1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: The volume. What is going on everybody? How are we doing? 2 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: John middlecop three our podcast? If we're having a beautiful 3 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: Friday and have a good weekend, wanted to do a podcast. 4 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: We got a lot going on. Shador Sanders screaming down 5 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: the road getting a ticket, everyone freaking out. You need 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: to relax a little bit. Rogers once said it R 7 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: E l A X. I will dive into that situation. 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: Is the next commissioner of the NFL running the PGA 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Tour and the Lakers sell for ten billion dollars. So 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: some thoughts overall on just sports valuations and uh why 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: I think we over complicate some things when it comes 12 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: to winning and losing. Uh Fugazi Fugazi Friday. I watched 13 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: a documentary on Netflix. It just made me shake my head. 14 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: So we'll dive into that. I was gonna do a 15 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: mail bag, but somehow your boy has like a wicked 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 1: like head cold and I don't know science infection or something, 17 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: but my voice I don't think is really working. So 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: I will save that for next week. I'll record, I'll 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: do something on Sunday for a Monday, for sure, So 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: no mail bag today was kind of keep a shorter pod. 21 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: But other than that, you guys know the DRW If 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: you listen on Collins Feed, make sure you subscribe to 23 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: three and Out. We got a bunch of videos on YouTube, 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: obviously the Schneider interview, so go check that out. But 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: before we dive into football, you know, I gotta tell 26 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: you about my friends, my partners in the official ticketing 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: app of this podcast. Game and I'm best in the business. 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: Do you want to go to an event? 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I didn't want 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: to start with you do or Sanders now before we 48 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: dive into the ticket incident. Overall, I don't think it's 49 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: gonna work. Not because I liked him as a player. 50 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: I thought he was like a top fifty pick in 51 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: most drafts. But I will bet against people going to 52 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: the Browns. Not because I don't think their coach is 53 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: not good. I think Stefanski is good. I think their 54 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: GM is clearly a dynamic, smart guy, but their owner's 55 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: nuts and he's proven it. And it's not like a 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: cheap He's spent more cash over the last thing four 57 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: or five years than any team in the NFL. It's 58 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: not like he lacks money. I think he's one of 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: the richer guys in the league, but he's proven over 60 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: and over that he gets in the way of progress. 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: And anytime you're the boss, whether it's you're the dad 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: in a home, whether you're the boss of a mom 63 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: and pop shop, whether you're someone like Jimmy Haslam and 64 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: you own an NFL team, you can do whatever you want. 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: And at any moment, when the GM and the coach 66 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: go we just drafted Dylan Gabriel in the third round, 67 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: he goes, I want you to draft him in the 68 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: fifth round. So it's just it's a bizarre place, it 69 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: really is. So I don't think it's gonna work, because 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: most things don't work in Cleveland when Jimmy Haslam has 71 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: been in control. But when it comes to the situation 72 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 1: of getting pulled over to one hundred miles an hour, 73 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: I saw Coward go on like, I'm out right judgments 74 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: a huge thing when it comes to quarterbacks. Coward, I'm 75 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna see him next week. That his big deal was 76 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: always you know, the backward half thing, and you know, 77 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: a lot of younger people always laughed at that. I 78 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: was in Tahoe a month ago and I was playing 79 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: golf with this guy who owns a construction company, really 80 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: high level, impressive, successful guy. And when I told him that, 81 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: you know, I work with Colin and do the volume 82 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: and everything. The first thing that came up was the 83 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: backwards half thing and how he loved that take. And 84 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: this was a guy probably fifty five plus, and that's 85 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: something that resonates with older people. Well, doing one hundred 86 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: miles an hour. When I was a kid, and I 87 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: was born in eighty four, so I got my license 88 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: late nineties, maybe two thousand or ninety nine. If I 89 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: would have got pulled over doing one hundred miles an hour, 90 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: my dad would have beat the shit out of me. 91 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: That was the day and age when you know you 92 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: could lay hands to children. I don't think that's quite 93 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: allowed anymore. But I grew up on cars like most 94 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: people my age and definitely older, that when you hit 95 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: about eighty miles an hour, the entire car rattled nless 96 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: you had like a Corvette or a Ferrari or something. 97 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: If you're driving a Ford, Bronco, a suburban, a van, 98 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: you get to eighty, you felt it. So when you've 99 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: told someone when I was a kid you were doing 100 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: one hundred miles an hour, that would have been like 101 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: telling someone you knew someone with a million dollars cash. 102 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: It was like, damn, that's incredibly fast. And I told 103 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: the story when I went to Reno and I rented 104 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: that Tesla and I drove the thing around and I've 105 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: been telling everyone since I can't get over how fast 106 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: the fucking car is. That if I own that car 107 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: and I had a sixteen year old, there is no 108 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: chance I would let him drive that car. He would 109 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: kill himself because I know at sixteen, when I drove 110 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: a Ford Explorer that I would say, once you went 111 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: above seventy, the whole thing shook, rattled and rolled, and 112 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: You're like, is this isn't gonna blow up when I'm 113 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: on the middle, when I'm in the middle of the freeway, 114 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: And I think most people listening to this, if you're 115 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: of a certain age, you couldn't dream of going one 116 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: hundred miles and ninety percent of the cars now basically 117 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: any new car, and I'm not even talking Tesla's. I'm 118 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: talking for trucks. My mom has like an SUV Lexus 119 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: that's probably four or five years old. I drove that 120 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: thing to Tahoe a couple of years ago, and I 121 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: remember going ninety miles an hour, thinking, God, this is 122 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: really smooth. You don't even realize how fast you are going. 123 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: And that number resonates with older people when one hundred 124 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: miles an hour now speed isn't relative, right, one hundred 125 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: miles an hour in twenty twenty five is the same 126 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: speed as it was in nineteen forty. The difference is 127 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: the ability to get to those speeds in all these 128 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: new cars. Like, I'm gonna give him a little bit 129 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: of the benefit of the doubt. Now, if you want 130 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: to be critical, I'd be a hypocrite. Like young people 131 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: go out, stay up late at night, fun shit happens. Then, 132 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: I mean I would be a raging hypocrite if I like, 133 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: why aren't you in bed at twelve thirty at night? 134 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: Like at twenty two, twenty three, twenty four years old, 135 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: I was up a lot of the time too, and 136 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I didn't have a lot of money. If you gave 137 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: me a lot of money and a lot of free time, 138 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: I didn't have a job, nothing to do for the summer, 139 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: I would be out rocking and rolling too. But I 140 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: think people being critical of the speed it's easy to 141 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,239 Speaker 1: be because that number still resonates with a certain demo. 142 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: I just think anyone with a newer car can relate, like, 143 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy to hit that speed now and not 144 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: realize it. How often when you get a new car, 145 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: or if you drive a new car, because you're running 146 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: that car and you're with your wife, you're with your friend, 147 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: they go, man, you need to slow down, and you 148 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: look you like, I didn't even realize I was going 149 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: that fast. So I think a lot of people are 150 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: gonna have takes like this is crazy. This is a reflection. 151 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people in souped up cars now. Listen, 152 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: there is a line. You know, Henry Ruggs just gave 153 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: a speech at some prison thing that he killed someone 154 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: doing one hundred and fifty miles an hour. And I'm 155 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: pro you know, people having their ability to do what 156 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: they want. Buy a car. I'm as pro gun as 157 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: any young person in media. I'll promise you that. But 158 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: there are certain things that you should be trained for. 159 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in that. And there are certain 160 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: cars that I'm sorry, a twenty five year old, a 161 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: sixty year old, I don't give a shit how old 162 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: you are, you should have to take some training to 163 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: get behind the wheel of that bad boy has too 164 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: much power. If you're not Dale Earnhard Junior, if you're 165 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: not Lewis Hamilton, like you shouldn't be able to drive 166 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: this thing, but like he's driving a supercharged ram truck. 167 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 1: A lot of people have those trucks. They haul ass, 168 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: and a lot of cars now haul ass and getting 169 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: to one hundred miles an hour is pretty easy to do. 170 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: So when I see him say like, I didn't even 171 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: realize I was going that fast, I actually think it's 172 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: pretty believable. I do that shit all the time. Now. 173 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: Do I think this is a reflection of a decision maker, 174 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: I don't do. I think he's going to be a 175 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: good quarterback for the Browns. I don't because most people 176 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: are not. It took Joe Flacco having a little short run. 177 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: They ran Baker Mayfield out of town. Now he's the 178 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: top ten quarterback after they drafted the number one overall. 179 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: So I would just bet against the brown situation. But 180 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: I think everyone overblowing one hundred miles an hour like 181 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: that was way crazier when I was young. I don't 182 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: think one hundred miles an hour given these cars that 183 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: are on the road right now. I think you, especially 184 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: younger people, be surprised how often people go way faster 185 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: than they even realize they're going. There was a moment 186 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: that happened this week with the PGA Tour that I 187 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: think has big implications to the NFL. I'd never heard 188 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: of this guy. Now, I'm not super locked into who 189 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: Roger Goodell's team is, right Like, you could ask me 190 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: who are the coordinators for basically every team in the league. 191 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: I couldn't get all the special teams coaches, but I 192 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: get the OC's and DC's probably of ninety percent of 193 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: the league. In hell, I could give a lot of 194 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: like position coaches. When it came like who are Roger 195 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: Gazelle's top three henchmen, I have no clue. Well, it 196 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: turns out Brian Rollap was a very very important guy 197 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: for Roger Goodell in the NFL, and he was just 198 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: hired to be the CEO of the PGA Tour and 199 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: before it was called the commissioner, but for tax purposes, 200 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: they had to change because of this live thing and 201 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: a lot of different variables that I don't even understand. 202 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: I honestly don't even care. But he's officially been named 203 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: the CEO. And when you go to Brian Rollapp's LinkedIn page, 204 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: do you know what you see? You see a very 205 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: very ambitious person and do you know what ambitious people do. 206 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: They try to climb that ladder, and when they feel 207 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: stuck on that ladder, they will do anything in their 208 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: power to get to that next rung. And Roger Goodell's 209 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: sixty six years old, and it came out I think 210 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: over the course of the Tush Push Owners meetings that 211 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: like some people internally are like Roger, we need you 212 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: to kind of have an answer to when you're gonna retire, 213 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: and kind of the pushback was like, I'm not plan 214 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: on going anywhere. Don't totally blame I've been making sixty 215 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: five million dollars a year. He probably he has a 216 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: position that I don't know. It's definitely like a top 217 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: ten CEO, commissioner, whatever, you know, that role, someone that 218 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: doesn't actually own the thing in American business. I mean, 219 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: the guy's a member at Augusta National. I mean, he's 220 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: kind of a big deal with his position, and I 221 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: wonder if you're Brian Rolapp and you want that job. 222 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: And for the last I think decade plus, he has 223 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: been in charge of the media slash business rights and 224 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: he was a key guy in negotiating the last television 225 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: deal that obviously has given historic returns, and he would 226 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: have been the guy to negotiate this next television deal. 227 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: And who knows, maybe he's back in the mix in 228 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine when it's time to negotiate that deal. 229 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: Because Brian Rolapp knows this. If you want to get 230 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: a girl to like you, bring another girl around. She'll 231 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: show more interest. I promise. If you want to raise 232 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: have another company offer you a job, and you'll find 233 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: out how much the company you work with likes you, 234 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: and if they do, how much they're willing to pay 235 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: for your services. So Brian Rolapp, by all accounts, and 236 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: I've listened to some golf podcasts on this, A lot 237 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: of people in the golf world in that kind of 238 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: the main crew of the Tiger Woods and the Jay Monahans, 239 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: and I don't even count him, but you know, Arthur 240 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: Blank and some of these other venture capitals, they didn't 241 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: even know if he was going to accept their job. 242 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: So this was like a long, full court press to 243 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: try to land this individual to run the business operations 244 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: for golf. And if he proves, because listen, when I've 245 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: been lucky enough to know a lot of these coaches 246 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: and guys that are coordinators and then become head coaches. 247 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: And the one thing they'll say is like, I want 248 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: to run my own operation. I want to show everyone 249 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: that I can do it. It's why position coaches take 250 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: coordinator jobs, like wait, you just left being the running 251 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: back coach or wide receiver coach. For Andy Reid to 252 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: take the coordinator job for the worst team in the NFL, 253 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, I want to be a coordinator. I 254 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: want to show that I can call plays, and if 255 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: I do a good job, I will become a head coach. 256 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: And every single time, for the most part, like Ben 257 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: Johnson last year when he hung up on the Washington 258 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: Commanders as they were flying, like that's an outlier situation. 259 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: Most guys jump at opportunities and they become a head 260 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: coach immediately when that opportunity or coordinator presents itself. It's 261 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: no different in the corporate world. And so when you 262 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: see Brian Rollapp take this job, he knows if you 263 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: can fix Golf's problems, not just unify them, but expand 264 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: their business. And who's he rolling with and rubbing elbows 265 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: with in that business a lot of NFL people. Where 266 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: are probably the majority of NFL owners associated with they're 267 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: probably members of country clubs, and some of the country 268 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: clubs they're members at host these events. So he's going 269 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: to be around them in a different capacity where he's 270 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: in charge, where he's no longer walking into the four 271 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: Seasons in whatever city it's a meeting behind Roger, he's 272 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: not the boss. Tiger Woods stands next to him when 273 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: they're walking into the meeting. So I see this guy. 274 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: If it goes well, he's going to be the next 275 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: commissioner of the NFL. Because he's not a golf guy. 276 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: He doesn't even have a registered handicap. He just admitted 277 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: the other day I play less than ten rounds a year. 278 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: So he's not getting into this because he's some golf junkie. 279 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: He's getting into this to prove like I'm ready for 280 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: the bright lights. And here's the thing with the NFL, 281 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: because I look the last couple commissioners. You know, there 282 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: were basically three over the last seventy years. P Roselle, 283 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: Paul Tagliaboo, and Roger Goodell. Hard to really put anything 284 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,359 Speaker 1: in context with Roselle. Back in the sixties, completely different world. 285 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: Radio and newspapers was much bigger than television. But when 286 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: you go to Tagliaboo. In the late eighties, he was 287 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: the lead lawyer for the NFL, and obviously when Roger 288 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: Goodell was named the commissioner in whatever the mid two thousands, 289 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: he was one of tag Laboo's underlinks. They're not hiring 290 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: from outside, Like when Starbucks needed a new CEO, they 291 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: hired chipotlece That's not happening in the NFL. Too many 292 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: bodies are buried everywhere and there's too much on the line. 293 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: They're not going outside the family. It's kind of like 294 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: the mob. So Brian Rolapp has been in this world 295 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: for twenty years. He kind of in a weird way. Obviously, 296 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: the PGA Tour is a lot different than football, but 297 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: a lot of similar people. The owners are involved, they're 298 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: involved with country clubs and obviously big money people. So 299 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: he's involved when media rights deals, gets to be the 300 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: lead dog on those, and I would expect if all 301 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: goes well, you're looking at the next commissioner of the NFL. 302 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: Whenever Roger Goodell decides to hang him up, probably in 303 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: his early seventies. 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And listen, I would say 360 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: two franchises, you could argue three now with the Dodgers 361 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: are truly like the elite NFL franchises, and that would 362 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: be the Lakers and the Yankees. And I think you 363 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: could factor in the Dodgers now as well, that they 364 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: are the equivalent of the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles, 365 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: the New York Giants, San Francisco forty nine Ers, like 366 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: they are there franchise. I mean, I think Vegas, I 367 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: if Mark Davis decided to sell at this point in time, 368 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: when you factor in the stadium, when you factor in 369 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: the area, would go for a lot despite their lack 370 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: of success. But my point is that the Lakers are 371 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: somewhat of an outlier. I mean, look at the Boston 372 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: Celtics historic franchise went for six billion dollars, which again 373 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: shitload of money. But the Lakers are worth, you know, 374 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: forty percent more and they are so I think a 375 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: lot of conversation in pro sports is like does your 376 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: owner have enough money? And in baseball that really matters. 377 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: I was with a buddy yesterday playing golf on Wednesday 378 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 1: who scouts in Major League Baseball, and it's safe to 379 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: say that the team he works for doesn't spend as 380 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: much as some of the big ducks, and it can 381 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: be frustrating and there are limitations at times, even though 382 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: his team has had success at different points in time. 383 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: But it's he's not competing with the Dodgers and the 384 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: Yankees and the Mets. Right, they're at a huge disadvantage. 385 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: Where in football, the Bengals, if they chose to, they 386 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 1: can give Burrow, they can give Jamar Chase, they can 387 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: give to Higgins, and if they want, they give Trey 388 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 1: Hendrickson one hundred million dollars. They have the money, they're 389 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: just choosing not to. And we can argue till we're 390 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: blue in the face whether that's correct or wrong or whatever. 391 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: But it's not from the lack of cash like the 392 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: Oakland A's or the Tampa bay Rays legitimately don't have 393 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: the money to pay Shoe Heeo Tani like. They do 394 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,239 Speaker 1: not They do not generate that type of revenue, They 395 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,239 Speaker 1: don't have that type cash reserves. They do not have 396 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: they do not have the capability to pay. Where in basketball, 397 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Phoenix Suns or you name 398 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: any team can max out a guy for two hundred 399 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: and fifty million dollars, every single team. So this notion 400 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 1: that the Lakers have been some big disadvantage because the 401 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: Bus family was much more mom and pop. They just 402 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: happened to have this clamorous asset. Well, there's some truth 403 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: to that. I mean, they low balled Tyron Lou once 404 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: upon a time. It hasn't stopped them. They pay as 405 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: I think there was like three or four more teams 406 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: over the last ten years that have paid more in 407 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: luxury tax that they have the money. I heard Brian 408 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: Winhorse say that someone leaked the league's financials to him. 409 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: I kind of vaguely remember this, but he remembers looking 410 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: and seeing that the Lakers in a week made more 411 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: than the Grizzlies did in a year on their television deal. 412 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: So obviously they got revenue platforms. But I think sometimes 413 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: we overcomplicate sports because all I hear is like, to 414 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: look at what the money has done to the Dodgers. Well, yeah, 415 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: they hired Andrew Friedman, who's widely considered one of the 416 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: great baseball executives we've ever seen. Like, how did the 417 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: Cubs and the Red Sox resurrect their franchises? They hired 418 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 1: theo Epstein. I've seen it with the A's they had 419 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: a guy named Billy bean Hell. Look at the Lakers, 420 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,239 Speaker 1: when did they become dominant in their early eighties when 421 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: they hired a guy named Pat Riley and his general 422 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: manager was named Jerry West. And then when they got 423 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: Kobe and Shack, what did they do? They hired Phil Jackson. 424 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: Management has always mattered. Now, if you want to argue 425 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: that management, you know, in any of these sports, especially 426 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: football and basketball, there is no salary cap, so that's 427 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: when you can separate yourself. So I agree with that. 428 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: But you are not winning in sports, whether your owner 429 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: is flushed with cash or whether he's not, if you 430 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: do not have the right people running your teams. Jeffrey 431 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: Lurie is really really rich right now in Philadelphia. The 432 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: Eagles have made a lot of money over the course 433 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: of the Internet era, but especially the last fifteen years. 434 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: Why do you think they've been to three Super Bowls 435 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen. Why do you think they've won two 436 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: of them? They have an elite general manager many would 437 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: consider one of the best gms in the league. Look 438 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: at the Seattle Seahawks. They just had on John Schneider, 439 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: their owner who's passed away now and his daughter's run at. 440 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: Paul Allen was as rich as any. He was, like 441 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: Steve Balmer of the NFL, flush with cash for a 442 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: long time when he owned the team, they weren't that good. Well, 443 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: when did they turn around the franchise when I don't 444 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: know they hired Pete Carroll and John Schneider. I've seen 445 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: it forever with the Raiders. They could never get it 446 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: right and their owner always lacked the funds because a 447 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: lot like the Bus family, they didn't have anything else. 448 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: All they have is the team. And while the team 449 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: does generate them money, they are not flushed with cash 450 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: like they would be with Stan Cronk or know, the 451 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: Glazier family like they just don't have the same amount 452 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: of disposable cash to throw around. There are different levels 453 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: to this, but the Raiders have struggled not because Mark 454 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: Davis has lacked cash because they've hired poorly. I mean 455 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: they hired The reason that John Spytech and Pete Carroll 456 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: are there is because Tom Brady and the crew of 457 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: big money people came in and Mark Davis allows them 458 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: to have a huge influence and before like Antonio Pierce 459 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: was their head coach last year, of course they sucked, 460 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, so I think sometimes we factor in money 461 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: and obviously it matters and having big, great infrastructure and 462 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 1: the best training tables and the best you know jets 463 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: when you're flying around. I understand that. But the Oklahoma 464 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: City Thunder are good because their general manager is elite, 465 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: So if you want to dominate, and the Lakers wanted 466 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: to dominate, and obviously the Bus family was over their 467 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: head because once doctor Buss died, their kids just aren't 468 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: that good at their job, right, even if their heart's 469 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 1: in the right place, even if they love the Lakers, 470 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: they just don't really know what they're doing because knowing 471 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: what you're doing. I mean, we just talked about Jimmy HASLM. 472 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: Jimmy Haslam has unlimited money and it's like he can't 473 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: figure it out. David Tepper same thing, guys, fucking stock 474 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: trading genius and his team has sucked constantly since he 475 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: got the job. Why he can't figure out how to 476 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: hire the right people. And when you do figure out 477 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: how to hire the right people, usually your franchise doesn't 478 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: mean you're gonna dominate, doesn't mean you're gonna become a 479 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: rocket ship, but you're gonna be way better than you were. 480 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: And that's how you win in sports, and that's how 481 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: you up the value of a franchise, because most franchises 482 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: aren't the Lakers, whether they're winning or they're losing. Now 483 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: we can get into a whole different conspiracy theory on 484 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: over the last six months, Lucas trade in the middle 485 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: of the night, Dallas gets their backscratched and gets the 486 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: number one pick, and then sale happens when no one 487 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: saw coming. So who knows. But I think sometimes we 488 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: talk so much money, money, money, money. Let's be real, 489 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: Hire the right GM and coach and you'll win. 490 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: Huh. 491 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: Other than that, I do want to get out of 492 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: here on this fugazi Friday about I can't really relate 493 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: to adrenaline junkies. I don't get I never have felt 494 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: like I want to jump out of a plane and 495 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: go skydiving, never felt like I want to get into 496 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: a cage and swim with great white sharks. There are 497 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: just certain things that I just kind of stay away from. 498 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: But I get it some people get their kind of 499 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: rocks off doing stuff like that, even helicopter skiing and 500 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: just doing crazy stuff. Well, I was watching this documentary 501 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: on Netflix called The Titanic, and it's about that submarine 502 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: that essentially exploded a couple of years ago. Trying to 503 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: look at the Titanic. Remember they couldn't find him forever. 504 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: I get individuals who are a little crazy, like the 505 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: guy that ran this project. His name was like stocked 506 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: in Rush. And this guy was actually in it for 507 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: the wrong reasons. He just he was in it for 508 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: selfish ego reasons, like he wanted to be known as 509 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 1: like a legendary human, like he wanted to be known 510 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: as like an Elon, a Bezos, like a guy that 511 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: everyone had to respect and know and build like this 512 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: billion dollar business. He actually didn't really just do it 513 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: for the pure nature of going really deep underneath the 514 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: sea in a summarine that clearly should never have been 515 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: that deep because it was destined to fail if you 516 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: check out the documentary. But what I do not get 517 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: is why these super rich people want to go on 518 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: these excursions. Like my generation misss space. It is hard 519 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: for me to relate to the guy, even if everyone 520 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: sells me that it's going to be really safe. Bezos Elon, 521 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: whoever get in that spaceship and go up to space, 522 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: Like I don't even need to think about it. It's 523 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: an immediate no no interest. The Titanic thing of these 524 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: rich billionaire guys that a couple of them that got 525 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: in there and see they all died. I don't get 526 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: the need to do this stuff, and especially with technology, 527 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,640 Speaker 1: like can't you just YouTube it? So I just watching 528 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: this thing and listen. I I've always really respected I 529 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: love to swim in pools, really respect the ocean, you know, 530 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: having gone to a school where a lot of surfers, 531 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: because we are basically at cal Pauly, there's basically half 532 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: Northern California, half Southern California. And one thing that binds 533 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 1: that Southern California kind of guy is, especially if you're 534 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: from you know, Newport down to San Diego, it's like 535 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: a love of surfing. They like being in the water. 536 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: And I just like and when you surf, especially up 537 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: at cal Pauly North, like toward the Bay Area, like 538 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: that's one of the great concentrations of great white sharks 539 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: and they are legitimately out there. It's like they don't 540 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: even care. It's like if we see one, we see one. 541 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: I can't even like my heart would be pounding. Obviously, 542 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: surfing is just challenging to begin with. I was like, 543 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: why do you I feel no knee to go out there, 544 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: especially like northern California. The water's fucking freezing. So it's 545 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: like water's freezing. These waves are pretty big, and they're 546 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: just eighteen foot great white sharks under me with seals 547 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: swimming around that are essentially like you know, their they're 548 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: Filet Mignon swimming around my heir. I count me out. 549 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: I just don't quite understand these adrenaline junkies that need 550 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: to do this stuff. I can't even begin to relate. 551 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: And you know, watching this special, I mean it was 552 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: kind of it was kind of riveting just because how 553 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: crazy this guy was. But man, just sad deal. Welcome 554 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: to Chasing Challenges, brought to you by Microsoft in the NFL. 555 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: Just like in the business world, overcoming obstacles it is 556 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: key to success. Microsoft empowers business decision makers with AI solutions, 557 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: simplified cloud and data management, and trustworthy, responsible technology to 558 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: turn challenges and opportunities. In this segment, we explore some 559 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: of the biggest challenges being fair in the NFL and 560 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: how they can be overcome. Whatever challenge you're facing, Microsoft 561 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: empowers you with the expertise to say bring it on. 562 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: This week, we're discussing the challenge face by all the 563 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: NFL teams. Mike Rabolt said, a couple days ago that 564 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: he thought the next five weeks were the most pivotal 565 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: and important in an NFL season. He's talking about summer break. 566 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: We just saw Schador get pulled over. Obviously, we have 567 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: instances over the years of catastrophic situations happening on July fourth. 568 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: I remember one vividly that involved fireworks. This is a 569 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: time when this is not college football. You know, in 570 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: the NFL, not only you know college players now have 571 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: disposable income, but in college, you basically get a week 572 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 1: or two away from your program. As a college football player, 573 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: you are constantly with your strength coach, living in that community. 574 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: In the NFL, hellf your team barely shows up for 575 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: the voluntary stuff, and then when you finally break for 576 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: the summer, you're getting five or six weeks to do 577 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: whatever you want, to go wherever you want. And it's 578 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: one thing a thirty four year old that's married with 579 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: three kids. But a lot of these younger players, especially 580 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,479 Speaker 1: these rookies, you know, their friends maybe still be in college, 581 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: may still have some of their college teammates. They're just 582 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:32,719 Speaker 1: in different situations and decision making is extremely important and 583 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: finding a way to stay communicate with these young players, 584 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: there's a balance, right, you got to let them be 585 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: grown up. But this is a time when you really 586 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: can derail your upcoming season with a bad decision. So obviously, 587 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: time plus discretionary income can be a dangerous combination for 588 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: young people, especially famous young people that are public figures. 589 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: And making the right decision is something that the coaches 590 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: and these gms that just drafted these players. This is 591 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: where you pray your scouting department, the information you had 592 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: on their character, on their maturity kind of comes to 593 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: fruition because it's the first time it's really tested. Right 594 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: when you draft them, they immediately come for rookie minichamp 595 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: and then there's just kind of a round until now. 596 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: And now they're away from you and you're this football. 597 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: You're going to be depending on young players, not just 598 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: first round picks. A third rounder could be starting, a 599 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: sixth rounder could be starting, an undrafted free agent could 600 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: be starting. So you need them to take care of 601 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: this time, not just working out and staying in shape, 602 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: but at night, whatever they're doing for fun, to do 603 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: it in a responsible manner. And that's this week for 604 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: chasing challenges. Remember Microsoft's AI solutions empower you to take 605 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: bold steps and make informed decisions, speaking new ideas to 606 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: help drive your business forward. With Microsoft as your trust 607 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: a partner, you can navigate your journey with confidence, finding 608 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: innovative solutions, and reaching new possibilities. Visit Microsoft dot com 609 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: slash challengers to learn more. The volume