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Speaker 1: Hello, Michael and Scott Sashnik. Every week at this time,

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Speaker 1: plus Monday's, Wednesdays and Thursdays, we explore the big money

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Speaker 1: issues in the world of sports. On today's show, we

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Speaker 1: speak with the CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tucker Kine.

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Speaker 1: But first let's look at the top stories of the week.

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Speaker 1: Joining us as every week is Bloomberg Business of Sports

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Speaker 1: reporter Evan Novi Williams, and we're going to start now.

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Speaker 1: See this is you know that I love the Illage family. Detroit.

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Speaker 1: It's Detroit, and you know they did this for you,

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Speaker 1: they did this for me. They're going to start a

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Speaker 1: regional sports network. They're considering starting a regional sports network.

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Speaker 1: That's that's the important part they're considering because right now

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Speaker 1: they're with Fox Sports Detroit. The deal with fires in

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Speaker 1: a few years, I said, ours get that rs up

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Speaker 1: I mean recently we've talked about the Fox sale of

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Speaker 1: spend off some nice positive cash flow, but one can

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Speaker 1: ask ms less Allet Mr or Less Alexander out in Houston.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't always work. It's that's not the case. And

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Speaker 1: this is exactly a new concept. You wonder why the

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Speaker 1: village family, you know, they own the winter programming in

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Speaker 1: the Red Wings, they own the summer programming in the Tigers.

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Speaker 1: You need the winter in the summer. They got it

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Speaker 1: one city. How much? And it's always that this is

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Speaker 1: the question, how much would they charge the cable operators

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Speaker 1: to carry this channel? Tiger? I bet I'm gonna ready

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Speaker 1: t se it's gonna be Tigers Sports and Entertainment. But

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Speaker 1: I don't know tr Tiger, Red Wing Sports and Entertam

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Speaker 1: at what price do the people of Detroit say no?

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Speaker 1: Or the cable operators say no, thank you, because we're

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Speaker 1: not passing this along to our customers. It's always about

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Speaker 1: the price. But that but the problem is is that

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Speaker 1: it will let's just say a problem the Tigers. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they had a down year to say the least, but

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Speaker 1: people will still watch the Tigers. Whittaker and Tramba were good,

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Speaker 1: I wonder if this had to do remember keep going here.

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Speaker 1: We got remember guys in the in the booth and

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Speaker 1: they got into a fight. Yes I do. Yeah, yes

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Speaker 1: I did. As a matter of fact, they got fired.

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Speaker 1: They both got fired. So I'm wondering now if this

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Speaker 1: any fisticuffs in this booth stays here. The Red Wings

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Speaker 1: and Tigers right now are on Fox Sports Detroit one

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Speaker 1: of those, uh, one of those that is up for

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Speaker 1: So I think it's well, then you got on subc

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Speaker 1: you got family back in Detroit bar How much would

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Speaker 1: they pay for this? How much are they okay with

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Speaker 1: a month paying for this added to their cable bill

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Speaker 1: if you added to the cable bill. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: you go. They're gonna you came out. This thing is

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Speaker 1: gonna be like two to three buttons. Oh man, I

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Speaker 1: can see this, but don't see now. I gave him,

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Speaker 1: we got we got a subscriber in the barhouse. I

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Speaker 1: All right, next topic, and this one is rather serious.

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Speaker 1: It's there was a decision in the n C double

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Speaker 1: college basketball recruiting world. We're convicted in a corruption case. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Earlier this week in New York, you know, Judge Lewis

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Speaker 1: Kaplan finally ruled on this, this FBI bribery probe. Um,

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Speaker 1: not to the surprise of legal scholars. You know that

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Speaker 1: when the government brings trials like this, they usually win.

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Speaker 1: All three guys to two folks whould work with Adidas

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Speaker 1: in Over the course of the trial, as we've talked

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Speaker 1: on these subjects, Do I have it right? And that,

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Speaker 1: in essence, the decision paints the schools as victims. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: This next topic. I have to admit I'm excited about

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Speaker 1: it because I do like gambling. William Hill is going

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Speaker 1: they're telling me, let's go to the game, Come to

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Speaker 1: Everything about it will be sports book except for the

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Speaker 1: fact that you can't go to go to the desk

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Speaker 1: your mobile phone, which you can do anywhere in New Jersey.

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Speaker 1: Now that's true, but still, man, I mean they're just

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Speaker 1: it was the logical next step, especially in New Jersey. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is the first partnership between a sports betting house

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Speaker 1: no surprise to us. I think that the Devil's were

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Speaker 1: that I don't know if this is going to change much,

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Speaker 1: we're going to see lounges in almost everything. Way to

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Speaker 1: take Jackson to a Devil's Red Wings game and say

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Speaker 1: Okay anyway, thanks to Bloomberg Business of Sports report Evan W. Williams,

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Speaker 1: it was funny. You can follow him on Twitter and

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Speaker 1: no the underscore Williams, why do you promote that? Still?

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Speaker 1: know how, you know how every guy needs the help

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Speaker 1: of some woman out there's not afraid to tell him

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Speaker 1: I've heard you try. Is it just that he's not

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Speaker 1: each and every week this time, and catch our podcast.

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Speaker 1: We're available on Monday's, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Now, Scott and

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Speaker 1: I get into this week's interview with Dodgers CFO Tucker Kane.

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Speaker 1: Tucker enters this sixth year as the CFO of the

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers and managing director of Guggenheim Baseball Management.

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Speaker 1: After leading the group's efforts to acquire the club and

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Speaker 1: the largest team sports transaction in history. In Kane was

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Speaker 1: instrumental in navigating the execution of the Dodgers twenty five

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Speaker 1: year agreement with Spectrum formerly Time Warner Cable, which included

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Speaker 1: and entertainment industry. Well, even I need a breath, Tuck,

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Speaker 1: to be here. Excellent, excellent. I want to start with

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Speaker 1: we do on a day's a basis, and then you know,

431
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Speaker 1: having the expectation or thought that those things, if they

432
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Speaker 1: work for us, could scale more broadly, and how do

433
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,679
Speaker 1: we take advantage of that and participate in that and

434
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: help facilitate it. Um And so investing in these businesses

435
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 1: seem to make all the sense in the world to us.

436
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: And and so we're there, um, you know, doing the

437
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,200
Speaker 1: best we can. The thirty companies and the the nine

438
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: partners we've brought into the Global Sports Venture Studio we

439
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 1: think really put us in a position to to execute there.

440
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Speaker 1: You mentioned about Jackie Robinson and I on his birthday

441
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Speaker 1: on April fift they wear the number forty two, and

442
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Speaker 1: I know for a fact that I will never forget

443
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Speaker 1: that day because that's my birthday. Also at case you

444
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 1: didn't know that, did not you didn't know that? I

445
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Speaker 1: thought you were forty two years old? No, no, yea

446
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Speaker 1: zero the internet. Well, I'm bringing up about Jackie Robinson

447
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: because one of the things that I'm big on in

448
00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: any professional sporting team or whatever is encouraging the youth

449
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 1: to one playing the game and to know a bit

450
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 1: about the history of the game. Can you can you

451
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 1: tell us more about how the Dodgers trying to encourage

452
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 1: the youth out there about playing baseball and what it's

453
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: all about. Yeah. Absolutely, I couldn't agree with you more.

454
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Speaker 1: By the way, on on young kids learning the game,

455
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 1: learning how you play it, learning the nuances, learning the history.

456
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,679
Speaker 1: I think those are incredibly powerful, not only as baseball fans,

457
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 1: but I think as you learn life lessons and as

458
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 1: you you think about becoming a growing up and becoming

459
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: a you know, productive adult in society and learning the

460
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,879
Speaker 1: teamwork and all the things that come with it are

461
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: are super valuable. So I agree complete with lee with

462
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: you there. Um. We we've done a couple of things

463
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: on this front, and I gotta give a lot of

464
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: credit um to our foundation, our executive director, Nicole Whiteman,

465
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Speaker 1: and in the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, who run a

466
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Speaker 1: program in conjunction with League Baseball RBI revitalizing baseball and

467
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: inner cities. Um. And last year. Uh, and she'd do

468
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: better with the stats, and I will, but I think

469
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: we got almost ten thousand kids from underserved communities playing

470
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: baseball and coming through that program. And so those types

471
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Speaker 1: of things where we create opportunities for folks that may

472
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: not have it otherwise we can provide the the equipment

473
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 1: in the field space and and all of those things.

474
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Speaker 1: The Foundations also built fifty UH Dodger Dream Fields, so

475
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: so baseball fields, baseball diamonds, and softball diamonds and in

476
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Speaker 1: the inner city UH areas in Los Angeles, and just

477
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: made another commitment to build another twenty five um so

478
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: really impactful, amazing things. We're teaching and getting our players

479
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: and our former players and out into the community to

480
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: teach the game and and help spread the word and

481
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: and bring some of the history of the Dodger organization.

482
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Speaker 1: Then recently we also announced a partnership with Nomar Garcia

483
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Speaker 1: Para and his partner erin Trolia who is a former

484
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: minor league picture who have who have built a pretty

485
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: incredible academy training program and it's a it's a local

486
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 1: academy training program where it's it's you know, it targeted

487
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: to uh two relatively small uh you know kind of

488
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: radius around a particular facility. UM, and it's really focused

489
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: on on instruction. UM. You know, there are a lot

490
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: of really great well to do parents and people that

491
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 1: are trying to to coach their kids playing baseball and

492
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 1: softball all over the country. But can we really inject

493
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,360
Speaker 1: a level of instruction from the folks, you know, like

494
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: a Nomar Garcia part of the people have been there,

495
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: who understand the game, who really can teach the core

496
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,200
Speaker 1: skill set. UM. Because we think that's not only gonna

497
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 1: add create a better experience, it's going to create longevity

498
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: and and and you know, reduce attrition out of the sport,

499
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: create a more direct relationship. We're gonna call that the

500
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Speaker 1: Dodger Training Academy in l A. UM so create even

501
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: better relationship with the Major League club, just to really

502
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: build on on some of historical and and uh innovative

503
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: things that have happened in the in the organization, and

504
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: build it all around the sport um, you know, baseball

505
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: and softball. So it's pretty exciting time for us. Something

506
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: we think is hugely important as we move forward, um

507
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: and uh and something we're spent a lot of time

508
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: and resource against it. Techer, let me bring this back

509
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 1: to one of the most talked about business aspects of

510
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, and that's the lack of distribution from the

511
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: TV deal. I know it's the Bana standcasting's existence, but

512
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: and I don't know if you guys can say this,

513
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: but I haven't seen any material damage to the Dodger brand.

514
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: People go here on the World Series you're winning. I

515
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: mean that cures a lot of ills. But has there

516
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: been any material damage to the Dodger brand not being

517
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: fully distributed? Of course you'd like to and you want

518
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: them to shoot your games, but has there been in damage? Yeah,

519
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's It would be really hard to

520
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: say there there's been none. Um. I think you know,

521
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: us being in front of our our fans and and

522
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: showing our product and showing these amazing players that we have,

523
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: they've been performing at levels that you know, the Dodger

524
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: franchise has never seen before. Um is really a shame

525
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: and something that we're you know, really uh as you

526
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 1: as you point out out at the bane of of

527
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 1: stands uh existence at the moment, all of ours, and

528
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 1: it's something that we you know, works as hard as

529
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: we can, as diligently we can with our partners. And

530
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: you know, there's a landscape that's moving pretty rapidly around us.

531
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Speaker 1: Right as you think about the media landscape and the

532
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 1: consolidation of a bunch of these uh, these companies and

533
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: how they're thinking about content and you know, the the

534
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,719
Speaker 1: rise of over the top distribution and there's a lot

535
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: of of moving pieces that um we're kind of caught

536
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: in the middle of at the moment, and how those

537
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: play out is something we're trying to better understand. We're

538
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: trying to see if we can't help influence to a

539
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: to a place where it will lead to distribution of

540
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: of the uh of the Dodging broadcast across all of

541
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Speaker 1: Los Angeles. But so it would be hard to say

542
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: there's no IMPACTUM. We do. We've been blessed and we're

543
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: lucky to have the type of fan base that we

544
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: do that comes out and the numbers they do and

545
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: engage with us in the the way they do, and

546
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 1: the excitement and um uh and relationship we have with

547
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: our fan bases, you know, especially at Dodger stadiums in

548
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: all time high um. But it's something that we need

549
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: to address and we need to continue to work on

550
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: and we're hopeful that that will make progress here. But

551
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: it has gone on long longer than we would have

552
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: liked and obviously and and hoped, so UM something we

553
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: need to continue to work as best we can to

554
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 1: to find a solution to because over time, we need

555
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: to be in front of all of our our fans,

556
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: who need to be in front of kids who are

557
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: thinking about sports and what they care about and what's

558
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: interesting to them. And if we're not in that conversation,

559
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: that's that that's a long term problem for us and

560
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: something we're gonna need to address. Okay, speaking long term,

561
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: a while back, the ownership said it was considering bringing

562
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: on some investors. Can you bring us up to the

563
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: state of where is that process and anybody interesting in

564
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: the pipeline? Yeah, you know, it's something that we thought

565
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: really made sense to do and something I imagine will

566
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: be executed on. Um. The nice thing is it's not

567
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: a requirement. It's more of an opportunity to bring other smart, thoughtful,

568
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: great people into the to the group and help drive value.

569
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: And so you know, it's something we kind of continue

570
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: to think about and and work on. You know, I

571
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: don't have anything at the moment to to to kind

572
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: of talk about or from a specific or individual perspective,

573
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: but um, I would expect us to continue down that path.

574
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: And and it's it's a nice position to be where

575
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: you can find people that you like that that you know,

576
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: work with to our our ownership group, can add value

577
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: to the ownership group and and really uh, you know,

578
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: help us progress and move forward as opposed to being

579
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: you know, just about a dollar amount or anything like that. So, um,

580
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: so that's something that that we're working on at. Nothing

581
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: to announce at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised

582
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: if something does get announced in the next you know,

583
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: this offseason, I would imagine we'll be a place for

584
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: that will ramp up a little bit more as we

585
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: have more time and attention to focus on on our

586
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: our ownership and partner group. Tucker Kane the CFO of

587
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers, the same team that gave Greg

588
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: Brady the big Head. Remember that? Remember that Remember that

589
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: Don d in school? It was dating the teacher. No,

590
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: that was another episode. This was the one this well yeah,

591
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: you're right, that was the one where he was dating. Yeah. Anyway,

592
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: so he told, you know, all of a sudden, now

593
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: Greg is thinking bonus baby and all of that. That's

594
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: unfortunately for your talker, I mean, as great as that

595
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: was and Drysdale, it'll never live up to the Joe Namath.

596
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: Yeah that's true. I mean and you're okay with that, right,

597
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, buddy. Alright, guys, thanks very much. Takeaways.

598
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Speaker 1: And one thing I'm you know, I'm passionate about, and

599
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: I brought it up when I was talking with Tucker

600
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: about getting well all right, number three fassionate about I.

601
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: I want the youth to get into sports. I want

602
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: them to to understand any sport, and just like baseball,

603
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: I want them to understand the history of baseball. I

604
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 1: want them to understand the rules and technique. And I'm

605
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,959
Speaker 1: glad that Tucker mentioned that, just like many major sports teams,

606
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: that they have a venue for that. Have you been

607
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: to the Jackie Robinson Museum down on Canal No. I

608
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: would love to go. I'll go with you. How's that,

609
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: Let's go, We'll go. Yeah, seriously, I'd like to go.

610
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: Yeah you can. There's a few spots to sit down

611
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: and relax afterwards. Yeah, all right, you got it. I'm

612
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: truck by again. I talked about this all the time

613
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: on the show, that these teams cannot exist by themselves.

614
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: You don't buy a sports team just to have a

615
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: sports team. This was a media play for the regional

616
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: sports network. They don't have full distribution that's okay because

617
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: they were promised payment from Time Warner full amount, no

618
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: matter what kind of distribution they had. And he said, yeah,

619
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: you can't help but feel that the brand takes a

620
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: little bit of a hit because our fans don't see us.

621
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: But let's be clear here, Bar they're making a ton

622
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: of money, they're doing well, their fans are watching. It's

623
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 1: a pretty interesting um scenario in which, right now, if

624
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: I'm the other cable operators, the Dodgers can be like,

625
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: you know, we're not really getting hurt by this, so

626
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: you know, maybe we can out last year. Feels better

627
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 1: to be number one than number five. I'll wear a

628
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: number because of Mike. We have a chance to go

629
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,879
Speaker 1: for three in a row. Good numbers in a good time.

630
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: When I first started wearing the number, how would you happy?

631
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: And Floomberg? Business of sports? The number of the week?

632
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: Time now for the number of the week. This, I'm

633
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: gonna give me a hint. We did not discuss this week.

634
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 1: We did not discuss We did not discuss this. But

635
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you some clues to the numbers. To

636
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: the number of the week here, uh, because we were

637
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: talking about Jackie Robinson. It involves another it's not it's

638
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: not forty two. I will say that it's not forty two,

639
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 1: but it involves another African American player who's made history

640
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball and Larry Dobe. No, but that's good.

641
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 1: Guess wow, right, that's right. The number was? The number was? Yes,

642
00:35:55,040 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: that was the Yeah, they say, hey kid number, actually

643
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Speaker 1: know something without googling. If you saw the meme with

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Speaker 1: I'm always impressed with Medina. Thank you. How about that

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Speaker 1: next week I'll tell you about the nineteen seventy sixth day.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you will. I think I'm gonna be sick.

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