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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we

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<v Speaker 2>think when we.

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<v Speaker 3>Are get off our show, idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>The kids are crying or turning off.

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<v Speaker 3>Their countries are screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals.

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<v Speaker 3>They're supposed to be with youure adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be honest with you, guys. I usually am sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>a little too honest to be honest with you, but

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<v Speaker 2>I was a little bummed heading in today because I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's nothing I can do about it, but

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we would have a short show because the

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<v Speaker 2>Louis of Bats. Of course you can hear them once again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Sports Talks in ninety They were going to be

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<v Speaker 2>pre empty, and look, it's good to have the Bats back.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know I want three hours. I'm selfish and

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<v Speaker 2>you guys, obviously it's really me just worried about you all.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't get your three hour fix? Am I

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<v Speaker 2>doing my job? I mean, you went a week without

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<v Speaker 2>me last week, but it worked out well to where

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<v Speaker 2>the bats ended early. Unfortunately they came up short they lost,

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<v Speaker 2>So a nice surprise to get a full show today.

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<v Speaker 2>And then also I'm sure he did it just because

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<v Speaker 2>he's a nice friend and he was trying to help

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<v Speaker 2>my ego and help my insecurities. First thing, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the first things that the tribal chief himself, Austin Montgomery

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<v Speaker 2>said to me when we walked in today, was that

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<v Speaker 2>he noticed the facial hair. Now, yes, was it the truth?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was the truth? Yes? Was it because

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<v Speaker 2>we were closer to one another and there was light, There.

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<v Speaker 4>Was actual like light. Yes, And the lights here are

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<v Speaker 4>bright when you walk into the studio. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 4>saw it. I see it right it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Dude, It's yeah. I think I'm going to although I

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<v Speaker 2>have both of my kids have their first first baseball

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<v Speaker 2>game this of the season coming up on Saturday, opening

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<v Speaker 2>Day for Moves. He's playing at the at the Oklhona

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<v Speaker 2>League over there by Southern High School. This will be

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<v Speaker 2>his third year playing te ball, and I think because

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<v Speaker 2>of his age, not his third year, but he did

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<v Speaker 2>fall ball and then now this is his second time

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<v Speaker 2>doing baseball. In the spring, and I think he'll do

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<v Speaker 2>an I think because of his age, I believe next

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<v Speaker 2>year it's gonna be the same thing. He'll still be

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<v Speaker 2>playing te ball, which man, my man's gonna be ready

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<v Speaker 2>to not use the tee like he already is. But

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<v Speaker 2>he has his first game and it's at eleven fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday. For all of you that want to want

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<v Speaker 2>to come out and watch him, I'm sure, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>you'd love to come watch my son play t ball.

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<v Speaker 2>But my daughter also, she's playing in her third season

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<v Speaker 2>in the Miracle League, which is a league for special

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<v Speaker 2>needs children and adults. And it's you've heard me talk

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<v Speaker 2>about it before. It's it's amazing and it sucks that

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<v Speaker 2>they played the first time. But Mom's gonna take Moose,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna take Maya, and then I'll end up probably

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<v Speaker 2>making my way over to see him wrap up. Her

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<v Speaker 2>games don't last that long. But long story short, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to show up looking like the ungroomed father

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<v Speaker 2>at you know, at the at opening day, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean. And there's really no way like where

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<v Speaker 2>it is right now, and that's my worries, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>could give it another three weeks and probably still look

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<v Speaker 2>like a homeless man that hasn't showered in a month.

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<v Speaker 2>And at that point I would have just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it would have been a waste of time. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have to By the end of the week, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm doing. I'll know.

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<v Speaker 4>Let anyone tell you, like, hey, I noticed that, or like,

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<v Speaker 4>have anyone just kind of backwards kind of tell you

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<v Speaker 4>you look rough?

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<v Speaker 2>It's said as it sounds. Here's the honest truth. I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't seen anybody, oh okay, like you and my family.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like if you were to run into Venetti,

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<v Speaker 4>he would tell you that you, like, in a very

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<v Speaker 4>Venette way, like you look rough, just because.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, oh, he would tell me I look rough. He

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<v Speaker 2>would ask me if I've showered lately. He would absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>And that's that's one of the one of the actual

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<v Speaker 2>qualities of Venetti is that he doesn't have the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to not be really direct. And actually I've noticed this

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<v Speaker 2>when I listened to him on has that he's a

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<v Speaker 2>little the older he gets, the more direct and blunt

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<v Speaker 2>he is, which I'll never forget. I showed up to

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<v Speaker 2>the spring game years ago, no joke, probably nine years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I had just been here for a few months at

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<v Speaker 2>the time of the spring game back in twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and I showed up wearing pleated khaki pants and a

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<v Speaker 2>red polo, looking like an absolute dork. I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>know what I was. I think at the time, I

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to like figure out, Okay, do I dress

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<v Speaker 2>like I would typically dress, or now that I'm working

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<v Speaker 2>for Cards Radio and we're doing a spring game live show,

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<v Speaker 2>do I need to dress like a business professional? And

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<v Speaker 2>sure enough I looked ridiculous, and Benetti didn't say anything

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<v Speaker 2>other than you look like Jake from State Farm, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>And he was right, I did.

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<v Speaker 3>So.

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<v Speaker 2>He's always been really direct, so nice. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually a you know, you need people in your

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<v Speaker 2>life that'll tell you things that they know a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people won't tell you. So it makes sense you

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<v Speaker 2>don't need somebody to be like direct and like mean

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<v Speaker 2>and nasty about it, but there are I think everyone

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<v Speaker 2>needs at least one person that you know will give

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<v Speaker 2>you not only the absolute truth, but it's somebody that

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<v Speaker 2>you value like they're like, you know, it's not only

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<v Speaker 2>that they'll tell you something that others won't, but also

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<v Speaker 2>like you value their opinion, right, Like there's people I

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<v Speaker 2>love that would try to tell me what they think

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<v Speaker 2>I should do, you know, on my show, and God

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<v Speaker 2>love them, but like I wouldn't listen to them just

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, like that's not you know, that's not

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<v Speaker 2>a personal thing. It's just you know, So it's that balance.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one somebody that doesn't have the fear of like

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<v Speaker 2>maybe hurting your feelings, but also you trust that they

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<v Speaker 2>are coming from a good place. So we'll see. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I just I got out of the shower

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<v Speaker 2>today and I could tell that it's in the it's

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<v Speaker 2>in the stages of like everywhere on my face there

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<v Speaker 2>is some hair, but like I got these patches. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>And for those who don't know what we're talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned it in the five o'clock hour yesterday whenever

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<v Speaker 2>I got I guess it was yesterday. I was getting

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<v Speaker 2>ready to leave. I had to put ocean on my

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<v Speaker 2>face because I'm just trying not to peel and look

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<v Speaker 2>like a snake losing its skin. It's really gross, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's what happens whenever I get when I get sunburned,

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<v Speaker 2>so I put off shaving because I didn't want my

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<v Speaker 2>face to start peeling, because that's the first like that's

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<v Speaker 2>an invitation for it to just start, you know, like anytime.

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<v Speaker 2>Like not again, I'm getting too graphic. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, to me, this is gross. Maybe it's not

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<v Speaker 2>as gross to others, but like if I'm not careful,

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<v Speaker 2>I can just start moving around and like skin's falling

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<v Speaker 2>off me and it's really disgusting. So again, yeah, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a little too graphic. So anyways, I was loationing

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<v Speaker 2>my face to try to, you know, get some moisturizer

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<v Speaker 2>to where it wasn't gonna it wasn't gonna start peeling,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I hadn't shaved yet. And I realized that

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<v Speaker 2>there's there's some patches within the within, the within whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you call this on my face that is either white

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<v Speaker 2>or gray, and it really hit me, like damn, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I hadn't shaved in over a week, probably the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I've done that as an adult, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>it you got, you know, somebody said, somebody yesterday's on

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<v Speaker 2>Twitter called it the Kentucky chrome. Look, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if that's a thing somebody. You know, I've always been

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<v Speaker 2>more of a silver fox kind of guy. But like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not full gray. But then again, you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>apparently ladies like that. Sure, I can't wait to get

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<v Speaker 2>to my uh my, my gray face. I'm sure not

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<v Speaker 2>like and I'm not looking for I'm not looking for

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<v Speaker 2>ladies by any means. But like you know, if if

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<v Speaker 2>if someone was to say, oh, I think it's I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's kind of hot to have gray, that would

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<v Speaker 2>be you know, her preference whatever. But like also you

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<v Speaker 2>would then just realize, Okay, that's now like you're viewed

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<v Speaker 2>as the old guy. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's when you fully make the transition. What do they

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<v Speaker 2>call him? Zaddy? Is that a thing?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that a thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Like I've heard that? Is that a thing? Like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not I mean, I'm not, I'm not that but anyway, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>real ones know. But anyways, I'll uh, I appreciate you

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledging the facial hair that I do have, because it

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<v Speaker 2>did hit me pretty hard because I hear I'm thinking, like, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm shaving in a week, like I look rough, and

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<v Speaker 2>Austin's like I can't even tell bro that's what he

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<v Speaker 2>told me on the yesterday, which to be fair, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not as if, like you know, it's not as if.

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<v Speaker 2>It's again, the joke here is not necessarily that I

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<v Speaker 2>have some gray hair coming in. It's probably pretty normal

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<v Speaker 2>for somebody that is thirty six going on thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's that like I can't grow facial hair, which

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<v Speaker 2>honestly has been a benefit, like I don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>like wake up every day and straight razor in my face.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I can go a couple maybe three days and

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<v Speaker 2>just run the trimmer over it, and I'm usually pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>which again like low maintenance, and uh, you know that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's a benefit. But just for those curious, had a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of comments on the text line yesterday, you ain't,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not balding. You can wonder about that. Got a

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<v Speaker 2>full head of hair, and I can and I got

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<v Speaker 2>a great hairline going to hew you do. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't do much for me, but you know, I've

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<v Speaker 2>always been insecure because I shaved my head whenever I

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<v Speaker 2>went to not shave my head. But like I've had

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<v Speaker 2>the same haircut for a buzz cut. Yeah, buzz cut

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<v Speaker 2>for like you know, eighteen nineteen years, no joke, And

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<v Speaker 2>it was because I went away to school play basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, I realized the shaggy blonde hair that

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<v Speaker 2>I had. You know, I kind of stuck out like

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<v Speaker 2>a sore thumb with my team, which I did for

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<v Speaker 2>a variety of reasons, but the hair made it even worse.

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<v Speaker 2>So I decided to just you know, cut my hair off.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've kept it that way ever since. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever I show people old pictures of me when I

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<v Speaker 2>had hair, they're in like disbelief, like I can't believe.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't believe that's you. It makes you look more

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<v Speaker 2>Bully County with hair. Yeah, I can totally. I totally

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<v Speaker 2>get it. I wouldn't mean I've never thought about that,

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. But I've always been insecure that people

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<v Speaker 3>That would be the.

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<v Speaker 2>Worst thing, though, is like if I did try to, like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>And this reminds me of an old Sinfeld episode, which

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<v Speaker 2>I there's every segment I feel like, no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>And it's probably not necessary, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Elaine is dating a guy who is a swimmer, and

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<v Speaker 2>might be his driver's license and she's like this is

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<v Speaker 2>you and he's like yeah, and she was like, you

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<v Speaker 2>and he can't. Like he didn't realize is that he'd

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<v Speaker 2>I think I remember that episode. I need to dive

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<v Speaker 4>Every time I've ever had it on, it's just been

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<v Speaker 4>background fodder and then something happens and it's funny. That's

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<v Speaker 4>how I got into the office. But it hasn't caught

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<v Speaker 4>on for me for Seinfeld yet. But I do think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not jealous now that you say that, because I haven't.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't stumbled upon a show that like I was

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<v Speaker 2>missing out and and didn't realize it and I can

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<v Speaker 2>just get lost in it with like you know, tons

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<v Speaker 2>of seasons. It's been a long time since I've done that. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>with that said, I haven't really tried, Like, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>I've never seen Game of the Game of Thrones that's

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<v Speaker 2>super popular. It's a lot to get into. Yeah, Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's an investment, right, it's a commitment. Yes, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to really be into it. And I just don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if I have the time or energy or interest in that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Ted Lasso another show that like, how many

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<v Speaker 2>seasons are there of that? I think there's only two?

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<v Speaker 2>What they're company? Yeah, I mean it's really popular. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>eventually watch it, I think, I mean, I I gotta

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<v Speaker 2>say it, though, I don't think there's any chance it

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<v Speaker 2>could meet expectation because I mean the way I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Venetti said that it will make you a better

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<v Speaker 2>person if you watch it, like what I loved ted,

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<v Speaker 2>like like going into that show knowing that I'm supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be an improved human being after watching that, like,

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<v Speaker 2>that's gonna make it a tough watch, Like I Benetti

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<v Speaker 2>kind of ruined it, to be honest with.

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<v Speaker 4>You, I mean, he might have had three seasons and

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<v Speaker 4>they're about to possibly have a fourth one. Their third

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<v Speaker 2>The issue I have with shows now is that I

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I feel like I've got a good memory,

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<v Speaker 2>or at least I used to. Like people make fun

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<v Speaker 2>up with, even family, like they'll make fun of me

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<v Speaker 2>for remembering so much that they don't remember in details

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<v Speaker 2>of things. And yet like now I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>it's just I'm getting older, or what it is. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'll watch a season of a show and love it,

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<v Speaker 2>be like, oh that was awesome. Well then sure enough,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, nine ten months, maybe a year goes by,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I watched the second season and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>remember the first season. I know I loved it, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but like I have a tough time keeping up, Like

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<v Speaker 2>do you ever go back and watch like because I

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<v Speaker 2>obviously I watched like the what you Know previously on whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll give you a brief rundown of what you

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<v Speaker 2>watched in the previous season. But even that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>leaves me like, wait a second, I remember this scene,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't know what happened or why they're there right.

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<v Speaker 4>Actually, usually my brain stimulates after I watch like the

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<v Speaker 4>wrap up or some sort of hype video leading into

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<v Speaker 4>that next season. Shows like The Officer Seinfeld, I feel

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<v Speaker 4>like they have many seasons, kind of like pointless comedy,

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<v Speaker 4>and like I can, I can. I could totally remember

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<v Speaker 4>stuff like that, But when it comes to like and

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<v Speaker 4>I'll go back and rewatch that all the time. But

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<v Speaker 4>if it comes to like shows I'm watching now, like

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<v Speaker 4>oh my god, what's the what? Like when we watched

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<v Speaker 4>agathall along a couple months ago, or like Ted Lasso,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not going back and like watching all.

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<v Speaker 2>The season and it's the show. Just wait till the

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<v Speaker 2>new season comes out. The show. Now, if the show

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<v Speaker 2>is written, I think the way that shows should be written,

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<v Speaker 2>you you will clearly have a better understanding and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>be I guess more locked in if you are like

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<v Speaker 2>completely caught up. But I think you should be able

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<v Speaker 2>to watch new seasons of shows and realize that you

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<v Speaker 2>may miss something here and there, but you can still

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it. Right because here's the reality. Most people binge

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<v Speaker 2>what they watch now, Like right now, there's this show

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<v Speaker 2>that my wife and I have gotten into it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>on Hulu and it's about the Natalia Gray story. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>pretending to be. Like it's a true thing, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>really it's wow. It's there was an HBO doctor series

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<v Speaker 2>on it, but they put together an actual Hulu put

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<v Speaker 2>together an actual show. It's called a good it's called

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<v Speaker 2>Good American Family, and I really am into it because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how it all played out, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>know of it, but I haven't ever followed it. But

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<v Speaker 2>we're having to watch it week by week, and like,

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<v Speaker 2>like that again, Like I'm gonna let it build and

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<v Speaker 2>then binge. And there's shows that like, now, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm almost like I need three seasons before I'll really

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<v Speaker 2>dive in because if I go season for season, like

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<v Speaker 2>even that leaves me really kind of you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not that I can figure it out and get caught

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<v Speaker 2>back up. And if I really like a show, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>watch however, I'll watch it if it's weekly, if it's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a season, dump one at a time, if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really into it. Yeah, But we just have the

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<v Speaker 2>ability to watch so many things now at any time

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<v Speaker 2>that if I got to wait a week, I usually

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<v Speaker 2>just forget that that that show that has a new episode, now,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. You like to have a

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<v Speaker 2>library basis, Yeah, And there are so many shows that

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<v Speaker 2>I love that I consider like all time favorites of

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<v Speaker 2>mine that I don't know one that I would have

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<v Speaker 2>actually watched it had I had to if I was

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<v Speaker 2>doing the weekly thing. But also I'm not even sure

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<v Speaker 2>if the show would have been as good if I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't binge it, you know what I'm saying. Like, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get into a show and we'll be watching, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of episodes a night, three, four nights a week,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're watching a show that has five seasons already

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<v Speaker 2>built up, so like it's you know, we're really running

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<v Speaker 2>through the whole thing, you know, but in a short

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<v Speaker 2>of kind of grasp it all. But anyways, sure, why

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<v Speaker 2>oh yeah, we're talking about I'm talking about Seinfeld. If

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<v Speaker 2>you got lost in Seinfeld, Like, you know, I can't imagine,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing you and your sense of humor, that you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>Andy, Like I said, something happens, it's funny. I laugh

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<v Speaker 4>at it. I think it's hilarious. I think Jerry Seinfeld

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<v Speaker 4>gets a lot of flack for people that always say

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<v Speaker 4>that that show was like trash comedy and that he's

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<v Speaker 4>not funny, like someone that I was talking to the

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<v Speaker 4>other day. So the hell said that I want to

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<v Speaker 4>see him, I want to talk to him, said that

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<v Speaker 4>he's he said that he was the fourth funniest person

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<v Speaker 2>And I think, well, and I so here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Larry David and Jerry wrote it. Jerry is a key component,

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<v Speaker 2>but he is the fourth funniest character. But what happened

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<v Speaker 2>with like what I think is just this and now

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really nerding out on it. But with Seinfeld, you

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<v Speaker 2>could Jerry was a terrible actor on the show at times,

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<v Speaker 2>almost intentionally, because he almost would just it's almost like

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<v Speaker 2>around as their storylines are playing out with Elaine and

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<v Speaker 2>Kramer and George and George's dad or Jerry's dad or

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<v Speaker 2>all the other great characters that have brief appearances in

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<v Speaker 2>the show, and like he was almost like bad acting

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose because he's like, do you guys see what

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<v Speaker 2>we just did there? How great is this? And in

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<v Speaker 2>a way it is arrogance. And by the way, Jerry

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<v Speaker 2>Seinfeld does seem to be super arrogant, but like Larry

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<v Speaker 2>David and him on that show together like phenomenal, And

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what Curb Your Enthusiasm is Larry David's special.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not I mean, it's not necessarily what he's known for.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's mostly known for Seinfeld and just being great.

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<v Speaker 2>But Larry David on Curby your Enthusiasm, like that is

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<v Speaker 2>that's a super popular show that a lot of Seinfeld fanatics,

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<v Speaker 2>like myself, you would just think that you like it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I tried it and I never really could get

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<v Speaker 2>into it until of all people, Chris Mack, who he

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<v Speaker 2>and I I think one of our first conversations where

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<v Speaker 2>I do. And he was like, you have to watch

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<v Speaker 2>Curve and I was like, yeah, I couldn't get into it,

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<v Speaker 2>and he like stopped me mid lunch like no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to watch it. And I'm like all right,

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<v Speaker 2>And sure enough, I binged it, watched it all the

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<v Speaker 2>way through and it's it's you know, it's not Seinfeld

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<v Speaker 2>to me, but it is really good. And I remember

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<v Speaker 2>texting him one time, I was like, thank you, you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>like I've that's actually one of the last shows that

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<v Speaker 2>because it's it's probably the funniest show that I have

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<v Speaker 2>that I've seen on TV in a long, long time.

416
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<v Speaker 2>Righteous jim Stones. I mean what a cast. I mean,

417
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<v Speaker 2>Danny McBride, You've got Adam Devine, John Goodman is I mean,

418
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<v Speaker 2>every character is phenomenal. And obviously Judy Jimstone that's played

419
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<v Speaker 2>by Edie Patterson. I mean that she's she's the funniest

420
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<v Speaker 2>character in the show. Maybe actually, no bj her boyfriend

421
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<v Speaker 2>Tim Baltz, he might be the funniest. Have you ever

422
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<v Speaker 2>seen Righteous Jimstones? You have to watch Oh my god,

423
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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna I'm gonna pull the Chris Mack.

424
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<v Speaker 3>You have to watch it.

425
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<v Speaker 2>You just got serious. You have to watch it. It

426
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<v Speaker 2>is hilarious. It is hilarious. And there's actually a new season,

427
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<v Speaker 2>I think coming out and then it's on HBO and

428
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<v Speaker 2>if you, if you, if you need my max log in,

429
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<v Speaker 2>I got it because because I need you to watch

430
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<v Speaker 2>it like it's it's hilarious. I think you, I think

431
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<v Speaker 2>you and your fiance would like it together, like it's

432
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<v Speaker 2>it's a good because I don't. There's not many comedies

433
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<v Speaker 2>that really get me anymore. Like I watch Stand up

434
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<v Speaker 2>and I love I love comed like the Comedian Podcast,

435
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<v Speaker 2>Like that's where I kind of, you know, go to

436
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<v Speaker 2>find stuff to laugh at. But like comedy, sitcoms and

437
00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:30.519
<v Speaker 2>shows just usually don't do it for me. But Righteous

438
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<v Speaker 2>Gymstones I gave it a shot and it was it

439
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<v Speaker 2>was amazing. And then White Lotus I did the first

440
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<v Speaker 2>season and I know it's really popular, but I never

441
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<v Speaker 2>really it didn't hook me. Have you watched that at all?

442
00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.599
<v Speaker 2>Have you heard of it? White Lotus?

443
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<v Speaker 3>I have not.

444
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<v Speaker 2>I've watched a couple episodes of the first season.

445
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<v Speaker 4>I think Sidney Sweeney was on it, and that's the

446
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<v Speaker 4>reason to watch it. Yes, that's a reason to get

447
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<v Speaker 4>me hooked. And I think that's where she got her

448
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<v Speaker 4>breakout maybe and that or the other show that she did.

449
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<v Speaker 2>Or maybe you know, somebody just like looked at her

450
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<v Speaker 2>she's a mystery and then realized that there's something there's

451
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<v Speaker 2>something here, you know, there's something special here. Maybe that's

452
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<v Speaker 2>what they that's what they realize. But everyone loves that

453
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<v Speaker 2>show though, Like I know it loves it.

454
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<v Speaker 4>Look, every every episode I've watched looks like, all right,

455
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<v Speaker 4>this is kind of entertaining. But I know, like each

456
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<v Speaker 4>season it is like a different season. There's no like

457
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<v Speaker 4>continuity or anything like that. So that's pretty It's almost

458
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<v Speaker 4>like the same thing each season, but with different cast

459
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<v Speaker 4>of characters.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not even something that's like premeditated in my mind.

461
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<v Speaker 2>But the more show becomes like what white lotuses everybody

462
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<v Speaker 2>all in on it, Like, the more I'm like, yeah,

463
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<v Speaker 2>I'm out, like I don't you know. And it's not

464
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<v Speaker 2>like I'm like, oh you got I'm not some contrarian, right,

465
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<v Speaker 2>Like I'm not like always wanting to avoid something that

466
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<v Speaker 2>everybody else enjoys. But I don't know what it is, like,

467
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<v Speaker 2>I guess I just feel so so late, you know

468
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<v Speaker 2>what I mean. That's like, that's why I never really

469
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<v Speaker 2>got into Game of Thrones. I'm like, yeah, I way behind,

470
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<v Speaker 2>and the only commitment, the overall premise just doesn't really

471
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<v Speaker 2>hook me. But I don't the two shows. I will

472
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<v Speaker 2>say this, it's faded a little bit, and I think

473
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<v Speaker 2>it might because apparently the ending was terrible and Thrones

474
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<v Speaker 2>is that right?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

476
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<v Speaker 2>I I like the ending. It was controversial. All right,

477
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<v Speaker 2>I'll fight. I'll fight anyone. That's okay, I like, but

478
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<v Speaker 2>it was said by a lot, right, but I.

479
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<v Speaker 4>Can yeah, I said that's the overright. I could see

480
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<v Speaker 4>where people got mad. But if you if you know ball,

481
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<v Speaker 4>the ending made sense.

482
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<v Speaker 2>It's up there as one of the shows that I

483
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<v Speaker 2>mean ninety nine point five percent anybody who has talked

484
00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:25.599
<v Speaker 2>to me about it that's watched it talks about how

485
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<v Speaker 2>phenomenal it was. And I've yet and I mean this,

486
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<v Speaker 2>I have yet to to talk to a single person

487
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<v Speaker 2>who has said that ted Lasso was not amazing, Like

488
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know anybody that's said and it's not like

489
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<v Speaker 2>I'm and it's not as if i've I've I've heard

490
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<v Speaker 2>people say, yeah, it was good. The people who like

491
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<v Speaker 2>talk to me about it like, no, it's amazing, like

492
00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.880
<v Speaker 2>you have to watch it. So yeah, maybe eventually.

493
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<v Speaker 4>Positive and very like upbeat about yourself.

494
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<v Speaker 2>Okay, maybe that's what Vinetti was getting at, because I'll

495
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<v Speaker 2>be honest with you, shows that are like positive and

496
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<v Speaker 2>upbeat like that, I don't. I don't seek that out.

497
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<v Speaker 2>And it's not because I'm a negative, awful person like

498
00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:05.519
<v Speaker 2>things that make me internally, as you know, in my

499
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<v Speaker 2>own world myself as an individual, like things that uplift me.

500
00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.440
<v Speaker 2>And this is getting too personal, but it's like, you

501
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<v Speaker 2>know things about special needs children and people helping them

502
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<v Speaker 2>and and and you know that kind of stuff like

503
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<v Speaker 2>that's that's like what gives me the good feel. But hey,

504
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<v Speaker 2>who couldn't use more good feel? If ted Laso is

505
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<v Speaker 2>going to give it to me as well, I mean

506
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<v Speaker 2>I might as well enjoy it. And again, I'm not

507
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<v Speaker 2>kidding you. And I'm sure maybe now we've got people

508
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<v Speaker 2>on the text on that are going to say, now

509
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<v Speaker 2>I watched it, Nick, it sucked, But you may be

510
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<v Speaker 2>doing that just to mess with because I've yet to

511
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<v Speaker 2>talk to anybody who said it was not phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 4>I think Love on the Spectrum is an amazing show.

513
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<v Speaker 4>That's one of my favorite shows.

514
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<v Speaker 2>That it makes me too emotional, but it's and I

515
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<v Speaker 2>mean that, but yes, it's I mean it's the fact

516
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<v Speaker 2>that that show exists is awesome and I love it.

517
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<v Speaker 2>The more the more inclusion that we have for folks

518
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<v Speaker 2>that are that are of special needs is is better

519
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<v Speaker 2>for everybody. And it's something that I'm super passionate about

520
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<v Speaker 2>but there are things that you know, it just you know,

521
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's it's it's my own world with with

522
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<v Speaker 2>with me and my family. And if I just kind

523
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<v Speaker 2>of you know, separate that and then see it, you know,

524
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<v Speaker 2>it's good, it's it's healthy, but it also sometimes it

525
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<v Speaker 2>just gets me too sappy. And I don't you know,

526
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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be I want to I don't

527
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<v Speaker 2>want to that. Yeah, No, I have that enough in

528
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<v Speaker 2>my life. I don't needed when I want to find

529
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<v Speaker 2>something to watch.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, those young men and women with autistic disabilities

531
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<v Speaker 4>are so like, very well spoken, they're so kind hearted,

532
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<v Speaker 4>and it's just a it's just a.

533
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<v Speaker 2>The innocence of them. I mean, that's what that's right, right,

534
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<v Speaker 2>that's what that's what makes it so special. And the

535
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<v Speaker 2>fact that like.

536
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<v Speaker 4>And they're bold too on that show man like when

537
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<v Speaker 4>they get done with the date, like they'll just straight

538
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<v Speaker 4>up say no, I don't want to go in another

539
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<v Speaker 4>date with you.

540
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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah. They communicate differently. Yeah, and you know, and

541
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<v Speaker 2>trust me, I'm in no way saying this about you,

542
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<v Speaker 2>but I I know there's so many people that and

543
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even say anybody that I know personally, but

544
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<v Speaker 2>just knowing the numbers and knowing what that show is

545
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<v Speaker 2>in the platform that it's on. Think about how many

546
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<v Speaker 2>people have at least now been able to get a

547
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<v Speaker 2>perspective of what of what it's like to have someone

548
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<v Speaker 2>like that in your life that would not have ever

549
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<v Speaker 2>known had it been for that show. Right, So like

550
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<v Speaker 2>that's overall, that's just that's a positive thing that makes

551
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<v Speaker 2>me happy. I mean, we have we've yet to talk

552
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<v Speaker 2>about a single thing related to sports. I don't even

553
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<v Speaker 2>know if I've told you where you are. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>we're we're twenty four minutes in, we're rolling, We're having

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<v Speaker 2>feel like you've been you've been sitting at that what

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<v Speaker 2>do you call that? That that area where people hover

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get the party started. So let's let's take

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<v Speaker 2>They've got a ton of flavors. I've tried the white one.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never found one that I like other than the

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<v Speaker 2>Do they all say that, I've literally never looked at

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<v Speaker 4>What to Thornton's the other day and as soon as

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, I guess we'll pick up a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>where we left off yesterday, because this news did come

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<v Speaker 2>down in the five o'clock hour, and I wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>seen it had it not been for Austin perusing Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>to see that Javon Hadley had made the announcement that

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<v Speaker 2>he is he's coming back to Louisville. I can't I

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<v Speaker 2>can't stress how important this is to have a veteran,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't come back, there'd still be some guys returning.

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<v Speaker 2>But Javon was a captain from day one, and he

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<v Speaker 2>is a respected I don't think it's something you should just,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, ignore, and not that many people do, but

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<v Speaker 2>go back if you know, you don't have to. But

622
00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:11.440
<v Speaker 2>I'll just tell you the way that Pat Kelsey talks

623
00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.960
<v Speaker 2>about how much he enjoys coaching, Javon Hadley stood out

624
00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.279
<v Speaker 2>to me in a big way. I'm a nerd for

625
00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.519
<v Speaker 2>that kind of stuff. Anyways, just because I miss I

626
00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.920
<v Speaker 2>miss I missed playing sports. Basketball was the only sport

627
00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:24.039
<v Speaker 2>I played. But like being coached, being held accountable, you know,

628
00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.440
<v Speaker 2>being part of a culture. Like I know it's corny,

629
00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.920
<v Speaker 2>but like that stuff. To me, that's that's awesome. And

630
00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.279
<v Speaker 2>it was cool to follow a team that you know,

631
00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:32.799
<v Speaker 2>I want to win, regardless of really how they do it,

632
00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:35.000
<v Speaker 2>but like to see that play out night in and

633
00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:37.079
<v Speaker 2>night out was awesome for those of me, you know,

634
00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.400
<v Speaker 2>for those of you that are like me, you know,

635
00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:41.799
<v Speaker 2>nerds for this stuff. But Javon is, I mean he is.

636
00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:46.119
<v Speaker 2>He is the absolute extension of Pat Kelsey on the floor.

637
00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.680
<v Speaker 2>And I don't necessarily just mean, you know, he really

638
00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.279
<v Speaker 2>is in his high energy as Pat, because I'm not

639
00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:53.240
<v Speaker 2>sure really anybody is, but he's he's a veteran, he's

640
00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.799
<v Speaker 2>a leader, he understands what's expected. He's a good communicator

641
00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:59.480
<v Speaker 2>with his teammates. So I'm not even sure what what

642
00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:02.079
<v Speaker 2>his production is going to be next year, to be

643
00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:04.319
<v Speaker 2>honest with you, I mean, I don't expect that it'll

644
00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.640
<v Speaker 2>be subpar, but you know, last year he stepped into

645
00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:11.319
<v Speaker 2>a bigger role because of the injury to case in prior,

646
00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.359
<v Speaker 2>and he more than I think delivered again. I talked

647
00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:20.519
<v Speaker 2>about it yesterday, his performances in January where he stepped up,

648
00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.640
<v Speaker 2>and really that's when everybody got comfortable, right, because in

649
00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:26.079
<v Speaker 2>December they were kind of putting it together, they were

650
00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.119
<v Speaker 2>getting more comfortable. Yes, they lost at Rupperina. Yes, they

651
00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:31.920
<v Speaker 2>ended up playing well against Duke for thirty minutes, and

652
00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:33.920
<v Speaker 2>then it kind of, you know, fell apart. And then

653
00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.599
<v Speaker 2>they had some games where they just you know, they

654
00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:38.559
<v Speaker 2>were kind of getting by, right. They beat was it

655
00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.880
<v Speaker 2>Florida State at their place? Good game, But you know,

656
00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that team then looked like they did

657
00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.640
<v Speaker 2>when you got to January. Hell, they had the close

658
00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:48.240
<v Speaker 2>call where they nearly lost to Eku, so they were

659
00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:50.680
<v Speaker 2>still kind of trying to find themselves. And then they

660
00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.359
<v Speaker 2>were rolling in January, and Javon Hadley was as big

661
00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.880
<v Speaker 2>of a factor in that month of success, that win

662
00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:58.599
<v Speaker 2>streak they had as anybody I know. I said yesterday

663
00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:01.000
<v Speaker 2>it was probably more so Chucky, And you know, there's

664
00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.519
<v Speaker 2>no need to argue who was more because they were

665
00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.440
<v Speaker 2>all a big factor. There were four guys that I

666
00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:08.160
<v Speaker 2>feel like, really and it's not to act as if

667
00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.640
<v Speaker 2>the other guys weren't instrumental as well. I mean James

668
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.279
<v Speaker 2>Scott as far as what he does, he did it

669
00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:14.240
<v Speaker 2>pretty well. In fact, he did it really well, but

670
00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.640
<v Speaker 2>it's just not a whole lot of range there as

671
00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:19.240
<v Speaker 2>far as he what he does trei Ora. Once he

672
00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.920
<v Speaker 2>got healthy and he returned, he was a good guy

673
00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:23.240
<v Speaker 2>off the bench with energy and defense and really understood

674
00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.119
<v Speaker 2>his role. So it was it was a collective effort

675
00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.920
<v Speaker 2>all the way around. But I think Javon had lee

676
00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:32.240
<v Speaker 2>because he was a matchup problem for other teams and

677
00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:35.759
<v Speaker 2>because you know, you didn't have Prior anymore. And that's

678
00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:38.200
<v Speaker 2>that's the stretch for position, that that those two guys

679
00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.839
<v Speaker 2>were going to be splitting minutes. And you can obviously

680
00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:41.920
<v Speaker 2>play those guys together, and they did play together at

681
00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:45.559
<v Speaker 2>times before Prior got hurt. But Javon coming back is

682
00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:49.920
<v Speaker 2>is huge. And last year I think he was about

683
00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:53.039
<v Speaker 2>twelve point seven points per game, seven and a half

684
00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:55.920
<v Speaker 2>boards roughly, And I don't I mean, maybe he has

685
00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:58.640
<v Speaker 2>that same stat line, maybe he has more, but I'm

686
00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:00.839
<v Speaker 2>just saying, even if he doesn't have the same production,

687
00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:04.759
<v Speaker 2>his value will show way more than what you see

688
00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:07.839
<v Speaker 2>in the stat sheet. And here is his his announcement

689
00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:14.640
<v Speaker 2>yesterday and in his video or I was running back

690
00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.839
<v Speaker 2>and then they just show a bunch of highlights, but

691
00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:21.319
<v Speaker 2>really cool production there. Whoever helped him do that probably

692
00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:25.359
<v Speaker 2>the cinematographer for the program, former player who played for

693
00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:27.559
<v Speaker 2>Pat Kelsey at went through Bubblele who now does the

694
00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:30.599
<v Speaker 2>video and the cinema stuff, and it was like a

695
00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.119
<v Speaker 2>it looked like a real professional I mean, not that

696
00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.599
<v Speaker 2>the press conferences don't typically look professional, but like it

697
00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:38.920
<v Speaker 2>was a production and well done and certainly good news.

698
00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:42.039
<v Speaker 2>So with that said, let's take a look at and

699
00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:45.559
<v Speaker 2>again I don't want to these are I think it's

700
00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:48.680
<v Speaker 2>worth mentioning, but I also am gonna probably throw the

701
00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:51.000
<v Speaker 2>disclaimer on there more than I need to. When it

702
00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:54.200
<v Speaker 2>comes to these rankings, I mean, what do you call them?

703
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:58.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean, do you call them entirely too early rankings?

704
00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.759
<v Speaker 2>Because that's I think what a lot of folks are

705
00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:02.599
<v Speaker 2>used to describe what these rankings are. But that's not

706
00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:06.640
<v Speaker 2>even fair because you're ranking teams when you don't even

707
00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:10.319
<v Speaker 2>know what teams are going to look like. I mean,

708
00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:12.519
<v Speaker 2>I said this yesterday and it probably isn't true. It's

709
00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.359
<v Speaker 2>probably a little bit of an exaggeration of my end

710
00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:18.000
<v Speaker 2>but of all the top twenty five teams that you

711
00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:23.599
<v Speaker 2>have in your entirely too early rankings, I mean, how

712
00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:26.880
<v Speaker 2>many of them truly know what they have for next

713
00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.319
<v Speaker 2>year right now? I would say none of them. And again,

714
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.880
<v Speaker 2>maybe there is like Houston's number one, and I'm just

715
00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:35.160
<v Speaker 2>looking here at CBS. It's the first one I pulled

716
00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:39.519
<v Speaker 2>up CBS Houston, Duke Perdue, Alabama, Yukon in the top five.

717
00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:43.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't follow those programs closely, but I would imagine

718
00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:46.400
<v Speaker 2>there's still a lot of unknown. I mean, in fact,

719
00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:50.920
<v Speaker 2>we'll talk about this later. I've heard enough from folks

720
00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:55.200
<v Speaker 2>who you know aren't hot take artists, right, I've heard

721
00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:59.480
<v Speaker 2>enough from those that have explained it where it makes

722
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:03.200
<v Speaker 2>sense that Cooper Flag might come back to college like

723
00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:07.359
<v Speaker 2>that might happen. I mean, I still have a hard

724
00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.240
<v Speaker 2>time saying that that's what I think he'll do. But

725
00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm now to the point where, like, you know what,

726
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.400
<v Speaker 2>when you're looking at who potentially he could go to,

727
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:18.480
<v Speaker 2>and the fact that he could, I mean, he will

728
00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:22.920
<v Speaker 2>build his brand more as a duke superstar for a

729
00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.279
<v Speaker 2>second year than he will in the NBA in his

730
00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.160
<v Speaker 2>first year. He's will I mean, I know that sounds

731
00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:31.519
<v Speaker 2>like the small market college basketball guy like me thinking

732
00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:34.359
<v Speaker 2>that college basketball has a bigger reach than it actually does.

733
00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:36.799
<v Speaker 2>And that's not really what I mean. It's just that

734
00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:40.559
<v Speaker 2>this would be unprecedented. This would be something we've quite

735
00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:44.160
<v Speaker 2>literally never seen before, and because of the new world

736
00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.119
<v Speaker 2>of college hoops and the fact that these guys can

737
00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:50.279
<v Speaker 2>make money, it's now a realistic thing now. Well it happened.

738
00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:54.400
<v Speaker 2>Still have a hard time saying it will, but the

739
00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:57.799
<v Speaker 2>fact that it's even something that can be discussed is crazy,

740
00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.759
<v Speaker 2>but also again a sign that things have changed. So again,

741
00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.039
<v Speaker 2>these rankings, you know that they're useless. But from the

742
00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:06.880
<v Speaker 2>Louisville side of things, we have not had this in

743
00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:10.240
<v Speaker 2>a long time. I mean, the last time there was

744
00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:16.279
<v Speaker 2>an off season where there was like legit expectations where

745
00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:20.920
<v Speaker 2>there was really no like in it was twenty nineteen twenty.

746
00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.319
<v Speaker 2>It was the year that you know, we had a

747
00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.559
<v Speaker 2>good team, really good team, and then we didn't get

748
00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:27.240
<v Speaker 2>a tournament. We never got to see what would have happened.

749
00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:29.839
<v Speaker 2>We never got to get any closure. And that's why

750
00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.640
<v Speaker 2>for those guys, I hate it, because that's such a blur.

751
00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:35.400
<v Speaker 2>That was a good season. I mean, they were good.

752
00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.920
<v Speaker 2>They were number one in the country for a while.

753
00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.880
<v Speaker 2>They had some big wins along the way. I mean

754
00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:41.960
<v Speaker 2>they beat Duke at Duke, I mean when Duke was good.

755
00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:47.440
<v Speaker 2>So you know that year you brought back literally everybody

756
00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.519
<v Speaker 2>from the first year of Chris Mack that got a

757
00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:52.720
<v Speaker 2>seven seed, wore a blew up as a sophomore, and

758
00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.240
<v Speaker 2>then his decision to not go pro and come back,

759
00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.559
<v Speaker 2>and then you brought in if you remember, the only

760
00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.759
<v Speaker 2>guy you lost was was Christian Cunningham, and he was

761
00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:02.440
<v Speaker 2>really valuable. In fact, they missed him more than I

762
00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.319
<v Speaker 2>think we realized because they didn't really have That was

763
00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.680
<v Speaker 2>one of the issues for that team is they didn't

764
00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:09.119
<v Speaker 2>have a true point. They did, but I don't think

765
00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:11.599
<v Speaker 2>Mack was comfortable enough letting DJ run the show until

766
00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.119
<v Speaker 2>a little bit later on in the year. DJ was

767
00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.800
<v Speaker 2>also hurt. And then Perry good player at times, but

768
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.800
<v Speaker 2>not a true point and then fresh Kimball was the

769
00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:20.519
<v Speaker 2>guy they brought in and another guy that you know

770
00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:23.440
<v Speaker 2>is a good combo guard can run the point, but

771
00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.679
<v Speaker 2>like he's not, you know, he wasn't really a true

772
00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:27.960
<v Speaker 2>point guard like you needed, like Cunningham was. So anyways,

773
00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:30.519
<v Speaker 2>there was expectation. Then when Jordan Warred decided to come back.

774
00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:33.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that was a big story in college basketball overall. Well,

775
00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:38.239
<v Speaker 2>now here we are, I guess six years later, we've

776
00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.719
<v Speaker 2>got another season where there's going to be real expectation

777
00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:44.880
<v Speaker 2>for Louisville. And right now, I mean, I guess anything

778
00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.800
<v Speaker 2>can change, right because you could have commits that are

779
00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.239
<v Speaker 2>in the mix right now from the portal that have

780
00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, they reconsider things. I mean, I don't expect

781
00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:56.800
<v Speaker 2>that to happen Louisville because I think both the two

782
00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:58.920
<v Speaker 2>of the three have already signed, which I don't know

783
00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.320
<v Speaker 2>if that means they can't change their mind. But either way,

784
00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.679
<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be expectation for Louisville right now, even if

785
00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:08.079
<v Speaker 2>you don't get case In, pryor back, and even if

786
00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:12.400
<v Speaker 2>you end up maybe not adding really good pieces with

787
00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.599
<v Speaker 2>the remaining scholarships you have, and you know, with that

788
00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:19.679
<v Speaker 2>comes expectation, and you know, I don't want to say pressure,

789
00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:23.599
<v Speaker 2>but we meeting Louisville fans and of course Kentucky fans

790
00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.960
<v Speaker 2>are the same way Indiana fans as well. Like the

791
00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.920
<v Speaker 2>off season is a lot more fun when you are

792
00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.960
<v Speaker 2>looking ahead and knowing, hey, we should be pretty damn good.

793
00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.960
<v Speaker 2>And look, there are always there's always going to be

794
00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.280
<v Speaker 2>a segment of the fan base, any fan base that,

795
00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:39.440
<v Speaker 2>even if there's not expectation and the objective folks that

796
00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:41.199
<v Speaker 2>cover the sport do not think your team's going to

797
00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.280
<v Speaker 2>be very good, there's still gonna be again, that segment

798
00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.800
<v Speaker 2>of fans that will say, oh, we will be good.

799
00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:46.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, we'll be a tournament team. But these are

800
00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:49.880
<v Speaker 2>objective people that have no like, they're not kissing Pat

801
00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.960
<v Speaker 2>Kelsey's ass. They're not out here to like, I mean,

802
00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:54.960
<v Speaker 2>what do they They don't gain anything by propping up Louisville.

803
00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:57.480
<v Speaker 2>So to see that ESPN has them at number three,

804
00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:01.280
<v Speaker 2>The Athletic has them at number four, Fox Sports has

805
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:05.559
<v Speaker 2>them at number three, Sports Illustrated has them at number five,

806
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:08.599
<v Speaker 2>twenty four to seven Sports has him at number eleven.

807
00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:11.119
<v Speaker 2>USA today that I mentioned them, they have him at

808
00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:17.159
<v Speaker 2>number ten, CBS has him number twelve, and then John

809
00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:19.280
<v Speaker 2>Rostein I don't know where his his is, but we

810
00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.079
<v Speaker 2>will talk about rostin later. But anyways, that's where Louisville

811
00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:25.360
<v Speaker 2>is right now in these early rankings, and it's it's

812
00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:27.800
<v Speaker 2>it's awesome to see it really is Now on the

813
00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.679
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky side, if you go to the ESPN, they've got

814
00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:38.360
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky at number six, and CBS has Kentucky at number fourteen.

815
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:42.079
<v Speaker 2>And let's see the Athletic. It may be behind a paywall,

816
00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:45.320
<v Speaker 2>but not to brag, but that I got that subscription

817
00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:48.960
<v Speaker 2>to the Athletic. Not to brag. I mean, it's like

818
00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:52.440
<v Speaker 2>pulling out the black card, rightumb. I keep that Athletic

819
00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:54.599
<v Speaker 2>subscription on me, you know what I'm saying. I keep

820
00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.119
<v Speaker 2>it on me. You know, you never know when you're

821
00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:58.679
<v Speaker 2>gonna need it. Here the Athletics great, Yeah, so I

822
00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.519
<v Speaker 2>do have it, but I can't only have on my phone.

823
00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:03.159
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, I'm sure they've got Kentucky relatively the same

824
00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:05.719
<v Speaker 2>as as a lot of others do. And then USA

825
00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.920
<v Speaker 2>today again I mentioned they had Lovel at number ten.

826
00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:13.280
<v Speaker 2>They have Mark Pope and the Wildcats at number Where

827
00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.760
<v Speaker 2>are they here? I got to keep scrolling. They at

828
00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:20.400
<v Speaker 2>number sixteen, and let's see Fox Sports. That's that's our boy,

829
00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:23.639
<v Speaker 2>Johnny Fanta. He had He's the first person I saw

830
00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:25.400
<v Speaker 2>that had Lovel number three. And then I later I

831
00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.000
<v Speaker 2>later realized that, yeah, our milk man. I love Fanta.

832
00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.280
<v Speaker 2>He wasn't the only one that was high on the cards.

833
00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:35.119
<v Speaker 2>But he has Kentucky sitting at let's see number sixteen again, Fanta,

834
00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:38.440
<v Speaker 2>that's his rankings are for foxsports dot Com. And then

835
00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:41.719
<v Speaker 2>where's the other Sports Illustrated. I don't remember where they

836
00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:45.239
<v Speaker 2>had the Cats, but we can take a look. And yes,

837
00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:47.159
<v Speaker 2>I am doing this to just let you know that

838
00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:50.920
<v Speaker 2>as of now, everybody expects Louisville to be better than Kentucky,

839
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:54.159
<v Speaker 2>which you know, expectation and actually doing it totally different worlds.

840
00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:56.679
<v Speaker 2>But been a while since we've been here, right, but

841
00:37:56.719 --> 00:38:01.519
<v Speaker 2>Sports Illustrated has them at number sixteen, and let's see

842
00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:06.320
<v Speaker 2>where else twenty four to seven sports I mentioned them,

843
00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.719
<v Speaker 2>didn't Yeah, they had Louisville sitting at number eleven, and

844
00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:14.320
<v Speaker 2>they've got Kentucky at number sixteen and then the last

845
00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:17.320
<v Speaker 2>one I wanted a reference here that we looked at,

846
00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:19.800
<v Speaker 2>or maybe that's all of them. Either way, So expectations

847
00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:22.920
<v Speaker 2>for both teams next year at least right now, and

848
00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:26.440
<v Speaker 2>regardless of what happens from here on out, other than

849
00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:30.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, guys that you expect. For example, if one

850
00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:33.320
<v Speaker 2>of Louisville's top transfers decides he's out which I don't

851
00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:36.679
<v Speaker 2>see that happening. That would obviously change. But like for Kentucky,

852
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.159
<v Speaker 2>if they lose, like ohay, like he decides to portal

853
00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:42.679
<v Speaker 2>or go pro, that would change things. So again, even

854
00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:45.360
<v Speaker 2>if you don't make big moves, I guess you could

855
00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:49.039
<v Speaker 2>still from here on out drop because other teams like

856
00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:53.000
<v Speaker 2>for example, let's say when you go to when you

857
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.800
<v Speaker 2>go to Fox Sports, right, like Louisville is sitting at

858
00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:59.920
<v Speaker 2>number at number three in Fanta with Fanta, well right now,

859
00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:02.840
<v Speaker 2>Duke's at number four. Well, if Cooper Flag does decide

860
00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:04.920
<v Speaker 2>to come back, clearly they would jump ahead of Louisville

861
00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:06.920
<v Speaker 2>and Louisville no longer be number three. So you could

862
00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.800
<v Speaker 2>change to an extent. But there's gonna be some expectation

863
00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:13.400
<v Speaker 2>for both programs around here next year, and that's what

864
00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:16.800
<v Speaker 2>you want. I mean, I hope that Kentucky falls massively

865
00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:19.119
<v Speaker 2>short of those expectations because you know they're the rival.

866
00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:23.559
<v Speaker 2>But it's been a while since both teams one felt

867
00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:25.679
<v Speaker 2>good about where they are and there was a legitimate,

868
00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:29.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, buzz about both being in the top tier

869
00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:33.199
<v Speaker 2>of the sport. In the upcoming season, we'll get more

870
00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:37.360
<v Speaker 2>into the Cooper Flag stuff, because again, if in fact

871
00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:42.440
<v Speaker 2>these guys can still get uncapable nil, which I know,

872
00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.639
<v Speaker 2>the house settlement is still in the works. It's been

873
00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.360
<v Speaker 2>a mess. It seems like this week. I've tried my

874
00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.880
<v Speaker 2>best to keep up with it, but I'm also willing

875
00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.760
<v Speaker 2>to acknowledge. I mean, I'm reading the legal jargon from

876
00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.519
<v Speaker 2>folks and I don't know what some of that means.

877
00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:56.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've tried my best to get Okay, give

878
00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:59.519
<v Speaker 2>me the update on what this NCAA house settlement case.

879
00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:01.840
<v Speaker 2>Give me the give me the best updates you can

880
00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:04.480
<v Speaker 2>provide for dummies like me, and I've yet to find it.

881
00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:06.760
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, let's take a quick break. We'll come back

882
00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.039
<v Speaker 2>on the other side a lot more to get into

883
00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:09.880
<v Speaker 2>the rest of the way. Stick with us again, it

884
00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:11.719
<v Speaker 2>is coffee and Company, and we are fueled by Thornton's

885
00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:13.440
<v Speaker 2>right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

886
00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:17.360
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

887
00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:19.199
<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

888
00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:24.199
<v Speaker 2>I could get used to the uh, I could get

889
00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:26.480
<v Speaker 2>used to the three minute breaks there instead of you know,

890
00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:30.280
<v Speaker 2>sometimes six seven, you know maybe, I mean they've had

891
00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.760
<v Speaker 2>breaks that we've had to we worked around it because

892
00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:35.719
<v Speaker 2>we just do three minutes as a record? Yeah, is it?

893
00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:39.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean probably? So we've had eight minutes and you know,

894
00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:44.440
<v Speaker 2>we don't like it, but it happens. And I guess

895
00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.360
<v Speaker 2>that's good for business. Right. If there's you know, a

896
00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:49.280
<v Speaker 2>ton of spots, a ton of ton of commercials, then

897
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:52.360
<v Speaker 2>you know everybody wants everybody wants it On Coffee and Company,

898
00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.800
<v Speaker 2>I guess I think it's a voice on this show

899
00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.760
<v Speaker 2>and we get we get a nice chunk of all that, right,

900
00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.599
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's oh yeah, totally. We get paid every

901
00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:00.480
<v Speaker 2>time we leave. Are you getting paid to be here?

902
00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.519
<v Speaker 2>I get don't answer that, don't answer that. I get jealous.

903
00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.239
<v Speaker 4>They give me tickets to concerts and say here you

904
00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.800
<v Speaker 4>can go here.

905
00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.719
<v Speaker 2>Hey, it's a nice perk. Yeah, not bad. You know,

906
00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:11.719
<v Speaker 2>I would never say it, but I might do this

907
00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:13.119
<v Speaker 2>for free, that's how much I love it. And get

908
00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:15.159
<v Speaker 2>to go to the festivals. Louder than life, that's what

909
00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:17.360
<v Speaker 2>to work for. That's really the whole reason you do it, right,

910
00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:19.800
<v Speaker 2>just for louder than life. Yep, good stuff all right again,

911
00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:22.079
<v Speaker 2>Coffee and Company. Feel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk

912
00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.320
<v Speaker 2>seven ninety So for those who have kept up, who

913
00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.639
<v Speaker 2>are not keeping up with it at all. I'll try

914
00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:29.119
<v Speaker 2>my best to explain. But the House, the NCAA settlement,

915
00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:33.239
<v Speaker 2>it's the two point eight billion dollar agreement that is,

916
00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:36.519
<v Speaker 2>I guess not totally agreed upon yet, but it's it

917
00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:41.000
<v Speaker 2>addresses compensation for college athletes. And what they're doing now

918
00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:44.079
<v Speaker 2>is just trying to get the final approval. And there

919
00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:47.360
<v Speaker 2>was a hearing that was set on Monday where there

920
00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:51.039
<v Speaker 2>was a US District Judge, Claudia Wilkin, and she reviewed

921
00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:54.719
<v Speaker 2>the proposal and or the proposed settlement, i should say,

922
00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:59.920
<v Speaker 2>and she considered different objections from notable people, including former

923
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:05.159
<v Speaker 2>LSU gymnast Livy Dunn. And this woman she holds, this

924
00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.239
<v Speaker 2>district judge, she holds a lot of the future of

925
00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:12.840
<v Speaker 2>college athletics seemingly in her hands. And you know, when

926
00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:15.760
<v Speaker 2>you hear about the athletes now getting a cut of

927
00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:18.119
<v Speaker 2>the revenue in college sports, that's what this whole thing is.

928
00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:22.199
<v Speaker 2>So the propost settlement includes provisions where schools can distribute

929
00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:26.400
<v Speaker 2>up to twenty point five million annually to athletes starting

930
00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:30.599
<v Speaker 2>July of this year, and it also sets aside two

931
00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.760
<v Speaker 2>point five billion dollars in back damage just athletes who

932
00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:38.519
<v Speaker 2>competed between twenty sixteen and twenty twenty four without full

933
00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:42.360
<v Speaker 2>Anisle benefits. So there's over one hundred and fifteen thousand

934
00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:45.840
<v Speaker 2>athletes that have already gone through like opting in and

935
00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:48.000
<v Speaker 2>trying to get their cut because they weren't able to

936
00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:50.119
<v Speaker 2>make any money or take any money whenever they played

937
00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:53.360
<v Speaker 2>college sports. Now, I still don't understand why you have

938
00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:56.199
<v Speaker 2>that window between twenty sixteen and twenty fourteen. I don't

939
00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.920
<v Speaker 2>get that at all. In fact, you had lawsuits that

940
00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:02.559
<v Speaker 2>have been filed against then. It was the Memphis team

941
00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:05.239
<v Speaker 2>from back in the late two thousands. Hell, there was

942
00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:08.719
<v Speaker 2>a North Carolina NC state team that fouled a lawsuit

943
00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:12.639
<v Speaker 2>from the seventies when they won a title. And Jenkins

944
00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.159
<v Speaker 2>the I can't think of his first name, the Villanova

945
00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:17.320
<v Speaker 2>guy who hit the game winner. Yeah, Chris Jenkins. Yeah,

946
00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.880
<v Speaker 2>legendary all time. I mean, that's probably the best shot

947
00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.840
<v Speaker 2>you'll see in a championship game. Ever, he is still

948
00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.920
<v Speaker 2>fighting and not opting in. He's doing his own thing

949
00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:27.000
<v Speaker 2>because and I guess what you have there is that

950
00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:31.280
<v Speaker 2>there's they're suing because hey, we're not just like, not

951
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:36.280
<v Speaker 2>only are we not? Not only are we not? You know,

952
00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:39.079
<v Speaker 2>in that window from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty four,

953
00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:43.480
<v Speaker 2>but you're still using my image and likeness every time

954
00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:47.639
<v Speaker 2>you promote the nce DOAA tournament and I've gotten nada

955
00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:50.360
<v Speaker 2>from that, and I'm not just going to go accept,

956
00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:53.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, the same measley amount of money that all

957
00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:56.079
<v Speaker 2>other one hundred and eighteen thousand people are going to get.

958
00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:57.320
<v Speaker 2>And I shouldn't say me easily. I don't know what

959
00:43:57.360 --> 00:44:00.880
<v Speaker 2>it is, but like if you are, you know, let's

960
00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:03.639
<v Speaker 2>go back to that NC State championship game right like

961
00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.840
<v Speaker 2>that was when they beat five Islama Jama, that Houston

962
00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:09.159
<v Speaker 2>team and the late Valvano is just running around on

963
00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:11.119
<v Speaker 2>the court like a madman after he won a championship

964
00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:13.840
<v Speaker 2>because he's so excited, like that footage. How many times

965
00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:16.239
<v Speaker 2>you think that's been played? And those NC State guys

966
00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.960
<v Speaker 2>are in that, they're a part of it, and they're

967
00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:21.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean NC double A. What they did for so

968
00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:28.480
<v Speaker 2>long was so illegal that any lawsuit that comes their

969
00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:30.960
<v Speaker 2>way and gets in front of a judge, I think

970
00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:33.599
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna lose. And look you can, because I know

971
00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:36.960
<v Speaker 2>that it's a it's somewhat of a triggered talking point

972
00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:39.920
<v Speaker 2>for some people. Because these athletes are not. And this

973
00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:42.559
<v Speaker 2>is what I've even going back before we got close

974
00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:44.679
<v Speaker 2>to where we are now with college sports and NIL

975
00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:47.360
<v Speaker 2>and ne Portland all that, I have always said, Look,

976
00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:51.360
<v Speaker 2>these these student athletes are not going without. I mean,

977
00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:55.000
<v Speaker 2>they're getting a free education, which is insanely valuable, and

978
00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:58.639
<v Speaker 2>they usually live a great lifestyle with great health care

979
00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.119
<v Speaker 2>and treatment, and they get meal and they also get

980
00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:03.519
<v Speaker 2>a stipend, which is like, you know, they're not just

981
00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:06.800
<v Speaker 2>there getting taken care of. They have money to you know,

982
00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:09.400
<v Speaker 2>to to live off of. Like they're not they're not

983
00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:13.519
<v Speaker 2>going without. I've always tried to to, you know, to

984
00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:16.480
<v Speaker 2>note that, because I don't think they're all like poor victims. However,

985
00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:19.239
<v Speaker 2>when you see that the NC Double A is making

986
00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:22.360
<v Speaker 2>billions of dollars with the NC Double A tournament specifically,

987
00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:25.079
<v Speaker 2>there's just no way you can you can add it

988
00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:27.960
<v Speaker 2>up that they not get any cut of that they are,

989
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.400
<v Speaker 2>in fact the performers. You can claim, well, they're student athletes,

990
00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:35.800
<v Speaker 2>they're not employees. Okay, Well, even with that said, like

991
00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:38.480
<v Speaker 2>the n sable A makes a lot of money, it's

992
00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:40.960
<v Speaker 2>it's not a non it's not a non profit thing.

993
00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:42.719
<v Speaker 2>And you got Mark Emerton as long as he was

994
00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:46.480
<v Speaker 2>there getting those million dollar bonuses annually. Like I've just

995
00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:51.840
<v Speaker 2>never it's just never been in any way a something

996
00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:54.039
<v Speaker 2>that really makes sense that there's so much money. Look,

997
00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:56.000
<v Speaker 2>if the NCAA tournament didn't make money and it was

998
00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:57.760
<v Speaker 2>just out there for people, like it was all just

999
00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:00.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, nobody's taking a cut, and it's just you know,

1000
00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:03.559
<v Speaker 2>it's not a business, and it's just the pure, you know,

1001
00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:06.519
<v Speaker 2>wholesome college athletics and they just put it on television

1002
00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:08.840
<v Speaker 2>for us to watch. That be different. But no, like,

1003
00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:12.039
<v Speaker 2>there's billions of dollars being generated off the entertainment that

1004
00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:15.559
<v Speaker 2>these human beings are providing. That alone is just Again

1005
00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:19.480
<v Speaker 2>that's why it's been ruled upon that you have to

1006
00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:21.679
<v Speaker 2>let them make money and you can't restrict them from

1007
00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:24.760
<v Speaker 2>go they're not employees. They're not, And the NAA doesn't

1008
00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:26.599
<v Speaker 2>want them to become employees because then that potentially could

1009
00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:29.639
<v Speaker 2>ruin college athletics because of the taxes with scholarships and

1010
00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.960
<v Speaker 2>all that kind of stuff. I won't pretend to know

1011
00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:34.400
<v Speaker 2>a ton about all that, But the NCAA ceases to

1012
00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:39.920
<v Speaker 2>exist if these these athletes become employee status. So if

1013
00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:42.880
<v Speaker 2>you're going to maintain that they're they're not employees. They're

1014
00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:45.360
<v Speaker 2>just student athletes, just like you know your star quarterback.

1015
00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:47.440
<v Speaker 2>He's no different than the guy on the pep band. Like,

1016
00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.719
<v Speaker 2>if you want to live in that world, then you

1017
00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:51.079
<v Speaker 2>can't tell them what they can and can't do because

1018
00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:53.239
<v Speaker 2>pet band guy can go from one school to the other.

1019
00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:55.519
<v Speaker 2>Who's out there fighting, No, he has to sit out.

1020
00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:58.239
<v Speaker 2>So it's all ridiculous when you really think about it.

1021
00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:00.239
<v Speaker 2>But in the grand scheme of things, the ntable was

1022
00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:01.880
<v Speaker 2>told recently in the last couple of years, when this

1023
00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:05.719
<v Speaker 2>whole thing started brewing, that what you've done forever is illegal.

1024
00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:08.320
<v Speaker 2>That is why there's a two point five billion dollar settlement.

1025
00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:11.000
<v Speaker 2>And you can disagree, it didn't matter. The judge said that.

1026
00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:14.480
<v Speaker 2>So that's why we're here. That's why it's That is

1027
00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:19.280
<v Speaker 2>why you've got like the Juco rule, like the nc DOUBLEA.

1028
00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:22.239
<v Speaker 2>If they want to keep these guys as amateurs and

1029
00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:26.079
<v Speaker 2>have it college sports, which is really what their existence

1030
00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:29.119
<v Speaker 2>is dependent upon, then you can't tell a Juco kid

1031
00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:33.239
<v Speaker 2>that did not play but two years of NCAA experience

1032
00:47:33.320 --> 00:47:36.239
<v Speaker 2>that he's out of eligibility. I know, it sounds crazy

1033
00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:37.920
<v Speaker 2>and it's a mess that guys could go and play

1034
00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:41.119
<v Speaker 2>six years of college sports because of that. But like

1035
00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:46.519
<v Speaker 2>they want to to stay alive, they have to keep

1036
00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:50.400
<v Speaker 2>it to where again student athlete, amateur that stuff. But

1037
00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:53.360
<v Speaker 2>because of that, that's what's led to this ultimate just

1038
00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:55.880
<v Speaker 2>free for all. Nobody knows what the hell's going on.

1039
00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:59.960
<v Speaker 2>So my guess is that the hold up now is

1040
00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.320
<v Speaker 2>that they want to have some kind of like cap

1041
00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:05.000
<v Speaker 2>to where you can't like you can't do nil. But

1042
00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:09.440
<v Speaker 2>again that's the issue, is that if if Libby done,

1043
00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:12.159
<v Speaker 2>and by the way, she was somebody there objecting for

1044
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:15.039
<v Speaker 2>this because look, she testified that the settlement undervalues her

1045
00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:19.000
<v Speaker 2>earning potential as the highest paid athlete female athlete under

1046
00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:22.320
<v Speaker 2>the NCAA's name, image and likeness rules. She argued that

1047
00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:25.760
<v Speaker 2>the agreement fails to I guess, like account for her

1048
00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:31.880
<v Speaker 2>established social media following and her brand value and it

1049
00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:34.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, so long story short, if they end up,

1050
00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:36.440
<v Speaker 2>and I don't think they're going to be, they're not

1051
00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.719
<v Speaker 2>going to be able to tell you that you can't

1052
00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:42.599
<v Speaker 2>take money from collectives or you know, nil payments from

1053
00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:44.159
<v Speaker 2>just companies that want to that want to give you

1054
00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:47.519
<v Speaker 2>money because you can't legally tell them that they're not

1055
00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:49.559
<v Speaker 2>allowed to play if they take that money, because again

1056
00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:52.599
<v Speaker 2>they're not employees. So what I've always said is that

1057
00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:54.960
<v Speaker 2>the money that's going to be shared annually, the twenty

1058
00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:57.639
<v Speaker 2>point five million, that's essentially going to be a stipend. Now,

1059
00:48:59.239 --> 00:49:01.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know if every football player is

1060
00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:03.719
<v Speaker 2>going to get the same cut, but obviously there's going

1061
00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:05.159
<v Speaker 2>to be a big chunk of it going to football,

1062
00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:08.360
<v Speaker 2>another chunk going to basketball, and then probably women's basketball,

1063
00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:10.679
<v Speaker 2>and then it's just, you know, dependent upon what schools

1064
00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:11.920
<v Speaker 2>want to do as far as how they want to

1065
00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:14.800
<v Speaker 2>share that money. So what's what it's going to come

1066
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:16.400
<v Speaker 2>down to is NIL is still going to be super

1067
00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:18.639
<v Speaker 2>important because it's going to be the cherry on top. Right.

1068
00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:22.760
<v Speaker 2>If I'm going to do Kentucky, Carolina, Louisville, Indiana for basketball,

1069
00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:26.800
<v Speaker 2>I know from the revenue sharing, I'm getting the same money. Now, again,

1070
00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:28.440
<v Speaker 2>that would even the playing field, and that would make

1071
00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:30.519
<v Speaker 2>it to where you really don't have the advantage of

1072
00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:34.599
<v Speaker 2>offering more money. But they're not going to be able

1073
00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:36.719
<v Speaker 2>to legally tell you that youll you still can't take

1074
00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:40.360
<v Speaker 2>money from from you know, from collectives in NIL because

1075
00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:42.159
<v Speaker 2>What right do they have to tell you that you

1076
00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:44.599
<v Speaker 2>can't do that. None, That's what it all comes down to.

1077
00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:47.000
<v Speaker 2>So Nil is still going to be super important, and

1078
00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:51.639
<v Speaker 2>because of that Cooper flag, like, he will absolutely be

1079
00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:53.480
<v Speaker 2>able to still be the I mean, he could get hurt,

1080
00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:55.639
<v Speaker 2>and that, I guess is the chance why he wouldn't

1081
00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:59.719
<v Speaker 2>risk coming back. But he can get hurt in a workout, right, Like,

1082
00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:02.800
<v Speaker 2>I still have our time thinking he'll come back just

1083
00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:04.480
<v Speaker 2>because he would be unprecedented. But we are in a

1084
00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:09.119
<v Speaker 2>unprecedented time with college athletics like we've never been before. Alright,

1085
00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:10.800
<v Speaker 2>quick break, We've got two more hours left, so stick

1086
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<v Speaker 2>around right here on Sports Talk seven ninety
