1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Oh what is going on? Greetings top of the evening 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: to you wherevery you're listening, top of the early morning 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: hours to you, depending on where you're at. Appreciate you 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: checking out the show. You know, something dawned on me 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: today and tonight I'm getting all these stories ready for 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: the show. And let me just tell you, ball is 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: on the brain, all right, lots of football to discuss tonight. 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: That's not the only thing. Some hoops see their way 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: into the show. A little baseball, but heavy on the ball. 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: Lots of football. And I'm compiling all these stories and 11 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: I'm looking at him. I'm like, I've never really thought 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: about it like this, because I don't know if you're 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: like me, where I anticipate the season coming up and 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: then after a while, I just I'm like, I know 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: it's getting closer, but based on the stories that we hear, 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: the stories don't get me more excited for the upcoming season, 17 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. For instance, well, I'll probably 18 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: hit on tonight some of these holdouts, some of the 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: second round draft picks that are looking for guaranteed money. 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: The idiotic Bengals what they're doing with their first round pick, 21 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: Shamar Stewart. These stories don't get me more excited for 22 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: the season. What do I care whether second rounders get 23 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: fully guaranteed deals or you know, eighty seven percent gear, 24 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: I don't care. That has nothing to do with my 25 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: excitement level for the upcoming season, right And so I 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: thought of that, and I'm like, that's probably why most seasons, 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: even though it seems like I anticipate, all right, it's 28 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: only like five months away, it's only four months away, 29 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: get about it, and then boom, it's there. And I'm like, 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: why was I anticipating it four months out? But then 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: like two months out, I just kind of I stop 32 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: doing the countdown, you know. I think it has a 33 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: lot to do with the nature of the stories that 34 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: you hear about, and so I'm gonna try to keep 35 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: that in mind tonight. I think that some of these 36 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: stories are interesting even though they don't necessarily get me 37 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: excited for the upcoming season. So I think if you 38 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: have an interesting story that also gets you more excited 39 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 1: for the upcoming season, that's a double win right there. 40 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: That is a double win win win, as we say 41 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: in the business here. But I also think that some 42 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: of these stories that don't get you excited for the 43 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: upcoming season? Do have a place? And that's not to 44 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: be a complete hypocrite, but I'm gonna start with one 45 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: of those things, just because there are two parts of 46 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: this story and they both are insane. It's almost like 47 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: you can't make this stuff up? Are you kidding me 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: with this? So the news tonight is that Lloyd Howell. 49 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: You're looking at me. Even if a diehard fan, you're like, 50 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: Lloyd Howell? Should I Did he play for the I 51 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: don't know the Jags? Was he a backup defensive tackle 52 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: five years ago? Who is Lloyd Howell? 53 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 2: So? 54 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: Lloyd Howell used to be the executive director of the 55 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: NFL Players Association as of late Thursday night, No Moss, 56 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: no more Lloyd Howell. He resigned late Thursday night, and 57 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: he cited distractions that his leadership has caused in recent weeks. 58 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: Kind of distractions are we talking about here? So this guy, 59 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: Lloyd Howell, he faced a lot of scrutiny. There was 60 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: an ESPN report that came out and it said that 61 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: Lloyd Howell has maintained a part time consulting job with 62 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: the Carlyle Group. Who the heck is the Carlyle group. 63 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. All that you need to know is 64 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: the Carlyle Group is now seeking minority ownership in NFL franchises. 65 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: So the guy who was the executive director of the 66 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: NFL Players Association was also a consultant for this group 67 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: that's seeking minority ownership. There are two very different worlds 68 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: when it comes to professional football NFL. Here it's player side, 69 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: ownership side. You can't be the executive director of the 70 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: Players Association while you are a paid consultant for a 71 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: group that's trying to become a minority owner in the NFL. 72 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: You can't have both. It's got to be one lane 73 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: or the other. Was the old LeVar ball Well, he said, 74 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: stay in your lane. I guess that's the thing. He's 75 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: got to stay in his lane. Whether it's player's lane 76 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: or ownership lane. You gotta choose. Can't be both. You're 77 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: all over the media, you're in access, You're going from 78 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: lane to lane over here, Lloyd Howell. So he resigned 79 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: from the Player Association as the executive director. That's the 80 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: first part of it where it's crazy that he was 81 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: trying to do both, and then all these Players Association 82 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: people they had his back they're like, Oh, all these accusations, 83 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: this is ridiculous. And then all of a sudden he 84 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: resigns and they're like, maybe there was something to that. 85 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: I don't know. There's this other part here, though, it's 86 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: not just involving Lloyd Howell. There's another story from last 87 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: month that makes the NFLPA, right, the NFL Players Association 88 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: look freaking terrible. I can't believe this is even true. 89 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: So the NFLPA and the NFL the league right, they 90 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: had a confidentiality agreement to keep quiet when an arbitrator 91 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: ruled about possible collusion by owners over quarterback salaries. Okay, 92 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: that sounds like you ever say, like, I've got Oreo, 93 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: the neighborhood cat. Here, she's taking a nap. She's very 94 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: comfortable on the couch right over there. She's very fired 95 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: up for the show tonight, hanging out here. You ever 96 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: see a cat that gets like hairball stuck in their 97 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: you know, maybe they licked their paws a little bit, 98 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: and then it just something didn't work right and they 99 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: just kind of they just do Like that's what that 100 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: last sentence sounded like, where it just sounds like leh 101 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: blah blah, blah blah BLI. So let's break it down. 102 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: This is now, it's a little wordy. I tried to 103 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: condense everything to the most important parts so it doesn't 104 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: just sound like yackitty yackitty yackity yeack. Again, the payoff 105 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: is unbelievable. So just bear with me for a second 106 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: over here. So this goes back to March of twenty 107 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: twenty two. That's when quarterback Deshaun Watson signed that mammoth 108 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: fully guaranteed two hundred and thirty million dollar contract. 109 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: Right. 110 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: The NFL owners were pissed, just incredibly ticked off about this, 111 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: and so they had the owners meeting in Flo in 112 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: that same March of twenty twenty two, and so the league, 113 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: the NFL, was urging ownership to restrict guaranteed contracts. The 114 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: NFL gave a presentation during the owner's meetings and they 115 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: even included some speaker notes. Now, it basically is like, yo, 116 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: you can't be given out these guaranteed deals left and right. 117 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: This is gonna set a precedent, and then once the 118 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: toothpaste is out of the tube, you can't put it back. 119 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, the next player in line, they're 120 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: gonna win a fully guaranteed deal, and then the next 121 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: player who's got leverage is gonna demand a fully guaranteed contract, 122 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: and so we gotta slow this train down or you 123 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: guys are gonna be in a rough spot NFL ownership. 124 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: That's basically what the NFL was saying. I think the 125 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: paraphrasing works way better than reading the exact things, because 126 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: it's you can imagine it's a four score and seven 127 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: years ago and you're like, oh my gosh, this is 128 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: just so boring. So you go back to they had 129 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: this presentation, and so an arbitrator made a ruling back 130 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: in January of this year. Okay, now what I told you, 131 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: the Deshaun Watson thing, twenty twenty two owners meetings in 132 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: March of twenty twenty two. Finally, this January and twenty five, 133 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: an arbitrator determined that this March twenty twenty two presentation 134 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: was evidence of the NFL's collusive behavior. Okay, that's the 135 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: way he said it. Evidence of the NFL's collusive behavior, 136 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: but he did not find the NFL guilty of collusion. 137 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 1: This is the first part that blows my mind. Collusive 138 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: behavior not quite collusion for sure though, that's like saying 139 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: I engaged in cheating behavior, but I'm not a cheater 140 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: or better yet, it's an arbitrator oversaw a case. All right, 141 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: there's this married man. He's fooling around with the secretary, 142 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: and this arbitrator is like, all right, even though she 143 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: was nude and on this married man's lap and making 144 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: sort of I don't know, I don't want to be 145 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: too raunchy over here, but let's just say, like, you know, 146 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: certain rowing like motions. You know, I can't say for 147 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: sure this guy is a cheater. I mean, that's a 148 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: little bit of a leap right there. Now, this was 149 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: cheating behavior, for sure, but cheating or a cheater. Ah, Oh, 150 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: that's a bit of a leap. That's basically what the 151 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: arbitrator ruled with the NFL. It's unbelievable. How can you 152 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: not say it's anything other than collusion. You guys are 153 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: actively talking about restricting guaranteed money. That's collusion. But somehow 154 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: this arbitrator didn't go that far. Now we get a 155 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,239 Speaker 1: little bit more evidence of collusion or at least collusive behavior, 156 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: as the arbitrator ruled. Okay, so this goes back to 157 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two July. All right, so we fast forward 158 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: from March of twenty two. We're in July of twenty two. 159 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: That's when Kyler Murray, Cardinals quarterback, he signed his contract 160 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: extension five years, two hundred and thirty million dollars. Only 161 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and three million was guaranteed at signing. Now, 162 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: I say only because it's relative. You know, if I 163 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: signed my next contract for one hundred and three million dollars, 164 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: I'm not putting on clothes for the rest of my life. 165 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. But it's all relative. Deshaun 166 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: Watson got two hundred thirty million guaranteed. Kyler Murray got 167 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: one hundred and three million dollars guaranteed. Now, there was 168 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: a text exchange between Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Cardinals 169 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: owner Michael Bidwell. Okay, so Bidwell, Cardinals team owner Kyler 170 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: Murray just signed this contract, right, So Dean Spanos of 171 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers, he texts Bidwell and says congratulations on signing Murray. 172 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: Bidwell responds, thanks Dino, that's my favorite part of the 173 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: Thanks Dino. These QB deals are expensive, but we limited 174 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: the fully guaranteed money and have some pretty good language. 175 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: Thankfully we have a quarterback worth paying. And then Dean 176 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: Spano says, your deal helps us for our quarterback next year. 177 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: Kind of sounds a little bit like collusion, a little 178 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: bit right, or exactly like collusion. That's when Michael Bidwell 179 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: he responded via text, I think many teams will be 180 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: happy with it once they have a chance to review. 181 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: Cleveland really screwed things up, but I was resolved to 182 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: keep the guarantees relatively low. Very interesting, right again, this arbitrator, 183 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: you've found a lot of collusive behavior, but not quite collusion. 184 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: That's unbelievable. Now, this, this to me, is the ultimate 185 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: curve ball, and all this stuff where the NFLPA just 186 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: looks like a total joke. You would think the NFLPA 187 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: would be screaming with a megaphone here. Now, all this 188 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: stuff was not released, right, nothing was released. It was 189 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: Pablo Torre, remember of ESPN and does his podcast. He 190 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: found this arbitrator's sixty one page document detailing the ruling 191 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: of this, and so Pablo Torre, he's the one who 192 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: publicized all of these findings. The arbitrator ruled in January 193 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: of this year. Pablo Torre released this last month. Okay, 194 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 1: now you would be thinking the NFLPA would be screaming, 195 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: do you see what the NFL is doing here? They're 196 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: trying to restrict guaranteed money from our players, so forth 197 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: and so on. Nope, turns out the NFLPA actually struck 198 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: a deal with the NFL. They struck a confidentiality agreement 199 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: to hide the details of the arbitrator's decision from the 200 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: players that the NFLPA represents. Make sense of that. What 201 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: did the NFL promise the NFLPA here? I don't know what. 202 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: They're like, Hey, man, if you do us this solid, 203 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: we'll give you whatever, whatever, whatever, I don't know what. 204 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: But somehow the NFLPA was like, yeah, we agree to 205 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: a confidentiality agreement. We won't say anything NFL about you 206 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: guys working with ownership to try to limit the guaranteed 207 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: money that our players that we represent are making. That 208 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: is unbelievable. If I'm an NFL player right now, I'm 209 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: looking at the Players Association like, do you freaking guys 210 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: know anything? Do you know what you're doing at? What 211 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: are you what's happening over here? 212 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 4: Now? 213 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: The last little part of this is just for scorekeeping. 214 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: I guess the guy Lloyd Howell that we talked about 215 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: who just stepped down as the executive director of the 216 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: Players Association. He took over in twenty twenty three. Okay, 217 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: so that's important. Demorris Smith, Remember old Demorris Smith. He 218 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: was the executive director until twenty twenty three. Right, It 219 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: was Demorris Smith from nine to twenty twenty three, and 220 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: then Lloyd Howell took over from there in twenty three. 221 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: That's important because again this all traced back to Deshaun 222 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: Watson in March of twenty twenty two, So that was 223 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: Demorris Smith overseeing that whole thing, and then it was 224 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: Lloyd Howell later on. But just so we're clear on 225 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: that this wasn't Lloyd Howell screwing everything up with the 226 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two collusive behavior, not quite collusion, but collusive behavior. 227 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: It wasn't under his watch. What Lloyd Howell is really 228 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: screwing up is he's trying to do two things at once. 229 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: Trying to represent the players and he's consulting a group 230 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: that's vying for NFL ownership. That is, that is the 231 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: NFLPA is a total joke right now, You can't make 232 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: this stuff up. If a buddy told me this, I'd 233 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: be like, you're getting something wrong. This can't be true. 234 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: It's true. This is exactly what went down. Unbelievable, but 235 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: that's where we are right now, and the NFLPA is 236 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: looking for a new executive director. So I find that 237 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: to be fascinating and unbelievable, but again, does nothing to 238 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: get you fired up for the upcoming season. So we 239 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: will put that to the side, and I'm gonna pinpoint 240 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: some stories that do get you fired up for the 241 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: upcoming season. I like one of them coming up next. 242 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: I saw a column about overrated and underrated teams heading 243 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: into the season, so that a little bit later as 244 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: the show goes along fired up to be here malin Militia. 245 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: You want to get on in, feel free to do 246 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: so at the no shows where you can find me 247 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: on X and the phones are open Man eight seven 248 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: seven ninety nine on Fox. That's right, we promised and 249 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: we delivered last time I was filling in for Big Ben. 250 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: You're on hold, we roll out the red carpet. We 251 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: get right to you. No Yiaki yacketing quickly, that's right fast? 252 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we got we got h I don't know 253 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: my guy, you know, Emmett, Wan's fine, We're getting to 254 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: amit great. Emitt's on hold, We're getting right to him. 255 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: We got Jed who fled on hold, boom right to him. 256 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 3: That's right. 257 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: We got a bunch of all right, we're going four 258 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: by one hundred meter relay, leg after leg after leg 259 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: after leg. You know, let's get him on quickly. So 260 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: feel free to check in coming up next the militia 261 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: if you're there. And also, you don't know what you 262 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: have until it's gone. 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New episodes drop every Thursday, so 274 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 5: do your sofa favor and listen to Inside. 275 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: The Parker with Rob Parker on the. 276 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 5: iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. 277 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: Brian Noen for Big Ben mallor here on Fox Sports Radio. 278 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: Ah Man, the picture that Larina just painted right then, 279 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: it's just utterly disgusting, just terrible. So she's talking about Coop. 280 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: You're driving in work tonight and what he was probably 281 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: rocking out to, and this is probably exactly what it was. Coop, 282 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: do you like, what's the song that you're like, Yeah, 283 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: what's the Tool song that really gets you fired up? 284 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: Over there? Do you have one who's probably doing his 285 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: job right now, probably what's going Yeah, it's maybe it's 286 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: too long to list. I don't know. Maybe he doesn't 287 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: want to start an active list of songs from Tool 288 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: that fire him up. 289 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: And I mean all of them fire me up. 290 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: That cannot be correct. That that cannot be Listen. Every 291 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: band I love has songs that do nothing for me 292 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: in terms of firing me up. There's no way every 293 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: Tool song fires you up. 294 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 3: That's yeah, because they're all brilliant. There's no way that 295 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 3: is correct. 296 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: I love Metallica even before you know things went wrong 297 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: after the Black album. You know, mostly there are plenty 298 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: of songs. Even there are five great albums that were terrible. 299 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: Escape is awful, Jumping the Fire is a wretched song. 300 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 3: Well, I mean we disagree on that, but no, yeah, 301 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 3: I mean every band has bad songs except for Tool. 302 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: Every band Button Tool has bad songs. 303 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 3: Unreal, man, you don't feel like that about any band, No, not. 304 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: One band ever. Every band has some bad songs. 305 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 3: I mean I feel like I feel like System of 306 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 3: a Down also doesn't really have a bad song. 307 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: No, there's I could you know, I'd have to go 308 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: in the archives here. I don't know System as well 309 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: as you know some of my go to metal bands. 310 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: But I guarantee you go, you know the B sides, 311 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 1: you go C side there, you're gonna find a handful 312 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: of songs where you're like, mm, yeah, could have done 313 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: better on this one. Every band has said some of 314 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: the most legendary bands ever have some duds. You know, 315 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: it happens, it's true. 316 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 3: But I just there's certain bands for me where like 317 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 3: every single one. I'm you know, there's ones that I 318 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 3: like less than others, But I don't know that there's 319 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 3: any that I think like, ooh, this is a bad song. 320 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 3: I'm skipping this. 321 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: Oh man, that's maybe you. Uh, you're either blind or 322 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: you're more of an optimistic person than I am. You know, 323 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: I don't know which it is. Maybe it's a blend 324 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: of blood. 325 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 3: It's easier for bands like that though, Like, it's not 326 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 3: like they have a huge catalog of songs with which 327 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: which band either one I mean, System of a Down 328 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 3: I mean and even Tool. 329 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: Really, how many how many albums does System have? I'm 330 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: checking it out. 331 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 3: They've got the self titled, then they've got Toxicity, and 332 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 3: then they have Hypnotized Mesmerise, which was like a double album. 333 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 3: They've got at the steal this album. So we're like 334 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: looking at four or five. 335 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure they have some bad ones, have some yeah, 336 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: five studio albums. There you go, see, I you are 337 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: you detailing that? It's faster than me with Google. I 338 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: am not great with Google. 339 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 3: I mean, they were my all time favorite band for 340 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 3: long until I discovered Tool. 341 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, dude, I did not realize it was 342 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: this dire. I didn't realize it was we. 343 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 3: Need a what is it? 344 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: Uh, It's exactly what we need, an intervention. We need 345 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: to get this together immediately, Loraina, I did that someone 346 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: right now? That's like kicking the Broncos to the curb 347 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: for like the Titans right now. Why would you do that? Yeah, 348 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: that's what you did. You took System and said, yeah, 349 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm kind of over it. 350 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 3: I didn't say I was over it. They're still there, 351 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 3: my number two, and. 352 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: You're like, there's someone better out here in these streets 353 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: named Tool. That's what you think. 354 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 3: And then you get out there and Tool left Je 355 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 3: high and dry. 356 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's the way it goes sometimes, unbelievable, Coop 357 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: I did. The more the more I hear you talk 358 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: about Tool, the less I respect you. It hasn't completely 359 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: gone away, but it's dwindling. A statement by statement, sentence 360 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: by sentence from you, Unreal eight seven seven ninety nine 361 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: on Fox is your number. If you want to weigh 362 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: in on whatever you know, Tool, System or sports, feel 363 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: free to do so. I contend that every song, even 364 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: every band, even legendary bands, legendary artists, have some dud songs. 365 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: Everybody does, Tool included, and they are not a legendary 366 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: band at least in my book, Let me get to 367 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: You don't know what you have until it's gone. That 368 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: would be Damian Lillard. So Sham Sharania of ESPN he 369 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: broke this news that Damian Lillard has agreed to a 370 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: three year deal forty two million dollars to return to 371 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: the Portland Trail Blazers. So it's it's kind of a 372 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: cool story. He's going back to Portland. But here's the 373 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: thing that's interesting to me. So Dame left Portland and 374 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: went to Milwaukee. He wanted to be in a better 375 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: position to compete for a championship. And the reason he 376 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: left Portland is because they were nowhere close to competing 377 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: for a championship. When he was ready to re sign 378 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 1: or go elsewhere, the Blazers weren't close. They they were 379 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: going young, all that stuff. But I'm not gonna do 380 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, Blazers basketball for you. Most of the country 381 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: doesn't care. But at the time, they weren't in position 382 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: to compete for a championship. And now Dame is back. 383 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: Are they in position to compete for a championship? 384 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: Now? 385 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: No, they are not. Are they going to be in 386 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: position to compete for a championship two or three years 387 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: from now when Dame is still under contract and hopefully 388 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,239 Speaker 1: healed from that achilles injury. No, they will not. They 389 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: will not be a championship contending So what's changed. What's 390 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: changed is Dame's perspective. He didn't realize what he had 391 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: until it was gone. And a big part of it 392 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: was his family. His family, his kids. They live back 393 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: in Portland, and so he was out in Milwaukee by himself. 394 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: He detailed this a lot. He's a big boxing fan. 395 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: He's just sitting there watching boxing videos day after day, 396 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: just like man kind of missed my family. Right now, 397 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 1: let me see what let me see what this boxer 398 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: is up to, and all right, cool, let's watch this 399 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: next YouTube video and gets old. So that's a huge 400 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: reason why he's going back to Portland. And you don't 401 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 1: quite understand what it's like until that's gone. And so 402 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: I completely appreciate that. I don't think that Dame's making 403 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: a bad move. He's just going back to the Blazers. 404 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 1: But the interesting part is one of the reasons why 405 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: he left the team wasn't ready to compete for a championship. 406 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: That was the main reason he left. That's not even 407 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: really applying to this decision. Otherwise he wouldn't be going 408 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: back there he'd be going to the Warriors or he's 409 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: from the Bay Area, right, The Warriors made a lot 410 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: of sense. They're in a better spot to compete for 411 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: a championship, but he said, no, man going back to 412 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: Portland over here. So I don't know. It just strikes 413 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: me the reason, the main reason he left, was not 414 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: even a secondary reason in terms of him going back. 415 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: That kind of interesting there. So Dame with seven games 416 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: with the Blazers regular season in playoffs, with at least 417 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: fifty five points, most enfranchise history, leading scorer, most threes 418 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: made ever, so the return once he's healthy, that would 419 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: be really cool. But unfortunately they're not going to be 420 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: in a position to compete for a title for a 421 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: long time. So that part I hate. Like Shams's tweet 422 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: was a storybook reunion home for the thirty five years. 423 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean, the ultimate storybook story or ending I should say, 424 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: is Dame going back to Portland and winning a championship. 425 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: But the franchise is not going to be in a 426 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: position to realistically compete for a championship. But cool, he's 427 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: going back there. Awesome, that'll be close to his family 428 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: and like severely missed that when he was gone totally understandable, 429 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: so hopefully it works out. Other NBA news, Bradley Beal, 430 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: he goes to the Clippers. Was Ben? Was Ben talking about? 431 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 4: This? 432 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: Was Ben in last night talking about what was his 433 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: take on Bradley Beal. 434 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 3: I mean, look, he of course he spins it as 435 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 3: to oh, Bradley Beal turned down the Lakers because he 436 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 3: wants to join the people's team. 437 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, uh huh, Okay, that's good. 438 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 3: But but I do think he's realistic about how much 439 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 3: Bradley Beal is really going to make a difference. 440 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's man. I'll tell you what. I don't 441 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: know that there's another man in sports that has screwed 442 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: up more of my bets than Bradley freaking Bio. 443 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 2: Man. 444 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is with that guy. I 445 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: can't make up some of this stuff. I'd have a 446 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: bet and needed one more bucket, and Bradley Beal one 447 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: time literally missed a dunk. I'm not making that up. 448 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: He missed a dunk. I didn't know it was possible 449 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: from an NBA player, but he somehow managed is against 450 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets last season. I don't know how it happened. 451 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: It just did. And yeah, he's been bad. He has 452 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: been very bad. And a lot of this trace is 453 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: back too. He's so banged up. He's averaged like over, 454 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: he's averaged thirty three missed games a season over the 455 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: last four years, missus thirty three games each year on average. 456 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: That's way too much, way too much. He's projected to 457 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: be a starter for the Clippers. 458 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 3: He hey, but back when he was teamed up with 459 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 3: the MVP caliber Great Wall of DC, those are those 460 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 3: are some good teams. 461 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: The Great Wall of DC. I gotta try to look 462 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: up that epic sound like. For those who don't know 463 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: Coop for a while, a little good stretch, right, you 464 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: were a big time John Wall fan with the Wizards. 465 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: Man pretty decent. Now I have we recreated a John 466 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: Wall call. I think this is it. No, I don't 467 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: know why we did this. We were like, Coop, get try, 468 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: I have it. I don't know how, but I still have. 469 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 3: Here's Cooper. 470 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: Coop is doing some play by play of John Wall 471 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: back in d C. 472 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 3: See if you like this, John Wall taking the ball 473 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 3: up the court, Wizards up by two, John Wall rises, choots, 474 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 3: he buries it. The Great Wall of DC cannot be 475 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 3: Conquered Wizards ninety nine. 476 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: Whoever they're playing ninety five, that's pretty legit, Coop. I 477 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: think you got a future. Man that's really strong. That's awesome. 478 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 3: Man, that was a really good, pretty good besides whoever 479 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: they're playing against. 480 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh man, that's awesome. That's great audio right there? 481 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? 482 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 3: My gosh? 483 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, I've got other let's I don't know what 484 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: all these other ones are. Oh, here we go. I 485 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: don't know what this one is, it says Justin Cooper. 486 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: Top three Seattle bands, I got. I gotta hear this. 487 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: Let's chuck it out. 488 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 3: First, I gotta go with Nirvana, obviously, second with Jimi Hendrix. 489 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 3: Third one, I went with Heart. 490 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: Look you are Heart Heart Hearts great. It's not a 491 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: top three Seattle band. Come on, who knows that they're 492 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: a Seattle band? That's the question. Who's aware of that? 493 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 4: Me? 494 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: I guess so, man, that's yeah, that's strong praise right there. 495 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if wow, this is really going. I 496 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: don't know what this audio. 497 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 3: You don't like this game? Why are you playing all 498 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 3: this this old embarrassing audio? 499 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: So it just says because you used to produce TJ Reeves. 500 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: TJ Reeves, he's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sideline reporter, right 501 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: sideline guy, and so Coop used to produce his show. 502 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what this is. You know, you can 503 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: see the audio and most of this sound. It's only 504 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: like a three second clip. Most of it is no audio, 505 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: So I I don't know, Coop, I don't know. We'll 506 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: give it a shot. Here you go. How you doing, Justin? 507 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 3: I'm doing good? 508 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: How are you? As Coop totally fired up, just completely 509 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: geeked out of his mind to do another edition of 510 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: the DJ Reeves show here on Fox Sports Radio at 511 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: the time that one man. Listen to the enthusiasm from Coop, 512 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: How you doing, Justin? 513 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 3: I'm doing good? 514 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 6: How are you? 515 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: I think that's it. That's all I got. It's still 516 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: pretty good. Oh wait, hold on one more. There's one 517 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: last one random audio from Justin Cooper here on Fox 518 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. I think I might have been filling in 519 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: for OutKick at the time. Otherwise, I don't know what 520 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: or else. I just grabbed this audio somehow, But it's 521 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: Coop on Chick fil A. Let's hear a hot take 522 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: from Coop on Chick fil a. 523 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 3: You know, I think this is a regional thing. 524 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 6: I think you've got all of your southern, you know, 525 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 6: sec country followers backing you up on this. But if 526 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 6: you talk to the more you know, cultured people of 527 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 6: the of the coasts, they'll they'll tell you that Chick 528 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 6: fil A. 529 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: Is not allow. 530 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 4: Wow. 531 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 3: All right, so my opinion has since changed. Okay, I 532 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 3: love Chick fil A. 533 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: Good you're on team right side now here. Yeah, what 534 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: happened with that? 535 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 3: I think at the time it had just like we had, 536 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 3: you know, the first location. It wasn't even like near me. 537 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 3: It was like a good I don't know, twenty miles away, 538 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 3: and I drove the twenty miles to go try it, 539 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 3: and I was like, okay, like I mean, I wasn't 540 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 3: worth driving over here for it. But now I have 541 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 3: one like two minutes from my house, and I go 542 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 3: all the time. It's delicious. 543 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: There you go, there you go. I'm glad that you've 544 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: finally seen the light. If we can only make that 545 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: happen with tool. 546 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 3: I had it for breakfast this morning, did you there 547 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 3: you go? 548 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: Now, you're a hardcore do it on days. 549 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 3: That he works all the way through the night because 550 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 3: they open at what six thirty? Yes, so they stop 551 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 3: serving breakfast at like ten, and I'm not I'm never 552 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 3: usually awake, right, I. 553 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: Don't get that it's so lame that I love McDonald's breakfast. 554 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: I went, I don't know, a couple months ago, and 555 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: they end at this weird. I think it's like ten 556 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: thirty or something like. Why would you end at ten thirty? 557 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: Why want you at least go to eleven? I think 558 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: you should have it all day? Yeah, yeah, you should 559 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: have breakfast. 560 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,479 Speaker 3: We used to have that. McDonald's did all day breakfast 561 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 3: for a while and then I don't know if it 562 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 3: was COVID that ended it or. 563 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, or a bad idea that ended it. You should 564 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: have that all the time. Why not? Why not serve 565 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: it up? Don't get it all right? Feel free to 566 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: check in. Mallard Militia eight seven seven ninety nine on 567 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: Fox is your number? I mean that was I feel 568 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: that was a pretty strong segment. We've got some random 569 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: coup audio in there, got him doing play by play 570 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 1: of John Wall. I mean, how can your evening get 571 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: any better? How? I ask you? 572 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 2: Now? 573 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,440 Speaker 1: In honor of Big Ben Malor, we'll keep the who 574 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: am I game? Tradition going on. So I just mentioned 575 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: that Damian Lillard he's returning to the Portland Trail Blazers. 576 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: Who that's right, Dame Dollar, Dame time. I'll be back 577 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:29,479 Speaker 1: in Rip City. So he has the most fifty five 578 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:34,280 Speaker 1: point scoring games in Blazers team history. He's got seven 579 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: of them if you include the regular season in the postseason. 580 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: Which player is next on the list with the most 581 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: fifty five point games in Blazer's history? Who that's right? 582 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: Who am? I feel free to guess. At the No 583 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: Show on X can throw some tweets my way, feel 584 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: free to do so. We will pay that off right 585 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: around the corner. I'm Brian no in for Big Ben Maller. 586 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: This is Fox Sports Radio. 587 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 4: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 588 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 4: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 589 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: It is Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian though in for 590 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: Big Ben Mahler. All right, we'll get to the militia 591 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: they're stopping by here. Love it. We'll go rapid fire 592 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: here in a little bit. 593 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 4: Uh. 594 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: First though, the who am I game? 595 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 2: Now? 596 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,839 Speaker 1: This is it's a little tricky here, but I think 597 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: you'll appreciate the trickiness. I do think so so Damian Lillard. 598 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,240 Speaker 1: He's back with the Blazers, agreed to a three year contract, 599 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: and he has scored the most fifty five point games 600 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: in Blazer's team history. He has seven of them, including 601 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Seven times he's reached at least fifty five 602 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: points in a game. So which player is next on 603 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: the list with the most fifty five point games in 604 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: Blazers team history? Who am I? So we go to 605 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: the tweets here foxwed he put Clyde the Glide. I 606 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: like that, Mallard prop he went with Moneyball Mallard not 607 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 1: a bad guess, not bad. I can't read that one. 608 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: Don Juan, he goes with Clyde the Glyde. Also Clyde Drexler. 609 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 1: Jason goes with Brandon Roy. Let's see, AUSSI wa was 610 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: he goes your favorite mascot, the Oregon Duck is what 611 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: he went with? Bobby and Florida went with Freddy Krueger. 612 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: That's good, all right? I think Shy Bears went with 613 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: Bill Walton, I believe. And let's see Matt goes with 614 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: George Foreman. No, no, not correct? You want does it? Yeah? 615 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: I love the Foreman grill outstanding the number of meals 616 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: I had on that thing. Gosh, it's a life saver. No, 617 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: the answer is nobody. How crazy is that? That's a 618 00:36:55,680 --> 00:37:01,080 Speaker 1: trick question. I'm sorry, but Damian Lillard has seven fifty 619 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 1: five point games in his Blazers career, regular season in postseason. 620 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,840 Speaker 1: So the guy that's next on the list doesn't exist. 621 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 1: Nobody else in the history of the Portland Trail Blazers 622 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 1: has a fifty five point game. How can that be? 623 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,879 Speaker 1: They got They've had some really good players throughout the years. 624 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: Not one guy who isn't named Damian Lillard has scored 625 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: fifty five points. That's amazing to me. So there you go. 626 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: I learned something this evening. He might have also, that 627 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: blows my mind. I'd like to go and I don't 628 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: know how I would do this, because again I'm pretty 629 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 1: bad at googling. I would like to know if you 630 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 1: went franchise by franchise, if you and you counted up 631 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: like the number of players that have had fifty five 632 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: point games, which franchises are at the very top, like 633 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: which franchises are alarmingly are low. Which franchises don't have 634 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: one guy? I would imagine there's got to be some 635 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: franchise that doesn't have one. If the Blazers only have 636 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: one guy and it's Dame, I'd love to know that. 637 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: If I was good at googling, I would find out 638 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: that information and relay it back to I suck. I 639 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 1: don't know how to look things up. Let's go to 640 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 1: the phones here. Andre is in mass first up, representing 641 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,720 Speaker 1: the militia. What's going onre? 642 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 2: Hey? Yeah, Hi, how you doing? Thanks for taking the call. 643 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 2: Listen the situation that you started with in terms of 644 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 2: the NFL and this possible collusion that they have in 645 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 2: terms of keeping the quarterback salaries below again NFLPA, this 646 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 2: would be a good opportunity for them to kind of 647 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 2: swoop in, gain a little bit of leverage, bring back 648 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 2: some rights for the players. But time and again, the 649 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 2: NFL players don't band together, you know, when they have 650 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 2: the opportunity to make forward progress. So unfortunately, I mean, 651 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 2: this is kind of a big deal, right, you know, 652 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,920 Speaker 2: every team saying that we're not going to do with 653 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 2: the Cleveland Browns did proven to be the stuper money 654 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,840 Speaker 2: at the table, right, keeping that completely guaranteed deal with 655 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,800 Speaker 2: Deshaun Watson, which didn't end up working out. Nonetheless, this 656 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,400 Speaker 2: is a could be a watershed moment to get fully 657 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 2: guaranteed contracts, if only for the quarterbacks. Then kind of 658 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 2: the build out from there. So Pablo tore, you know, 659 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 2: doing some tlu thing, you know, digging up and seeing 660 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 2: that there's really something here to be had. I just 661 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 2: feel like, if this was the Major League Baseball Association, Yeah, 662 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,919 Speaker 2: and they would tweek down on this, and you would see, 663 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 2: you know, there'd be a battle and there'd be threats 664 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: of a lockout so on and forth, but most certainly 665 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:33,959 Speaker 2: it wouldn't happen again. 666 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: You know. 667 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 2: But then also players could see some games you know that. 668 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I'm with you. Andre. Here's the thing, man, 669 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: is like, I appreciate you checking in. You would think 670 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: the nfl PA, if there's evidence that the NFL was 671 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,719 Speaker 1: telling ownership like, yo, man, we got to slow down 672 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: these these guarantees, fully guaranteed contracts. Man, it's gonna be 673 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: too much. Like, don't guarantee that much money. It's going 674 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: to become the norm. You would think the NFLPA would 675 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,359 Speaker 1: have used that to their advantage and gotten many things 676 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: in their favor. Instead, they agreed to a confidentiality agreement. 677 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,360 Speaker 1: That's unbelievable to me. All right, coming up next, No 678 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,279 Speaker 1: wonder everything fell apart that in the militia that comes 679 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: your way right around the corner.