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Speaker 1: That's a Broncos country. Thanks for tuning into the Broncos

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Speaker 1: podcast network and YouTube for another edition of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host Sidney Jones And today was a very

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Speaker 1: The wall In Penner, a family ownership group, was here

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Speaker 1: middle of his Formula One season. Take a listen to

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Speaker 1: what Rob wall In, Carrie wall and Penner, Melody Hobson,

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Speaker 1: during today's introductory press conference. Pat Bowland built a great

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Speaker 1: part of the Broncos. Simply put, it's an honor to

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Speaker 1: for Broncos country. Across our ownership group, we support the

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Speaker 1: shared vision, strategy and needs of the organization. Will draw

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Speaker 1: on the extraordinary depth of our partners to help the

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Speaker 1: our community. We're new to the sports business, UM, so

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Speaker 1: this will be a great family endeavor for us, but

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Speaker 1: also a significant learning opportunity and we take that on

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Speaker 1: sure that the Denver Broncos is the best team to

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Speaker 1: you have to start with some pretty wild dreams, and

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Speaker 1: this is certainly in that category. It is a joy

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Speaker 1: to partner with other members of this ownership group group,

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Speaker 1: people that I've admired for a very long time. I

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Speaker 1: you have to understand how much I love football. My

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Speaker 1: nice to have both of you guys on the show today.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Thanks for having me said,

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