WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.839 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.400 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we are getting 3 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.239 off our show, idiot. The kids are crying or turning off, crying. 4 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.160 The countries are screwing it up. Gold Play inter murals, Brother, 5 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:23.879 gold Play intermurals. They're supposed to be with your adults, but they're really 6 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:28.359 not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding 7 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:46.719 me? Now? Here's Nick coffee. When there's a little bit of a 8 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.600 delay, not for the show to start. I mean, John is doing 9 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.240 his job. He got the party started right at three o'clock. He hits 10 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.799 I assume is it a button? It is a bum. He hits the 11 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.880 button and we're off enrolling. But when it takes me a little longer to, 12 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:00.679 you know, turn on my microph and start yap, And it's because 13 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.879 I've got to I've got to get my tweet out there, just to remind 14 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:07.120 people like, hey, in case you might have forgot about us, we're 15 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.400 here. It's Coffee and Company from three to six on Sports Talk seven ninety, 16 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.560 field by Thornton's with myself, Nick Coffee, and the company man John 17 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.079 Alden. I mean, there's no way they'd forget, right, No, 18 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.439 not at all with the mainstay. Now, it's true. I mean it's 19 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.640 we're a staple here. We're a part of your day. And uh, 20 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.000 I'm sure you listen every second of this program from three to six, and 21 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:32.680 we appreciate you for that because I mean, you wouldn't just listen to a 22 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.560 few minutes, because then you'd feel under you'd feel like you you know, 23 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.359 you didn't get the full fix. That is the experience of this show. 24 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:46.400 Do you think people forgot about the worry of yesterday storms? I mean it 25 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.280 was definitely underwhelming, at least in our area. Yeah, and again it's 26 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.599 good because like it sounds like there was no I mean I don't think any 27 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.599 I'm not really sure of any severe damage in you know, the major area 28 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.519 around here, maybe south of US maybe Tennessee got it pretty hard. But 29 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:06.480 I actually feel like Wednesday, I'm not sorry, Tuesday was actually worse than 30 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.080 Wednesday, but I feel like the build up, right, the buzz about 31 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.919 some severe, very dangerous weather, and look, as we discussed yesterday, 32 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:20.520 I mean they had us on alert and I'm assuming everybody was ready and prepared 33 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.319 if in case things got crazy, But it didn't really seem like it did. 34 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:27.240 When I left here, I drove straight to dinner to meet my family, 35 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.479 and it was raining really hard, and once I got into dinner to 36 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.599 the restaurant, it thundered really loud ones. But then after that it was 37 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.199 kind of, you know, pretty chill, which you know, that's what 38 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.159 we want, right we don't want crazy weather. But just my last thing 39 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:46.960 I'll say about it and we'll move on it. I just there's got to 40 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:53.639 be some level of like a barometer to where they decide, okay, we're 41 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:58.639 going to really ramp it up and really emphasize how worried we are, you 42 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.919 know what I'm saying, Like because yesterday again I'm not a meteorologist, what 43 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.240 the hell do I know? But it didn't really feel like it was anything 44 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:07.479 crazy at all. But the one time it felt like something might happen was 45 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.759 when we heard thund I know from our studio. Yeah yeah, and uh, 46 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.800 you know, it was loud, but sounds like things were you know, 47 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:16.840 not dangerous, which again is good. All right, Let me remind 48 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:19.960 you guys, if you want to take us with you wherever you go maybe 49 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.439 you're going to be, you know, jumping out of your car heading into 50 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:24.599 the gym, maybe your go I don't know, whatever you're doing on a 51 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.639 Thursday afternoon here in Louisville, you could take us with you. Listen live 52 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.560 on the AHET Radio Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot Com had another another 53 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:38.759 listener hit me up earlier this week that told me that they finally got got 54 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:45.759 Their employer is now restricting streaming access to seven ninety Louisville dot com at work, 55 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.159 which I'm not sure if it's because we're we're clogging up their bandwidth. 56 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.000 I can't imagine that's the case, because you know, streaming audio really shouldn't 57 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.120 be that heavy on your connection. Video different story, but it's probably because 58 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.080 they want you to be productive. But I think all employers should understand that 59 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.800 the best way for your employees to be happy and be productive is if they 60 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:10.599 are working hard while consuming the show. Just my thoughts, probably biased, 61 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.280 but uh, you know I I send them a work around, oh digital, 62 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:15.680 Oh yeah, send them a little send them a little work around to 63 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:19.959 where they can bypass the uh, the the block that I guess I or 64 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.000 somebody's got on their on their on their access. Now they should know and 65 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:26.600 I probably should have told them this, like, hey, you know, 66 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.600 like you could eventually get caught again, but this should this should bypass whatever 67 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.360 you're sending me. Very concerned listener too, because I got a screenshot of 68 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.160 what it was showing at work, and I'm like, oh, I've seen 69 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:39.480 that before. Not that I'm you know, super tech guy, but I 70 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.839 used to work the Cube life. I used to have to uh, you 71 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.600 know, I used to have to keep my uh keep you know, keep 72 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.319 my eyes out for some of the latest hacks to get to work around things. 73 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.720 Because obviously they don't want you. They don't want you to doing anything 74 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:54.240 other than working whenever you're at, whenever you're at your desk. I guess 75 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.800 if you are at, if you're at working from home, they'd have no 76 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:59.480 ability to do that, right, I wouldn't think. So I let's say, 77 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:00.839 just have direct access to your computer. Yeah, if you have, 78 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.639 if you have a laptop that they sent home with you, I feel like 79 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:09.720 they you could still have like some restrictions, but also like if you're on 80 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:13.319 your own internet, would that would you still be would you still be blocked? 81 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:17.040 It's a good question anyways. So before we, you know, get 82 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:21.560 into the typical stuff that we get into, I just want to I kind 83 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.560 of feel like the last two weeks here, the buzz and I guess it's 84 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.519 going to be three weeks total around the city of Louisville has been great and 85 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.839 something I don't really remember ever happening before. We had the Kentucky Derby last 86 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:39.360 week. Obviously, Derby one fifty and every year that's a big deal. 87 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:43.319 And as we discussed on Monday, I don't think Derby could have gone any 88 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:45.839 better for those that put it on right. Obviously, if you bet money 89 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.079 on the ponies and they didn't come through for you, then I'm sure you 90 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.639 didn't have a great experience. But you know, we lucked out. I 91 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:55.240 think for the most part with weather, attendance was was strong, and you 92 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:59.199 know, the race itself couldn't have been better. So now we've got the 93 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.040 PGA event that's coming up next week and this week they're already doing a lot 94 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.720 of preparations for it. Tiger Woods is in town. I don't know if 95 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:11.959 you saw that John there's pictures of him on the course yesterday at Valhalla, 96 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:18.560 and Tiger Woods is one of those celebrities that I feel like for the rest 97 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:24.519 of his life and probably after he's dead and gone, Like he's that famous 98 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.920 to where I don't care who you are. You know who he is. 99 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.000 He's a larger than life fishing Yeah sure, And when you know he's in 100 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:35.160 your city like it, you know, it kind of feels cool. Like 101 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:39.759 it hasn't impacted me in any way. I'm not like riding around looking for 102 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:44.000 him like paparazzi, but you know, he's like a mega super famous person 103 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:46.399 and I don't really have any strong opinions on him at all. I'm not 104 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:47.920 a golf guy. I think that's been pretty clear over the years. It's 105 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:50.959 the one sport that I kind of feel like I should, Like it would 106 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.720 benefit me with you know, this show probably, and it would benefit me 107 00:06:56.759 --> 00:07:00.720 professionally to be able to go out and hit the golf course tap business, 108 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.319 right, Like I can't tell you how many times we've had a client that, 109 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:06.319 you know, hey, when we go play around a golf and I've 110 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.519 had to tell him like, I mean, we can, but like I 111 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.959 would, I would just embarrass you. I embarrass myself, and you'd be 112 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.720 embarrassed to be seen with me playing around of golf. Now, since then, 113 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:19.759 I've gotten a little bit. I can now play, but you know, 114 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:25.040 it's not good, Like I still will occasionally take a swing with the 115 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:30.199 driver and miss the ball, you know. So you know, if I 116 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:31.199 was gonna get into it, I probably would have already done it by now. 117 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.319 I've been telling myself that for years. Although I do play a couple 118 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.439 times a year and it's always a lot of fun, but usually the fun 119 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:39.879 for me is just pounding bush lights with the boys on the golf course. 120 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.519 Like that's kind of that's kind of why I do it. That's that's the 121 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.360 injury, that's that's that's what gets me there. Right, You tell them 122 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.120 we're gonna go play around the golf and I can't drink beer and you know, 123 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.480 hang with the fellas. Then like, yeah, I'm out, you're 124 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:55.040 the party guy. Yeah, Because I'm really competitive with myself and if I 125 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.839 suck at something, I'm not gonna do it because I'm gonna get really mad 126 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.160 and not enjoy myself. That's why growing up, I played one sport. 127 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.319 That's the only sport I played, and I got made fun of in school 128 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.720 whenever we had to like have pe three and PE two. I don't remember 129 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:09.800 one of them was weightlifting. I don't rember which one that was. But 130 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.600 like, you know, high school pe right where you're like a junior, 131 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.240 and obviously you play a lot of different sports like you know, will football, 132 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.560 flag, football, archery, We played it all soccer, and I 133 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.040 was the worst at every sport other than basketball. Not even kidding you, 134 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.319 Like people were people were like, like, have you seen him throw baseball? 135 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.839 Got he look it was like a thing. I'm not kidding, I 136 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.600 mean it was. It was embarrassing. So you know, when I was 137 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.639 five years old, I played t ball, got hitting the stomach with the 138 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.360 ball, never came back and started playing basketball. And that was my life. 139 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:46.240 So that's one of the reasons why I genuinely don't like playing unless I'm 140 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:48.440 just having fun, because like I'm really, if I'm sucking at it, 141 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.960 which I do, it just it's not fun for me. And plus, 142 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.840 golf is such a time consuming sport for your entire day, you nailed it. 143 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:00.159 I had always heard that, but as someone who doesn't play often and 144 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.360 previously have never played, I'd never really thought about that. But yeah, 145 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.720 it'll if you play eighteen, you're with a crew. You know, let's 146 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.440 just say you have three or four of your buddies. I mean, that's 147 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:13.240 gonna take you a long time. And I'm and I'm the guy that'll make 148 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:15.440 it take even longer because I'm just like, no, I'm gonna pick up 149 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:16.159 the ball and move on. I'm not gonna let you guys sit here, 150 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.440 and just you know, I'd be the one making it last two hours longer 151 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.639 than it needed to be because I'm I'm terrible at it. So uh, 152 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:28.919 Anyways, Tiger is I mean, he's Tiger freaking Woods and it got me 153 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:33.200 thinking, like where does he rank as far as the most famous people in 154 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:39.039 the world? And fame is different for all different types of people, right, 155 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:46.120 Like I know that Kylie Jenner insanely famous. I don't know why. 156 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.759 I don't mean, I'm not trying to be that guy like, you know, 157 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.000 bagging on people who are famous on social media, but I genuinely don't 158 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.600 know what why, Like what's her what's her craft? Right? What does 159 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:01.600 she do? I mean, she's famous, she's you know, you know, 160 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.399 believed to be super attractive. I'm not saying she's unattractive, honestly, 161 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.200 you know, I feel like I could pick her out of a lineup. 162 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.279 But like when you ask me, hey, who are the most famous people 163 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.679 in the world, I wouldn't think of her, But if you said her, 164 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.399 I would like, oh, yeah, clearly she's like she's super famous. 165 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.519 I feel like it stems from whenever they had the show Keeping Up with 166 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.799 the Kardashians, right, I mean that's probably what and just being a part 167 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:33.159 of that entire crew that again famous from a reality show, but their fame 168 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.200 like on the internet, on websites and you know, TMZ stuff like that's 169 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:43.080 taking it to a different level. So when I think famous, I think 170 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:48.759 of someone that everybody regardless of what their interests are, if you're a big 171 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.159 sports person or if you're not a big sports person, if you're big into 172 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.519 music, if you're a kid, like, do you know who that is? 173 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.679 Do you recognize that person? You don't have to know their bio, 174 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.399 you don't have to know everything about them. You may not even know what 175 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.120 they do, but you know who they are because they're that freaking famous. 176 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.440 And I've got a list here, John. Okay, this always surprises me, 177 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.919 but it shouldn't because this has been I mean, this guy has been 178 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.759 listed as one of In fact, I think it's been the most famous person 179 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.360 not only in sports but in the world for a long long time, and 180 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.720 it always surprises me. But it shouldn't because it's been this way for a 181 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:33.240 long time. Christiano Ronaldo, so he's he's listed here as the most famous 182 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:37.559 person in the world, not famous sports person, just the most famous person 183 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.000 in the world. And I think why that surprises me each time is because 184 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:46.480 soccer is growing in America and it's popular to certain crowds, right, Like 185 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.279 we're not people who just you know, like it's not as if we're learning 186 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.840 what the sport is here in America, but it's so different across the world. 187 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:58.799 It's it's their culture, right and it's not really ours. I mean 188 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.120 again, not not to say that like people don't like it and care about 189 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.200 it, but like here we do American football, we do NFL, Like 190 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.960 that's that's the dominant sport here. And there's others too that you know, 191 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.639 obviously get a lot of tension and bring in millions of viewers, but you 192 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.840 know, American football, NFL, that's that's what's king here. So rinaldo 193 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.919 and then another soccer start, you know it, ISS's who I would have 194 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:22.360 assum would have been number one if you were picking between I don't even know 195 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.840 the difference between the two, Like, I mean, I mean serious, 196 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:26.559 Like I don't like I'm either between either of the two. Do you know 197 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:31.440 which country they're from? No, Okay, Messi's from argentinaka, Ronaldo's from 198 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:35.120 Portugal. Okay, I think I you know I would I would not have 199 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.759 guessed Argentina for Messi, but Portugal I remember Ronaldo being from there. But 200 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:43.000 again, if it's like a multiple choice question, I probably would have got 201 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:48.240 it. But number three is Kylie Jenner, and again she's you know, 202 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.279 she's got I mean, I think her fame is mostly because of again like 203 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:56.759 TMZ paparazzi kind of stuff. Yeah, but also she has like I think 204 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.000 at one point she had the most followers on one of the platforms, maybe 205 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.960 Instagram. But she's twenty six years old and says here that she is an 206 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:11.720 American TV personality, model and business woman, so you know, keeping up 207 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.240 with the Kardashians is what she's I guess most known for. As you said, 208 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.879 John John's playing coy here, like he's not really into the Kardashians, 209 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.000 Like you're a super fan you know all about them, right, oh yeah, 210 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.799 everything. So Selena Gomez, I would have never guessed that. But 211 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.279 you know, she's a musician, right like I mean that's a nod. 212 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.000 Like I know she's famous, but I wouldn't have guessed at this level, 213 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.799 even more so than like a Taylor Swift or a Beyonce. I'm a little 214 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:39.360 surprised. So this this list, you know, it's at let me see 215 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:43.000 here, maybe you hey, you google twenty twenty four most famous people in 216 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:46.679 the world. I want to see because I want to reference if there's differences, 217 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.320 because the one person that did not come in the top three that really 218 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:54.399 surprised me is in fact Taylor Swift. But number four Selena Gomez, as 219 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.399 we discussed. And then number five, this one I think is legit. 220 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.279 The rock Wayne Johnson, like he's he's everywhere. Yeah, that's fair, 221 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.360 and I think he's been in enough kids movies. He at one point, 222 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:11.440 maybe he still is. He was the highest paid actor in Hollywood. So 223 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.559 you can be like me in your thirties and maybe older, even a little 224 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.639 younger, and you remember, do you remember the rock you know, because 225 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:20.840 he was doing the rock Bottom on Monday n iraw like that was my introduction 226 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.240 to The Rock, and then of course he became the megastar. In fact, 227 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.919 that's a good question that again we'll never know the answer, But is 228 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:35.200 The Rock bigger in Hollywood mainstream media fame now than Hulk Hogan was when he 229 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.000 was you know, but he never really went from like The Rock has literally 230 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.399 been in some of the biggest movies. I mean they're not all great, 231 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:45.840 but like Hulk was still mainly for wrestling, and then he'd occasionally make an 232 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:50.720 appearance in like terrible movies like Muscles with Sanna, a legendary Christmas movie with 233 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.720 hul Cogan which randomly had me Accunis in it, which is I mean, 234 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.720 you watch it every year. I've never seen it, but I would love 235 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.320 to see it. No, I remember like finding old Like, you know, 236 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:03.840 there was a there was an article we did on we read on the 237 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:05.240 show a few years ago about like the worst Christmas movies ever, and there 238 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.519 were many that I've never even heard of or knew existed. And that was 239 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:13.720 one. Muscles with Santa Ariana Grande's number six, Kim Kardashian number seven, 240 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.919 Beyonce number eight, Chloe Kardashian number nine, Justin Bieber number ten, so 241 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.919 like I'd believe all that, but again, everybody sees it differently. Like 242 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:31.200 I have never once ever went out of my way and I was I've never 243 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.519 found myself seeking to find. Hey, I wonder what Chloe Kardashian's posting today 244 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.080 on Instagram. I really would love to see what she's up to today. 245 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.200 Oh Justin Bieber, Yeah, I would love to really let me, let 246 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.919 me see what he's got going on? Is TikTok man? I just need 247 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:48.200 my Bieber fix. I'm a Biber fanatic, so again that's not you know, 248 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.639 I'm not knocking people who are fan, but it's just not my lane. 249 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.840 Everybody has their own things they're into. I'm a sports door. But 250 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.720 again, all these people I can't really like, I can't tell you if 251 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:02.519 Justin Bieber is making movies or music right now, genuinely mean that. I 252 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:06.399 still don't know what the Kardashians do. I know, Beyonce's Beyonce, but 253 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.039 like I don't, I don't, you know, I still know that they 254 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.960 are Like if oh my god, that's that's that's car, that's Justin Bieber 255 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:18.480 so number eleven, Elon Musk, I get it. Because you know he's 256 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:22.240 Elon Musk, But I feel like there are people that would see him and 257 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.840 not know who he is. But I don't know, Maybe I'm I think 258 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.679 it checks out. I think Elon Musk, especially over the past four or 259 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.519 five years, has been a big name. Bill Gates number twelve, Yep, 260 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.360 Younger people wouldn't recognize him, but they know the name Bill Gates. 261 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:40.039 I'm sure Robert Downey Junior, number thirteen didn't see that coming. Yeah, 262 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.240 that's a little bit of a surprise. I know, the Marvel movies and 263 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:45.000 Iron Man and all that stuff were a huge deal for a long time. 264 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.360 So what where I'm referencing this is this is from legit dot com or it's 265 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.600 like a legit it's under one of these new sites umbrellas. But like the 266 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:59.080 platform here is called legit, which means of course it's legit. Of course. 267 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.200 Yeah, but there it does say that they're basing it off of longevity. 268 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.519 So I think that would make sense for maybe Robert Downey Junior. It 269 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:10.880 would certainly make sense for number fourteen. Will Smith. I mean, he's 270 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:14.440 been relevant in the acting in realm for decades now. When's the last time 271 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:17.480 he did a movie though, he king Richard that was what he got, 272 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.680 what he won the oscar for and then slash that rock in the okay face 273 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.480 or whatever got it. So I just didn't know if he'd been But he's 274 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.559 one of those guys that he could not do movies for a few years, 275 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.759 and he's not going to fall off and people be like, damn, what 276 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.319 happened to the Rock? I forgot he exist? Or what happened to Will 277 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:34.319 Smith? I forgot he existed. Jeff Bezos Number fifteen, no surprise there. 278 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.640 Number sixteen's Tiger Woods. And that's why I bring this up because I'm 279 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.920 pretty sure Tiger Woods is more famous than anybody that came to Derby last week. 280 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:47.359 I mean, maybe there's a super celebrity that showed up and we didn't 281 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.319 know about it, but that's not how it works. If you show up 282 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.519 at Derby and you're super famous, that's kind of why you're there, because 283 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.599 you're super famous. I would imagine many many of these super celebrities that go 284 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.319 to the Derby do not know or care about horse racing, but it's like 285 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.000 that kind of an event that brings out the stars. For seventeen, Mark 286 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:08.319 Zuckerberg Rihanna eighteen, Taylor Swift nineteen. I you know, I'm not like 287 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:12.000 a fan of Taylor Swift by any means, but I would have guessed like 288 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:15.359 she was like number two. Oh and yeah, I totally agree. Did 289 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:18.880 you find a different list? Now? I found something that wasn't like it 290 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.920 was more of like the one hundred most influential people, which is kind of 291 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.799 a different thing, a little different. But yeah, so right now, 292 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.960 one of the most famous people on the planet is in Louisville, and that's 293 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:34.559 pretty cool. And that's Tiger Woods. And again, I feel like a 294 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.440 phony saying this because I'm about to give you a golf take and I don't 295 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:44.920 know anything about golf, but I feel like this is not like me talking 296 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.279 into my rear end. I think it maybe it actually might be something that 297 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.000 a lot of people just tend to agree with, Like, yeah, no 298 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:51.400 brainer, Nick, that's not a hot take. That's a very known thing. 299 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:55.720 There's nobody that did for their sport or does for their sport even to 300 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:59.359 this day, like Tiger Woods does for golf. There's no there's don't. 301 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.400 I don't and it's a different sport because right like it's it's an individual thing 302 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:07.920 right, It's it's not like a team, but he will always be the 303 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:12.200 most followed, most covered, most talked about golfer in any event that he's 304 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:15.640 in, until, of course, you know, he fails to qualify or 305 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.119 something like that, But even after that, it'll still be one of the 306 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.079 most talked about things. When you're recapping on a write up or a news 307 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.200 story about set event, what happened with Tiger's always going to be brought up, 308 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.519 and it's most likely going to lead and if he wants to keep playing 309 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.400 until he's eighty, this will still this will still be the case. So 310 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:37.799 yeah, I yeah, I'd be a liar to act like, oh man, 311 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.359 I can't wait for the PGA event next week. But I'm happy that 312 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.119 we have these events like this in Louisville because hey, it's good for the 313 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:47.559 city, and you know, I'm a Louisville man. Am I not? 314 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.359 I'm car I mean, I'm Cardboy. You are card Boy. All right, 315 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.920 let's get to our first break here. What I want to get to 316 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:59.759 coming up here on the other side, we'll talk a little uh well, 317 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:02.720 I don't want to act like, hey, everybody's stick around. We're going 318 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.079 to talk NBA playoffs, because yeah, I know a lot of you don't 319 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:11.880 really care about that. But I found myself last night becoming nine year old 320 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:17.119 Nick watching the Pacers get beat and it was painful because I love the Pacers, 321 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.079 but it also, you know, made me sad. But I felt 322 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:25.759 alive, like I felt like you know, I was into it. I 323 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:27.920 was yelling about the refs, dropped a couple of f bombs in front of 324 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:33.279 my kids, like a like a loser. Wife's still giving me crap about 325 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:37.000 it. But also once again, as always, we'll talk some portal stuff 326 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.720 and some nil numbers, right because I've been saying for a long time there's 327 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.519 no way these guys are getting the amount of money that their price tag is 328 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:51.200 believed to be. And there is an athletic article that I guess gives us 329 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.880 a peek behind the curtain that tells us, really, like what the highest 330 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:57.960 paid nil guy in the portal what is he really getting? And no surprise, 331 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.240 it's not anything close to what people are running with. But we were 332 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.039 loaded the rest of the way. Stick with us, no guest, which 333 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.640 means you guys can be a part of the show. Five O two, 334 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.440 five to seven to one, seventy nine hundred. This is the number if 335 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.000 you want to give us a call, the Ellen and Federal Credit Union text 336 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.039 line five O two sixty five three zero seven ninety keep it locked right here. 337 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:18.759 On a Sports Talk seven ninety about a little John Daly on a Thursday. 338 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:23.000 I've heard this song before. I don't remember it sounding this good. 339 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:27.279 It is good. It's not bad. John Daily my favorite golfer, and 340 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:30.559 it's because he's actually one of my favorite athletes. And I mean that sincerely, 341 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:37.440 because he is so genuinely one of a kind, and like, I 342 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.200 think a lot and maybe this is me being cynical, but I think a 343 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:45.319 lot of like a lot of people like Art wouldn't be the exact same person 344 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.880 if you met him in a you know, when nobody was around. Is 345 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.119 what you see like on TV and stuff and interviews. I feel like John 346 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.480 Daily is the exact same human being every second of his life. And he 347 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.960 had a lot of I mean, I don't know if i'd call him flaws, 348 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.799 but my man liked to party and crush beers, and you know, 349 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:03.640 sometimes they got in the way of work. That's a pretty relatable thing I 350 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:07.279 would imagine for a lot of people and his you know, his situation played 351 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.920 out in front of all of us, and you know he was just so 352 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:15.559 genuinely him and he's still uh, he's still killing it being him. I 353 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.599 mean he's just he's doing appearances. He still plays I think on like the 354 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:22.480 Senior Tour or something like that. But love John Daly. The ESPN thirty 355 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:26.319 for thirty on him was so well done. One of my favorites. And 356 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.559 they did a lot of really good ones, but I love the John Daily 357 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:30.759 one. All right. It's Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's here on Sports 358 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:33.799 Talk seven ninety n at coffee. That is me, the company man, 359 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:41.519 John Alden writing Shotgun. This afternoon and last night I watched the Pacers Knicks 360 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:48.480 game, and the nostalgia was unbelievable for me. I mean, I mean 361 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.839 it was I'm gonna sound like a psychopath here, but like it was. 362 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:56.359 It was amazing, Like it was like an out of body experience because you 363 00:22:56.359 --> 00:23:03.160 know, I grew up watching Reggie Miller own the New York Knicks and and 364 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:07.279 brag about it and put it, you know, and mocks Spike Lee court 365 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:11.000 side like we always were. Not always, but a lot of times you 366 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.559 know, especially when I was really into the Indiana Pacers as a kid. 367 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:18.000 We'd get by the Knicks and they'd be you know, arrogant going in. 368 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:21.920 You know, there's such a fraud franchise. They think that like the NBA 369 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:26.079 needs them because they're in a big market, like they've They've done nothing in 370 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:29.559 my lifetime that you know, I feel like has ever mattered. And yes, 371 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.960 I'm biased because you know, they're kind of a rival, I guess, 372 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.200 but we would always own the Knicks more often than not. Now they 373 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.359 got us a couple of times, but we would win against the next but 374 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.759 then we run into guests who you know, Jordan and the Bulls, and 375 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.039 that never worked out in our favor, and it, you know, it 376 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.039 made me sad. So last night, it's it's the Knicks, and it's 377 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.880 it's the Pacers. Pacers. You know, a lot of leads slip away 378 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.440 and completely you know, choked it be honest with you. But Reggie's on 379 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.440 the call, and Reggie was talking smack before the game, and it just 380 00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:03.519 it took me back to nineteen ninety I mean in ninety seven, ninety eight, 381 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:06.680 ninety nine, I mean that was when I was obsessed with Reggie Miller, 382 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.480 which was kind of weird for me as a kid growing up, because 383 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.960 obviously, how can you be a kid in the nineties and not idolize Michael 384 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:18.400 Jordan. I love Jordan Jordan, Michael freaking Jordan, but I also love 385 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.440 Reggie Miller, and I love Reggie Moore actually, and I knew he wasn't 386 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:26.200 Jordan even as a kid, but you know, I mean, I had 387 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:32.759 my heart broken by Jordan many times. And that's why it almost brought me 388 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:37.359 to tears watching the Last Dance docuseriies when Jordan talked about the battles he had 389 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:42.279 with the Pacers and Reggie, and I'm getting chills thinking about it. Now. 390 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.960 Don't laugh at me, because you could tell Michael Jordan respected the hell 391 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:51.200 out of Reggie Miller as a competitor. Reggie did not kiss his ass and 392 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.319 a lot of guys did in the nineties, because you know, he was 393 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.559 Michael Jordan, and I think Jordan respected that, and they had some really 394 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:03.400 good battles, and Reggie's my idol. And you know, after the emotion 395 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.240 kind of wore off a little bit, you know, because I was so 396 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:10.119 mad that they lost, and I was so mad that Josh Hart walked over. 397 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:12.599 Did you see this? John Josh Hart during the game walks over. 398 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:15.200 There's like five ten seconds. I don't know how much times left. The 399 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:18.920 game was essentially over. Free throws were being shot, probably thirty seconds or 400 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.359 something like that. Reggie's doing the game, he's the color analyst in the 401 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.799 garden and he Josh Hart walks over to him and like tries to talk to 402 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:32.559 him. So Reggie takes his headset off while they're broadcasting live and says, 403 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.200 hey, man, I think they're saying FU, which is what they were, 404 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:37.319 but he said the actual word on TV, and like people are gassing 405 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:41.000 that up, like, oh man, Josh Harden is so cool and I'm 406 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:45.599 like, no, he's a clown. And what I had to wait what 407 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.440 made me calm down a little bit, as I had to remind myself Reggie 408 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.480 Miller is a villain and I idolized a villain. I love him. I 409 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.559 don't see him the way other people do, but he loves he loves being 410 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.599 a villain and he's great at it. So like that's just gonna always happen, 411 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.359 you know. If Reggie's talking rectly before the game like he was, 412 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:06.519 and the Knicks end up, you know, beating his Pacers, which by 413 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.720 the way, still his franchise in my opinion, then they're gonna come back 414 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.599 at him, right like when you when you when you play like Reggie Miller 415 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.319 and you don't come through, it's gonna come back at you in a major 416 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:19.039 way. So but I'm just sensitive to it. And when the Knicks were 417 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:22.880 pulling away with some nonsense calls, I mean, I don't know if I'm 418 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:27.400 a big fan of Rick Carlisle being such a baby about the officiating, but 419 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:30.279 there were some crazy calls in that game that were just, you know, 420 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:37.599 insane. And you know, Jalen Brunson's out here just being unstoppable, which 421 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:41.400 I gotta tip my cap to him. He's amazing. But tomorrow is Game 422 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:45.960 three in Indie and I'm I'm trying to go. I'm not kidding you, 423 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:51.359 I'm trying to go to My buddies are going. They're all they're Pacers fanatics. 424 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.880 We need you need to introduce me to him because I don't have any 425 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:57.440 Pacers fans friends. Actually I do. You know one of my buddies, 426 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.240 Andrew Linz, he used to work here for Chris is the director of ops. 427 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:03.119 He's now coaching at Butler. He's a big Pacers fan, so he 428 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:06.440 and I, you know, we talked Pacers. But you know he lives 429 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:10.359 he lives there. But this was Reggie before the game. And again, 430 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:15.440 like people couldn't stand him. He was a very unlikable guy girl when I 431 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:18.559 was a kid, but I loved him. So I'm in you know, 432 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.079 I'm in the minority here. So like I see this and I'm like, 433 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:25.240 hell yeah, Reggie. But it probably everybody watching this on TV last night 434 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:27.440 before the game, especially Knicks fans, are probably watching this thinking to themselves, 435 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:32.400 the hell with this guy? I forgot how much I hated him. 436 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.640 I know people are like, aren't you worried about going back to New York 437 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:40.559 City and calling the game? No, I've owned this city, I've owned 438 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:45.559 this building, so why would I be worried about walking on out there. 439 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.640 It's true though, it's facts. I love that that on my face, 440 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:53.559 that quote. I mean, I you know, when I was in I 441 00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:56.240 don't know what great it was. I feel like it was towards the end 442 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:59.880 of elementary school. Maybe you know I grew up in Bullet County. He'pe 443 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:03.839 you know that there weren't many Louisville fans, right, I mean, John, 444 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:08.119 you you know, probably more when you were growing It was probably it 445 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:11.119 had grown by the time you were growing up. But then you know, 446 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:12.319 at that time, you know, you got to keep in mind it was 447 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:15.640 the later days of Denny in the nineties. Things had kind of worn off 448 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:21.240 a little bit. Football didn't really have any any notoriety, so it was 449 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.839 rare a kid, and you know, Bullet County being a louisvill fan, 450 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:30.960 So everybody idolized the bulls in Kentucky that I was in school with my classmates, 451 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.400 and I loved Reggie Miller and Louisville. So like I was, you 452 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:38.480 know, I was, you were going to get absolutely absolutely all right, 453 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:42.759 So let's talk to an Il, shall we, because I find I think 454 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:48.440 actually nil is is a big talking point for a variety of reasons. Sometimes 455 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:52.559 it's just it's you know, sometimes people are just complaining about guys getting paid. 456 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.839 Sometimes it's about you know, the amount of money that's out there and 457 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.039 it or it's about, hey, our school's got a great, great collective, 458 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:03.279 we're doing good. Or hey, I'm worried like it's going to can 459 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.079 you continue to be talked about because even whenever they do become employees by the 460 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.119 school and the school is paying them, they're still going to be able to 461 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:11.119 make money through nil. And you're going to have to do that if you 462 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.680 want to get really good players. But I've always said, and I know 463 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.440 I'm going to sound like a broken record because I say this probably at least 464 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.599 once every other day when it comes to nil. But now we actually have 465 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:23.400 you know, maybe not proof, but some information as far as what is 466 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:30.319 actually being spent to bring in a transfer on the market. Now football, 467 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.319 this is this is strictly basketball, but I still think the same thing in 468 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:38.119 football, Like I don't know if if these football players are getting the two 469 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:45.440 million dollars that they're believed to be you know worth. And I've said it 470 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:49.319 many times. I think that the reason you don't hear anybody dispute it is 471 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:56.359 because it's a mutually beneficial arrangement. If the school is believed to have paid 472 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:59.759 two million for somebody that looks like they got money, they've got resources they'll 473 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:03.279 spend, which means you're going to be more popular among other players. If 474 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:08.839 the player himself is believed to have gotten two million dollars. I mean that 475 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:12.480 makes it look like, damn, he's he's he's worth that by definition, 476 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:18.000 that's his value. So there is a let me make sure a site where 477 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:21.559 this Yeah, so this is from the Athletic. This is Brendan Mark, 478 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.640 C. J. Moore and Kyle Tucker who put this piece together. Did 479 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:26.680 a really good job. And I don't I don't do this often. If 480 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:32.759 you're ever going to pay for uh, for coverage writing, you know, 481 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:37.519 journalism, the Athletic is phenomenal. I mean they have really really good work 482 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.799 and they have some of the best writers you'll find. You know, I'm 483 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:42.880 sure they do it in the NFL and in soccer and NBA, but for 484 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:48.799 for college sports, their coverage for football and basketball, I think is is 485 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.880 is great, uh And you get you know, obviously, this day and 486 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:55.599 age, a lot of people consume their news with a tweet, right or 487 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.079 a thread and that's you know, that's still the case. You know, 488 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.000 that's probably gonna be the case for a long time. But you know, 489 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.559 I know there is still a market for really good journalism, and the Athletic 490 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.200 does it. So if you are ever going to pay for you know, 491 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:10.200 some premium content, I think it would be worth it to do it, 492 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:15.799 to do it here. But here's what we have. This is a breakdown 493 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:21.200 here as far as the amount of money college basketball players are really getting right 494 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.720 now on the open market. So I'm going to read some excerpts here. 495 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:30.599 This is from one insider quote Baylor, Arkansas, and Louisville have helped the 496 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:37.559 market. That is from one insider. Another one says those three plus Indiana, 497 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:42.079 Alabama, and Kentucky are believed to be the biggest spenders during this free 498 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:48.640 agent season. Says here, a mix of that plus obscene asking prices, 499 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:55.640 plus a little bit of a liar's poker have resulted in this new reality. 500 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:00.480 Every kid has multiple seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars offers. That's the opening 501 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:05.039 line of every agent. That's one insider says. So this is where they 502 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:08.240 break down what they you know, they claim to know, these insiders are 503 00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:15.480 the actual going rates for transfers signing with high major programs right now. So 504 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:19.720 like if you're a high major program again we're talking we're talking high major programs. 505 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.200 That's the programs around here, Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana, In fact, 506 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.119 all of those are in the in the tier of blue blood if you 507 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:31.400 ask me. But a starter is going for two hundred to two hundred and 508 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:36.240 fifty thousand dollars if you're a starter and you came from the portal. Maybe 509 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:40.519 not everybody's getting that, but that's that's the that's the real amount of money 510 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:45.079 that is that is being spent in this kind of transaction. If you're an 511 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:49.720 All Conference player three hundred and fifty thousand, if you're an All American and 512 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:55.240 you are either staying in school at your previous school or you are transferring to 513 00:32:55.319 --> 00:33:01.440 another school, five hundred thousand dollars plus. But he said there are This 514 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:07.599 is another source that says here there are people paying double that across the board. 515 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:13.240 As far as who that is, you know, I'm not really sure. 516 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.920 Maybe it's maybe it's those schools we just mentioned again. You know, 517 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:21.359 this mentions all three local schools, Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana as far as 518 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.119 you know, the big spenders, which makes sense, right, I mean, 519 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:27.319 you should have a lot of nil money to work with because you just 520 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:30.200 hired new coaches at Louisville and Kentucky and you know, let's be real, 521 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:36.200 Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey are cheap compared to what you know. I mean, 522 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.519 Pat Kelsey, I'm stunned he's not making more money. And I'm sure 523 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:43.759 he will if he if he you know, succeeds early on. But I 524 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.160 think that was the strategy for Louisville. I don't know about Kentucky, but 525 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:49.039 you know a lot of this donor money that you thought you'd need to go 526 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:52.759 pay to get Dan Hurley at Yukon and for Louisville, if you were going 527 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:57.480 to go pay to get Scott Drew and pay him eight million a year, 528 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.079 if of course you know he would have taken the job. You say, 529 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.359 have a lot of money in that money. I think it's now going towards 530 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:06.079 Nile resources. So that I mean, it's a win win. Here's another 531 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:08.039 so this is you know, that's just one insider, two insiders. Here's 532 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:12.840 another one that says starter is two hundred to three hundred thousand, all conferences, 533 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.159 five hundred thousand to seven hundred fifty thousand, and the high end. 534 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:21.159 And there's it's this is what it says here. On one hand, there 535 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:25.599 are there are players in college basketball that are making eight hundred thousand to two 536 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:31.880 million, and I like I believe that I do. So there's another little 537 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:35.639 breakdown here that says it depends on this I'm sorry, little quote here from 538 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:38.800 another source that they that they that they use for the story. Depends on 539 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:43.119 the position. An All Conference guard could be looking at four and fifty thousand 540 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.800 to six hundred thousand. As they've gotten more scares. Here it says six 541 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:51.480 hundred to eight hundred thousand could be the high end of that if there's you 542 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:54.679 know, for an exceptional player for bigs. What was six hundred thousand plus 543 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.880 for an All conference player is now over a million. So they're giving you 544 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:06.039 different different ranges here a little bit, but overall, you know, two 545 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:12.480 million for great Osa bor like, that's just not I don't that's not happening, 546 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:15.480 like Louisville is believed. And look, maybe Louisville would pay that, 547 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:17.280 I don't know. And if they did, hey, that must mean they 548 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:22.639 have the money and they know they need to get a quality big But you 549 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.440 know, Texas Tech Washington, I believe even like they're not going to pay 550 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:29.679 that, and I don't you know, if it was me and I had 551 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.760 the money, then yeah, I would say, if okay, we can 552 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.280 afford it, and we have it, then you know, why not? 553 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:37.920 Right? Because the coaches, like when they're talking to folks and I don't 554 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:40.239 even know how it works specifically, but like if you've got somebody that's in 555 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:45.280 between that works for the school, that talks to the coach, and that 556 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:47.480 person also then talks to the collective and whatnot as far as how it's gonna 557 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:51.840 work, you know, if they have it, they'll they'll spend it. 558 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.159 And you know, you know, like leaving ni O money for a season 559 00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:58.400 just not used is stupid, to be honest, because that's literally what the 560 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:00.400 money's for. Now. Figure out how you're going to split it up among 561 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:06.960 your players. That's a different conversation. But I bet these guys are shopped 562 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:10.039 for these you know, two million, three million, and then in the 563 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:15.440 end it comes down to where, Okay, your best offer was probably half 564 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.679 of that or maybe forty percent of that, and that whoever was willing to 565 00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:23.679 pay that, that's where you that's where you picked. So that that to 566 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:28.039 me, that what I just laid out there. And again I would recommend 567 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:31.079 going and reading the article because it's just really informative stuff that to me seems 568 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:34.840 way more realistic than some of the other things that I've that I've seen, 569 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:37.320 like Jaden Quaen's I don't believe that he made two million dollars to go to 570 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:43.320 Arizona State. I don't. I can't prove that. And if he did, 571 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:47.000 good for him. So the kid bollow is that his name from Indiana? 572 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:51.079 Yeah, Umaro, you would know better than I. What was the 573 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:54.519 noise from Indiana fans or just I guess college basketball folks As far as what 574 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:58.400 he was being, like what he was going to cause, I don't remember 575 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.639 how much the prediction was, but I remember after things kind of settled down 576 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:05.639 with him, I was told that he made around eight hundred thousand dollars. 577 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:12.400 Yeah. So Trilly Donovan, Trillie Donovan had had during his his I guess 578 00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:15.079 his you know, he only did only visit one place. I think he 579 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:19.239 was going to visit place in Indiana. That was it. Yeah, So 580 00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:23.039 initially Trilli Donovan was was was sharing that he believes that like they were asking, 581 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:28.000 I guess his agent one point three million, but he ended up getting 582 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.079 between seven and eight. Like again, that is one of the best bigs 583 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:32.920 in the portal. I can totally like to me, I would I would 584 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:38.199 believe that, but like over a million. I mean, I just, 585 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:45.000 you know, I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of people that I 586 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:47.239 should not try to put myself in the shoes in because I can't relate. 587 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:52.719 I don't like if I ever had that level of money. I mean, 588 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:54.239 I love I love U of L. I want to see him do well. 589 00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:57.840 I mean, I'm a fan just like everybody else, you know, 590 00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:00.639 And if I had the if I had the ability to donate and help with 591 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.639 the collective, like in a major way, I would. But I feel 592 00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:07.400 like even if I was stupid rich, I ain't paying a million dollars. 593 00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:12.800 Everything that's come out and kind of shown that they're the one who's willing to 594 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:15.199 do that. As the John Ruis guy in Miami, Yeah, well I 595 00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:20.519 will say this Rick Keever of glob Brands, sunten City, Planet Fitness, 596 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:24.159 and buff City. So I mean, he was very, very visibly attached 597 00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:28.599 with his one million dollar contribution for the collective. But that wasn't you know, 598 00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:30.239 Hey, I'm gonna go pay for a player. You're right. The 599 00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.760 guy for Miami, he was like, all right here, here's like contracting 600 00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:36.519 out Nigel Packers. He put it on put he made it public to flex 601 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:38.760 that he's out here. You know, he's got money he'll pay. So 602 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:44.119 it's always going to matter. Right again, even whenever they do become employees 603 00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:46.320 and things are regulated, I'm sure there's going to be some stipulations as far 604 00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:49.039 as well, Okay, if you're going to agree to this, you can 605 00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.400 you got to be here two years or something like that, or you get 606 00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.199 this much upfront, you get the rest on the back end, whatever it 607 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:58.000 may be. But nil, like, there is going to be illegal for 608 00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:00.800 you to tell these student athletes that they cannot make money from the name, 609 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:02.400 image and likeness even when they're employees. Which, by the way, we'll 610 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:06.840 get at this later. How about Boise State, Like with a bold strategy, 611 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:09.880 they're head coach letting freshmen know you're we're not gonna let you make any 612 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:14.760 money. I mean, like, that's a great that's a great marketing, 613 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:19.119 marketing strategy. That'll really get the buzz going about Boise being the place to 614 00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:22.920 play. Right now, All right, quick break stick around. We still 615 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:27.920 got a ways to go before it gets here. But the TBT is, 616 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:31.320 I'm sure Louisville fans know is back and they're going to play once again at 617 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:36.639 Freedom Hall, and they are slowly but surely putting the team together. Kyle 618 00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:42.840 Kuric is the latest former Cardinal to commit to play for the squad, and 619 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:47.360 right now they have let's see here, I believe the roster currently is Peyton 620 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:50.760 Siva, Russ Smith, and I don't want to walk through Kyle Kirrick and 621 00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:53.280 Montres Harrell. So it's a heck of a squad right there. And they'll 622 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:58.119 add more players. I've heard of a couple of names that could potentially be 623 00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:02.559 joining, but it really comes down to their professional situation, right So you 624 00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:07.960 can be I mean, I think you can be in this event as long 625 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.760 as you are not currently on an NBA contract, So you can be on 626 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:17.159 a G League contract but not an NBA contract. So for example, David 627 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:21.039 Johnson, I actually think it could have worked out, but he was an 628 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:24.199 injury situation potentially, or maybe it was he was still you know, he 629 00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:28.079 had an opportunity to go work out, maybe get a tryout, and he 630 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.000 just didn't want to get hurt. I don't those specifics, but he was 631 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.519 somebody that initially he was still on an NBA contract I think from when he 632 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:35.880 got drafted, which meant, even though he's playing in the G League, 633 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:38.440 he's on an NBA contract. But once you're just in the G League as 634 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:44.239 a G League player, not tied to an NBA roster or an NBA franchise, 635 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:47.159 then you can play. So like Mantres Harrald, I really hope that 636 00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:52.280 he is a part of this. But he's healthy now. He did not 637 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:57.639 play this past year in the NBA because of a torn ACL But I wouldn't 638 00:40:57.639 --> 00:41:00.760 be shocked if he ends up not playing because he he's got a chance to, 639 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:04.920 you know, sign a deal and and go through summer league and maybe 640 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.280 go through training camp. So I know he I know he really really wants 641 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:09.320 to play, Like he came to some of the games last year if you 642 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:13.679 remember, and was into it. And U Tres is one of those guys. 643 00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:15.199 Because of the NAA situation, he didn't you know, he wasn't the 644 00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:19.559 only thing he you know, I don't. I wouldn't even say he got 645 00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:22.280 in trouble. But Louisville, because of their punishment from the n double A, 646 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:24.039 they had to disassociate themselves from a handful of players. He was one 647 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:28.679 of them. So for like a three year, three year window they couldn't 648 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.599 like promote in the arena. He was a former player, and they couldn't 649 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:37.639 let him at ten games, you know, with tickets that were provided by 650 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:39.400 the school. He couldn't be in the locker room, he couldn't come work 651 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:44.039 out of the facility like a lot of former players most all former players can. 652 00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:46.360 So that was tough for him because he loved his time here at Louisville. 653 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:50.519 But that since passed, and you know, he's I think he'll see 654 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.719 him in Louisville here and there throughout the rest of his life, so you 655 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:57.880 know, and I'm biased, of course, but Trees was the most. 656 00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.880 He was the NBA sixth Man of the Year just a few years ago. 657 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:04.079 I believe it was in I know it was when he was playing with the 658 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:07.960 Yeah, and twenty twenty one, or no, I'm sorry, it was 659 00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:16.000 twenty twenty. Yeah, he averaged eighteen points and seven rebounds in let me 660 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:20.760 see how many minutes he played in twenty seven minutes and was he was the 661 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.880 NBA six Man of the Year, and then the following year had another. 662 00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:27.639 I mean this, He's averaged double figures every year he's been in the league 663 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.440 since twenty eighteen, so the fact that he you know, his last year 664 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:34.679 was in Philly and he ended up being waived because of the injury this past 665 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:37.639 year and didn't play. But man, I'm hoping he can get back out 666 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:43.239 there because he's talented and I mean high energy guy. Like every NBA team 667 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:47.519 can use somebody that just plays like a madman with intensity, physicality, and 668 00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:52.400 you know, Trez worked on his outside shot a lot when he was when 669 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.559 he was here in his senior junior year and he got better at it. 670 00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:57.679 But I felt like I think he felt as if he was gonna make in 671 00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:00.000 the NBA, he really needed to have a perimeter game. And you know, 672 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:02.960 I'm sure that's helped him a little bit that he can knock down some 673 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:08.719 shots. But he became a known player in the league, you know, 674 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:13.800 winning six Man of the Year because he's a dog that will rip it off 675 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:16.199 the will rip the backboard off or rip the rim off the backboard and get 676 00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:21.079 get his I mean, he's just a high energy guy and every team needs 677 00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:22.760 that. So it should be fun. I can't wait to see how the 678 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:28.480 roster finishes out. And you know, Pat Kelsey's gonna be there court side, 679 00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:31.320 getting you know, bringing energy and it's gonna be a lot of fun, 680 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.639 no doubt. It's a lot of fun last year. But now we 681 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:36.840 got a new era here. And I know, Pat Kelsey, I mean 682 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:39.039 Kenny Payne came to one game. Jeff Braum came to more of the TBT 683 00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:47.719 games last year than Kenny Payne did. Bum