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Management came to 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: me about six months ago and said, there's going to 40 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: be You're going to get knocked off the air because 41 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: of the Euros and COPA about seventy five percent of 42 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: your show, So go take fifteen days off, and I 43 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: decided to. I have a place out in Rhode Island, 44 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 2: hung out near the beach with my wife daughter. Was 45 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: out there for a while. Good friends from Los Angeles 46 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 2: stop by. We have really good friends out in Rhode Island, 47 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: and it's my favorite little hiding place in America. Is 48 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: in a small little town in Rhode Island, and I 49 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: go on these long walks on the beach every day 50 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: by myself. Sometimes I put in a podcast the earbuds, 51 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: and sometimes I just talk to myself in the fog 52 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: in the morning. Dogs everywhere. So it gave me a 53 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 2: lot of time to think about a lot of things. 54 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: First of all, I want to talk about Greg Burhalter 55 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 2: just got relieved of his duties as the coach of 56 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 2: the United States men's national team. You know, I've come 57 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: to the realization two things about soccer fans in America. 58 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: Number One, they have been ignored right compared to football, basketball, 59 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: baseball for years, So they have a little bit of 60 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: a chip on their shoulder. They're not really interested in 61 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: you joining the club. And for guys like me who 62 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: are traditionalists with the main sports, you know, it's very 63 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: hard to get the VIP pass code to be let in. 64 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,119 Speaker 2: You're always having to prove your worth. Baseball fans become 65 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: a little like this since baseball over the last twenty 66 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: years has lost so much of its social currency, it's 67 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: just not talked about like it used to be at 68 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: the water cooler. And so if you ever have an 69 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: opinion about soccer, you're an outsider unless you're going to 70 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: the matches, and you know you have to prove your 71 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: worth constantly. Here's all I know about Greg Burholter sixty 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: nine percent winning percentage, which is the highest winning percentage 73 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: of any United States men's nation team coach that has 74 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: coached at least twenty twenty games. And remember, this is 75 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: a guy that got a draw in the last World 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: Cup to the final field of sixteen with none of 77 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: his top players in their prime. None he had players 78 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: getting close to their prime. Polistic now is just entering 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: his prime. But people will say, well, he's got more 80 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: talent than ever. If you look at every sport, including soccer, 81 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: in the world, you win championships when you have an 82 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: overwhelming majority of your best players in their prime. Chris Jones, Maholmes, 83 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelcey was middle to late prime when 84 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: they started this run. That's the way it goes, right Like. 85 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: That's not to say you can't have players like a 86 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: Brady who is older, a Gronk who is older. They 87 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: have playoff experience, but generally sports all work the same way. 88 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 2: I mean the Boston Celtics Tatum and his prime, Jalen 89 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: Brown in his prime, Derek White in his prime. Zingis 90 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 2: actually in his prime, although he misses a lot of time, 91 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: Drew Holliday out of his prime, Horford out of his prime, 92 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: but their top three players are arguably all in their prime. 93 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: You know when Denver won their championship. Jokich prime, Murray prime, 94 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 2: Porter prime, Gordon prime, KCP a little out of his prime, 95 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 2: a little older. So the United States men's national team 96 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: is the most skillful we've ever had, but this World 97 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: Cup will be the first World Cup where we have 98 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 2: a majority of our best players at the beginning of 99 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: their prime. It's still a really young team, So go ahead, 100 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: get rid of Greg Berholter. But one of the reasons 101 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: I've been critical of of the United States men's national 102 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 2: team fans is because they always blame the coach. It 103 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 2: doesn't matter who it is, Jurgen Klansmen, Bruce Arena, It's 104 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: always blamed the coach. It's always the coach's fault. And 105 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: the reality is this country has played mostly defensive and 106 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: safe soccer most of my life because we have to. 107 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 2: If we're hyper aggressive against Argentina or A Germany, the Netherlands, England, 108 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 2: we'd get roasted. I think for the first time ever, 109 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: in the next two years, this World Cup team will 110 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: have the ability to play top teams England and be 111 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 2: equally aggressive. I think our skill is that good. The 112 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: COPA performance was disappointing. I think we're better than most 113 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: of the teams in COPA, So I understand the disillusion 114 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: fan base. I get it, but just no sixty nine 115 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: percent of the matches with a mostly overwhelmingly young roster 116 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 2: just entering their prime, just over the next year to 117 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: two entering their prime. I thought he was pretty good. 118 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: I did think COPA was disappointing. Two things can be true. 119 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: So Greg Burholter is gone. Something else I think about 120 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 2: as the NBA has finalized their deal with ESBN NBC 121 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: and Amazon to get seventy six million over eleven years 122 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 2: and listen, it's like people that overreacted to Bronni James 123 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: going to the Lakers. You don't like Lebron, I get it. 124 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 2: I'm not looking for you, to be honest. TNT has 125 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 2: five days to match. I think the most interesting part 126 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 2: of the NBA deal is an ESBN, NBC or Amazon. 127 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: It's TNT, who has again about a week to match 128 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: or their forty year relationship is over. So let me 129 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: tell you. Let's say you run TNT. I'm a consumer, 130 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: and I think I'm your typical sports consumer. If you 131 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: let the NBA go, I can just tell you I'll 132 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: never watch TNT again. It'll just be one of those 133 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,679 Speaker 2: things I scroll past. That's the only reason I watch 134 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 2: TNT and the Kenny Smith Barklay shack Ernie Show. I 135 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: watch an hour before the game start and all off 136 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 2: and stay thirty minutes after the games are over if 137 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: I'm not doing a podcast. So no NBA. I'm not 138 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: watching for the Western Conference finals of the NHL because 139 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup. Ill watch ESPN's got that. I'm not 140 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 2: watching for an occasional early round baseball playoff series. Fox 141 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 2: has the World Series. I'm not watching TNT. So if 142 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: you ran TNT, would you rather sign the deal keep 143 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: me as a consumer, though you lose money on the deal, 144 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: but you keep me watching your shoulder programming, your pregame show, 145 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: your postgame show, seeing all sorts of ads promotions for 146 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: other shows during your NBA coverage, or lose me completely 147 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: as a consumer. That's the decision TNT has. They're not 148 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: going to make money on this deal, but you sign 149 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: the deal to be able to promote other shows. Try 150 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: to expand how often I, as a consumer am watching 151 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: because I don't. I'm not going to watch DNT, it's over. 152 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: I'm not watching for Mountain West Football and Early Round 153 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: Baseball playoff series. It's over. I'm done as a consumer. 154 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: And so you know, it's very easy to say, well, 155 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 2: they're going to lose money. All these networks are going 156 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: to lose money on the NBA. ESPN because they're a 157 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 2: current rights holder, doesn't have to market and promote the NBA. 158 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: As a new rights holder, NBC and Amazon have to 159 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: go out and spend so much money on marketing, promotion, 160 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: hiring remote crews to ramp up like overspend early to 161 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: pull in new audience. ESPN's got me. I know where 162 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 2: the NBA is, so they have the benefit of being 163 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 2: a current rights holder, an incumbent, if you will. In 164 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: the political business, they're an incumbent, So I know what 165 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 2: to expect. Don't have to love their coverage all the time, 166 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: love Mike Brain, don't love most of the coverage. But 167 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: I know what to expect, and I know where they're 168 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 2: on my TV or my phone, right and so that's 169 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: the decision. That's why it's difficult. So ESPN does it 170 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: because it's tonnage. It fills space. They can promote other shows, 171 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 2: other leagues, other whatever, and they can use NBA highlights 172 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 2: and they can put it on Scott van Pelt after 173 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 2: the games and it helps so many ancillary parts of 174 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: the coverage. That's an easy one for ESPN, But for TNT, 175 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 2: you know, they don't have me for anything other than that, 176 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: and if they don't sign it, they lose me completely 177 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 2: as a consumer. So I think these decisions are much 178 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: more difficult than people think. Are you willing to sign 179 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 2: up for something that you know is not going to 180 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 2: be profitable? I at least keep you as a consumer 181 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 2: and maybe over the course of time, I can move 182 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 2: you into another show. I can move you into other 183 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 2: platforms that I'm connected to. That's the trick in it. Listen, 184 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 2: the NBA has challenges. It's getting very European, okay. And 185 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 2: when you're international and you don't introduce consumers to players 186 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: until they reach the professional level, it's a disadvantage and 187 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: something I've been on for years. And you know this, 188 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 2: if you're honest. I have been banging on Adam Silver 189 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 2: for years, who considers college basketball the enemy The NFL 190 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: understands the value of college football is that if you're 191 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: only introducing fans to players new players once they arrive 192 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: to the NBA, it's a huge, huge disadvantage. College football 193 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 2: introduces you to an Ohio state wide receiver for three 194 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: years minimum, Okay, so you have some sort of connection 195 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 2: with the player, some emotional connection. By the time he's 196 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 2: an NFL player, you're buying his jersey. I have never 197 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 2: understood the dogma, the anti college basketball vibe I get 198 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 2: from the NBA. Those of us with a social life 199 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: don't watch the G League. We don't watch it. So 200 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: the bottom line is like next year, Cooper Flag at Duke. 201 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 2: I can't wait to watch him at Duke goes to 202 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 2: the G League, I don't watch him, goes overseas, I 203 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 2: don't watch him. Most of us have a life. We're 204 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 2: not sitting going on YouTube to watch euro video or 205 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 2: G League video. So Cooper Flag is going to go 206 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 2: to Duke is going to get connected with one of 207 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: these shoe companies and is absolutely going to move the 208 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 2: television needle when he comes into the NBA. If he 209 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: goes to a reasonable team, you know, like if remember 210 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 2: the worst team in the NBA generally doesn't win the lottery, 211 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: if he goes to a team with some promising stars. 212 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 2: The one thing I like, really like about the NIL 213 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: in college is that I think it'll help college basketball. 214 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 2: It makes college football just more of a top heavy 215 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 2: bidding war. It used to be a facilities issue. Now 216 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 2: it's an NIL issue for the top teams. Not that 217 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: many changes in the last twenty years in college football. 218 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 2: You notice the Ohio States and the Georgia's and the 219 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 2: Texas and the big school they have all the money 220 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 2: to LSU is going to outbid people for top players. 221 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: But I do think the NIL and college basketball will 222 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 2: keep the Kansas guy around, the Yukon guy around some 223 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 2: of them for another year, so I have a stronger 224 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 2: emotional connection then going into the NBA. I think it's 225 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: a real I mean, that's why Villanova guys are really 226 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: may not be stars, but are really powerful in the 227 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 2: NBA because I watched them for three years in college. 228 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 2: I know who Michale Bridges is and Jalen Brunson is 229 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: and Dante de Vincenzo. I watched them in college Josh 230 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 2: Hart for years, so like I have a little bit 231 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: of a relationship. They don't even have to be stars 232 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: in the NBA. I'm familiar with them. So I do think. 233 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 2: I do think that the NBA is going through a 234 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: very challenging time with all the European escalation to just 235 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: more great players globally. I mean, the draft now is 236 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 2: virtually you know, it's a The w NBA draft has 237 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 2: players that can immediately Caitlin Clark immediately come in and 238 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: be productive culture changers. NBA has none of those. It's 239 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: just it's crazy. I watched the NBA Draft for thirty minutes. 240 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: I'm like, I have no real opinion on any of 241 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 2: these players outside of the Connecticut guys. So hopefully the 242 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 2: NIL keeps a few a handful of five or six 243 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: really high end players. I mean Zach Edie, I know 244 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: who he is. I'm excited to watch him in the NBA. 245 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 2: I don't know what he's gonna be, but I'll watch him. 246 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: Football has always understood that, hopefully the NBA can figure 247 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 2: it out. 248 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: Preparing for your upcoming fantasy football draft, do you wish 249 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: that you could wave a magic wand and somehow know 250 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: who exactly your league mates are going to take. 251 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 2: Well? 252 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: With Draft Intel from Fantasy Pros, you'll know exactly how 253 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: your league mats draft better than they do. 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He's a radio 267 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: broadcaster that covers mostly well the SEC, a lot of 268 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: BAMA talk, bashing Lincoln Riley and USC. He said he 269 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: doesn't believe that Lincoln Riley it's over, It's a sinking ship. Well, 270 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 2: I think a lot of things about it. First of all, 271 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: if I recall, Finebaum was anti Jim Harbaugh until the 272 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 2: very very end. So what I mean, if you're really 273 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: really don't think Jim Harbaugh, who had a successful NFL career, 274 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 2: Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier in the SEC, did not 275 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: If you don't think Jim Harbaugh can coach, what do 276 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 2: you want me to say? I mean, sorry, he can. 277 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 2: He's great everywhere San Diego, Niners, Stanford, Michigan. He's going 278 00:15:55,640 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: to be great here. I think people forget it took 279 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 2: Harball long time because he inherited such a mess. He 280 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: had to change the culture of Brady Hoak. I mean 281 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: that I can remember watching games at Michigan there were 282 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: thirty thousand empty seats. People forget how bad USC was 283 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 2: when Lincoln Riley took it over. They were foreign eight 284 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: and Lincoln Riley told people, I mean it was understood 285 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 2: forty to fifty of the eighty players couldn't play. The 286 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 2: roster was terrible. Now he has the benefit of the 287 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 2: transfer portal which has been energized. But you can't create 288 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: chemistry in a year. So if they beat two lane 289 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: and they led with about a minute to go, he 290 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: would have gone from four and eight to twelve wins 291 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: with a really bad defensive staff and a really bad 292 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: defensive roster. Pretty impressive because his first two years in 293 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 2: the PAC twelve have been the best the PAC twelve 294 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: has been in twenty years, and Kayleb Williams and Lincoln 295 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 2: Riley produced the number one offense in the country without 296 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: outside of Kayleb Williams and Jordan Adison, any NFL guys 297 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: of NOE like college guys. That's it. That's pretty impressive. 298 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 2: But I think this year's fascinating for USC. They get 299 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: a bit of a break. UCLA and Michigan are in 300 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: total rebuilds. They don't play the best two teams Oregon 301 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: in Ohio State. That's a huge break. LSU's probably a loss, 302 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 2: but they have a capable defensive staff, upgrades in the secondary. 303 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: Won't be as good at quarterback, but it'll be a 304 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 2: more Lincoln Riley driven team, less of a Caleb Williams 305 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 2: driven team, which is not all bad. Caleb sort of 306 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 2: his last year morphed and it was a Caleb offense, 307 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 2: not a Lincoln Riley offense. He'll kind of reclaim that. 308 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 2: I think, much like Harbaugh, people didn't understand how big 309 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: the rebuild was at Michigan. It took People don't know 310 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: how big the rebuild was. For Brian Kelly. It wasn't 311 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: until the last two games he played against Georgia. It 312 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 2: wasn't that first time he got to the national championship. 313 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: That was fools goal. It took in nine years, eight 314 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: nine years. It took Harbaugh seven eight years to really 315 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 2: get the quality of upper class talent where Michigan could 316 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 2: go toe to toe with Ohio State and in Georgia 317 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: and in Alabama. This is the beginning for Lincoln Riley, 318 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: This is the beginning. We forget Dabo Sweeney at football 319 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 2: Center at Clemson. He needed like three years to get 320 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 2: it going. People forget go to Nick Saban at LSU. 321 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: It wasn't They didn't hit it out of the park. 322 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: Go to his fourth year at LSU. There are a 323 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 2: lot of losses. Saban at Alabama, the number one football 324 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 2: program in the country, made it look really easy. It's 325 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 2: generally not. Even with the transfer portal, it takes a 326 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 2: lot of time, and USC was a wreck. So I 327 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 2: think Lincoln Riley's going to be fine. The other thing 328 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 2: that doesn't get discussed a lot, and it's totally legal, 329 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 2: is that Phil Knight has basically said, as he ages, 330 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 2: what do you need and organ buys any Southern California 331 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 2: player out of high school they really want they get, 332 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: They just buy them. And it's a little icky, but 333 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 2: it's the reality of what Oregon does. 334 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: Now. 335 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 2: I'm not criticizing him for it, but as Phil Knight 336 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 2: has aged, it's become very clear that he's going to 337 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: spend whatever it takes in NIL. And USC's NIL program 338 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: is not terrible. They're collective is about twelve million dollars 339 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 2: a year, but that's not what Oregon's spending, or Texas 340 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 2: or Georgia or Ohio State. I don't know if USC 341 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 2: or UCLA, but USC is the bigger brand has the 342 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 2: stomach for the NIL. This is not Norman, Oklahoma, it's 343 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: not Auburn Alabama. It doesn't drive discussion. People have lives. 344 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 2: Even if you're a USC fan, you probably like the 345 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 2: Rams and the Lakers and the Dodgers. There's a lot 346 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: of options here. This is not a one horse town. 347 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 2: So do you have the stomach? Do the boosters have 348 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: the stomach to keep putting millions of dollars into a 349 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 2: program that wins ten and not national championships? When Pete 350 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: Carroll was winning Natty's at USC, no NFL. Now there's 351 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: two teams. There was no Sofi Stadium. The Dodgers were good, 352 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 2: they weren't this consistently good. The Clippers were a mess. 353 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 2: Now they're viable. MLS is in town, Silicon Valley economy. 354 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 2: People have more money, more options, they bail more quickly. 355 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 2: So it's a different Los Angeles. Now. You not only 356 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 2: until this year pre twelve team playoff. You've got to 357 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: win more games to get to the national championship. The 358 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 2: PAC twelve is better now, so it's a much different game. 359 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 2: I think Lincoln Riley is going to be okay, but 360 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 2: this is not an elite NIL program right now. They 361 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: have the best athletic director and the best guidance Jen 362 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 2: Cohen they've ever had. I think Lincoln Riley's really smart. 363 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 2: But Oregon swooping in and buying the best players in 364 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 2: the West Coast, not to mention Bam is still a 365 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 2: big name Ohio State, Michigan now seeping in stealing top recruits. 366 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 2: It's a big lift for USC, big lift. I think 367 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 2: they'll be better than people think. But the idea that 368 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 2: Lincoln was going to swoop in and they were going 369 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: to win Natties, this program was a tire fire for 370 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 2: an eight with really no great players. First year, the 371 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: two best players Caleb Williams Jordan Addison, both transfers. That 372 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: just was not anything of note here, battle lines, no interior, 373 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 2: great defensive lineman. It was not USC. I will say this. 374 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: I was when I have time to not be on 375 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 2: the treadmill of sports. It gives me more time to read, 376 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 2: which I love, and it gave me And there's something 377 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: about baseball where I like reading about baseball more than 378 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 2: I generally like watching baseball, the exception being a great 379 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 2: postseason matchup. But you know, I'll go and get I'll 380 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 2: deep dive on baseball stats and I think it's fascinating. 381 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 2: And I used to be in My first job out 382 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 2: of college was a baseball announcer, so you know, you 383 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 2: just you kind of get into the statistical the math 384 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 2: of baseball, and you know, I always kind of find 385 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 2: it interesting is that baseball, because of its rich history, 386 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 2: tends to be a little paralyzed by it, and they're 387 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 2: slow to make moves. It is remarkable now to watch 388 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 2: how few baseball players can hit. Only twelve current baseball 389 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: players at last count, hit over three hundred in the 390 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 2: whole sport. It's insane. It's Otani, it's Aaron Judge, it's 391 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 2: Mokey Betts, you know, big names you'd expect. But I 392 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 2: think there is a solve to the problem, because the 393 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: game's faster now, the attendance is up, the ratings are 394 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: slightly up, and I think the solve is to lower 395 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 2: the mound, which baseball did in the late sixties, and 396 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 2: that was sort of the Bob Gibson era. You just 397 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: couldn't hit Gibson, so they lowered the mound like I 398 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 2: think half a foot. And I think baseball's always been 399 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 2: so reluctant, you know, it took them forever on replay 400 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 2: or the pitch clock. It just takes them a long 401 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: time because they're very much tied to their history. The 402 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 2: mound six inches give batters a shot, because I will 403 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 2: tell you, over the course of the seventeen days I 404 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 2: was gone and I flipped on the TV, the game 405 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: moves very swiftly, I remember. And this happened when I 406 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: lived in Connecticut. So my wife built a workout room downstairs, 407 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 2: and that's where I would go every day, and that's 408 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: where I would watch baseball, usually Nessen or the YES Network, 409 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: Red Sox or Yankees. I got both on my cable service. 410 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 2: And there was a moment in time. I remember. It 411 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 2: was the Red Sox playing the Blue Jays in Toronto, 412 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 2: and it was like fifth or sixth inning, and I 413 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 2: went down and I usually do about a forty five 414 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 2: to fifty minute lift. That's it. Then I'm gone. And 415 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: I remember this day particular. It was like the fifth 416 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 2: or sixth inning and the Blue Jays I think, were 417 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: at the plate and I did my workout forty five 418 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: minutes and it was like the start of the fifth inning, 419 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 2: and by the time I was done with my workout, 420 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,959 Speaker 2: it was just going to like the sixth. It'd been 421 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: like an inning in one batter that had lasted like 422 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 2: forty five minutes, and I wouldn't have watched the game 423 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 2: had I not worked out. But I remember thinking at 424 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 2: the time, God, this is agony, this is painful that 425 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: you can't and hockey knows this. It's really hard to 426 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 2: have a business with only diehards watching. You need casuals. 427 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 2: I mean, my wife knows a little about the NFL. 428 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: She's very much a sports casual, but she understands the NFL. 429 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 2: She can name many of the teams and the star players. 430 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 2: Is that baseball pre pitchclock had no casuals, very few casuals. 431 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: It's actually pretty fun to watch now if you get 432 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: the right teams in the right matchups. But there are 433 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 2: I mean, the hitters are overwhelmed. There are a lot 434 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 2: of quick at bats now. For me, I don't have 435 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 2: the patience with my iPhone to sit and watch four 436 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 2: hour games, but at the quality and the energy, if 437 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 2: I'm getting action, I'll stick around. No matter how fast 438 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 2: a sport is, there's to be action. You can go 439 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 2: through three innings and see a hit a single. It's 440 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: not enough action. And the way to solve it's pretty easy. 441 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 2: Lower of the mound six eight inches. Give the batters 442 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 2: a fighting chance and it won't just be shoheo Tani 443 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 2: and Aaron Judge that can hit something else that jumped 444 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 2: out to me. And I don't talk a ton of politics, 445 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 2: but I mean, Jesus, when I was gone for seventeen days, 446 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 2: all anybody talked about was the debate. You know, one 447 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 2: of the things that is really interesting to me. And 448 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 2: I've been offered political shows before on radio, and it 449 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: just it's sort of a joy sapping experience. I like sports. 450 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 2: I like the drama. I like waking up every day 451 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 2: and there's a new game, a new drama, a new storyline, 452 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: and you can build a new narrative. The idea of 453 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 2: having to cover the same political story for six months 454 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 2: on end, I just I think is just the thief 455 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 2: of joy. I think it would just it'd be tedious. 456 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 2: I don't want that life. But it was really interesting. 457 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 2: I had this discussion with a friend and I said, 458 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: you know, politics and sports and business are all very similar. 459 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 2: I mean, a political race race, it's a business. It's 460 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 2: the minute you're elected, you're raising funds. And in my business, 461 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 2: sports has always been a little political, and it's absolutely 462 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 2: a business. That's why the NFL has pulled away from 463 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 2: the other leagues. It's just understands that is that it 464 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 2: was fascinating to watch the coverage. We know Joe Biden 465 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 2: has struggled, especially the last couple of years, with a 466 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 2: lot of verbal gaffs, the staring, you know, the look 467 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 2: we've seen from grandparents we love, but it's been fascinating 468 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 2: to watch not only the coverage, which I think has 469 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: been very fair and even handed, but the outrage by 470 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 2: Democrats with the coverage of CNN, Jonathan Stewart and Brian 471 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 2: Stetler and Chuck Todd and The New York Times. So 472 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 2: my entire life, I've been sort of an independent that 473 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 2: leans right on busines, business and left on social issues. 474 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 2: But I've always understood that over seventy percent of people 475 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 2: in the media are Democrats, and it absolutely bleeds into 476 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 2: the coverage. I think, on average, Democrats get more favorable 477 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 2: coverage than conservatives. Now some of that's earned, like climate 478 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 2: change denial on the right is doing you no favors. 479 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 2: Like every week there's a record in Palm Springs, Vegas. Everywhere, 480 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: the storms are getting nasty, or the heat's getting more oppressive. 481 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 2: So sometimes I do look at conservatives and roll my 482 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 2: eyes when they come across often as anti science. Be 483 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 2: that as it may. I do think Democrats get more 484 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: favorable coverage, but you can't trust, you know, the White 485 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 2: House doesn't have a lot of credibility right now anytime 486 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 2: they talk about Biden. But what's fascinating has been to 487 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 2: watch the Democrats, the liberal elites react to the coverage. 488 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 2: Once you start complaining about the coverage and not the 489 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 2: content of your politician, which conservatives do a lot of, 490 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 2: you're cooked. And I'm telling you, as an independent, I've 491 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 2: appreciated CNN's coverage, and Brian and Chuck Todd and Jonathan Stewart, 492 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 2: I've actually I've actually appreciated it. I think it's been 493 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 2: right down the middle. It has been appropriately harsh on 494 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 2: Joe Biden. Listen, when you come out and you cover 495 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 2: the White House and you say you're surprised by his 496 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 2: mental lack of mental acuity, I can't take you seriously. 497 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 2: Do you not have an iPhone? I can't take you seriously. 498 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 2: And so watching kind of the liberal elites criticize the 499 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 2: coverage is something that is painful and fatiguing. I've watched 500 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 2: the right do for years, and it makes me think, 501 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 2: as somebody who I view myself as an independent, I 502 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 2: don't like Trump at all, but I view myself mostly 503 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: as a political independent. It makes me think, when you 504 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 2: get the favorable coverage, the favorable lean for years, you're overreacting. 505 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 2: You're picking on the wrong people. The media is imperfect. 506 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 2: We know that hasn't been a great year. I don't think, 507 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 2: necessarily for the New York Times, it's not about the coverage. 508 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 2: It's about the candidate and the problems. And listen, Joe Biden. 509 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 2: If he refuses to step down, this is what you get. 510 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 2: I don't think that's very promising. I don't think Donald 511 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: Trump with more immunity from the Supreme Court is a 512 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 2: great thing. But it's been fascinating to me to watch 513 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 2: the attack of the coverage, which I view is incredibly 514 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 2: fair given the current state of Joe Biden. It feels 515 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 2: fair to me. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't feel 516 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 2: as somebody in the media, and somebody who's mostly moderate 517 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: left leaner, social right leaner, fiscal, I don't feel it's 518 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 2: been outrageous. Jake tappers asked hard questions. I do think 519 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 2: the media, feeling they've been lied to, has a little 520 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 2: chip on their shoulder, But that's okay. I can deal 521 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 2: with a little of that. Right. There's been a lot 522 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 2: of chips on the shoulder of media for years. Sometimes 523 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 2: they felt, in my opinion, a little dogmatic, a little 524 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 2: unfair to the right. Now they're bringing the sledgehammer on Biden. 525 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 2: It feels right to me, it feels appropriate. I think 526 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 2: the simple explanation what has happened to the Democrats is 527 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 2: that there is no more pressurized job in America than president. 528 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 2: It ages you. And for an example, go look at 529 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 2: President Barack Obama's inauguration and how youthful he looks, and 530 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 2: look eight years later he has a head of gray hair, 531 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 2: and he was in his prime politically. Joe Biden was always, 532 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: by any reasonable measure, a one term president with some 533 00:30:54,560 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 2: cognitive decline, a parent going in to that one term, 534 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 2: and the Democrats got caught flat footed. You didn't really 535 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 2: start to notice it until about late year two of 536 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: his presidency, but the last two years it's ugly and 537 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 2: it's sad, and we've all seen this before. And the 538 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 2: Democrats come off as ill prepared and not prepared and 539 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 2: getting caught flat footed. It's not about the coverage. It's 540 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 2: not about CNN, it's not about Bill Maher, it's about 541 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 2: Joe Bliden. It's a candidate issue, not a coverage issue. 542 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 2: The volume. Thanks so much for listening. If you've enjoyed 543 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: the podcast, take a moment, rate and review