continue. Orioles play the Marlins tomorrow during

695
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 4: the day for a one ten to four Eastern start.

696
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 4: We'll be taking the over under eight and a half

697
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 4: runs to be scored in the entire game. It is

698
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:45,280
Speaker 4: Garrett for the Miami Marlins and Kyle Gibson for the Orioles.

699
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 7: Oh, let's go with the over eight and a half.

700
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, I'm gonna stick with the under. Braxton Garrett

701
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 2: is a big time strikeout pitcher, doesn't walk anybody. It's

702
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 2: a day game. The ball eat the ball better at night. Well,

703
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 2: it's a day game at four o'clock. But that's a

704
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 2: day game. It's gonna be played during the day. I'm

705
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:08,919
Speaker 2: gonna take a flyer on the under.

706
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 6: All right, but good luck, good luck, Brandon, good luck.

707
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 6: We'll see you next week.

708
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 7: Okay, thanks guys.

709
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 6: Ye all right, Dave from Phoenix, Dave, you.

710
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 2: Made a hell of a run there at the end,

711
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 2: and uh, Poppy called in nine times and that may

712
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 2: have been the difference. Everybody did great, but you you know,

713
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 2: so here we are. Welcome back, Thank you very much.

714
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 6: All Right, here we go. We'll see how much you

715
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,240
Speaker 6: know about tennis.

716
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:42,000
Speaker 4: What tennis player has won the most Wimbledon titles of

717
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 4: all time? If you tell me the amount, I'll give

718
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 4: you an extra two hundred points.

719
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 7: Oh, I'm gonna say, veak Djokovic.

720
00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 6: Close.

721
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 2: You didn't say men or women. I'm assuming you met man.

722
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,280
Speaker 2: I met men. It's Roger Federer. I believe it's Miami

723
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 2: Roger Federer with eight and Martine and Avertilova won the

724
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 2: most for the women.

725
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,760
Speaker 4: Correct. Wow, that's uh, that was close. That was really close.

726
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 4: That's yeah, that was a really good guest. All right,

727
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 4: on to your best bet and the MLB to them ar.

728
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 4: The Brewers will play the Reds in Cincy. The game

729
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 4: starts at one time Pacific four ten Eastern. It's Peralta

730
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 4: for the Brewers and Abbott for the Reds. Who will

731
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 4: you be taking money? Line?

732
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 7: Oh, I'm gonna have to go with Abbitt and the

733
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 7: Reds to bounce back after being shut out and go

734
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:39,439
Speaker 7: back in the first place.

735
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:40,760
Speaker 6: Awesome, Bernie.

736
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Andrew Abbots got a microscopic, he Ira. Uh and

737
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 2: again he doesn't walk anybody, so I'll stick with the

738
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,480
Speaker 2: home team as well. Awesome.

739
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 4: All right.

740
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 6: We appreciate you for calling him. See you next time.

741
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 7: All right, thank you?

742
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 6: All right.

743
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 4: One of our favorite callers, Uh fuck sports radio favorite,

744
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 4: Sir scratch off.

745
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 2: What's what's happening on Earth? Sir scratch Off?

746
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 9: How are you?

747
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 7: Man?

748
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 8: I'm going through storm works over twenty five years, I'm

749
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 8: used to cramp Man forty your list of Fox Sports Radio.

750
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 8: I get slammed every time I listened to you and

751
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 8: the Feathers.

752
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 7: That's my show was in the weekend.

753
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 8: Man Poppy got worst tarred of the year the last time.

754
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 8: All Right, your story all over the place.

755
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 3: Man.

756
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 8: My brothers are preachers, and they loved your bridge story

757
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 8: and I loved it. Man.

758
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, thank you. You don't have to tell that

759
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 2: one again. About the two brothers that had the quarrel.

760
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, I hear. We talked about that. We were close.

761
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 8: They shared their pulprid the they we just went overwhelmed. Man.

762
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, sir. Scratch off, yes, dirt, yes, shirt.

763
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 6: All right, here we go. We love the uh the banter.

764
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 4: What was the country that hosted the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics.

765
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:10,320
Speaker 8: Oh my god, dude, man, I don't know.

766
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 7: I don't do trivies. I just gonna say, but I

767
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 7: don't know.

768
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 4: You know what.

769
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 2: You may not give me credit for this because, oh,

770
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 2: the country I thought you'd be in city? I think

771
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:20,240
Speaker 2: it was Korea.

772
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 6: It was in Korea, right, yep, South Korea.

773
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 2: I can't pronounce. I don't know. I don't know the

774
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 2: city Chang boom Tang or something like that.

775
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 6: I think it's pH Chang. I can't pronounce.

776
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 2: It's a restaurant, yeah, camangs.

777
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, no, no, I think you get the f is silently.

778
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 6: I think it's Chang. I don't know whatever, Well, I'll

779
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 6: have to get there.

780
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 2: If you pronounce it, we just you win the whole

781
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 2: twelve weeks forgetting it over.

782
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,799
Speaker 8: Yeah, seven years old, I don't have a memory no more.

783
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 4: Dud Well, listen, I'll give you. I'll give you a

784
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 4: different one next week. H your best bet is going

785
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 4: to be in the MLB. Oh, you'll like this one.

786
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 4: The MLB on Sunday, will get the Dodgers at the

787
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 4: Mets the third game of the season at ten thirty Pacific,

788
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 4: one third the Eastern.

789
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,959
Speaker 6: We'll be taking the Dodgers of the Met's money line.

790
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, I mean because you know you got to

791
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:06,920
Speaker 8: mention to the Carter both at the very bottom. They

792
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 8: suck that now. But the Carter's gonna come back. But

793
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 8: the Dodgers, man, they're gonna take here. I put them

794
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 8: a five.

795
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,400
Speaker 6: Point all right, Dodgers.

796
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 2: Isn't Max Sure's are going on Sunday.

797
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 6: It is Max Schuer's good good stuff. I didn't mention.

798
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 2: That's Miller for yeah, Bobby Miller.

799
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 8: Yeah, boy, I hate falls every time we beam enough

800
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 8: in Saint Louis, I mean he'll fall.

801
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 2: I believe you're fall fair enough. I I can't go

802
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:36,759
Speaker 2: against Max Suzer, my former Detroit compatriot. Uh, so we'll see.

803
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 2: It's a guess. I don't have any really, I don't

804
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:44,320
Speaker 2: have any real handicapping analysis on this. It's just that

805
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 2: I will take You know, Bobby Miller's got a good record,

806
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 2: but but I'm gonna go with the veteran Max sus

807
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,800
Speaker 2: All right, you stay safe out there, sir. Scratch off.

808
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 7: Real quick.

809
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 8: No, I thought you'd just content. I did a half sport.

810
00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,800
Speaker 8: I've been cutting had for a long time. Foreheard of

811
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 8: my collection four hundred hats.

812
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 6: We'll talk.

813
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 2: I'm guessing that his name his favorite band is not

814
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 2: Men Without Hats Safety Dance. All right, Church, scratch off.

815
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 2: You keep drinking that coffee there, big fella. All right.

816
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 2: Shot of Grandpa's cough syrup. All right.

817
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:21,319
Speaker 6: Next we have who do we got on the line here?

818
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 6: I think you fell off, Kurt?

819
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 4: Kurt?

820
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 2: All right, welcome in, Kurt. Where are you from, buddy?

821
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 8: Southern California?

822
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:30,440
Speaker 7: All right?

823
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 2: Kela, Orange County, San Diego, Oh, very very nice. San Clementy.

824
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 2: Triton's High School's produced many NFL players. Yeah, all right.

825
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 2: Encyclopedia of Useless Knowledge I'm telling you.

826
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 3: Here we go.

827
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 4: I'm gonna I'm gonna give you a trivia question. You're

828
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 4: gonna give it your best shot. Who hit the most

829
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 4: home runs in MLB? Who hit the most home runs

830
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,320
Speaker 4: in an MLB single season? And if you tell me

831
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 4: how many he hit, I'll give you an extra one

832
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 4: hundred points.

833
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 7: That would be Aaron Judge he hit sixty three.

834
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 2: Well, well, it's actually Barry Bonds he had seventy three,

835
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,879
Speaker 2: and that was, of course twenty two years ago. It's

836
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 2: been quashed.

837
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 4: Okay, So well, is Aaron Judge the leader? If it's

838
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 4: not Barry Bernie, well.

839
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 2: I'm gonna let you be the Look, this was kind

840
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,360
Speaker 2: of a trick trivia question because what you asked was

841
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,439
Speaker 2: who hit the most home runs in a single season?

842
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 2: There were no caveats American national whether or not there

843
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,359
Speaker 2: were question marks right as to steroids, which of course

844
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 2: we know Bonds never tested positive. But I don't want

845
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,280
Speaker 2: to go down the road in that debate.

846
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 4: But we'll give car a hundred points for the confusing

847
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,160
Speaker 4: question and good get okay, fair enough, fair enough.

848
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:52,879
Speaker 6: All right, We'll give you your best bet.

849
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,319
Speaker 4: Here we have the Gold Cup in soccer Panama versus

850
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,879
Speaker 4: Mexico on Sunday for a four to thirty Pacific seven

851
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 4: thirty Eastern. Panama did beat USA and penalty kicks. We'll

852
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 4: be taking Mexico or Panama money line.

853
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,920
Speaker 2: Mexico. I'm going to Mexico as well.

854
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 4: All right, Curry and Bernie both going Mexico. Good choices there,

855
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 4: we appreciate.

856
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 6: We can look forward to you next week.

857
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:20,359
Speaker 7: Thank you very much.

858
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 6: All right, Kurt, all right, Bernie, that's it for this week.

859
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 2: All right, there you have it, so Ethan, you will

860
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 2: post the standings after week one win.

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Speaker 6: It'll be Tuesday mornings. That's what we're gonna do.

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Speaker 4: If it's not Tuesday mornings, you can bank on it

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Speaker 4: Tuesday nights at five pm Pacific.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that sounds good. So Tuesday nights, five pm.

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Speaker 4: Five pm. You may see it on Mondays, just if

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Speaker 4: whenever I can get to it at work.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good. All right, Thanks to everybody, Ethan, good stuff.

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Speaker 2: We're off and running again, and we'll see where it

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Speaker 2: takes us. Come it up. The NBA's Board of Governors

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Speaker 2: approved a new rule that I think most fans will

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Speaker 2: be happy with. I teased this last week believing it

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Speaker 2: one year, but it's gonna be implementing. It's gonna be

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Speaker 2: implemented at the beginning of the season. And I think

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Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas, taking up to two am Pacific,

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Speaker 2: five am Eastern. Plenty to get to, not the least

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Speaker 2: of which the NBA news cycle is raging in just

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Speaker 2: this past week. As we talked about on this show

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Speaker 2: two weeks ago, the NBA Board of Governors would approve

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Speaker 2: an in game flopping penalty, and they did expand the

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Speaker 2: use of the Coach's challenge. So let's break these down. First,

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Speaker 2: the in game flopping penalty we're all sick of, you know,

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Speaker 2: when you see it, I think it detracts from the

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Speaker 2: quality of the game. So under the new rule, when

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Speaker 2: a game official calls a flop or as they deem,

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Speaker 2: a physical act that reasonably appears to be intended to

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Speaker 2: cause officials to call a follow another player, well the

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Speaker 2: player who's the offending player who attempts the Academy Award

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Speaker 2: act to flop, they're going to be charged with a

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Speaker 2: non unsportsmanlike technical foul, and the opposing team is going

915
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Speaker 2: to be awarded one free throw attempt, and that free

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Speaker 2: throw attempt can be attempted by any player who's in

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Speaker 2: the game when the technical file is assessed. Now, a

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Speaker 2: player will not be ejected from a game based on

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Speaker 2: flopping violation. So that's fair. But here's what's interesting we

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Speaker 2: talked about this last week. Referee is they will not

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Speaker 2: be required to stop live play to call a flopping violation.

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Speaker 2: So you're in the flow, there's a play down low,

923
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Speaker 2: perhaps Lebron flops, and the play continues until there's a whistle.

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Speaker 2: The referee will not call the flop until after play

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Speaker 2: a stop. For example, you don't want to stop live

926
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Speaker 2: play while an offensive team has an immediate scoring opportunity.

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Speaker 2: So the officials have decided according to the rule, they'll

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Speaker 2: wait till the next neutral opportunity to stop live play

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Speaker 2: and they'll administer the flopping penalty so they can artificially

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Speaker 2: stop it, or maybe the ball goes out of bounds

931
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Speaker 2: or whatever. But after the penalty free throw, then the

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Speaker 2: resumption of play principles apply, meaning the team with the

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Speaker 2: imminent possession when play was stopped, they will be awarded

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Speaker 2: possession when the play resumes. Now, is it possible the

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Speaker 2: officials could call both a foul and a flopping violation

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Speaker 2: on the same play. Well, here's where it gets interesting.

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Speaker 2: A flopping violation will not be A coach cannot challenge

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Speaker 2: the flopping violation and it's not directly reviewable by a

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Speaker 2: coach's challenge. However, the referee could call a flop and

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Speaker 2: there could be a replay review of the file triggered

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Speaker 2: by the coach's challenge, and then the referee then he

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Speaker 2: initiates his own replay view of the fil such as

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Speaker 2: a flagrant file or a block charge call, or an

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Speaker 2: end of the period file or a clear path file,

945
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Speaker 2: and then that can be reviewed. So the league, their

946
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Speaker 2: office and their ability to assess flops after a game

947
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Speaker 2: is also going to remain in place. Now new for

948
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Speaker 2: this upcoming season a postgame monetary penalty system for flops. Well,

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Speaker 2: it's been modified and it's going to actually copy that

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Speaker 2: of technical files. Fines will start at two thousand bucks

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Speaker 2: whoop to do while two grand and increasing incrementally for

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Speaker 2: repeat offenders. Now, when a flopping violation is called by

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Speaker 2: the officials in real time, and it might result in

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Speaker 2: a fine or count toward the postgame financial penalty system.

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Speaker 2: But when a flop is called by referees, the loan

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Speaker 2: penalty will be in game competitive penalty. Okay, now the

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Speaker 2: opposing team again, they're going to get one free through attempt.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully you followed all that really not that difficult. You flop,

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Speaker 2: you get a nonsports unsportsmanlike technical. The other team gets

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Speaker 2: to free throw. Anybody in the game can shoot it.

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Speaker 2: So this new in game flopping penalty, which I think

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Speaker 2: is an idea whose time has come, It should have

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Speaker 2: come long ago, will will will be implemented. They're experimenting

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Speaker 2: with it right now in the Summer League, and I

965
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Speaker 2: frankly haven't really followed the progress of it. But it's

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Speaker 2: going to be implemented beginning with the upcoming twenty three

967
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Speaker 2: to twenty four NBA season, but it's only going to

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Speaker 2: be a one year test trial. They're going to see

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Speaker 2: how it goes. Flopping is is something that, again it's

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Speaker 2: maddening to observe and fairly well obvious in most cases.

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Speaker 2: The other implementation of a new rule that the Board

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Speaker 2: of Governors ratified this past week was the expanded use

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Speaker 2: of a coach's challenge. Now the coach's challenge basically, what

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Speaker 2: they're doing now is they're giving teams a second challenge.

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Speaker 2: Your awarded the second challenge if your first challenge is successful,

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Speaker 2: so they're not used indiscriminately. You have to have a

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Speaker 2: track record of being successful. A team can continue to

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Speaker 2: use a timeout to trigger a challenge, which means they'll

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Speaker 2: not be able to use the first or second challenge

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Speaker 2: unless they have a timeout available, which most cases you

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Speaker 2: do right. But in addition, a team they're going to

982
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Speaker 2: continue to retain their timeout that would be used to

983
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Speaker 2: initiate their first challenge if the challenge is successful see

984
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Speaker 2: keep your time out, and you get an opportunity for

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Speaker 2: a check in a second challenge and it didn't trigger

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Speaker 2: the mandatory timeout. So if you're good at challenges, then

987
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Speaker 2: you are still inclined and you're a head coach and

988
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Speaker 2: you're feeling saucy and you challenge a call and you

989
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Speaker 2: happen to be correct, well, you get it's like a

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Speaker 2: game show. You get a second challenge. You now are

991
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Speaker 2: awarded a second challenge, and you don't lose your time out. Now. Look,

992
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Speaker 2: the length of NBA games is fairly the pace is

993
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Speaker 2: fairly good, but they can really become elongated the last

994
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Speaker 2: couple of minutes. But we know that what they're trying

995
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Speaker 2: to make sure is they manage game flow. And one

996
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Speaker 2: of the reasons they don't want the team to retain

997
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Speaker 2: the timeout to initiate the second challenge is because they

998
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Speaker 2: want the game flow to continue and they don't want

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Speaker 2: to just be a series of timeouts and challenges. But

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Speaker 2: the flop is something we're all tired of. Fair enough, Okay.

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Speaker 2: So the NBA's Competition Committee committee by way, and they

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Speaker 2: consist of players, reps from the Players Association, coaches, governors,

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Speaker 2: team executives, and even referees, so's it's a cross section

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Speaker 2: of about everybody. They unanimously no one voted against either

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Speaker 2: of these rules, either the in game flopping penalty or

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Speaker 2: the expanded use of the coaches challenge of the Board

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Speaker 2: of Governors. When they put this forth, it was unanimous,

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Speaker 2: and I'm glad it is, because the flop is something

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Speaker 2: that's frankly to me in basketball, unseemly. I can't stand it.

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Speaker 2: There many times they'll slow the game down and you'll

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01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,760
Speaker 2: see it. And it's funny. Though, after Lebron gave his

1012
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:51,920
Speaker 2: speech of one of ten million speeches that you know

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01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:55,520
Speaker 2: during the postgame press conference, don't, I don't. I'm not

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Speaker 2: part of flopping. And we've never been had a team

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Speaker 2: that followed flops. And I saw a video montage about

1016
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Speaker 2: ten years ago. He flopped all the time, including in

1017
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Speaker 2: the twenty eleven NBA Finals when he was with Miami

1018
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Speaker 2: where he appeared to take an elbow in the mouth

1019
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:12,840
Speaker 2: at high speed and then it showed the elbow missed

1020
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Speaker 2: like a phantom punch and The Godfather with James conn

1021
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:19,040
Speaker 2: and Lebron jerks his head backwards and falls down. But no,

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Speaker 2: he doesn't flop. Well, maybe he's acting. He's an actor.

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01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,400
Speaker 2: You know, he's even been a movie. So no more acting,

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01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:26,920
Speaker 2: no more flopping. Good on the NBA Board of Governors

1025
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:33,000
Speaker 2: coming up? Are NFL running backs really devalued? Is that

1026
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:36,400
Speaker 2: the right word? Let me give you some perspective as

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Speaker 2: to what's going on with NBA running backs, why it's

1028
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Speaker 2: going on, And I'm going to bring a lot of

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Speaker 2: receipts so you can get a little bit more of

1030
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Speaker 2: a clear understanding on the thought process of NFL personnel,

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Speaker 2: directors and coaches as it pertains to running backs. But

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Speaker 2: first let's go to our guy, Kevin Wyatt with the latest.

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Speaker 3: Major League Baseball beginning the second half of the season.

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Speaker 3: After the Star brick in the ed ou Central battle

1035
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Speaker 3: of the top two teams Brewers and Reds, and the

1036
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Speaker 3: Brewers winning that low scoring affair won nothing. Corbyn, Byrds

1037
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 3: almost fainted in the fifth inning. However, he would stay

1038
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:13,120
Speaker 3: in the game after consulting with his trainer, taking a

1039
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:15,600
Speaker 3: few big gulps of water, and would pitch into the

1040
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:19,640
Speaker 3: sixth inning. Eventually would strike out thirteen batters in total,

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Speaker 3: as the Brewers now tied with Cincinnati at top of

1042
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,640
Speaker 3: the National League Central Brays with a blot win over

1043
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:28,640
Speaker 3: the White Sox nine nothing as they get their second

1044
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Speaker 3: half started on a strong note. Red Sox beat the

1045
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Speaker 3: Cubs eight three, Rangers continuing their strong season of twelve

1046
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:38,040
Speaker 3: to four win over the Guardians Rockies with a seven

1047
01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:40,800
Speaker 3: to two win over the Yankees. The Angels starting their

1048
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:42,920
Speaker 3: second half with shoey Otani on the mound, and he

1049
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Speaker 3: proved that he is.

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Speaker 6: Mortal after all.

1051
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Speaker 3: He allowed four earned runs as he was pulled in

1052
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Speaker 3: the sixth inning and he takes the loss. Houston wins

1053
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,439
Speaker 3: at seven to five. As for the other LA team,

1054
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Speaker 3: the Dodgers win it six to nothing against the Mets,

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Speaker 3: Julio Urias allowing just to hit in a walk in

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Speaker 3: six innings of work. But the Dodgers gonna be without

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Speaker 3: Clayton Kershoff for a little while. He underwent an MRA

1058
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:05,720
Speaker 3: on his left shoulder prior to the All Star break,

1059
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Speaker 3: and he announced he will miss a few weeks before

1060
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Speaker 3: we're returning to the rotation sometime in early I guess.

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Speaker 3: In the NFL, the Bengals and running back Joe Mixon

1062
01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 3: finalizing a restructured contract that will keep him in Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: for the twenty twenty three season. He was scheduled to

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Speaker 3: make more than ten million dollars this season and had

1065
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Speaker 3: a twelve point eight million dollar cap hit, and the

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Speaker 3: Washington Post saying that approval of Commissioner Roger Goodell's contract extension,

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Speaker 3: as well as Tom Brady's deal to become a limited

1068
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Speaker 3: partner in the Raiders ownership, are not likely to be

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Speaker 3: resolved at next Thursday's owners meetings in Minneapolis.

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Speaker 2: Back to you, Bernie, all right, thanks, Kevin. Running backs

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Speaker 2: are very much in the news, Sakwon Barkley, Dalvin Cook.

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Speaker 2: If you're heard of the name, uh Isaiah Pacheco. Of

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01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,480
Speaker 2: course you have seventh round draft pick out of Rutgers

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Speaker 2: by the Chiefs. What if I told you that that

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01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:05,440
Speaker 2: Isaiah Pachecko was drafted in the seventh round. There were

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01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:11,280
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty players picked before Isaiah Pachecko was

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01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,800
Speaker 2: selected by the Kansas City Chiefs last year, but as

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Speaker 2: a rookie, as the Chiefs won Super Bowl being Philadelphia

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01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 2: thirty eight to thirty five, Isaiah Pichecko, Yes, that same

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Speaker 2: Isaiah Pachecko. Two hundred and fifty players picked ahead of him.

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Speaker 2: He was a leading rusher in the Super Bowl. Hold

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01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 2: that thought, first of all, before we get too deep

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01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 2: into the weeds about this terrible, abhorrent treatment that running

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01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:44,400
Speaker 2: backs are getting. And I do understand that on a

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01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:50,600
Speaker 2: relative basis their pay scale is slid. But when they

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01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:52,840
Speaker 2: report that, let me give you this some perspective. Because

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01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:55,960
Speaker 2: if you are all of the notion that you want

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01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:59,400
Speaker 2: to take up a collection plate for running backs, go ahead.

1089
01:05:00,120 --> 01:05:04,480
Speaker 2: But if Saquon Barkley just plays some of the franchise tag.

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01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,520
Speaker 2: This year, he will have made forty one million, one

1091
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,480
Speaker 2: hundred and ninety four thousand, and in his NFL career

1092
01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:14,440
Speaker 2: so far forty one million dollars. He may have heard

1093
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 2: of Dalvin Cook. Thus far in the league, he's made

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01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:22,120
Speaker 2: thirty nine million, one hundred and twenty five thousand. Ezekiel

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01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:24,560
Speaker 2: Elliott currently and man without a team, although the rumor

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01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:26,160
Speaker 2: is we think he'll win it back with Dallas. That

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01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:29,520
Speaker 2: have reduced rate seventy one million in his career. So

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01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,560
Speaker 2: between Sequon Barkley, Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel they're still playing.

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01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:35,680
Speaker 2: They made about one hundred and sixty million dollars. So

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01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,160
Speaker 2: if you feel you need to take up a collection plate,

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01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:43,320
Speaker 2: I have. I don't you know. I feel terrible for them, Yes,

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Speaker 2: I really do. With all due respect, I understand that

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01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 2: within the pace get within the framework of the National

1104
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:52,520
Speaker 2: Football League, they feel they're being slighted. But it's all relative.

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01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:55,920
Speaker 2: See here's the thing about the National Football League. Almost

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01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,720
Speaker 2: to a degree, football in general, but certainly in the

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01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:02,360
Speaker 2: National Football League. It's been my observation the game has

1108
01:06:02,440 --> 01:06:05,920
Speaker 2: become basketball on turf. You put your athletes in space

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01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:08,280
Speaker 2: to make a play. You spread the field, you win

1110
01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 2: your one on one battles. And as a result of this, well,

1111
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 2: the quarterback has become ultra important. The quarterback has become

1112
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 2: ultra important. The game has become very quarterback centric. It

1113
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,960
Speaker 2: always was, but now more so than ever. You run

1114
01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:30,560
Speaker 2: your offense through the quarterback. NFL coaches offensive coordinators just

1115
01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 2: look at the game plans. They feel the best way

1116
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 2: to win a ball game is to be able to

1117
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,800
Speaker 2: operate from the pocket and throw the ball proficiently. Here's

1118
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:44,720
Speaker 2: an example. Buffalo they run their entire offense through Josh Allen. Now,

1119
01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:47,320
Speaker 2: they did grab Devin Singletary, he had a one year deal.

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01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:52,400
Speaker 2: He was an accessory. They drafted James Cook in the

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01:06:52,440 --> 01:06:55,240
Speaker 2: second round last year, not expected to be a heavy

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01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:58,360
Speaker 2: volume back. You got a little flash. You got guys

1123
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:00,439
Speaker 2: that can catch it out of the backfield. That's where

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01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:03,479
Speaker 2: we're at Green Bay that divide up their carries between

1125
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:09,120
Speaker 2: Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon. You get the picture. It's

1126
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 2: a quarterback centric league. The second thing is this has frankly,

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01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:20,200
Speaker 2: really become a supplying demand issue. I absolutely agree a

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01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:25,640
Speaker 2: running back is an important cog in an NFL offense. Right,

1129
01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:29,000
Speaker 2: they block, they got to catch the ball out of

1130
01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:32,040
Speaker 2: the backfield. They got to move the chains on third down,

1131
01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:34,840
Speaker 2: run between the tackles, get the hard yard, keep defenses

1132
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:36,760
Speaker 2: on their feet. You have to have a running game.

1133
01:07:36,840 --> 01:07:40,680
Speaker 2: You can't be one dimensional. NFL defensive coordinators are too smart.

1134
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 2: But I don't like this word replaceable. They're interchangeable is

1135
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:53,000
Speaker 2: the word I would use. But if I'm quoting Joe Banner,

1136
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:57,240
Speaker 2: a respected NFL GM, he said, there's an abundance of

1137
01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 2: available talent at running back. There's more runner our jobs

1138
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:04,840
Speaker 2: there just simply are. And so just by that virtue

1139
01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:08,040
Speaker 2: of supply and demand, you're not going to overpay. And

1140
01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 2: you can't say that about other positions. If you have

1141
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:13,320
Speaker 2: a top flight receiver and he goes, the chances are

1142
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:16,920
Speaker 2: replacing a top flight receiver with some bative comparable quality,

1143
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:21,720
Speaker 2: your chances aren't good. They're small. Let's say you've got

1144
01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:25,160
Speaker 2: a great pass rusher defensive end and he goes, the

1145
01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:28,240
Speaker 2: chances of replacing again with someone just as well just

1146
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:32,880
Speaker 2: as good are small. You get the picture. And so

1147
01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:37,240
Speaker 2: what you have is a supply and demand issue, and

1148
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:40,960
Speaker 2: you have to factor in the rotations, your budget, your cost,

1149
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,920
Speaker 2: How do you cost justify and stand to the cap.

1150
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,639
Speaker 2: And again, Joe Banner went on to say he doesn't

1151
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:52,240
Speaker 2: think that running backs have necessarily been devalued. He just

1152
01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:56,120
Speaker 2: thinks there's an imbalance to supply and demand at the position.

1153
01:08:56,200 --> 01:09:00,240
Speaker 2: There's no real need to overpay running backs. And the

1154
01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:04,720
Speaker 2: gms talk to each other, and you know, you can

1155
01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:07,160
Speaker 2: get a running back in the second or third round,

1156
01:09:08,120 --> 01:09:11,800
Speaker 2: or even the seventh round like the Chiefs scot you know,

1157
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:16,240
Speaker 2: Isaiah Pacheco. A couple of things to consider. Just four

1158
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:18,439
Speaker 2: running backs have been selected in the first round of

1159
01:09:18,439 --> 01:09:21,120
Speaker 2: the past four drafts. There hasn't been a running back

1160
01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 2: taken higher than twenty four since twenty eighteen, when the

1161
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:29,120
Speaker 2: Giants took Saquon Barkley with the second pick. Now, there

1162
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:31,800
Speaker 2: have been eighty five running backs drafted in the last

1163
01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:35,360
Speaker 2: four years in the NFL Draft in total, but sixty

1164
01:09:35,479 --> 01:09:39,240
Speaker 2: those eighty five have been after have been in round

1165
01:09:39,320 --> 01:09:44,360
Speaker 2: four or after just one team, the Cowboys, they only

1166
01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:46,240
Speaker 2: used They're the only team that used more than eight

1167
01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 2: percent of their salary cap on running backs. The Eagles

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01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:51,920
Speaker 2: used two percent and they won a Super Bowl or

1169
01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:56,120
Speaker 2: they got to the Super Bowl. Excuse me, now, there

1170
01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:58,560
Speaker 2: have been twenty five veteran running backs sciened since the

1171
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:02,160
Speaker 2: start of free agency last month. Half of them signed

1172
01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:06,040
Speaker 2: one year deals. Miles Sanders David Montgomery. Deal's average about

1173
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:08,800
Speaker 2: four million a year. Sanders got a four year, twenty

1174
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:12,400
Speaker 2: five million dollar a year with the Carolina Panthers. David Montgomery,

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01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:15,240
Speaker 2: you can, signed with the Lions three years, eighteen million.

1176
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:21,000
Speaker 2: Jamal Williams. Interestingly enough, he rested for seventeen touchdowns last year.

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01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:24,120
Speaker 2: The Lions didn't keep them. He signed a three year,

1178
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:26,000
Speaker 2: twelve million dollar a day with the New Orleans Saints.

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01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:31,960
Speaker 2: So what we have here is a situation where the

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01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:36,400
Speaker 2: nature of the NFL is changing. How you prosecute an

1181
01:10:36,479 --> 01:10:40,280
Speaker 2: offense is changing. It's become basketball and turf. You put

1182
01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:43,679
Speaker 2: athletes in space. The top flight offense is Buffalo, etc.

1183
01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:48,920
Speaker 2: They are very quarterback centric. They run their offense through

1184
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:54,120
Speaker 2: their quarterback. There's a tremendous supply and demand issue. There

1185
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 2: are a lot of running backs out there. There are

1186
01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:02,639
Speaker 2: more running backs than jobs. And you know, the way

1187
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:05,600
Speaker 2: it works is that if a running back has a

1188
01:11:05,680 --> 01:11:10,600
Speaker 2: heavy load, clearly it takes its toll. And you know,

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01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:13,040
Speaker 2: I think the world of Josh Jacobs. I mean he

1190
01:11:13,479 --> 01:11:16,240
Speaker 2: he's the guy that can block, he can pass protect,

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01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:19,040
Speaker 2: he can run the ball between the tackles, he can

1192
01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:21,600
Speaker 2: knock guys on their butts, and he can catch the

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01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:25,800
Speaker 2: ball out of the backfield. And you know, in his

1194
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:29,360
Speaker 2: first three seasons they used him a lot. He averaged

1195
01:11:29,400 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 2: two hundred and forty four rushing attempts and aw the

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01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:34,280
Speaker 2: Raiders maybe not a great example. They have him been

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01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:37,720
Speaker 2: good and they're not expected to be good this year.

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Speaker 2: And Jacobs led the league with sixteen hundred and fifty

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Speaker 2: three yards. And he's a free agent. Why because the

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01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:48,240
Speaker 2: amount of money he wants is scaring teams. And it's

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01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:50,680
Speaker 2: proven in the NFL now that if you lose a

1202
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:53,519
Speaker 2: running back they can be interchangeable. I don't like the

1203
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:58,519
Speaker 2: word replaceable because that sort of values the athlete. I don't.

1204
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:02,200
Speaker 2: I just don't like the word interchangeing. You take out

1205
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:04,960
Speaker 2: a star, you put in a back or running back.

1206
01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:07,840
Speaker 2: You put in a seventh rounder from Rutgers, he leads

1207
01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:09,479
Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl in rushing and you win the

1208
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:13,560
Speaker 2: Super Bowl. Isaiah Pacheco. So we just simply have a

1209
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:18,679
Speaker 2: situation where the game has evolved. But look, I don't

1210
01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:20,519
Speaker 2: know that you need to take up a collection plate

1211
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:26,320
Speaker 2: for Saquon Barkley or Dalvin Cooker Ezekiel Elliott. It's very simple. Barkley,

1212
01:12:26,479 --> 01:12:29,200
Speaker 2: if he's he was offered a three year deal thirty

1213
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:31,760
Speaker 2: nine million dollars and he said no, so far they

1214
01:12:31,800 --> 01:12:34,160
Speaker 2: got no money to get this figured out, that might

1215
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,519
Speaker 2: not be a bad deal for Barkley. If he takes it.

1216
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:38,439
Speaker 2: At the end of that contract, he will have earned

1217
01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:39,920
Speaker 2: seventy million dollars in his career.

1218
01:12:40,720 --> 01:12:41,120
Speaker 8: Not bad.

1219
01:12:42,680 --> 01:12:45,880
Speaker 2: Ezekiel Elliott's earned seventy one million, Dalvin Cook's earned thirty

1220
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:49,360
Speaker 2: four million, thirty nine million. Excuse me, so, rather than

1221
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:54,120
Speaker 2: say they're devalued, rather than say they're not, is you

1222
01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:57,439
Speaker 2: know they're expendable, which I don't agree. You just have

1223
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:01,519
Speaker 2: a shifting nature. The way the NBA malvalues wing players

1224
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:06,280
Speaker 2: three point players. Major League Baseball seems the value strackout pitchers.

1225
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 2: Sports evolve and teams gravitate toward the composition of those

1226
01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:14,519
Speaker 2: athletes that put them in the best position to win.

1227
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:16,920
Speaker 2: And if a Super Bowl team won with a running

1228
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 2: back in the seventh round that found himself waiting for

1229
01:13:22,439 --> 01:13:24,280
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty picks before he got picked two

1230
01:13:24,360 --> 01:13:27,040
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty first. That should tell you what you

1231
01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:31,479
Speaker 2: need to know. The situation isn't that dire, even though

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Speaker 2: Turns out he's not going to retire Wolf who knew. Wow? Nope,

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Speaker 2: Hard Knocks has their team. We'll give you that breaking news.

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Speaker 2: Coming up, I'm Bernie Frattle, coming to you live from

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Speaker 2: Keep it locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie

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Speaker 2: Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right back on

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Speaker 2: the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio. Come to you

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Speaker 2: live from the tyrat dot Com studios here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Speaker 2: Hard Knocks. We have a winner. By the way, Jets

1248
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:34,120
Speaker 2: had to somewhat somewhat know this was coming down the

1249
01:14:34,200 --> 01:14:37,360
Speaker 2: pike that when they traded for Aaron Rodgers a couple

1250
01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:42,680
Speaker 2: of months back, they basically bought themselves on unwanted appearances

1251
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:46,519
Speaker 2: on Hard Knocks as part of the deal. Right, So

1252
01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:48,640
Speaker 2: it's official now the Jets have been selected to be

1253
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:54,920
Speaker 2: featured on a Hard Knocks. It's obviously the popular HBO

1254
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:59,679
Speaker 2: documentary that's been around twenty plus years. It's official, ESPN

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Speaker 2: or P or the News, and I look forward to it. Frankly,

1256
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:10,639
Speaker 2: I know Robert Salah publicly urged Hard Knocks to look elsewhere, said,

1257
01:15:10,680 --> 01:15:12,080
Speaker 2: I'm sure there are plenty of teams that would like

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01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:15,920
Speaker 2: to be on Hard Knocks or not want to. And

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01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:21,519
Speaker 2: you know, the prevailing concern is that and that I

1260
01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:24,639
Speaker 2: guess most NFL teams feel this way. That you give

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01:15:24,760 --> 01:15:28,759
Speaker 2: a camera crew all access filming, it could be to revealing,

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01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:33,120
Speaker 2: It could cause too many distractions. And the truth of

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Speaker 2: the matter is many people, many knowledgeable NFL people, including

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Speaker 2: Mike Tannenbaum, who was the Jets general manager when they

1265
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:44,640
Speaker 2: were spotlighted on Hard Knocks back in twenty ten with

1266
01:15:44,720 --> 01:15:47,320
Speaker 2: Rex Ryan. He basically said, you don't look. Within a

1267
01:15:47,400 --> 01:15:51,040
Speaker 2: couple of days, you almost forget they're there, which is

1268
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:56,920
Speaker 2: something we didn't think we'd say, but it's true. And

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01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:01,080
Speaker 2: you know, Tanneball said that it's actually turned down a

1270
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:04,240
Speaker 2: request to be featured in twenty nine, but then they

1271
01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:09,040
Speaker 2: reconsidered in twenty ten. And when he talked to Rozzie Newsom,

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Speaker 2: who at the time was the general manager of the Ravens,

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01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:16,479
Speaker 2: and he said, what's interesting is it seemed to increase.

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01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:19,960
Speaker 2: It seemed to create a bit of a spike in competitiveness,

1275
01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:24,639
Speaker 2: competitiveness when his team was on. Right, players know they're

1276
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:28,679
Speaker 2: being filmed. It's a popular show. One you know, unnamed

1277
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 2: execs said, you actually get better practices out of it. Now,

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Speaker 2: no teams volunteered for Hard Knocks. The Lions did last year.

1279
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:36,880
Speaker 2: The Jets are one of the four teams that could

1280
01:16:37,400 --> 01:16:40,800
Speaker 2: the NFL could actually force into participating. And guess what

1281
01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:50,880
Speaker 2: camp opens July nineteenth, Right, so we are talking what Wednesday?

1282
01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:55,920
Speaker 2: Talking Wednesday? Camps will be rolling Wednesday. And Damian Woody,

1283
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:57,760
Speaker 2: who knows the thing or two about the NFL, and

1284
01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:02,320
Speaker 2: he's in ESPN for list for ESPN, he played for

1285
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,320
Speaker 2: the Jets. He was an alignment back in twenty ten.

1286
01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:07,679
Speaker 2: He says, whatever said it's a distraction. That's nonsense, man. Yeah,

1287
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:10,840
Speaker 2: we're being broadcast to national public. I want to project

1288
01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:13,800
Speaker 2: myself in the best light. We thought about it, and

1289
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:20,320
Speaker 2: it's an opportunity to create good impressions. So we'll get

1290
01:17:20,360 --> 01:17:23,560
Speaker 2: to see Hard Knocks coming up in early August on

1291
01:17:23,720 --> 01:17:27,599
Speaker 2: Tuesday's ten pm Eastern. And even though Robert Salas said,

1292
01:17:28,720 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 2: you know, we're not one of the teams. We don't

1293
01:17:32,360 --> 01:17:33,960
Speaker 2: want to be part of a subplot. We don't want

1294
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:38,320
Speaker 2: to be on Hard Knocks. Well, too bad, I guess.

1295
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:41,519
Speaker 2: And Aaron Rodgers, he's always said he's an open book,

1296
01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,200
Speaker 2: he's got an extra grind. We'll see if any of

1297
01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:47,920
Speaker 2: that comes out, if he says anything, if he's guarded.

1298
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:48,519
Speaker 4: What right.

1299
01:17:48,600 --> 01:17:51,880
Speaker 2: You've got offensive rookie of the year, Defensive rookie of

1300
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:54,519
Speaker 2: the year, Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner. You've got a lot

1301
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:57,880
Speaker 2: of star power. Quinn Williams has his contract. Now, you've

1302
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:00,880
Speaker 2: got a Hall of Fame quarterback and the biggest market.

1303
01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:03,000
Speaker 2: You can't tell me you're not looking forward to Hard

1304
01:18:03,080 --> 01:18:05,479
Speaker 2: Knocks this year. There are things that Jets have a

1305
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:08,720
Speaker 2: lot of cool personalities and they may benefit from this.

1306
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:12,560
Speaker 2: So let's keep an open mind. Coming up. What's the

1307
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:15,280
Speaker 2: latest down the Oakland A's and their mayor. I'll tell

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Speaker 2: should be. Well, there was an interesting meeting in the

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Speaker 2: mind this past week between Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and

1318
01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:58,080
Speaker 2: the Oakland mayor. So after weeks of in a sense,

1319
01:18:58,120 --> 01:19:03,960
Speaker 2: speaking dismissively and even occasionally a little sarcasm about the

1320
01:19:04,439 --> 01:19:07,719
Speaker 2: perceived lack of a viable stadium proposal or fans support

1321
01:19:07,720 --> 01:19:12,519
Speaker 2: in Oakland, Oh commission Rob Manfred he's still referring to

1322
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:15,040
Speaker 2: the A's current home in the past ten saying this

1323
01:19:15,160 --> 01:19:20,880
Speaker 2: last week quote, we didn't find a solution to keep

1324
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,760
Speaker 2: the A's in Oakland. That's number one on the disappointment list,

1325
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:27,920
Speaker 2: I don't believe that at all that Rob Manfred's disappointed,

1326
01:19:29,800 --> 01:19:35,519
Speaker 2: and it's my understanding. The mayor of Oakland met Rob

1327
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:39,280
Speaker 2: at the All Star Game, brought copies of the proposal

1328
01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:43,320
Speaker 2: that Oakland had to get a new stadium, thirty copies,

1329
01:19:43,360 --> 01:19:47,360
Speaker 2: gave one to each owner. So Manfred, did you know

1330
01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:51,240
Speaker 2: he still continues to in air quotes meet with Oakland

1331
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:54,560
Speaker 2: city officials and now although the All Star Game is

1332
01:19:55,000 --> 01:20:01,360
Speaker 2: not concluded, during the full you know of events in Seattle,

1333
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:05,479
Speaker 2: Rob Manfred, as i said, met with Oakland Mayor Sang Tao,

1334
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:13,320
Speaker 2: and he heard her goal was to was to protest

1335
01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:17,679
Speaker 2: and Countermanfred's assertion that there was never a solid stadium

1336
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:22,360
Speaker 2: proposal from Bairey officials, and the Tao asked for the meeting,

1337
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:25,640
Speaker 2: got the meeting, and the meeting took place as the

1338
01:20:25,680 --> 01:20:27,960
Speaker 2: East still planned to move to Vegas and search for

1339
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:30,840
Speaker 2: an inter home for three full seasons. It's going to

1340
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:35,400
Speaker 2: be twenty five, six seven, and Toal presented Manfred and

1341
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:39,560
Speaker 2: every team owner with an extensive document that outlined Oakland's

1342
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:43,840
Speaker 2: two side stadium and their two development proposals for the

1343
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:47,120
Speaker 2: Howard Terminal and the Oakland Alameda County Council and property.

1344
01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:52,640
Speaker 2: Quote until there's an actual shovel in the ground in

1345
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:56,479
Speaker 2: Las Vegas, we will not stop trying to keep the

1346
01:20:56,560 --> 01:21:00,160
Speaker 2: team or they belong in Oakland. Unquote, Tao said in

1347
01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:03,519
Speaker 2: a letter that she wrote to Commissioner Manfred that was

1348
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:08,479
Speaker 2: part of the document. At least they had a meeting.

1349
01:21:08,840 --> 01:21:12,880
Speaker 2: It was dignified they had a meeting. Okay, And despite

1350
01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:18,240
Speaker 2: Manfred's prior comments, is moved to continue some level of

1351
01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:21,680
Speaker 2: talks with Oakland. It's not surprising, it's it's a Major

1352
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:26,439
Speaker 2: League Baseball's best interest to maintain open dialogue. Okay. Do

1353
01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:30,920
Speaker 2: I think this will happen whereby somehow the seal falls

1354
01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:33,280
Speaker 2: apart and in the A stay and Oakland, No, I don't.

1355
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:35,960
Speaker 2: I give you less than a one percent chance. I

1356
01:21:36,120 --> 01:21:38,240
Speaker 2: realized there are numerous hurdles they still need to be

1357
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:40,840
Speaker 2: cleared before the A's moved to Nevada, and things got

1358
01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:44,160
Speaker 2: to be finalized. But you know, major League Baseball, they

1359
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:47,519
Speaker 2: need cooperation from their civic leaders on a wide range

1360
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:52,479
Speaker 2: of issues. And there are facilities issues, regulation issues, special events.

1361
01:21:52,840 --> 01:21:55,680
Speaker 2: There's a lot of things to go into it. The

1362
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:59,000
Speaker 2: only thing that I see that could kaibosch this and

1363
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:02,639
Speaker 2: this is whimsical and fanciful, and I do not believe

1364
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:05,280
Speaker 2: it will happened, but I don't know. And by the way,

1365
01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:07,400
Speaker 2: to draw a little history, back in nineteen ninety two,

1366
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:10,800
Speaker 2: I was in business in Tampa. Come walking out of

1367
01:22:10,840 --> 01:22:14,120
Speaker 2: my hotel room in in August nineteen ninety two morning

1368
01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:16,920
Speaker 2: and grab a newspaper and on the front page, not

1369
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:19,360
Speaker 2: the sports page, the front page, I believe it was

1370
01:22:19,360 --> 01:22:23,200
Speaker 2: a Tampa tribute San Francisco Giants moving to Tampa front

1371
01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:25,800
Speaker 2: page of the paper. Well, obviously they never did move

1372
01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:29,160
Speaker 2: to Tampa. The Giants sold the team. They stayed in

1373
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:32,360
Speaker 2: San Francisco, ended up moving from Candlestick and to their

1374
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:34,559
Speaker 2: beautiful new stadium there on the China Basin. I've been

1375
01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:39,920
Speaker 2: there many times. So unless John Fisher sells the team

1376
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:43,559
Speaker 2: and the new owner decides to keep it in Oakland, again,

1377
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:50,640
Speaker 2: this is a very whimsical, fanciful theoretical conversation. Because the

1378
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,599
Speaker 2: wheels are in motion. Okay, there are still a lot

1379
01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:57,920
Speaker 2: of loose ends, but the wheels are in motion. You know,

1380
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:00,280
Speaker 2: the legislature or the state assembly here in the of

1381
01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:02,680
Speaker 2: the governor signed off. The a's are getting their three

1382
01:23:02,720 --> 01:23:05,320
Speaker 2: hundred and eighty million of public money to build the

1383
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:07,639
Speaker 2: stadiumhere you think it's going to be in the Tropicanas site,

1384
01:23:08,720 --> 01:23:10,080
Speaker 2: and again, there are a hell of a lot of

1385
01:23:10,160 --> 01:23:13,240
Speaker 2: hurdles to overcome in the meantime. But here's what's interesting.

1386
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:20,519
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball wants to again resume expansion after they

1387
01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 2: finalize everything for the Oakland A's and potentially even the

1388
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:29,160
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Rays. Okay, so you've got the A's who

1389
01:23:29,240 --> 01:23:32,479
Speaker 2: play in an unfortunate, dilapidated stadium but with a lot

1390
01:23:32,520 --> 01:23:36,560
Speaker 2: of rich history, but it's better days are behind. And

1391
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:40,680
Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Rays play in this oddball dome that

1392
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:44,640
Speaker 2: they've that's been their home since ninety seven. And uh,

1393
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:47,880
Speaker 2: I think it's an issue for a lot of folks.

1394
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:50,479
Speaker 2: Those two stadiums are just not up to par in

1395
01:23:50,600 --> 01:23:53,920
Speaker 2: terms of what, you know, what major league facilities look

1396
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:59,479
Speaker 2: like Circle twenty twenty three. Now, I believe that it's

1397
01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:03,080
Speaker 2: a lot that Major League Baseball has plans to add

1398
01:24:03,160 --> 01:24:07,400
Speaker 2: two more teams and go grow the league to thirty

1399
01:24:07,439 --> 01:24:10,559
Speaker 2: two teams, But that's contingent on the A's and Ray's

1400
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:13,840
Speaker 2: getting new ballparks right, And I realize the As are

1401
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:17,000
Speaker 2: still in the early stages of a move to Las Vegas,

1402
01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:22,000
Speaker 2: and I am not versed on what's happening in Tampa

1403
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:24,920
Speaker 2: Bay at all, but there's some sort of ownership drama

1404
01:24:25,160 --> 01:24:28,840
Speaker 2: told and that is that has really kind of put

1405
01:24:28,840 --> 01:24:31,879
Speaker 2: the kibosh on their efforts to get a new facility.

1406
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:38,519
Speaker 2: So or Roger, excuse me, rob Manfred It doesn't want

1407
01:24:38,520 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 2: to wait long though, to select some new markets. And

1408
01:24:42,280 --> 01:24:45,200
Speaker 2: I think they're in the process very soon putting together

1409
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:50,040
Speaker 2: an expansion committee and talking about all the issues involving expansion.

1410
01:24:50,120 --> 01:24:54,000
Speaker 2: And there are some notable cities that are on line

1411
01:24:54,600 --> 01:24:58,000
Speaker 2: that are leading candidates to get a baseball team. Nashville

1412
01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 2: not about mind mind, they'd do a fine job of

1413
01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:04,040
Speaker 2: supporting a team. So with Charlotte, Salt Lake City, I

1414
01:25:04,080 --> 01:25:06,839
Speaker 2: believe there's a coalition in Salt Lake City's bringing baseball

1415
01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:13,519
Speaker 2: to Salt Lake City. Montreal, Montreal is a great baseball city.

1416
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:20,919
Speaker 2: And obviously the Expos vacated Montreal and the Washington Nationals

1417
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:24,280
Speaker 2: were born, but I could see Montreal having a baseball

1418
01:25:24,320 --> 01:25:28,200
Speaker 2: team again. Portland, Oregon, they're also in the mix. You

1419
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:32,240
Speaker 2: got national Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Montreal, Portland, they're candidates now,

1420
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:35,280
Speaker 2: not all of them are going to get one. At

1421
01:25:35,360 --> 01:25:38,920
Speaker 2: best two of them will get one, which is sort

1422
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:41,639
Speaker 2: of ironic. Had we've been a little patient in Vegas,

1423
01:25:41,680 --> 01:25:44,479
Speaker 2: but we got an expansion team versus the A's. But

1424
01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:47,840
Speaker 2: that's the story for a different day. So, of course

1425
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:53,880
Speaker 2: Rob Manfred assembled a forum during the All Star Game,

1426
01:25:53,920 --> 01:25:57,080
Speaker 2: and he addressed these matters concerning the league, including the

1427
01:25:57,200 --> 01:26:02,840
Speaker 2: update they're having an issue with Regional Sports Networks major

1428
01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:07,680
Speaker 2: League Baseball. They've collected about ninety four percent of the

1429
01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:12,559
Speaker 2: rights fees owned by Valley Sports, but their parent company,

1430
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:15,760
Speaker 2: I believe, Diamond Sports Group, I believe they foult bankruptcy,

1431
01:26:16,400 --> 01:26:20,400
Speaker 2: So there's issues there right. Meanwhile, Rob Manfred also went

1432
01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:23,759
Speaker 2: on to say that at Atlanta, the city of Atlanta,

1433
01:26:23,760 --> 01:26:27,640
Speaker 2: which lost the twenty twenty one All Star Game, is

1434
01:26:27,720 --> 01:26:30,719
Speaker 2: now candidate again to host the twenty twenty five event.

1435
01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:35,160
Speaker 2: Baltimore's got a chance to do it, Toronto's got a chance,

1436
01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:41,920
Speaker 2: Boston and even regular Field now in twenty twenty, no

1437
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:46,320
Speaker 2: twenty next year. Texas. You talk about a modern stadium,

1438
01:26:46,640 --> 01:26:53,000
Speaker 2: you know what's interesting. So the ballpark at Arlington opened,

1439
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:55,599
Speaker 2: I want to say ninety three to ninety four, beautiful stadium.

1440
01:26:56,240 --> 01:26:58,640
Speaker 2: That darn thing was only around twenty five years and

1441
01:26:58,760 --> 01:27:02,240
Speaker 2: now low Blife Field, it's incredibly modern. So you look

1442
01:27:02,240 --> 01:27:05,160
Speaker 2: at these some of these cities, They're on their third

1443
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:09,760
Speaker 2: stadium since nineteen ninety two, and Oakland on their same

1444
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:12,760
Speaker 2: stadium since nineteen sixty eight. So you see why there's

1445
01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:16,439
Speaker 2: an issue. So Texas will host next year's All Star Game.

1446
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:19,679
Speaker 2: Philadelphia will host the All Star Game in twenty twenty six.

1447
01:27:20,160 --> 01:27:25,639
Speaker 2: And I think the state of baseball is incredibly healthy.

1448
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:30,679
Speaker 2: Attendance is up, averaging twenty eight thousand fans per game,

1449
01:27:31,680 --> 01:27:37,320
Speaker 2: Revenues are up, TV ratings are up, and people say

1450
01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:40,920
Speaker 2: they're concerned about this generation or baseball too slow whatever.

1451
01:27:42,760 --> 01:27:44,920
Speaker 2: Rob Manfred made an announcement the other day that there's

1452
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:47,360
Speaker 2: a three year drop of the median age of Major

1453
01:27:47,439 --> 01:27:51,320
Speaker 2: League Baseball ticket buyers dropped to dropped six years to

1454
01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:56,200
Speaker 2: a median age forty three. Okay, the new I mean

1455
01:27:56,680 --> 01:28:01,160
Speaker 2: this is a six year drop, actually forty three to

1456
01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 2: thirty seven, excuse me. So this is a tremendous This

1457
01:28:06,360 --> 01:28:10,000
Speaker 2: is very bullish for baseball in terms of attendance, in

1458
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:13,760
Speaker 2: terms of fandom, in terms of TV ratings. Baseball is

1459
01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:17,720
Speaker 2: very popular. It is our national pastime, and attendance projections

1460
01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:24,800
Speaker 2: are tremendous. And I would say this it's directly there's

1461
01:28:24,840 --> 01:28:30,000
Speaker 2: a direct correlation to more people attending games and how

1462
01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:34,280
Speaker 2: the fans have embraced the new rules. Games are now

1463
01:28:35,320 --> 01:28:38,040
Speaker 2: being played at a rate of twenty six minutes faster

1464
01:28:38,800 --> 01:28:42,879
Speaker 2: than they were in the last three years. Aggregate average

1465
01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:45,719
Speaker 2: game time now is two hours and thirty eight minutes

1466
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:48,280
Speaker 2: instead of three hours and four minutes. Obviously, the pitch clock,

1467
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:52,320
Speaker 2: the various you know, the pickoff rules, maybe not so

1468
01:28:52,439 --> 01:28:55,439
Speaker 2: much to shift, but the pace of the game has changed.

1469
01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:59,879
Speaker 2: I think that's important. That's help attracting Denver fans Manfred's

1470
01:29:00,160 --> 01:29:03,799
Speaker 2: that's a key priority that is working in the meantime.

1471
01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:09,040
Speaker 2: Looming still hanging over this whole ordeal are the Oakland A's.

1472
01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:15,080
Speaker 2: The Oakland A's there, their lease with Oakland and the

1473
01:29:15,200 --> 01:29:17,840
Speaker 2: Coliseum expires it at the end of twenty twenty four,

1474
01:29:18,680 --> 01:29:20,240
Speaker 2: and I don't know where they're going to play in

1475
01:29:20,240 --> 01:29:23,360
Speaker 2: twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven. You can't just arbitrarily

1476
01:29:23,439 --> 01:29:25,960
Speaker 2: say well, they'll play at the Las Vegas Ballpark here

1477
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:29,040
Speaker 2: where the current Las Vegas Aviators play. What are the

1478
01:29:29,080 --> 01:29:33,840
Speaker 2: Aviators going to do? And there's a couple other things too. One,

1479
01:29:34,600 --> 01:29:37,120
Speaker 2: it's a beautiful ballpark here in Vegas, sold out all

1480
01:29:37,160 --> 01:29:40,120
Speaker 2: the time, holds ten thousand people. You're telling me that

1481
01:29:40,200 --> 01:29:44,000
Speaker 2: the Players Union is going to ratify and approve playing

1482
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:47,280
Speaker 2: in a minor league facility for three years where the

1483
01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:49,200
Speaker 2: average of tennis is now twenty eight thousand a game.

1484
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:53,800
Speaker 2: So they're losing eighteen thousand seats in revenue times eighty

1485
01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:56,160
Speaker 2: one times three. Players Union's going to go for that.

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01:29:56,320 --> 01:29:59,559
Speaker 2: I don't think so. By the way, today in Las Vegas,

1487
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:03,479
Speaker 2: the Highway one hundred and eleven Saturday, it's going to

1488
01:30:03,520 --> 01:30:05,479
Speaker 2: be one hundred and fifteen. Sunday is going to be

1489
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:09,280
Speaker 2: one sixteen, and the Aviators are home. You tell me

1490
01:30:09,360 --> 01:30:11,160
Speaker 2: Major and by the way, they don't have a dome.

1491
01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:14,040
Speaker 2: Tell me Major League Baseball players are going to play

1492
01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:18,320
Speaker 2: in that. So there are a lot of stumbling blocks

1493
01:30:18,640 --> 01:30:21,759
Speaker 2: to overcome, not the least of which are the Oakland

1494
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:23,759
Speaker 2: A's going to play for three years in the interim.

1495
01:30:24,880 --> 01:30:26,880
Speaker 2: My belief is somehow they make peace with the city

1496
01:30:26,920 --> 01:30:29,360
Speaker 2: of Oakland and stay there, because I don't know what

1497
01:30:29,400 --> 01:30:32,479
Speaker 2: their other options are, but be that as it may.

1498
01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:35,160
Speaker 2: Aside from all that, we are now to the second

1499
01:30:35,200 --> 01:30:37,519
Speaker 2: half of the season, and this is where you make

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Speaker 2: your bones. And there are tremendous storylines in the second

1501
01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:41,800
Speaker 2: half of the season. But the A's are going to

1502
01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:44,439
Speaker 2: continue to be one, not just for this season, but

1503
01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:48,240
Speaker 2: for the next three seasons. Another story here locally, and

1504
01:30:48,320 --> 01:30:52,080
Speaker 2: I never talk about this sport, but it's time to

1505
01:30:52,160 --> 01:30:55,360
Speaker 2: give the WNB either due not that there's our local

1506
01:30:55,479 --> 01:30:58,479
Speaker 2: team historically great and looking to defend their championship, the

1507
01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:02,040
Speaker 2: Las Vegas ass but the WNBA All Star Game is

1508
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:07,200
Speaker 2: here in Vegas Saturday night, and attendance in that league

1509
01:31:07,400 --> 01:31:09,760
Speaker 2: is high and TV ratings are high, and it all

1510
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:13,640
Speaker 2: bodes well for sports fans. I'll take you behind the

1511
01:31:13,680 --> 01:31:15,639
Speaker 2: curtain just a little bit on that, on the subject

1512
01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:19,439
Speaker 2: we really talk about. But it deserves it deserves their flowers.

1513
01:31:20,479 --> 01:31:23,280
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Fraddlewick Comedy Live from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio,

1514
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,720
Speaker 2: tirak dot com studios. Don't go away. You're listening to

1515
01:31:26,760 --> 01:31:29,599
Speaker 2: the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right,

1516
01:31:29,640 --> 01:31:31,840
Speaker 2: back on the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio Come

1517
01:31:31,840 --> 01:31:35,679
Speaker 2: to life. The tirac dot Com Studios here in Las Vegas.

1518
01:31:35,760 --> 01:31:38,840
Speaker 2: Later on the night, the w NBA All Star Game

1519
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:42,639
Speaker 2: is here in Las Vegas at the michelob Ultra Arena

1520
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:44,880
Speaker 2: at Mandalay Bay, where they've been selling out all year.

1521
01:31:44,880 --> 01:31:49,559
Speaker 2: And I don't talk much on the WNBA. I respect

1522
01:31:49,600 --> 01:31:52,960
Speaker 2: the league and it's grown on It's grown tremendously since

1523
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:56,320
Speaker 2: the mid nineties when it was born. But we have

1524
01:31:56,439 --> 01:31:59,719
Speaker 2: a team here that was born here, the Las Vegas

1525
01:31:59,760 --> 01:32:03,200
Speaker 2: a They won the championship last year. They're on their

1526
01:32:03,200 --> 01:32:08,560
Speaker 2: way to repeating. They're nineteen and two. I don't know

1527
01:32:08,600 --> 01:32:12,000
Speaker 2: who gets them. Maybe the New York Liberty doesn't matter.

1528
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:17,120
Speaker 2: There were a couple months away from that, and I

1529
01:32:17,280 --> 01:32:20,479
Speaker 2: might well, I don't ever talk to WNBA, but when

1530
01:32:20,520 --> 01:32:22,880
Speaker 2: I see this kind of excellence and it's in our

1531
01:32:22,920 --> 01:32:24,720
Speaker 2: hometown here in Las Vegas, and it's somewhat of a

1532
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:28,639
Speaker 2: national story. The Aces are owned by Mark Davis, who

1533
01:32:28,720 --> 01:32:32,439
Speaker 2: also owns the Raiders, and we are at the halfway

1534
01:32:32,479 --> 01:32:36,439
Speaker 2: point of the WNBA season. You have one team that's

1535
01:32:36,479 --> 01:32:39,599
Speaker 2: head and shoulders above the rest by a mile. Well,

1536
01:32:39,640 --> 01:32:42,240
Speaker 2: that kind of excellence I think has to be recognized

1537
01:32:42,280 --> 01:32:45,600
Speaker 2: and congratulated because this is a team that is not

1538
01:32:45,800 --> 01:32:48,479
Speaker 2: just great, they're historically great. They beat the LA Sparks.

1539
01:32:49,680 --> 01:32:51,400
Speaker 2: I think it was Wednesday night and the final day

1540
01:32:51,439 --> 01:32:53,920
Speaker 2: of action before the All Star break. So the Aces

1541
01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:55,960
Speaker 2: are not nineteen and two. That's a nine oh five

1542
01:32:56,040 --> 01:33:00,680
Speaker 2: winning percentage. That would be the best highest percentage in

1543
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:03,320
Speaker 2: WNBA history. If they can keep it up. By season's in,

1544
01:33:03,400 --> 01:33:07,680
Speaker 2: there's forty games, they're already halfway home. They've been as

1545
01:33:07,840 --> 01:33:11,960
Speaker 2: oury Buddy Kevin Figures would say, completely mallow opping malliwopping

1546
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:16,320
Speaker 2: their opponents. Only six of Vegas's nineteen wins were fewer

1547
01:33:16,840 --> 01:33:20,840
Speaker 2: than thirteen points. The average point differential is fifteen point four.

1548
01:33:20,920 --> 01:33:23,960
Speaker 2: That's by far the best in the league. The second

1549
01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:26,200
Speaker 2: in the league is the New York Liberty. Their average

1550
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:30,679
Speaker 2: margin of victory is six point six points. The Aces

1551
01:33:30,800 --> 01:33:34,599
Speaker 2: not only have the league's most prolific offense, they're averaging

1552
01:33:34,800 --> 01:33:38,040
Speaker 2: ninety four points a game. They got the stingiest defense.

1553
01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:41,760
Speaker 2: They're only allowing seventy eight points per game. Not only

1554
01:33:41,920 --> 01:33:45,599
Speaker 2: is the Aces offense the best, it's among the best

1555
01:33:45,680 --> 01:33:49,080
Speaker 2: in the history of the WNBA, and there's been about

1556
01:33:49,080 --> 01:33:51,920
Speaker 2: a thirty year history now. The team record of points

1557
01:33:51,960 --> 01:33:55,759
Speaker 2: per game in the season is held by the Mercury Phoenix.

1558
01:33:55,840 --> 01:33:58,599
Speaker 2: Mercury back in twenty ten, they average about ninety three

1559
01:33:58,640 --> 01:34:03,599
Speaker 2: points a game. But that same Mercury team also had

1560
01:34:03,640 --> 01:34:06,280
Speaker 2: the worst defense in the league. They allowed ninety three

1561
01:34:06,320 --> 01:34:08,760
Speaker 2: points per game, and they weren't even five hundred. They

1562
01:34:08,760 --> 01:34:11,479
Speaker 2: were fifteen to nineteen. That was twenty ten. See, the

1563
01:34:11,520 --> 01:34:14,200
Speaker 2: Aces are elite on both ends of the floor. Number

1564
01:34:14,200 --> 01:34:17,880
Speaker 2: one offense, number one defense, and we're talking by a

1565
01:34:18,120 --> 01:34:24,599
Speaker 2: freaking mile. Vegas does it with some players you've probably

1566
01:34:24,640 --> 01:34:29,000
Speaker 2: heard of. They start with they're all world forward Asia Wilson.

1567
01:34:29,240 --> 01:34:33,000
Speaker 2: She's the reigning MVP. She's averaging about twenty points a game,

1568
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:36,680
Speaker 2: nine rebounds a game, fifth best in the league in

1569
01:34:36,720 --> 01:34:40,679
Speaker 2: both categories, seventh best field goal percentage. She's shooting fifty

1570
01:34:40,760 --> 01:34:45,120
Speaker 2: four percent from the field. Asia Wilson also leads the

1571
01:34:45,160 --> 01:34:48,439
Speaker 2: league with one hundred and forty four two point shots

1572
01:34:48,479 --> 01:34:51,160
Speaker 2: made and which. When the Aces beat the Sparks the

1573
01:34:51,240 --> 01:34:56,640
Speaker 2: other night, Wilson had twenty five points, twelve rebounds, and

1574
01:34:57,080 --> 01:34:59,200
Speaker 2: twenty three and seven in the first half. They were

1575
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:00,640
Speaker 2: blowing them outs. Probab We didn't play a lot in

1576
01:35:00,640 --> 01:35:04,200
Speaker 2: the second half. But she's not alone. Remember of basketball

1577
01:35:04,280 --> 01:35:08,639
Speaker 2: is a team game. The Aces have a tremendous balanced offense.

1578
01:35:08,680 --> 01:35:11,519
Speaker 2: They have two other players you've probably heard of, Kelsey Plumb,

1579
01:35:12,080 --> 01:35:15,240
Speaker 2: who also happens to be married to New York Giants

1580
01:35:15,320 --> 01:35:19,240
Speaker 2: tight end Darren Waller and Jackie Young. They both averaged

1581
01:35:19,240 --> 01:35:22,120
Speaker 2: more than nineteen points a game. And then Chelsea Gray,

1582
01:35:22,160 --> 01:35:27,560
Speaker 2: who's a phenomenal passer, really a lot of flair, a

1583
01:35:27,640 --> 01:35:30,960
Speaker 2: lot of panache on her passes. She averages fifteen points

1584
01:35:30,960 --> 01:35:35,080
Speaker 2: a game and almost seven assists per game and kind

1585
01:35:35,080 --> 01:35:38,040
Speaker 2: of a highlight film pass. You get Age Wilson, Kelsey Plumb,

1586
01:35:38,120 --> 01:35:43,560
Speaker 2: Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray. Again, the Aces, they're already defending champions.

1587
01:35:44,920 --> 01:35:47,479
Speaker 2: They were defending champions and they pick up Cannas Parker.

1588
01:35:49,360 --> 01:35:52,560
Speaker 2: But they're even better this year. And who is the

1589
01:35:52,640 --> 01:35:55,040
Speaker 2: head coach? I can't believe I buried the lead. It's

1590
01:35:55,120 --> 01:35:58,519
Speaker 2: a great Becky Hammond. Becky Hammond, who, frankly who I

1591
01:35:58,640 --> 01:36:02,120
Speaker 2: thought would be head coaching NBA by now why he is.

1592
01:36:02,200 --> 01:36:04,680
Speaker 2: Back in the twenty sixteenth Summer League, she coached the

1593
01:36:04,760 --> 01:36:08,960
Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Summer League Championship. And

1594
01:36:09,040 --> 01:36:11,320
Speaker 2: Bernie would people say, well, you already poop poo the

1595
01:36:11,479 --> 01:36:14,719
Speaker 2: w the NBA Summer League. He can't have both ways.

1596
01:36:14,760 --> 01:36:17,280
Speaker 2: Well in this case, I can because I watched it.

1597
01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:20,479
Speaker 2: Courtside interviewed her once their first game against the New

1598
01:36:20,560 --> 01:36:23,640
Speaker 2: York Knicks Summer team. Nicks got out to like a

1599
01:36:23,720 --> 01:36:26,920
Speaker 2: fourteen to two lead, she called time out very calmly,

1600
01:36:26,960 --> 01:36:29,840
Speaker 2: gave everybody an assignment. I watched her, I'm like, Wow,

1601
01:36:29,960 --> 01:36:34,600
Speaker 2: she has. Becky Hammon has total command of the mechanics

1602
01:36:34,760 --> 01:36:39,360
Speaker 2: of basketball. She can communicate it, She's relatable, and she

1603
01:36:39,479 --> 01:36:42,720
Speaker 2: has enough fire in her to translate that to her

1604
01:36:42,760 --> 01:36:47,599
Speaker 2: team to get maximum effort. So it's Becky Hammond's second

1605
01:36:47,680 --> 01:36:52,000
Speaker 2: season and if the if the Aces Las Vegas Aces

1606
01:36:52,439 --> 01:36:55,320
Speaker 2: defend their championship, and yes, they're even better in Becky

1607
01:36:55,360 --> 01:36:59,799
Speaker 2: hammon second season, they'll be the first repeat WNBA champion

1608
01:37:00,600 --> 01:37:02,640
Speaker 2: since the La Sparks back in twenty oh two to

1609
01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:05,160
Speaker 2: twenty one years ago. And again, Becky Hammond's been the

1610
01:37:05,240 --> 01:37:10,960
Speaker 2: coach both years. So will they be champions again? Well,

1611
01:37:11,240 --> 01:37:14,519
Speaker 2: their main challenger is the New York Liberty, which is

1612
01:37:14,600 --> 01:37:17,360
Speaker 2: considered another super team. They're fourteen and fourth to break,

1613
01:37:18,160 --> 01:37:21,479
Speaker 2: their second in the league behind Las Vegas. New York

1614
01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:24,679
Speaker 2: actually hasn't had a winning season in five or six years,

1615
01:37:24,720 --> 01:37:26,720
Speaker 2: but they went through a massive overhaul this season and

1616
01:37:26,760 --> 01:37:30,840
Speaker 2: they brought in Brianna Stewart and Courtney Vanderslut, John Quell Jones.

1617
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,479
Speaker 2: They got a roster that already had Sabrina Ayanesku, who's

1618
01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:36,880
Speaker 2: a phenomenal player. You probably saw the if you did

1619
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:40,840
Speaker 2: see in the skills competition Friday night, she made like

1620
01:37:40,920 --> 01:37:43,360
Speaker 2: twenty three pointers in a row. These are very good

1621
01:37:43,400 --> 01:37:47,840
Speaker 2: basketball players. Meanwhile, Vanderslut Courney Vanderslut, she's leading this league

1622
01:37:47,920 --> 01:37:51,400
Speaker 2: with almost nine ases per game, and Brianna Stewart is

1623
01:37:51,479 --> 01:37:56,240
Speaker 2: second in scoring twenty three points per game. Right, it's

1624
01:37:56,439 --> 01:37:59,799
Speaker 2: likely those two lockhorns. But when I saw the Aces

1625
01:38:00,160 --> 01:38:06,479
Speaker 2: play the Liberty, they dominated them. So again, you still

1626
01:38:06,479 --> 01:38:10,120
Speaker 2: got to play the games. There are still nineteen regular

1627
01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:14,120
Speaker 2: season games left, but if passed this prologue, the Las

1628
01:38:14,240 --> 01:38:17,599
Speaker 2: Vegas Aces are so far head and shoulders above everybody

1629
01:38:17,720 --> 01:38:20,160
Speaker 2: else that it's hard to envision who's going to get

1630
01:38:20,200 --> 01:38:23,040
Speaker 2: this team. And they look incredibly hungry. They just did

1631
01:38:23,080 --> 01:38:24,880
Speaker 2: a back to back where they they had to travel

1632
01:38:24,960 --> 01:38:28,040
Speaker 2: and didn't take a night off and they won. You know,

1633
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:31,920
Speaker 2: I think Phoenix Tuesday Night and LA Monday Night or

1634
01:38:31,920 --> 01:38:34,759
Speaker 2: Wednesday Night won both games by like twenty six points.

1635
01:38:35,320 --> 01:38:38,280
Speaker 2: That's another thing. I think six or last ten wins

1636
01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:39,880
Speaker 2: have been like by twenty five or more. So they're

1637
01:38:39,920 --> 01:38:43,800
Speaker 2: just dominating. So if you happen to partake and you

1638
01:38:43,920 --> 01:38:46,560
Speaker 2: watch Saturday's WNBA All Star Game, the Aces will be

1639
01:38:46,600 --> 01:38:49,559
Speaker 2: the focus for hosting the festivities here in Las Vegas.

1640
01:38:49,640 --> 01:38:52,720
Speaker 2: Four players Wilson, Gray, Plumb, and Young will all be

1641
01:38:52,840 --> 01:38:57,080
Speaker 2: participating in the game. Should be a good watch, and

1642
01:38:57,160 --> 01:38:59,880
Speaker 2: then it'll be time to keep rolling over the final

1643
01:39:00,080 --> 01:39:01,840
Speaker 2: two months of this season and we'll see what happens.

1644
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:04,840
Speaker 2: But the Las Vegas Aces and defending their championship on

1645
01:39:04,880 --> 01:39:07,520
Speaker 2: their second year coach Becky Hammond, who won the championship

1646
01:39:07,560 --> 01:39:10,000
Speaker 2: in their first year, they're not only great, they are

1647
01:39:10,200 --> 01:39:13,519
Speaker 2: historically great, and they got the numbers to back it up.

1648
01:39:15,200 --> 01:39:19,880
Speaker 2: Coming up with some numbers, facts, figures, headlines. Never ends

1649
01:39:21,439 --> 01:39:24,679
Speaker 2: in this great sport we call soccer, some called football,

1650
01:39:25,600 --> 01:39:29,160
Speaker 2: The new cycle never ends. Coming up Chris Profets's World

1651
01:39:29,200 --> 01:39:31,360
Speaker 2: of Soccer. But first we go back to Kevin Wyant.

1652
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:33,560
Speaker 3: With the latest Major League Baseball coming back from the

1653
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:36,200
Speaker 3: All Star break on Friday, and it started with a

1654
01:39:36,280 --> 01:39:39,799
Speaker 3: battle of division leaders in the NL Central, the Brewers

1655
01:39:39,880 --> 01:39:43,280
Speaker 3: and Reds. It was Cincinnati ahead by a game at

1656
01:39:43,360 --> 01:39:46,320
Speaker 3: the All Star Break, but the Brewers beat them on Friday,

1657
01:39:46,439 --> 01:39:52,679
Speaker 3: won nothing. Corbyn Burns thirteen strikeouts got the win. However,

1658
01:39:52,720 --> 01:39:55,200
Speaker 3: he almost fainted in the fifth inning. He actually was

1659
01:39:55,240 --> 01:39:57,360
Speaker 3: able to stay in the game. He consulted with a trainer,

1660
01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:00,600
Speaker 3: drank some water, pitched into the sixth inning as he

1661
01:40:00,640 --> 01:40:03,439
Speaker 3: gets credited for the win. In Milwaukee, now finds themselves

1662
01:40:03,479 --> 01:40:06,040
Speaker 3: tied with Cincinnati at top of the inn now Central.

1663
01:40:06,560 --> 01:40:08,479
Speaker 3: The Braves with a strong start to the second half.

1664
01:40:08,520 --> 01:40:11,000
Speaker 3: They beat the White Sox nine nothing. Same for the Dodgers,

1665
01:40:11,320 --> 01:40:13,880
Speaker 3: a six to nothing win against the Mets. Julio Riaz

1666
01:40:13,960 --> 01:40:16,479
Speaker 3: just a hit and a walk aloud in six innings,

1667
01:40:16,479 --> 01:40:18,040
Speaker 3: and the Dodgers are gonna need more of that because

1668
01:40:18,080 --> 01:40:20,880
Speaker 3: Clayton Kershaw saying that he's gonna miss a few more

1669
01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:23,479
Speaker 3: weeks before returning to the rotation in early August. He

1670
01:40:23,520 --> 01:40:26,800
Speaker 3: had an MRI on his left shoulder prior to the

1671
01:40:26,960 --> 01:40:31,200
Speaker 3: All Star Break. Diamondbacks fall to the Blue Jays seven

1672
01:40:31,240 --> 01:40:35,080
Speaker 3: to two, as La now a full game ahead of Arizona.

1673
01:40:35,240 --> 01:40:39,840
Speaker 3: In the National League West Rockies a seven to two

1674
01:40:39,920 --> 01:40:43,080
Speaker 3: win over the Yankees, Rangers twelve four over the Guardians.

1675
01:40:43,400 --> 01:40:45,960
Speaker 3: The Twins beat the Athletics five to four, Tigers out

1676
01:40:46,000 --> 01:40:49,280
Speaker 3: last the Mariners five to four. The Angels with Showingotani

1677
01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:51,400
Speaker 3: on the mound, loose to the Astros seven to five,

1678
01:40:51,520 --> 01:40:54,880
Speaker 3: showing Otani allowing four earned runs as he gets pulled

1679
01:40:54,880 --> 01:40:59,280
Speaker 3: in the sixth inning. He takes the loss for the Halos.

1680
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:01,880
Speaker 3: In in the NFL, the Bengals and running back Joe

1681
01:41:01,960 --> 01:41:04,840
Speaker 3: Mixon finalizing a restructured contract that will keep him in

1682
01:41:04,920 --> 01:41:07,799
Speaker 3: Cincinnati for the twenty twenty three season. He was scheduled

1683
01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:10,439
Speaker 3: to make more than ten million dollars this season and

1684
01:41:10,520 --> 01:41:13,360
Speaker 3: a twelve point eight million dollar cap hit, and the

1685
01:41:13,479 --> 01:41:17,479
Speaker 3: Washington Post saying that approval of Commissioner Roger Goodell's contract extension,

1686
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:19,799
Speaker 3: as well as Tom Brady's deal to become a limited

1687
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:22,200
Speaker 3: partner in the Raiders ownership group, are not likely to

1688
01:41:22,280 --> 01:41:27,240
Speaker 3: be resolved at next Thursday's ownerships meeting ownership meetings in Minneapolis.

1689
01:41:27,320 --> 01:41:31,320
Speaker 2: Back to you, Bernie, all right, thanks Kevin Well. The

1690
01:41:31,479 --> 01:41:34,879
Speaker 2: new cycle is twenty four to seven. Always plenty of headlines.

1691
01:41:34,920 --> 01:41:37,800
Speaker 2: That's why this time. Every week we bring in Chris

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Speaker 2: Perfet's World of Soccer.

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Speaker 10: The greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drum and

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Speaker 10: TOOI it's all here in this report from the World

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Speaker 10: of Soccer.

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Speaker 2: Well, Chris, the US team ruined my Sunday. I was

1697
01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:05,880
Speaker 2: looking forward to see did them get to the Gold

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01:42:05,960 --> 01:42:09,920
Speaker 2: Cup final against Mexico? But they spit the bit against Panama.

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Speaker 2: Why am I not surprised?

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Speaker 7: I mean, it's hard to really fall to this point

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01:42:15,439 --> 01:42:18,920
Speaker 7: when we've talked about this before. They basically sent they

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01:42:18,960 --> 01:42:21,240
Speaker 7: didn't send their biggest stars here to the Gold Cup.

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Speaker 7: I was kind of more just shaking my head than

1704
01:42:24,280 --> 01:42:27,559
Speaker 7: it was Panama. But Panama always seems to just play

1705
01:42:27,840 --> 01:42:30,720
Speaker 7: very physical, play very very above their weight when they

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01:42:30,760 --> 01:42:34,000
Speaker 7: play the United States. Credit to Haess Ferra getting the

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01:42:34,520 --> 01:42:37,800
Speaker 7: goal in stoppage time to try I mean in more

1708
01:42:37,880 --> 01:42:40,120
Speaker 7: than stoppage time, cheeze. I think it was like I

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01:42:40,320 --> 01:42:42,519
Speaker 7: believe it was extra time. It was like one hundred

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Speaker 7: and fifth minutes to keep the US level that level.

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Speaker 7: But you know, I don't think we really learned anything

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01:42:48,880 --> 01:42:51,400
Speaker 7: about this US team for this Gold Cup, just because again,

1713
01:42:51,560 --> 01:42:54,439
Speaker 7: as I said, like Fuositch was not sent just because

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01:42:54,479 --> 01:42:57,200
Speaker 7: of how the international break lined up with everything here,

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01:42:57,680 --> 01:43:00,559
Speaker 7: the US just wasn't sending their best stars. You would

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01:43:00,560 --> 01:43:03,080
Speaker 7: have thought maybe ten D would have done just as well.

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01:43:03,240 --> 01:43:06,000
Speaker 7: But they're due for these kind of hiccups now and then.

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01:43:06,240 --> 01:43:09,439
Speaker 7: I mean, at worst, I can say maybe Matthew Turner

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01:43:09,520 --> 01:43:12,000
Speaker 7: is in the stone wall that US fans are making

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Speaker 7: him out to be. But I still believe he's a

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01:43:13,760 --> 01:43:15,360
Speaker 7: very good keeper all the same.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, fair enough. After they pull Act Trinidad, I said, well,

1723
01:43:19,439 --> 01:43:22,400
Speaker 2: maybe I'll change my opinion. But every time there's expectations,

1724
01:43:22,840 --> 01:43:25,200
Speaker 2: they do this to me, regardless of the roster. Speaking

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01:43:25,240 --> 01:43:28,800
Speaker 2: to Christian Poula, Sinchi is now in his new home.

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01:43:29,840 --> 01:43:32,880
Speaker 7: Yes, he just met with the fans in a in

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01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:37,519
Speaker 7: Milan for he has joined AC Milan officially. I believe

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01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:40,000
Speaker 7: Lionel Messi had his kind of intro to Miami so

1729
01:43:40,800 --> 01:43:42,920
Speaker 7: this week too, so everyone's kind of getting to the

1730
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:45,840
Speaker 7: new play. He's this huge crowd out there to greet him.

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01:43:46,640 --> 01:43:51,160
Speaker 7: Pulisitch talking about how he's embracing his Italian heritage there

1732
01:43:51,800 --> 01:43:54,640
Speaker 7: as well, And honestly, I believe with Milan he's in

1733
01:43:54,720 --> 01:43:57,960
Speaker 7: a really good spot. Milan needs someone like him on

1734
01:43:58,120 --> 01:44:00,519
Speaker 7: the attack. This is a club who just won the

1735
01:44:00,800 --> 01:44:05,560
Speaker 7: Italian domestic league two seasons ago, and they were in

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01:44:05,760 --> 01:44:10,519
Speaker 7: the semi finals here or the Champions League and you

1737
01:44:10,600 --> 01:44:14,120
Speaker 7: know with against their old time rival Inter But you know,

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01:44:14,479 --> 01:44:17,000
Speaker 7: Sanzero is going to be a fantastic place to watch

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01:44:17,080 --> 01:44:19,200
Speaker 7: him play. I think the Italian league really fits his

1740
01:44:19,360 --> 01:44:22,840
Speaker 7: style and most importantly, compared to Chelsea, he's going to

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01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:25,760
Speaker 7: get a lot more time to be on the pitch,

1742
01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:27,720
Speaker 7: getting a lot more playing time. So if you're a

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01:44:27,800 --> 01:44:30,560
Speaker 7: fan of Captain America as they call him, this is

1744
01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:33,320
Speaker 7: this is a this is a huge plus and we'll

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01:44:33,400 --> 01:44:36,080
Speaker 7: just hope to make sure he takes the most of

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01:44:36,200 --> 01:44:38,400
Speaker 7: his opportunity here in Italy.

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Speaker 2: So, Chris, I want to flip the European super League.

1748
01:44:42,520 --> 01:44:45,960
Speaker 2: It's an interesting concept. You got to be invited, but

1749
01:44:46,040 --> 01:44:49,559
Speaker 2: you don't have to worry about relegation. But yet I'm

1750
01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:51,559
Speaker 2: not so sure it's going as well as people thought.

1751
01:44:51,680 --> 01:44:55,240
Speaker 2: Why is u ventis why have they begun the procedure

1752
01:44:55,320 --> 01:44:57,880
Speaker 2: to vacate the super League project in Europe?

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Speaker 7: Well, to be clear, there's only there's only three clubs

1754
01:45:01,360 --> 01:45:04,599
Speaker 7: left in this current super League project, especially after there

1755
01:45:04,720 --> 01:45:07,439
Speaker 7: was the forty eight hours of massive backlash in every

1756
01:45:07,479 --> 01:45:10,880
Speaker 7: English club ran fleeing from the hills away from this

1757
01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:13,760
Speaker 7: thing when they saw that the government and government might

1758
01:45:13,800 --> 01:45:16,560
Speaker 7: even like impose upon them. So there was only Barcelona,

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01:45:16,640 --> 01:45:20,160
Speaker 7: Real Madrid and Juventus left, and Juventus told the two

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Speaker 7: Spanish clubs that they by their request. I think part

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01:45:23,320 --> 01:45:25,519
Speaker 7: of the pact is they have to like all agree

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01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:27,640
Speaker 7: to it, but they wish to leave the pack. And

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Speaker 7: that's not surprising. At this point. Juventus has been in

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01:45:30,200 --> 01:45:33,040
Speaker 7: a lot of trouble for various things. They went through

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01:45:33,080 --> 01:45:36,200
Speaker 7: a massive point subduction and several of their top leadership

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01:45:36,280 --> 01:45:40,120
Speaker 7: with the club has been in just horrendous little scandals

1767
01:45:40,160 --> 01:45:42,160
Speaker 7: here about, you know how they and this is a

1768
01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:45,519
Speaker 7: club that has always had a history of sordid financial

1769
01:45:45,640 --> 01:45:49,280
Speaker 7: dealings and it's fighting them in the URS again and

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01:45:49,920 --> 01:45:52,000
Speaker 7: here we are, like, I think they just want to

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01:45:52,080 --> 01:45:54,760
Speaker 7: get this out. They understand at this point, with only

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01:45:54,840 --> 01:45:57,599
Speaker 7: three clubs left and no support from the Premier League,

1773
01:45:57,680 --> 01:46:01,400
Speaker 7: this thing's dead. I know, I know, you know, there's

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01:46:01,479 --> 01:46:04,800
Speaker 7: kind of this dream from Barcelona's people that they're going

1775
01:46:04,880 --> 01:46:06,840
Speaker 7: to turn this around and figure out a way so

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01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:09,880
Speaker 7: that'll get the English clubs back on board. But this

1777
01:46:10,040 --> 01:46:13,200
Speaker 7: isn't happening. This just isn't happening. Whatever dream they had

1778
01:46:13,280 --> 01:46:16,320
Speaker 7: to challenge Champions League and New Way Up is really dead.

1779
01:46:16,360 --> 01:46:18,200
Speaker 7: And I think you'ven just wants to wash their hands.

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01:46:18,240 --> 01:46:20,439
Speaker 7: They can deal with the eight other fires they have

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01:46:20,520 --> 01:46:20,960
Speaker 7: to put out.

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01:46:22,120 --> 01:46:26,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, fair enough. So finally, we're literally days away now

1783
01:46:26,800 --> 01:46:31,160
Speaker 2: from Women's World Cup as the US looks to three pete.

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01:46:31,680 --> 01:46:34,840
Speaker 2: I believe it opens up Thursday, New Zealand, Norway and

1785
01:46:34,880 --> 01:46:37,800
Speaker 2: the United States. By the time you foul report with

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01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:41,160
Speaker 2: US next Friday night, the US will have had their

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01:46:41,200 --> 01:46:46,200
Speaker 2: first game against Vietnam. I'm primarily watching the United States

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Speaker 2: and England. But before we get to handicaping who wins

1789
01:46:48,720 --> 01:46:51,799
Speaker 2: this thing, I understand ticket sales have not been brisk

1790
01:46:52,400 --> 01:46:55,920
Speaker 2: and revenue they've not met their revenue projections in New Zealand.

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Speaker 7: Especially in New Zealand. Yes, that's the key. Australia it's

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01:46:59,400 --> 01:47:01,920
Speaker 7: doing very well because they have Sam Kerr and the

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01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:04,600
Speaker 7: Matilda's are one of the more stronger clubs and I

1794
01:47:04,680 --> 01:47:08,240
Speaker 7: think for the Sunday Sunday Morning Report, we're going to

1795
01:47:08,240 --> 01:47:10,439
Speaker 7: be taught taking a look at the biggest players in

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01:47:10,600 --> 01:47:14,439
Speaker 7: this World Cup. But New Zealand has never really been

1797
01:47:14,520 --> 01:47:18,240
Speaker 7: a country that has really embraced soccer. It's far more

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01:47:18,280 --> 01:47:22,760
Speaker 7: of a famously a rugby country. And I believe in

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01:47:23,200 --> 01:47:26,840
Speaker 7: many of their large cities Hamilton, Auckland, that ticket sales

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01:47:26,880 --> 01:47:30,720
Speaker 7: have just been very poor. So FIFA is reportedly going

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01:47:30,760 --> 01:47:34,879
Speaker 7: to be giving away about twenty thousand free tickets in Auckland, Hamilton,

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01:47:35,400 --> 01:47:38,840
Speaker 7: and if I see here Wellington and Dindon, they're just

1803
01:47:39,040 --> 01:47:41,439
Speaker 7: you know, not really selling tickets there. Hopefully this gets

1804
01:47:41,479 --> 01:47:43,960
Speaker 7: people to come out to it, but this is always

1805
01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:46,000
Speaker 7: kind of the risk of having it being co hosted

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01:47:46,080 --> 01:47:47,040
Speaker 7: between two countries.

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01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:52,559
Speaker 2: So the United States is in groopy with Portugal, Netherlands

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01:47:52,600 --> 01:47:55,400
Speaker 2: and Vietnam. Look, you're still going to play the games,

1809
01:47:55,400 --> 01:47:57,240
Speaker 2: but is there any concern whatsoever They don't in.

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01:47:57,200 --> 01:47:59,840
Speaker 7: Advance, So I think in the friendlies that have been

1811
01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:04,280
Speaker 7: had happening here before we go, Before the World Women's

1812
01:48:04,320 --> 01:48:07,800
Speaker 7: World Cup itself, the USA's opponents have been outscored a

1813
01:48:07,880 --> 01:48:11,200
Speaker 7: total of nine goals to zero. All said and done,

1814
01:48:11,280 --> 01:48:13,320
Speaker 7: I think this is a group that the US will

1815
01:48:13,760 --> 01:48:16,560
Speaker 7: will clean up easily. The threat to the US I

1816
01:48:16,640 --> 01:48:18,479
Speaker 7: don't think is going to come in their group stage

1817
01:48:18,479 --> 01:48:19,960
Speaker 7: at all. It is going to be come from seeing

1818
01:48:20,360 --> 01:48:23,200
Speaker 7: if they'll have to play another power like England or

1819
01:48:23,280 --> 01:48:27,040
Speaker 7: even Sam Kerr and the Australian team. But this group, no,

1820
01:48:27,320 --> 01:48:30,280
Speaker 7: this this should be a sleep This is I hate

1821
01:48:30,320 --> 01:48:32,640
Speaker 7: to use the term sleepwalk. I believe everyone brings their

1822
01:48:32,680 --> 01:48:34,840
Speaker 7: best coming to this, but I think they have a

1823
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:37,559
Speaker 7: very easy group and they will advance very easily out

1824
01:48:37,600 --> 01:48:37,720
Speaker 7: of it.

1825
01:48:37,960 --> 01:48:40,719
Speaker 2: Well, and England has to get past China, Denmark or Haiti.

1826
01:48:40,760 --> 01:48:42,360
Speaker 2: I feel the same for them, Am I wrong?

1827
01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:46,320
Speaker 7: I think Denmark might pose them a few like Denmark

1828
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:49,200
Speaker 7: has probably tripped them up, but like yeah, China and Haiti, No,

1829
01:48:49,439 --> 01:48:52,280
Speaker 7: I think England will breeze on through. This is always

1830
01:48:52,280 --> 01:48:55,160
Speaker 7: the problem with the with the Women's World Cup is

1831
01:48:55,200 --> 01:48:58,920
Speaker 7: that group stage. You've got these giants launched in with

1832
01:48:59,000 --> 01:49:01,880
Speaker 7: a lot of just less teams. Like maybe the most

1833
01:49:01,880 --> 01:49:05,200
Speaker 7: competitive maybe we'll see is a Group B with Australia, Ireland,

1834
01:49:05,280 --> 01:49:08,200
Speaker 7: Nigeria and Canada, But even then I have questions about

1835
01:49:08,600 --> 01:49:12,280
Speaker 7: Canada's Canada coming into this, and then maybe Group C,

1836
01:49:12,520 --> 01:49:14,760
Speaker 7: you know, Spain and Japan was going to make for

1837
01:49:14,840 --> 01:49:19,960
Speaker 7: some very interesting viewing there, but no, we're all just

1838
01:49:20,040 --> 01:49:22,280
Speaker 7: kind of We're just kind of waiting to see the

1839
01:49:22,680 --> 01:49:25,200
Speaker 7: Titans duke it out in the knockout rows.

1840
01:49:25,640 --> 01:49:28,040
Speaker 2: No fair enough, fair enough, all right, Chris, real good.

1841
01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:29,519
Speaker 2: We'll see in about twenty four hours.

1842
01:49:30,439 --> 01:49:31,240
Speaker 7: Have a good one, Bernie.

1843
01:49:31,479 --> 01:49:35,200
Speaker 2: Thanks Christopher Fettz. World of Soccer, And next week at

1844
01:49:35,240 --> 01:49:40,000
Speaker 2: this time, Women's World Cup will be underway. As you recall,

1845
01:49:40,680 --> 01:49:44,800
Speaker 2: we covered Men's World Cup last fall November. Heading into

1846
01:49:44,880 --> 01:49:49,400
Speaker 2: Christmas quite fervently. Women's World Cup, same situation as the

1847
01:49:49,520 --> 01:49:53,000
Speaker 2: US team led by Alex Morgan and company. Look to

1848
01:49:53,120 --> 01:49:56,280
Speaker 2: three pet We'll see if someone like an England, not

1849
01:49:56,479 --> 01:50:02,599
Speaker 2: New England, England Old England and can take the crown.

1850
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Speaker 2: We'll see coming up. False narrative involving running backs. I'm

1851
01:50:07,880 --> 01:50:11,280
Speaker 2: gonna set the record straight. I'm Bernie Fraddiworck Comedy Live

1852
01:50:11,280 --> 01:50:13,919
Speaker 2: from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, Tirack dot Com Studios.

1853
01:50:13,960 --> 01:50:15,920
Speaker 2: Keep it locked this team with the Bernie Frattles Show

1854
01:50:15,960 --> 01:50:25,400
Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio. Wrapping it up on The Bernie

1855
01:50:25,439 --> 01:50:29,160
Speaker 2: Frattles Show Comedy Live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio,

1856
01:50:29,240 --> 01:50:31,840
Speaker 2: Tirack dot Com Studios. Far go any further. Want to

1857
01:50:31,840 --> 01:50:35,240
Speaker 2: think my broadcast team back in Los Angeles, they've been

1858
01:50:35,280 --> 01:50:39,559
Speaker 2: with me since eleven pm Pacific, Mark Ramseyard technical producer,

1859
01:50:39,640 --> 01:50:43,719
Speaker 2: Ethan Miller, creator of the Trivia game, and of course

1860
01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:47,800
Speaker 2: Kevin Wirrett on the updates. Guys, a teamwork, turning all

1861
01:50:47,880 --> 01:50:51,600
Speaker 2: the dials, keeping us glued together. Of course, we'll be

1862
01:50:51,680 --> 01:50:54,479
Speaker 2: back on these air waves again Saturday night at eleven

1863
01:50:54,560 --> 01:51:02,360
Speaker 2: pm Pacific to a Eastern for four hours. If you've

1864
01:51:02,400 --> 01:51:05,160
Speaker 2: heard the name Isaiah Pachecko, then you probably know that

1865
01:51:05,240 --> 01:51:09,160
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty players were picked ahead of Isaiah

1866
01:51:09,200 --> 01:51:12,519
Speaker 2: Pachecko in the twenty twenty two draft, which put him

1867
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:15,200
Speaker 2: in the seventh round. Tough little running back out of Rutgers,

1868
01:51:15,880 --> 01:51:19,280
Speaker 2: and that didn't stop Isaiah Pachecko from being the leading

1869
01:51:19,479 --> 01:51:22,880
Speaker 2: rusher in the Super Bowl, in which the Kansas City

1870
01:51:23,000 --> 01:51:27,400
Speaker 2: Chiefs defeated Philadelphia thirty eight to thirty five. My man,

1871
01:51:27,400 --> 01:51:30,200
Speaker 2: Anthony Gargano, I'm sorry to dredge up that memory thinks.

1872
01:51:30,400 --> 01:51:33,040
Speaker 2: Sorry about that, Ethan, but Philly, you'll be back next year.

1873
01:51:34,439 --> 01:51:39,440
Speaker 2: But I digress. This narrative about running backs being devalued

1874
01:51:39,520 --> 01:51:41,840
Speaker 2: and such, I don't buy it. I think they are

1875
01:51:42,240 --> 01:51:45,439
Speaker 2: more interchangeable now, and what has happened is due to

1876
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:48,479
Speaker 2: the structure of the NFL game due to the EBB

1877
01:51:48,520 --> 01:51:52,400
Speaker 2: and flow and the style of NFL play, things have

1878
01:51:52,520 --> 01:51:55,160
Speaker 2: changed dramatically. And I'm going to explain. But before you

1879
01:51:55,320 --> 01:51:58,040
Speaker 2: take up a collection plate and you start to shed

1880
01:51:58,120 --> 01:52:01,840
Speaker 2: tears or have rope from your rosary praying for guys

1881
01:52:01,960 --> 01:52:06,360
Speaker 2: like Saquon Barkley, who deserves all the money he can get.

1882
01:52:06,439 --> 01:52:09,360
Speaker 2: I get that. But what if I told you, even

1883
01:52:09,400 --> 01:52:13,200
Speaker 2: if Barkley plays under the franchise tag this year, he

1884
01:52:13,320 --> 01:52:15,760
Speaker 2: still will have made forty million, one hundred and ninety

1885
01:52:15,760 --> 01:52:20,040
Speaker 2: four thousand in his career. Forty one million. Dalvin Cook,

1886
01:52:20,640 --> 01:52:24,439
Speaker 2: he hasn't signed yet. To date, he's made thirty nine million,

1887
01:52:24,479 --> 01:52:27,439
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty five thousand. Ezekiel Elliott looking for

1888
01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:31,519
Speaker 2: a team, He's made seventy one million. So between Barkley, Elliott,

1889
01:52:31,560 --> 01:52:35,439
Speaker 2: and Dalvin Cook? Oh nothing? What one hundred and sixty million?

1890
01:52:35,640 --> 01:52:38,200
Speaker 2: All right? Where am I going with this? It may

1891
01:52:38,280 --> 01:52:41,600
Speaker 2: not be what they want. And yes, I think the

1892
01:52:41,680 --> 01:52:46,240
Speaker 2: facts show that the pay scale of running backs has

1893
01:52:46,320 --> 01:52:48,639
Speaker 2: diminished in the last six years, but it's all relative

1894
01:52:49,400 --> 01:52:52,439
Speaker 2: because these guys aren't in breadlines. So I think that

1895
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:55,519
Speaker 2: needs to be I think that needs to be sprinkled

1896
01:52:55,560 --> 01:53:00,200
Speaker 2: into the larger narrative. Why why is this happening? Well,

1897
01:53:00,240 --> 01:53:05,800
Speaker 2: first of all, there are two reasons, okay, and for me,

1898
01:53:05,920 --> 01:53:09,439
Speaker 2: the most prevalent reason is that the NBA has kick

1899
01:53:09,520 --> 01:53:12,559
Speaker 2: Tad my Fredi and slip. The NFL has become basketball

1900
01:53:12,600 --> 01:53:15,800
Speaker 2: on turf. You put your best athletes in space to

1901
01:53:15,880 --> 01:53:18,280
Speaker 2: make a play, spread the field, you win your one

1902
01:53:18,320 --> 01:53:22,760
Speaker 2: on one battles. As such, the quarterback, now more than ever,

1903
01:53:22,880 --> 01:53:27,240
Speaker 2: has been altra important. The game is absolutely quarterback centric.

1904
01:53:27,360 --> 01:53:30,599
Speaker 2: Now you play the game through your quarterback. The best

1905
01:53:30,640 --> 01:53:33,120
Speaker 2: way to win in the National Football League is to

1906
01:53:33,240 --> 01:53:36,719
Speaker 2: be able to throw the ball proficiently. End of story. Example,

1907
01:53:37,400 --> 01:53:42,000
Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills, they run their whole offense through Josh Allen. Yes,

1908
01:53:42,160 --> 01:53:45,439
Speaker 2: they pick up Devin Singletary. He signed a one year

1909
01:53:45,520 --> 01:53:52,640
Speaker 2: free agent deal, but he was an accessory. He was

1910
01:53:52,680 --> 01:53:57,320
Speaker 2: an accessory. It became expendable. They drafted James Cook. He's

1911
01:53:57,360 --> 01:54:01,160
Speaker 2: not expected to be a heavy volume back either, catches

1912
01:54:01,200 --> 01:54:03,599
Speaker 2: the ball at the backfield and that's where you're at

1913
01:54:04,520 --> 01:54:06,960
Speaker 2: Green Bay. Divide up. They divide up their carries between

1914
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:09,719
Speaker 2: Aaron Jones and aj Dillon. The days of the workhorse guys.

1915
01:54:10,120 --> 01:54:14,160
Speaker 2: I know Josh Jacobs was that last year in phenomenal.

1916
01:54:14,720 --> 01:54:17,400
Speaker 2: He'll block you, he'll block, he'll protect the quarterback. I'll

1917
01:54:17,439 --> 01:54:19,120
Speaker 2: knocking on your butt. Catch the ball in the backfield,

1918
01:54:19,240 --> 01:54:21,280
Speaker 2: run between the tackles. Does it all. By the way,

1919
01:54:21,280 --> 01:54:26,040
Speaker 2: the Raiders, they're terrible. So you've got a situation where

1920
01:54:27,040 --> 01:54:29,400
Speaker 2: because the game has changed to put athletes in space

1921
01:54:29,439 --> 01:54:32,720
Speaker 2: in win one on one battles, the quarterback centric offense

1922
01:54:32,880 --> 01:54:34,680
Speaker 2: is not prevalent in the NFL. Those are the teams

1923
01:54:34,720 --> 01:54:37,240
Speaker 2: that win. I just mentioned what the Chiefs do. They

1924
01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:39,440
Speaker 2: won with a seventh round running back out of Rutgers,

1925
01:54:39,800 --> 01:54:41,560
Speaker 2: and he led the league. He led the game in rushing.

1926
01:54:43,320 --> 01:54:46,040
Speaker 2: NFL running backs are still an important cog in most

1927
01:54:46,240 --> 01:54:49,760
Speaker 2: NFL offenses. Their view, this is not my word, this

1928
01:54:49,920 --> 01:54:53,040
Speaker 2: is someone else's word. The reviewed is replaceable parts with

1929
01:54:53,200 --> 01:54:56,360
Speaker 2: a short shelf life that it's hard to overpay for.

1930
01:54:57,880 --> 01:55:01,000
Speaker 2: I don't like the term replaceable. I like the term interchangeable.

1931
01:55:02,920 --> 01:55:06,800
Speaker 2: It's just it's semantical to me. All Right, you got

1932
01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:11,280
Speaker 2: to recalibrate the importance of the position because NFL offenses

1933
01:55:11,280 --> 01:55:14,040
Speaker 2: are changing. Part of the issue here is, and this

1934
01:55:14,160 --> 01:55:17,440
Speaker 2: is a big part, is This has clearly become a

1935
01:55:17,560 --> 01:55:23,400
Speaker 2: supplying demand issue. There are simply more running backs than jobs.

1936
01:55:24,560 --> 01:55:27,880
Speaker 2: So with that, you factor in your rotations, you factor

1937
01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:31,160
Speaker 2: in your salary cap. You have to cost justify your budget.

1938
01:55:32,000 --> 01:55:34,760
Speaker 2: And Joe Banner, a former NFL executive who knows a

1939
01:55:34,840 --> 01:55:39,320
Speaker 2: thing or two, he doesn't think running backs have necessarily

1940
01:55:39,400 --> 01:55:42,640
Speaker 2: been devalued. He just thinks there's an imbalance a supply

1941
01:55:42,720 --> 01:55:44,560
Speaker 2: and demand at the position. There's no real need to

1942
01:55:44,640 --> 01:55:50,360
Speaker 2: overpay running backs. And look, he's an analyst now for

1943
01:55:50,400 --> 01:55:53,440
Speaker 2: an organization called the thirty third Team. He says, you

1944
01:55:53,480 --> 01:55:55,160
Speaker 2: can get a running back now in the second or

1945
01:55:55,240 --> 01:55:58,720
Speaker 2: third round, and you no longer have the heavy workload

1946
01:55:59,200 --> 01:56:02,600
Speaker 2: situation that takes their toll. I mean, just four running

1947
01:56:02,640 --> 01:56:05,200
Speaker 2: backs have been selected in the first round the past

1948
01:56:05,240 --> 01:56:08,040
Speaker 2: four drafts. There's been a running back taken higher than

1949
01:56:08,080 --> 01:56:11,720
Speaker 2: twenty fourth since twenty eighteen, when the New York Giants

1950
01:56:11,760 --> 01:56:14,040
Speaker 2: took Saquon Barkley with a second pick. Under the eighty

1951
01:56:14,080 --> 01:56:17,480
Speaker 2: five running backs drafted in the last four years, sixty

1952
01:56:17,640 --> 01:56:23,160
Speaker 2: been after round four. There is a plethora of talents

1953
01:56:23,400 --> 01:56:26,920
Speaker 2: at the running back position, and Joe Binder went on

1954
01:56:27,040 --> 01:56:29,920
Speaker 2: to say, when you talk about supply and demand. The

1955
01:56:30,000 --> 01:56:33,320
Speaker 2: position of running back has that luxury more than any

1956
01:56:33,360 --> 01:56:37,720
Speaker 2: other position. If you take a elite wide receiver, if

1957
01:56:37,720 --> 01:56:40,360
Speaker 2: you have a top tier wide receiver and he goes

1958
01:56:40,440 --> 01:56:43,800
Speaker 2: bye bye, the chances of replacing him with someone of

1959
01:56:43,920 --> 01:56:48,680
Speaker 2: comparable quality are very slim. If you have a top

1960
01:56:48,760 --> 01:56:52,040
Speaker 2: flight defensive end who's a great pass rusher, he goes

1961
01:56:52,080 --> 01:56:55,320
Speaker 2: bye bye, the chances of replacing him with somebody just

1962
01:56:55,400 --> 01:57:00,640
Speaker 2: as good very small. But running backs their innerchanged. And

1963
01:57:00,720 --> 01:57:03,520
Speaker 2: in this man's NFL and this man's offense, everything goes

1964
01:57:03,520 --> 01:57:08,160
Speaker 2: through the quarterback because it's become basketball on turf. And again,

1965
01:57:08,280 --> 01:57:11,120
Speaker 2: these guys aren't starving in breadlines. It's gonna do it

1966
01:57:11,160 --> 01:57:13,880
Speaker 2: for the Bernie Frattle Show, but keep it locked up

1967
01:57:14,000 --> 01:57:17,360
Speaker 2: next to the great Anthony Gargano right here, Fox Sports

1968
01:57:17,560 --> 01:57:17,880
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