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Now signed up with promo code Colin so 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: they know we sent you. What is going on everybody, 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: John middlecop Three and OW Podcast Sunday afternoon about four 13 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: o'clock August eighth. We are now officially two Sundays away 14 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: from the National Football League. Obviously the game on Thursday 15 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: night Rams Bills, less than that whatever, ten eleven days 16 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: away from that. I watched the college football game. A 17 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: lot going on. There are three things that I really 18 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: want to hammer home today that I'm fired up on, 19 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: and that's the Tom Brady video that kind of went viral, 20 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: the Bills punter situation. Matt Ariza, who was nicknamed the 21 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: punt God a couple of weeks ago, has been involved 22 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: in a civil lawsuit with potential statutory and just sexual 23 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: assault rape. Uh yeah, pretty ugly was was released by 24 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: the Bills. And then Scott Frost, the head coach in 25 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,919 Speaker 1: Nebraska who was now officially a royal disaster fifteen and thirty. 26 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: I watched a lot of that game him verse Pat Fitzgerald. 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: The academic elites verse Frost, and they kicked his butt. Man, 28 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: they worked him in the second half. Uh might even 29 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: touch on a little bit at the end. Uh's something 30 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: I saw. I watched a lot of golf today. Rory 31 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: McElroy won the Tour Championship. Three and Out Podcasts subscribe. 32 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: If you listen through Collins feed, make sure you subscribe 33 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: to Three and Out Podcasts. Also a Middlecoff mail bag. 34 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to Nashville this week, be there Wednesday, 35 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: Thursday Friday, so I'm gonna try to probably record a 36 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: mailbag maybe Wednesday before I leave. So the plan is 37 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: to have a podcast today Monday, another podcast Tuesday. Then 38 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: I'll probably instead of going Friday because of Labor Day weekend, 39 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: I'll probably put something out Thursday. Uh, that'll probably mail 40 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: bag heavy, I would imagine, and then we'll let everyone 41 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: have a good time for Labor Day and then we'll 42 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 1: hit the ground run in NFL football must go baby. 43 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: Uh So yeah, Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is 44 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: the Instagram fire in those d m s. But I 45 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: wanted to start with Thomas Brady and he just went 46 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: on eleven day hiatus, vacation, sabbatical. No one truly knows 47 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: what it was, and there were a lot of different 48 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: reports because at first his mom has been sick as 49 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: parents were getting older. You know, I think your first 50 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: coat is something wrong with his family. Uh, And it 51 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: came out everyone you know who covers the team, people 52 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 1: around the league said it is not anything involved in that. 53 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: And I've really been thinking ever since the video that 54 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: kind of went viral. He played last night and then 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: after the game was obviously asked about the situation and 56 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: his response. I thought, for a guy who is he 57 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: actually looks like he's got some plastic surgery. He's starting 58 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: to look a little weird. But let's face it, Tom 59 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: Brady over the last six seven years has become very unrelatable. Right. 60 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: He went into a world in terms of championships that 61 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: will never be sniffed again. He's got seven Super Bowls, 62 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: He's married to a model. He started eating avocado ice cream, 63 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: he started doing all this weird stuff. He literally was 64 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: competing to win the m v P in the NFL 65 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: at forty five years old. That that is not gonna 66 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: become something of the norm. Now, I've sit over and over. 67 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: Because of health improvements and the way guys trained, we're 68 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: gonna see guys play longer in their careers. But just 69 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: look at three of his peers, Peyton Manning fell off 70 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: a cliff at thirty nine years old, Drew Brees and 71 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger couldn't throw it ten yards down the field. And 72 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: obviously Roethlisberger treated his body a little bit different than Drew. 73 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: And they were all shot at forty years old. And 74 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: I thought when he said I'm forty five, I got 75 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: a lot of ship going on. For all his unrelatable characteristics, 76 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: the wealth, the looks, the lifestyle, just his entire world, 77 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: that was the most relatable thing he said in forever, 78 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: And I've said forever I when I say not relatable, Obviously, 79 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: as a teammate, he gets along with everybody. He is 80 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: one of the greatest teammates in the history of team sports. 81 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: So if you're playing with them, if you're a coach 82 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: on the staff, people love the guy. I just mean, 83 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: from the outside is starting to go. Tom Brady's getting 84 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: a little weird, you know, was just be real. He's 85 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: he's kind of feels like an actor or a musician 86 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: or you know, just when they kind of go off 87 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: the deep end. But his style in terms of on 88 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: the field play is still awesome. And I didn't watch 89 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: much of the game, but I saw a couple of clips. 90 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: His arm looks fine, so unlike Breeze, unlike Roethlisberger, unlike Manning, 91 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: his arm he's still throwing ninety five fastballs. He's never 92 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: been able to run, so really his game hasn't changed, 93 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: but off the field it has. And just put yourself 94 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: in the shoes. I'm thirty seven years old. I looked 95 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: up the average age of an NFL player is twenty six. 96 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: Twenty six years old. Think about when you were twenty six, 97 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: the lack of responsibilities. You had the ability to kind 98 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: of do whatever you want. Whether you're an NFL player 99 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: or whether you're a sales guy. Your life is dramatically 100 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: different at twenty six than it usually is at thirty five, 101 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: thirty six, thirty seven. I can just think about myself, 102 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: the responsibilities that I have right now, the things I'm 103 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: involved with, partners in different businesses, moving a state, moving 104 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: to another state, owning a place. Uh, just things that 105 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: happen in life. My brothers, having a second child. My 106 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: mom was just in the hospital. She's fine. But just 107 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: life comes at you fast. The older, you get more 108 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: financial responsibilities. I don't even have children yet. I can't 109 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 1: imagine how many people are listening, probably between the ages 110 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: of thirty five and forty five right now to my podcast. 111 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: If you think back to when you were in your 112 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: mid to late twenties, how different your life is now 113 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: at thirty six, at forty one, it's dramatically different. You 114 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: have dramatically more responsibilities. The NFL is not meant for 115 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: players to be forty five years old, how And I'm 116 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: not saying other guys on the teams throughout the league 117 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: don't have children, obviously they do. Think. How many players 118 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: though that you see after they win, hold up their child. 119 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: They're usually like two years old. Tom Brady has several 120 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: children that are juniors in high school. He has other 121 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: high school other kids that are in uh in junior 122 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: high like his kids are old. His kids are much 123 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: more like the coaching staff kids. And I think his wife, 124 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: like my theory is pretty simple that his wife does 125 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: not want him to keep playing. I don't know that 126 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: to be a fact. This is obviously an educated guest 127 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: from watching and when he talked. The way if we're 128 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: assuming on his word and everyone else, is that no 129 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: one is sick or anything. Some stuff is going on 130 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: within the home, which is very natural. That happens to 131 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: all of us. Whether you're in a serious relationship, whether 132 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: you're married, you constantly deal with those situations. The older 133 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: you get. So this notion that he's forty five and 134 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: has a lot of ship going on, of course he does, 135 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: because most forty five year olds that are married with 136 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: several children, and especially when those children are ten to 137 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: fifteen years old, got a lot going on. You know who. 138 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: Most of those human beings also or not players in 139 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: the NFL. The majority of NFL players don't have children 140 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: who are ten to fifteen years old, have not been 141 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: married for you know, a decade long. So Tom Brady 142 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: is just at a different point in life than basically 143 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: everyone else in the NFL. And he's also required to 144 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: be the quarterback, and the difference between the quarterback, you'd 145 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: be like, well, Vinitary played at forty five. He's a 146 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: fucking kicker. Now he's with the greatest kicker of all time. 147 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: But he shows up, kicks a couple of balls, goes home. 148 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: Tom Brady has to approach the week, especially at his level, 149 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: like he is a coach. The way he prepares, the 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: time he puts in, the training he does on his body. 151 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: While the coaching hours are more spent in an office, 152 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: his time on his body, on his preparation, on his 153 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: film study is coach like. So I understand people in 154 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: his house like, what are we still doing? You're playing 155 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: for a legacy that's already set. No one's ever passing you. 156 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: You're already considered the goat, and we have enough money. Obviously, 157 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: our lives are set. What are we chasing now? And 158 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: I think his response, if if I was him, I'd 159 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: be like, well, I'm still one of the best players 160 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: in the league. Why would I quit? The game has 161 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: never been easier, and I think it's fair to say 162 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: the game has never come easier to Tom in terms 163 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: of understanding defenses, understanding his offense, understanding teammates, strengths and 164 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: weaknesses of opponents, all that stuff he can do, like 165 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: his preparation. You have to work every week to gain that. 166 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: But he knows like the back of his hand. The 167 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: hard part now is like this growing family, what people 168 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: go through at forty five and fifty years old, like 169 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: normal people stuff. And he kind of handed at that like, yeah, 170 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: people got issues in their homes. I've seen it, you've 171 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 1: seen it, We've all seen it. Guess what, that's human. 172 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 1: Guess what the issues you typically don't have when you're unmarried, 173 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: single with some money, not the same problems. Obviously, everyone 174 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: deals with problems. 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He was a six round draft pick. 225 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: And information came out and let me we'll start with 226 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: this because I did some digging. I talked to multiple 227 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: people that went through San Diego State and they said 228 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: that this not only didn't came up, no one had 229 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: ever heard of this. This was not something at least 230 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: the teams that I know, and I can't speak for 231 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: every team on their character right up, they did not 232 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: know of this incident. So whether San Diego State covered 233 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: it up, whether Matt Ariza and the other guys on 234 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: the team covered it up, it did not get to 235 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: the NFL people. That that is. I know that for 236 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: a fact from the people I've talked to. And then 237 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 1: I watched the press conference of Brandon Bean and Sean 238 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: McDermott talking about this situation, and Brandon Bean said, obviously 239 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: we did not have this information, and I do believe him. 240 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 1: He said, if we did, we probably wouldn't have drafted him, 241 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: I think that's fair to say, and he said I 242 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: reached out to double digit other teams. They also agreed 243 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: this was not something that NFL teams know about. Now, 244 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: I gotta push back on the media because I watched 245 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: this press conference and I watched the media asked them 246 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: questions basically calling Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott scumbags for 247 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: not cutting him originally when they found out the news. 248 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,359 Speaker 1: And I've said it forever, this is a completely different situation. 249 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if anything's ever happened in any of 250 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: these situations. Why I've never been there, neither of you. 251 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: I've said the same thing about Deshaun Watson. The difference 252 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: of Deshaun Watson, which a situation like this is it's 253 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: one girl that was girl after girl after girl. Now 254 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's guilty, I'm not saying he's innocent. 255 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: I simply say I have no clue when they when 256 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: they were uh privied to that a potential situation where 257 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: a lawsuit was gonna come out a couple of months ago. 258 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: This was after O T A S but before training camp. 259 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: They asked their putter if about the situation, and clearly 260 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: he told them, I did not do this. That did 261 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: not happen. And the accusations, if you haven't read Underage 262 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: Girl seventeen years old college party, areza Arasa. I might 263 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: be screwing up his name not only slept with her 264 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: and then passed her off to other teammates. If it's true, 265 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: it's heinous. They believed him, and then a civil lawsuit 266 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: came out within the last week. They obviously went back 267 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: to him and his story, according to Brandon being did 268 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: not change. But the heat that was coming down on 269 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: this situation, they cut him. And a lot of people 270 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: in the media were like, why did you wait so long? 271 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: How did they wait long? They got the original information 272 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: before any civil lawsuit or anything was coming out, that 273 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: there was a situation. He said that wasn't true, and 274 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: then a and then a lawsuit came about not charges, 275 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: a civil lawsuit, and they asked him his story didn't change. 276 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: But they realized a simple thing because a lot of 277 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: people are like, well, if he was a quarterback, he 278 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't be cut. No, he wouldn't if he was a quarterback, 279 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: they would let the situation play out. But this is 280 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: the reality in the NFL that the this guy's a 281 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: six round draft pick. He's also a punter. If he 282 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: had been the number two overall pick and a pass rusher, 283 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: maybe they would just tell him to stay away from 284 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: the team, but they wouldn't have cut him. Well, he's 285 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: a six round pick and he's a punter. See you, 286 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: So whether you're guilty, you're innocent, we don't have the 287 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: ability to stand by you and take the heat because 288 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: of the position you play, one in the draft position 289 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: you play. Because ultimately, Brandon being Sean McDermott, myself and yourself, 290 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: we have no fucking clue what happened. None you say 291 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: if if you read it, and it's true, every human 292 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: being agrees, scumbag, jail time, loser, out of the league forever. 293 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: But if it's not, like we've seen accusations that aren't 294 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: no one knows. But the way that they operated this, 295 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: it's pretty simple. His problems outweigh his importance because while 296 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: he might be some future Hall of he might be 297 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: the next Ray guy. Well, punters are pretty replaceable, and 298 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: we didn't pay any money because you're a sixth round 299 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: pick and we don't want to deal with something that 300 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: obviously you are telling us they're lying. They're telling us 301 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: you're lying. We don't know. It ain't worth the headache. Peace, 302 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: see a godspeed. But this is your problem, not our problem. 303 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: But I saw that the some a couple of media 304 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: people ask that the entire fan base universally is disgusted 305 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: by the Bills. I don't see what the Bills did wrong. 306 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: They had no information when they drafted the player, and 307 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: then when they originally were contact buy a lawyer, they 308 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: went to their player, he adamantly denied it, and then 309 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: a civil lawsuit came within the last whatever week. They 310 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: go back, they do a bunch more research than they realize. 311 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: If there is something there you're being you're gonna have 312 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: to go to court. See you by. To me, that's 313 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: a pretty normal protocol. And as Brandon Bean said over 314 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: and over and over, we weren't gonna rush to judgment, 315 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: especially with a player who's pounding the table. I didn't 316 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: do this because ultimately, like I'm gonna say over and over, 317 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: no one knows except that player and accept the girl, 318 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: and maybe the other players on the team that were 319 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: involved in this situation. But I think they acted accordingly, 320 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: and if he had played a different position, a star player, 321 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: a star quarterback. Yeah, he's probably not cut. Welcome to 322 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: pro sports. That's the way it works. He's cut simply 323 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: because he's a late round pick and he's a punter. 324 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: If he had been a different, more important position and 325 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: a highly drafted, highly compense aided player, I would imagine 326 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: they would approach this differently. We know that. I don't 327 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: understand why the media is consistently shocked by that, But 328 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: matter matter rises career, I would say until this he's 329 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: either completely exonerated from this situation, he's not playing in 330 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 1: the NFL. So in this situation, the way the courts 331 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: in California work with the delays, it's not gonna happen 332 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: for a long time. So I think we've I guess 333 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: what I'm saying is I have no issues with the 334 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: way the Buffalo Bills handled this, especially reaching around the league, 335 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: reaching out around the league and finding out that no 336 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: teams had this information. This was not something like when 337 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: we sometimes when you go into a school and a 338 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: guy has been in trouble, a lot of times it's 339 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: public knowledge, right, Remember Baker Mayfield or Cam Newton stole 340 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: laptops or whatever. So you go in asking about that, 341 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: but you're not a detective in the sense of if 342 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: no one's ever been in trouble and no one's talking 343 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: about anything, you can't just go, hey, man, is this 344 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: guy ever been uh in trouble for robbery? Has this 345 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: guy ever been in trouble for a sexual assault? And 346 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: he'd be like, no, man, the guy the team would 347 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: look at you, like, what are you talking about? So 348 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: a lot of it just naturally comes out because guys, 349 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: it's just kind of public knowledge, and even situations that 350 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: aren't quote unquote public knowledge gets spread around the scouting community. 351 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: Multiple teams told me they covered this bad boy under 352 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: the rug talking about either San Diego State, the local 353 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: police department something. I can't put this on the NFL community. 354 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: This information was not out there until this summer, and 355 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: then even then it did not go to the court 356 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: system up until the last week, and the Bills acted accordingly. 357 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: UM And last but not least, on the football front, 358 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: I watched Nebraska Northwestern and UH, I watched Pat Fitzgerald, 359 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: who was one of the more respected guys in the 360 00:19:55,040 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: business who coaches at a school or academics are held 361 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: to a higher regard than sports in the Power five 362 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: that's very rare. Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Stanford, I'd say Notre Dame kinda. 363 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: It's a short list. And he went up against the 364 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: school with I'm not trying to talk about Nebraska because listen, 365 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: I'm just a state school guy. Went to school with 366 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: the academic prowess, not even in the same world as Northwestern. 367 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: And he not only hit them in the teeth and 368 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: shoved them around, he coached circles around. Scott Frost, Pat Fitzgerald, 369 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: that guy is a big time football coach. And when 370 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: you watch his team play, you went the effort, the tenacity, 371 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: how well coach they are, how tough they are, and 372 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: how they got NFL bodies flying around. It's it's not 373 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: surprising that he's had success in the second best conference 374 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: in the country over the last decade. Now, Scott Frost, 375 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: who is now fifteen and thirty in his career at Nebraska, 376 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: I saw someone put it out on social media. If 377 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 1: he won fifty straight games, he would still have a 378 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: worse record than Bo Polini. Now here's the thing, and 379 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people go, Scott Frost was so good 380 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: at UCF. What happened in Nebraska, And some people will 381 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: say well, you can't win a Nebraska in two thousand 382 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: twenty two. Bullshit. Good coaches win wherever they go. Now, 383 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: I don't mean if he was good coach, he would 384 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: be Alabama or House State, but he would not be 385 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: fifteen and thirty. Some guys hit well in the minor leagues, 386 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: and when they get to the big leagues, they can't 387 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: hit a curveball, they can't hit the inside pitch, they 388 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: have holes in their swing. And other guys a small 389 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: percentage keep breaking. And those are the guys that make 390 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: two hundred million dollars and we call all stars. Some 391 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: guys coach at a lower level. Chris Peterson Boise State 392 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: kicked everyone's asked for a decade, then went to the 393 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: University of Washington and took them to the playoffs. He 394 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: thrived in the minor leagues, then he thrived in the 395 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 1: big leagues, and what he did at UCF was impressive. 396 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: It ain't the Power five, and it's sure as hell 397 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: is not the big tent. He got exposed. Now I've 398 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: heard Scott for us a good guy. He was very 399 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: successful as an assistant coach and as a Nonpower five 400 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: head coach. He has been a complete disaster at Nebraska 401 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: and a lot of times. And I'm a big believer 402 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: in this when you know, you know, we've all had 403 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: jobs where we go something's not off, I need to 404 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: get out of here, and then you end up leaving, uh, quitting, 405 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: getting fired, whatever, and you look back to three years like, 406 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: that's the best thing that ever happened to me. I 407 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: should have left a year before. You've been in relationships 408 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: where you're like, this is this is not I'm not 409 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 1: marrying her. Why am I holding on? And then you 410 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: break up and you look back and you go that 411 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: I knew way before we ended it. It happens all 412 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: the time. Uh. I see divorced people that go, God, 413 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: we stayed married like three years too long. And Nebraska 414 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: knew this offseason and the one thing they kept hammering 415 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: home and they kept hammering at home on the broadcast 416 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: was Scott frosts record in close games, which I would say, 417 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: in a one season situation, no big deal. I remember 418 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: years ago, John Harbaugh had a year. It was the 419 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: year I think that led them to get Ronnie Stanley. 420 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: They lost a ton of one score games, and you 421 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: know what, that turned out to be an outlier. You know, 422 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: what John Harbot typically does, wins, goes to the playoffs. 423 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: Scott Frost consistently loses tight games, just like he did 424 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: against Northwestern in Ireland. That's the thing, same thing that 425 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: happened last year. That's the same thing that happened in 426 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: previous years. And I was thinking, like, if you're using 427 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: that to brag, how close you are, how embarrassing that 428 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: actually is. Can you imagine? I know, we got a 429 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: lot of people in sales that listen to me if 430 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 1: you consistently went to your boss and went, you know, 431 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: I took these clients out to Mastros. We we went 432 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: and played golf. I'm taking them on another trip next week. 433 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: Uh that they love us, They love us. We had 434 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: a great time. And then the boss goes, well did 435 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: you sign them? Are they coming to us? And you well, 436 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: they're actually gonna go with the other company. But we 437 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: we built a great relationship. If that happens one time, 438 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: you'd be like, hey, no big deal. If it happens 439 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: twenty times where it's like, hey, man, I took I 440 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: took these guys out to dinner. I was gonna close 441 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: and then it just didn't quite work out. But we 442 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: were really vibing. We were really vibing, but hey, they're 443 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 1: gonna go with the competition. Like, your job is to 444 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: either sell, you either do it or you don't. A 445 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: football coaches job is to win. You either win the 446 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: game or you lose the game. Now, individual games, we 447 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: can nitpick every single game in the history of the sport, 448 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: especially close games, which the majority of games in the 449 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: Power five level and definitely the nfl R. So if 450 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: you're so shadd with a guy who's always losing close games, 451 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 1: do you know what you are a bad football coach? 452 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: You are not a good football coach. You know who 453 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: wins a lot of close games? Andy Reid, Lincoln Riley, 454 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: Nick Saban, Bill Belichick, Like, you can't have a winning 455 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: record if you don't win close games. And if you're 456 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: constantly losing these one score games, it's now a reflection 457 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: this guy isn't good. He was really famous. He was 458 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: came up the pipe with Chip Kelly and then he 459 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: went to UCF. Great. That is in the rear view mirror, 460 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: the reality of what he is in the big leagues. 461 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: In at the Big Dead no one is expecting Nebraska 462 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: except some crazy fans to win ten games, just win 463 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: fucking seven or eight. He can't. He cannot do that, 464 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: and we just keep talking about his one score game record. 465 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,479 Speaker 1: We just have to acknowledge like a sales guy who 466 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 1: doesn't generate any business, like a coach who doesn't win 467 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: any games, that's Scott Frost. He's not good at his job. Uh. 468 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: And last, but not least, pivot a little really quick 469 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: to golf. Rory McElroy won the tour championship and it 470 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: paid out eighteen million dollars. He's a three time winner. 471 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: He's had better seasons as a pro. Obviously, he didn't 472 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: win a major this year, um, and he's won four 473 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: of them. He's probably had years where he's won more. 474 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: This was his third win of the year. But I 475 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: don't think, actually I know, he's never had a more 476 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: important season as a professional. What he meant to the 477 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: PGA Tour him standing up for a tour that is 478 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: holding on for dear life. They're about to lose Cam Smith. 479 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: They're about to lose Joaquin Neemon, I would say, besides 480 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: John rom the best Latino player. They're holding onto a 481 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: decky for dear life. They're losing Harold Varner, one of 482 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: the few black guys on tour who sponsored by Michael Jordan, 483 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: who me and uh uh Jason Silbel talked about last week. 484 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan is calling Harold Varner for the last like 485 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: three or four months weekly begging him to stay on tour. 486 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan couldn't even convince the guy to stay, and 487 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: he sponsors him, He's given him more money. Harold Varners 488 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: said no, and Rory McElroy and Tiger Woods stood up 489 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: there and acted like the commissioner consistently taking the bullets, 490 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: but specifically Roy, because Tiger wasn't anywhere to be found. 491 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: But for the majors to have. He played in fifteen 492 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: events he top ten, and ten of them he uh 493 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: basically finished top five in every single major. He easily 494 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: could have won the Open. He came storming back of 495 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: the Masters. He just he had an elite all around season. 496 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: But what he did off this he made twenty seven 497 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: million dollars on the feet on the course, which I 498 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: would imagine to be factoring his off the course earnings. 499 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: He probably had a seventy eight million dollar a year. Remember, 500 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: for a long period of time and like the two thousands, 501 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: in the early two thousands, tens the highest paid athletes. 502 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: It was always Tiger Woods was one, and he was 503 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: making five, six, ten million dollars on the course, but 504 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: he was making so much off the course. Phil had 505 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: some moments where he was like top five. That's what 506 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,959 Speaker 1: Roy did this year. But Rory's impact as a spokesman 507 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: for a league that was in wartime, that had a 508 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: rival league that has more money, that has an unlimited 509 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: amount of cash, has a much easier lifestyle, was attempting, 510 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: not a coup, to destroy the PGA Tour. And Rory 511 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: stood up and Rory said, I'm gonna do everything in 512 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: my power not to let this happen, and he literally did. 513 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: As a golf fan, I had so much joy watching 514 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: him play. Obviously had a ton of money on him 515 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: at St. Andrew's where he didn't come through and he lost, 516 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: and I was emotional. I know he cried, but I 517 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: thought today watching that level of golf, and the one 518 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: thing the PGA Tour is gonna consistently have overlived is 519 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: the ship matters on Sundays. It just does because there 520 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: is history behind it. And I had someone in my 521 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: d M say, you're being hard on Live not mattering 522 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: it takes time for leagues to build up. I think 523 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: the problem is is the premise in which Live was 524 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: started by just an unlimited amount of money. It doesn't 525 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: matter at any of these guys. It's hard for it 526 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: to matter now. Obviously, if you're a competitive you care 527 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: about winning and losing, right, you try to win, whether 528 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: it's on the fifty fourth hole or the seventy second hole. 529 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: But I'm a golf junkie and I've watched them live 530 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter now. I watched a lot of 531 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: PGA Tour golf where it doesn't matter either, But on Sunday, 532 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: every freaking week, it matters. And even today, where the 533 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: difference between first and second place was eleven and a 534 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: half million dollars, think about that, anyone that's listening this 535 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: played golf. Eleven and a half million dollars was on 536 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: the line basically between Scottie Scheffler and Rory McElroy. Eleven 537 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: and that's the swing eighteen million or six and a 538 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: half million. And when I watched those guys play, it 539 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: felt like they were playing to win, not for the cash. 540 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: Now they're both super rich. Scotti Scheffler already made eighteen 541 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: million dollars. Rory's worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but 542 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: there is that is still what the PGA Tour has, 543 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: and I think the way Rory talked about it after, 544 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: I think this is still the most competitive league because 545 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: of that and because of what it means for guys. 546 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: I say the same thing about the NFL. When you 547 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: watch Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes play last year, in 548 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: that playoff game, one guy makes forty five million dollars, 549 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: the other guy makes forty six million dollars. It never 550 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: crosses your mind how much money they're making. All that 551 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: was on the line was winning that playoff game and 552 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: the pride it meant to go play in the conference championship. 553 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: And that to me, these guys in golf, they're all 554 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: stupid rich. That the top thirty players are probably all 555 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: worth eight ninety Obviously the top ten guys worth hundreds 556 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: of millions of dollars. We're talking stupid cash. The richest 557 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: guy in your neighborhood times fifty. But when you watch 558 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: them play on Sunday, no different in the NFL, No 559 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: different than playoff baseball, UH or the March madness. It's 560 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,479 Speaker 1: just about winning and losing, and that is a great 561 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: advance that the PGA Tour has, led by Rory, led 562 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: by j t led by Scottie Scheffler, that I don't 563 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: think live can even attempt to recreate in years to come. 564 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: So as long as they can keep that going and 565 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: keeping the money flowing, with Rory on the front lines, 566 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: with Tiger right next to him, I think the PGA 567 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: Tour has a chance to survive. I didn't quite think 568 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 1: that probably three or four months ago, once Greg started 569 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: throwing huge cash and all these guys could be wrong. 570 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: Money talks, ship walks, but the PGA Tours throwing a 571 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: lot more money. And you just watch these tournaments. It 572 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: just what do they say in the SEC, It just 573 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: means more. Uh. Three out podcasts. Subscribe, you listen on 574 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: Collins feed Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff, fire in 575 00:31:41,240 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: those d M s audios. The volume