1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Mahler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: Our lead this hour is from the negotiating table. I 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: thought this was interesting. You know that's my I've editorial control. 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: I can decide what I want to talk about. So 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard this or not. 14 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 3: Maybe not. 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: We've learned the NFL is laying the groundwork for replacement officials. 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: Now I know we're sitting here in March and we've 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: got months and months to go, and all this stuff 18 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: that the NFL was preparing under the guys that they 19 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: will be unable to agree to a new contract with 20 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: the NFL Referees Association. And so the NFL is scouring 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: trying to find a bunch of small college officials. We're 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: talking like junior college, low level football people. They're going 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: over one story. He said one hundred and fifty about 24 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty low level officials, and they're going 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: to contact them and say, hey, would you like to 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: be an NFL official? And we have something for you 27 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: in April, and there's a clinic there in May. And 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: outside of an agreement, and doesn't look like they're close 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: to any kind of agreement with the referees, this would continue. 30 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: They would train during the summer and make visits to 31 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: different NFL teams training camps before the regular season begins. 32 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: And so this tossed out into the air everywhere. So 33 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: it's a good jumping off point. Let us discuss the 34 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: question what message, What message is the NFL sending by 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: leaking obviously came from the NFL, not the referee association. 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: What message is the NFL sending by leaking that they 37 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: are preparing for scab officials. So my thoughts on this, 38 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: I've got Mexican drug Lord, MX, black Card and fruit 39 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: of the Loom, and we will combine all of these 40 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: things together and we are going to come to blows. 41 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: But not a body blow. No body blow, no, no, 42 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 3: no A. 43 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: This was clearly leaked strategically to the preferred NFL insider 44 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: crowd handed down like the soup of the day. And 45 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: I love the fact that the NFL's calling these guys 46 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: who are officials in the backwoods and saying, hey. 47 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: How would you like to be an NFL referee? These 48 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 3: guys probably think they're getting punked. 49 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: They're getting calls these small town referees out in the boondocks, 50 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: and they're like, this is this is Joe blow from 51 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: the NFL. 52 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 3: How would you like to be a referee? But I 53 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 3: don't know that I want to be a referee. I 54 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: don't know what I want to be a referee. 55 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: But this is top abicously the leverage, right, It's pure 56 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: uncut leverage. The message is take our deal, or the 57 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: NFL said either take the deal or we're gonna uber 58 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: in some fresh herd of zebras and we'll just toss 59 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: them out there and no one will know. The thing 60 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: about this which stands out the NFL at this point, 61 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: with all of the different TV deals, the NFL has 62 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: all of that, the NFL has become like a Mexican 63 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: drug lord. 64 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: They have so much money they don't know what to 65 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: do with it, Like they're burying it. I think the 66 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: Jacksonville just buried some money because they didn't know what 67 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: to do with it. 68 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: I bury some money, and yet on this one, they're like, 69 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna draw a line in the sand here and 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: that's it. We're not gonna pay the money, We're not 71 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: gonna give the referees the rays that they want. 72 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: He said, well why not. 73 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: And the only reason I could come up for that 74 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: that popped in mid is because they don't have to 75 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: say that. Perception is reality, and the perception is that 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: the NFL officials are a bunch of dingleberries and they 77 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: don't know what they're doing their Mama Luke's And so 78 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: the NFL owners know that, and now they're weaponizing this. 79 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: They know that the rank and file, the customers, better 80 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: known by their gangster name fans, are not going to 81 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: defend the referees right generally speaking, the referee is just 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: following what Park Avenue tells them to do. So I'm 83 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: all going to decide this week we're going to call holding. 84 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: Next week we're not going to call holding, and we'll 85 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: call something else. And so therefore you are easily replaced 86 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: and easily blamed in the blame game. 87 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 3: Your disposable labor with whistles, and. 88 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: This is not about improving official and not worried about 89 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: that and not they like having They like having imperfection 90 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: because it's good for business, it's good for conversation, and 91 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: it just is and it doesn't really affect all that 92 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: much in the end. So why pay extra for competence 93 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: if you think you're just going to get more incompetence. 94 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: So it's like, why would we pay more? You know, 95 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: I just get on the soapbox and say, well, it 96 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if we pay you this much or that much. 97 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: You still suck, all right, Now, turn the page to 98 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: the rules of the game. You know, we love the 99 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: rules of the game. Yes, absolutely, So I read that 100 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. That's a I think that's something you 101 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: put in a toilet a couple of times a day 102 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: and you flush it. Either that or it's a football team. 103 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: So the Browns have submitted a rule. There's sound of 104 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: the Browns r if they're at work. So the brown 105 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: submitted a rule that would allow teams to trade draft 106 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: picks five years out. Currently, you are only allowed to 107 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: trade draft picks three years out, and under this it 108 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: would be five years. So you'd add a couple of 109 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: extra years to unload draft picks now immediately. Immediately, the 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: theory was, well, the Browns want this because they're preparing 111 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: to trade Miles Garrett and they want to get more picks, 112 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: and so they'd like to get picks down the road, 113 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: and so they'll just whistle into the dark there and 114 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: try to get those extra picks and they'll change the 115 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: rule and then they'll be good to go and all 116 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: that all right. 117 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: So the question. 118 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: Extending the window for NFL teams trading picks to five 119 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: years out? 120 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 3: Do you love it or list it? You love it 121 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: or listen? So I love it? I love it. 122 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: This is the NFL giving the front offices, the gms, 123 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: the nerds, all of them an Amex black card with 124 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: no limit and no billing address. It enables larger, blockbuster trades. 125 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: It should enable bigger trades. 126 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: In the NFL. 127 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: If you're a team that's on the brink of winning 128 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: and you're in that content, you're a top contender, you're 129 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: not the champ. You're not to champ your top contender 130 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: for a super Bowl. This would allow you a little 131 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: more room to aggressively go out and get that star 132 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: receiver that you gotta get at that defensive end that 133 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: you need to have to complete the thing. And it 134 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: would increase not only mid season trades, but also off 135 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: season trades. And that's exciting. Who doesn't like a good trade, 136 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: a nice, juicy trade. I don't know anyone that doesn't. 137 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: Maybe closer to what the NBA, the NBA has a 138 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: lot of trades. You have not as many as they 139 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: used to because they they fetched around with a salary cap. 140 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: We can rhapsodize about that if you want, and so 141 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: there's less ways. 142 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 3: To move players, but there's still a lot of trades 143 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 3: compared to football. Now. The counter argument, the counter argument 144 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 3: for this is that, oh. 145 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: No, you've got to protect the dummies. Is essentially the 146 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: counter argument that teams would over extend and they would 147 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: trade away all the draft and they would lock themselves 148 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: in to the dungeon. 149 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 3: They'd be in the dungeon. They'd have no chance. 150 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: They wouldn't even be mediocre, they'd be irrelevant. That would 151 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: be that, and they it's just, oh my god, it's 152 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: so sad, what a sob story. And to that, I say, 153 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: I don't care. Expose them sugarness, all right, draft picks 154 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: that far out are much more risky, have five years out. 155 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: And I mentioned that the front offices will have essentially 156 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: the MX black card. 157 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 3: And no limit. And the reason I'll be the limit. 158 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: Is because most of these guys don't last. These Drabbronis 159 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: do not last five years out, like most of there's 160 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: so much turnover in the NFL. If you're a coach 161 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: or a general manager who cares, if you trade draft 162 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: picks years down the line, you're not going to be there. 163 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: And if they work out, well, you will be there. 164 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: But if it doesn't work out, you just go somewhere else. 165 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 3: That's it. 166 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: And it's all trades anywhere. Speculative draft pick is more specultive. 167 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: You know, no, you can trade. You know I picked 168 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 1: five years out right now Seattle. You know they got 169 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: some help from the referees to get that two point conversion. 170 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 3: That was a bogus call. 171 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: And so five years out from now they're the Super 172 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: Bowl champs. You think they're gonna be good five years 173 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: and they could go four, four, and thirteen five years 174 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: from now, who knows. 175 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 3: You could stink out loud. The weather changes fast. 176 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: It does change fast, and you're just spitballing and that's it. 177 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 3: You know, you think you can smell trouble, you know, 178 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 3: not necessarily. 179 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: Some of these teams that are good, all of a 180 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: sudden they sink without a trace. 181 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 3: Where'd they go? I don't know? 182 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: All right, now, last word, we go to Chicago. We 183 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: have learned this is this is quite the tail. So 184 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: the Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is very very busy here 185 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: with his lawyers. And I'm not gonna do a joke 186 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: about him getting a many and a petty. 187 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 3: I'm not doing that. 188 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: There's a classy show. I'm not gonna make a fingernail 189 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: polish joke. Caleb Williams has applied for multiple trademark protections 190 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: on the term iceman. 191 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, he wants to be known as the Iceman. 192 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: Now, some who clearly have knee pads on are comparing 193 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: the image of Caleb Williams throwing that touchdown pass against 194 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers and the playoffs to the Michael 195 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: Jordan jumpman logo. 196 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 3: This is a big thing. It's this big thing, and 197 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 3: very excited, very very excited about that. 198 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: So the question Bears quarterback Caleb Williams looking to monetize 199 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: the iceman nickname, how would a cynic interpret this moment. Well, 200 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: I'm glad you've asked that question, and I just asked 201 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: it to myself because as a cynic, I will tell you, 202 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: has anyone contacted George Gervin, the original. 203 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: Iceman in the NBA player? 204 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 2: No? 205 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 3: All right, but you gotta be joking. 206 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: This guy's out here, Caleb Williams building a brand, building 207 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: a brand, and like he's some kind of overnight legend, 208 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: overnight legend, and. 209 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 3: He hasn't won. 210 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: Doesn't that normally there's like a chain of events that 211 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: have to take place there. It's connect the dots, and 212 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: there's some dots that are missing. It's embarrassed you don't 213 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: nickname yourself the Iceman, you know, and really lean into it. 214 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: That's earned right now. Caleb Williams more like lukewarm tapwater man, 215 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: and he's trying to trademark everything from the story that 216 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: I read it. You're talking about shirts, mugs, backpacks. Trying 217 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: to figure out what's next. He could make a deal 218 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: with Fruit of the Loom and have Iceman under rus 219 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: for the kiddos who throw interceptions on the playground at Recess. 220 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: They they could have that the f Loom Iceman under 221 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: ruse would be big and yeah, so this is this 222 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: is what happens when the hype, when the hype goes unchecked. 223 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: And I bring this term up from time to time, 224 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: the man who shot Liberty balance. When the legend becomes 225 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: the fact, you go with the legend. And the legend 226 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: is that Caleb Williams is one of the all time 227 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: great big game quarterbacks and that he cemented himself with 228 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears in those two playoff games this year. 229 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: The reality is that in those two games he played 230 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: mostly as a fraud in the playoffs. Unpopular opinion, but 231 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: that's reality. And he said, oh, but what about the comeback? 232 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: Okay a yeah, what about the overall product? He had 233 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: more picks than touchdowns. The rating was in the gutter. 234 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: He was actually worse in the playoffs than Sexy Rexi 235 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: Rex Grossman from. 236 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 3: Back in the day. 237 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: And now he's Michael Jordan because he he had that 238 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: comeback pass against the Green Bay Packers. To me, that 239 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: was more about green Bay choking than it was about 240 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: the Bears doing any magic. But then after that went 241 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: out had another stinker. You all told me, every one 242 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: of you told me, He said, listen, the Bears are 243 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: winning that game. They're at home, they're winning that game 244 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:19,359 Speaker 1: against a soft West Coast Dome team and Matthew Stafford 245 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: outdoor Chicago. 246 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, how'd that work out? 247 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 4: Yeah? 248 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: Not not so good. 249 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: And just just let's calm down a little bit with 250 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: the the MJ conversation with Caleb Williams. As will Smith 251 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: said years ago at the Academy Awards, keep Michael Jordan 252 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: name out of your ef and mouth when you're talking 253 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: about Caleb Williams. 254 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 3: His blasphemy. 255 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: This whole thing is just classic narcissism, is pure ego. 256 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: And you just start winning Super Bowls in Chicau, even one, 257 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: you know, start printing the merch and that will be 258 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: prolonged agony for guys like me. 259 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 3: But do it right now. 260 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: I've got two games as a playoff quarterback and not 261 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: looking so good. Not It's a roller coaster for sure. 262 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: The overall performance not great, so my god. 263 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maler 264 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 265 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 266 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 5: Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every weekday morning 267 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 5: on my podcast Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 268 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: This isn't your. 269 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 5: Typical sports pod pushing the same tired narratives down your 270 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 5: throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on 271 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 5: all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you 272 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 5: win big at the sportsbook. 273 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 3: And all the best guests. 274 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 5: Do yourself a favor and listen to Straight Fire with 275 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 5: Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 276 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 5: you get your podcasts. 277 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: You start out with a developing story in the state 278 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: of Wisconsin. It involves a pro bouncy ball player things 279 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: getting cranked up with the Greek freak. 280 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 3: Did you see this? Non? 281 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Perhaps not so the Milwaukee Bucks. That's a basketball team, 282 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: not a good one. The Milwaukee Bucks, who have found 283 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: many opportunities to play mediocre basketball. Shocking that didn't work 284 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: out when they hired Doc Rivers as their. 285 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: Coach, or Doctor Rivers, as Lorraina calls them. So the Bucks. 286 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: The story came about the Bucks want to shut down 287 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: Giannis adent to Cumbo. 288 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 3: There's not that long to go in the NBA season. 289 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: Like about a month or so to go in the 290 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: NBA regular season, and the Bucks are like ixnay on 291 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: the yannise. 292 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: We're done, get out of here and just relax. 293 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: We want you out for the remainder of the season 294 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: with your latest injury, and the Bucks are not going 295 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. The chances are slim and none, 296 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: and Slim is on standby at the airport. However, here's 297 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: the plot twist. So the Greek freak said, I am 298 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: going to play. I refuse your request. I want to 299 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: keep playing. So that is a good jumping off point, 300 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: a little twister for you. So let us discuss the question. 301 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: Giannis a Denta kumbo committee to continuing to play this season, 302 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: and he refuses the Bucks request to shut it down. 303 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: What's the meaning that you're pulling from this one? What 304 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: meaning are you taking out of this? So my observations, 305 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: I've got stick shift, tear at cards, and Klay Travis, 306 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: and we'll combine all of these things together and we 307 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: are going to preach to the. 308 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 3: Choir is what we're gonna do. We're gonna preach to 309 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 3: the choir. So number number wa. 310 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: I like to play the game Who Leaked the Story? 311 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: It's my favorite parlor game to play Who Leaked the Story? 312 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: And we always ask two questions, who benefits and why 313 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: now benefits from the league and why now? And after 314 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: a minutes long Mallard investigation, Giannis Adenta Koombo checks both boxes. 315 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: Unless you're as dumb as a rock, I just run 316 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: the same wavelength here. Now he is painting the Bucks 317 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: like a franchise looking to flush away the final few 318 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: weeks of the regular season out of an abundance of caution. 319 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 3: Of course, what about what about the. 320 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: People that bought tickets to watch the games and they 321 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: want to see Yannis play and all that. Meanwhile, Yannis 322 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: is positioning himself as the I just want a hoop guy. 323 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: He's the I just want a hoop guy. He grabbed 324 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: the stick shift and he changed gears. Here into overdrive. 325 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: Jannis went overdrive, sending this story into the drama orama land. Now, 326 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: this is campaigning, This is public pressure. This is no 327 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: more mister nice guy for Yannis enter Coombo. This is 328 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: a guy trying to force his way out of Milwaukee. 329 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: He thought he was going to be traded at the deadline. 330 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: It didn't work out, and so now he's continuing to 331 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: try to get the message to these dingbats in the 332 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: front office with the Bucks saying, hey, I want out 333 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: of here. The timing, the word I would use is surgical. 334 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: Late in the season, it was on a day where 335 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: there things were not that active in the sports world, 336 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: so you get maximum attention. If this happens when there's 337 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 1: a lot going on, it doesn't really get that much attention. 338 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: But it is a perfect timing. And he's turning the screws. 339 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: Turning the screws right, you embarrass the Bucks and everyone 340 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: looks bad. 341 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 3: It's it's leverage with an attitude, with an attitude, and 342 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 3: he's not playing along. That's the point. 343 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,239 Speaker 1: He's not playing along here because he doesn't want to 344 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: be there. And that's why just like in Vegas, remember 345 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: late in the season, Max Crosby, he wanted to keep playing, 346 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: and the Raiders said about you, you're hurt, you can't play. 347 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 3: And then Crosby sent a sizzle reel. 348 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: Of him playing basketball like he was Steph Curry and 349 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: they're like. 350 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 3: I'm fine, I can play. 351 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 1: And so that was Max's way of pushing the Raiders 352 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: to trade him, which they did, and then the Ravens said, 353 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: now we're gonna we're gonna send that to Amazon return. 354 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: We don't want that. Max Crosby. 355 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: So it's a similar thing, obviously different sport and all that, 356 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: and it's the again, I go back to the word drama, 357 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: O rama, and it's leverage and he's he's not playing 358 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: along because he doesn't want to be part of this. 359 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: It's passive aggressive by Giannis. It's pressure, all that stuff. 360 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: You leak it, you embarrass the team and you make 361 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: things a little more uncomfortable. It's the workplace version. And 362 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: this happens every once in a while. It always always pops up. 363 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: You see it on the interweb and somebody gets a 364 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,479 Speaker 1: tongue lashing and they go on and blast their boss 365 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: on lincol and while while cashing the paycheck, you know, like, hey, 366 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: I love the game, I hate the situation. 367 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 3: And that's a power move by honest, is what that is. Now. 368 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we go to LA where Lakers center DeAndre Ayton 369 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: made some comments recently that caught my attention. He says 370 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: he finally realized that he's not that guy. You're not 371 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: that guy, Papp, You're not that guy. Ayton said, quote, 372 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: I just started looking in the mirror and I said, yo, bro, 373 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: you're not that guy. You don't need to be on 374 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: this team doing that at all? 375 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 3: This team. You came here to be the effort guy. 376 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: All right, effort guy. Yeah, that's I don't think of 377 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,479 Speaker 1: him as a glue guy. But there we are. So 378 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: the question, DeAndre Ayton embracing at least if you believe 379 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: a quote, embracing a second fiddle role with the Lakers, 380 00:20:59,000 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: how does. 381 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 3: This echo throughout the NBA? Right? 382 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: So, I'm pretty sure that the NBA as a collective, 383 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: they did not blink. This echoed with a shrug and 384 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: SIDEI all right, now, I know liquor historians. 385 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 3: Other teams have fanboys, they have historians. They're eating this souff. 386 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: He's matured. Lebron got to him, Luca got to him. 387 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: He's evolved. DeAndre Ayton has evolved evolved into what exactly 388 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: can you explain that to me in one sentence? A 389 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: guy who's finally finally read the job description? 390 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 3: Is that? Yeah? 391 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm skeptical. I am skeptical. And here's why. Two 392 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: weeks ago, I don't even think it was two weeks ago. 393 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: It was in the last few weeks, but I think 394 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: it was less than two weeks. 395 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: It was. I'm not Clint Capella I'm not doing it. 396 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: And now all of a sudden, he's like he's essentially 397 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: holding Capella's paw patrol lunchbox. 398 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: And say, can I shadow you? I'd like to learn 399 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 3: from you. I thought you said you didn't want to 400 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 3: be me. Well, no, I'm not that other guy, but 401 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 3: I'm kind of like you. Now I have a malord theory. 402 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 3: I have a theory. 403 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: So DeAndre Ayton went to a fortune teller over on 404 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 1: Sunset and she shuffled the deck of tarot cards and 405 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: she pulled out the Hermit from the bottom of the deck, 406 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: and the Hermit card the tarot card the Hermit means 407 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: soul searching, introspection, guidance, er go. Supporting actor, Yeah, supporting actor. 408 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: So he went, in the span of about ten days 409 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: from wanting top billing to a tertiary role where he 410 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: fully embraces it. The third name in the credits behind 411 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: Luca and Lebron, background noise and also Redneck Kobe and 412 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: the Hillbilly Kobe and all that, but it's all background. 413 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: It was like, we will believe it when we see 414 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: it for. 415 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 3: The long haul. 416 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: This is like a kid cleaning his room once and 417 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: the parents calling a press conference and sending out a 418 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: group text. 419 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 3: Hey clean the room all right. Way way to go. 420 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: Old habits die hard. You think DeAndre Ayton suddenly loves 421 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: doing the dirty work, setting screens and rebounding. 422 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 3: And that kind of stuff. This guy was the number 423 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 3: one overall pick. 424 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: Okay, he's supposed to steamroll through teams and getting rebounds 425 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: and setting screens and being that player. 426 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 3: That's not who he is. 427 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: And I will maintain there's only been a few games 428 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: since this has happened. 429 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 3: Only been a few games. 430 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go out and limb here and say 431 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: that by the time we get to late April when 432 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs get going, and I can't say May or 433 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: whatever Lakers like, it won't be in the playoffs. 434 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 3: By May, there'll be one and done yet again. But 435 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 3: that aside. 436 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: Before you know it, it's boom goes to dynamite, back 437 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: the square one. 438 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: He'll change his ways. He will not be happy. 439 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: Something that will something will happen and he will agonize 440 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: over it and the floodgates will open up. Now a 441 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: final point, so we stay in La. The news came 442 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: out the Lakers are looking for a new patch for 443 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: their uniforms. They want a new sponsor for their jersey. Now, 444 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: how do we know this? How do we know they 445 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: want a new sponsor for their jerseys? Well, the Lakers 446 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: announced via a press release that they have ended their 447 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: partnership with that Korean food company that was one hundred 448 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: million dollars jersey patch sponsorship that went back it started 449 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one and opening bids, opening bids. 450 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 3: Are they're available. 451 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: There's only a few games to go in the regular season, 452 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: but they're looking for the twenty twenty six twenty twenty 453 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: seven season, and so this is a direct all to 454 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: the public for global partners. 455 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 3: To step up. So the question. 456 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: Is this, why did the Lakers send out a literal 457 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: press release begging for a uniform sponsor. 458 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 3: Doesn't that seem a little bitzarre to you? 459 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: Like what happened to the Purple and Gold Royalty, Like 460 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: that we're too cool for school energy, that pomp is 461 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: west of the four h five, arrogant schmuck face energy 462 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: that the Lakers have because this is unbecoming, like this, 463 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: like seeing a Beverly Hills socialite holding a cardboard side 464 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: a sign rather on an offer ramp at the four 465 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: oh five, like the Lakers have always acted like their 466 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: Rodeo Drive Royalty, Like you know, their Rodeo, their Madison Avenue. 467 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: Everyone should line up blindfolded just to sniff their farts. 468 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: That's how important the Lakers are. Just to ask them, 469 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: they'll tell you. And yet here we are and it's 470 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: like they're shaking the tip jar. 471 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 3: They just want some change. So let me decode this 472 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 3: using the Malar Rosetta stone. 473 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: And as always, you follow the money, money, money, ding 474 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: ding ding ding ning. Yes, the incoming new owners of 475 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers, the Guggenheim Group, from what I've heard, is 476 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 1: it true? Is it true that they have jacked up 477 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: the asking price like it's a Malibu beach front listing 478 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: one that didn't burn down in Malibu during a housing bubble. 479 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: They wanted King's ransom. The problem is the bidders are 480 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: not there, and that is why, that is why you 481 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: had this news release go out saying we have opened 482 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: up global bidding for our uniform jersey patch. And they 483 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 1: went like former Fox Sports radio morning guy Klay Travis, 484 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: they outkicked their coverage, is what they did here. They 485 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: priced it like Wago beef. The market said, no, no, 486 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: that's not Wagoo beef. That's mince meat. Well no, it 487 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: says Wagoo beef on the label. 488 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 3: No, no, no, But you can't get anybody. 489 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: To pay for that. They want to pay a mince 490 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: meat price. So now you leak, and it wasn't even 491 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 1: a leak. It's just a press release. You send it 492 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: out to everybody, hoping to spark some kind of bidding war. 493 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: It's a late night infomercial. Operators are standing by now 494 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: and any way you slice it, any way you slice it. 495 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: The Lakers misread the room they did, and now the 496 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: velvet rope has been replaced and say, well, now they're 497 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: just begging, hoping someone somewhere far away. But it will 498 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: just open up the wallet and throw some shekels at 499 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: him and all that. 500 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 3: And it's a it's gone from a velvet rope situation 501 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 3: to a clearance rack situation. 502 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Maler 503 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 504 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 3: Sailer to a third degree. 505 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 2: This is one Big Ben gets grilled. 506 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 4: Kooperlu And it was reported on Wednesday that the Dolphins 507 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 4: have been telling teams that running back to von a 508 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: chain is not available for trade. Now, Ben, a team 509 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 4: that's obviously not trying to win, the Dolphins, are you 510 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 4: surprised that they're holding on to a chain. 511 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: Well, they can say whatever they want, and anyway, why 512 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: would you You're not You're not talking about the greatest 513 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: running back. He's a good player. He's not a great players, 514 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: a good player in the NFL. So I don't believe 515 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: the Dolphins. It doesn't matter what they say public Like politicians, 516 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: these people say one thing publicly and then privately like, 517 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: all right, give us a couple of ee for picks, 518 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: you can have him. You know, this happens all the time. 519 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,959 Speaker 1: So I don't think they're they're gonna hold on to him. 520 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: I think eventually they'll trade. 521 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 3: What's the point of keeping them. 522 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: It's like putting a Lamborghini in front of a you know, 523 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: a mobile home. 524 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 3: It doesn't make sense. 525 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 4: Next now, Well, former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson was being 526 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 4: linked to the Steelers. It's now being reported that Pittsburgh 527 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 4: won't be looking at Simpson the twenty first overall pick, 528 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 4: and that Simpson's actually tumbling down draft boards. 529 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 3: Ben, when do you think Simpson will go in the draft? 530 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 3: What did he do to tumble down draft boards. Coop. 531 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 3: He hadn't played a game. Alabama hasn't played a game 532 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 3: in months. 533 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: This whole rising and falling thing about the draft is 534 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: another reason to hate the NFL draft. I've seen some 535 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: clips on YouTube. He didn't look all that good to me. 536 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 3: I watched him. 537 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: Obviously at Alabama they'rearn some Every game is a big 538 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: game at Alabama. I'm worried my rams are going to 539 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: take him. Fortunately, they traded their late first round pick, 540 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: so they won't draft him in the first round. I 541 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: don't draft him in the top ten. But he didn't 542 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: look all that good to me. But he'll still be 543 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: drafted in the first two rounds of the draft next. 544 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 4: Now, the Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau after a second round 545 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 4: exit last year. Now, as we approach the NBA playoffs 546 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 4: this year, do you think the Knicks are a better 547 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 4: team now than they were under Tims a year ago? 548 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 3: No? 549 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: No, I am a Tom Thibodeau truther. I like Tom Thibodeau. 550 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: I like the way he coaches and plays his guys 551 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: and doesn't buy into the dogma, the bull crap about 552 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: load management and all that. I don't think Mike Brown. 553 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: I don't think it's all that he's a nice guy, 554 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Mike Brown. Nobody says he's a good coach. They all 555 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: say is a nice guy. I don't think the Knicks 556 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: are I think they're in the same spot they were 557 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: last year. 558 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 3: How do we do cope? You passed this edition? That 559 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 3: is they word put. 560 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 4: It on that Bard on Chicken down a. 561 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 562 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 563 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 564 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 2: listen live. 565 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 3: It's now time for time. 566 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: Harry, Harry, Harry, ask bad Twitter says this your questions 567 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,959 Speaker 1: on Twitter now, man, the way we got the questions 568 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: are answers for the rest of the hour. This is 569 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: a category in the Bennies, so you can sneak in 570 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: as a nominee. 571 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 3: With really good questions. 572 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: And for the reading of the questions, it's Ben and 573 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: friends over to the Coop a Loop. 574 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 4: We're going to start off with a question for you, 575 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 4: and I know you've explained this a few times recently, 576 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 4: but monkey Biz Doug Hi Doug. He says, as a 577 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 4: fairly new listener, please explain the Bill Miller bit. I'm 578 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 4: sure there's a backstory. 579 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. 580 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: So years ago the company updated the website and they 581 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: sent out a mass email. They were very proud of it. 582 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: They spent a lot of money to update the company website. 583 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: And this is in the early days of Fox Sports Radio. 584 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 1: So I was very excited. I was like, wow, this 585 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: is great, and I'm very happy to work at the company. 586 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 1: And so they wanted us all to check out the 587 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: website and wanted us all the write back, great feedback, 588 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: how great the website was. And so I clicked on 589 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: there and it was really beautiful. It was really Whoever 590 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: designed it a hell of a job. And then of 591 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,160 Speaker 1: course I wanted to find myself on the website because 592 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,239 Speaker 1: I'm a talk show so I'm an ego maning. So 593 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: I clicked on the link too. I was doing a 594 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: weekend show at the time, and I clicked on the 595 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: link and there was a photo of Tom Looney. I 596 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: was doing a show with Looney called The Blitz, very 597 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: popular show. They canceled it though, so I did show 598 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: with Looney. He was on one side and then I 599 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: was on the other and it said Tom Looney and 600 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: then on my side it said Bill Miller. 601 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 3: So I, yeah, yeah. 602 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,959 Speaker 1: So I contacted the com I said, well, you know, 603 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: you screwed my name up, and they said, don't work. 604 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 3: You know, give us thirty minutes. We're going to I apologize. 605 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 3: We're going to fix that. We're going to we're going 606 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 3: to fix that. 607 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: And so so I went back to the to the 608 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: website and uh. 609 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 3: And then it was it was Ben Miller. 610 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: So that's and but then I started using that when 611 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: the company whacked Eddie h in November of twenty twenty four, 612 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,239 Speaker 1: because Eddie used to do the ins and outs, and 613 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: so just as a tribute, that's what I started doing. 614 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: And I don't think I'm gonna do it forever. We'll 615 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: see when we might change it up, but we'll do 616 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: it for a little long while longer. What's next, Let's 617 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: ask Ben your questions are answers. 618 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 4: All right, we have a good one here from Alfi 619 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 4: alien Opiner. He wants to know for the crew, do 620 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 4: you have a fast food napkin stash in your car? 621 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 4: If so, what restaurant to the majority of them. 622 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: From, mostly from raising canes, and that's where I don't 623 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: eat a lot of fast food anymore. So mostly raising cans. 624 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 1: That's pretty much all. I'm the only fast food I'm 625 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: eating regularly, maybe once once a month, sometimes more, sometimes more. 626 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, all raised and those are not the only 627 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: I would like to rip raisin cans. They have the 628 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: worst napkin dispensers of any restaurant I've ever been to. 629 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: Like the things get the napkins get jammed, You can't 630 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: get enough out. 631 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 3: It sucks, they rip. Can they please change that? What 632 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 3: about you? Lorraina? Oh, Lorain is probably oh my god, 633 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 3: you probably. 634 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 4: Got stop it. 635 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,479 Speaker 6: No, I don't keep the napkins in my car, but 636 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 6: I do right now. I went to wingstop last time 637 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 6: I was in Vegas, and I took the whole role 638 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 6: of napkins. 639 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 3: That's not polite, that's not you, that's not good. 640 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 6: They didn't give me any so I was like, Oh, 641 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 6: I need these. 642 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 1: Can anyone explain I walked in the old studio the 643 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: other day. 644 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 3: And there was a roll of toilet paper in there. 645 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 3: Can anyone explain that to me? 646 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 4: Yes, I can explain that to you. We don't have 647 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 4: tissues anywhere at this company. And I think sometimes people 648 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 4: are tired of blowing their nose in napkins. Oh, Okay, yeah, 649 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 4: that's my assumption. I have no idea. 650 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: But how much money do you think the company saves 651 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 1: by by not buying tissue? Seventy Like who at the 652 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: corporate level says, well, let's save some money here, no tissue. 653 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,399 Speaker 3: I don't know. It's great. I love it. That so good? 654 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: All right? 655 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 3: What about you? Cool? 656 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 4: Yes, all of my car napkins are from Western Bagel. 657 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,439 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, every morning on the way home. 658 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 4: Yep, because and that's the only thing that I eat 659 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 4: in my car. Everything else I'm I'm taking home and eating. 660 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,320 Speaker 3: Right, very good? What's next? Where are we abby? 661 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: Here? 662 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:51,359 Speaker 3: What we got? All right? 663 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 4: JT the wingman. He wants to know what is your 664 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 4: favorite mountain? He says he is a fan. He is 665 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 4: a fan of Mount Leconte. In this smokey mountains, there's. 666 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: A there's a joke there, but no, Well, I lived 667 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: in la It's not a big mountain or anything like that. 668 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 3: There was a. 669 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: Mountain, uh kind of, there was a little lake. It 670 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 1: was in East l a kind of Lincoln Heights above 671 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: Lincoln Heights, the avenues. 672 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 3: I used to walk up there. 673 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: And not a real mount Kilimanjaro or something like that 674 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: or mount Rainier in Seattle beautiful, but that that was 675 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 1: the one I used to walk up to. 676 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 3: It was pretty cool. What about you, Loraina? 677 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 6: Probably the mountain in my hometown's it's right on the 678 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,240 Speaker 6: side of the freeway and every year the senior class 679 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 6: goes up and puts like the year on it. So 680 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 6: it's a really cool mountain that kind of means something, 681 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 6: you know, climate. 682 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, what about you, Coop, I'm gonna have to go 683 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 4: with probably Mount Fuji, oh, because you were in Japan. 684 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty cool to flex. That's a flex by Cooper. 685 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 3: What's next? Quickly? 686 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 4: All right, let me see here for dog wants to know? 687 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 4: Do you ever think we'll see a that's a sports 688 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 4: question for dog? 689 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: You just should we take a Benny Award away from 690 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: your perk dog asking a sports question. 691 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 3: You can't ask a sports question on a sports show.