1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: So Michael Very Show is on the air. You got 3 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: a message on Monday. 4 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 3: From the elementary school that Crockett went to, which also 5 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 3: the elementary school that Michael t went to, and the 6 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: senior year of the kids who went to that elementary school, 7 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 3: they send them messages throughout the course of the year. 8 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 3: You know, it was this day that you started, you know, 9 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 3: your it's K through five, pre K through five. Actually 10 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 3: my kids went pre K through five, but and they 11 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 3: send them various photos. It was your first day of 12 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 3: your fifth grade year, it was your last day of 13 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 3: your fifth grade year, and this week there was a 14 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: you know, celebrate because now this this crop of kids 15 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 3: is graduating from from high school and that school doesn't 16 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 3: go all the way through, so so they leave them 17 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 3: in fifth grade. It's also a very smart alumni retention 18 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: program because you know, when you start making some money 19 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: in about ten years and you start sending a little 20 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 3: money back to the school where you went because you're 21 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 3: still close to it. You know, you're going to send 22 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: to your high school. You're going to send a university 23 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: as you might get some football tickets attached. 24 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 4: Then you're going to send your high. 25 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 3: School and they're going, well, we're over here too, we're 26 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 3: your elementary Remember how we never forgot you. I showed 27 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 3: that picture to Crockett and we went through every kid 28 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 3: in the class, and I made him remember every kid 29 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: in the class and every teacher. One of the things 30 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: I do with my kids is we go through every 31 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: teacher they've had, and we remember the same way that 32 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: I remember quotes. My favorite quotes is that I forced 33 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: myself to repeat them. I do that with my teachers. 34 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: My teachers, and I'm fifty five. This is who I 35 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 3: had in kindergarten, first grade, second all the way through, 36 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 3: favorite college professors. My favorite lawyer, mentor Patrick Patrick Thomas Sharkey, 37 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 3: formerly President of the Hibernian Society, the proudest Irish American 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: I ever met, and a fantastic real estate lawyer in 39 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 3: this town. I think he's retired now. But I forced 40 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 3: myself to do that. I think it's very healthy to 41 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 3: do it. I also tell my kids, you want to 42 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: appreciate this. You get older, but when you leave high school, 43 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 3: you will meet a lot of people through the rest 44 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 3: of your life, and you may most likely meet your 45 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 3: best friend or the best friend of a particular period 46 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 3: of your life. After you leave high school, you might 47 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: meet him in the marines, or the army or the navy. 48 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: You might meet him first stay at college. You might 49 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: meet him at your first job. You might start a 50 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 3: business with them, you might live next door to them, 51 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: go to church with them. But you will always have 52 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 3: a special affinity for the people that you knew as 53 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: a young person, young man, young boy, or young girl, 54 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 3: young man or young woman. And so it's always special 55 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: for me when I hear from somebody that I grew 56 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 3: up with. And one of those, probably the person I 57 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: talk to the most, is been Warning. And if anyone 58 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: who knows Ben will know that he is the funniest 59 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: person in our class by far. 60 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: It's just insanely funny. 61 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: His father was our English teacher and went on to 62 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: be a principal and superintendent. 63 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: But he sent me a message. 64 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 3: Mister Quarrels, you have to understand, was our elementary school principal. 65 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 4: We feared mister Quarrels. 66 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: And when I was talking about the weather, Ben sent 67 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 3: me a message and he said, mister Quarrels has notified 68 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 3: the teachers that if the weather worsens, all students need 69 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 3: to duck and cover under the windows. 70 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 4: Well, that took me back to a place mister Quarrels 71 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 4: has notified the teachers. 72 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 3: Mister Carls hit that button and he'd call out over 73 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 3: the laws of students. We want to remind you that 74 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 3: today is oh, shall be quiet, mister Quarles. Mister Quarles. 75 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: And then you realize, mister Carls, who was old as 76 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: Methuselah to me at that time, was you know, fifteen 77 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: years younger than I am now, and I thought he 78 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: was an old. 79 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 4: Man back then. 80 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: So it's always a little awkward when when I when 81 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 3: I do these sorts of things, because I have a 82 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 3: guest coming up who I did not previously know. We 83 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 3: sought this individual out and I did not get a 84 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: chance to talk to him before we had him on 85 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 3: the show, and so I did not get a chance 86 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: to confirm the pronunciation of his name, and so Ramone 87 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 3: pronounced his name, and I have to live in fear. 88 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 3: And as a longtime listener, you know this that the 89 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 3: chances are Ramone has slaughtered his name, and so I 90 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 3: can either repeat his name as Ramone said, and likely 91 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 3: spend the entire discussion slaughtering his name and after the 92 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: interview or discussion on the interviews, after the discussion, people go, hey, 93 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: this is how you pronounce his name. 94 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 4: You got his name wrong the whole time. 95 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 3: And I'll go, well, that's what Ramone told me, which 96 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: sounds stupid, because well, why'd you trust Ramon? Everybody knows 97 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: he screws that up. Or I can just confirm that 98 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 3: that is his pronunciation, is it? 99 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: Mike Roppoli, Well, if Ramone told you Ropote, he's correct. 100 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 4: Michael, Well, that's the first time I'll tell you this. 101 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 4: It's a damn first time. 102 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 5: Well I'll. 103 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: Go ahead. 104 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 5: Well, I spoke to Ramone and I am now knowing him. 105 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 5: I'm surprised he got it right to be hosted because 106 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 5: he scolded me and said, Mike, I've watched some of 107 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 5: your videos. You can't curse here. You can't use F bombs. 108 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 5: You can't. 109 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 4: I mean, I said, wow, he did tell. 110 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 3: Me he's which he never says. Well, let me tell 111 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 3: people who you are. So I have a dear friend 112 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 3: named Alex Miller. Some of you will remember Alex Miller. 113 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 3: He was our uh Jerry's title for him was he 114 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: was our director of hydration which is kind of funny 115 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 3: because alcohol dehydrates. But follow up he was our director 116 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 3: of hydration, which meant he was the bar manager. He's 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 3: also one of these seven individuals who met his wife 118 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: at the RCC. We had seven different couples who worked 119 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 3: at the RCC separately met there and in their employment 120 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 3: and went on to be married. They all now have 121 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: kids and it's it's a cool thing. But he married 122 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: a woman named Jody Angel, who is some of you 123 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 3: heard me talk. She's my chiropractor to this day and 124 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: she does my acupuncture, which I am a big, big 125 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 3: believer for isolated pains. But anyway, he is a big 126 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: fan of what used to be the Houston Roughnecks, which 127 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 3: has now been named the Houston Gamblers. And he said 128 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 3: to me a couple of weeks ago, he said, hey, 129 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: you got the season coming up for the Gamblers, And 130 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 3: I said, I didn't know we still had the Gamblers. 131 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 3: You'll remember Jim Kelly was drafted by the Gamblers of 132 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: the NFL competitor forty years ago. And then we have 133 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 3: had incarnations of a football league here at this a 134 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: football town. It's an astro support fan club town. It's 135 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 3: a Rockets fan club town. They've even built a fan 136 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: club for the for the Dynamo. But it's a football 137 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: town and people want football year round. And he said, 138 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,119 Speaker 3: if you want, let's go to a game. And I said, 139 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 3: let me find out who's behind this thing. So it 140 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 3: is now called the Houston Gamblers, playing off the old 141 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: name I approve and the fellow who put up all 142 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: the money. It's really really really really really really really rich. 143 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: Guy Ramon happens to be our guests. We have chased 144 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: him down and usually really really really really really rich 145 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: people don't like to be on the show because they 146 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: like to they don't know what I'm going to say. 147 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 4: And when you get really rich, people like me make 148 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 4: you nervous. 149 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 3: As we we're volatile, and they like to just kind 150 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 3: of show up at the River Roads Country Club and. 151 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 4: Be known but not you know, say weird stuff. 152 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: But he's gonna be our guest coming up because I 153 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: want to talk about the business of the Houston Gamer 154 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 3: with Mike Roppoli. 155 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 6: You don't like them, we'll reprint them or refund your money, 156 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 6: no matter who's fault. 157 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 4: It is the Michael Very Show. You have a photo, Matt, 158 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 4: your photo matters? Does Mike Ropoley have a nice legs. 159 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: Oh sharp dressed man? I thought this was legs. I'm sorry, 160 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 3: that's a good call. Is he a sharp dress man? 161 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 3: You're just impressed he's a billionaire. You'd like to just 162 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 3: put the b on the billionaire. Mike Ropoli is a 163 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 3: serial entrepreneur, co founded Itamin Water, sold that Coke Suckers 164 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 3: for twelve billion dollars Smart Water body Armor. 165 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 4: Why are you talking to has again? 166 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 3: Currently the majority owner of Noble, the high performance footwear 167 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 3: and apparel company backed by Tom Brady. No, it's backed 168 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 3: by Micropoli. It just has Tom Brady's name associated. The 169 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 3: owner of junk lists a better for you snacking brand. 170 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,719 Speaker 3: Junkless would be better as a code name. Frozempic. You 171 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 3: got some junkin of Trump tried junkless and this is 172 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 3: how you know you have a lot of money that 173 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 3: you want to burn through. One of the top horse 174 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 3: racing stables in the world, home to six champions and 175 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 3: multiple breeders cup In Belmont Stakes winners. Do you ever 176 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 3: deal with Mattress mac in the in the horse racing business? 177 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 5: I ran into him with he he got a really 178 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 5: really good horse named run Happy so he had some 179 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 5: good horses. We had some good horses, and it's that 180 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 5: Plu's been fun. But I want to talk about the 181 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 5: United Football League. I found out why you intimidate people 182 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 5: with money, Michael. Don't let them speak. 183 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 4: Yes, you know what I mean, because they're control freaks. 184 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think your control freak. 185 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 4: You're going to bet you have no idea. 186 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 5: I'm going to be a better control freak than you. 187 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 5: I know. 188 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 4: I'm about to let you go. 189 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 3: I mean, tell me about the league this season, what 190 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 3: it looks like. I'm excited about the coach, but I'll 191 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: let you go. 192 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, No, excited about the league. Obviously, you talked about 193 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 5: the Houston Gamblers. We're about the same age, mid fifties. 194 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 5: I kind of wanted to bring that back. But it's 195 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 5: it's not just about Houston. We got the Dallas runne Gades. 196 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 5: We're playing in the soccer stadium at both Houston and Dallas. 197 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 5: Our HUBI is in Arlington. We know how big football 198 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: is in Texas and you know we're t had an 199 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 5: opening weekend, we had a game on Instigon show a million, 200 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 5: have a million viewers. And it's not just about football, Mike, Michael. 201 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 5: We also have ludacrous singing at halftime of Houston. So 202 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 5: we're trying to bring football, some entertainment, some family, some fun, 203 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 5: some affordability to the people of Houston. Like you said, 204 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 5: they like the Rockets and Astros, but the football town. 205 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 5: And we're going to be in a soccer stadium down 206 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 5: down downtown, and we're just excited about you know, really 207 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 5: Texas and football and spring football because football is king here, 208 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 5: whether it's pro college, it's king in uh Texas and 209 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 5: Florida and Texas by FARA number one and two states, 210 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 5: and I think football in Texas is going to do 211 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 5: pretty well. And we got to do some work. You 212 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 5: talked about some of the brands I built. None of 213 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 5: those were built overnight. They all failed, they all lost 214 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 5: a ton of money for five years. But when you 215 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: got the right product and the right category, and this 216 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 5: is the category of football and springs, football should be 217 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 5: year round. So we're excited. We were in San Antonio, 218 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 5: Austin's got a soccer stadium, So we want we want 219 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 5: to be a big guy. I know you're a big 220 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 5: Texas guy obviously, and we think this United Football League 221 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 5: can be used for the state of Texas and get 222 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 5: a bunch of you know, fifteenth or forty year old, 223 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 5: you know, football loving people into the stadiums. 224 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 3: I am mildly fascinated with the economics and politics and 225 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 3: all of alternate football leagues. 226 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 5: You know. 227 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 3: Obviously, Donald Trump got very involved with the USFL. Wade 228 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 3: Phillips is a deer friend and he coached the predecessor 229 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 3: to the. 230 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 4: Team that you now own. 231 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 3: When you talk about the economics, which I want to 232 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 3: get to in just a moment, it's fascinating where do 233 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 3: these players come from? How do you scout for players 234 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 3: for the Houston Gamblers. 235 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, we have an incredible scouting team Football Offload by 236 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 5: Russ Brandon, Doug Wiley, and David Diakman. We have a 237 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,079 Speaker 5: great relationship with the college coaches, the NFL coaches, and 238 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 5: I mean the difference between someone playing in the United 239 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 5: Football League and playing in the NFL is one percent. 240 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 5: Maybe they were drafted by the wrong team, maybe they 241 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 5: had the wrong Canadian coordinator, maybe they had the wrong 242 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 5: system and didn't work for them. So there are a 243 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 5: lot of first round draft picks that are now playing 244 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 5: in all league and there's a lot of you know, 245 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 5: you know, walk ons that are going to play in 246 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 5: all league and eventually going to play in the NFL. 247 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 5: So for US, I mean there's sixteen the squad players 248 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 5: that in the different system could be in our league 249 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: or the NFL. So the talent level and the quality 250 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 5: of the football, Michael is awesome. What we have to 251 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 5: do is now figure out a model. And I really 252 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 5: believe the venue model is key. There isn't a sport. 253 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 5: If you put the Houston Rockets in the in a 254 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 5: dome of eighty thousand, they wouldn't sell that out. You know, 255 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 5: the Astros, you know, you know, are they selling out 256 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 5: every game? Not so sure, right, But so we have 257 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 5: to put them in the right venue. And these soccer 258 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 5: venues that are popping up, outdoor stadiums fifteen to twenty 259 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 5: five thousand are the perfect venue and football it's arena 260 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 5: football outdoors, so you get the feel of the action. 261 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 5: We had fifteen thousand at Louisville. We're gonna have twenty 262 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 5: thousand in Columbus, and Houston is gonna be Houston in 263 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 5: Dallas are gonna be big markets, and already the venue 264 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 5: change is going to be the biggest difference. So if 265 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 5: your friend decides to take you or you guys decided 266 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 5: to go, I think you'll really enjoy it and see 267 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 5: that it's a it's a different game in a smallest stadium. 268 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 3: I am not able to go this weekend. Alex is 269 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: going and he's very saded. Your Catherine, who does your prs, 270 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: is taking very good care of them, and I really 271 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 3: appreciate that. When we talk about the ticket price for 272 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 3: somebody going out to one of these, I know it's 273 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 3: a lot less, which makes it accessible for people who 274 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 3: may not be able to go to a Texans game. 275 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 4: What are we talking about. 276 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 5: For college teams like ten to fifteen dollars. For others, 277 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 5: you can get in for fifteen to thirty dollars. I mean, 278 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 5: and you get to see Ludacris and you get to 279 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 5: see great football. So for me, it's always been about, 280 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 5: you know, the parking at a professional football game. We'll 281 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 5: get a family of five in here, right, So it's 282 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 5: about affordable, it's about fun, it's about entertainment, it's about 283 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 5: high quality. Our coaches in Texas or you know Kevin 284 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 5: someone in Houston, which coach at the University of Houston, Texas, 285 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 5: A and M familiar name. You got Ricky new hosital 286 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 5: in Dallas this week coaching in Dallas. So it's recognizable players. 287 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 5: We got a partnership with the Big twelve, so uh, 288 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 5: you know, the University of Houston and and TCU and 289 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 5: and and other colleges down there, bell or you name it. 290 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 5: So it's gonna be a lot of fun. It's it's 291 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 5: it's affordable football in the spring. And we're not competing 292 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 5: against grow football. We're not competing against college football. You know, 293 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 5: we're really competing against I guess the NHL, Major League Soccer, 294 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 5: the NBAA and UH and and and and and baseball, 295 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 5: you know things like that. 296 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: Well, the entertainment dollar has more competition than ever. And 297 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 3: I say that's a great thing because there's a lot 298 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 3: of people priced out of other things that would like 299 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 3: to go to a football game. I love the thought. 300 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 3: I mean I love, love, love the thought of watching. 301 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 3: And this is why I've always watched things like this 302 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 3: is you see a guy out there playing that gets 303 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 3: a second chance, and you know he's gone off to 304 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 3: be a construction worker and he's getting to play football again. 305 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: He's playing his heart out, and there's something that says 306 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 3: that that's what makes March Madness special. 307 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 5: Michael, what's amazing that you just said that is this 308 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 5: is the purest form of football. These players get paid 309 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: seventy thousands for the year and they get benefits. College 310 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 5: players are now getting paid a million dollars a year. 311 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 5: To me, this is more pure than college football. These 312 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 5: are the kids that are really fighting for their careers, 313 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 5: their lives, and their livelihoods, and we really care about 314 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 5: that development. If they can play here for five years, great, 315 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 5: If we can get them back to the NFL, great, 316 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 5: If we can get them into coaching or broadcasting, great, 317 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 5: But we really care about the future of these incredible 318 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: kids that have been doing something since they were six 319 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 5: years old and now they're twenty six and they got 320 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 5: to figure out what the next chapter of their life 321 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 5: is and we want to be part of that. So 322 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 5: we're really excited about that. 323 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: Did In today's news, influential Washington Insider newspaper Roll Call 324 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: reported on our presidential event where Shila Jackson Lee trampled 325 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: poor Haitians because they were in between her and a 326 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: camera at an event to honor them. Role Call noted 327 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: that the queen was seated on the fourth row, but 328 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: as soon as the President finished speaking, she trampled the 329 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: unsuspecting Haitians to get to the front. One Haitian, who 330 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,479 Speaker 1: spent seven days under the rubble and was recently discovered alive, 331 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: was sitting in the front row. He reported that the 332 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: congresswoman quote behaved like a welfare crack ho bum rushing 333 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: Walmart when the doors open on Black Friday end quote. 334 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: The first Lady of Haiti was severely bruised when the 335 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: queen trampled her, and remembered hearing the congresswoman say, o, people. 336 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 3: Get out the way. 337 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 4: People get out the way. 338 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 5: People get get out of the way. 339 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 7: People get out, move over, people get. 340 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 4: Out the way, get people get people get out, get 341 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 4: out the way. People get out. Belush. 342 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 3: So Houston Ambler's season going on, we have, well mostly 343 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 3: it's Alex Miller that was on me about this. He's 344 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 3: very excited about the season. So I said, well, let's 345 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 3: let's give them a little mention on the air. Since 346 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 3: we're doing mentions on the air, ramon shout outs as 347 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 3: some people do. Every day I get an email from 348 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 3: somebody saying, hey, can you announce this or that? 349 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 4: And I can't. That's all we would be doing would 350 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 4: be a community newsboard. Now we did. 351 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: If you remember, Roger would call in with his doves. 352 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 3: I missed Roger. Roger would call in and he would 353 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 3: want to tell us that, you know, this Saturday at 354 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: the VFW Hall in Pasadena, probably the smallest one, they 355 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 3: were having a plate lunch, you know, and he'd tell 356 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 3: you what you could get for nine dollars, you could 357 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 3: get three meets and twesday. And he going into the 358 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 3: whole detail, like, Roger, do you know how many people 359 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: were talking to Yep? Going ahead, Roger going ahead, and 360 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 3: he would send the Medicaid nurse or whatever up there 361 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 3: to get one for him and her. 362 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 4: He's feeling gracious. He's feeling gracious. 363 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 5: You know. 364 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: One of the things I really enjoy is poor people 365 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 3: when they they don't have money to you know, be 366 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 3: funding scholarships and donating and having their names on buildings. 367 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 4: So when they do something for someone else, it's like. 368 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: A really really big deal because that's that's the money 369 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 3: they don't typically have. 370 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 4: It's it's it's it's a big deal. 371 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 3: But anyway, since we are, since we are doing that, 372 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 3: I'm going to give a uh oh, hold on a second, 373 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:40,959 Speaker 3: Robert says, Mike Ripoli is behind a significant chunk of 374 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 3: Saint John's basketball n I L So apparently he's a 375 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 3: major control You knew that he's a major contributor. Ramonse 376 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 3: golded me during the break, just so y'all know, because 377 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: people think, what did one guy say? You just you 378 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 3: walk in and they throw rose petals in front. You 379 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 3: have no idea how much grief I get in the 380 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 3: course of a day. Not from Chad, he would never 381 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 3: but Ramone. He makes my life miserable. I wonder who's 382 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: working for who in this organ say somehow this thing 383 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 3: got sideways fast. But anyway, Ramone was all excited we 384 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 3: have a Micropoli on it. He had to tell me 385 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 3: all about Micropoli and I said, saying, the first billionaire 386 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 3: I've ever met. I'm not impressed. So uh, Rapoli had 387 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 3: to go after two segments and I said, oh, no, 388 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 3: he'll hang around. And when he didn't hang around, Romone 389 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: was like, see you don't know everything. You blew it. 390 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 3: He just that blew it. But he gave me the 391 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 3: I blew it look, And I look at it like this. 392 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 3: When I meet somebody, I'm not I don't care if 393 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: somebody loves me or hates me, just remember me mediocre, 394 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 3: forgetful that that would crush me, and being polite. You 395 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 3: remember the old Roy Head story Sundance Heads Dad. When 396 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 3: Paul ber Lynn brought Elvis to town, he didn't have 397 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 3: money for an opener, but he needed somebody who could 398 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 3: draw locally because he wasn't sure Elvis could imagine that right. 399 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 3: And it was that place so out off I ten 400 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 3: near Crosby. It was not the Shamrock House. It's something 401 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 3: like that, the Pink Flamingo, whatever it was. Paul ber 402 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 3: Lynn was on the air and he had put it 403 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 3: out there right, And he'd had a huge success with 404 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 3: Herb Albert, who turned ninety one yesterday. How about that 405 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 3: Herb Albert turning ninety one yesterday. He'd had a huge 406 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 3: success bringing Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass to town. 407 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 3: And so then he booked Elvis, and he was scared 408 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: to death because he wasn't selling enough tickets. So he 409 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: needed a local draw. So he goes to Roy Head 410 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 3: and said, look, I need you to open for Elvis. 411 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: And Roy had said, all right, you know, now let's 412 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 3: talk about the money. He goes and I need you 413 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 3: to do it for free, and I don't play for free. 414 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 3: I'm a headliner. I'm willing to open, but I'm not 415 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 3: going to do that. And he said, you got to 416 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 3: help me out. Roy, I'm upside down on this deal. 417 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 3: And roy had said, all right, I'll do it if 418 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 3: I get to meet Elvis, and he said, oh, Colonel 419 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 3: Tom Parker says, you know, nobody gets to meet I'm 420 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 3: not allowed any nobody gets to meet Elvis unless you're 421 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 3: a hot woman, and we're slipping you in the back 422 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 3: because Elvis ain't left the building alone. 423 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 4: But he said he made it happen. 424 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 3: So Roy Head walks in to meet Elvis first and 425 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 3: last time he ever meets Elvis, and as he walks in, 426 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 3: he falls to the floor before anybody knows what's going on, 427 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 3: bites into Elvis's calf. Elvis screams to Colonel Tom Parker 428 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 3: to get him off of his calf, whereupon he releases, 429 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 3: jumps to his feet and says, Elvis, I'm Roy Head 430 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 3: and you'll never forget that, turns and walks out. So 431 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 3: that's kind of been my strategy, is when you meet somebody, 432 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 3: you got to punch him in the face and then 433 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: y'all can either go on to be friends or enemies, 434 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: but you won't be forgotten. And so that's my answer 435 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 3: to you. Ramon, that's my answer to you. And plus 436 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 3: i'm healing today. Might I remind you some of you 437 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 3: will remember August first, twenty sixteen, I had a mini 438 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 3: stroke and it was a scary time because my son, 439 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 3: Michael T, who ten, was ten years old, but he 440 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 3: was a man child. Michael T was a big boy 441 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 3: as a young man, and he carried me out like 442 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 3: Kellen Winslow, you know, and the be all you can 443 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 3: be commercials against the Dolphins. That game went to double 444 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 3: overtime and he blocked two field goals and Ralph Bnerska 445 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 3: finally you remember the story anyway, So he had to 446 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 3: haul me to the to the ambulance and that was 447 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,719 Speaker 3: the hardest part was when they put me in there, 448 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 3: and I had to look at my kids and they're 449 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 3: trying to be strong, but you know, they've never seen 450 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,239 Speaker 3: dad hauled off in a in an ambulance and I 451 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 3: can't move, and it was scary. 452 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 4: It was very scary. 453 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 3: And so I had procedures done at the time, and 454 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 3: I had something put in called a repeater, and it's 455 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 3: elude repeated as different terms. I probably get it wrong, 456 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 3: but anyway, it's supposed to signal that you have a stroke, 457 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 3: that you are having a stroke, about to have a stroke. 458 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 4: I don't know what it does. You're constipated something. 459 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 3: So they put this thing in my chest, and so 460 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 3: for fun, sometimes I would tell people to touch it 461 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: because it was creepy, because it was it was under 462 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 3: the skin and it was this lump thing. And sometimes 463 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 3: I'd tell the story and sometimes I'd make up stuff. 464 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 3: You know that I unidentified lump. You think, gotta get 465 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 3: it checked out. But it had become kind of a 466 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 3: little fun thing that I messed with. Well, the battery 467 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 3: in this thing, because it would signal a device that 468 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 3: would alert your doctor, your first contact and all these things. 469 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 3: And the battery was only supposed to last three years. 470 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 3: And it's been ten years. And I made some lifestyle changes. 471 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 3: I lost a lot of weight, I started exercising, I 472 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 3: drank more, so I don't feel like I'm at risk anymore. 473 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 3: And I didn't want to replace it, and my cardiologist, 474 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 3: the Great Stanley Dupman, didn't feel like I needed anymore. 475 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 3: I'm healthier now than I was back then, and so 476 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 3: he said, you know, whenever you're ready, we can take 477 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 3: that thing out. 478 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 4: Well, I wasn't never going to fool with it. But 479 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 4: then then. 480 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 3: I want to do a pre novo, and they won't 481 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 3: do it because it's a magnet, and that thing was 482 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 3: if it's so through the back of you, is split. 483 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 5: You right over. 484 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 4: Anyway, I got it removed. 485 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 3: Doctor Dukeman removed it yesterday immediately after the morning show. 486 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 4: And so I'm recovering. So I'm a little under the 487 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 4: weather of them. 488 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 3: I've had surgery, mind you, but not a big surgery 489 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 3: about that. 490 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 4: I should get eighty of the greatest poets. 491 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 3: To live of any time, but certainly in my lifetime. 492 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 3: Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, those two right there, Okay, 493 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 3: they don't measure up to the body of work we 494 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 3: loosely refer to as having been written by William Shakespeare. 495 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 4: But they stack up against Robert Frost. 496 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 3: I'll stand by that, and you won't find a bear 497 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 3: Robert Frost nut. They stand up against anybody winning poetry 498 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 3: competitions now and being the nation's poet laureate or whatever 499 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 3: else kind of nonsense they want to call that the 500 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 3: greatest poets of the last sixty years are not known 501 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 3: as poets. 502 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 4: They're songwriters, but they're poets. 503 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: And the fact that there is a meter and vocal phrasing, 504 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 3: if you will ramon added to it, does not in 505 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 3: any way, in any way reduce the fact that it 506 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 3: is pure and beautiful poetry. Joe Flanagan notes the Elvis 507 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 3: appearance was at Magnolia Gardens on the Sandysino River, close 508 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 3: to Crosby, So I did get that part right. 509 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 4: That was nice, Kelly, writes Czar. 510 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,479 Speaker 3: I took a few classes at UH in the summer, 511 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 3: and my best he was dating a chem Olajuwan. He'd 512 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 3: meet us after class, and oh my god, that man 513 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 3: was tall. I knew he played basketball, but I'm short, 514 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 3: and I talked to the man's belt. That was the 515 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 3: talss man that I ever encountered. He was very nice 516 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 3: and respectful to me, and cared very much for my friend. Honestly, 517 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 3: he was hard to understand some some times, but such 518 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 3: a kind soul in the time. 519 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 4: That I knew him. 520 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 3: You know, his bearing and demeanor is so different than 521 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 3: you would expect if you saw his stat line. Even 522 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 3: when he was playing, he was never a player who was, 523 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 3: you know, like to Kimbay, would he when to Kimbay 524 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 3: would block a shot, he'd do he'd do the finger wag. 525 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 4: And to kim Bay was more, would emote more. But 526 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 4: a chem was. 527 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 3: Always almost kind of demure while he was dominating the game. 528 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 3: Peyton writes your comments regarding the city of Richmond were 529 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 3: spot on. I've developed several neighborhoods in Richmond over the 530 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 3: last twenty five years, and I have one more plan 531 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 3: and then I'm done. I owned a large live music 532 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 3: event venue, Dry Creek Social Club for six years. Oh, 533 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 3: I know where that is. I think it's for self, 534 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 3: across from the old swinging door of Barbecue there for 535 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 3: fifty years. You know, I think Lauren, you remember Lauren 536 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 3: from from our shop, Lauren Cole, Lauren Thornton Cole. I 537 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 3: think she worked there, or she's friends with them or something. Oh, 538 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 3: this is so stupid. I should read these before I 539 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 3: talked to you. Yes, I even had Lauren Cole work 540 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 3: for me for several months. 541 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 4: I feel goofy. 542 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 3: Now raised on hundreds of thousand dollars for charities and causes. 543 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 3: We also shared comptroller experiences that wasn't fun. 544 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 4: I feel for you on that one. You and I 545 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 4: have mutual acquaintances. 546 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 3: I started developing there when Hilmer Moore, longest running mayor 547 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 3: in the country, was mayor. He and I had a 548 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,959 Speaker 3: great relationship, but all that has changed. The staff has 549 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 3: gone south, deceitful and dishonest. I'd love to have a 550 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 3: visit and share our experiences. I heard our sec had 551 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 3: made an inquiry about the area, but then I heard 552 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 3: no more. I'm familiar with the Wildcatter, even going back 553 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 3: to the days when it was Bryant's ice house. 554 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: That's right, that's Bryant's road that it's on, by the way. 555 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 3: They cost me a lot of money terminating a joint 556 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 3: development agreement we had worked on for five years with 557 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 3: Attorney's Engineers financial consultants. I have proceeded to remove our 558 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 3: future developments out of their etj Thank you, Paul Bettencourt. 559 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 3: I do have pretty good insight on a lot of 560 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 3: what's going on on. Maybe we should have a bourbon. 561 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 3: Sometimes share a bourbon. So maybe we should have a 562 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 3: visit sometime, share a bourbon or two. My eyes were 563 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 3: immediately drawn to the bourbon. That's why what he said, 564 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 3: share a bourbon or two. 565 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 4: Okay, it's not gay. 566 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 3: You know when people say everything is gay, you know 567 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 3: what I always think gay? 568 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 4: You're gay. 569 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 3: Longtime listener tried to be brief and to the point. Well, 570 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 3: I think you failed at that, Peyton Martin. But it's 571 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 3: a good message. Congrats to Sandy McGhee. I've known her 572 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 3: for thirty years. Her son that now runs a restaurant 573 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 3: named Peyton. She and I are great friends. How about 574 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 3: that it's Peyton Martin. He's got stories. I like people 575 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 3: that have stories. We're gonna be talking to County Commissioner 576 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 3: Tom Ramsey in just a moment. Lena had all go 577 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: a no show again at Commissioner's court this week, while 578 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 3: posting by the way that she's part of a new 579 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 3: workout group here I. 580 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 4: Am working out here, I am I'm working out. Okay, Well, 581 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 4: show up to work woman. 582 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 3: Lena Hidogo who is embarrassing themselves more recently, John corn 583 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 3: or Lena Hidalgo. 584 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 4: That's a tight race. That's I mean that that. You 585 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 4: got to think about that one, don't you. 586 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 3: Her staffers are refusing to tell reporters why she didn't 587 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 3: show up. 588 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, why would you need to? 589 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 5: Yeah? 590 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 4: No, no, reason. 591 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 3: I mean, you can take trips to countries. It's so embarrassing. 592 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 3: It is honestly embarrassing. She her staff posts things. I 593 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 3: guess they take items from the agenda and use athosaurus. 594 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 3: They post things like another meeting for County Judge Lena 595 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 3: Hidolgo with the with the president of the Chamber of 596 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 3: Commerce of a small town in Bordeaux, France, and a 597 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 3: fellow who want stomped grapes in Portugal, and another guy 598 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: who has a title. But you won't know that he's 599 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 3: not anybody because he did appear alongside Gerard Depardieu in 600 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 3: Green Card for thirty secon and during the meeting, they 601 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 3: discussed avenues by which to monetize and capitalize infrastructure improvements 602 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 3: across multiple nations during international sporting events, COMMA opportunities for 603 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 3: advancement for people of color, women, cripples that might enhance 604 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 3: the sporting experience and quality. 605 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 4: Of It's just ridiculous, just a bunch of big. 606 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 3: Words strung together, and you're like, yeah, yeah, I'm buying that. 607 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 4: I think it's very likely. 608 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 3: I think it's very likely that Lena Hidalgo is holding 609 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 3: forth on all of those subjects. Here was what Tom Ramsey, 610 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 3: who will be our guest, shortly said on KHOU when. 611 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: Our judge is acting in the way she's acting, do 612 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: something please. 613 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 7: Since Judge Lena Hidalgo attempted to see a concert on 614 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 7: the Rodeo Houston, dirt the dust still hasn't settled. 615 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 3: The sense of entitlement from the judges chair in that episode, 616 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 3: Afare is just incredible. 617 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 7: For the second time, Commissioner Tom Ramsey made a non 618 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 7: binding resolution asking Judge Adalgo to apologize and step down 619 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 7: after the judge accused Rodeo Houston's staff of physically removing 620 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 7: her from a restricted area. 621 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 4: The Rodeo said no force was used. 622 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 6: I share your sentiment on so many levels. 623 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 7: But Commissioner Leslie Brionez says it's up to the people 624 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 7: who elected Judge of Doalgo to take action. 625 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 6: I prefer the folks to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 626 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 6: eighty seven because there's a very set out process in 627 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 6: terms of what criteria and that is not in the 628 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 6: purview of Commissioner's Courts. 629 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 7: Commissioner Rodney Ellis motion to remove the call for resignation 630 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 7: from the resolution which passed in. 631 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 4: Those instances is why I really wanted somebody to do it. 632 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 4: I do it privately as opposed to publicly. 633 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 7: Commissioner Tom Ramsey says he hasn't spoken to Judge Adalgo 634 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 7: since the rodeo. She also hasn't attended two meetings. The 635 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 7: first one she was on a work trip. 636 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 4: She was on a work trip. She was on a 637 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 4: work trip. That's cute. That's boy. The moxy on that woman.