WEBVTT - Recapping 2024 Olympic Men's Golf 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.520 I miss a green, for example, I'm already upset. 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:04.920 When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset. 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:06.320 And when I find my ball. 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.720 In a Frida egg Friday egg the dread and Frida 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:11.840 Egg Friday Frida Egg Egg, Frida Egg Bride Egg. 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:14.080 Lie, I'm about ready to run off of the course. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:40.400 Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.920 Today we are going to talk about the Olympics. Uh, 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.680 the men's competition that wrapped up on Sunday. It was 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:51.640 a scintillating tournament. It was It was really awesome. I 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.240 think everybody had high hopes for the Olympics and it delivered. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.200 I am joined today by Joseph Lamannia and then Sean 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.840 Martin will be joy to talk about the Olympics. But 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.679 first we're going to do our in and out segment. Joseph, 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:06.240 what are you. 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:10.959 In on Andy? I am in on the Wyndham Clark 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:16.000 redemption story or partial redemption story. There was a lot 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.080 of Wyndom Clark hate coming into the Paris Olympics. I 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.959 think that was exacerbated by people kind of knowing that 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:26.119 he wasn't the strongest course fit. He's been really struggling 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.160 this year, but Wyndam Clark qualified. He wasn't picked. This 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:33.240 wasn't a boys club type thing. Wyndham Clark has accomplished 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:35.679 a lot on the golf course in the last fifteen months. 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.240 US Open champion last year. He deserved to be there. 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.559 He opens with a seventy five, and. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.679 Social media and everybody piled on. 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:48.160 Everyone started piling on right. Bryson tweeted that he'd love 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.000 to be in Paris, but you know he's cheering for 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:55.120 Team USA. He tweeted that after round one, convenient time 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.120 to tweet it right when everyone's going at Wyndham Clark. 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.520 And then Wyndham turned it around sixty eight, sixty five, 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.680 sixty five to finish, tied for fourteenth, beat a lot 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:08.919 of good golfers and I really enjoyed reading his quotes. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.200 I'm not sure if you look through his transcript after 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.359 he finished, but there was a question more or less 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.560 to the effect of, I don't know if you saw 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.560 any of the social media chatter, a lot of people 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.320 saying that maybe you were distracted going to a lot 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.919 of these events and the way you're doing the Olympics, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.240 and Wyndham was like, look this is a once in 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.160 a lifetime opportunity. I went to a lot of other 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.760 events like the gymnastics, and he went to track. He's like, 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.240 this was an amazing experience and I have no regrets 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.600 about the way I handled any of this. I think 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.920 he did a really good job of indicating himself and 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.600 I respect the grind to lock in after a bad 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.280 first round and put up three good performances on a 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.480 golf course that didn't suit him particularly well. I think 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:48.760 there are a lot of people who just don't like 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.560 Wyndham Clark and wanted to take a shot at him 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.120 and again, is he one of the best five players 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:55.880 in the world. No, he's not playing like that. But 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.840 he deserved to be there, and I think he've indicated himself. 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.080 I think the year has been a tale of two 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.480 halves of the year. He was great at the beginning 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.560 of the year, you know he was. There were questions 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.400 like is he the best player in the world at 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.720 one point this year before Scotty went absolutely bananas. You 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.680 know he almost won it at Sawgrass. Of course, that 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.520 I would say doesn't really fit his his game well. 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:25.560 And I think, like you know, Windom Clark, I guess 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.600 the one thing I do appreciate about Wyndham Clark in 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.600 a larger scale is like, to me, he seems like 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:37.240 he's himself. He is very I think the right word 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.680 to use here is is genuine. Uh there isn't I 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.800 think like the person that that was that everybody was 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.360 clamoring to replace him. I don't. I think he's like 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:52.480 pretty much the polar opposite of Bryson. There's not you know, 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.200 underlying motives to you know, what he's doing. Like, you know, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:04:01.480 Bryson's not tweeting about congratulations Sky Scheffler, what an amazing performance, 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.720 you know to win an American gold. This is like 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.960 it was more of a you know, there was definitely 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:13.160 a cryptic undertone to when and why Bryson might have 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:17.480 tweeted out that that that message. It was probably directed 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.080 at the fourth qualifier from the Americans, who you know, 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:25.200 played a very bad first round. So I I agree. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.719 I'm I'm generally in on on Wyndham Clark and his 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:32.840 performance there. I'm in you know, this is this is 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.800 a greater I'm in on the Olympics. What a what 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.520 a what a takeaway here, I'm in on golf in 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.440 the Olympics. But more if I wanted to zero in, 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.520 you know, the men's tournament, We'll get into this on 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.680 the pod. Was was amazing. This is I think the 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:55.240 biggest event in women's golf now, and I'm super Yeah, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.400 I think it's the biggest event in women's golf, and 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.880 I'm super excited for the women' event this week. Uh, 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.440 you know, you have a lot. You have all the 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.159 best players and all the best women really in the 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:11.560 in the world competing, and I think from the platform 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.320 that the Olympics gives it the passer, but the general 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:18.880 passer by audience, the general fan interest. My my neighbors 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.839 are not golfers. On Saturday night, they were asking me 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.920 what's going on in in men in the in the golf, 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.800 what who's going to win? You know that that doesn't 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.800 happen for any you know, and I I don't. I 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.679 don't want to, you know, be dismissive of any women's 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.360 tournament at this point. But that does not happen for 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:41.080 any women's golf tournament at this point. It happens for 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:48.360 one the Olympics, the general sports fandom, the audience. Yesterday afternoon, 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.679 my wife stopped by and was genuinely interested in what's 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.360 going on in golf. I have done this now for 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:57.680 almost nine years. I can tell you that that does 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.480 not happen for the Masters, That does not happened for 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.040 the US Open, That does not happen for any golf tournament, 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.359 doesn't happen for the Ryder Cup. It happens for the 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.480 Olympics because my wife Will, who's not a sports person, 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.479 will watch Olympics sports because it's the part of this 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:19.880 big festival of the Olympics that that captures a non 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:24.520 sports interested audience. And that is an amazing thing for 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:29.120 women's golf. It's an amazing thing for just golf in general. 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:33.000 Is that general passerby. When you have passerbys, you have 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.719 the ability to track them and make them fans. And 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.000 I think this is a huge moment. This might be 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:42.120 like the moment that women's golf really I don't want 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.560 to say needs, but this could be a moment that 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.479 we look back on years from now and say, you 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.720 know what the twenty twenty four Olympics were it that 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.400 was the jumping off point that turned you know, we 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.719 see women's basketball having this moment. The WNBA ratings have 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:04.120 never been higher. Maybe this is the moment that leads 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.840 to the really growth and popularity that we've been waiting 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:13.200 for for women's golf, and I can't wait for this tournament. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.000 I hope you're right. I'm really excited for this tournament. Andy. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:17.560 I thought it was really cool to see some of 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.720 the quotes on the men's side. Shane Lowry said, the 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.160 majors are up there, but the atmosphere this week is 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:27.120 as good as any major that I've ever played. Alejandro Toasty, 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.560 you know, a fan favorite, had posted a video saying 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.600 it's the biggest crowd he's ever played in front of. 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.440 I really hope that energy is there for the women's game. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.040 The only question I even have is the rationale as 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.440 to the order of the women's going after the men. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.720 I just hope that with the men's game being a 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.200 little bigger, it doesn't take some of the oxygen out 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.480 and they the women get the same turnout. I think 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.640 it probably just worked better for the professional schedule to 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.720 do it this way, but I think there's maybe a 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.560 case to be made that the other way around would 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.880 elevate the women's game. Regardless. Super excited. I'm in on 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:06.120 that too, all right, what are you out on totally 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.800 different direction here. Just think it's an interesting story that 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:15.720 indirectly affects golf. But there's a pretty controversial tax happening 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.040 in the sports betting world that I think is interesting 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:22.440 for people to see, but big headlines around it like 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:26.560 DraftKings is introducing this surcharge tax Andy, and basically the 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:30.960 way it's working. Instead of offering fans like let's say 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.120 to bet on either side of Bears Browns to use 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.400 a shotgun start matchup, like you have to risk one 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.479 hundred and ten dollars to win one hundred, they're implementing 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.600 this tax where instead of changing the price you pay 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.200 on the front if you win the bet, they're taking 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.800 like a small fee out of your winnings. And it's 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.840 very clearly impacting customers to the point that I know 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.120 that it's going to go into effect January first of 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.280 twenty twenty five, but it's going to outrage customer so 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.280 much that some people think that they're doing this on 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:08.040 purpose to kind of spark some uproars against the legislation 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.760 and to get some fans on board with kind of 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.000 punching back a little bit. We don't want to see 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.520 money taken out of our winnings regardless. DraftKings is a 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:20.360 partner of the PGA Tour. Sports betting is very relevant 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.679 and professional golf, and I think people should be aware 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.640 of some of the things that are happening, some of 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.760 the ways that customers are going to be impacted, and 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.560 some of the more predatory practices. I'm not sure if 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:34.760 this would be described as predatory, but sports gambling is 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.600 a huge subject that's going to ruin a lot of lives, 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.640 a lot of young lives, and I think it should 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.280 be legal, but people should be aware of how it works. 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.480 And like some of these small things that it's already 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.440 very difficult to win at sports betting, regardless of how 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.199 it's marketed. Things like this make it a lot harder, 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.560 and that's not always Again, the way that the entire 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:57.760 phenomenon is promoted. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.079 This is a page out of the Big Tech playbook. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.960 Big Tech playbook is hey, uh, get people hooked to 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.480 your product and then change the rules. And this is 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:15.640 this seems like a quintessential rule change, where hey, this 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.959 is the way sports betting works. You get paid you 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.600 you risk this much, you get paid this much. But 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.480 now it's like, oh, hold on, not only are you bet? 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.720 Are we betting against you? Like a small fee change 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.520 tilts the odds in a in a in a major way, 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:36.720 And it's sad. I've uh, you know, I've long compared 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.400 this and you know, probably to the detriment of the 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.800 health of our company, you know, in terms of advertisers, 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.679 Like there's been a lot of money to be made 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.920 for for sports media companies and you see it with 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.120 like ESPN ESPN bet you know, like they have their 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.000 own betting thing. But like, to me, this is felt 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.719 the whole time, like like cigarette ads, Like we are 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.160 at some point going to look back on on sports 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:04.079 gambling and be like, remember when we allowed Joe Joe 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.760 Cammell and allowed like you know, sports betting to completely 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:13.400 infiltrate our our our sport like the sanctity of sports. 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.040 And you know, I don't want to be on my 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.559 high horse here. This is not what it is. I'm 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.400 fine with sports betting and we would like entertain you know, 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:26.000 having sports gambling advertisers, right, Like it's not like a 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.760 you know, a a we would never do this thing. 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.360 But like when you look back on like I was 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.760 a kid that grew up with with cigarette advertising and 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.120 it kind of got outlawed while I was a kid, 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.760 and you think back to that time period, it was 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:41.680 like we kind of woke up and we're like, why 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:46.400 are we allowing this to happen to our kids? Like 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:51.360 the gambling as we're really targeted at kids like Joe Cambll, 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.600 the Marlborough Man, like these are these are figures that 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.360 as a kid you would look at and be like 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.760 that's cool. And I think like the way that sports 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.200 has happened, the sports gambling thing is like, you know, 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:08.840 it's been really marketed as like gambling on sports is 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:12.640 fun and cool, and I think that's not necessarily like 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:16.760 the best thing. And as they continue to to the 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:21.160 decks were already leaning their way, and as they continue 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.840 to put more more weight their way, I would say, 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.000 is it really gambling or is it just you're just 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:29.520 contributing money? 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:32.680 And again this is a tax. I think it's a 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:36.840 little potentially different in that. Again, DraftKings and I'm sure 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.800 similar sports books may end up really being trying to 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:45.080 advocate for their consumers here, but regardless, I agree with you. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.559 I think especially young people, if you look at how 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:52.120 prevalent sports betting is and like high schoolers now very 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.600 well versed in what a spread is, what money line Like, 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:59.199 you can't escape looking at tickers now without seeing sports 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:03.000 bets and the different odds associated with each game, prop 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.480 bets being shoved down your throat, Like, I think people 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:11.200 in sports need to understand the mechanics of how this works, 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.640 especially if they're taking on partnerships for example, like the 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.120 PGA Tour right, Like, there need to be executives who 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.360 understand the way that it's impacting their fans, because if 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.160 it does leave fans with a negative experience, those could 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.640 that could be detrimental to the long term health not 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.600 just of their consumers, but of their own sport if 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.480 those people end up being disenfranchised. 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:35.319 One thing I'm out on is golf's scheduling for this Olympics. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.880 I think that when we zoom out and we think 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:43.880 about this, like the men shouldn't be playing the week 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:48.679 after the Olympics because the women are on the stage, 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:51.720 I think that it. I think it's it's reasonable to 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:56.560 ask professional golf every four years to take a three 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.880 week break. I don't think there should be any event 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:05.120 really scheduled around the Olympics, any major tour, whether it's 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:10.400 PGA Tour, Deep World Tour, or Women's like the LPGA. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.280 I don't think that LPGA you should have players playing 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:20.320 in Portland, Oregon and trying to play for their status 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:22.960 and then having to get on a plane and fly 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.080 to France miss out on like the opening weeks of 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:29.680 the Olympics if they've qualified, and likewise with the men, 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:31.440 I don't think there should be men that are having 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.440 to get on the plane right after they played the 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.760 Olympics and fly to Sedgefield, North Carolina and have to 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.400 go battle for their status on tour. I think this 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:46.240 is ridiculous. I think that like there's a I understand 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.080 it's an inconvenience, but when you're talking about the Olympics, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.720 the honor of representing your country, you shouldn't have the 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:58.200 honor of representing representing your country pitted against your job status. 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.840 And that's what both of these tours have done with 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:04.360 their scheduling. For a player like sky Shuffler, it doesn't matter. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.560 But when you get down the list at like Eric 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:11.120 van Ruyan or players like that, it matters greatly. And 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.160 the vast majority of both of these fields, these tournaments 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:19.479 that are around it matter and they are drastically impacting 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:24.240 their Olympic experience. And I know that this is legislating 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:30.360 a change in schedule for a select few, but these 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.440 are players that have achieved something that is a lifetime 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.120 achievement playing the Olympics. And I don't think that the 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.160 re I think that this should be a collaborative understanding 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.280 that the Olympics are going to be a huge, huge 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:48.360 driver of interest in both sports, the overall sport. This 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.360 should just be a three week hiatus. And I think 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:55.080 that like we've seen hockey do this where you know, 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:59.040 if hockey intersects into the Winter Olympics, there's a break. 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.480 Like it's not like they just keep going, you know, 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:05.520 there's a break. I think that this should be instituted 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.560 and should be a part of the part of the 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.560 pro golf schedules is like, hey, we're going to take 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.880 a break. I understand like maybe there's a couple select 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:18.520 few corn Ferry Tour players that qualify, and maybe there's 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:22.120 a tournament outside, Like I can somewhat get on board 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.360 with that. I would love to see though, just a 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:25.560 full three week stop. 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:27.960 I don't have a lot to add that as well said, 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.120 I completely agree, I think some of it is just 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:34.560 putting athletes bodies in the best position to be successful. 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:38.480 And flying from Paris to North Carolina is not putting 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.760 the athlete's body in a way that I mean, you 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.720 don't have time to get your body adjusted, You're not 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.520 putting them in a position to be successful. And I 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:47.800 think if golfers like an Eric van Ryan are saying 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.480 to themselves, well, I didn't play super well at the Windom, 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.960 but I was just coming off of the Olympics, like 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.800 that isn't great for the sport. So I agree. I 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.160 don't know what. There's obviously business trade offs, right the 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.960 NFL schedule is an optimized for athletes performance. They're playing 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.320 games overseas and then turning around and playing another game 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.679 seven days later. But I'd love to see some kind 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.280 of schedule accommodations made to elevate both the Olympics and 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:11.199 the events that around it. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.760 Yeah, I think this would be a hard conversation for 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.119 the Olympics, where every year it's once every four years. 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.400 It's like, when you think about it, in the grand 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.800 scheme of things, it's the Olympics are asking you know 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.000 the way I always would say, you know, I used 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.320 to say this to the CDGA who struggles to get 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.760 great venues for their state ams, and I think they 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.359 have like unique situation where the Western am takes a 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.200 lot of like the best venues around Chicago. But I 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.679 used to say to them, like, you know, like you 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:44.240 if you say, hey, we want one week of your 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:49.320 calendar to a great club every this year, one of 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:53.399 fifty two weeks, it's a hard conversation and they're probably 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:57.280 going to say no. But if you say, hey, can 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.840 you give us one week in the next five hundred 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.520 twenty weeks? So one week in the next ten years, 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.360 what one week can you give us in the next 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.280 five hundred and twenty the conversation changes a lot. And 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:12.479 I think, like that's the thing when you look at 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:16.240 this is the question, isn't you know that this isn't 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:18.679 this one year? We need three weeks so you're fifty two. 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:22.200 That's a hard conversation to have with both the LPGA 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.119 and the PGA tour, who are dealing with like a 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:29.120 lot of players, a lot of sponsors, and a lot 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.920 of juggling of the schedule. It needs to be more 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:36.719 viewed as Hey, the Olympics, which is a huge you 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:40.480 know opportunity for us to grow our sports, to grow 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.399 our fan bases, to grow our interests, the general interest 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.399 in our sport. The Olympics requires three weeks out of 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:52.320 the next two hundred and eight weeks. That is a 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.960 lot easier way to frame and to work around creating 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.159 schedule solutions. And I think that's that's the way they 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.320 need to change. It's not it's Olympic year. 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