1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're trying 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: to figure out what we need to do to get 3 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: into that Taylor Swift Caitlin Clark suite. You know, I 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: make a killer hot onion dip. It's Tuesday, January twenty first, 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: and on today's show, we'll be diving into the debut 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: of Unrivaled, trying to figure out what the hell is 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: going on in pro women's beabs, and celebrating a contract 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: extension for the highest paid women's basketball coach in history. 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: Plus underfrogs, double corks, and a big teal dinosaur. It's 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: all coming up right after this welcome back slices. Here's 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: what you need to know today. Unrivaled tipped off on 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: Friday with Nafisa Collier's lunar owls defeating Branda Stewart's missed 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: eighty four to eighty. Now, because the league uses the 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: elam ending, every game ends with a basket, not a buzzer. 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: The winning score is determined by adding eleven points to 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: the leading teams score at the end of the third quarter. 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Whoever hits that total first wins. The mist led seven 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: three sixty seven heading into the fourth, but the Lunar 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: Owls pulled out a fourth quarter comeback with Skyler, Digg 20 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,199 Speaker 1: and Smith draining the game winning three after a big quarter, 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: so in the Battle of Unrivaled Founders, Fee came out 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: on top to grab the first win in Unrivaled history. 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: Shout out to Amy Clerkson, Joey Maldonado, Kim Cook, and 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the slices on Team Lunar. 25 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: Owls Hoo Doo, who. 26 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: After the first week ind of play Alex's Lace has 27 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: got the only dub of the big Citrus squads. But 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: lots more season to go and we'll have lots more 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: on the debut of Unrivaled later in the show. 30 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: By the way, while lots of w stars are. 31 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: Playing in Unrivaled and AU hoops this offseason, there are 32 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: plenty playing overseas and I want to shout out the 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: Chicago Sky for sending us updates on their players, including 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: two that are having huge januaries. Kennedy Carter has scored 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: at least thirty points in every game but one for 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: her Wuhan team over the past two weeks, including back 37 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: to back forty point games on January tenth and twelfth, 38 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: and Kamila Cardoso scored career highs of forty points and 39 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: seventeen boards to help per Shanghai team to a win 40 00:01:58,400 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: on January eighteenth. 41 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: Well on those players overseas as well. 42 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: To college basketball, South Carolina coach Don Staley has signed 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: a contract extension, making her the highest paid coach in 44 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: women's soups either college or the WNBA. The contract, which 45 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: runs through the twenty twenty nine to twenty thirty season, 46 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 1: includes a base salary of four million dollars a year, 47 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: plus other bonuses. 48 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: Here's an interesting nugget. 49 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: Though, if Staley were to leave South Carolina prior to 50 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: the end of the contract, she would osc one hundred 51 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: percent of the remaining compensation left on the deal, but 52 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: not if she leaves the game Cocks to take a 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: coaching gig in the. 54 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: WNBA or the MNBA. 55 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: Sticking with college hoops, Paige Becker's became the fastest Yukon 56 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: Huskies women's basketball player to reach two thousand points, accomplishing 57 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: the feat in one hundred and two games, passing Maya Moore, 58 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: who got to two thousand and one aw eight. Becker's 59 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: achieved the milestone during the Huskies ninety six thirty six 60 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: blowout of Seaton Hall on Sunday, Becker shouted out everyone 61 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: behind the scenes who's helped her on the journey when 62 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: talking to SNY after the game. 63 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: But it's been a beautiful journey, and I've seen so 64 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: many people invest a lot and do a lot for me, 65 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 3: and I just really want to their hard work, because 66 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 3: everybody sees the two thousand points, but NOBB sees the 67 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: two thousand days of hard work. So it's just a 68 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: testimony to everybody who's invested in me. 69 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: Couple upsets Sunday and women's college hoops to mention as 70 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: fifteenth ranked Tennessee fell to unranked Vanderbilt seventy one to 71 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: seventy on a last second put back from Vandy's michaelab Blake's, 72 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: who led the Commodorees with twenty three points in the win. Also, 73 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: number nine Ohio State fell to unranked Penn State sixty 74 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: two to fifty nine. Four Lady Lyons scored in double 75 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: digits to hand the Buckeyes their first. 76 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: Loss of the season. 77 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: Lady Lyons, Yeah, we still got to do a show 78 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: on ending the whole Lady nicknames in college sports uugh 79 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: to soccer. Kristin Press has agreed to a one year 80 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: contract extension with Angel City FC. Press was the club's 81 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: first ever signee ahead of its debut season in twenty 82 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: twenty two, but she missed most of twenty twenty two 83 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: and all of twenty twenty three after tearing your ACL. 84 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: After four surgeries, she returned to the field in twenty 85 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: twenty four and played in nine games for the club. 86 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: Some more angel City news. 87 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: Former Portland Thorns and Lynn's national team coach Mark Parsons 88 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: has been named Angel City's new sporting director and general manager, 89 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: replacing Angela Hugley's Mangano, who mutually parted ways with ACFC 90 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: in December to take a role with the Houston Dash. 91 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: The first order of business for Parsons hire a new 92 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: head coach. 93 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: More soccer, Alyssa Nayer was named the US Soccer twenty 94 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: twenty four Female Player of the Year. Now, if you 95 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: haven't watched it, check out the adorable video of national 96 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: team teammate and last year's Player of the Year Naomi 97 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: Germa breaking the news to nayor they pranked her into 98 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: thinking that she was surprising Naomi with the award. 99 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: It's really cute. 100 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: We'll link to it in our show notes to snowboarding 101 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: competing at the locks Open in Switzerland over the weekend, 102 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: Americans Chloe Kim and Matti Mastro became the first women 103 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: to land a double cork ten eighty in a snowboard 104 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: halfpipe competition to finish first and second on the podium, respectively. 105 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: If you're wondering what exactly double cork ten eighty means, 106 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: ten eighty is for the three full rotations done while 107 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: in the air, cork means that one rotation is off axis, 108 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: and double cork means two of their rotations are off axis. 109 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: We'll link to the video. 110 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: Of Chloe's winning run in the show notes so you 111 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: could see it for yourself. Also in snowsports News, cross 112 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: country skier and friend of the show, Jesse Diggins extended 113 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: her overall World Cup lead this weekend, winning a ten 114 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: k freestyle in France in what was a monumental day 115 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: for US cross country skiing. While Diggins has put the 116 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: US women on the map in cross country during the 117 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: last decade, the US men aren't exactly well known contenders. 118 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: But on the same day Diggins one Ben Ogden placed 119 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: third in the men's ten k, marking the best ever 120 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: day for US cross country skiing at an event not 121 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,119 Speaker 1: held on US soil. So shout out to the Bros 122 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: for doing their part to the Professional Women's Hockey League 123 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: aka the PWHL. Quebec City hosted the fourth of nine 124 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: stops of the PWHL Takeover Tour on Sunday, and competing 125 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: in front of a sold out crowd of eighteen two 126 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty nine, the Montreal Victoire defeated the Ottawa 127 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: Charge two to one to take sole possession of the 128 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: top spot in the PWHL standings. Catherine Dubois, who's from 129 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: Quebec City, opened scoring for the Victoire in front of 130 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: more than one one hundred family and friends in attendance 131 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: to wrestling. At last week's NCUBLEA convention, all three divisions 132 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: voted to make women's wrestling the organization's ninety first championship sport. 133 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: Women's wrestling was previously part of the NCAA's Emerging Sports 134 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: for Women program, but it now gains official NCUBA status. 135 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: The first NCAA Women's Wrestling Championship will be held in 136 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. Women's wrestling is the sixth Emerging sport 137 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: to earn NCAA championship status, joining rowing, ice hockey, water polo, bowling, 138 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: and beach volleyball. Finally, we haven't forgotten about the Australian Open, 139 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: but due to the time difference, it's really tough to 140 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: update you on scores, so we're keeping an eye on 141 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: the action and also we're sending our best wishes to 142 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: Naomi Osaka who had to pull out due to injury. 143 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: Want to share a quick underdog story from the TCU 144 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: hoops program where. 145 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: Should I say under frog story? 146 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: Last year, first year had women's hoops, coach Mark Campbell 147 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: had to hold open tryouts from the TCU student body 148 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: after injuries and a shortage of players forced the horn 149 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: Frogs basketball team to forfeit two games. Four students who 150 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: became known as the Underfrogs joined the team and helped 151 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: TCU finish the season. Now, one of those players, Ella Hamlin, 152 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: returned to play for the team this season and got 153 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: a big surprise from Coach Campbell last week. 154 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 4: Take a listen, Ello, When there's adversity, most people run 155 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 4: away from it. The Underfrogs diversity hit and you guys 156 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 4: decided to step up so we could continue our season 157 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 4: and I appreciate you, Ellah more than you know. Hey, 158 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 4: by Ella, thank you for stepping up with the plate 159 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 4: and coming back and being a huge part of this team. 160 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 4: But Ella, you've earned. 161 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: A full right scholarship. 162 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: So cool. 163 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: After getting through last year's struggles, the horn Frogs are 164 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: now thriving, sitting at nineteen and one on the season 165 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: and ranked ninth in the country. 166 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: We're going to take a quick break when we come back. 167 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: Big Citrus convenes to dig into the debut of Unrivaled, 168 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: discuss a volleyball star who shares our concerns, and remind 169 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: all of y'all to grab a slice stick around. 170 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: Welcome back Slices. 171 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: We felt like it was time for Big Citrus to 172 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: convene about a couple things that we watched over the 173 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: weekend and a couple of things we have some serious 174 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: questions about. But let's start with the debut of Unrivaled. 175 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: What did we like, What surprised us, what didn't. 176 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 2: Go our way? Like I don't know winning a game. 177 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: Let's start with what we liked, Alex, what stood out 178 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: to you It was. 179 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 5: Just so fun, Like everything about it just felt fun. 180 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 5: The basketball was fun, the energy around it was really fun. 181 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 5: I feel like I'm blanking because I'm such a critical 182 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 5: person and I want to say something critical here, but 183 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 5: I don't really have that much to say. 184 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: Ah, we foiled, Alex. Don't worry. 185 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: We'll give you a couple of minutes and something is 186 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: certain to come to mind that you would like to 187 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: fix me. 188 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 6: What about you, oh buddy. 189 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 7: I think that was the most fun I've had watching 190 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 7: basketball in a very long time. I believe the homie 191 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 7: Megan el Hall, who writes and does all the things 192 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 7: we love you. Meghan also tweeted this and put it 193 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 7: on Blue Sky that she was just standing in the 194 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 7: middle of her living room the entire time and couldn't 195 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 7: sit down. That was entire That was me, like I 196 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 7: need blue light glasses. For how long I was standing 197 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 7: in front of my television. My head was hurting, But 198 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 7: it was because I couldn't turn away, not for a second. 199 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 7: Because in a game like that, and it's something we 200 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 7: all talked about coming into it, of course, but I 201 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 7: think seeing that pace in practice was just different. 202 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 6: I think I agree with Alex. 203 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 7: On the energy tip, and I kind of feel like 204 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 7: the reason why I love it and a lot of 205 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 7: people loved it is because we knew we were gonna 206 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 7: get the vibe that these players witness and practice every 207 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 7: single day they witness in the offseason when they're training 208 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 7: with each other or overseas if they had previously gone 209 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 7: overseas to play for other teams. 210 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 6: But I really enjoyed it. 211 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 7: Because there are things that I thought happened that I 212 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 7: don't see happen as often in my opinion on WNBA 213 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 7: stages at WNBA games and those kind of platforms. And 214 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 7: at risk of putting this in two simplistic terms, it 215 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 7: felt like when I go to La Fitness to play pickup, 216 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 7: there's no cameras out there unless somebody trying to get 217 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 7: you on Instagram. 218 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 6: Getting your ankles broke. 219 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 7: But you know, when I'm at La Fitness, I might 220 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 7: say a few things that I probably wouldn't say if 221 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 7: you know. I was at a college basketball game on 222 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 7: the court in front of thousands of people, and. 223 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 6: I think we were getting more organic reactions. 224 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 7: I think the celebration from Skylehi Digg and Smith was 225 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 7: probably my favorite one I've seen in years. 226 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 6: Just I thought our head was about to roll off 227 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 6: her soldier for a second. 228 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 7: But I'm not mad at her, because that's the kind 229 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 7: of energy that you draw from three on three knowing 230 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 7: that you didn't get a single second of rest that 231 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 7: entire game unless you were literally on the bench resting. 232 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 7: It's just such a fun brand of basketball, it really is. 233 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 2: I completely agree. A couple things stood out to me. 234 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: The intimacy, Like you talked about the way that the 235 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: behind the scenes has given us a look at how 236 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: these players all interact off the court, and then the 237 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: way that they are establishing this new brand of whatever 238 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: team it is that they just created. 239 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: We're seeing them for the first time. 240 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: Talk about like what do we want our fans to 241 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: be called, what's our little like calling card or thing 242 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: that we say if we win a game, how do 243 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: we interact? And how is our team different than the 244 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: other ones? Like all those fun things give us a 245 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: peek inside that makes us more interested in what we're watching. 246 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: And then really impressive to give us a new format 247 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: and have it feel really seamless, to have the rule 248 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: changes feel like they make the game a better watch. 249 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: One free throw worth two points instead of sitting and 250 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: watching someone watch shoot too. 251 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: It keeps it moving, you know. 252 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: The elam ending felt organic, It felt fun, and exciting. 253 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: It felt like the thing that you're excited to see 254 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: at the end of every game. It can be tough 255 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: to introduce people to a new format, new court size, 256 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: new rules, new expectations, and instead, Unrivaled has done such 257 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: a good job along the way of teaching us and 258 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 1: showing us how things are going to go that when 259 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: it or we were ready for it, and even the 260 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: things we weren't ready for or used to yet felt 261 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: really thought out. 262 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: It just felt really smart. 263 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: And sometimes when you see new iterations of things, you're like, Oh, 264 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: they're trying stuff out. 265 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 2: It'll work itself out. We're gonna get to volleyball after this. 266 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: Like the first couple Love games, I was like, these 267 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: camera angles suck. I'm not enjoying this, and they have 268 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: since fixed that. Unrivaled seem to have most of it down, 269 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: except for maybe how long the games are, because I 270 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: noticed that the time slots that they have set on 271 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: television ain't working. That's not gonna have it, bro dudes, 272 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: pranks and jokes is gonna get run into every single 273 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: time or whatever the hell show is scheduled to run after. 274 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 5: Except they have postgame shows I know, and pregame shows. 275 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 2: Which is amazing. What a world. 276 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 7: Yes, Candace in Renee on one panel, I know chef's 277 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 7: kiss no notes. 278 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: Yes, I mean you give me Candace Park and Renee Montgomery. 279 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna listen all day. But shout out to Lauren Jabarro. 280 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: I was not familiar with your work, and I think 281 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: she did a really nice job of setting them up 282 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: and setting up the league. I think it's a really 283 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: fun show. It's a really good pre and post game. 284 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: And then the last thing I'll say is that I 285 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: just in an interview with someone talking about the growth 286 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: of women's sports, and when I was thinking very honestly 287 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: about my own investment, I realized how much my excitement 288 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: about Unrivaled came from my knowledge about Unrivaled because of 289 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: this show, and because of the amount of work we've 290 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: put in since we first heard about it, telling you 291 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: about all the different steps, from the player announcements, to 292 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: the teams, to the rules to everything else. That very 293 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: first day when I sat down to watch it, I 294 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: had so much information about the players and the teams 295 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 1: and everything that it made me really excited. And it's 296 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: such a microcosm for women's sports that if you give 297 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: people the names the stakes, the players, the rules, the backstories. 298 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: All those things. They're going to be fired up for it. 299 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: And there's so many awesome opportunities for us to do 300 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: that with these new leagues or even existing leagues, and 301 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: this show is like, I just like, I'm so grateful 302 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: to this show for giving me the time and making 303 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: it my job to watch and care about this stuff 304 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: instead of a side thing that I used to always do. 305 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: Try trying to follow it along with having to cover 306 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: every other men's sport that I was covering. So I 307 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: just noticed immediately the first day that I was like 308 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: so down for this because I knew so much about it. 309 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: Me should anythink surprise you? 310 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: You know? 311 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 7: The thing that surprised me is not the format, it's 312 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 7: not the rules, it's. 313 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 2: None of that. 314 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 7: It's and I want to be extremely I want to 315 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 7: be extremely clear here. I revere Lisa Leslie. I love 316 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 7: Lisa Leslie. I one of the goats, but if I 317 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 7: had to hear boom boom room one more time, I 318 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 7: was gonna lose it. 319 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 2: I don't think Lisa knows what that's used for. 320 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 6: I don't think. 321 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 7: I don't think she does, and it's not her fault. 322 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 7: It's not her fault, but I hope somebody has told her. 323 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 6: Lisa. 324 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 7: People are interpreting this in a completely different way. And 325 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 7: we did mention that Unrivaled is very gay, so okay, 326 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 7: but also. 327 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh no, I'm not during the game. 328 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: By the way, the night two of Unrivaled, there were 329 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: no boom boom rooms dropped far as I remember, so 330 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: I think someone did get to Lisa and explain to her. 331 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 7: I was just I was just surprised it lasted so long, 332 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 7: agree because I just knew somebody was gonna one of 333 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 7: the researchers gonna be like, hey. 334 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 6: So we're seeing on. 335 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 5: True story. When I was a researcher, I would google 336 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 5: or search on Twitter for the commentator. I was working 337 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 5: with mid broadcast to make sure that there wasn't anything 338 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 5: that was slipping by us. 339 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: That's really smart al so that like if if you 340 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: don't know and they don't know, but a whole bunch 341 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: of other people know, you can whisper in there and 342 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: be like, oh, by the way, mentioned to everyone like 343 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: I'd like to apologize for or I was unaware of, 344 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: or in the future. 345 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 2: I very smart. 346 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: Everyone needs an Alex on their side to just be 347 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: like double checking for all the potential errors. 348 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 6: Thousand and then the other thing. 349 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 7: That didn't necessarily surprise me because I knew that they 350 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 7: both had very strong rookie years, but it surprised me 351 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 7: the prominence in the dominance that they both displayed. 352 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 6: Kate Martin and Rakia. 353 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 7: Jackson people people, we knew that this was gonna be 354 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 7: great for the young players to be competing with the 355 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 7: elite of the elite, the best of the best on 356 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 7: this kind of stage. But they didn't just compete, they excelled. 357 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 7: I thought there were moments where Rakia Jackson looked like 358 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 7: the best player on her team. I thought there were 359 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 7: moments where Kate Martin fit in like a glove with 360 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 7: anybody they put her on the floor with and made 361 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 7: reads on closeouts, which for folks who don't know what 362 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 7: closeouts are, or when you catch the ball and the 363 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 7: defense is running out at you, what decision do you 364 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 7: make as an offensive player. I thought her decision making 365 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 7: was excellent on and off the ball. So not necessarily 366 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 7: surprised by that, But I hope other people are really 367 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 7: paying attention to what they're doing and the rest of 368 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 7: the rookiesing young players as well. 369 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: I was not surprised by Jewel Lloyd and Kalia Kopper, 370 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: both of whom I was so fired up to watch 371 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: in this and who came through as expected. 372 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: Same with Skyler Diggens. 373 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: You and I mentioned that like, it's gonna go off 374 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be dramatic and fun to watch when 375 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: it does. I honestly was surprised that my Phantom team 376 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: looks so trash. 377 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 5: Now, I'll tell you what, but the system we used 378 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 5: was official, Sarah. 379 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: I'm not going back on it. I love my squad. 380 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: I'm giving them some time to get it together. I 381 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: don't think so too Sobbly it's going to be, you know, 382 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: putting up eleven every game. I think she could do better. 383 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: I want to see Marina Maybury out there. She did 384 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: not play, and there were some concerns about both health 385 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: illness and physical health like injuries heading into that game. 386 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: There were a lot of jokes about the whole team 387 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,719 Speaker 1: eating Marina's food and getting bubble guts and her just 388 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: taking out the team with whatever. That weird bow tie 389 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: shrimp chicken pasta business that looked like Croston Flakes. 390 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 6: Was the mac and cheese she may look fire. That's 391 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 6: what I saw. 392 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: Her second round looked good, and I would like to 393 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: think that future efforts from Marina defeed her team will 394 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: not result in them getting blown the fuck out. But 395 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: that was a terrible start, and I'm enthusiastic and optimistic. 396 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: My concern is mainly my concern during our draft, which 397 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: was I want to see how Britain deals with that 398 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: up and back and having to be mobile in a 399 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: way that like, if you can use her the right 400 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: way and get her dominant inside, she'll be helpful, but 401 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: she also might result in a lot of mismatches and 402 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: and also a lot of breakaways that she doesn't get 403 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: back for. So that's my biggest concern with my phantom. 404 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: I did not think that they would get absolutely dusted, 405 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: and they did. 406 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 6: The first blowout and. 407 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: Get it the record books, Yeah, get it out of 408 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: the way. I guess all right, Alex, have you come 409 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: up with any negative feedback by this point? 410 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, it only took me eight minutes, folks. I didn't 411 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 5: realize how small the venue Wayfair was, and I don't 412 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 5: actually have anything necessarily against a small venue, but to me, 413 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 5: the issue with it is that the camera angle you 414 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 5: don't see people behind the player benches. I think maybe 415 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 5: there's one rower too. 416 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: I think there's just a couple for VIPs and then 417 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: the rest of the crowd is all on the other side. 418 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, it gives vibes of like twenty twenty Wobble Season. 419 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 5: The camera angle, it feels like half of the screen 420 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 5: is kind of that empty chunk, and so I just 421 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 5: felt like the visual picture was a little bit off 422 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 5: for me. Once I started paying attention to the basketball, 423 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 5: it went away, but I just was wondering, like, could 424 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 5: they shift the camera angles a little bit to focus 425 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 5: more in on the players as opposed to that empty space. 426 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 2: Real Yeah, I get that. 427 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: It didn't really bother me because I was aware and 428 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: there were enough camera angles that shifted to show that 429 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: there were fans behind both baskets and right on the 430 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: court and behind the benches that couple rows of VIPs 431 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: or whatever. I think you could tell that there were 432 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: fans because the players were looking toward the other side 433 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: of the court, and when the camera flips around to 434 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: show highlights, you could see them. So it didn't really 435 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: bother me, particularly because I think those big led screens 436 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: that they had were pretty beautiful and striking and the 437 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: graphics that they used and the way they like rolled 438 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: it out kind of made for a cool vibe. 439 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 2: But yeah, I could see that anything else. Any complaints 440 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 2: me shrather than our team's not winning. 441 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, my biggest complaint, and it's a complaint that resonates 442 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 7: at every level of basketball, so it's not new. 443 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 6: But the officiating. 444 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 7: Left much to be desired for me because in three 445 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 7: on three basketball, in my. 446 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,239 Speaker 6: Head, you let you let the mothers play. That's how 447 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 6: I feel about it. 448 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 7: I feel as though this is a setting where they 449 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 7: would probably want that to Nobody wants to get hurt, 450 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 7: of course, but let them hoop. Let's not give them 451 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 7: the same guardrails that I feel like the WNBA and 452 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 7: other leagues sometimes can It's okay if things get a 453 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 7: little chippy. It's it's sport, just okain. Safety is is 454 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 7: first and foremost, But let them hoop and shoutouts. 455 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 2: So you want to European European style a. 456 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: Little bit closer to that coach we always hear about 457 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: from the players. 458 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 2: Is they talk about it? 459 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 7: Yes, they talk about it because they they're capable of that. 460 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 7: And I think the more that we show folks who 461 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 7: are tuning in whether they be casual fans who are 462 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 7: just getting hit to women's basketball or folks who've been 463 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 7: around for a. 464 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 6: While, like, we want to see that. 465 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 7: That's just it speaks to the athletes that they are 466 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 7: and shout out to slice Amanda Marquez who hopped on 467 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 7: Instagram Live. I was on Instagram Live for all of 468 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 7: five minutes that second game on Friday night, just. 469 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 6: To see, you know, folks wanted to kick it and watch. 470 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 7: And she mentioned the same thing that it felt like 471 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 7: in some games at the start they were letting them hoop, 472 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 7: and then it got we're calling tickie tag fouls. I 473 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 7: just want to balance so that the players know what 474 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 7: to expect, Yeah, so that the coaches know what to expect, 475 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 7: and so that the. 476 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 6: Viewers know what to expect. 477 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: But if there's a bad call, we do get Skyler 478 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: Diggens doing the bunny hop. I don't know if y'all 479 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: saw that highlight, but if you didn't, go find Skyler's 480 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: reaction to a call she didn't like. 481 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 7: But the other thing we also got was long reviews, 482 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 7: which I also hope can be nipped in the bud 483 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 7: because again pace of play, but also pace of you know, 484 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 7: the run of show and all those things, but all 485 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 7: in although I still got to give unrival like a 486 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 7: nine point nine point seventy five out of ten for 487 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 7: your first weekend. 488 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: Congrats Unrivaled on a tremendous debut weekend. And shout out 489 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: to the fandom ghost gang. The Ghosties. Hang in there, y'all. 490 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna be okay. Okay, you're gonna get your shout 491 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: outs when we get our first win. 492 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 7: All right, Rose, we gone bloom too. Don't you worry 493 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 7: about it? Oh, you worry about it. 494 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 6: It was cute, wasn't it. Yeah, this is cute. 495 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you took two l's, but you still have 496 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: time to belie. Okay, that's all I'm saying. 497 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 6: As of the time we recorded this episode, of the 498 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 6: time we. 499 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: Recorded this episode, you've taken two el's. 500 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: That's fine. Time to grow. Okay. 501 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: Next topic, we mentioned last week that there is allegedly 502 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: a new volleyball league joining the existing professional women's volleyball leagues, 503 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: called Major League Volleyball, and our response was, Okay, like, 504 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: we're usually pretty fired up about new professional women's leagues, 505 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: but we're just trying to figure out where there is space, 506 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: where there is coverage. Where are the journalists to tell 507 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: us about and report on this league? Where's the funding, 508 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: where's the investment? Where are the players? Like, are they 509 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: all going to eat each other up instead of some 510 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: of these folks that are passionate about this coming together 511 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: and trying to create one, maybe two, preferably one really 512 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: great league with all the best talent. And Haley Washington, 513 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: a professional player for love volleyball, not only read our 514 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: minds in terms of our concerns, but brought some serious 515 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: sass in a post about the news of the new league. 516 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: She wrote on Instagram, build your own pro volleyball league. 517 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: This just in coming year, a brand new professional women's 518 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: volleyball league, the superlative synonym for pro volleyball league with 519 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: key investors like TikTok, influencer, random pop celebrity, a volleyball 520 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: player important enough to make this seem legit, launching in 521 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: cities like Midwest City and nickname of a city. 522 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: Why support when you can compete? 523 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: Another superlative coming soon sponsored by RPDWSTM rich people disenfranchising 524 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: women's sports. Look out WNBA, You're next. So safe to 525 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: say She's not a fan of the announcement She had 526 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: a couple fun, sort of mad libs style posts where 527 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: people filled in you know, these superlatives, TikTok influencers, names 528 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 1: of cities to create their own league, and y'all, I mean, 529 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: I can't blame her. I understand that if you are 530 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: already money invested, plans made, you know, diving into this, 531 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: it is very hard to see other people beat you 532 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 1: to the punch and get things up and running. But 533 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: when that happens, don't you have to revisit your plans 534 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: and figure out if you can join. As opposed to, to 535 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: her point, competing, you're not supporting women's volleyball if you're 536 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: adding another competitor unless there's something we're missing, and we 537 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: do not have a lot of information about this Major 538 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: League Volleyball league. But unless there's something we're missing, it 539 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: sure doesn't feel like it's bringing something new, different, better, 540 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: and if anything, it's just going to take away attention 541 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: and money from the leagues that are already trying to 542 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 1: make it. Alex, I know you did a little bit 543 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: of research on this, so tell me what you found 544 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: out about Major League volleyball and also how it fits 545 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: into the mix with PVF Love Au Volleyball, and I 546 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: don't know are there other leagues were missing? 547 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 5: So big picture here? What are the things to know 548 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 5: about this new Major League Volleyball Is that the first 549 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 5: team in it is a team that already exists in 550 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 5: the PVF, the Omaha team. So the Omaha team would 551 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 5: be leaving the PVF and enjoining MLV. Next thing to note, 552 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 5: there has already been an MLV. There was a semi 553 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 5: pro women's league that existed from nineteen eighty seven to 554 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 5: nineteen eighty nine with the same name. This one's totally unrelated, 555 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 5: but just reminds me of acronym soup like in women's hockey, 556 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 5: where we are seeing the same acronyms used over and 557 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 5: over again because there have been so many leagues and 558 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 5: iterations that they have run out of new ideas. So 559 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 5: we have this landscape with potentially four leagues. I don't 560 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: really know what to make of it. On the one hand, 561 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,199 Speaker 5: I think in the last five years or so we 562 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 5: have seen a fantastic change in the women's sports landscape, 563 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 5: which is that investors are no longer in it for charity. 564 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 5: They're no longer in it because they have a daughter 565 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 5: who they want to help inspire and show her that 566 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 5: there's a path for women to compete in the sport. 567 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 5: We also have a landscape where investors are looking to 568 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 5: make money. 569 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: Now, I think we. 570 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 5: All know that a lot of leagues, a lot of teams, 571 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 5: you're not making money those first few years. You are 572 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: investing with the idea of making money down the road. 573 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 5: And so on the one hand, there is a competitive 574 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 5: financial marketplace here, and so to say support, don't compete 575 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 5: is to ignore that reality of like, we do want 576 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 5: it to be a financial investment. At the same time, 577 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 5: someone is going to emerge as the winner down the road, 578 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 5: and so right now it feels like the stakes are 579 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 5: rising to jockey and gain position. 580 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and like you said, there are benefits to competition. 581 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: It makes salaries go up, It increases a drive toward 582 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: investment and resources, and it makes it important to get 583 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: the right TV deals and grab the best players and 584 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: give them incentive to choose you. But it also dwindles 585 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: the pool of total money that goes to the players 586 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: that are the best. It bifurcates our attention and our interest. 587 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: For instance, we've seen a lot of great publicity around Love. 588 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: They've done a good job of telling us who they are, 589 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 1: their build up. They also have this incredible massive youth 590 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: system that's built, so it's a massive organization beyond just 591 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: the pro side, and that makes it easy for us 592 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: to say, oh, this looks like a thing that's putting 593 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: a lot of money behind. This has great investors, can 594 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: be watched on ESPN, etc. Whereas PVF I'm not quite 595 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: as familiar with. They haven't done as good of a 596 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: job of breaking through mainstream to get us to understand 597 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: their model, their teams, et cetera. Au volleyball has existed 598 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: for a couple of years, they have that different individual 599 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: and team model that's part of a larger athletes unlimited 600 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: organization that we're familiar with. MLV stepping into a crowded 601 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: space and will have to separate itself somehow, And it 602 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: just feels like to me, to your point, the competition 603 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: can raise everybody's level, but some of these people have 604 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: to drop off sooner rather than later so that they 605 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: don't take everyone down with them. 606 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 5: I think we've honestly already seen it with the PVF 607 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 5: salaries in the PVF rose this year, and I would 608 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 5: say that in some ways, they're probably artificially inflated that 609 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 5: the players that are playing in that league. If there 610 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 5: was only one league, those players would not be making 611 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 5: nearly as much as they currently are. But the league 612 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 5: raise salaries in order to try to attract more better 613 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 5: players that are marketable, and in large part that didn't succeed. 614 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 5: When you look at the US Olympic roster from this 615 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 5: last summer, the team that won silver, they are either 616 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 5: playing with love or they are overseas. And so I'm 617 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 5: curious about why someone thinks that they might be able 618 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,239 Speaker 5: to win the best players in the world with this 619 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 5: new iteration a volleyball. 620 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 2: I mean shit, you got I mean just that. 621 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 7: My initial thought was exactly what you open. This part 622 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 7: of the conversation with Sarah is what is the intention? 623 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 7: Is the intention to be able to look back and 624 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 7: say I did this, I was the one that made 625 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 7: the league, or we were the one who made the 626 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 7: league and satisfy your pride and your ego, or is 627 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 7: it the growth of the game as a whole and 628 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 7: the viability of a professional league in the United States 629 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:24,959 Speaker 7: in the long term? 630 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 2: Full stop? 631 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 7: I agree that the sooner that folks start to communicate 632 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 7: and collaborate on a single thing, the better it'll be. 633 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 7: That's not to say there can't be something happened in 634 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 7: one portion of the year and something else happening in another. 635 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 6: Portion of the year. 636 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 7: When Hayley's post pointed to the WNBA, for me, that's 637 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 7: kind of what we're moving towards, and so I think that's, 638 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 7: you know, a viable option in the long term. But 639 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 7: I just don't I hope that the folks who are 640 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 7: in the decision making positions are asking themselves that question first, like, 641 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 7: is our intention about the game as a wh whole 642 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 7: or is our intention about making us money over here 643 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 7: and you know, being. 644 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 6: Able to say that we did it. 645 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 7: I think that's a question a lot of folks who 646 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 7: get into the sports space need to ask themselves, especially 647 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 7: in the women's sports space. 648 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 2: I agree with that. 649 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: I just want to point out though, that as women's 650 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: sports continue to become more of an economic opportunity and 651 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: not a cause or something that is about supporting and promoting, 652 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: we do have to reconcile that you can both be 653 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: mission focused and capital focused. 654 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 2: Right. 655 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: We don't need to demand that everybody who wants to 656 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,719 Speaker 1: get in the women's sports space is doing it for 657 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: good reasons because we don't demand that in the men's 658 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: sports space. 659 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 2: We just know that it's a place that people make money. 660 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 7: Is that something we should change? Are we okay with 661 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 7: that on the men's side. 662 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's great, but in a capitalist society, 663 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: and when we demand the things that we want to 664 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: see in women's sports, we're demanding them in part because 665 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: we understand that we operate in a capitalist society and 666 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: it hasn't worked for women's sports to be a cause. 667 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: It has to be about the numbers too, if we 668 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: want to grow in the way that we've seen other 669 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: sports grow. Now that's not to say I want people 670 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: getting involved purely for the money who don't care about 671 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: the end product or the players. I'm just saying that 672 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: it is maybe a little pollyanna ish to expect that 673 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: these folks who probably have a ton of money and 674 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: time sunk in this, will just say this could be bad, 675 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: let's stop. What instead should be the recognition that both 676 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: it will be bad for the sport, the players and 677 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: the industry, and also will not make the money because 678 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: now it's way too crowded of a marketplace and they 679 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: won't be able to separate themselves. I want to see 680 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: people who both are doing the right thing for women's 681 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: sports and supporting and promoting the players and the economy 682 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: of it, and also are doing it in a way 683 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: that will make the money, because that's how the league 684 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: stay alive and the players continue to get to get 685 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: paid to play. 686 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Well, if anyone knows anything. 687 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: About MLV, shoot is a message, tell us what the 688 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: fuck is up? Literally, if you got a good mad libs, 689 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: fill out that mad lib that Haley Washington posted on 690 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: her Instagram and send us your best version. By the way, 691 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: Haley was just on Carrie Champions podcast on January eighteenth. 692 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: Great conversation. Check it out Naked Sports with Carrie Champion. 693 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: That's another show right here on the Iheartwomen's Sports Network. 694 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: You can listen to Carrie's long interview with Haley. All Right, 695 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: finally we got to discuss the Minnesota Aurora FC. 696 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 2: We dropped that on y'all on Friday. 697 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: Don't worry, We're gonna give you a whole bunch more 698 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: information on why we're investing, why we're asking you to 699 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: get involved, what to expect. We're gonna have some interviews 700 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: with one of the heads over there and a former 701 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: player and just give you everything you need to know 702 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: as to why you'd want to get involved with the Aurora. 703 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: But big ups to the slices who have already emailed 704 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: us with their ownership receipts and are already on board. 705 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: Andrea Megan g Aaron Michelle Megan h Matt Stacy, Hadley Collin. 706 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: There's a bunch of you. We appreciate your messages, keep 707 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: them come in and don't forget. Every slice who buys 708 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: a Slice of the Aurora, we'll get a special hat 709 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: commemorating our collab with them, and you could only get 710 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: the hat if you're an owner, So send us a 711 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: receipt of your ownership purchase along with your name and 712 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: address and you'll be in no timeline yet on the hats. 713 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 2: I'm working on it, but that will be come in 714 00:32:59,280 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 2: your way. 715 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: And yeah, I just wanted to talk with Big Citrus 716 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: about this investment. 717 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 2: I'm just excited about the idea of having. 718 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: A little team for the show where we'll be checking 719 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: in on how they're doing, finding out about some of 720 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 1: their players and their biggest games, their mascot, y'all, their 721 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: mascot is Rory the Aurora Saurus, and it is a 722 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: giant teal dinosaur. And you know, I am literally obsessed 723 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: already the Aurora Saurus. 724 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 2: I couldn't be more in and. 725 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,239 Speaker 1: I just love the idea of checking in. Also, like, 726 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: without even meaning to, we've bandwagon a winner. This team 727 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: has never lost the game, like we just wanted to 728 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: support them, and unlike my phantom, we got ourselves a winner. 729 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 2: Y'all. Yeah, yeah, it's super cool. 730 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 7: The mascot is easily the I won't say the best 731 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 7: because Ellie exists, but you. 732 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 2: Know, and. 733 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 7: Benny, Okay, that's I'm gonna let you I'm not even 734 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 7: I'm not even involved on that one, but we know 735 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 7: Sarah loves Benny. The mascot reminds me of the dragon 736 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 7: from dragon Tails. Yes, yes, the dragon from dragon Tails, 737 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 7: and it warms my heart. 738 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 6: It touches a special place in my heart. 739 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 7: But the thing that I think is the coolest is 740 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 7: from all the people who have emailed us telling us, oh, yeah, 741 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 7: by the way, I already invested in these months ago, 742 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 7: will we lay to the party? 743 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 6: Are bad? Like theists on top of it? That was 744 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 6: so crazy to me. 745 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was really cool. 746 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: We got a handful of slices that were like, hey, 747 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: can we still get the hat if we already invested 748 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: several months ago? 749 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 2: And I'm like, hell, yeah, you can. That's so rad. 750 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,720 Speaker 1: I think I mentioned this last week, but the Northern 751 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 1: lights have been elusive to me. There were many nights 752 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: last summer where Chicago had these freak occurrences of northern 753 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: lights that never happened here, and everyone that I fucking 754 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: know saw them. 755 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 2: And I drove to a. 756 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: Night SkyPark that supposedly like registered as one of the 757 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 1: darkest areas an hour away from Chicago, I drove to 758 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: the I drove like all these places that I didn't 759 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: freaking see them. 760 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 2: I went to Iceland and I didn't see them. So 761 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 2: you know what, if I got to buy my way. 762 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: Into the northern lights for now until the universe and 763 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: Mother Nature wants to gift me with the real thing, 764 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. 765 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 6: Uh, but if you could ghost it by a natural phenomenon. 766 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:16,719 Speaker 3: I know. 767 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: I got earthquakes when I lived in LA didn't want 768 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: any of those. I'm hidden in the crawl space due 769 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: to alleged tornadoes coming all the way to Chicago. No 770 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,439 Speaker 1: thank you, ma'am, but I can't get a freaking Northern light. 771 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: No anyway, jump in, get involved. It feels so good 772 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: to put your money where your mouth is when it 773 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 1: comes to women's sports and to just you know, have 774 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: a team that we're gonna follow along with and root for. 775 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: I do need to tell Salmon Bay FC that I'm 776 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: not cheating on you and your crest that I want 777 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: to live in. 778 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 2: You're my side piece, Salmon Bay, Okay. 779 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 1: And if I get out there to the beautiful place 780 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: of teal waters and mountains with a beautiful salmon colored 781 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: sky that you have in your crest, I'm gonna make 782 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: that my home too. 783 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 2: Okay, just putting that out there. I don't want anyone 784 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 2: to think I'm gonna be a one team kind of woman. 785 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 2: All Right, We got to take a break. 786 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,719 Speaker 1: When we come back, We're maricondoing the gout A twenty 787 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: twenty five. 788 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 2: Welcome back. We love that you're. 789 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: Listening, but we want you to get in the game 790 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: every day too. So here's our good game play of 791 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: the day. Invest in the Aurora, send us those receipts, 792 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: or you could just follow them on social and get 793 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,600 Speaker 1: familiar with the team at mn Aurora FC on Instagram, 794 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: Blue Sky and Twitter. Like we said, if you can't 795 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 1: afford to invest right now, you could still be a 796 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: part of the fun and follow along. You could still 797 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,440 Speaker 1: love Rory the Aurora Sourus. You could still get on 798 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: board with the Northern Lights. So if you can and 799 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: you have the means, invest and join us. Otherwise, just 800 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: give them a follow. We always love to hear from you. 801 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: Hit us up on email, good game at wondermedianetwork dot com, 802 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: or leave us a voicemail at eight seven two two 803 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,320 Speaker 1: oh four fifty seventy. 804 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 2: And don't forget to subscribe. Rate and review. 805 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: It's so easy watch doing a chore or project you've 806 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:10,720 Speaker 1: been putting off. Rating five out of five Cozy Booknooks review. 807 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: This is your sign right now to do that little 808 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: project or cleanup you've been putting off for months, maybe 809 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: even putting off for years. This past weekend, I finally 810 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 1: organized and cleaned up the book nook in my bedroom 811 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: so I can actually find books on my shelves faster, 812 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: and so I can actually use the daybed to sit 813 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,799 Speaker 1: and read instead of using it to store boxes of 814 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: crap that I've been putting off. Going through fun fact, 815 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: for everyone, that box of stuff that's sitting in the corner, 816 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: it's been there so long that it's basically a piece 817 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: of furniture to you, it's just a box. To everyone else. 818 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: You know, when they come to your house, they can 819 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 1: see it, right, they can see the box. Go get 820 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: it and clean it out and keep whatever, Toss whatever, 821 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: donate to what you need to do. That closet of 822 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: clothes that you don't wear. Throw on a great podcast 823 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: series or an audiobook and get in there and start cleaning. 824 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,879 Speaker 1: If you haven't worn stuff in years, somebody else will, 825 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,120 Speaker 1: so box it up, throw it in your car, give 826 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: yourself a week deadline to donate it. Put a little 827 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 1: reminder on your phone after a week that shit's got 828 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: to be donated. Research has actually shown that living in 829 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: a cluttered environment increases stress, and that clutter can make 830 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: it difficult to focus on a particular task. 831 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 2: We know this. 832 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 1: Walking past like a freshly cleaned living room or a 833 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,319 Speaker 1: kitchen or whatever. It literally makes me feel lighter. When 834 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,439 Speaker 1: I walk past my booknook the last couple of days, 835 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: I like literally felt joy looking at it. So get 836 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: to it. Carve out a couple hours and just finally 837 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: do that thing. And if the thing you're putting off 838 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: actually takes just minutes, do it right now. This podcast 839 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:32,799 Speaker 1: is over in one minute. When we're done, just go 840 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,400 Speaker 1: do it. It'll feel so good to cross it off 841 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: the to do list. Now it's your turn. Rate and review. 842 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 1: Scroll down to the stars, hit five and leave us 843 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,479 Speaker 1: a nice review. Thanks for listening, See you tomorrow. Good 844 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: Game Dot's daily Good Game Pagebeckers Hugh, the Koreta Scott 845 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,799 Speaker 1: King classic Getting Bumped by the Inauguration. 846 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 2: Now that's dope. By the way, we use a lot of. 847 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: Today, but I think you can recognize why we were 848 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: recording this the night of January twentieth. Good Game with 849 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: Sarah Spain is an iheartwomen's sports production in partnership with 850 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 1: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. 851 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,319 Speaker 2: You can find us on the. 852 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 853 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: Production by Wonder Media Network, our producers are Alex Azzie 854 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,760 Speaker 1: and Misha Jones. Our executive producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, 855 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rudder. Our editors are Emily Rutterer, 856 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: Britney Martinez, and Grace Lynch. Our associate producer is Lucy Jones, 857 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,760 Speaker 1: and I'm your host Sarah Spain.