1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to Bloomberg Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: hiber one. I'm Jason Kelly, and I'm Mike Lynch and 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: I'm Michael bar and this is the Bloomberg Business of 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Sports podcast where we explore the big money issues in 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: the world of sports. Well, guys, I pulled a total 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: lynch yesterday, and I was as horizontal as I could 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: be for as long as I could be given everything 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,479 Speaker 1: that was going on, chores and whatnot. What a sports day. 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: So much to talk about because the implications both just 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: for fans but also economically, we're massive, given everything that's 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: going on in the world. We gotta start. Gotta gotta 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: gotta start with Lefty Nicholson from sixt This Paul gonna 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: work just a little bit from left to right. Is 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: that works down the slope left or right up to 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: the cup and that stops six inches away. But phil 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: Nicholson's gonna tap in for a par He is gonna 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: shoot a one over seventy three and the final round. 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: But Philip Nicholson creates and sets professional golf history of 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: the oldest to win a major championship. Philip Michelson embraces 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: his brother Tim Phil Mickelson as the champion of a 21 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: hundred and third p g A championship. What about it 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: was today? Well about indeed, and it was funny if 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: you missed it. Last week we caught up with Seth 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: Wa who is the CEO of the p g A, 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: and it was he promised a good tournament. I'm not 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: sure anybody I think it was two one um that 27 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: Phil Mickelson was going to win this tournament. Uh, Lynchy, 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: what did you make of it? I mean, what a 29 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: remarkable storyline. You know. I think everyone was waiting for 30 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: the wheels to fall off. He can't sustain this up. 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: Tom Watson had a great run at the British Open 32 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: when he was, you know, in his his twilight years too, 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: and you just knew it was gonna happen, and you said, oh, 34 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: it's going against kept as a machine even though he 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: had knee surgery, and this was just Phil was like 36 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: take that, take that, take that, take a you know, 37 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: I'm still standing. I think of Elton John, I'm still standing. 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: And that scene on eighteen after he had a second 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: shot into the green where the mob just swallowed him 40 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: up reminded me of Arnold Palmer, you know what, the 41 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: British Open and all of a sudden, Arnold just emerges 42 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: from the crowd. And this was something I think we 43 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: all needed. Uh, this was really you know, it just 44 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: showed that, you know, we have turned the corner on 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: this pandemic um and and and it was golf. Golf 46 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: started us off and golf has brought us start where 47 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: we are right now. Yeah, really sustained us throughout this 48 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: Lefty's army. And so to some extent it was really 49 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: something to watch. And you know, in Michael Barr, Linda 50 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: brings up a really good point because if you were 51 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: watching it, I mean, if you're watching it with a 52 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: very close eye, you could see that it was a 53 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: little bit different in some of the kind of pandemonium 54 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: from a fan perspective was owing to the fact that 55 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: there were no grand stands and so it was a 56 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: little bit of a free for all. And yet it 57 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: did feel somewhat nor in terms of the enthusiasm, in 58 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: terms of candidly people all wedged in together, not a 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: lot of masks to be seen. In some really high 60 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: quality golf, it was really something to watch. They were 61 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: so wedged in. I think Brooks Kopka was mad because 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: you know, he's recovering from you know, his knee and everything. 63 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: So he said some people ding him in the knee 64 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: and uh, and he let a couple of expletives during 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: the press conference. And I can't blame him, as like, 66 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, look, I'm trying to recover and you know, 67 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: don't whack me in the knee or something. But but 68 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: it it really was cool because you talked about the bets. 69 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: Somebody Draft Kings had to pay out three hundred thousand 70 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: dollars because somebody bet a thousand dollars at three hundred 71 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: to one odds that Michelson was going to win. And 72 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: I'll be he won. It wasn't you know, I wouldn't 73 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: be here today, Like where's barn? Where somewhere? Do you have? Excellency? 74 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: He said some really interesting things on his message, saying 75 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: he was going to be in Tahiti anyways. So let's 76 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: talk about the numbers. So two point one six million 77 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: dollars the richest PGA tour purse of his career. And 78 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: you know it was interesting. I read this piece I 79 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: think you did to lend you this morning on Sport 80 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: of Code that kind of broke down uh Michelson's career earnings. 81 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: He's been very savvy as an endorser, as a pitchman 82 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: in many ways, and it made some interesting comparisons between 83 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: him and Arnold Palmer, I believe, in terms of how 84 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: savvy they were, and in terms of how each of 85 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: them has essentially played in both the golf and to 86 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: some extent the commercial shadow of a generational player Jack 87 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: Nick Jack Nicholas obviously, and and Tiger Woods and Michelson's case. 88 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: But listen, Michelson, he's done all right for himself. He 89 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: averages forty million dollars a year and endorsements off the course, 90 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: so if he didn't make a penny and win a tournament, 91 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: he would make forty million dollars career wise. Only Tiger 92 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: Woods is one more money than Phil Mickelson, who was 93 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: approaching a hundred millions at about ninety five million right now, 94 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: and he's only had two wins in the last eight years, 95 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: but he's made up both about eight hundred million dollars 96 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: total over his sponsors, the big ones obviously, you can 97 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: see them. He wears a role X, he has KPMG 98 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: on his hat, he has workeday on his shirt, and 99 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: there are dozens of others and they're good. You know, 100 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: it's the same type. As you said, that's a great 101 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 1: article because it parallels the endorsements and investments that Donold 102 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: Palmer had when he was breaking in as well. Yeah, 103 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: I mean Bart, this is a guy who has been 104 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: ranked among the world's twenty five highest paid athletes for 105 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: most of the last twenty years. I'm not sure if 106 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: anbody who's not paying close attention would have guessed that, 107 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: but it's a reminder. And and we talked a little 108 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: bit about this with with Seth or certainly was implicit 109 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: Seth Wax. You know, this is a game where the 110 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: economics continue to be very good. The sponsors are um 111 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: still showing up in a very big way. It's an 112 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: affluent game. Yes, it's trying to expand UM to you know, 113 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: a broader demographics and things like that, but the money 114 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: is still in golf. And that's why golfers, even if 115 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: they're not um you know, winning a tournament every other 116 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: week or every other month, or are able to make 117 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: more than a good living. Oh yeah, and remember now, 118 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 1: remember those one on ones with Michelson and Tiger Wood 119 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: and one of the main reasons why they did it 120 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: is that their names stay out there in front, which 121 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: means the sponsors are saying, yeah, Phil Michelson, Yeah, hey, 122 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: would you like to sponsor this? You know, I mean, 123 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: it keeps you in there. And by the way, was 124 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: it me or was there a lot of pressure on 125 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: all the golfers in this tournament? Because there was. There 126 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: were a lot of prickly moments man with the golfers. 127 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: In fact, Nicholson got mad. There was a drone that 128 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: was out there, I mean way out there. I could 129 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: barely see it in the photograph, but he saw it 130 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: and he's like, get that thing out of here, and 131 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: they got that thing out of here. So it was 132 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: but you could tell it was a high pressure tournament. Well, 133 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: it's interesting that you mentioned that that made for TV 134 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: exhibition that of course was against Tugerwoods, the match Capital 135 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: t Capital and back in he made nine million dollars 136 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: Michelson did for that, So that's actually the most he's 137 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: ever made for a tournament. But again, this purse almost 138 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: two point two million dollars just for him, just for 139 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: Nicholson winning. I mean the other thing is is it 140 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: sets him and and Lyncha you know the mechanics of 141 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: this better than either of us, do I dare say. 142 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: You know, he was going to have to get because 143 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: he had not one. He was going to have to 144 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: get an exemption, I believe for the next a diert. 145 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: Now that's off the table, um, I mean we could 146 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: see h a Michaelson aissance here. Well, he now has 147 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: an exemption to all these for five years. He actually 148 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: he actually accepted uh an invitation to the US Open 149 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: and he really didn't want he just did not want 150 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: to have it handed to him. But he accepted it 151 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: last week. Now that's as you said, it's off the table. 152 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: So he's he's around for five more years and all 153 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: these major tournaments, and you know he's going to have 154 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: He's wildly popular, as you saw, wildly popular, and his 155 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: popularity is just gonna gonna soar right now, especially with 156 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: Tiger on the sidelines. Yeah, it's uh, it's really gonna 157 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: be something to watch. It is, I dare say, a 158 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: storyline that golf really needed, because we've talked about this 159 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: on the show before and and and bar I believe 160 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: you brought it up in our conversation with seth Wa. 161 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: You know there is golf with Tiger and golf without Tiger. 162 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: You know, none of these guys, with all due respect 163 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: to two Brooks and to Rory and Jordan and the 164 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: rest of those guys, none of them have so have 165 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: just captured the imagination in the same way. You know, 166 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: Mickelson has endeared himself in part because of something you 167 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: said earlier in the show, to two fans. He's endeared 168 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: himself to fans, Lynchy, because he has candidly, like choked 169 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: a few times. He's come up short, you know, in 170 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: the Masters and other majors, and he was just a 171 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: machine yesterday. And that's the It's a storyline that people like. 172 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: It's a storyline that candidly is very sellable. There are 173 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: a lot of economics underneath that. So I can only 174 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: speak for myself, but I'm guessing you guys might have 175 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 1: been the same way. As I was watching the p 176 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: g A come to its conclusion down in South Carolina, 177 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: I was slipping back and forth to uh, the NBA 178 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: playoffs because they are very much underway, the playoffs, full 179 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: stop playing. We'll talk about that in a second. Uh. 180 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: That concluded last week. Some great games happening, and you know, 181 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: now we're knee deep in it. The game that I 182 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: was most focused on, not surprisingly given that most listeners 183 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: know where I come from, was uh my two cities, 184 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: the Atlanta and New York squaring off at Madison Square Garden. 185 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure anybody would have predicted this a 186 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: couple of months ago, ay that these teams would be 187 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: playing each other, the Hawks in the next but also 188 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: that Lynchy the capacity the highest capacity for any playoff game, 189 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: at least so far. Madison Square Garden fifteen thousand fans 190 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: there last night too. By the way, I see the 191 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: Hawks defeat them at the buzzer by at the buzzer 192 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: tray Young an unbelievable shot with point nine left. But anyway, 193 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: what they will deal with without in a second. But 194 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand, I mean that's a lot of folks. And 195 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: in over in Brooklyn on Saturday night the Nets had 196 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: close to fifteen thousand. I had fourteen, So those are 197 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: huge crowds and a lot of As we move forward now, 198 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: the state of Massachusetts, uh this Saturday, the twenty nine 199 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: is allowing capacity. So when the selt extend the Nets 200 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: play at the Garden this weekend, they'll have over eighteen 201 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: thousand people at the Garden in Boston Atlanta, by the way, 202 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: when they moved down there. They're cleared for capacity as well. 203 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: So many of the teams in the East that were 204 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: behind some of the other states in terms of reopening. 205 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: When Florida would open, California would open, Texas would open, 206 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: and and uh, a lot of people up here were 207 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: very unhappy because they felt that they should be reopening. 208 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: It's proved to be the right decision. And now when 209 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: moving forward, and this is pretty good, and this we know. 210 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: There's nothing like a full barn at Madison Square Garden 211 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: when things are going well. I mean that that building 212 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: just really it moves, rocks it literally literally literally, I 213 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: mean you can feel it. You've been on the floor 214 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: to feel it. Lynching, I mean, barr. It's interesting. I 215 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: was texting with a friend last night who was at 216 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: the game, and he said he's been in a lot 217 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: of arenas and he said he had never heard it 218 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: as loud. And that's not even full capacity. Clearly some 219 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: pent up demand here in in New York. I dare 220 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: say pandemic is part of it, but also been a 221 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: little bit of a drought for the Knicks. In terms 222 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: of getting back, and Spike Lee was there jumping up 223 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: and down in his bright orange shirt. Um, he was 224 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: obviously disappointed at the end, as he would he and 225 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: others were shut by by Trey Young. But listen, fans 226 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: in the stands, it makes all the difference. I'm glad 227 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: you're not bringing up that Atlanta one. But anyway, but apart, 228 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: but yeah, that's that was in at the garden now 229 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: and the New York is talking about doing this more now, 230 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: in fact, maybe even more uh capacity for the playoff games. 231 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: In fact, a lot of playoff games are thinking about that. 232 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: And I'm wondering, by the way, I know I'm getting 233 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: off course a little bit. I'm wondering if the NHL 234 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: is thinking about doing something like that. By the way, 235 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: congratulations Lynchy because the Bruins advanced to the next Yeah, 236 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: And I'm just wondering now if a lot of the 237 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: arenas are going to start thinking about, you know what, 238 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: come on in gang you know, well, you know, we 239 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: got some popcorn for you and uh just put that 240 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: mask on and you don't even have to do it 241 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: if you've been vaccinated, so you know that's the key. Yeah, 242 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. 243 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I just added curiosity, especially as it as 244 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: the game was over and I saw the Hawks go 245 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: up um when when nil, as they say over in 246 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: Europe in terms of this series. I went over to 247 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: step up just to see what tickets are like. There 248 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: are some vaccinated sections, non Maaska vaccinated sections, excuse me, um, 249 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: tickets not cheap to go see? Uh, some playoff basketball 250 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: and Madison Square Garden. Not surprisingly You're you're going to 251 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: pay a minimum of you know, two d fifty dollars 252 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: per sit uh to go see. I mean this is 253 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: this is first round and uh, and we'll see how 254 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: it goes. I mean. The other sort of big business 255 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: question that a lot of folks in the NBA are 256 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: talking about is was the playing tournament successful. We talked 257 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: a little bit about this last week. Um, I think 258 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: it's pretty much a resounding yes. Look, Adam Silver got lucky, 259 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: to be honest, when he had arguably the two most 260 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: influential players in the last two decades squaring off in 261 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: a one game play in game last Wednesday, Lebron James 262 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: versus Steph Curry. Lebron hits a thirty four ft shot 263 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: after getting poked in the eye sort of can't make 264 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: it up. Um, they the Lakers go on. They lost 265 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: yesterday on Sunday afternoon to Chris Paul and the Sons 266 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: who are a higher seed. Steph Curry and the Warriors 267 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: go out. But you look back at last week and 268 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: even what you saw on Friday night with the Warriors 269 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: and the Grizzlies, a very highly rated game. I mean, 270 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: you're seeing some of the best most watched games over 271 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: the course of this season, over the last couple of season. 272 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: In fact, last Wednesday's game Lynchy was the most watched 273 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: NBA NBA game on ESPN since the twenty nineteen Western 274 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: Conference Finals. That was when the Warriors and the Trailblazers played, 275 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: um five point six two million viewers on ESPN. And 276 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: what's interesting is the game peaked, Uh this is according 277 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: to something in the Athletic, with six point one five 278 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: million viewers from two thirty to one a m. Eastern time, 279 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: Which does make you think if they hadn't tipped off 280 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: this game at you know, flipping nine pm, um and 281 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: actually played it in East Coast prime time. Sorry, I know, 282 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm an East Coast guy. Um, there would have been 283 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: even more people watching it because I don't care if 284 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: you're you know, it goes well beyond Warriors and Lakers 285 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: fans who are interested in Lebron stuff. Showdown. Yeah, I'm 286 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: one of them. I checked out at halftime. I could 287 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: have tipped the scales on those ratings right there. Plan 288 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: was a great idea if at first I was going 289 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure about this, but I liked it 290 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: earning their way in the new proposal that they're going 291 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: to bring up that they started to talk about a 292 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. But a mid season tournament, I'm 293 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: not on board with that one right now. The All 294 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: Star break is enough in the middle of the season. 295 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: The All Star Game is really a bad I mean, 296 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: it's good to see everybody out here, but it's basically 297 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: a pickup game at the y m c A with 298 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: the with the over under at around. Yeah. I don't 299 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: really I have to say, I'm I'm not. I don't 300 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: get it. I don't get the mid season tournament. I'm 301 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: not sure why you would why you would do that. 302 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: I think an All Star Game is a really good thing, 303 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: the thing to do. I mean, I get why you 304 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: would do it. From a business perspective because you you 305 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: might have you know, there's something a little a little 306 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: bit more at stake bar, But I don't know, Like 307 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm I'm all on board for a lot of what 308 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: Adam and Silver wants to do, but that's one where 309 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure I se yet. I remember the 310 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: All Star Game back in the seventies. I understood it 311 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: then because outside of your local basketball team, you really 312 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: didn't get many of the other teams unless you got 313 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: the NBA Game of the Week or something like that whatever. 314 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: So when you had the All Star Game, then you 315 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: could see all these players from all the other teams 316 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: that you heard about in the news or you read 317 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: about in the newspaper. Well, now we have so many 318 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: ways you can watch all of the games. I'm just 319 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: not so sure now if the NBA game All Star 320 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: Game is I hate to put it this way, if 321 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: it's needed, but would you do a tournament instead? I 322 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: mean that a mid season tournament seems like even more 323 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: it seems even more onerous on on the players and 324 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,959 Speaker 1: sort of taxing and kind of distracting. I wouldn't, And 325 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: I agree with you guys. It's I mean, don't get 326 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: me wrong, I mean, Adam Silver knows way more about 327 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: the NBA business than I do, but I just don't 328 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: see the direction of doing it, and it is taxing 329 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: on the players. And maybe maybe if okay, if you 330 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: put something on the All Star Game, put something on 331 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: it like you do for the old All Star Game 332 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: for in baseball. It's like, don't say it, bar don't 333 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: say it. I know, I don't say you know, I 334 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: know I and Lindsey I know you. You're like, get 335 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: out of here. But they gotta do something because it's like, 336 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: why have the All Star Game in the first place. 337 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: I agree with you. It's like it's a pickup game. Yeah, alright, 338 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: well you know it is a pickup game. They all play. 339 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: They play all the It's a big deal for the 340 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: city that hosts the All Star Game. It's a big 341 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: economic impact. Um, it's good for the people that live 342 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: in that city because they have all these little festivals 343 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: and around the around the arena for the whole All 344 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: Star weekend. And I think that's the you know, you 345 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: got to weigh the pluses and the minuses of eliminating that. Yeah, 346 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 1: excuse me. I mean, the the interesting thing to me 347 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: about the All Star Game in the NBA specifically. You know, 348 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of a break. You know, it 349 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: gives you sort of a chance to to reassess the season. 350 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: I will say, I mean, this is the business guy 351 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: in in me coming out. My favorite thing about the 352 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: All Star weekend is actually the Tech Summit. I dare 353 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: say that comes ahead of it because I know it's crazy. Um, listen, guys, 354 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm a sports fan, but you know I'm a business journal. Listen, heart, 355 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: but listen, hear me out. Hear me out. Um, the 356 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: friday before, you have this entire conference where the players, 357 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: the owners, a lot of big companies get together and 358 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: you see all the machinations that are going on behind 359 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: the scenes with not just the teams, but the players 360 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: and the empires that they're building. You see all the 361 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: connections that are being made. I mean, this is the 362 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: most dynamic league when it comes to that stuff. So 363 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: I kind of like the idea of that, of that 364 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: mid season gathering. Again business nerves. So right, sorry, I 365 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: am who I am. I'm on board with that. I 366 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: like it, and you explain it, and I'm on board. 367 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: Before we before we wrap up, let's talk a little 368 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: bit about the Olympics, because this is something in specifically 369 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: the Tokyo Olympics. We're gonna have to spend a whole 370 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: other show talking about the Beijing Olympics and everything that's 371 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: going on politically and down in Washington and elsewhere around 372 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: the world. We'll save that for for later on as 373 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: we get toward two and those Olympic Games, the winner 374 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: Olympic Games, the summer Games. They were supposed to happen 375 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: last summer, delayed till this summer. And you've got Lynchy 376 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: what I can only describe as some pretty serious cognitive 377 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: dissonance here, because you have, on the one hand, over 378 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: the last couple of days, the I o C coming 379 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: out and saying we're absolutely doing this. It's gonna be safe. 380 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: We've done some test events. You've got someone Biles doing unbelievable, unprecedented, 381 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: historic things on the vault getting people excited from that perspective, 382 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: and meanwhile, owing to the global pandemic, you have more 383 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: than eighty percent eight zero percent of Japanese people saying no, 384 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: thank you, we do not want this to happen. You've 385 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: got Massa Yoshi Son, you know, one of the most 386 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: outspoken entrepreneurs and investors in that region. Japanese obviously himself 387 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: saying bad idea. How does this end well? And you 388 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: also have a state of emergency in Japan and you 389 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: have sick more importantly than the than the population. You 390 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: have six thousand Japanese doctors who are pleading with the 391 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: Prime minister to cancel the games. They said their hospitals 392 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: are all full right now, only what three and a 393 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: half percent of the million people are vaccinated now, presumably 394 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: all the athletes that come over and will be vaccinated. 395 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 1: So if they want to run these games and they 396 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: insist on going forward, I think they're going to have 397 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: to do it with no fans in the seats. Yeah, 398 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: and it and it's so intra sting. Then bar to 399 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: just kind of stitch all this together and think about 400 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: what we've been talking up until this moment in our conversation, 401 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: which is fans back in the seats, the excitement of 402 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: watching NBA playoffs, the excitement of all these things that 403 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: are going on. You know, we're talking on a day 404 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: where the Mayor of New York City has just said 405 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: students will be back in classroom in the fall. Um 406 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: in New York City public schools you know, it's sort 407 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: of it's hard to get your mind around the idea 408 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: that this summer, when we will have seen all of 409 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: these fans back in the stands, we're going to go 410 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: back to what's essentially what we saw last summer in 411 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: the NBA bubble for the Olympics. Well, let me give 412 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: you a couple of figures, and bid Blasio said this. 413 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: Mayor of New York said this. Today about of New 414 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: York has been vaccinated. You know how many people in 415 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: Japan have been vaccinated? Two? Now, how in the world 416 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: are you going to hold these Olympics. I'm sorry it 417 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: sounded a little bit like stephen A. Smith, but how 418 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: in the world are you going to hold these Olympics 419 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: with two percent of the population vaccinated? And now you're 420 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: on this thing. Okay, let's hurry up and get all 421 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: the elderly people vaccinated before the Olympics. How are you 422 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: gonna do it? This? This this is gonna be hard. 423 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. I mean, you know, we're all 424 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: die hard sports fans. I'd love to see the Olympics, 425 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: but this is almost an impossible set of circumstances here. 426 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: But you know, officials want to carry on. I just 427 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: don't see how this is going to get done well. 428 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: The economics of the Olympics obviously totally change, and the 429 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: incentives to host the Olympics diminish dramatically. Uh. You know, 430 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 1: Having having lived through on site the Olympic Games in Atlanta, 431 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: b In, I know for certain how much of the 432 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: Olympics are about people coming to the city, showcasing the city, 433 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: spending money, hotels, restaurants, all of that, um that happens. 434 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: Essentially none of that is going to be happening by 435 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: all accounts in Japan. Um. You know. Obviously people will 436 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: watch it on TV, and so there's a broadcast revenue 437 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: piece of this. Lynchy, but I just it it feels 438 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,719 Speaker 1: like something is breaking here. And you do you know, 439 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: you feel for these athletes in many ways because this 440 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: only happens every um for years, obviously for US Simone Biles. 441 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: So I mentioned earlier, If these Olympics don't happen, if 442 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: it's and certainly if they're canceled and not delayed again 443 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: or postponed again, I have to think that we won't 444 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: see Simone Biles in the Olympics again. Um, which is 445 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: really sad to say. You think of a Katie Ladecki 446 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: and you know some of the very well known American 447 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: athletes who will not be able to participate in the 448 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: Olympics again. But something is fundament lead broken here and 449 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where it ends up. Well, I mean 450 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: follow the lesson of the American sports last year. We 451 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: had a bubble for basketball and a bubble for hockey 452 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: and it worked. We had limited, if if not zero, 453 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 1: attendance for the National Football League and it worked. We 454 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: did the same thing with baseball. And if they have 455 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: to have the Olympics without fans, so I think they 456 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: should not rob these kids of their their one opportunity, 457 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: just thinking it's not so much winning a medal and 458 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: just competing. If if you're very successful in your high profile, 459 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: you know, you're a mini Phil Mickelson, you know, just 460 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: a walking endorsement package, and this opportunity is not it's 461 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: not coming again. Yeah, that's a good point, very good point. Man. 462 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: I was thinking, Lindjie, maybe we should get up a 463 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,719 Speaker 1: one on one match, man and maybe we can get sponsoritive. 464 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: This match brought to you Von Chitos. This is the 465 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 1: blue Bird Business of Sports podcast. I'm Michael bar on 466 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: Twitter at Big Bar Sports, Oh, Physicians on Call. 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