1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: This is the business of sports where in the situation 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: that we haven't dealt with in modern times, pandemic here 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: has really accelerated the investments that you've been advocating for 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: for years. From a macro standpoint, I think our sport 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: industry is really forced to look at the business a 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: little bit differently in depth conversations with the leaders in 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: the sports industry. Who wants to be the sacrificial lambs 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: that shows up at the first big major sporting event, 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: were part of something much bigger than the sport right 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: now and the health and safety of our stakeholders that 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: works much important every moment. I think we're all from 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: the business respective thinking about the impact that the virus 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: is having across the country. In Bloomberg Business of Sports 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: from Bloomberg Radio, Hi everyone, I'm Jason Kelly and I'm 15 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: Michael Barr, and this is the Bloomberg Business of Sports 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: podcast where we explore the big money issues in the 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: world of sports, and today we're going to spend a 18 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: little time talking about the big game. Our man, our 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: usual partner in Tim Lynchy. Uh. He had a little 20 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: surgery today getting that new hip to get that swing 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: back in shape. So he is, you know, working off 22 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: his med somewhere bar so we you know, made the 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: call to the pull pen. We got Rich Truman joining us. 24 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: It's post fantasy season, but any good fantasy player was 25 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: watching the game last night with a gimlet eye. I'm 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: sure Mr Truman, Uh, talk to me about the Super Bowl. Well, 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: first of all, the Super Bowl was not such a 28 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: super game. I don't remember a game being this bad 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: a game in quite some time. I mean, obviously the 30 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: storyline is Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady, but I 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: think just as important, or maybe even more important, was 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: a job that Todd Bowles did as defensive coordinator for Tampa. 33 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: The former Jet coach on her If you told anybody 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: that Kansas City would not score a touchdown and get 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: under ten points in the game, they would have thought 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: you were crazy. Yeah it was not. It was that 37 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: was That was a big storyline that I think is 38 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: to me, it is front and center besides Tom Brady. Well, 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: I want to talk in a minute Michael Barr about 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: out Todd Bowles and some of the other coaches who 41 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: weren't head coaches yesterday who may be in the future. 42 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: But before we get that, let's talk a minute about 43 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. Let's see what he had to say last night. 44 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of all these guys out here, everything 45 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: we dealt with all year. We had a rough mounth 46 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: in November, but BA had all the confidence in us. 47 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: The team had a lot of confidence. We came together 48 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: at the right time. I think we knew this was 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: gonna happen, didn't we. We end it not playing our 50 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: best favorite a year, and that of course, is I 51 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: think pretty much undisputed at this point. The goat tom 52 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: Brady winning his seventh that's right, seventh super Bowl, his 53 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: thirty fourth playoff game. Michael Barr and just I just 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: want to point one thing out, and you know, not 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: gonna dog Lynchy too much because he you know, as 56 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: I said, you know, he's he's recuperating right now. But 57 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: of the three of us, the three hosts of this show, 58 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: who called the Bucks winning, it was me. It was 59 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: not Lynch. It was not Lynchy, tom Brady's pal who 60 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: covered him for so many years. Although he did say 61 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: in his defense Lynch's that is that by not picking him, 62 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: he was rooting for him because he had picked against 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: him all through the playoffs. But I mean, one of 64 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: the things we know, Michael barr is you can't you 65 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: can't bet against the goat. You know, I'm not gonna 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: lie to you. The Puppy Bowl was better than the 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl this year. This this was, this was I'm 68 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: looking at it and I'm like, oh no, what is 69 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: going on? And and it is. It goes off what 70 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: Rich was saying. This is the first time in Mahomes 71 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: is Patrick Mahomes NFL career and his college career that 72 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: he did not throw a touchdown in a game that 73 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 1: has never happened. And it's I felt bad because the 74 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: defense for the Buccaneers just annihilated the old line for 75 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: k C. And that was the difference right there, because 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: they were just giving pressure left and right, which goes 77 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: to Todd Bowls and and that was brilliant of putting 78 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: that pressure on over and over and over again. And 79 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: now Mahomes said that the toe he has turf toe, 80 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: that it wasn't an issue. But bless his heart, I 81 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: know he's trying to tough it out. But if you know, 82 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: anytime you're in pain, that's an issue. The beauty of 83 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: it for Tampa was they didn't have to bring any blitzes. 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: It was kind of reminiscent of a couple of years 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: ago when the Giants had a strong front four and 86 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: forced Pratty into some errors and the Giants upset the Patriots. 87 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay had a luxury of just rushing four guys 88 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: and they had two guys double team Tyreek Hill, which 89 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: pretty much took him out of the game because if 90 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: you remember when they played in the regular season, he 91 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: had like over two yards receiving in the first quarter. 92 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: So Tampa made Kansas City try to hit Kelsey and 93 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: thinking dunked down the way down their field, but he 94 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: just did not have enough time. I mean, it was unbelievable. 95 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: The on the pressure Tampa Bay was ever again on 96 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: the homes. So rich S Truman, how do you what 97 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: do you make as a careful watcher of this league? 98 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: What do you make about all the ref griping that 99 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: we were seeing on Twitter last night and and the 100 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: recaps from the Chiefs fans. I think it was warranted. Um. 101 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to give credit to Rick Gosselin an NFL right. 102 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: I saw this today on social media. In thirteen games 103 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: in the postseason, the Chiefs were the only team that 104 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 1: were assessed more than a hundred yards and penalties and 105 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: double digit penalties. Usually in the playoffs, they usually let 106 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: them play. And I gotta tell you, a bunch of 107 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: calls in the second quarter to me, were very questionable 108 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: at best. I think they should have held the whistle. 109 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: There were a couple of key pass interference calls in 110 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: that quarter, and pretty much the second quarter turned that 111 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: whole game around. Not that Tampa Bay was not going 112 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: to win that game, but I really thought the refereing 113 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: was very, very poorous today. Yeah, it it definitely drew 114 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: a lot of booze for sure that the Chiefs didn't 115 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: do themselves any favors. I do want to turn if 116 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: we can for a minute, Michael Barr to the degenerate 117 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: gamblers of the world. I don't know if you saw this, 118 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: Mattress Mac. Yes, I grew up in in I spent 119 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: part of my growing up years in Houston. As you know. Uh, 120 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: this is the owner of Gallery Furniture. The biggest Super 121 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: Bowl bet of the year. He won more than six 122 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: million dollars. He was betting on Tom Brady. Well, yeah, 123 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: he said. The reason why he made this three and 124 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: a half million dollar bet two in part because he 125 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: had made this promotion to all of his customers that 126 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,799 Speaker 1: if you spend at least three thousand dollars and Tampa 127 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: Bay wins, it's free. And sure enough the Bucks won, 128 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: So some of that money went towards taking taking care 129 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: of all of his customers' is one heck of a hedge. 130 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: It worked. I love the fact that you know, just 131 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: based on how online betting work, because you know it's 132 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: geo located and all that stuff. He lives in Houston. 133 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: He had to fly to Colorado Springs. I guess he 134 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: has a home there. Uh, And flew to Colorado Springs, 135 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: placed the bet via draft Kings, and flew home. Watch 136 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: the game. Did you hear where he put? Did you 137 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: see did you rewhere he put his winnings? Where? Oh 138 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: boy under the mattress saw that one coming? Alright? So, 139 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: Rich Truman, if you are looking at this through a 140 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: fantasy lens, you're thinking about next year already. I mean, 141 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a quarterback carousel. It feels like potentially, 142 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: and I know this has sort of next uh sort 143 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: of derivative impact coaching carousel as well. What are you 144 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: thinking about in the off season. Well there, This is 145 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: probably going to be the biggest offseason where quarterbacks are moving. 146 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,239 Speaker 1: Uh s. Matthew Stafford already got traded to the Rams. 147 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: Even though Houston says I'm not going to trade the 148 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: Shawn Watson, everybody thinks they're going to trade the Shawn Watson. 149 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: You have. The Jets might be rafting a quarterback. They 150 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 1: might be trading Sam Donald. Um, there's a big Carson 151 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: Wentz of the Eagles is rumored to be treated any 152 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: day now. We don't know how these teams are really 153 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: going to shape up for next year. But the one 154 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: thing I will tell you, which I took away during 155 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: the regular season, Jason, is that you really need a 156 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: mobile quarter of quarterback and fantasy football um Lamar Jackson 157 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: came on late last year. Mahomes is mobile. He who 158 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: want and he wants to be the quarterback who Jalen Hurts, 159 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 1: who replaced Carson Wentz to Philadelphia is mobile the year 160 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: in Kyler Murray of Arizona. So when I go into 161 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: my draft next year, I am only going to take 162 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback and I includes Josh Allen and Buffalo 163 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: also had a great season. Thanks for letting me know, yeah, 164 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: and who do you think about coming? I mean that 165 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: the draft is also pretty as you mentioned sort of 166 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: quarterback rich. I don't think we we've seen a draft 167 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: like this in a while, right, and no, Um, I 168 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: mean if you think about it a couple of years 169 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: ago in Baker Mayfield and Sam Donald and Josh Allen 170 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: and um, Josh Rosen, those four guys went in the 171 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: first round I think, in the first dozen picks. Um. 172 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: But there's gonna be a lot of interest because the 173 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Clemson quarterback everybody says it's going to go number one, 174 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: and then you have the b U b y U 175 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: quarterback and the Ohio State quarterbacks. So there are probably 176 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a couple of quarterbacks taken in within the 177 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: first tense well picks again. Alright, So Michael Bard, you 178 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: watched any of the commercials. It was a different sort 179 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: of commercial year as well when it came to Super 180 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: Bowl ads. Yeah, you didn't see Let's put it this way, 181 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: it was a lot more conservative. It was toned down. 182 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: You didn't see any of the the goofy ads like 183 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: the Budweiser frogs or anything like that years past. Uh, 184 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: some commercials touched on the the COVID, the pandemic and 185 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: people going through the pandemic. But you know, for the 186 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: most part it was was pretty you know, it was 187 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: pretty uh not bland as the word I want to use, 188 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: but it was down the middle of the road. It's 189 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: a little safe, you know. There was I think the 190 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: strangest commercial might have been Oldly and Food and beverage 191 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: company based in Sweden, and what happened it was it 192 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: featured the company's chief executive, Tony Peterson, playing a keyboard 193 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: in the field and singing, It's like milk, but made 194 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: for humans. It's like milk, but made for humans. Wow. Wow, 195 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: no cow, no, no, you know, you get the idea. 196 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: That was about the wildest one I had seen. But 197 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: this year you didn't have bud Wiser in terms of 198 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: the beer itself in the ads and somebody goes you 199 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: didn't see You didn't see any movie premiers ads in 200 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: that also, which I get why you didn't see it. 201 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: But it was interesting more than it. Yeah, there was 202 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: one trailer for a series I believe out of the MCU, 203 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which was Falcon and the Winter Soldier, 204 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: which I have to say it looked pretty cool. I 205 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: loved the Will Ferrell uh GMT. That was my favorite 206 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: for sure. So guys, you know interesting. Michael Barr and 207 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: Lynchie and I caught up with the head of the 208 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Sports Commission last week headed into the game. Uh, 209 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: they got another title. It's the new title town Rich Truman. 210 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: I mean, unbelievable. You know, we all live in New 211 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: York and the last time a New York team has 212 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: won a professional title the two thousand and eleven Giants, 213 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: so we're talking ten years. Meanwhile, this year alone, obviously, 214 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, the Tampa Bay Lightning one, 215 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: the NHL Stanley Cup, and the Tampa Bay Rays lost 216 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: in the World Series of the Dodgers. And these are, 217 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: you know, besides the Bucks, small market teams. And it's 218 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: amazing how they have dismal success in one season. And 219 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: in New York we have been in dire straits trying 220 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: to get some championships. Yeah, it's uh, it's really something 221 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: to watch. I mean, you feel for Tampa. We talked 222 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: about this last week Michael Barr that you feel for 223 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: Tampa because they didn't really get to fully embrace the 224 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: moment of hosting the Super Bowl. You know, the home 225 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: team hosting for the first time in history. It wasn't 226 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: a full stadium unless you count cardboard cutouts who were 227 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: sitting between live fans. But I will say crowd noise 228 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: was good, uh and certainly a little bit better because 229 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: the home team was playing. And even in that clip 230 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: we heard earlier from Tom Brady. I mean you could 231 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: hear people cheering a bit and and folks seem to 232 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: be tuning in at least initially. But I gotta tell you, 233 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: and not to end on a down note, it was 234 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: a boring game. It just was. It just was. I 235 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: have a question for Jason. I have a question for Jason. Jason, 236 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: your beloved Atlanta Falcons was so close to winning the 237 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and Tom Grady came back and defeating them. 238 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: Are you rooting against Tom Brady yesterday? It's a very 239 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 1: good question. Um, it is very hard for me to 240 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: root for Tom Brady given the twenty three debacle, But 241 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: I also no never ever to count him out, and 242 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: I did on this podcast and on this show call 243 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: for a Bucks win last week. UM, I actually wasn't 244 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: rooting against him, in part because our our man Lynchy 245 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: has has spoken so highly of Tom Brady uh as 246 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: a human. And I don't know if you guys saw 247 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 1: this story on ESPN this morning, but you know he 248 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: was all up in Uh. I believe it was was 249 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: it Tyrone Matthew um and uh Tyron Matthew I mean 250 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: they were going after it and Uh, I guess Brady 251 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: sent him a text. He tried to try to find 252 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: him yesterday after the game, uh and sent him a 253 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: text basically apologizing and saying, listen, I've always admired you, 254 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: sort of like lost control um, which you know, it's 255 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: it's hard to dislike the guy. And honestly, he is 256 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: so so so good at football. I mean, there's no 257 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: denying it. So I sort of put my that that 258 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: painful your aside and and and maybe at least don't 259 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: root against him. I do want to say something about 260 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, and we were talking about it. Yes, Tampa 261 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: Bay was the home crowd they won. But I do 262 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: have a concern, and that is, especially after the game, 263 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: there were a lot of people milling out that we're 264 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: outside the stadium that were, you know, all in the 265 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: entertainment area and this and that whatever, and some people 266 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: didn't have masks and there wasn't much social distancing. And 267 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: now I've got a concern, uh if there's gonna be 268 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: a COVID spreader because of that. That that's something that 269 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: struck me when I saw that. But otherwise I'm happy 270 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: for Tampa Bay. Congratulations. Well I'm happy for them as well. 271 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: And I will end by saying by asking both of you, uh, 272 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: starting with you, Rich Truman, did you think we're going 273 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: to have an on time super Bowl all games play? 274 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: I didn't, absolutely not. You know, it really is a 275 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: miracle that they didn't miss any games. And actually this 276 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: funny thing is not the funny thing. Ironically, the biggest 277 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: scare happened when a barber who was cutting the Kansas 278 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: City Choose player's hair end up getting COVID and it 279 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: was concerned that some players are going to miss the game. 280 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: But it really is miraculous that they were able to 281 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: pull us off, didn't have to go to any extra 282 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: weeks in the season. I was very, very surprised they 283 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: were able to do this. Yeah, well they came, and 284 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: forgive the pun, but they came within a hair's breath 285 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: away from losing Patrick Mahomes because of that, because Patrick 286 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: Mahomes was ready to go to this barber in just 287 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: a few moments, and then all of a sudden, the 288 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: barber is like, no, you gotta go, man, because you've 289 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: tested positive so well. A happy ending to the season 290 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: for sure, and certainly for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and man, 291 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: did they look smart for picking up the goat. This 292 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: is the Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast. 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