1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 2: We did it. We made it to a Thursday. And 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 2: this is the opposite of the first day of school 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: because your kids are like, oh, summer's over, we got 6 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: to go back to school. No, this is the opposite. 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 2: We finally made it. We made it through the summer, 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: and we got football coming up tonight. Who has it 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: better than we do? Nobody? Alrighty, make sure you check 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: out the new merchandise. You can go to Danpatrick dot com. 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: The stores openstock with fresh new gear. 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Eight seven seventh three DP Show 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: email address Dpadanpatrick dot com Twitter handle a DP show. 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: Good morning if you're watching on peacock. Thank you for 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,639 Speaker 2: downloading the app. Our streaming partner, iHeartRadio, Fox Sports Radio 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: as well. Opening Night Eagles big favorites eight and a half, 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: the banner being raised tonight and the Cowboys come in 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: and are they dangerous? Dak is good against the NFC East. 26 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: DAK is good against the Eagles, But with what has 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 2: happened in the offseason, I know what's going to happen. 28 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: The Eagles aren't going to be able to run the 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: ball because the Cowboys are ready to stop the run. 30 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: I don't know if they can stop the pass, but 31 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: they're going to stop the run. With Kenny Clark, who 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: all of a sudden is going to be Aaron Donald. 33 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 2: I do like him. And Ross Tucker, who will join 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: us a little bit later on, had a great tweet 35 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 2: because he was saying, well, apparently Michael Parson's not worth 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: forty seven million dollars a year, but he is to 37 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: Green Bay and forty seven million dollars a year and 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: Kenny Clark in two first round picks. So it's the 39 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: eye of the beholder here and what Dallas was willing 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: to pay. And if you know, Jerry got to a 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: point where he said, all right, that's it. I'm not 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: going to negotiate that maybe his feelings were hurt here. 43 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: Now you go to Green Bay. He's expected to play 44 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: in the opener against Detroit, although may need an epidural, 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: which is kind of interesting of you know, you passed 46 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: a physical, you had to pass a physical to be traded, 47 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 2: but might need treatment leading up to this game. But 48 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: we also have football on Friday night. Don't sleep on that. 49 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: And you have the Chiefs and the Chargers in Brazil. 50 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: Now here's the problem I have with this. I know 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: we're getting to you know, global expansion here. The NFL 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: is going to get to an eighteen game schedule, and 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: they're going to have, you know, eighteen games that are 54 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: going to be international games, and they're going to you know, 55 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: once again that's worth a billion dollars or whatever. It's 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: monopoly money. But this is what they want to do. 57 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: This way, they don't take away a home game. The 58 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: fact that the Chargers in Chiefs, a divisional rivalry game, 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 2: is going to be played in Brazil is malpractice. I mean, 60 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 2: that's terrible because that should be played in Los Angeles, 61 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: or if it was going to be played in Kansas City. 62 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: This is a divisional game, and I don't think the 63 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: fans in Brazil were going to go, hey, we better 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: get an opening game, we better get a week one game. 65 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: They should have these games. And I'm fine with games, 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: you know, if you want them to have in London, 67 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: in Germany and Ireland. I'm not anti international. What I 68 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: am anti is a divisional game we're going to export 69 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: and it's week one. You can't do that to the 70 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: chiefs and they charge your fans this week seven and 71 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: then you have a bye week. If you want to 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: do it that way, then I think it's fair to 73 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: all involved. I don't like having open Day in Japan. 74 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: I understand that, you know, or Korea. I understand you 75 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: want to Hey, this is something different. It's still it's 76 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: our game. You can still have games there. But let's 77 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: not have opening Day or their first week, their first game, 78 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: a divisional game, and you're going to play it in Brazil. 79 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: I just it's not it's not fair to the teams, 80 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 2: to their fans. But this will let you know exactly 81 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: what the NFL is all about. Players don't like it, 82 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 2: fans don't like it, but the owners like it. Let's 83 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: play some football in Brazil. Those with me. I just 84 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,559 Speaker 2: think it's unfortunate that you have all of this build 85 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: up and now you're going to send those guys to Brazil. 86 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 2: They should be playing this game here in the United States, 87 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: and it's a divisional game. It's an important game, yes, Dodd. 88 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 3: And you can't even give the charges of home game 89 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 3: week two when they get back from there. They got 90 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: to play at the Raiders. It's not the Week three 91 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 3: where they host Denver. It's like you give them a break, 92 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 3: a little bit of bolts. 93 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: Yes, Pauli. 94 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 4: I think your point, especially about delaying it too week seven, 95 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 4: eight nine, makes tons of sense. Like people in Brazil, 96 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 4: while they may be growing football and they may like 97 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 4: to have a nice game with some big names, it 98 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 4: doesn't matter if it's the opener. The opener means nothing. 99 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 4: Like you said about baseball with the opener in Japan, 100 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 4: cool and I know for timing they had to do that, 101 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 4: but it just there's too much downside for the local fans. 102 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 2: They could have had training camp games in Japan and 103 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: they would have been happy to see the Dodgers there 104 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: and you could have accomplished whatever. I don't think they said, 105 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, is it a regular season game or 106 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 2: is it spring training? Now you could have ramped up 107 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: your lineup there a little bit and you could have said, hey, 108 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: we want to showcase some of our best players. We 109 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: want to make sure Otani's playing, and maybe it's three 110 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: innings that he's going to play what they do in 111 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 2: a typical spring training game, and maybe you get a 112 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 2: little bit more over there. Okay, training camp could have 113 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: been over there for a couple of you start by 114 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: playing games and then come back and go to spring training. 115 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 2: It's just wrong. And I'm all about growing the game, 116 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 2: whatever it takes. Let's try new things, grow the game. 117 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: Spring training. You can have a couple of games in 118 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 2: Japan and I think they're going to be okay with this. 119 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: And if you want to have a game in Brazil, 120 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: I mean, this is why we always had. It felt 121 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: like the Jags and the Panthers in London. It's like, 122 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 2: all right, we'll give you a game. It's not a 123 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 2: great game, but here you go. You got some football. 124 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 2: Now we're sending the Chiefs and if that's their home team, 125 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 2: you know, okay, we could wait for week seven or 126 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 2: eight and then give them a bye week when they 127 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: come back. But I don't want to be in a 128 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: bad mood on opening night. 129 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 4: Airic grievances early. 130 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: Well, I think people are going to respond to this 131 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: after the fact, certainly Chiefs fans and Charger fans, they've 132 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 2: already voiced their concerns disdain for this. But this is 133 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: the NFL doesn't care. They don't have to. All they 134 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 2: care about is themselves, the owners, and this is going 135 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: to be more money. Here's the commissioner, Roger Goodell. He 136 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 2: was on the Today Show in NBC talking about the 137 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: possibility of expanding to eighteen games. 138 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 5: Listen, we always say what do the fans want? What 139 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 5: are the fans really think is important? And I think 140 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 5: it's clear they want more regular season games versus preseason games, 141 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: and it's something that we'll work through with the players Association. 142 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 5: We continue to make our game safer, and I think 143 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 5: that's at the core of making that kind of a decision. 144 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 5: Can we do it safely for our players? But it 145 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 5: also I think represents an opportunity for us to continue 146 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 5: to bring higher quality NFL content Ultimately, and a regular 147 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 5: season game is clearly better. 148 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 2: A lot of NFL fans would love to not have 149 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: to go to work. 150 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 6: Point, do we start to see the super. 151 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: Bowl on the President's Day weekend. 152 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 5: I think if you went to eighteen weeks regular season, 153 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 5: that would probably occur. Is possible somewhere in the calendar 154 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 5: could happen before that, just because because of the calendar 155 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 5: the way it lays out. But I think eighteen weeks 156 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 5: would get you to that point, and I think it'd 157 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 5: be a great, a really great move. 158 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, we've been talking about this for years that they 159 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 2: were going to get to I mean, this is all scripted, 160 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: This has been planned out. They know what's going to happen. 161 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 2: Now the negotiations are going to happen. It'll be eighteen games, 162 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: you're going to have every team will play outside the 163 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 2: United States. They're going to sell that a separate TV 164 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: package for those international games, all this stuff. We've talked 165 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 2: about this for years, and you're going to move the 166 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 2: season back. It'll be President's Day weekend. Everybody gets Monday off. 167 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: This is no surprise here, and it almost sounded like 168 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 2: an announcement by the commissioner. It was pretty close to 169 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: saying this is what's going to happen. Then yes, we 170 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: move it back. Yeah, President's Day weekend, and everybody wants 171 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 2: more football and we want everybody to be safe. You 172 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 2: can't add another game and tell me you care about safety. 173 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: You just can't. And now this is what I want. 174 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: I want the NFL to promise this. I hope the 175 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: players Association says, hey, we'll do eighteen games. This is 176 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: what we want. We want four more roster spots for 177 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: each team, extra bodies, that's what we want. So now 178 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: I get four more players on each team getting paid, 179 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: getting benefits, the opportunity to play in the NFL. If 180 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 2: you say that's what you're going to get out of this, 181 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: and I'm sure they'll want more than Okay, I mean, 182 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: don't I get to watch it, But these players have 183 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 2: to play. They're the ones that are affected the rest 184 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: of their lives playing these games. The number of games. 185 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 2: But if you have let's say, four more roster spots, 186 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 2: then maybe maybe you get the opportunity to You don't 187 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 2: have attrition here where you're like limping to the finish 188 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 2: line with your roster and every single year, how many 189 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 2: quarterbacks play the entire season. Just start there, and that's 190 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: the most protected player on the field. You can't add 191 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 2: another game and tell me it's about safety. It's about 192 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: money and the players know this. The clock is ticking 193 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 2: on their sports careers. How many years? How much money? 194 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: What am I going to be like when I get 195 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: out of here? Yeah? 196 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 7: I like that clip about the eighteenth game. Roger Goodell says, well, 197 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 7: you know, we're just doing what the fans want, and 198 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 7: they've said that they want an eighteenth game, so we're 199 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 7: going to do that. Okay, but the fans hate the 200 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 7: international gips. Oh well, you know the fans are wrong 201 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 7: on that. That's our international fans, don't you love it? 202 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:37,599 Speaker 7: So we're listening to that? 203 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 2: Well yeah, PAULI I'm curious. 204 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 4: We've never really discussed this angle. It's so obvious. Does 205 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 4: anyone here not want an eighteenth regular season game? If 206 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 4: it was an actual fan vote? I don't even know 207 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: my answer yet, but I'm curious about this room. 208 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: I'm fine with it. I mean, I don't think anybody's 209 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 2: turn off football. I'm not big on Thursday night football. 210 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 2: I don't think we're being fair to the players when 211 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 2: you have a game on Sunday, in a game on Thursday, 212 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 2: it's just and having spoken to current and former players, 213 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: the turnaround is really really tough. Now you do it 214 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 2: because you get an extra paycheck, or you're going to 215 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: get a chance to be in primetime and standalone game. 216 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: I understand all of these things. I'm not going to say. 217 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 2: All I'm going to say is let's be fair to 218 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 2: the players. You're going to give them more money, another paycheck, 219 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: and maybe you get some more roster spots. But let's 220 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: not kid anybody. This is not about anybody other than 221 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: the owners want this. We're fine. The networks want this, 222 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: they get they give the money to the owners, and 223 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 2: the commissioner works for the owners. That's what this is 224 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: all about. You want to give me more football, great, 225 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: But I do think about the players, and I think, 226 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: and I go back to what I told you when 227 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: I saw Jim McMahon out in Tahoe and what he 228 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: meant to the NFL. And here he is telling me 229 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: they almost had his leg amputated and he doesn't have 230 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 2: health benefits. Those are the things that bother me when 231 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: I first saw Earl Campbell in a wheelchair. Those are 232 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 2: the things that bother me. But I've been around the 233 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: sport for forty years now, and I think you have 234 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 2: to be fair to these players. You know, what's their healthcare, 235 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 2: what's their benefits? Because we move on. It's like, oh yeah, ah, 236 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: that guy what Oh he's in a wheelchair. Oh damn, Hey, 237 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 2: what times of games start today? We move on with it. 238 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: I just want to make sure that we're fair to 239 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 2: these players who are entertaining us. And if you want 240 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: to add an eighteen game, okay, I get to enjoy it. 241 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: But let's be fair to all involve here international games. 242 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 2: How about not a divisional rival game? Okay? I mean 243 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: we can export a game that's not that interesting. We 244 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 2: do it to London all the time. But that bothers 245 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 2: me to open up in Brazil with the Chiefs and 246 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 2: Chargers a divisional game. I have a problem with that, 247 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 2: all right. See, you got to pull a question. 248 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: I do. 249 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 7: I'm trying to figure out if the wording on this 250 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 7: is fair, okay, because we've been talking about it a 251 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 7: little bit, all right, but Steve. 252 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 2: Balmer is the Oh, let me hold off on that. 253 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 2: I'm want to take a break. And we talked to 254 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: Pablo Torre yesterday, who had this investigation into the Clippers 255 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 2: and Kawhi Leonard and a fraudulent company and money that's 256 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: there and Kawhi being paid for a no show job. 257 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: Mark Cuban's now involved in this. Coming to Steve Balmer's defense, 258 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 2: there's a lot of things going on right now. The 259 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: NBA says they're aware of it, which that was an 260 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: interesting response. Todd goes, you know, hey, we just want 261 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 2: to ask if the commissioner wants to come on and 262 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: talk about this. Well, we're aware of this, which is 263 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 2: good because they said, wait a minute, what happened? What 264 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: about the Clippers? Yeah, you call me back. I I'm 265 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 2: gonna got off this other call. 266 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 6: We need to talk with it. 267 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: I didn't hear it about Clippers. Wait a minute, I've 268 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 2: been watching the US Open tennis. Is there something going on? 269 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: But Pablo had sources, seven sources, one on record. One 270 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: said that they specifically said the Clippers were trying to 271 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 2: circumvent the salary cap paying Kawhi Leonard twenty eight million 272 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: dollars for a no show job for a company that 273 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: I believe the CEO is going to jail and the lot. 274 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 2: There's a lot involved here. Now, once again, you're innocent 275 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: until proven guilty. You know, did Steve Balmer know anything 276 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 2: or what did he know? When did he know? And 277 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: did Kawhi get paid twenty eight million dollars. We'll talk 278 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 2: a little bit more about that. We'll get to your 279 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: phone calls as well an eight seven seven three DP show. 280 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: We're back after this in The Dan Patrick Show. 281 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan 282 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern six am Pacific 283 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 284 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 8: Hey, it's Ben, host of The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller. 285 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 8: Would mean a lot to have you join us on 286 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 8: our weekly auditory journey. 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Listen 294 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 8: to The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller on the iHeartRadio app, 295 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 8: Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. 296 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: It is the fifth annual Hot Take Draft coming up 297 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: a little bit later on. That's where we have predictions 298 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: that are kind of wild, kind of crazy. The hotter 299 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: the better Paully give the audience. For instance of one 300 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 2: that hit last year, for you, and one that didn't. 301 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 4: And again is what's more important Dan, the hotness or 302 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 4: the rightness? 303 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: Hotness? 304 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 6: Right. 305 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 4: Here's one I had last year that worked out pretty well. 306 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 4: Russell Wilson will start a playoff game ding not that 307 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 4: tarily hot, it's warm. 308 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 2: Okay. 309 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 4: Here's one that didn't work out. Derek Carr will start. 310 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 2: A playoff along in the league he retired. 311 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 4: I also had Will Levis of the Titans will win 312 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 4: most Improved Player, if there is such an award. 313 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 2: In his own family. Maybe that's about it. But that's 314 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 2: the hot take draft that we'll have for you. Super 315 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: Bowl picks tomorrow. Tomorrow, Super Bowl picks eight, seven to seven, 316 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: three DP show. We'll get to your phone calls coming up. 317 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 2: Uh oh, Paully heard, Can I say who you heard from? 318 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, a well placed source who knows former player now broadcaster. Okay, 319 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 4: he was talking about he was listening and heard about 320 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 4: you talk about international games. It's already been announced that 321 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 4: the LA Rams will play a game and Elburn, Australia 322 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 4: next year at some point twenty twenty six. Yeah, this 323 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 4: person said, don't be surprised if that's an opener, like 324 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: it's for Week one and because of that, it may 325 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 4: be played on a Wednesday or a Thursday because of 326 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 4: the timing and the schedule and the travel. So don't 327 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 4: be surprised if rams open in Melbourne next year. 328 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 2: But I get that if you want to ramp it 329 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 2: up and then they then they get time to come 330 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 2: back and get acclimated to you know, start in an 331 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: NFL season like everybody else. I mean, if you've ever 332 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 2: and I've I've flown from Connecticut to Sydney, Australia, and 333 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 2: I think it was a total of twenty three hours. 334 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 2: Now they're flying private, but still your body is going 335 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: to take a toll and then you play a football game, 336 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: then you get back on a plane, then you come 337 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: back home. If you're going to give them a good 338 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: seven days, eight days to recuperate, Okay, I just don't 339 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 2: like s. I don't like exporting our openers just I 340 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 2: don't think that's fair to the fans. You get imagine 341 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: being a Charger Chief fan, You're like, yeah, but I 342 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 2: can't go to the game. You know, I gather all 343 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: the kids schools started. We're going to Australia for the 344 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 2: opener next year, Yes, Tom, And you're waiting. 345 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 3: All these months counting it down like we've been doing 346 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 3: to the start of the season. Then you've got to 347 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 3: wait another week, passably even two weeks before the first 348 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 3: home game that you could attend. 349 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: Still driving that trusty old ride. Keep it looking sharp 350 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 2: with Mako dense to faded paint. They got you covered. 351 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: Get a free estimate today? Uh oh, better get Mako 352 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 2: all right, So let me get a couple of phone 353 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 2: calls in here. Then we'll talk about the situation with 354 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 2: the Clippers circumventing the salary cap. Perhaps according to Pablo 355 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 2: Torre yesterday, Uh also Mark Cuban responded social media wise, 356 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: Pablo said, Hey, Mark, why don't you come on the 357 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 2: show his podcast? And I guess Mark Cuban has agreed 358 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: to go on the podcast to discuss this. Steve Ballmer 359 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: is not, but Mark Cuban is. Uh. Carter in Minnesota, 360 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 2: Hi Carter, what's on your mind today? 361 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 9: Hey Dan six one ninety. 362 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 10: I know it's been harp down a lot this week, 363 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 10: but I wanted to talk about Michael Parsons just one 364 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 10: a little bit more. The misconception about the contract is, 365 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 10: you know, everyone, here's the big number forty seven million, 366 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 10: but people forget that the fifth year option was accepted, 367 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 10: which is worth like twenty one million on Parsons, So 368 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 10: it really is a five year contract that averages out 369 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 10: to just over forty one million. 370 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, that's been reported, and thank you Carter uh 371 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 2: Sean in Michigan. Hi Sean, what's on your mind? 372 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 11: Hey, Dan? 373 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 12: Six fifteen. I wanted to talk a little bit about 374 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 12: this game on Friday night. Completely understand that the heightheness 375 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 12: of the first week, but the fans, the season ticke holders, 376 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 12: at any game, someone's going to be the away team. 377 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 12: So home opener is really all that the and the 378 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 12: season ticket holders care about. They care about week one 379 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 12: if they're the away team that they can watch it. 380 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 12: They obviously don't want the game to be blacked out. 381 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 12: I'm assuming that this game is going to be nationally televised. 382 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 12: Everyone's gona be able to watch it. And I haven't 383 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,239 Speaker 12: looked too deep into the Chiefs and Chargers season. I'm 384 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 12: hoping that their home opener is Week two, But that's 385 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 12: what they care about. Every team has to go through 386 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 12: a Week one where the away team we can't go 387 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 12: to the game. 388 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 13: It's just that both teams are going through that now 389 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 13: all they care about is the home opener, the game. 390 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 2: That they can go to. 391 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 12: Now, with a seventeen game schedule nine and eight nine home, 392 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 12: eight away or nine eight home, whatever it. 393 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 13: Is, everyone has to go through an eight game home schedule. 394 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 13: I'm assuming that each team or one team is just 395 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 13: gonna have eight home games similar to other seasons. 396 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I still you want to have the opportunity 397 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 2: to go to a game going from Kansas City to 398 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: Los Angeles or vice versa. Seems like that you can. 399 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 2: You can pull that off. Going to Brazil is a 400 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 2: little bit tougher for your fan base. I understand you. 401 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 2: You have your home games, you're going to have eighteen games, 402 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: and you're gonna have one game. Every team is probably 403 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 2: going to play outside the United States. But thank you, Sean, 404 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 2: thank you for the phone call. Eric in California. Hi, Eric, 405 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 2: what's on your mind? 406 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 14: ADB six five, ninety ten year Charger season ticket holder. 407 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 14: Let's put a little bit of ice on top of 408 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 14: this cake. We actually paid for the ticket for Brazil, 409 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 14: and we didn't get reimbursed for it as season ticket holders. 410 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 14: As matter of fact, they didn't offer its tickets to 411 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 14: the game in Brazil. Either or discounted tickets, nothing to 412 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 14: really supplement us paying for We actually had a season 413 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 14: ticket increase as well. 414 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, but the NFL cares about you, Eric, Yeah, Sen. 415 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 7: That's what I mean. Part of this discussion just boggles 416 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 7: my mind about like, well, hey, what about the season 417 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 7: ticket holders. 418 00:21:59,000 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 2: We're the ones. 419 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 7: What do you really think the NFL cares at all 420 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 7: about season ticket holders? The current twenty I bet you 421 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 7: twenty four out of the thirty two teams right now 422 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 7: have a waiting list ten thousand people deep waiting to 423 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 7: get season tickets. And if it didn't dawn on you 424 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 7: that they couldn't care less about you based on buying 425 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 7: season tickets get you have to buy a personal seat 426 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 7: license just for the right to buy the tickets. Then 427 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 7: you have to buy the games, which includes they make 428 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 7: you buy the preseason games, and they don't give you 429 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 7: any playoff tickets, which you get the right because you're 430 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 7: a season ticket holder to pay inflighted, inflated prices for 431 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 7: those two. But yes, they absolutely care about you. 432 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 2: Guys, Ted and san Diego, Hi, Ted, Hey Dan, love 433 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 2: the show. Thanks, sir. 434 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 15: I'm curious for the adding that eighteenth game. You keep 435 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 15: saying that players are going to like you because they 436 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 15: get paid more. But when they sign their contract, when 437 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 15: they say twenty million dollars a year, isn't that twenty 438 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 15: million dollars across X mini games. So if they add 439 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 15: an eighteenth game, are they going to renegotiate all the 440 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 15: players contracts? 441 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: I don't. Well, you're not going to play an extra 442 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: game and not get paid. I mean they're going to 443 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 2: have to tack on a check because the players aren't 444 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 2: going to agree to play another game unless they're getting something, 445 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 2: and the players aren't benefiting if, as I've suggested, you 446 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 2: add at least four roster spots. But thank you for 447 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 2: the phone call. Yes, you're going to want another paycheck, 448 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 2: and it might be average averaging out what is your 449 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 2: current paycheck, and then they add one more to that, 450 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 2: which I don't think that's a big bookkeeping deal. Segueing 451 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: into the Clippers with the story that is front and 452 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 2: center and Pablo Torre of Meadow Arc Media his podcast, 453 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: he has done a deep dive on the Clippers situation 454 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: with Steve Balmer. Steve Balmer the owner of the Clippers, 455 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 2: and there's a lot going on here because you've got 456 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: a company that has since gone belly up. You have 457 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 2: the CEO who pled guilty wire fraud, and this company 458 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 2: was paying celebrities, Pablo Torre said, like Cindy Cindy Crawford 459 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 2: and her daughter who's a model. I think Leonardo DiCaprio 460 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 2: was in there. But they were getting paid, you know, 461 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 2: a million, two million dollars to represent this company that 462 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: you know is all about green and you know, planting trees, 463 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 2: and Steve Balmer invested fifty million dollars into this company. 464 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: The company was going to be one of the title 465 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: sponsors of the Clippers. I think they were going to 466 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: have a patch on their uniform. And then come to 467 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 2: find out that Kawhi Leonard, through his limited partnership or 468 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 2: his LLC, is getting paid for a no show job. 469 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: That he's getting paid twenty eight million dollars now. Pablo 470 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 2: said that he had seven sources, over three thousand pages 471 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,719 Speaker 2: of documents, and one former employee who said that this 472 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 2: was being used to circumvent the salary cap. And the 473 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 2: Clippers have sent out a statement they deny everything here. 474 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 2: But this is what I want to know, was Kawhi 475 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 2: Leonard being paid by this company for a no show job. 476 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 2: Did he do something for the company, because Pablo Torre 477 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 2: said that he found no indication that Kawhi Leonard did 478 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 2: anything for this company. Steve Balmer, what's his role in this? 479 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: That you spent fifty million dollars on a company and 480 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: Kawhi Leonard's getting twenty eight million dollars. So just a 481 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 2: couple of questions here, did Kawhi get paid all this money? 482 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: And why for a no show job? And did Steve 483 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 2: Balmer understand this? The Clippers denied everything there. Mark Cuban 484 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 2: put out a post saying, I'm on team Balmer as 485 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: much as I wish they circumvented the salary cap first, Steve, 486 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: isn't that dumb if he did try to feed Kawhi 487 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 2: Leonard money knowing that what was at stake for him 488 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 2: personally and his team? Do you think that he would 489 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 2: let the company go bankrupt knowing all creditors would be 490 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 2: visible to the world. They got scammed by Aspiration. That's 491 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 2: the company along with many others crimes for which they 492 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 2: pleaded guilty last week. Well, I think they were pleading 493 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: guilty to wire fraud. I don't know if Steve Balmer 494 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 2: would have I mean this guy was lying about what 495 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 2: was going on. A three hundred million dollar sponsorship deal 496 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 2: with the Clippers. Scammers do scammy things, according to Mark Cuban, 497 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: Now that's a huge deal. The better the team does, 498 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: the more value the sponsorship has. It actually makes perfect 499 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: sense that they stole money from investors and want the 500 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 2: Clippers to succeed. Why not give stolen money to help 501 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 2: keep their best player. So Kawhi did get paid twenty 502 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 2: eight million dollars from this company, is what Mark is saying. Hey, 503 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 2: why not? Is Mark saying? This? Is okay, I'll read 504 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 2: that again. It actually makes perfect sense that they stole 505 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 2: money from investors and want the Clippers to succeed. Why 506 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: not give stolen money to help keep their best player. 507 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 2: Mark goes on to say, it's sad that Pablo Torre 508 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: didn't take the time to find out how these scammers 509 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 2: pulled off their scam. The idea that the default is 510 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 2: Balmer is the bad guy is going to backfire on him. 511 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 2: I don't know what Steve knew. I don't know if 512 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: he knew anything, but it sounds like Mark is saying, well, 513 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 2: if Balmer did know this, he wouldn't let it go. Bankrupt, Okay, 514 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 2: because you don't want creditors to be visible to the world. 515 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 2: I understand that. So you're saying, hey, he's too smart 516 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 2: for this to happen. He would have made sure this 517 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 2: company didn't go belly up. It still goes back to 518 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 2: why was Kawhi Leonard getting paid that money with a 519 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 2: company that Steve invested fifty million dollars in? Let me 520 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 2: just start there. 521 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 7: Yeah, it is an interesting defense to say there's no 522 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 7: way that this is true because he would have been 523 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 7: better at covering it up. 524 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 2: It sounds like that if I'm reading what Mark is saying. 525 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 7: If he had done this, there's no way he would 526 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 7: have let that company go bankrupt because then that would 527 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 7: have exposed the crime. So if he had done this, 528 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 7: he would have made sure that that company stayed good 529 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 7: to cover it up. 530 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 2: That's what the subtext is. Mark makes it seem like 531 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 2: billionaires don't make bad decisions or they don't do stupid things. 532 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 7: Well, they definitely don't skirt the rules to benefit themselves. 533 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 5: I just. 534 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: I just want to know if you paid him twenty 535 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: eight million dollars for a no show in a company 536 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: that you invested fifty million dollars in and they were 537 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: one of the title sponsors. There's simple questions that can 538 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 2: be asked. Then it might get a little more complicated. Yeah, Pauling. 539 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 4: When I heard the story from Pablo Torre accusing Steve 540 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 4: Bomber this, it actually kind of made a little bit 541 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 4: of sense because Steve Bomber, I think this. Someone said 542 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 4: he's the seventh richest man on earth. He worked at 543 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 4: Microsoft for years. He now enters a league where there's 544 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 4: a cap on how much he can spend for things 545 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 4: he wants. He's never had a deal with a cap 546 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 4: in any other business venture he's ever been part of. 547 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 4: It's unique to sports, and he probably looks at and says, 548 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 4: I have money to spend. I want to get this player, 549 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 4: this player, but the league won't let me. I could 550 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 4: use my creativeness as a businessman to work around it, 551 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 4: because that's what I've done my entire life is create 552 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 4: as a businessman. Their rules don't make sense to me 553 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 4: that there's a cap when I have more money than anyone. 554 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 4: It is and that could be almost the genesis for 555 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 4: all of this and owners finding ways to spend outside 556 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 4: the rules. 557 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: The Clippers, in their statement said neither Steve Balmer nor 558 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 2: the Clippers organization had any oversight of Kawhi's independent endorsement 559 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 2: agreement with aspiration to say otherwise is flat out wrong. Okay, Well, 560 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 2: the NBA is investigating this and still just a couple 561 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 2: of simple questions there. 562 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, there are a lot of things in the timeline 563 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 7: that are just funny coincidences. You know, Kawhi negotiating opting 564 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 7: out of contracts and then Steve Bomber invests fifty million 565 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 7: into this thing, and just a couple months later then 566 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 7: the deal assigned. 567 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 2: I don't know this on paper, the timing is funny 568 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 2: and once again, innocent until proven guilty. But Pablo Torre 569 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 2: three thousand pages of documents and you have seven different people, 570 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 2: one who is on record. His voice was modulated though 571 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: protecting his identity. But still, and you have one person 572 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 2: saying that the Clippers were circumventing the salary cap through 573 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 2: this company. It feels like there's something there, whether the 574 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: Clippers knew it, But I still go back to Kawhi 575 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 2: was getting paid twenty eight million dollars for a no 576 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 2: show job and nobody knew about this, and if he 577 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 2: did something like this is where Okay, if you're the company. 578 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 2: Kawhi represents New Balance, he does commercials. I've seen him. Okay, 579 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 2: he's gonna get paid. But this is we're not even 580 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 2: trying to hide this. It's like, yeah, we're paying Kawhi 581 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 2: and I guess they still owe him seven million dollars. 582 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 2: I mean, just not show up somewhere. I I get 583 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: he's gonna get seven million to nod go up. Yes, 584 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 2: So why. 585 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 7: Would I understand the company, uh investing in an NBA team. 586 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 7: Here's three hundred million dollars and we're a sponsor now right, 587 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 7: and I understand the company, Why would they just throw 588 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 7: in a bonus thirty million dollars for Kauai and be like, 589 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 7: don't worry about it. Just you don't even have to 590 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 7: show up. We're just going to give it to you 591 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 7: as as a thank you for being here. 592 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: Why would you do that unless it's we need Kawhi 593 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 2: to be on the Clippers, if we're going to sponsor 594 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 2: this team, and then we can grow our business. If 595 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 2: the Clippers are good, then we grow. I think that's 596 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 2: what Mark Cuban is saying, Hey, why wouldn't you do this? 597 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 2: My first question to Mark is did you do this 598 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 2: in Dallas. It's against the rules. That's that's what I got. 599 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 2: I mean, Okay, we invited everybody on just to let 600 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 2: you know, Cuban ballmer, commissioner, everybody, Kawhi, yes, Marvin. 601 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,719 Speaker 6: The NBA, I'm nominating for Worst week in Sports. And 602 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 6: then Shams, you know, coincidentally, Hey, we got a new 603 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 6: All Star format format three hours after Publetory comes on 604 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 6: the show. 605 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 2: Okay, do you think that this was a purposeful distraction 606 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 2: to the Clippers situation? And the Clippers will be hosting 607 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 2: the All Star Game and all of a sudden, you 608 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 2: know that when this is front page headline stuff and 609 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 2: then oh, by the way, the NBA has leaked to 610 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 2: Shams that here's a new All Star format guys enjoy. Yes, 611 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 2: I don't know if I think that you think it's 612 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 2: it's it's just a coincidence. 613 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 7: What is that All Star weekend bombshell that they're dropping, Like, 614 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 7: well really not. 615 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: Really, here we are it's the first week is September, 616 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 2: don't you want to I mean. 617 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 7: If they leaked something like hey, the Nets are thinking 618 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 7: of leaving Brooklyn, I would be like, whoa, that's a 619 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 7: crazy story. 620 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 2: But hey, some tweaks to the All Star Game weekend. Now, well, 621 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 2: there was also reported that Ben Simmons is thinking of retirement, 622 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 2: so that might throw you off. He got paid salary. Yeah, 623 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 2: another note show, Yeah, yeah, investigate Ben Simmons. Yeah, you're 624 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 2: catching strays. 625 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 4: He's not even involved in the story. 626 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, he shoots strays. Yeah that's the problem. Okay, Well 627 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 2: he doesn't shoot. Oh that's right, he doesn't. Let's take 628 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 2: a break. I still want to have Ben Simmons and 629 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 2: Angel Reese have a shootoff. Oh no, fifteen footers, fifteen 630 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 2: feet just shoot. She attempts, she does. She'm not afraid 631 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 2: to shoot. That's why she gets so many rebounds. They're 632 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 2: her own rebounds. Okay, let's take a break. Let's take 633 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 2: a break. Play the day up next. 634 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 635 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: the nation. 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Visit Rapid Radios dot com up to sixty 657 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 2: percent off and free shipping. Let's see Tim and Albany. Hi, Tim, 658 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 2: what's on your mind today again? 659 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 11: Five eight, one seventy five. Yeah, I just want to 660 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 11: know why ESPN has to ruin every single perfect thing 661 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 11: in this world and now red Zone. Now everyone that 662 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 11: everyone pays for is going to have commercials. 663 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 2: This isn't on ESPN. Okay, from what I'm told, it's 664 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,240 Speaker 2: not on ESPN adding commercials to the Red Zone. Okay, 665 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 2: I don't know other details there, but I was told 666 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 2: that this don't put the blame on ESPN. Kennedy and Louisville. 667 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,280 Speaker 2: Hi Kennedy. 668 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 17: Yeah, I pretty much had the same same question, and 669 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 17: I saw Pat macul be kind of you know, promoting 670 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 17: it too, which fell a little weird. I'm just like, oh, no, 671 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 17: will care about commercials and now ESPN has that ten percent. 672 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 17: I didn't know if there was conflit there, just us. 673 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 2: A little there. 674 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 5: Uh. 675 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,240 Speaker 2: I think the NFL dictates all of this. This isn't 676 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:15,240 Speaker 2: the mother ship. Just let's be fair to everybody involved 677 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 2: in this. And I'm not going to put blame on 678 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 2: Scott Hansen or the Red Zone or anybody else. I 679 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 2: believe that this is handed down from the NFL. 680 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 7: Yeah see, and just quickly because I think that person misspoke. 681 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 7: ESPN got the Red Zone channel. The NFL got ten 682 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 7: percent of ESPN. ESPN doesn't have ten percent of the 683 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 7: NFL or Red Zone. They have all of the NFL network, 684 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 7: but the NFL got ten percent of ESPN. 685 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 2: Let's see Joe in New Orleans. Hi, Joe, what's on 686 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:45,439 Speaker 2: your mind today? 687 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 18: Hey? Good morning, sixth three, and more than I care 688 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 18: to communicate for a long time. Third time I asked 689 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 18: a question, it's going to lean a little more in 690 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,439 Speaker 18: Polly's directions. You're a little more negative. But didn also 691 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,040 Speaker 18: the Saint being worsuper bl Odds again out last week. 692 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,240 Speaker 18: The Pelicans are going to get two primetime games all season. 693 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,720 Speaker 18: Is there any other city that's more irrelevant in sports 694 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:10,720 Speaker 18: right now than New Orleans? 695 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,799 Speaker 2: Well, you could probably look at the Carolina Panthers and 696 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,839 Speaker 2: the Charlotte Hornets. If mis ree loves company, I mean, 697 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,399 Speaker 2: no offense to a wonderful city. But if you're talking 698 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:28,760 Speaker 2: about the sports teams lack of star power than those, 699 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 2: I mean, you got Zion. I don't know how long 700 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 2: he's going to be there, but we got him, and 701 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 2: he might have arch manning one day with the Saints 702 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 2: Lucas in Texas. Hi, Luke, what's on your mind? 703 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:49,360 Speaker 9: Hey Gang, Good morning morning, Happy football season opening days. 704 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 9: Excited for it. But yeah, I'm trying to think through 705 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,720 Speaker 9: the Kawhi Leonard situation, and there's a lot of different 706 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 9: storylines and there's just a couple that I think are 707 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,920 Speaker 9: worth interesting. I think I'm all four players getting what 708 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 9: they deserve to be paid. But I do think there's 709 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,640 Speaker 9: a growing disconnect with fans of especially in the NBA, 710 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,960 Speaker 9: what payers are being played, players are being paid, and 711 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,480 Speaker 9: the product that they are receiving. The you know, it 712 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 9: feels like there's almost a handshake agreement of like how 713 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,880 Speaker 9: much can we get without actually having to put a 714 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,399 Speaker 9: good product on the court regularly. And then the other 715 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 9: side is there has to be some level of enforcement 716 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 9: that's pretty strong from the NBA, and I know that 717 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 9: Silver is a player commissioner, but there has to be 718 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,800 Speaker 9: some response because more and more billionaires are coming into 719 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 9: sports ownership as a way to almost instantly get some 720 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 9: popularity and some credibility. And if it just becomes more 721 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 9: and more where sports leagues are the playground of billionaires 722 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 9: but they're unaccountable, I think that's a recipe for really 723 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 9: seeing a rift between fans. 724 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 11: And the league. 725 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 9: They want to see they and they want to know 726 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 9: that everyone's playing fair, and that's fundamentally what this story 727 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 9: feels like. The richest guy in sports ownership came in 728 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 9: and said, how can I stretch or break the rules? 729 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,879 Speaker 9: And if anyone even got I. 730 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 2: Want to be fair, Luke, you make you make some 731 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 2: nice points, but let's be fair to Steve Balmer here. 732 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 2: I got to be fair to him. I can't just 733 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 2: say that he's guilty of this. This happens in the 734 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:25,280 Speaker 2: Premier League all the time, all the time, and owners 735 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:29,880 Speaker 2: get dinged, you know, whether it's Juventus a couple of 736 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:36,399 Speaker 2: years ago, whether it's a Man City, anybody else in there. 737 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 7: So there's there's always rumors of like, uh, oh this 738 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 7: team is doing really well. Wow, we should see if 739 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 7: they have any offshore accounts wink wink. There's there's like 740 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 7: always that, man, how did they get this player to sign? Like, oh, 741 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,880 Speaker 7: somebody should check the Cayman Islands. Maybe that's out, yes, ton. 742 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 3: So why isn't there more of a punishment if it's 743 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,880 Speaker 3: just a ding to use your word, if that people 744 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 3: keep doing it and they keep circumventing the rules, or 745 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 3: it seems like it's just because everyone's doing it, Is 746 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,360 Speaker 3: there any kind of governing body that cares to do 747 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 3: anything about it? 748 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,719 Speaker 2: As the Premier League come down heavy on these teams, Seaton. 749 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean they get absolutely yeah. 750 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,319 Speaker 2: But I hope Welly have oversight committees that And by 751 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,919 Speaker 2: the way, the NBA owners scheduled to meet next week 752 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 2: in New York City, scheduled to meet. All owners will 753 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 2: be there and this topic is reportedly on the agenda.