1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: This is the bloom brick Business of Sports show. We 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: explore the big money issues in the world of sports. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm Michael Barne, I'm Scarlett Food, I'm mind. We got 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: a lot of topics to talk about the day. But first, Wow, 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: what NFL action did we have over the weekend? All 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: four divisional games? And I don't think this has ever 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: happened before. Came down to the final play. It's like 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: you couldn't script it any better. You couldn't and it was. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: And just to give you now the matchup, Uh, Kansas 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: City they beat the Bills in an overtime heartbreaker. Uh. 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Now it's gonna be the Chiefs against the Bengals for 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: the a f C title. That's Saturday. That's and well 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: is it sound? Oh no, no, that's that's the day 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: to go to Costco. By the way, if you need 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: to get groceries. Is doing those two playoff games? What 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: I've learned NFC? Uh the forty nine there's will face 17 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams. Yeah. And and you know my 18 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: we were talking about this before we went on the air. 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: My wife is a die hard forty nine is fan 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: your family scarlets. People are celebrating and being obnoxious all weekend. Yes, okay, 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: I'm trying to put this as nice as possible so 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: I can get back in the door after the podcast. 23 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: My wife from the moment they won at lambeau Field, which, 24 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: by the way, I have to say it, the forty 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: nine is didn't necessarily win the game, but the green 26 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: Bay Packers definitely lost the game. And and I the 27 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: key play was the block punt. They're gonna be talking 28 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: about that forever. But more importantly, green Bay for a 29 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: moment was like, where's the ball. We don't know where 30 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the ball is, what's happening? And then all of a 31 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: sudden says, Oh, there's the ball, and then they ran 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: in for the touchdown, and of course then after that 33 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: then my wife started playing music and then I never 34 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: heard the end of it after that. My whole point is, 35 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: if the TV ratings are not super duper off the roof, 36 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: I am going to turn in my Roy Rogers membership 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: card because there's no in the world this could not 38 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: be a sky high ratings for Scarlett. I know it 39 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: was on in your house, it was on in our house, 40 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: and it just goes back to that idea. Any given 41 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: Sunday or in this case, any given Saturday. The parody 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL is pretty incredible. The fact that these 43 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: games came down to the last minute, it was traumatic. Um. 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: What I thought was interesting too, was that the Bills 45 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: um Chiefs game was all about star quarterbacks and the 46 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: incredible feats they're capable of. The forty Niners game was 47 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: not about star quarterbacks, or at least on the n end. 48 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: You know, they kind of got there in spite of 49 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Yeah. Well, oh boy, you sound a lot 50 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: like my wife lindsay, uh about this a lot in 51 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: our household. Jimmy Jimmy Garoppoo. Now, I'll be honest. Now 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: he's injured, so there's but he is so marketable because 53 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: he's a handsome guy. I can definitely see him now 54 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: picking up endorsements Lynchy And now does he get his 55 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: dollar contract? Uh? Well, he's he's injury prone and that's 56 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: the big problem have with them. They just don't know 57 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: what they can count on him for an entire season, 58 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: and that's why they made the draft choice they did 59 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: last spring. I look at this weekend as a reversal 60 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: of fortune. The city of Buffalo came within a whisker 61 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: of hosting the a f C Championship and you know 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: what that would have been like up there despite the weather. 63 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: Take the Mighty Grass multiplied by twenty And that's what 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: we've been going on for seven days in the city 65 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: of Buffalo. Then I look at so Fi Stadium, supposed 66 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: to host the Super Bowl last year, but the building 67 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: wasn't ready, so they flip flopped. Tampa Bay was supposed 68 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: to have it this year. Tampa Bay had it last year. 69 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: This year so far has it. Now the NFC Championship 70 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: Game is going to be played in so Fi next 71 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: week with the Rams, and if the Rams win, the 72 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl is in so Fi Stadium and the Rams 73 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: could possibly be in the Super Bowl. How's that for luck? Yeah, 74 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: But the Niners have their number at least this season. Yeah, 75 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: so I'm thinking that they will prevail over the Rams. Yeah, 76 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: but you might as well just call it so Fly 77 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: Stadium because that's the way they're going to be for 78 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: the Rams. And remember, like we were just talking about, 79 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: Jimmy Gee's got that so that shoulder problem and I 80 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: just my goodness. If for the TV for the TV ratings, 81 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: they definitely want Kansas City and they definitely want the 82 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: Rams to make it to the final. Yeah, the home 83 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: field story, the home field advantage is just too compelling 84 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: to pass up. And obviously Kansas City versus forty Niners 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: would be kind of a repeat of two years ago, 86 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: right the Super Bowl for the season, and we all 87 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: know how that ended up. So this would be more 88 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: exciting to have a Rams versus Chief Super Bowl. Lindjay, 89 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: what does it mean now now that Tom Brady is out, 90 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: now that Aaron Rodgers is out, Well, it means nobody 91 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: in New England's gonna be watching. Uh, you don't watch 92 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: for the love of the game. Come on? What what 93 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: one thing I'm going to miss though, was an NFC 94 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: Championship game? You know, I mean that setting, you know what, 95 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: the snow coming down, the field being lightly covered. I 96 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: mean the frozen tundra. You know you can hear John 97 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: Facentda's voice, the voice of God right now? Do And um, 98 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: that's what we'll miss. So it's going to be in 99 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: an antiseptic arena, indoors and so far, which I never 100 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: understood why in southern California, where allegedly never rains, why 101 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: they put a roof on there? Why don't just keep 102 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: the place open. Let the beautiful California sunshine in. Yeah. 103 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: But I mean, okay, let's let's say, for instance, and 104 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: by the way, I feel your pain because Matt Stafford, 105 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: who was our Lions quarterback for years, is now with 106 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: the Rams, and I have to admit, okay, I'm gonna 107 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: be peeking in to see how the Rams do and 108 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: I don't Dare is going to be watching, so you're 109 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: gonna have no choice, right, Oh yeah, oh my goodness 110 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: is and and even she said, it's like, well, no, 111 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: wasn't it Matt Stafford wasn't here a quarterback? I said, yes, 112 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: he was my quarterback. It's like, okay, you can just 113 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: a teeny bit. But the moment they go ahead, get 114 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: out of the room, She's like that she is superstitious. 115 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: I cannot. I I was taking a brief nap for 116 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: the for her game, and then all of a sudden, 117 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: she said, get up there behind, get in here now. 118 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: Oh but man, it's gonna be a great weekend. Aaron Rodgers. 119 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: Before we move on to the next topic, Uh, Aaron Rodgers. Uh. 120 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: He says that he does not want to be part 121 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: of a rebuilding team. Uh. Which brings me to the 122 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: point is Aaron Rodgers retiring Scar and it is Tom 123 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: Brady retiring. Tom Brady retiring that seems so foreign a concept. Well, 124 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: Al Michael's and Chris Collinsworth brought it up on the 125 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: broadcast after the conversation with him, and you hear whispers 126 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: all the time. He's getting a lot of pressure, family pressure. 127 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: The family's growing right now. I know Giselle has been 128 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: talking to him for years about that. They even joke 129 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: about it in one of his crypto commercials. You know, 130 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: I got another ten years and she just rolls her eyes. 131 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: Come on, Tommy, let's get going here, you know, with 132 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: our life. And uh, because it's all consuming. Last year 133 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: when he was in the Super Bowl, he isolated himself 134 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: at home. He just sent everybody away for thirteen days 135 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: and then she has to manage the entire household. No, 136 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: she went to Costa Rica these that was one heck 137 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: of a zoom call. Man. That's pretty good. Well, you 138 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: know it's when you're Tom Brady. And because I do 139 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: like what he said after the game is like, we'll 140 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: see what you know, the day's hold or something like that. 141 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing what he said, So we'll see and if 142 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: anybody can do it when he turns forty five, Yeah, 143 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: I can see it. I guess Tom Brady. Uh. Moving on, 144 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: Becauzaga suspends John Stockton's men's basketball tickets because he failed 145 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: to follow COVID nineteen mask mandates. Scar I don't understand. 146 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: So he gets to go to the games his season 147 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: tickets and he won't wear a mask while watching the games. 148 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: That's what it comes down to. Well, he has come 149 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: out against vaccinations and mask wearing. He claims to have 150 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: some numbers and some research that set pro athletes have 151 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: died after being vaccinated, and nobody can substantiate that claim whatsoever. Um. 152 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 1: I think that this move in Australia with Djokovic deporting 153 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: him because he didn't comply, has empowered a lot of municipalities, schools, universities, governments, 154 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: cities to enforce these and not have to back down 155 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: to public figures. And you know that they've already banned 156 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: suspended their concession sales at the Kanzak Gonzaga basketball games. 157 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: So there's no personal interaction with soldiers and popcorn and 158 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: all that other stuff. And they just asked John John 159 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Stockton as prominent a lump please, you have to want 160 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: to come in. You got to wear a mask. Now, 161 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: we don't like paying taxes, but we have to pay them. 162 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: Like wearing seat belts on the airplane, we gotta wear 163 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,359 Speaker 1: them exactly. So, I mean, Gonzaga requires proof of vaccination 164 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: or a negative testimony two hours before turning a sporting event. Okay, 165 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: And then there's also a mask man date, you got 166 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: to wear a mask when you're flying on an airplane, 167 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: wear a mask when you're going to a game, because 168 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: there are other people there aside from yourself. You know, 169 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: I straightward, I get it. If you you know, you 170 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: got your own personal beliefs, that's fine, and this and 171 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: that whatever. But man, if first of all, you're a 172 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: legend there at and Zaga, you've got these tickets, dude, 173 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: just put all the mask put put. It's not infringing 174 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: on his personal freedoms or personal rights. No, it's his 175 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: right to practice civil disobedience. But it's also Gonzaga's right 176 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: to deny him admission to the game unless he complies. 177 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: And and I'm with Gonzaga on this, I'm with any 178 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: I'm with anyone that that's enforcing the mask mandate. You 179 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: got to wear it. It's public health. I agree, I agreeing. 180 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: Just mind boggling. I just I like to see your 181 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: nostrils flair like that that. I was already outraged for 182 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: about ten minutes before we had this conversation. At first 183 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: I thought it was the red light on your mic, 184 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: but no, it was just the red on your forehead. 185 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: That was like, oh it was It was great, folks, 186 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: you should have heard it before. It was something. This 187 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: is a follow up. This is what they call into business. 188 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: Uh and update on a story we talked about last 189 00:10:54,640 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: week and involved UH Fenway and and all the Fenway holdings. Lynch. Yeah. Well, 190 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: the Thursday on our weekend show, we talked about Maverick 191 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: Carter being on the red sox of Charital Foundation board. 192 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: He's also a member of the Family Sports Group, and 193 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: we were talking about how they were the fifth largest 194 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: sports entity on the planet, valued at six point six 195 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: billion dollars. Well over the weekend, Forbes came out with 196 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: an updated Most Valuable Force Sports Franchises and Family Sports 197 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: Group increase nearly fifty percent in value forty eight point 198 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: six percent to nine point eight one billion, surpassing the 199 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys is the number three most valuable sports empire 200 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: on the planet. And think about this. Most of the 201 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: games that were played by the Red Sox, who family 202 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: Sports Group owns Liverpool Football Club, were played in front 203 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: of empty stadiums or partially filled stadiums during this pandemic, 204 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: and they still increased in value fifty It's hard to 205 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: believe that they are more valuable than the Dallas Cowboys. 206 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,599 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna play Michael Barr right here has his 207 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: famous number of the week. Since the Fenway Sports Group 208 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: bought the Pittsburgh Penguins on November, which we also talked 209 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: about here we did. Um, they've played nineteen games. I'll 210 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: give you that. Tell me how many the Pittsburgh Penguins 211 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: have won of those nineteen games that they won. M hmm, 212 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: I've not been following the Penguins. Let me say nine. 213 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go one over the how many games you 214 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: said nineteen games? Nineteen games games? So the nine and 215 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: ten that's what you're saying, right, I'm going to say 216 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: less than that. I want to say like, uh six, 217 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: and well, Scarlett, you missed by a mile, but you're 218 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: the winners since you are the closest since the Fenway 219 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: Sports Group bought the Pittsburgh Penguins on November twenty nine, 220 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: closed the deal for nine million dollars. The Penguins have 221 00:12:53,800 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: won sixteen games, lost a mere three games. It's a 222 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: little bit of Fenway Sports Group, Matt pixie Dust. Yeah, 223 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: we like to call it Boston pixie Dust talking about 224 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: a team that's in Pittsburgh. So let's go with oh man, 225 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: this is wow. But before we leave, I gotta put 226 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: everybody on the spot. Who's going to the Super Bowl? 227 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: Scar oh um, I think for sure the Chiefs and 228 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm guessing the Rams with Scarlett, Chiefs and Rams. Super Bowl. 229 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: Let's make it a trio. That's where you're headed too 230 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 1: and Rams And of course when my wife hears this, 231 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: headed to Lynch's couch because seeing the abbey about it, 232 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: but being changed in the bar doesn't want to hear 233 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: from you until after the game. Thing works, baby, Come 234 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: on uh. 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