WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:37.200 day. Now here's nick coffee. All right, let's just dive right in. 3 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:41.600 Shall be five o'clock here on a Tuesday, coffee and company fueled by 4 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.759 Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. A lot to get to with just an 5 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.560 hour left, so again we'll just get right to it. For those of 6 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:51.679 you that were still considering making the trip at the end of the month of 7 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:55.840 the Bahamas to see Pat Kelsey's first team for the first time. In fact, 8 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.320 it'll be your first chance to see him coaching, So I don't know 9 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.560 what kind of crowd they're expecting to go. I would imagine, like if 10 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.640 you have to pick one and you're in you know, you know, you 11 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.640 would be able to do both because of schedule and being able to afford it. 12 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:12.560 I would imagine the better trip would be the Battle for Atlantis, which 13 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:19.359 of course is induring Thanksgiving, because those are real games and you know it's 14 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.439 it's I mean, you're escaping cold weather at that point. I guess if 15 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.519 you're able to pull off both, then shout out to you. But if 16 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.200 you if you're still considering making the trip here later this month. We now 17 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:34.560 know when they're gonna play those two games in the uh in the Baja Mar. 18 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.239 What's it called the Baja Can they go with the it's Baja Mar. 19 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.879 It's the same place where they played in that tournament a couple of years ago 20 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:47.560 when they won the Baja Mar Classic. I think the Baja Bullies as they 21 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:49.879 call themselves, and then went on to you know, have a really bad 22 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:55.959 year. But yeah, they're gonna play Let's see, you just had it 23 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.920 pulled up here. They're gonna play a team from Canada, college team from 24 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.000 Canada who has been on trips like this before in previous years. I mentioned 25 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:10.159 it earlier. The last trip they went on, they played Yale twice and 26 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.639 they played Wichita State twice and they lost both of those games, which I 27 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:15.919 think most would just expect them to lose, but they were pretty competitive. 28 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:20.240 And Yale never doesn't sound like a juggernaut in college basketball, but they did 29 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.159 just knock off a good Auburn team in the first round of the tournament last 30 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.000 year. So Louisville will play Tuesday, July the thirtieth at seven pm. 31 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:29.319 That'll be against the Bahamas. That is not the national team. I don't 32 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.879 know who that's going to be, but hopefully it's somebody that can give them, 33 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:35.680 you know, somewhat of a not a test, but just you know, 34 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.240 I don't want to watch it. If I even get to watch it, 35 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.960 I doubt it's gonna be on TV. But it'll at least be worth 36 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:45.840 a little more if you feel like you're well aware you're not playing the type 37 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.479 of competition you're gonna see like night in and night out in the ACC, 38 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.599 but you still are playing some dudes who you know previously played in college or 39 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:54.879 maybe you're currently playing professionally somewhere. I have no clue what to expect from 40 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:58.599 that team, so maybe we'll find that a little bit more info as we 41 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:00.680 get closer to that date. But that'll be the first game and then they'll 42 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.800 play the Calgary team at noon on Thursday. So you know, if you 43 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.199 want to, I don't know, it's tough to get a I mean, 44 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.319 to get it if you're in the Louisville area. I mean, the flights 45 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:13.520 are what's gonna get you, because you're you're not getting a direct in Nassaul 46 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.199 from here. But if you wanted to make it just a trip for basketball. 47 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:22.400 You could you could realistically go Tuesday bright and early and come home Thursday 48 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:24.639 afternoon, and it's not you know, you're not there as long and you're 49 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:29.199 not spending as much money at the resort. But then again, you know, 50 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.120 flights are probably what really makes it expensive because again you're gonna have connecting 51 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.879 flights, and you know, flights aren't cheap. So again, if you're 52 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:39.960 going, I'm envious. I shared the story at the beginning of the show 53 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:45.199 today that last week, you know, I'd mentioned I was kind of kicking 54 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:47.919 the tires on the situation, knowing well aware it's very unrealistic to go, 55 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:55.080 just because it'd be tough to make it work. Then you know, I 56 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:58.840 got a I got a little bit of a break. Somebody reached out to 57 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.560 me, somebody I know relatively well that that is going and is connected with 58 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.680 U of L, and and uh, you know, they said, hey, 59 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.199 look if you if you can get there, I mean, I gotta, 60 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:10.560 I gotta, I got, I got, I got your room covered 61 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.000 for the for the resort. And I'm like, are you serious. He's 62 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:15.360 like, yeah, like all right, well let me look into it. 63 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:20.120 So sure enough, I'm looking into it. Looking at flights, I found 64 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:26.199 a scenario where I could drive up to Indy and kind of fly out of 65 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.800 their airport, make it work, and it wouldn't be a crazy expense, 66 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.879 and it would certainly be worth it to me because you know, I want 67 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:34.600 to see this team play. Man. I'm excited for this upcoming season, 68 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:38.279 uh, and the chance to see these guys in action, even though it's 69 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.800 not a real game. I mean, the Bahamas. There's worse places to 70 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.560 be in late July, early August, but I mean, it's sincerely what 71 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.439 would have me most excited to go was to see this group in action. 72 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.639 And just as soon as I kind of thought, okay, maybe I can 73 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:54.079 make this work. Let me just make sure the passport's not expired, and 74 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:57.199 then it hit me while looking for said passport, realizing, oh, it 75 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:01.160 doesn't matter, doesn't matter if the passport's expired or not, because my annual 76 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.480 vacation with my family to Destin, Florida happens to be that same week, 77 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.759 So you know, not going to be able to make it happen. But 78 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.959 it's okay. I'd rather be at Destin with my family anyway, because that's 79 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.240 I mean, that's it's all about family time. I did entertain the thought 80 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.439 of calling my wife on the air and saying like, hey, honey, 81 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.600 a little change of plans destin. You guys are going to go just the 82 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.439 three of you. You need some alone time with the kids. I know 83 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.959 you don't get that very often, and you're just desperate for more of it. 84 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.040 You're like, oh, you know, just all you want. So 85 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.519 you enjoy the beach every day, dealing with the kids, packing the cooler, 86 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.439 carrying the chairs, you know, dragging them in the sand, having 87 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:39.920 to stop and put it all down because one of the kids is screaming their 88 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.040 lungs out. You do that, you have that, that is what you 89 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:46.360 deserve and want. And I'll just be in the Bahamas working covering basketball games. 90 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.680 Thought of, you know, just thought about doing that and realized that 91 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:54.519 wouldn't That wouldn't work. I mean, she might get so angry if she's 92 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:57.839 driving home from work now, and she might wreck her car because just the 93 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.680 thought of I mean, she knows I wouldn't try to pull it off, 94 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:00.600 but she probably laugh at me. Actually, to be honest with you, 95 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.759 that she probably wouldn't take you serious, just like whenever I went viral on 96 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:10.959 TikTok for trying to put her in her place. That reaction that that she 97 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.720 gave me then is probably a similar reaction that I would get if I tried 98 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:16.319 to, you know, pull pull something off like that. But going to 99 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:21.519 the bars with the guys, Yeah, yeah, sometimes sometimes you just need 100 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.720 to sit the f down, shut the f up, and let me do 101 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.959 my thing. I think that's word for word what I said, but of 102 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.680 course I didn't say f I said those words. And you know, it 103 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.639 was a it was a trend. It was a trend on TikTok. People 104 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.439 were doing it, and I thought, you know, what the hell with 105 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:40.639 it, Let's just see what happens. And uh, I think it has 106 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.839 like a million views or close to it, which you know, I don't 107 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.480 know if other I mean, I don't say that to brag because I'll probably 108 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.319 never have a video on TikTok that does anything like that. But uh, 109 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.360 the algorithm picked up on it, and uh, and it became a thing. 110 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:56.920 In fact, not even that long ago had somebody come up to me 111 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:59.240 that's been over. It's been well over a year. It's like last it 112 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.160 was no years ago. It was November of twenty twenty two. Yeah. 113 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:03.519 We weren't even working together yet, were we. It was right before that 114 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:05.879 and I had somebody come up we hadn't seen it in a while, and 115 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.399 was like, man, I gotta tell you. When I saw that, 116 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.680 I was a dog suited all my friends. And I was like, well, 117 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:13.920 I'm glad you. I'm glad you got to laugh out of that, 118 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.040 and it it would be fun to try to recreate it again, but like 119 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.040 I wouldn't she would know, right, I mean, it would be yeah, 120 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.120 it'd be it would be something I would make it. But it has 121 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.040 been long enough to where if it was different enough, you might be able 122 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:29.160 to pull it off. That's true. And that because it was Thanksgiving week 123 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.439 and that is a week where like people who are my age do go out 124 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.519 and taiwan on and have a night because people are back in town visiting family 125 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.959 and stuff. And I did actually legitimately have a friend who who now lives 126 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.759 in Seattle that was in town at the time. You know, it was 127 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.759 a little more like is he being I mean, I think I think her 128 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.480 first response was are you are you effing with me? That's what it was. 129 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.720 And that and that's when I said, sometimes you just need to sit 130 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.959 there down, shut the f up, and let me do my thing. 131 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.879 Uh. And then you know, she laughed and I ran away. That's 132 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.720 what happened. Uh. But if I was to present this Bahamas situation like 133 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.240 it would you know, she's she knows that's not happening. I mean if 134 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.800 in fact, she might be like, oh, yeah, well we'll see 135 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.680 if you do that, well, we'll see if that's what happens. Kind 136 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.920 of threat kind of threaten me, you know what I mean. Yeah, 137 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.879 even if you pretended that you like already booked the flight and everything, Oh, 138 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:22.399 that would be worst case scenario because do something like that because you don't. 139 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.079 You don't even do those decisions on your own. She books everything for 140 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.560 you. Yeah, that's true. So she couldn't. She wouldn't believe that 141 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:31.319 that's true. Yeah. So anyways, if you're going have fun, enjoy 142 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.080 the Bahamas. I've never been to the Bahamas, but I'd love to go 143 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.840 sometime. Could be a lot of fun. I mean, Bahamas and basketball, 144 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.360 Like that's the perfect scenario, because I'm not I don't, you know, 145 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.720 the beach is fine. Resorts are fine, Like all inclusive resorts are 146 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.399 a lot of fun. We do that and it's always a great time and 147 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:50.240 we enjoy it. But for me, it's not just because I'm in a 148 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.159 tropical place like Cancun or Rivier AMAI or something like that. It's I mean, 149 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.039 the resorts are awesome, right, and you get, you know, 150 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.080 just all you can eat, all you can drink, and you stand in 151 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.559 a nice place, get to meet people. It's really I mean, it's 152 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.360 a lot of fun. I enjoy it. But you throw in basketball. 153 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.200 I mean, I'm in heaven. But again, it's nowhere near especial as 154 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:13.399 my annual family vacation trip to Destin, Florida. And I say that sincerely, 155 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.200 we're really looking forward to it, all right, real quick. So 156 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.200 the nc DOUABLEA, the future of the NUAA has been discussed for a while 157 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.600 now, meaning people have always asked, geez, I wonder if this thing 158 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.159 it can survive. I mean, they don't have a ton of resources. 159 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:35.519 They've never seemed to have less respect from college sports fans and seemingly even college 160 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:39.279 you know administrations, now maybe not all of them, but like this isn't 161 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.279 new, meaning people questioning how long the n DOUAA can survive, and you 162 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.480 know, they have no plans to close as of right now, despite a 163 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:52.840 two point eight billion dollar settlement that was recently announced. So if the NAA 164 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.159 doesn't exist, it could be for a variety of reasons. But I have 165 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.080 a theory, a guess I should say, as to what will actually end 166 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:03.440 up killing the NCIDUA lay where they don't have any money to operate, and 167 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.919 I know that sounds crazy because you know they have unlimited money seemingly just from 168 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.679 the NS Doablea tournament every year. I mean, and by the way, 169 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.960 that is you know the I don't know if you guys are savvy in the 170 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.720 business world, like you can have like your company name LLC, but then 171 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.360 your DBA is doing business as the NC Douablea. It's not an LLC, 172 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:24.720 I don't think. But they should DBA do business as it should be known 173 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:26.799 for as doing business as the NC double Tournament, because that's where their money 174 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.440 comes from. I mean, that's that's that's how the company exists. That's 175 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:33.679 how Mark Emmertt can get, you know, a multimillion dollar salary and then 176 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:39.600 a bonus of multimillions every year just they're printing money seemingly from the NS DOUAA 177 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.240 tournament. But if these lawsuits that were recently filed are successful, they may 178 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.840 run out of money. So one of the things that got brought up after 179 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:54.919 this settlement became public is the timeline here. So for reasons that I that 180 00:10:54.000 --> 00:11:01.759 I still can't figure out, they're going to go back and pay former college 181 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:07.440 athletes in this settlement because they were not able to profit from their NIL because 182 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.679 the NC DOUBLEA denied them the right to do that, right, I mean, 183 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:18.879 yeah, here's the timeline. So two point eight billion is the settlement 184 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:24.480 that covers only college athletes who competed from June fifteenth of twenty sixteen through November 185 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:33.399 third of twenty twenty three, which, again I don't understand that timeline because 186 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:37.559 I mean, there are plenty of athletes that played long before June fifteenth of 187 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:43.600 twenty sixteen that also were denied by the NC DOUBLEA access to an NIL market 188 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.120 that they would have made a lot of money. So first, at least 189 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.600 the first story I saw about a lawsuit from players that played long before that, 190 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.840 that was the NC State nineteen eighty three NC State men's basketball team. 191 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.720 They had ten members of that team that are suing the NCUBLEA and the collective 192 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:09.559 licensing company, whatever that is, and I wouldn't be shocked if they win. 193 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:16.440 And now we have sixteen former men's college basketball players from the nineties and 194 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.519 two thousands that brought on their own lawsuit claiming the NCE DOUBLEA and its member 195 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:26.120 conferences illegally use their nils in March Madness highlights. So this suit is led 196 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:28.960 by Mario Chalmers, of course, a no name from Kansas, Sharon Collins, 197 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.279 also a non name from Kansas. They were on that two thousand and 198 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:39.440 eight Kansas national championship team. And it also includes six major college basketball conferences 199 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:43.320 and Turner Sports Initiative, which, of course Turner Sports is you know, 200 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.120 CBS Turner or the samet you know or partner together. I mean, I 201 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.320 think Turner owns CBS or vice versa. So it's the people who put on 202 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.600 the NCBLA tournament. So that's the lawsuit, and I don't see how they 203 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.759 won't win. And I think even if they don't win and this thing drags 204 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.240 out, the more lawsuits they get out there, the more you're going like, 205 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:05.360 I would be highly, highly shocked if these former college players they won 206 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:09.480 a national championship in two thousand and eight didn't see this lawsuit by the NC 207 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.639 state guys and said, why are we doing that? And somebody brought up 208 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:16.399 a point that it may be valid. I'm not smart enough to know, 209 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.879 but like it could be a statute of limitations thing. One. I wouldn't 210 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.720 understand why there'd be a statute of limitations on that. However, if there 211 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.799 was, I feel like these lawsuits wouldn't you know, you can sue anybody 212 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.679 for anything, right, Like there are many lawsuits every day that are filed 213 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.559 that are absolutely nonsense. But I feel like these guys, especially Mario Chalmers 214 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.799 who played in the NBA for a long time. I mean, I don't 215 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.120 think these guys are poor trying to get a check. I mean, clearly 216 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.039 they want money, and it may not be because they need it desperately, 217 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.480 or maybe it is because they need it desperately, but I just don't understand 218 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.519 how they wouldn't be entitled to that, Like, how can theans DOAA? 219 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.360 To me? It's like, Okay, we'll do the two point eight billion 220 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:03.000 for this amount of time because that's all we have available to pay out, 221 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.320 because that's a lot of money, and well, and this will be this 222 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.039 because by the way, this is the first time the nsaa's ever actually ever 223 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.480 done anything that is paying players. And they had to do it because the 224 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:16.440 judge told them, not because they wanted to. So maybe they just assumed 225 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.000 that the two point eight billion is such a big number and they finally are 226 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:24.200 doing it, meaning paying players out of money they generated from college basketball, 227 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.240 and they just thought, Okay, people will just not people will ignore the 228 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.919 timeline here because I just don't again, what do I know, not a 229 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.360 lawyer, far from it, but I don't understand if you played in November 230 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.759 of twenty sixteen, you can be entitled to a cut of this two point 231 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:45.000 eight billion, but if you played in November of twenty fifteen, you can't. 232 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.080 Like, it makes no sense to me. I mean a statute of 233 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.679 limitations thing would make sense. But again, I just have a feeling these 234 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:56.039 lawsuits because I feel like, if you you know, these attorneys who took 235 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.919 on this, you know, who are you know fighting for these you know 236 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.159 who were putting these lawsuits in place and whatnot? Like if they knew it 237 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:05.679 was a shut in case closed because the statute of limitations, I just don't 238 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:09.240 think it gets that far down the line. But you know, I could 239 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:15.320 be wrong, all right. So on the other side, we're not getting 240 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.320 going to the break just yet yet, just yet. But I do want 241 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.639 to get to something I mentioned earlier but I haven't discussed yet, and that 242 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.240 is just some comparisons that I think will put your jaw on the floor as 243 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.399 far as a guy in the NFL that you know is like one of the 244 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:28.159 best players in the league at his position, maybe somebody who's got an MVP 245 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.679 trophy in the case, and you'll see his annual salary, and then you'll 246 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.120 see a guy in the NBA that makes the same amount of money and you'll 247 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.120 look at his stats. Maybe it's somebody you've never heard of, and it's 248 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.519 just crazy. So we will get to that on the other side. But 249 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.039 JaMarcus Russell, I assume everybody listening knows who that is. He's one of 250 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.159 the biggest, if not the biggest NFL draft busts of all time, and 251 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:54.120 he has found himself in the news once again for you know, not good 252 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.320 reasons. So he was a quarterback at LSU, was the number one pick 253 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:03.480 in the two thousand in seven draft, only he didn't get a new contract. 254 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.879 He was out of the league in just two years, and he wasn't 255 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:11.639 good when he was in the league. And I'd say if you polled one 256 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.120 hundred NFL fans and asked them who the biggest NFL draft bus was, I'd 257 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.559 say seventy five or more percent would say JaMarcus Russell. So I don't know 258 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:26.480 what is you know what his life has been like since since his playing days. 259 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.159 But I know there was an ESPN Outside the Line story on him, 260 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.039 and I think there was a thirty for thirty on him, and it didn't 261 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.159 paint the picture as if you know, life was perfect, but you know, 262 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:42.159 he did open up as to some things that led to him struggling, 263 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.200 and you know, just people around him where he's from in Mobile, Alabama. 264 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.600 So I have no clue what he's been up to in recent years, 265 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:53.759 but he has found himself facing a lawsuit now because he I mean, this 266 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:59.200 is this is just a bad look. He was coaching at his alma mater 267 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:04.720 as a volunteer coach, and he apparently took a seventy four thousand dollars check 268 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:10.799 intended as a donation to the school and he kept that money himself. So 269 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.000 a local business owner wrote the check and says that Russell approached him about donating 270 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.400 to help the Williamson High School football team purchase new weight room equipment, and 271 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.000 he gave Russell the donation by check, but the school says they never got 272 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:29.319 any of that money. And Russell has reportedly desposited into a Credit Union account 273 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.319 and as soon as he deposited, he quickly withdrew fifty five thousand of the 274 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:40.079 seventy four thousand and kept it himself. And now you know, I guess 275 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.119 he's not facing criminal charges, but he's facing a lawsuit because I guess if 276 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.480 this guy, I don't know, I guess technically he could still get in 277 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.079 trouble with the law. But if if this guy wrote a check and he 278 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.920 just put it in JaMarcus Russell's name, I mean, it could just come 279 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:52.640 down to hearsay, did this guy does he have proof that that check was 280 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:57.200 for what, you know, for weight room stuff or what? But you 281 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.279 know, sad because you got to be really, really really in a low 282 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:07.279 place and be really down and out to one do that, but also to 283 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:10.640 think you wouldn't get caught, to think you wouldn't get away with it, 284 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:18.319 or to think that you would get away with it. So I mean he's 285 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.359 thirty eight. I thought he was a lot older than that. But yeah, 286 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:23.759 he started twenty five games for the Raiders and ended his NFL career with 287 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.960 fifty two percent completion rate, eighteen touchdowns twenty three interceptions. He was, 288 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:33.559 I mean it was I don't even know if he if anybody considered. I 289 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.000 mean, usually if you're if you're not picked up after your rookie contract as 290 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:41.839 an early pick, I mean that's I mean, that's I mean it's rare, 291 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.000 but it happens. But usually somebody will kick the tires on you right 292 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.599 and and put you on the practice squad or something like that. I don't 293 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:51.559 see that he had any I mean, it sounds like once it ended with 294 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:56.240 with the Raiders, it was it was done. It was done, so, 295 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:02.079 you know, very sad. He's also the guy though that is known 296 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:07.960 for a really funny story. You know, he he would not watch film 297 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.559 like he would not. They wanted him to learn the offense watching film, 298 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.880 and they would give him I think it might have been DVD's they would give 299 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:21.400 him of like you know, highlights and just you know, the offense. 300 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.599 I'm not sure what's on the DVD as far as you know what they're showing 301 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.079 him, but just stuff for him to learn the offense and get more acclimated 302 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.039 with the offense he's gonna run. And they had a feeling that he wasn't 303 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.000 watching it because it wasn't translating, So they put blank DVDs in the DVD 304 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.200 case and then asked him if he watched it, and he would tell them 305 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.680 yes. I mean, like again, this guy has never made great decisions. 306 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.720 It looks like former number one overall pick though. All right, we'll 307 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.400 come back on the other side. Keep this party going on. It's coffee 308 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:53.319 and company. Feel about Thornton's right here. On Sports Talk seven ninety so, 309 00:19:53.440 --> 00:20:00.119 Donovan Mitchell inked a new three year extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers years earlier. 310 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.599 This morning, woes broke the story and a lot of money. He's 311 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:06.559 already made a lot of money. He's going to make even more. So. 312 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:11.319 It is a three year, one hundred and fifty point three million dollar 313 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:15.720 deal. I believe it is, so that uh that keeps him there for 314 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.440 well, it's not a I'm trying to get the specifics here, because the 315 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.880 three years he's is is the is the amount of years that he's he's going 316 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.400 to be there under contract. He will have a player option UH in year 317 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:34.440 four and after not this upcoming season, but the next season, after the 318 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:37.680 twenty twenty five to twenty six season, he'll be eligible for a four year 319 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:42.599 extension, which will give him the ability to I think, you know, 320 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.519 enter a level of of of cleveland'll be able to give him more money than 321 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:51.559 there. They can't. You know, there's this there's something about how long 322 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.440 he's been in the NBA that'll make him eligible for a different type of deal 323 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.839 than what he's getting now. I believe. So, Yeah, Donovan staying 324 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:02.640 in Cleveland, and I never really got the sense that he would he would 325 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:06.640 try to leave because you know, there's always been talk about him wanting out 326 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:11.119 of Utah and would he leave Utah not because I mean they were good for 327 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.799 a while, but you know, Utah is a small market team. They 328 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:22.920 lost Gordon Hayward and it's probably along with the Orlando Magic and maybe the Detroit 329 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.000 Pistons, they're not a small, tiny market they're just awful. But I 330 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.160 guess you could maybe throw up Pacers in there too, to be honest with 331 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:30.079 you, those are the types of small market teams. The kings to where 332 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.079 if you have, like if you hit it big in the draft and you 333 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:36.000 have a guy that's become your franchise player and you're building around him and it's 334 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.720 working, you have to worry about him just deciding he doesn't want to play 335 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:41.839 with you anymore. He wants to go to a bigger market, maybe with 336 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:44.440 maybe with a you know, a better team, or team up with his 337 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.559 friends somewhere. Like that happens in the NBA now. So it was said 338 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:51.039 about Donovan in Cleveland. I'm sorry in Utah, but I don't really remember 339 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.640 ever really, I mean, they just decided to trade him and kind of 340 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.640 start over. I don't think he forced out, And in Cleveland, I 341 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.039 don't think there was ever evidence that he wanted or that he was frustrated. 342 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.799 There was just a lot of noise about it, and he would at times 343 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:08.400 kind of shoot it down on social media, you know, not you know, 344 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:11.480 losing his mind in a tweet, but just kind of saying like, 345 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.400 man, this is ridiculous, kind of insinuating that this is just so far 346 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:18.000 from the truth. But everybody seemed to think that he wanted to leave, 347 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:22.160 but he clearly didn't because he decided to stay And this was a Cavs fan 348 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.559 who put this together. I thought it's well done, but just how wrong 349 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:30.039 everybody was about Donovan Mitchell and some claiming that like they know he's got coming 350 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:32.640 back. It's just, you know, the worst kept secret in basketball, 351 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:37.640 one hundred percent. Donovan Mitchell has played his last game full the Cleveland cavill 352 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:40.480 lives, but it seems like no one around the league actually thinks he wants 353 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:42.880 to stay in Cleveland. Donovan Mitchell's gonna say, damn it, I want 354 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:45.319 out, you know why, because I wanted to be in New York anyway. 355 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.240 Okay, that nobody thinks he's staying there, you know, and I 356 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.839 think that's what we've heard. I haven't heard anybody be like, no, 357 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:55.119 no, you guys are wrong. He's staying a It's the worst kept secret. 358 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:59.319 People don't think that Donovan Mitchell is going to be their long term anyway. 359 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:03.640 Even if Donovan Mitchell and the Calves winning championship next year, that'd be 360 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.440 great, love it. It's even more likely than he's gonna leave, It's 361 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:12.359 true. So I think what's happened with Donovan is that he has found himself 362 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:18.720 in situations to where he doesn't have a ton of help. I mean, 363 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:22.000 I think Cleveland is ecstatic to get him back because he has delivered since he 364 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:26.000 was traded there, and he's made them better. They became a playoff team 365 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.480 when he arrived. And he's got Darius Garland as a teammate who is a 366 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.920 good young player. And they're not terrible. I don't think the roster stinks, 367 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:37.359 but like they're just gonna run it back, and I mean, I 368 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:40.279 don't know what else you can do. I don't. I don't know if 369 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.799 they don't have cap room or whatever. But you know, I'm friends with 370 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:48.920 a couple of Cavs fans who work in that market, and they they're stunned 371 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.480 that they were able to get Donovan back, but like they're not maybe by 372 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.200 paying Donovan this that keeps them from being able to go add more pieces. 373 00:23:56.200 --> 00:24:00.680 But like it's so clear that Boston is the elite team above everybody else in 374 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.960 the East. And I don't know who's gonna be close to competing with them, 375 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:10.799 like gosh, I mean, who maybe the Knicks, but maybe not. 376 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.799 Yeah, I don't know, Man, the Knicks have good young pieces 377 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:15.519 like I could, but I just have a hard time I'll believe it when 378 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.720 I see it. With the Knicks, meaning like they've definitely got a good 379 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.720 core right now, and they've become better in the last couple of years. 380 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:26.240 You know, they made it to the second round of the of the playoffs 381 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.480 this year. But there'll be all kinds of talk about them being the team 382 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:33.079 that could take them down. But again, that's what the Knicks or front 383 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.039 runners like. They like they've never actually done anything substantial in the NBA in 384 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:41.480 a long long time, and they're all hype, and they were all hype 385 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.759 acting like they'd won the series against the Pacers, and then the Pacers going 386 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.519 to and I know they were injured and all that, but they go into 387 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.400 New York and you know, talked about as the biggest game in Knick's history 388 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:59.160 as far as you know, Game seven at their place, and you know 389 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:03.400 they got they got demand the Pacers take a step forward. Maybe they just 390 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.960 man'. That's what really bums me out about the Pacers is that I like 391 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:12.960 the personnel on this team, but like our ceiling is in my opinion, 392 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.400 still far away from being like, honestly, to be fair, if the 393 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.799 Knicks were at full stream, I don't think we beat them in that series. 394 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:22.039 I mean we almost lost to them, and they were very, very 395 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:25.640 shorthanded. So I mean, Halli Burton's a great star. Again. I 396 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.599 liked what they've I like what the Pacers are doing, but I just it 397 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:30.079 makes me sad to know that I feel good about it. But I also 398 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.880 can be realistic with myself and say, we're not sniffing an NBA title anytime 399 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:37.519 soon, so you know, and we're not a destination for free agents. 400 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:41.279 We're just not never have been. And you know, Indie is not a 401 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.400 huge city compared to the biggest that the NBA has to offer, but it's 402 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:49.079 also not a tight I mean, like you know, I'm biased, CLEARLYM 403 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:52.480 a Pacers fan, and I actually love the city of Indianapolis. I really 404 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:57.000 do. I've never heard anybody who's been to Indianapolis, except for maybe people 405 00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:00.920 from the Deep South, that have anything bad to say about Indianapolis. I 406 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:03.480 think it is, you know, for me and just sort of I think 407 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.400 it's the perfect city. It you know, there's there's a ton of diversity, 408 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:11.480 there's a lot of I mean, it's it's it's nice. It's big 409 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:14.039 enough to where you have pro sports teams but it's not too big to just 410 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:17.839 overwhelm you. Uh, the suburb areas are super nice. I mean you're 411 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:22.680 close to Chicago, you close to Louisville. Like, I would never move. 412 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.640 I don't want to move, but like if I had to move to 413 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:26.000 a different like if I was going to move to I mean it's no brainer. 414 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.680 Actually, if I was gonna, let's say, I you know, 415 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:32.720 my career took me to a pro market and I was, you know, 416 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.359 going to a different station, I would I would prefer Indy one because I 417 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.279 know a lot about those teams and that would help me, that would give 418 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:41.559 me a little bit of a head start in a new market. But like 419 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:44.759 I love Indianapolis. I think it's a great city. So but you know 420 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.759 NBA players, they want to be in Miami, they want to be in 421 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.640 LA, they want to be in New York. And I get it because 422 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:52.680 you know, there are guys who will have way Like for example, Dak 423 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:57.359 Prescott is not a great quarterback. He makes good money with the Cowboys. 424 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.960 They've clearly paid him well enough. He's made money, but do people understand 425 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.559 being in Dallas, in the brand that the Cowboys have, he makes more 426 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:10.279 money probably from endorsements than anybody would ever realize. And it's not because of 427 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:14.680 stats. It's because he's the freaking Cowboys quarterback and he's above competent. Right, 428 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.799 Brands want to work with somebody who is the QB for one of the 429 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:21.319 bigger sports franchises on the planet. Same thing in New York, like you 430 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:25.400 have way more Lebron has been able to really you know, I mean Lebron 431 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.480 is a Hollywood guy now, and I don't mean like in movies. He's 432 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:30.119 been in movies, but like he has a production company, Like he has 433 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:34.079 used his wealth to start, you know, to be an entrepreneur in the 434 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.440 tech in Hollywood world, and he could do that from anywhere he's Lebron, 435 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:41.160 but like in LA makes it more convenient. So that'll never change. By 436 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:47.400 the way, I think smaller market franchises will always sort of just have a 437 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.279 tougher time in the grand scheme of things. Doesn't mean you can't have success. 438 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:52.559 I mean, look at look at the Packers. I mean they're not 439 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.480 I mean they're tiny market, and you know they've they've had success and have 440 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.400 continued. I mean they're one of the bigger franchises in the NFL. So 441 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:03.680 Anyways, Donovan's getting paid a lot of money, and I'm happy for him. 442 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:10.960 I'm happy for him. So let's look at let's see Donn So this 443 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.599 year, Donovan Mitchell under contract under his new contract, Donovan's gonna make thirty 444 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:21.440 four point eight million dollars. It's a lot of money. Next year he's 445 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.480 gonna make forty six point three million. He'll make fifty point one million in 446 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:26.599 the next year, and then that last year in its contract with the player 447 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:34.279 option fifty three point eight so he'll be eligible for a max after I believe 448 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.880 it is the twenty eight season, which I think the max projected max is 449 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:42.880 sixty five point five million, which is crazy to think about. So the 450 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:47.119 NBA has got a lot more money to throw around, and I know why, 451 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:51.240 right, there's less players to pay. The collective Bargaining Agreement. Uh, 452 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.720 they have a lot of guaranteed deal. I mean, just about every 453 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:59.039 deal is guaranteed in the in the NBA, it seems, especially if you're 454 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:02.920 like a consistent play that you know is you know they're not gonna cut. 455 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.519 I mean, if they cut you and you still have a lot of guaranteed 456 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:08.359 money on your deal, it's because they were just way wrong. So and 457 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:12.000 then there's some contracts that are like partially guaranteed. Let me give you a 458 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:18.039 crazy stat Last year, Neurlans Noel did not play basketball in the NBA, 459 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:26.119 was not employed, but he signed a training camp deal that had because he's 460 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:30.839 a veteran, I guess it had. It had a guarantee component to where 461 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:36.079 seven hundred thousand dollars was guaranteed. Ne Orleans Noel was paid seven hundred thousand 462 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:41.559 dollars last year to not play basketball. Seven hundred k. And he hasn't 463 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.680 played legitimately in like four years. So it wasn't as if, you know, 464 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.519 he was fresh off a good run with a team. He'd been fighting 465 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:51.839 for a spot in the NBA for a few years there, and the King 466 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:55.000 signed him but just kind of a training camp deal, but they let him 467 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.079 go before the season started. They didn't keep him on the roster, but 468 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.839 yet his deal. I mean, that just is a sign of money that 469 00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:02.680 you you can just throw away because you have unlimited amounts of it, you 470 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:07.920 know what I mean. So it's not like I'm bringing this to to attention 471 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:10.920 of people, like nobody's aware of it. Like I know that the NFL 472 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.440 doesn't have as much guarantee. There's way more players to pay. They don't 473 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.880 have as good of a CVA, and that's why they don't make as much 474 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.200 money. Like it isn't new information, but I think when you hear the 475 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:22.000 salaries of this guy in the NBA and this guy in the NFL, like 476 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:29.480 some of it is crazy, I mean unbelievable almost, Like Lamar Jackson. 477 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:33.839 Let's look at Lamar Jacks. Lamar Jackson this year just base just his contract, 478 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.319 You'll make a lot more money with endorsements, and I think his contractor's 479 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:41.359 like some cash included, which is just I guess added payments. But his 480 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:45.359 deal, meaning like the terms of his contract is his salary for this upcoming 481 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:51.240 season is fourteen point two five million dollars. It's a lot of money, 482 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:56.079 right, you know who's gonna make the same amount of money or more than 483 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.799 Lamar Jackson, who has two MVP trophies, by the way, and he's 484 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:03.160 currently one of the higher paid quarterbacks in the league. He's not the highest 485 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.799 paid. But like it's not as if, oh, poor Lamar everybody else 486 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.279 in the NFL at quarterbacks getting rich. It's just that this is the way 487 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.599 it is Mitchell Robinson for the Knicks will make more money than Lamar Jackson, 488 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:22.440 Obie Toppin. You know Grant Williams from Tennessee played at Tennessee for a while, 489 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.359 then was with the Celtics, Hornets and Mavericks. Think he just finished 490 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.400 up the season with the mat I mean he's like a mid. He is 491 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:32.319 mid at best. In the NBA. He makes slightly less than Lamar Jackson 492 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:37.920 does. Max Struss makes over a million dollars more. I'm naming people that 493 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.039 a lot of you've never heard of. I'm sure, right, I mean, 494 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:44.519 the NBA is the place to be apparently, I mean if you got 495 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:47.319 money, I mean if you can, if you can, like if you 496 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.720 can, and it's a hard league to stay in, right, I mean 497 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:52.119 it's impossible almost there's not as many roster spots, like it's super competitive. 498 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:59.799 But you can be in the NF you can be in the NBA on you 499 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:02.759 know, a low level deal and still I mean you can be a guy 500 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:07.200 that is just known that you might get in one game a month. But 501 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:12.039 if you're on a two three year deal and a good chunk of it's guaranteed, 502 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:16.759 I mean, you're making you know, life changing money. I mean, 503 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:21.960 let's look at let's look at some other players here, let's see. 504 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:28.119 Ope, Sorry, I'm searching on a Google tab and that that happens whenever 505 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:30.079 I end up not getting any So yeah, TJ. Hawkinson, he is 506 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:34.400 a He's one of the five best tight ends in the NFL according to Pro 507 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:40.000 Football Focus. He's with the Minnesota Vikings. Nine point nine million dollars uh 508 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:45.240 is is his salary. I mean, I can name dudes in the NBA 509 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:52.240 who get off the bench once a month that make you know double that. 510 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:59.799 I mean, he's making nine. Bruce Brown with the Raptors makes twenty three 511 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:07.440 men million dollars this upcoming season. Nicholas Claxton twenty two million. I mean 512 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:14.720 Miles Turner nineteen million. And if you like, this is the kind of 513 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:19.559 thing that if you have the ability is a young like if you've got a 514 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:23.279 kid who you know is just a god gifted athlete, I mean to the 515 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:30.519 point where you are you're not delusional as a parent to say that you think 516 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:32.880 that your son could be a professional athlete and he's at an age where he's 517 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.200 like fifteen, maybe sixteen, maybe fourteen fifteen is probably more like it, 518 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.640 and you kind of want him to to to not quit one, but maybe 519 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:45.160 just you know, realize which one's going to get more focused. Because I'm 520 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:47.279 somebody I hope when i'm a if I end up in that situation and I'm 521 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:50.680 sure my son will not be a god gifted athlete that has a chance to 522 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.000 play pro sports, I hope that happens, But you know, I'm realistic. 523 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.160 I'd realize the chances of that happening. But like I think, even 524 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.680 if we're just competing to maybe get a scholarship, I'm gonna let him play 525 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:04.039 whatever sport he wants. But I think if you're giving four sports the collective 526 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:07.000 amount of same amount of attention, you're not giving any of them the amount 527 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.480 that it needs for you to be super successful. But my point is, 528 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:14.960 like shift him in the direction of basketball. I mean, harder to make 529 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.000 it clearly, but like, if they've got that is a realistic I mean, 530 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:22.480 that's the amount of money's crazy. I mean, even if you take 531 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.880 away the fact that it's guaranteed, I mean, just the base salary for 532 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:30.119 these guys, man, it is, it's insane. And I think you're 533 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:34.239 insane if you haven't taken advantage of all the great services that Louisville Men's Clinic 534 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.800 has to offer, because they can help you fellas they've helped me with low 535 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.400 te and they can help you with that or with a variety of things. 536 00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:43.599 Maybe you have a rectile dysfunction. If so, that's unfortunate. I'm sure 537 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.079 that's difficult to deal with. Who knows. 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Or you can check out an online Louisville Men's Clinic dot com. 555 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.360 All right, our last break and then we'll come back and wrap it 556 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.840 up on the other side right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I can't 557 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:53.880 tell if people are underwhelmed with what they've learned about Hawk to a girl now 558 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:58.679 that she's she's come out, she's been published at her first interview she was 559 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:02.840 on stage in Nashville Zach Bryan this past weekend. Because you know, this 560 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:07.920 is what happens in the new world of the Internet here to where if somebody 561 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.320 goes viral for something like that, like a random interview on the street or 562 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:15.280 something, and nobody and nobody knows for sure. People on the internet are 563 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:20.559 savvy enough to make something up about said person, knowing it's fake and know 564 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.480 that a billion people are going to share it, like, wow, can 565 00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:25.800 you believe it? Talked to a girl. I mean she she was a 566 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:29.880 teacher and she lost her job, and like she's since come out and said, 567 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.400 like, none of that stuff is true. She didn't lose her job. 568 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:36.679 She was never a teacher. She's not even old enough to drink. 569 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.159 This is her on a Barstool Sports podcast recently. What were you doing for 570 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.000 your job? I worked in a spring factory. I'm not a school teacher. 571 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.800 That was my next question, because we're a teacher and got fired from 572 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.840 your job. No, I'm not even old enough to be a teacher. 573 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:52.079 I was gonna say, because you're twenty one, I'm like, this is 574 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:54.760 illegal. Who was a teacher exactly? So you weren't a teacher or a 575 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:59.519 bartender? So o the one. And also I've heard rumors that your dad 576 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.800 is a preach. Sure, my father so far from apprecier. It's crazy, 577 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:10.719 So everything made up like it at all? So I think the intrigue 578 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:15.400 of the unknown is why. Also she's adorable, but I mean she in 579 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:20.519 you know the context of what she was discussing. Certainly, uh, generated 580 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:24.719 a lot of fans of hers, But I mean, like I think people 581 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:29.400 because there's it was so unknown for what a couple of weeks, everybody had 582 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.920 made up their own mind as far as what they thought of her, what 583 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:36.199 they assumed she did for a living, what her personality was like, and 584 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:38.360 you know, you just never know. And she can also be a great 585 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:43.119 sign. Again what I just mentioned that this happens, that this is a 586 00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:47.039 known thing for people to to do engagement farming on the internet and monetize their 587 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:51.840 social media following. Because how many times have you seen somebody share something about 588 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:53.840 this girl that now we know is not true and it's because it got shared 589 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:59.880 a billion times and somebody was able to profit from that. Apparently people really 590 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.880 that she's anti Trump. I don't know if you saw that or not, 591 00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:04.559 John, of course, because everybody in the South has I guess they just 592 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:07.119 assumed she's on Nashville. She's in Nashville from the south of that accident, 593 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:10.000 and she must be a big Trumper. And you know they assume everybody's dad 594 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:15.280 from the South as a preacher too. Exactly. Yeah, But I mean 595 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:19.239 she looked the clip, I mean, she still looked young, but everything 596 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:22.079 I've seen from her since then, as far as taking pictures with celebrities. 597 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.639 In this interview I'm looking at right now. I mean, she looks a 598 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:28.960 lot younger than I than I initially thought she was. I mean, I 599 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:32.480 mean she's twenty years old. So Hawk to a Girl. That'll eventually fade, 600 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:36.599 and you know, it'll be cliche. I hope she cleans up and 601 00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.920 makes a bunch of money from it. But like, you know, transitioning 602 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:40.400 from that to you know, a career. I don't think you did anything 603 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:43.880 to keep yourself from getting a job, but like you're kind of gonna always 604 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.920 be known as hawk to a girl now, which, hey, I guess 605 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:49.000 there could be worse things you could be known for. All Right, we're 606 00:38:49.039 --> 00:39:00.639 out of time. We'll be back at it tomorrow, right here on SportsTalk seven ninety