1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: It's that time time time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: The Michael Verie Show is on the air. Well, we 3 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: better to know about the tech Dot Bridge than Tom Bazon, 4 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: who happens to have called in. Tom Bazon is a 5 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: local appraiser and citizen activist who used to come down 6 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: to City Hall when I was on City Council, and 7 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: Tom would be the only guy in the public half 8 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: the city council didn't read the budget truth be told, 9 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: and he would point out, hey, y'all have this. You know, 10 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: eighty million dollar appropriation for this. Are you're aware that 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: that's been appropriated five times before nothing was ever done 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: with it. Where's the money going? And nobody wanted to 13 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: hear a good government activist, and so they wouldn't move 14 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: him to the front. So I would have to get 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: him moved up earlier, otherwise he'd be stuck till the 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: very end. And sometimes they would fight me on that, 17 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: and the reason because nobody wanted to hear what Tom 18 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 2: was on said. Because what Tom was on wanted was 19 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: the efficient operation of city government and the county and 20 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: tex Dot and all of these other things. But I 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: grew to respect him a great deal because Tom didn't 22 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 2: have anything to gain. In fact, it hurt his business 23 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: that he was calling out the fraud and corruption. He 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: didn't have an outlet. He didn't have a radio show. 25 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 2: He'd have some big, powerful blog. The Chronicle didn't give 26 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: him space, and yet he just toiled along, toiled along. 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 2: And I always admired that, like as a very Don 28 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: Quixote in his keyhotic quest jousting at Windmills. But I 29 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: liked to think in some small way it made a difference. 30 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: So when it came time to find space for the RCC, 31 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: I knew he also did some brokerage, and I said, Tom, 32 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: I owe it to you. Find me a space. And 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: we looked at a bunch of different spaces, and then 34 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: we drove up on the RCC and he said this 35 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: place is a dump. You're not gonna want it. I said, 36 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: it's perfect, We'll take it. And that was that, and 37 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: he and Paula were regular members. Tom was on Welcome 38 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: to the program Sir, What say you? 39 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: Oh? 40 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: After all that, I missed his intro up, Tom, hold on, Tom, 41 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 2: I hanging right there. I did something wrong, Tom. That's 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: the weirdest thing. See what see it has that number 43 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: one beside it Ramon. I figured out what the one, 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: the two, and the three. I think that's the order 45 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 2: they came in. Let me see, I'm gonna put him 46 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: on hold and I'm gonna go to it. Tom. Maybe 47 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: you got his volume down. Tell him to call back. 48 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: That's right, Tell them to call back. Now what do 49 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: we do? What? Oh, he might've had his mute and 50 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 2: I might have fat fingered it. He might have fat 51 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 2: fingers it. Well, we'll sit here and wait on Tom. 52 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: You know, in the meantime, I've been wanting to tell 53 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: this story, but I know it's going to be lost 54 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: on ninety nine percent of the audience, and that's going 55 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: to irritate me. 56 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 3: Is that you Yeah, it is me just making sure 57 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 3: the phones work. 58 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: Yeah that sounds good. Okay, Yeah, good to hear from you, though, body, Yeah, 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: you took all right? So follow me on this one moment, 60 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: everybody says. I keep hearing people parrot this line. We 61 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: got to do away with it, nil, Why players getting 62 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: paid too much money? Too much money? Yep, all that 63 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: money's ruining the game? How's it ruining the game? Too 64 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: much money? What do you mean ruining the game? How's 65 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: it running the game? Too much money? What are you saying? 66 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: Why do you you don't even know what you're saying. 67 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: I've got women who don't know what a first down is, 68 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: but they wear their their their gear since they were 69 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: at a sorority. At the sorority to college, they go 70 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 2: to all the games. They get all gussied up. Alabama, Mississippi, 71 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 2: Mississippi State, L s U, U, T A, and M. 72 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: You know, we go to every game. We've been going 73 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: to every game, you know, every year. You know, we 74 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: know Arch Manning. We've had him to our house for dinner. Okay, 75 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 2: all right, let me ask you just a quick question. 76 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: What's a flea flicker? 77 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 3: Oh? 78 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, we but we know Arch, we know the whole family. 79 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: We've known the whole family. And we don't miss a game. Okay, 80 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: all right, Uh, what's a fair catch? Well, you know, 81 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 2: we just you know, we go to every game. We 82 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,239 Speaker 2: don't miss it. We love, we get there, we tailgate. Okay, 83 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 2: so big fan, big fan, and that person will tell 84 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: you in il bad deal. Money, money's ruined the game. 85 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: Money's terrible. Okay, all right, you keep saving that. So 86 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 2: let me ask you this, how has it ruined the game? 87 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 2: Too much money? The kids don't care. It's just too 88 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 2: much money. Whose money is it? Is a taxpayer dollars? 89 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: Because it's not. It's go ahead and make it easy on. 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: It's not. It's car dealers and enrich donors. They choose 91 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: to give that money to the players because they want 92 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: their team to win. Yeah, how about that. That's how 93 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 2: that works. Yeah, that's free market. Is there too much 94 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: money in automobiles or too much money in houses, or 95 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: too much money in country clubs? Or how about too 96 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: much money in handbags? Damn it, we can't have good 97 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 2: handbags anymore because Louis Vuitton and Kate Spade and Prada 98 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: and all these people. They've made the bags too expensive 99 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: and bags aren't fun anymore. Let's do away with bags 100 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: and we'll go back to very basic handbags. What do 101 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: you think about that? 102 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 4: Oh? 103 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: Normal, We still got to have money in bags. Money 104 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: and bags is good, all right? So money is bad. 105 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: Take the money out. The kids don't have any heart 106 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 2: for it anymore the way they used to. Oh, so 107 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: the kids should play for free. No, they get education. 108 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: We pay for their education. They don't want the education. 109 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: See that's what you don't get. They don't want the education. 110 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: If they wanted the education, you wouldn't have to have 111 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 2: minimum standards. They don't show up to get an education. 112 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: I don't want to shock this for anybody. I don't 113 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: know if it's going to ruin this for anybody. They 114 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: don't want to go to school. The university does everything 115 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: they can to get them to go to enough classes. 116 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: They always have some woman forty years old who's like 117 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 2: the den mom, and she makes sure they go to 118 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: classes and they pass, and they just enough to stay 119 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: on the field till they go to the pros or 120 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: get out and go do whatever they're going to do 121 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: from there. But they don't get their degree. They love 122 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 2: to tell you they do because they're student athletes. All 123 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: we're in love with his idea. They're student athletes. Okay, 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: money's bad, get the money out. Too much money? All right? 125 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: Then Brian Kelly is they negotiate an exit for him. 126 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: He still owed fifty four million dollars on his contract, 127 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: so there's some debate as to how much he's gonna get. 128 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 2: He's going to get at least thirty men. He may 129 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: get fifty two million to walk away. What coach O 130 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: get twenty million to walk away? Jimbo got seventy seven million. 131 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: That's crazy. You know what, I've not heard one person 132 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: say too much money and coaches payoffs? Wait, what, where's 133 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 2: I'm not hurt a single person. These people are getting 134 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: paid obscene amounts of money for failing to get out 135 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 2: of the way so we don't fail anymore. But nobody 136 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 2: seems to care. So the old guy that coaches, he 137 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 2: can make he can make absurd amounts of money. That's 138 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: perfectly fine. Just don't don't dare let the kid on 139 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: the field make a penny because that ruins the game. Well, 140 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: when they get paid, they're not passionate about it. Oh, 141 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: you don't think Brian Kelly woke up in South Bend, 142 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: Indiana and said where I most want to live as 143 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: Baton Rouge. You don't think Jimbo was sitting in Florida 144 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: and said where I most want to live as college station. 145 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 2: You think money might have affected that book? 146 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: Dean Joel has been race driver, Michael Barry funny hacker. 147 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: That's Ramond du King of Dan suggested for general audiences. 148 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: So the woman who does all my title work is 149 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: that Alamo title. Her name is Dana Pendleton. She's known 150 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 2: as Dana Duncan Pendleton DDP and her husband, Clinton, is 151 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 2: a real estate developer in the area. A lot of 152 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: stuff out northeast fifty nine around the Cleveland area. I 153 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: don't think he has that much. He's just like six 154 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 2: thousand acres or something. And they came on the Palm 155 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: Beach trip and she stopped me in the hallway at 156 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: the hotel and she said, hey, I've been meaning to 157 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: ask you. Do you know anything about the DGS, because 158 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 2: I know you love the Beg's And I said, no, 159 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: who are the DGS? She said, well, the Food Fighters 160 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 2: wanted to do a tribute band to the Beg's. They 161 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: didn't want to do it as the Food Fighters because 162 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: you'd still think of the Food Fighters. So they just 163 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 2: created their own Beg's tribute band and they're called the DGS. 164 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 2: And you got to check it out. I didn't think 165 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: anything of it, and then yesterday she sent me an 166 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: email with a link to them, and then I had 167 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 2: to send it to Ramon and neither one of us 168 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: knew anything about it, and we couldn't believe, why have 169 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 2: we never heard of this before? Anyway, that was them, 170 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: and it's a pretty cool little project. If you find 171 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 2: yourself in the mood to learn more about them. It 172 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: also makes you appreciate the vocals of the begs because 173 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 2: I've never heard anybody cover them and do them justice. 174 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 2: And even the food fighters. Can't you just you just 175 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 2: you can't. Now, there's no way around it, John, You're 176 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: only Michael Barry show. 177 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 5: Go ahead, Yes, sir four. As this money in collegiate athletics, 178 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 5: you know, most of the guys are not getting paid, 179 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 5: but of course there are a few that are really 180 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 5: making large sums of money. You know, last year the 181 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 5: number one guy was eighteen year old Cooper Flagg, who 182 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 5: played one year at Duke and now he's in the NBA. 183 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 5: The guy behind him was essentially inexperienced, a second stringer, 184 00:10:55,600 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 5: Arch Manning. And now I've noticed after the University of 185 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 5: Texas football games on the field, on the postgame activities, 186 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 5: whether it be uh post gang interview with Many or 187 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 5: Many celebrating with one of his teammates, Many is always 188 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 5: escorted by one, if not to uniformed DPS officers. I 189 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 5: have yet to see the quarterback of Ohio State. 190 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 2: The quarterback you. 191 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 3: Pardon me? 192 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 2: Is there a point to any of this? 193 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 5: Well, yes, because I think yes, because yes, because I 194 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 5: think and this has kind of been being shown now 195 00:11:53,040 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 5: with this uh gambling issue with the NBA, that there's 196 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 5: a lot of uh you know, opportunity, shall we say, 197 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: when that money is that high, that the game is 198 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 5: going to be tarnished by these guys. 199 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: You think that there are DPS troopers beside arch Manning 200 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 2: because they don't want to let anyone get to him 201 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 2: to gamble. 202 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 5: Well, well, arch Benning is getting paid six million dollars. 203 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 2: What does that matter for? 204 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 5: And uh so, you know there he has to protect, 205 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 5: you know, their investment. 206 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: Oh dear God. And there are players who are paid 207 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 2: more than that in the NFL who don't get security. 208 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 2: You know, people get retarded, literally retarded over money. It's 209 00:12:52,559 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 2: amazing to me. The concern is the fan base freak 210 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: out over arch Manning puts him in a bad situation, 211 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: not of his choosing. Whatever one may think of arch Manning, 212 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: love him, hate him, can't decide yet, waiting to see 213 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 2: he didn't choose to be overhyped, which is what they 214 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: did to him. They set him up for failure with 215 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 2: an overhype and not even ut as much as the 216 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: media everybody wants a hero. Everybody wants a superstar. That's 217 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 2: why every Sunday they don't say the Bills and the Texans. 218 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: They say Will Anderson against Josh Allen anybody else playing? 219 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 2: Just curious? And by the way, I'm told, oh, the portal, 220 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 2: the portal, Michael, not in ll okay, you got me 221 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: on nil. The portals what ruined it? Because then they 222 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 2: can just move from team to team. Oh you mean 223 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 2: the way Saban? Did you mean the way? Lane Kiffin's 224 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 2: gonna do it at the end of this year. But 225 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 2: nobody has a problem with that. They don't want these 226 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 2: kids to make any money. It's creepy, it's weird. Money 227 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 2: has ruined everything okaoc has it ruined you? Do you 228 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 2: stay at your job because you love it or because 229 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: they pay you more than the next guy. The other 230 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: day I made the point that people would be jumping 231 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: up and down. They come up with these dumb ideas 232 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 2: like we ought to put we ought to put shoe 233 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: polish on our on our windows and drive around in 234 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: the parade. I was making a joke. Trump and Tom 235 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 2: thought I was serious. 236 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 6: Hey Michael, was Tom again? Hey listen? I took it 237 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 6: in the middle of a sentence but you're just talking 238 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 6: about this great idea. Holy crap, man, we should do 239 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 6: that shoebowish idea. You have the best freaking ideas of 240 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 6: anybody in the whole wild world. Man, Imagine how easy 241 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 6: it is. Everybody's got shoebash you need. Don't you go Walmart, 242 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 6: you go dar General, you go Kruger, you go to ATB. 243 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 6: There's lots of places that shall shoe polish rever and 244 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 6: even real shoebolash. But listen that idea that has a 245 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 6: million dollar idea. Because there's so many people that love Trump, 246 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 6: so many people love Trump, but we think that we're 247 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 6: all alone inside of some type of fantasy island where 248 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 6: we're just all alone on this island surrounded by a 249 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 6: midget and hot women from the seventies. But I mean 250 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 6: that's all what I mean. I mean that we're like 251 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 6: all alone. But if everybody got shoe polash, you get brown, 252 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 6: white or black shoe polish paint on your car. 253 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 4: Trump whatever rules twenty twenty eight is awesome town, then 254 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 4: everybody drive around, every single body would know. 255 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 2: Oh my god, I'm not alone. 256 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 6: I'm not alone in this crazy town. Okay, that's all 257 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 6: I got please, please can Once you get this going, 258 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 6: I will be at the. 259 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 2: Front of that parade. 260 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 6: We'll call it shoe policies period. Oh hey, I gotta go, 261 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 6: somebody's call me about a tax. 262 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,479 Speaker 2: Well, experience the excitement of Oshan. 263 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry show, Everything you need and most everything 264 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: you want. 265 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: All right, let's go over this again because I think 266 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: it's a fun little exercise. So when you talk about politics, 267 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 2: policy and you wonder, how can people vote for the 268 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: Democrats when they do the things they do, How can 269 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: they do that? How do they still do it? Because 270 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: they suspend reality. They've come to their conclusion. I like 271 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 2: the LSU Tigers, I like the text Sernam Maggie, whatever 272 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 2: that is, and so nothing makes sense after that. They 273 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 2: process everything through the conclusion, so that whatever premises you 274 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 2: have can't change the conclusion. That's that's their conclusion. That's 275 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 2: where they are. Well, when you understand that, that's why 276 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 2: Democrats are going to vote for Mamdani no matter what 277 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 2: you say about him. You realize you can't reason with 278 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 2: these people. This is why people get so frustrated. Yeah, 279 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: so I came to work and I said, oh yeah, 280 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: oh yeah, you said Mumdonni wasn't a communist. Watch this. 281 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 2: This is Mumdani saying I am a communist. Say and 282 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: you know what she said. She was like, I don't care. 283 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 2: I'm so vote for him because he's better than the 284 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 2: other guy and Trump is bad. I'm like, oh my god, 285 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 2: I got okay. Well, at that point you realize that 286 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 2: person is not being reasonable. They can't be reasonable. Well, 287 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: at least we're not unreasonable, right. I pick at the 288 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 2: scab of Nil and Portal, not because I care, but 289 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 2: because it's a fascinating way to have a conversation with 290 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: people who are doing exactly the same thing, who are 291 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: otherwise very reasonable. Take the money out of college football. 292 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 2: Take the money out of is exactly what the Democrats 293 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: are saying in New York, and we call them socialists. Wait, 294 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 2: don't let the players get paid. Everything will be equal. 295 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 2: Isn't that what the Democrats say? Isn't that what the 296 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 2: Democrats say? You love college football because you love the 297 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: competition of these kids. Why shouldn't they enjoy that? By 298 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 2: the way, don't worry because I think some people think 299 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 2: some nineteen year olds getting. 300 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: Over on them. 301 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 2: Most people can't confess to this but I think there's 302 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: a degree of resentment that I'm over here busting my 303 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: ass for twenty five years and I've never made three 304 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 2: million dollars a year. That kid's running up down to 305 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 2: football and he's making three million dollars a year, and 306 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 2: I don't like it. Let's be honest, Let's call that 307 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: what it is. Some people may not realize it, but 308 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 2: that is what's happening. Rest assured. If that's causing you grief, 309 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 2: rest assured, for ninety nine point nine percent of those kids, 310 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 2: that money will be squandered by the end of the 311 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 2: calendar year in which they were paid and they'll never 312 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: make any money again for the rest of their lives. 313 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 2: Rest assured that is the case. There will be a 314 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 2: handful that will go to the NFL, but it is 315 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 2: so much, it is so it is so much fewer 316 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 2: than you can imagine because every year that you can 317 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: only absorb a few because you have players that are 318 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: playing multiple years. And then you think of guys making 319 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 2: it on a team, most don't make the final team. 320 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 2: If they do make the final team, they're not a 321 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 2: multi year They never get on the field, so they're 322 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 2: playing for league minimums. They're not getting ahead of you. 323 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 2: You'll own the house, they won't. You'll own cars they want. 324 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: You'll have a retirement, they won't. So don't worry. They're 325 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: not getting overr on you. All right, let's take that 326 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 2: out of the picks. Well, okay, Michael, it's not the money. Okay, 327 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: it's not the man. I want to make sure it's 328 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: not the money, because let me just ask this. Can 329 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: we also cap the coaches? Let me ask you this. 330 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 2: If your argument is they're already getting room and board, Michael, 331 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 2: why we got to pay a more? You don't the 332 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: donors do well? I gotta pay for the tickets. Don't 333 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 2: don't buy tickets. I gotta go. I got my shirt, 334 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 2: my colors, and my cat, my car. Now my yours 335 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 2: is But why do you keep doing that? Because the 336 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 2: sport is so damn good and so damned compelling, you 337 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: can't help yourself. It's that good, right. But if they're 338 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: already getting room and board, why does the coach need 339 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 2: to make more than a professor. Why does the coach 340 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 2: need to make more than the president of university? Why 341 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: is the coach in every single state in the Union 342 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 2: the highest paid public employee in the state That doesn't 343 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 2: make any sense. How are we going to pay our 344 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 2: coaches more than any other public official in the state. 345 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: That's dumb. Let's take the money out of it, all right, 346 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 2: But nobody complains about the money in the coaching because 347 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 2: everybody wants the best coach. Oh okay, all right, okay, 348 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: So then they go, then they pivot. Okay, okay. Money's fine. 349 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: Money's fine, Money's fine. It's just the portal. What's wrong 350 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 2: with the portal? You get these players? They move from 351 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 2: team to team? Mm hmm. Like you mean like you 352 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 2: do it your job. You mean like everybody does at 353 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 2: their job. You mean like that? Well, I just want 354 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 2: them to get there and stay there. Why why do 355 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 2: you need them to get there and stay there? When 356 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 2: you go to a game, you're telling me that you 357 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: need to know that that red shirt freshman is going 358 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 2: to be there for four years. I can't enjoy this game. 359 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 2: I can't enjoy trying to beat old miss if I 360 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 2: don't know if this guy's going to be here three 361 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: years from now, I just can't. I can't live with it. 362 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 2: Why do you hear yourself? I need to know this 363 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: is the only place he's ever going to play because 364 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 2: my heart will be broke. I just I just pretend 365 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: to Keeam didn't go to Canada and wear another jersey. 366 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 2: I can't have it. Wait, is say we allow it 367 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 2: in professional sports? Oh, and we allow it in college 368 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 2: ruins the game? The game's not the way it used 369 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 2: to be. Okay, Well, they're also not wearing knee pads 370 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: any longer. They don't wear big bulky Earl Campbell thigh pads. 371 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 2: I mean, how far back do we go? Has the 372 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 2: forward pass ruined the sport? What exactly is the problem? 373 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 2: There are so many advancements to the sport that make 374 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 2: it better than it ever was. But why on earth 375 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 2: would you want to take money out of these kids' 376 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: pockets You're not paying for it. If I'm a rich 377 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: donor and I want to pay a kid to come 378 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: to my school that I went to, and now he's 379 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 2: got life changing money, even if he is going to 380 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 2: squander it, why would anybody else begrudge that? If you're real, honest, 381 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 2: real honest about your opposition to that, and you're capable 382 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: of introspection on a deep level, you will admit it's unhealthy. 383 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 2: It comes from a place that is in AOC mamdani 384 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 2: ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders. It does say what you want, 385 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 2: but it does. And if you tell me the portal 386 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 2: is so bad because you don't want them moving, then 387 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 2: you shouldn't let the coaches move either. So y'all can 388 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 2: be stuck with Brian Kelly at LSU for the link 389 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: of his term, because we can't just have people keep moving. 390 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: And don't you dare try to get Lane Kiffin over 391 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: because we don't want people just moving every time, do we? Oh, 392 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: coaches can do it, but not the kids. Okay, now 393 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 2: you start to understand the Democrat mindset better. Huh. Charlie 394 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 2: Daniels would have been eighty nine today. He did live 395 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 2: to be eighty four. Not a bad run, not a 396 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 2: bad well, technically eighty three. He was just short of 397 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 2: his eighty fourth birthday. Charles Edward Daniels left us July 398 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 2: six to twenty twenty, but born on this day, October 399 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 2: twenty eighth, nineteen and thirty six. Freddy, you're on the 400 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 2: Michael Berry Show. What say you, hey, Michael? 401 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 3: I got the perfect solution. I coached pee wee football 402 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 3: fifth and sixth grade when I was a younger man. 403 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 3: Coached my two sons, and my two sons and I 404 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 3: have decided we were going to call LSU and say 405 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 3: we'll coach for one year a million dollars apiece. I'll 406 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 3: be the head coach, he'll be the coordinators. And if 407 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 3: we can't, if we match the eight and four record 408 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 3: that he amassed there for the four years he was 409 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 3: there three and a half years he was there, then 410 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 3: they just passed a million dollars. We beat it. They 411 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 3: got to pass more. This goof comes from Notre Dame 412 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 3: down here, thinks you're going to coach in the SEC 413 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 3: and now they got to buy him out for fifty 414 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 3: four men. But there's not a bigger goof than our 415 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 3: buddy at A and M. That got somehow another cond 416 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 3: him into extending his contract for twelve million dollars a year. 417 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 3: And he was the offensive coordinator at LSU. When we 418 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 3: went to play Florida and he ran it off tackle 419 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 3: three times. All we had to do was get two yards. 420 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 3: He ran off three tackles three times, and we didn't 421 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 3: beat Florida, but we had them beat right there. So yeah, 422 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 3: these guys are going nuts. I mean, send me down 423 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 3: there with that talent at LSU have you seen those 424 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 3: people play. They're fantastic. Could you mess that up so bad? 425 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 2: Well, let me ask you this. So, Brian Kelly's record 426 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: is first four years thirty four and fourteen. Orgeron forty 427 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 2: and nine. Orgeron inherited an amazing team, Less Miles forty 428 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 2: two and eleven, eight more wins and three fewer losses. 429 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 2: Nick Saban thirty nine and thirteen, five more wins, one 430 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 2: fewer loss the difference being each of those three won 431 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 2: national titles, SEC titles and national titles. I don't like 432 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 2: Brian Kelly. I've never liked Brian Kelly. I don't think 433 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 2: he motivates players. I don't think they connect with him. 434 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 2: I don't think they play for him. However, you're referring 435 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 2: to him as the goof. He's getting somewhere between thirty 436 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 2: and fifty four million dollars to sit on a beach somewhere. 437 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 2: I'm coming in here and I'm gonna coach this team. No, please, 438 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 2: We'll give you a million dollars not to No, No, 439 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 2: I insist. I'm gonna stay up all night reviewing film 440 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 2: and get in early. I'm gonna bust my vocal cords 441 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 2: and stand out in the heat, blowing my whistle. I'm 442 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 2: going to track down where my boys are on life 443 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 2: three sixty all hours of the day, three hundred and 444 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 2: sixty five. No, please, Here's ten million, No, no, I'm 445 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,439 Speaker 2: doing it. Twenty million, uh uh, thirty million, no, forty million, 446 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 2: not even a chance. I must do this. You cannot 447 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 2: stop me. Here's fifty four million dollars. Okay, all right, 448 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 2: but I want to do all those things. But I'll 449 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: take my fifty four million. I will accept your offer. 450 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 2: Who's the goof here? People tell me how goofy Jimbo is? 451 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 2: How's jimbo goofy? He got seventy seven million dollars. Here's 452 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 2: what nobody talks about. And I can't figure out why. 453 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 2: Imagine you're sitting on a border regions, a steward of 454 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 2: the people's money. Most university revenues or tax dollars. It's 455 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 2: not tuition people think it is. Tuition makes up a 456 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: small percentage of a university's revenues. It's tax dollars. The 457 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 2: irony being that the people paying for school in many 458 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 2: cases are people who didn't go to school. You know 459 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 2: who gets shafted in this country? The guy who leaves 460 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 2: high school may or may not have gotten a degree 461 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 2: a diploma, and becomes a plumber, electrician, or carpenter and 462 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: gets to work. That guy is being harassed with new 463 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 2: regulations all day every day. Ask an ac man today, Hey, 464 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 2: those new regulations on free on how do those affect 465 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 2: your ability to do your job? How's that going to 466 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: affect the consumer? Because he's one going to take the 467 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,719 Speaker 2: hit on it. That guy's out in the heat, busting 468 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 2: ass all day every day. No bailouts for him. He 469 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 2: ain't GM or FORD, no subsidies for him, he ain't TESLA. 470 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: He just pays his taxes, grinding away and it goes 471 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 2: to the university. Because let's be honest, let's if we're 472 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 2: completely honest, university football teams have nothing to do with 473 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 2: the university. People that graduate from a school or go 474 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 2: there and didn't graduate want their team to beat somebody 475 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 2: else's team because they went somewhere there. It's the sport. 476 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 2: It's the spirit of competition. It's the same reason when 477 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 2: you're at the hunting least to night before you go out, 478 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 2: you play poker, little competition. It's the same reason you 479 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 2: played acts when you were a kid or kickball or 480 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 2: hopscotch or anything else. We love the competition. I'll take 481 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 2: mine against yours. It's pick up football on a bigger level, 482 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 2: and I get to be with this team. But I 483 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 2: want my team to win because it feels good when 484 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 2: my team wins. Nobody wants to dress all up and 485 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 2: paint their face for a school that keeps losing. You 486 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 2: want to be the one that's associated with the team 487 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 2: that keeps winning because in some small way you feel 488 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 2: like maybe that makes you better. Right, and all of 489 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 2: this is fine, it's all in good fun. My problem 490 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 2: is this high minded, dumb assory of people who keep saying, oh, 491 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 2: stop that in al it's gonna ruin it. And here's 492 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 2: the new one. The new one is you got to 493 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 2: stop that because you know, only ones that's getting paid 494 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 2: is football and some basketball. Oh you mean women's swimming 495 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 2: is not getting funded? No, why you think that is? 496 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 2: How about this? Go to the donors and ask for 497 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 2: money for women swimming. Now, the people who get mad 498 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 2: are girl dad's can I get it? Your daughter's in 499 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 2: this or that. That's great, Go support her, go watch 500 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 2: the games, but don't be bad. Other people aren't because 501 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: if you didn't have a daughter, you wouldn't go watch that. 502 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 2: And so the universities just want to have a football 503 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 2: and in some cases of basketball program, and in a 504 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 2: few cases a baseball program, although the baseball program is 505 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 2: buying large lose money too. Certainly there's no ticket sales 506 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 2: not to speak of, and there's only a handful of programs, 507 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 2: maybe ten, And now you'd have just this little, be 508 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 2: tiny league. But does every school in the country need 509 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 2: all these sports? Well, they're student athletes. On what basis 510 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 2: should you get a free education because you have a 511 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 2: sport that the university they're doing you a favor, not 512 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 2: anybody else. The one thing they won't cut is the 513 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 2: football program because that drives attendance and interest and donor dollars. 514 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 2: That's the marketplace, right