WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:07.919 You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty AM 2 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:17.079 m M six forty. It's Later with Mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on 3 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:24.000 the iHeartRadio app and California Government. They're doing it again. I know our 4 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:28.160 government is made up of the people that we, when I say we citizens 5 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:35.159 have voted for, but it doesn't mean that everything that they do is worthy 6 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:42.280 of emulation or applause or anything like that. And when I talk about government 7 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:46.759 in a general sense, I don't think people who are elected to office by 8 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:53.679 and large have the interests of their constituencies at heart. Someone hit me on 9 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:56.960 Instagram and said, mo, you should run for office. I said, 10 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.759 I should absolutely not run for office, because it's almost like I know too 11 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.319 much as far as how the sausage is made. I know that most politicians 12 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:10.079 are full of ish. Most politicians and elected officials are unserious, and it's 13 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:15.799 about staying in office and the perpetual campaigning and what have you. And they 14 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:21.200 will say anything to just about whomever they think is the constituency which is best 15 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:26.319 suited to get them re elected. I have no illusions. That's why I'm 16 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:33.680 registered independent. There are deeply held beliefs I have, and there are certain 17 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.400 politicians who are more in alignment with them, But by and large, I 18 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.319 just can't take elected officials seriously. Here's what I mean. In California, 19 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:48.239 for the past two years, more than the past few years, we've again 20 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:53.799 and again and again sought to pass bills which were more in the purview of 21 00:01:53.840 --> 00:02:04.879 the FDA than actual governance in the sense of things which actually improve our lives. 22 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.680 I don't need the government to tell me what to eat, what not 23 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.080 to eat, how to eat. I don't need the government to tell me 24 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:15.080 what can or cannot be put into food. I leave that to the state 25 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:21.800 Department of Health, leave that to the FDA. Proposed California bill would ban 26 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.120 methylene chloride from decaffeinated coffee production. I said I was going to talk about 27 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.280 this. I didn't get to it last hour. I'll get to it this 28 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:35.400 hour. And I say this as someone who is very rare. I don't 29 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.840 drink coffee, never have I know, Mark, I'm serious. I don't 30 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:43.240 drink coffee, and working in radio, you think I drink coffee. The 31 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.000 only time I've ever had coffee, as in like hot coffee, I was 32 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:53.280 in Spain, I went to a dunkin Donuts and they didn't have any water 33 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.800 per se. You know, they didn't have any drinks. Everything was coffee. 34 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.199 Coffee was everywhere, and I said, well, when in Barcelona, 35 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:05.120 do is the Barcelonians? So I had coffee while I was there. Didn't 36 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:08.080 like it. Never grew on me growing up. Both my parents heavy coffee 37 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:14.159 drinkers, didn't like it. Never grow on me. I liked hot chocolate 38 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.919 because I didn't like to taste of coffee. And at best I will have 39 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:23.319 an iced coffee. Back when I was filling in for Bill Handle on rare 40 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.280 occasion, I'm not a morning person, so getting up at four o'clock in 41 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.479 the morning to do a six am shift, I needed a little pick me 42 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.159 up. That's the only time outside of that. Never so I don't have 43 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:40.400 a personal vested interest in whether they banned this particular coffee ingredient or if they 44 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:46.520 banned coffee altogether. I won't miss it. I won't care about it one 45 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:51.400 bit. You really hate America, don't you. I hate everything about America 46 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:54.919 when it comes to coffee. Oh my god, this is abnormal. Realize 47 00:03:54.960 --> 00:04:00.319 that you're the abnormal one. I admit that I am a strange individual. 48 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.560 This is just one of my peculiarities. Okay, it's just one of them. 49 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:08.280 I got a bunch of them. But the chemical in question is methylne 50 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:13.840 chloride. It's a colorless liquid that federal regulators have already banned in certain manufacturing 51 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:17.959 and industrial processes, but not in food or drinks. Coffee companies use methyline 52 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:26.639 chloride to remove caffeine and this one. Assembly Member Eloise Gomez Rees is the 53 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.920 author of Assembly Bill two zero sixty six, which would ban methylene chloride from 54 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.759 all coffee products in the state. Quote. There are three ways of decaffeinating 55 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:41.759 coffee going through the process. This is the only one that uses a known 56 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:49.920 carcinogen to decaffeinate it. Of course, the National Coffee Association is against this 57 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:56.360 proposed ban. The President and CEO Bill Murray, not that Bill Murray, 58 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.439 but his name is Bill Murray, had this to say. Quote. The 59 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.319 activists sponsoring this bill have not presented any evidence to justify banning the most common 60 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:09.879 type of decalf because none exists. Not only is there no evidence of any 61 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:14.519 health risk, but in fact, decades of independent scientific evidence demonstrate that drinking 62 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:20.240 European method decalf like all coffee, is associated with reduced risk of multiple cancers 63 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:26.399 and chronic diseases. The World Health Organization, the American Cancer Society, the 64 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:31.199 American Institute for Cancer Research, the World Cancer Research Fund, and California's own 65 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:39.720 Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment agree close quote. Well, it's pretty simple 66 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.639 to me. Just be a non coffee drinker like me. That'll in all 67 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.959 your problems. Sean, do you drink coffee? You do a little bit. 68 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.439 I do an occasion thought, only ice, though I don't like hot 69 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:54.879 drinks either. Okay, at best, I'll do ice coffee and it's definitely 70 00:05:54.920 --> 00:06:00.399 not decaffeinated in nature. What's the point. Yeah, it's like a non 71 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:04.519 alcoholic beer. Yeah, and I never I never drank beer for the taste, 72 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.959 right, I drink beer for the buzzy exactly. If I'm going to 73 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.439 a baseball game and that's about the only time I have beer, I will 74 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.759 have a beer for the purpose of having a light buzz and watching the Dodgers. 75 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.560 I don't go home and say, hey, why don't I have me 76 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:28.199 and old duels? Nor Mark, do you have the hotline to the nuthouse? 77 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.079 Because I need you to get them on the line and have some straight 78 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:38.560 jackets come up here with this coffee. That is a politically incorrect way to 79 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:45.160 emotionally and unstable people. Okay, coffee, beans, nuts, it's all 80 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:47.920 in the same. We need some sort of intervention here, We need we 81 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:53.399 need you to be put in volunteer. You're more upset at me not drinking 82 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:59.319 coffee than this proposed California bill which would outlaw methylne chloride. When they packed 83 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.360 the caffeinated is it a carcinogen or is it not? I don't know. 84 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.399 I'm saying that's what the story says it is because wait, wait, there's 85 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:11.319 a carcinogen in cigarettes and that hasn't been outlawed. Well, the existence of 86 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:15.399 one bad thing doesn't justify the existence of further bad things. I would say 87 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:19.240 that just because there is a carcinogen, that doesn't mean that it's been worthy 88 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:23.639 of being banned. So you're gonna take this bold pro cancer stance, This 89 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.160 is admirable. Lie like this. No, no, no, there's a 90 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.560 carcinogen in alcohol. I am pro the ability to have a drink, to 91 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.920 have a smoke, it, even have decaffeinated coffee. Now, if you 92 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:39.600 want to say there has to be a warning label as there is on cigarettes. 93 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.120 If you want to limit how it can be advertised, as there is 94 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.639 a limit to the way you can advertise alcohol and cigarettes, that's a different 95 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.680 discussion. I'll have that discussion, but damn it, when I get home 96 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.240 tonight, and probably you will too, we'll have a nightcat. Well, 97 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.319 let's meet in the middle on this. I think we can find some common 98 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:03.000 ground here. Anybody who wastes my time drinking decaffeinated coffee, maybe you deserve 99 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:09.560 cancer. How about that or a slap slap. I'm not gonna wish cancer 100 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.560 on anybody. I'm just trying to compromise. Don't drink decoffinated decaffeinated coffee. 101 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.360 Don't do it. You are lower than low and I'm the person who's supposed 102 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:22.519 to be in the nutthouse. Goodness, gracious, you just around here wishing 103 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.279 cancer on people just because they don't drink your fully caffeinated coffee. Don't blame 104 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.639 the people trying to compromise in you the American way. You say I hate 105 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:35.320 America. Do you know how American coffee is? You might as well be 106 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.159 running around the office here in a speedo with a rising sun on it. 107 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.360 Look at the top. Yeah, it's Later with Mo Kelly if I am 108 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.919 six forty. How did we get here? How did we get here? 109 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.799 With life everywhere? In the iHeartRadio app, you're listening to Later with Moe 110 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:58.399 Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. Well, welcome to the party, 111 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.039 y'all, Welcome to the party. It's it's so funny hearing all the 112 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:07.240 discussions today across social media. On TV, you even had political commentators talking 113 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:11.480 about why is Caitlyn Clark not making as much as the man? Why is 114 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:16.799 she only gonna make maybe three hundred and forty thousand dollars across the four years 115 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.240 of her rookie contract. And I said, oh, y'all so cute. 116 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:28.159 You haven't been actually following WNBA basketball or women's college basketball. You just came 117 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:31.960 to it recently because of Caitlyn Clark. It's so cute. And your fake 118 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.720 outrage because you don't even understand how any of this works. You don't know 119 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:41.960 what a collective bargating agreement is. You don't understand how the NBA had to 120 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:46.759 fight for all these progressive rays increases for the players over thirty five years or 121 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:52.039 so. They had lockouts, they had strikes, They had all sorts of 122 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:56.240 fights about revenue sharing and merchandise and broadcast rights. And you say, well, 123 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.000 Kitlin Clark should be paid more. No, she shouldn't, because she 124 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.759 is being brought in under the twenty twenty collective bargaining agreement, which was negotiated 125 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:13.000 and agreed upon by two sides, the owners and the Women's Players Association, 126 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.799 the union. It was agreed upon and there's a payscale, a rookie payscale. 127 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.600 It didn't matter if it was Caitland Clark or it was maybe Bethany Brown 128 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.000 in the newsroom, whoever was going to be number one pick overall, they 129 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:30.600 were going to get that exact same contract because that was collectively bargained agreement. 130 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:37.519 That wage scale was agreed upon. Why, because that's all the WNBA can 131 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:43.320 afford. Realistically, you can't pay Caitlin Clark the same as you did Victor 132 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:48.759 Winbeyama the number one overall draft pick for the men in the NBA, because 133 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.080 they're not there as in the WNBA. They're not bringing in the same level 134 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.799 of revenue, they're not commanding the same amount of money for their broadcast rights. 135 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:05.360 In twenty fourteen, the NBA sold its broadcast rights for twenty four billion 136 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:09.399 dollars was ten years ago. Ten years ago, and when they're renegotiated next 137 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:15.120 year, it's expected to sell for two point five times that. It should 138 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:20.519 be maybe sixty billion that'll be sold for across many networks. The WNBA is 139 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.960 not there. You raise that rookie pay scale and also the average pay or 140 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.320 minimum pay for all the players in the league. By expanding their broadcast rights, 141 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.799 which they have to sell, they've made one step forward by selling. 142 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.879 I should say that that deal that the WNBA entered into with CBS, and 143 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.159 so the Indiana Fever and other teams will be shown on national TV through all 144 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:46.840 out the WNBA season, which I might add is only half the length of 145 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.559 the NBA season. WNBA only plays like forty games. NBA plays eighty two 146 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.000 games. There's another point of comparison. But if you believe, if you 147 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:01.960 personally believe that Caitlin Clark should be making more money or the women of the 148 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:05.559 WNBA should be making more money than it's incumbent upon you to put your money 149 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:11.159 where your mouth is. That means purchasing a description, a subscription on the 150 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:16.440 w NBA League Pass it means buying merchandise, it means watching the events, 151 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:20.559 it means talking about the league and also the games on social media. But 152 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.840 it just seemed like you just found out about the league last year, maybe 153 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:28.960 last week, or nothing before, Caitlyn Clark. That's what it sounds like, 154 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:33.919 because if you're talking about the women's pay and you don't understand what a 155 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:39.320 collectively bargained agreement or revenue sharing, how both of those things figure into the 156 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.320 rookie pay scale, which is locked in and has been locked in for the 157 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.799 WNBA since twenty twenty. If you don't understand those things, then yes, 158 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.519 it's going to seem like it's so unfair. It's just unfair. Kitlin Clark 159 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.159 deserves more money. Did you see the ratings for the NC two A game. 160 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.600 It's a different league. I don't care. It just seems unfair Kinglin 161 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.519 Clark, she was so good on SNL, she deserves millions of the get 162 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:05.759 an endorsement. I don't care. That's how you sound because you don't understand 163 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:09.480 how it actually works. And if you don't understand how it actually works, 164 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:15.360 then yes, it's going to seem unfair. The WNBA can't even afford can't 165 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:22.919 even afford to fly all their players' private they still are flying commercial. Lakers 166 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.440 got their own team plane. All the NBA team's got their own team plane. 167 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.759 Why Because they're bringing in billions and billions of dollars. The w NBA 168 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:37.600 is presently losing millions of dollars each year. Can that change? Absolutely? 169 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.080 That's why you have a Kitlin Clark and hopefully get a better TV deal. 170 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:46.840 But the point is you cannot pay the WNBA until they on the same level 171 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.240 as the NBA, until they start making NBA level revenue from ticket sales, 172 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:58.159 merchandise, jersey sales, broadcasts and streaming rights soul. Until the WNBA performs 173 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:03.720 on a level pun intended of the NBA in a monetary sense, then the 174 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.320 players are not gonna get paid the same amount. I don't want to hear 175 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:07.759 about. Well, the women are doing the exact same job as the men. 176 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.720 Oh no, no, no, we're talking about a business here. 177 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.759 Well, what about the ratings for the NCWA. That's one game and that's 178 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:22.679 college that's not pro that'll do barn gangbusters for the next TV deal for the 179 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:28.279 nc two A tournament. But we're talking about the NWNBA. The WNBA has 180 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.399 to demonstrate in this year, this time, while they have Caitlin Clarks and 181 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:37.120 all the eyes of America watching. Since you're now in WNBA fan for all 182 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.480 of twenty minutes, you gotta put your money where your mouth is and actually 183 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:46.240 support the league, not just you, but your family members, your friends. 184 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.840 And then you will start to see it more places. Because I remember, 185 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.399 Stephan, I don't know if you remember this, or maybe I didn't 186 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.120 tell you this, but Mark wouldn't know this because he wasn't here yet. 187 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.720 But when we first started the show and I had John Jackie Ray, we 188 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:01.960 were talking about the WNBA CUNC consistently and people were saying they were hitting me. 189 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.000 Then when I was on Twitter and other social media, why you're always 190 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.679 talking about WNBA. No one cares about that league. No one cares about 191 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:15.840 women's basketball. That's what I got. I have been consistent. I have 192 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.919 always been all in on women's basketball, women's soccer, women's tennis. I 193 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:24.360 am a legitimate fan. I can tell you about the teams. I can 194 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:28.279 tell you about the star players, the key executives, all of that. 195 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:31.399 And now people were sending around this meme talking about Caitlyn Clark. Deserves more 196 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:41.240 money. No. No, The WNBA owners negotiated and collectively bargaining agreement keyword 197 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.879 agreement with the players union as far as salary and pay structure and revenue sharing 198 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.279 relative to the money they were bringing in, and the league wasn't bringing in 199 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:54.440 money. It is subsidized. The league is subsidized by the NBA. It 200 00:15:54.559 --> 00:16:00.080 is losing money, and they're still paying their players as at this moment, 201 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:06.240 is not generating a profit, so there's no revenue to speak of to share. 202 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:12.440 If Caitlin Clark can be the catalyst to change all that wonderful, I 203 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:17.000 am all for it. But if you're gonna send me that meme one more 204 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.600 freaking time talking about how Caitlin Clark is only as gonna make some four hundred 205 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:23.240 thousand dollars from her w NBA contract for the first four years, You're an 206 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.759 idiot. You're dumb. You're dumb, dumb, dumb. You need to 207 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:33.440 stop sending it to me. You're just mad and loud and dumb. I 208 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.639 know that sounds harsh, but someone needs to tell you that because I've been 209 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.440 talking about w NBA for years now, and now you want to say, 210 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:45.200 Mo, did you see this I'm surrounded by idiots. Not you, Mark, 211 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.200 Not that's around. I'm just saying in the in the you know, 212 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:51.279 the bug sphere, in the in the web and the worldwide web, of 213 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:52.600 course, of course, and get back to me when you're ahead of the 214 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:59.159 curve. On women's wrestling, we talked WWE. We've had Bianca bell Air 215 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:02.240 on here twice. What are you talking about? Okay, are you sure 216 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:04.799 you work on this show? Stefan? Can you remind them how many wrestlers 217 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:08.720 we have on it? Let's see female wrestlers. Well, let's just focus 218 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.240 on that a little bit more. Please, all right, we've had a 219 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:18.599 number of female wrestlers, wrestlers in general. Okay, I'm a fan of 220 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.440 wrestling, and I would like to meet I think you should pay closer attention 221 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.920 to the show. You might become a fan. My goal is to do 222 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.279 that at some point. It's Lady with mo Kelly. We have more w 223 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.200 NBA talk and Caitlyn talk because y'all need to be educated and just woman. 224 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:40.079 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. 225 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:45.480 It's weird. I was watching cable news. I was watching broadcast news. 226 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.279 I was listening to commercial radio, I was listening to public radio, and 227 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:53.559 just about every outlet was discussing the Caitlyn Clark phenomena. That's good, but 228 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:59.599 also talking about the pay disparity in the WNBA. That's bad because that's not 229 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:03.440 new. But people want to act like, oh my gosh, this is 230 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.839 such a tragedy. This is just a this is something which just can't happen 231 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:12.039 in America. It's unfair. It's gender disparity. No, it's not. 232 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:21.359 It's not gender disparity. It has to do with capitalism and revenue sharing. 233 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.200 And I'm gonna remind folks, and I leaned on Stephan but now I had 234 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.759 to go back and look it up. Do you remember Britney Griner. We 235 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:33.559 were talking to Jackie Ray, who is a w NBA correspondent for night Cast 236 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.640 Media, and Britney Griner. That was the biggest story in the nation, 237 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:45.279 how she pled guilty to having you know, marijuana something something on her in 238 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:49.880 Russia and people were asking, what the hell are you doing playing in Russia? 239 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:56.279 And we had the discussion. Then the WNBA players were not making enough 240 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:02.160 money in the WNBA, so they were playing in international leagues. Russia at 241 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:06.359 the time was one of the top paying leagues. That's how they were able 242 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:10.079 to afford a Britney Grinder. I think she was making about a million dollars 243 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.480 a year playing in Russia. They said, why the hell would you go 244 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:17.680 to Russia because they were paying. This is not a new issue. We 245 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:22.359 were discussing back in July of twenty twenty three and all you new found WNBA 246 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:27.720 fans did not care because you didn't like Britney Grinder. But the underlying foundational 247 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:33.359 issue was still there. It was you didn't care when those players not named 248 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:38.880 Caitlin Clark, who had actually proven themselves in the WNBA. You didn't care 249 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:42.960 when they were not getting paid. You just care now you can't even tell 250 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:48.359 me who is the number one player in the draft last year. That's what 251 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.440 I thought, So save all the outrage about this is so unfair. You 252 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.559 know what fair is for fairies for five year olds, because when you're five 253 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:59.519 years old, that's when your mama and your daddy should have told you that 254 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:03.720 fair to that actually exist. This is not about fair This is about a 255 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:11.119 collectively bargained agreement between owners and the players union which dictates the payscale for the 256 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.680 subsequent years until the next collectively bargained union agreement. If you want to be 257 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.839 mad at someone, be mad at the WNBA players Union, which agreed to 258 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:23.359 this deal. Or you can be mad at the owners for continuing to subsidize. 259 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:26.119 When I say owners, they're usually NBA owners that own both the NBA 260 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.720 franchise and a WNBA franchise. You can be mad at the owners for subsidizing 261 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:34.960 the NBA, which would not exist without the continued financial support of the NBA 262 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:41.440 team's slash owners. Having said all that, there is an opportunity here to 263 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:47.799 change the trajectory of the WNBA, and it was never more apparent than watching 264 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.279 the draft last night. I had it on in the studio. It was 265 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.680 going on up until my show. It started a few hours before my show, 266 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.640 went into my show, and I got to tell you it was well 267 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:03.880 done. The ladies were well dressed. You could tell they took advantage of 268 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:07.680 the moment. And I don't say this to be salacious, but the women 269 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:11.920 look beautiful and how they're being presented. It was a good way to showcase 270 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:18.839 the league and the growth of the league, the impending growth. There were 271 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:23.200 a number of names in that draft class that you and I both know because 272 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:26.720 of the storylines. We talked about how the storylines were so important. Because 273 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.519 of the storylines of Caitlin Clark, you already know who Angel Reese was. 274 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.599 When they showed Paige Becker's from Yukon, who's not coming out this year, 275 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.240 who will probably be the number one draft pick overall next season, you know 276 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:44.599 who she was because of the storyline between Iowa and Yukon in the tournament. 277 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:52.240 That's what grows the game, and you will have some of these players coming 278 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:57.319 out of this growth in the league who will become stars, not w NBA 279 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:04.920 stars, but transcend the where casual fans, non fans know who these athletes 280 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.079 are. There are a lot of people who have no interest in the w 281 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:14.480 NBA who now know who Angel Reese is. For example, Okay, it's 282 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:18.519 little by little, brick by brick, but if one more person sends me 283 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:22.640 that damn Caitlin Clark mean about how much money she's not making or deserves to 284 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.720 make her pay them what they're pay them what they're worth, I promise you 285 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.640 I will block you on site. I like blocking people anyhow. If I 286 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:33.599 had a block button for Mark Ronn. I would have blocked him ages ago. 287 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:36.720 You wouldn't. He always has something to say. I'd rather at least 288 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:40.319 mute him, but I can't. I don't control Thank you, Stefan. 289 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:44.000 You don't have the willpower. I don't have the means. Oh, I 290 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:48.880 have the willpower. I like blocking mother father's. I will block y'all left 291 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:52.680 and right. I will throw a block party in them in a heartbeat. 292 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.359 I would be so empty without me, you wouldn't know what to do with 293 00:22:55.400 --> 00:23:00.160 it. I'll put up those cones and those those concrete barriers around the studio 294 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.079 and I will just block people the rest of the night. I'll open up 295 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:07.079 my threads. I don't have Twitter anymore, but I'll open up every social 296 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:10.799 media app. I have a true souls. I'll just get on there and 297 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.759 just block people. I have an account there. I don't even use. 298 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.960 Just block. I think you need to get back on Twitter and start arguing 299 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.039 with people again. I enjoyed that. Nope, I enjoy not going through 300 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:23.440 the stress of people who were just trolling. They didn't have anything constructed to 301 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:26.559 say. They were just mad that I was in this time slot. Well, 302 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.480 I'm not going anywhere. Too bad so said block. See there, 303 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.720 here we go. That's what I like. But to be serious for a 304 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:37.519 moment, just one of course, of course, let's bring it down. 305 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:42.079 This is a time. If you really want to see the WNBA succeed, 306 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:48.319 you actually have to act like it. You can't send me on one day, 307 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.920 going back to last segment, jokes about how nobody watches the WNBA, 308 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:59.000 nobody cares about the women's game. It's bad basketball. You can't send that 309 00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:03.720 to me last year, and the same account send me this year. This 310 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.880 is so unfair to Caitlin Clark because you only care about the league now because 311 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:10.119 of Caitlin Clark. That is your only point of entry. That's the only 312 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.759 name that you know. That's the only thing you know about this sport. 313 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.759 And for all of twenty minutes that you've been paying attention, twenty minutes, 314 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.960 you want to tell me now what I need to look out for, what 315 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.839 I need to discuss, what I need to be aware of of, you 316 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:29.599 know, just the unfairness of it all and your outrace. You're angry. 317 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:33.359 You want me to do something about it. I want you to learn how 318 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:38.039 simple stuff works. When they renegotiate for the last time, the collectively bargained 319 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:45.759 agreement which will dictate the rookie pay structure and contracts revenue sharing going forward. 320 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.920 That next agreement, which I believe is next year. I think it's like 321 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:53.559 every five years you will see a dramatic increase in pay for not only rookies 322 00:24:53.920 --> 00:25:00.079 but also players at large in the WNBA. So fewer because of this moment, 323 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:06.519 fewer will have to go overseas to play to just make ends meet. 324 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:10.799 Like a Britney Griner who made maybe two hundred thousand in WNBA, but made 325 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:15.680 a million dollars in Russia, and you were okay with her being jailed in 326 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:19.240 Russia because she'd enact the way that you wanted her to act. But now 327 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:26.119 you're mad because Caitlin Clark is not making that money. Well, if you're 328 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:30.920 actually concerned about the WNBA, the league, then you have to be concerned 329 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:33.559 about the league. Buy a t shirt, buy a ticket, watch a 330 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:36.440 game, call a friend. I don't know what you need to do, 331 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:40.079 but you have to actually support the league. Get a subscription to WNBA, 332 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:44.119 League pass, whatever, Tune until later with Mokelly as we talk about it 333 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:48.359 just about every week, shout out Jackie Ray. You have to actually support 334 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.559 the league. And if you actually support the league, then you can say, 335 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:59.400 hey, the WNBA salaries are increasing and people like Caitlin Clark are being 336 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:03.519 paid there. But until you do that, it will never happen. None 337 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:08.079 of your memes or hashtags mean anything. You actually have to support the league. 338 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:14.880 You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on Demand from KFI AM six forty. 339 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.319 But Steph, and I gotta ask you. I know you're a dog 340 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:22.319 lover like me. Coming up on Sunday, Sir, is the Wiggle Waggle 341 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:29.319 Walk. I'm gonna be there. Riley's going to be there, Benson is 342 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.079 going to be there. My wife, I don't know. She's still undecided. 343 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:37.039 She may just want to stay in bed. But the three of us 344 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:40.799 are gonna be there. I'm gonna meet all of you. The question I 345 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.359 have to you, Stephan, is are you going to be there? Not 346 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:49.599 sure? I'm not syre like Tim Cammy, I don't know. Well, 347 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:55.039 if you'd like to come out and join us. The Wiggle Waggle Walk and 348 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:59.599 Run is one of Pasadena Humane's biggest fundraisers each year, with proceeds helping to 349 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:03.480 save lives of thousands of animals in our community with programs such as foster Care, 350 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:08.680 Kit Nursery, Animal ICEEU Wildlife and more. I am part of the 351 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:12.680 KFI team. I have donated in support of Amy King, who's our team 352 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:18.640 captain, and KFI has been the top fundraising team for the last three years 353 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:22.160 and we want to make sure that it's fourth year. This year, we 354 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.839 want to keep our street going. We can only do that with your help. 355 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:33.319 You can go to kfiam six forty dot com, forward slash wiggle and 356 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.480 it'll give you all the information there where you can donate. Process is fast, 357 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.839 easy and secure and you can be sure that it will benefit animals in 358 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:47.599 need. So come on out Sunday Brookside Park and Pasadena. It starts at 359 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.759 nine am for the walk, but there are plenty of other things to do 360 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:53.759 hang out. I would love to say hello to you. Riley, my 361 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:59.920 younger Mini Schnauzer. He's antisocial. He will probably bark at you in everyone 362 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:02.799 who may come up to me. That's just who he is. Benson, 363 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.039 he's a little older, he's much more laid back. He just wants to 364 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:08.160 fight a place in the sun, to just sit down and just roll over 365 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.720 on his back. That's all he wants. I know that if I give 366 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.359 him that, he's happy. Riley he's an instigator. He'll take on coyotes 367 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.039 or does not matter. I was gonna say, does he ever get Benson 368 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:22.119 like in public? Does he get him rolled up? Ever? Always? 369 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.720 Always? No, no, no, always. And they're kind of like 370 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.480 Abbott and Costello. One is looking at the other, one's like, what 371 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.799 is wrong with you? That's a great comparison. I mean, honestly, 372 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:37.279 like, what's wrong with you? This is like, I'm here to have 373 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:40.519 a good time, get some snacks, you know, maybe yeah, maybe 374 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:42.759 have some people pet me. And here you are instigating, barking at people, 375 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:48.160 telling everyone to go away. It's counterintuitive, is counterproductive. Get what 376 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:52.599 the program man? And they will fight at home for that reason. What's 377 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:57.559 the what's their age difference? Benson is six, he'll be seven on Halloween, 378 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:03.519 and Riley is four. He will be five on November twenty ninth. 379 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:06.839 Oh wow, okay, yeah, so they're getting in the middle age. 380 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:10.359 Just Vinson is slowing down in the sense of he doesn't need to be jumping 381 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:14.319 around all the time. But he has his moments where he will start wrestling 382 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:18.039 with Riley, just let him know that he's still the alpha in that relationship. 383 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:21.799 Oh yeah, But looking forward to the Wiggle Waggle Walk, something we 384 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:26.279 do each year, and I'm this year most definitely. And it's a good 385 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:29.960 time if you've never been. There are plenty of vendors, there's food, 386 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:34.319 there's souvenirs you can buy. You can meet with other pet owners and exchange 387 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:40.799 information and wisdom. And again, I'll be there and I'm looking forward to 388 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.559 meeting you, and I'll be out there with my dogs. So I always 389 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:47.759 talk about all the time, and they're the joy of my life. They 390 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:51.400 are the kids who never grow up. You know, that make you mad, 391 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:56.319 but also they make your life really fulfilling. I can't speak for cats, 392 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.680 you know, there's just a different relationship going on. You know, 393 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.039 dogs are in fact different from cats. You really lit on something there. 394 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:08.400 Yes, yes, yes, they're very different. I understand that you're a 395 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:11.640 cat lover. Well, no, I like dogs too, But I just 396 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:14.400 don't have a yard where I can have a dog. Well I understand that. 397 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:18.000 And when I lived in a townhouse, it was difficult. Before my 398 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.599 wife and I bought this house, we were living in my townhouse and it 399 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.200 had a balcony and Benson was the only dog we had at the time, 400 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.039 and he would use the balcony to do his thing on people below, which 401 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:33.720 was very funny. I can't be mad at the dog going outside and doing 402 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:37.599 what the dog is supposed to do outside. Now, if you just happen 403 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:40.759 to be walking underneath my balcony at the time, that's a U problem. 404 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.759 That's a you and a golden shower problem. That's right. You know. 405 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:47.000 Just be glad as the number one and not a number two. You have 406 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.359 to take your victories wherever you can. A glass half full of pee, 407 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:53.720 yes outlook, yeah, look at the time. 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