WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.520 Thank you, John. It is seven oh five here Kentuckyana's 2 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:06.040 morning news on news Radio eight forty whas Nick coffee 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:09.359 with you, Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden and John Shannon. The 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:11.839 crew is fully as symbol here as we get another 5 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:15.439 week started. Hopefully you had yourselves a good weekend. I 6 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.239 know it was a good weekend for Louisville fans. As 7 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:22.160 the baseball program back in Olmahall, well, they're not there yet, 8 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.879 but they've made They've made the College World Series for 9 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.199 the sixth time in nineteen seasons for Dan McDonald and 10 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:29.839 when you go on a little bit of a drought, 11 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:32.039 it had been a while since they'd been there. But again, 12 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:34.399 there are programs that have never been And just to 13 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.240 say it out loud, six appearances to the College World 14 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:41.320 Series in nineteen years for Dan McDonald, knowing that the 15 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.640 program had never won an NCAA postseason game prior to 16 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.960 Dan McDonald being hired. I mean that tells you what 17 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.479 this guy's done as far as turning the program into 18 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.200 what it is today. And I mean, I just think 19 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.000 sharing those facts specifically should make folks realize, yeah, we 20 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.039 shouldn't take that guy for granted. 21 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:00.880 Not at all, Nick, And when you what I noticed 22 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.759 what stood out on TV to me not only was 23 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.599 the conversation about what Louisville did, because in the way 24 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.680 that they have the All Americans lined up on the outfield, 25 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.560 ball out there, which gets constant play on TV, you 26 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.640 really get an appreciation and the fans that turned out 27 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:18.319 in mass to see that burm packed and to watch 28 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.239 the fans involved in cheering on and that went out 29 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:24.959 between national TV audience, and that really put Louisville on 30 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:27.120 the map. They're already on the map obviously for basketball 31 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.640 and football. That makes sense. And of course we have 32 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.799 the Derby. And what I love most is some of 33 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.519 the camera shots the networks were doing. Not only did 34 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.879 you have Jim Patterson Stadium, but then you had Churchill 35 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:38.920 downs in the background, and then that they'd shoot the 36 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.040 other way, you'd see the football stadium. It showed Louisville 37 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:44.480 in just such a great light made us look good. 38 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:46.799 It did make us look good, and the baseball team 39 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.599 did too, So kudos to UL Baseball. And then of 40 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:52.319 course we'll talk about Murray State as we move on 41 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:52.959 through the morning. 42 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:53.959 But they've got a big one today. 43 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.120 They do. They've got a huge one, and then all 44 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.239 the high school teams that are participating as well, and 45 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.159 it's just nice to see, you know, we don't turn 46 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.120 into the sleepy hollow here in Louisville once basketball season 47 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.799 in the Derby leaves. And of course a lot of 48 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:10.360 the talk during the Belmont on Saturday during Fox's coverage 49 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:14.199 was about Louisville and the Kentucky Derby and what happened there. 50 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.719 So you know, even my wife said, at dinner last night, 51 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.560 we were talking about some of the richer horse races 52 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:20.240 and I said, you know, the richest one of courses 53 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.479 is Dubai World Cup. It doesn't even compare to the 54 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.319 Kentucky Derby. She's like, I thought the Derby was. 55 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.439 I said, no, most people probably think that, to be 56 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.599 honest with you, right, And. 57 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.000 That's why we were talking about in the Derby, you 58 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.960 win the Derby for prestige, which I think is amazing 59 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.199 and yet another compliment to our city on full display. 60 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.240 So we had all that going on. We had a 61 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.960 great crusade for children. It is just a really cool 62 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.000 time to be here in Louisville, Kentucky. 63 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:45.400 No doubt about it. We will talk coming up a 64 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.759 little bit later on with Rory O'Neal of NBC News 65 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.400 and get the latest on the ice protest going on 66 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.360 in Los Angeles, also going on a little bit in 67 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.800 San Francisco as well. It's the first time since nineteen 68 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.319 sixty five that the National Guard has been federalized without 69 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:03.280 a governor's consent. Obviously, the two sides not aligned, those 70 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.000 that are in leadership positions in state of California, and 71 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.240 of course Donald Trump and his administration. So we'll talk 72 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.199 to Rory on that and keep you updated on the 73 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.759 latest is that it is still going on as we speak. 74 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.479 Last week, a big conversation was preventing a third consecutive 75 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.240 weekend of for lack of a better word, nonsense on 76 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:24.080 Barchtown Road. It does seem as if there has been 77 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:27.800 a big improvement from the previous two weeks compared to 78 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.319 this past weekend. Obviously, it's something they're going to continue 79 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.639 to monitor, and I think the real emphasis late last 80 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:37.159 week was the emphasis on not just holding those accountable 81 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.840 who aren't following the rules that are breaking the law, 82 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.680 but preventative things in place to where it never gets 83 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.520 to a point where you've got to show up with 84 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:48.159 the patty wagon and just start arresting everybody, because I mean, 85 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:52.199 that was likely going to be the next alternative, because 86 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:53.479 that's what you have to do. You have to let 87 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:54.759 people know that you know, you're going to be held 88 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:57.800 accountable if you if you don't follow rules and again 89 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.400 follow the law. Something else that we have discussed this morning, 90 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.719 that his news from over the weekend, former Louisville basketball 91 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:09.159 star Russ Smith arrested for DUI and these things. You know, 92 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.599 anytime somebody of Russ's status, a celebrity here locally, is 93 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.280 arrested for DUI, it's not a surprise to see it 94 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.759 become local news. But the details of the arrest I 95 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.720 think have been the biggest talking point because he was 96 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.360 actually arrested and charged with DUI despite blowing below the 97 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.759 legal limit. The legal limit is zero point zero eight. 98 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.439 He blew zero point zero seven, So a couple of 99 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.759 things here. You can blow below the legal limit and 100 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:36.279 it's the officer's discretion as far as do they think 101 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:39.399 you should be charged. Russ did admit to drinking. He 102 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:44.399 did cooperate, I think it's safe to say, you know, 103 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.519 I don't know if he volunteered to do it. But 104 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.079 then he was asked to do it and didn't, didn't refuse. 105 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:51.680 He fully cooperated with the field sobriety tests and I 106 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.560 guess those tests were not he didn't do well in 107 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:57.279 those tests according to the officer. So again it's it's 108 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:59.480 the officer's discretion there as far as what they want 109 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:01.600 to do. Do they want to arrest some won or 110 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:03.519 do they want to tell them they can have somebody 111 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.240 come pick up their vehicle. Again, I don't know the 112 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:10.759 exact latitude that the officer has there. However, Russ does 113 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.600 have an attorney, Steve Romans, the same attorney that I'm 114 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:14.920 sure of a lot of you listening are familiar with 115 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.600 Steve Romans, But he also represented Scotti Scheffler, and that 116 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.399 is who now is going to arrest or who's going 117 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:22.399 to represent Russ Smith in this situation. And for those 118 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.639 that are of the belief that the same officer who 119 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.839 then I don't And again, there are multiple officers involved 120 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.079 in the Scotti Schefler situation, but something's been floated out 121 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.040 there on social media the last twenty four hours that 122 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.879 basically the officer And when I think of the Scottie 123 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:37.079 Schefler situation, I think of the officer. The first one 124 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:38.240 that comes to mind for me is the one who 125 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.759 claimed he was run over and talked about the amount 126 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.000 of money that it cost to purchase the pants that 127 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.639 he needed to do the job they were ripped. I mean, 128 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.480 that's the first thing that comes to mind for me. 129 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.560 So if that's not for if that's not the way 130 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:53.560 you go back and think of it, then you know 131 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:55.439 nothing I can do about it. But the people who 132 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:56.959 think the same officer who did that is the one 133 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.839 who arrested Russ Smith, it's not the case at all. 134 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.079 The officer who was involved in the traffic stop that 135 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.519 arrested in charge Rust Smith at DUI is the officer 136 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:08.279 who I guess read Scottie Schffler his Miranda rights and 137 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:13.160 then later transported him to Metro corrections. So again, there's 138 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.160 still there's clearly some connections here. But I think those 139 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.319 that just assumed the same guy who a lot of 140 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.480 folks seem to believe was in the wrong for letting 141 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.160 the Scotti Schefler situation turn into what he turned into, 142 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.720 it's not the same guy who pulled Rusmith over. Just 143 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.600 to clarify, so again, we'll keep you updated on the 144 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.639 latest when it comes to that and something I wanted 145 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:33.480 to get to on the other side here before we 146 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.279 get to another update of sports with Scott Fitzgerald. Is 147 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.759 the big NCAA house settlement that was finally finally cleared 148 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.600 on Friday. I'll give you the latest as far as 149 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.879 what that means for college athletics moving forward, but first 150 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.240 let's get another update on traffic and weather right here 151 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:53.040 on news Radio eight forty whas it is seven seventeen 152 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.480 here at Kentucky hata's morning news on news Radio eight 153 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.839 forty whas Nick Coffee with you. And on Friday afternoon, 154 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:05.279 we finally got a judge to put an end to 155 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:10.120 the endless, seemingly NCAA House settlement conversation. So a California 156 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:13.680 judge approved the NCAA's house settlement on Friday, which will 157 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.720 be a game changer for college sports. What this means 158 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:21.959 is schools can now directly pay athletes themselves. And I 159 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.360 guess what this has done is it has essentially put 160 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:29.319 the old archaic amateurism model in the grave because it 161 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.959 hasn't been amateur sports for a while. It's been nil 162 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.800 and we call it that, but it really wasn't name 163 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.360 image and likeness. It was just a way to get 164 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.120 around buying players. So what this does is it settles 165 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:47.680 three major antitrust lawsuits against NCAA. And what we now 166 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:51.399 have is, starting this upcoming academic year twenty twenty five 167 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.639 to twenty six, schools can share up to twenty point 168 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.199 five million annually with athletes. And when I say share, 169 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.000 they're sharing revenue. So the cap again is twenty point five. 170 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:06.040 That's the most you can share. That will grow apparently 171 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.879 by year four it could be up to twenty five million. 172 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:11.040 And as you could expect, most of this money is 173 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.800 expected to go to football and men's basketball due to 174 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.199 their revenue dominance. I mean, those are the sports that 175 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.160 most often will bring you revenue, so you can pay 176 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.920 out as much as twenty point five and how you 177 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.319 decide to do it is really just how you want. 178 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:30.920 So schools can can distribute these funds directly to the athletes. 179 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:32.919 It sounds like the belief is that seventy five percent 180 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.159 of this money is going to go to football, whereas 181 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.200 fifteen percent will go to men's basketball, five percent for 182 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.240 women's basketball, and then just five percent to be split 183 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:47.399 among other non revenue sports. Now, no federal antitrust exemption 184 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.399 for the NCUBLEA is a real big takeaway from this 185 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.399 coming to a close because now they're still able to 186 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.799 be sued, they can still get they can people can 187 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.279 still lawyer up and fight the nc DOUBLEA, and the 188 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.399 NCUBA has not had a lot of success in a courtroom, 189 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.679 it seems like in the last few years. So another 190 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:06.720 big thing is that two point eight billion dollars is 191 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.960 going to be paid out to former Division one athletes 192 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:12.759 that played college sports from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty 193 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:16.679 four for their missed opportunities to cash in on name, 194 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.720 image and likeness. Now, the biggest change here is the 195 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.720 new is the new body that is in place called 196 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.600 the College Sports Commission. This is run by the SEC, 197 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.960 Big ten, Big twelve, and ACC where they're going to 198 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:32.279 enforce the rules themselves. You're no longer the NSAA is 199 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:34.799 basically saying, we don't have the resources, we don't have 200 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:40.240 the ability to truly regulate this and hold people accountable. 201 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:44.559 So you guys can can collectively work together and determine 202 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:46.159 your own way of doing it. And they've done that. 203 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:51.120 So nil Go Clearinghouse is going to be a third party. 204 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.080 They're going to review all the third party in IL deals. 205 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.399 So instead of just saying, hey, I'm going to pay 206 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.720 I'm going to pay six hundred dollars to Scott Fitzgerald 207 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.320 to come play from my baseball program just because he's 208 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:06.279 Scott Fitzgerald. Now, if you are doing a NIL deal, 209 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.360 you have to go through a process to prove that 210 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.240 this is actually somebody being paid for their name, image 211 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.399 and likeness and it's a legitimate deal, not just a hey, 212 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.159 I'm going to give this person two million dollars and 213 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.279 we're just going to call it in IL. So that 214 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.799 is the big change is that you now everybody's sharing revenue, 215 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.000 but the cherry on top is going to be who 216 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.799 can give you the best NIL deals in order for 217 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:29.320 you to decide if you want to go play there. 218 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.840 But now you have to prove is it a legitimate 219 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.679 INNIL deal or not. 220 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.360 So it's important because we're continuing to evolve now, which 221 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.960 is what we said would happen. And yes, we're going 222 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.919 to learn how to fly as we go, and it 223 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.279 sounds like at least we're moving so much. 224 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.480 This is this is certainly a step in the right direction, 225 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.519 but I think the days of it being completely smooth 226 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:50.639 and no hiccups. I don't know if that's realistic, but anyways, 227 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.600 we'll take another update, take a quick break in an 228 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.879 update on traffick and weather, and another update on sports 229 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:56.919 with Scott Fitzgerald right here on Who's Radio eight forty 230 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:01.200 whis Thank You, Thank You. John at Is seven thirty 231 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.159 four here at Kentucky had his morning news on news 232 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:06.960 Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with You, Scott Fitzgerald, 233 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:11.159 John Shannon, and John Alden alongside today. So teens who 234 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:16.080 stay up late are more likely to have impulses negatively, 235 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.919 I mean, I'm not totally surprised by that, But when 236 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:20.679 I was young, when I was a teenager, I don't 237 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.440 really remember having a bedtime per se, like my mom 238 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:26.840 checking on me at this time of the evening to 239 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.840 make sure I was actually in bed asleep. But I 240 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.840 don't also remember staying up super late either. Did you 241 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:34.600 have a bedtime as a kid. 242 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:36.919 No, It was one of those things. When I turned in, 243 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:38.799 I was trying to remember when I heard you mention 244 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.960 that when I quit having a bedtime, when my parents 245 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:44.440 quit telling me it was time to go to bed, 246 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.000 And I don't know that I can remember that. But 247 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.200 I never, like you, never stayed up late. I was 248 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.960 either busy at school or had some good guys went 249 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.039 to bed. My son, to some degree, he would stay 250 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.759 up late, but it didn't make him a miscrender. 251 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:57.519 All it took was a couple of mornings where I thought, okay, yeah, 252 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.360 I'll stay up late. I had, I guess I had 253 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.440 some freedom, probably because my mother was already in bed 254 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:04.759 and I realized I've got a TV. I can just 255 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:07.639 you know, watch a movie or whatever and play video 256 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.879 games even And it probably just took a couple of 257 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.320 mornings where I was just dragging and realized, okay, now 258 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.679 I'm paying the price for this, so I'm gonna make 259 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:17.720 sure I'm in bed by a certain time. But if 260 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.720 you if you have that freedom, I mean, I'm sure 261 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:21.840 there's kids that have the cycle to where they stay 262 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.399 up really late. They're probably not productive at school, they're 263 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.320 really sleepy. They get home from school, then take a 264 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.200 long nap. Is if they you know, that's that's the 265 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.039 that's their probably the most long maybe the longest day 266 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:34.759 sleep in the twenty four hour window, and then because 267 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:37.039 they just slept a bunch after school, then they stay 268 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.919 up really late at night, and I would imagine that's 269 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:41.320 a cycle that is not not great for school. But 270 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.919 if you can pull it off, you can pull it off. 271 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.360 Was there ever any worse feeling than when you're in school? 272 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.000 Unlet's just say you're you're in a class, doesn't matter 273 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.200 which one. You just could not fight dozing off. I mean, 274 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:53.960 no matter how much you got teachers who tell us 275 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.679 get up all the time. 276 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:57.200 I can think of the classes that that that I 277 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:58.799 was like that because it was pretty rare for me. 278 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.559 But there were certain and it was wasn't necessarily the subject, 279 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.320 right that you know that you know what. You were 280 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.919 much less likely to fall asleep in Pe, obviously, but 281 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.639 it was more so the teacher's voice, like the cadence. 282 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:12.480 Just there's certain voices that are I mean, maybe it's 283 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.559 a compliment. It's probably not good for a sleepy student, 284 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.080 but it'll put me to sleep because I'm just calm 285 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:17.759 and relaxed. 286 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:19.919 Well, a lot of people going to staff meetings this morning. 287 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:21.919 I mean, there's no worse feeling in a staff meeting 288 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.720 than dozing off and you're not trying to. 289 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.519 And there's probably no no day like Monday as far 290 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.440 as it being more likely to happen, right, because you're 291 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.799 coming off the weekend. So yeah, I just remembered whenever 292 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.120 I was this was probably early high school, late middle school. 293 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.399 I'd come home after after school and I fell asleep, 294 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:43.759 not really trying to. I just laid down on my 295 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.399 bed watching TV, and I fell asleep and I was 296 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.240 in a deep sleep. I woke up and looked over 297 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.759 at my at my at my alarm clock and it 298 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.039 said like six forty something, and it was it was 299 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.559 not dark outside, but it also wasn't light, so I 300 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.399 was I was. I was like, oh crap, it's it's 301 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.919 time to get up and go to school. I'm running 302 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.039 a little bit behind. So I walk out of my 303 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:08.320 bedroom and in the kitchen, my mom and my sister 304 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.679 are in there, and I didn't see them. I just 305 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:13.240 could hear them moving around and talking. And I'm thinking, okay, 306 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.679 I'm running. I'm running behind. So I go jump in 307 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:18.120 the shower, I take a quick shower, run back to 308 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:21.200 my bedroom. I end up, you know, grabbing my backpack 309 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.720 getting everything ready for the day. I had basketball practice, 310 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:25.519 I think later, so I just making sure I had everything, 311 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.320 and here I am hustling as if I'm as if 312 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.279 I'm about to cause the family to be late, and 313 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.840 I walk into the kitchen and they're they're sitting there 314 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:37.240 and they're not in their clothes to leave for the day. 315 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.799 They're eating dinner. And I realized, oh, it's it's it's 316 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:44.440 six something pm that am. And I can't tell you 317 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:46.639 the relief of knowing that I didn't have to go. 318 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:47.919 It's like I got a day. It's like I got 319 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.399 an extra day off, like I started my evening all 320 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.720 over again. So yeah, sleep sleep schedule, sleep cycle. Uh, 321 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.720 it's important, and I'm I'm adjusting. Today was not as 322 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:00.639 bad as I thought it would be the first Monday 323 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.000 for me after, you know, coming off of a full 324 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.399 week of the new schedule. So yeah, if you stay 325 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:08.799 up late as a kid, apparently it's well. See how 326 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.759 something my son did that. 327 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:11.399 And I used to think it was a problem at first, 328 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.200 and as I watched him sort of go through the motions. One, 329 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.519 I'm not going to force the kid to go to 330 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.440 bed because he's sixteen now, yeah, whatever age it is, 331 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:21.240 he's old enough to make his own decisions. But there 332 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:23.879 were times where he would stay up late, and to 333 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.000 what you just mentioned, he'd come home from school, he goes, 334 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:28.559 I am so tired, and then he'd sack out. He'd 335 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.519 be out by ten o'clock. And it's if you let 336 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.799 them find their way with that. I don't know if 337 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.120 that contributes to being up late. 338 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.080 As far as the report said, well, I think if 339 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.720 you can put if you have the if you can 340 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.960 put off the nap, yeah, it'll work itself out to 341 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.879 where you're gonna end up falling asleep earlier and then 342 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:43.919 you're going to be more fresh the next day. So yeah, 343 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.200 it'll it can it can certainly work itself out. But 344 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:50.360 I do believe if I had distractions. Really we had 345 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.720 cell phones when I was a teenager, but they weren't smartphones, 346 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.200 if that makes sense, so I couldn't really get lost 347 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.360 and distract myself on my cell phone. If I had 348 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:00.559 a cell phone like they're made now and I was teenager, 349 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.200 I probably would I would be on that thing, not sleeping. 350 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.320 But the only thing I could really entertain myself with 351 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:08.639 on my cell phone was remember the game Snake, but 352 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.399 they know the no Kia phones. I remember playing Snake. 353 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:13.840 That was about as much fun as I could have 354 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:15.799 on my cell phone. So nowadays, man, kid's got a 355 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.840 lot of different distractions that can keep them up late, 356 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:21.200 video games, the Internet, that kind of stuff. So anyways, 357 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:23.320 all right, let's get a let's get an update on 358 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.919 traffic and weather. It is seven forty here in news 359 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.759 Radio eight forty whas. It is seven forty six here 360 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.639 a Kentucky. And this morning news on News Radio eight 361 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.519 forty whas, Nick coffee with you. We'll have another update 362 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:38.519 of sports with Scott Fitzgerald coming up at about nine minutes. 363 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:41.720 Also another news update with John Shannon at eight o'clock. 364 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.279 And I want to give a big shout out to 365 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.639 everybody who helped in any way when it comes to 366 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:52.080 the seventy second annual Whas Crusade for Children. Scott, I 367 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.879 know you were out there yesterday helping out and so 368 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.679 much goes into that. I mean, seventy second annual. Think 369 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.120 about that, folks. I mean since nineteen fifty four, this 370 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.119 has gone on to raise money for obviously a great, 371 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.480 great reason. And the total yesterday five point eight nine 372 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:15.440 million was raised. And again this raises funds for children 373 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:18.200 with special needs a Kentucky and Southern Indiana. And I mean, 374 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:20.839 I'll tell you what it's me make sure I have 375 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:23.960 this correct. It's recognized as as America's longest running and 376 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:28.359 most successful local telethon, and when you hear nineteen fifty 377 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:31.960 four being when it started, it makes total sense that 378 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.240 that's up there right. There's not many other annual telethons 379 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.960 that have gone on as long as this one has, 380 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.079 but so many that volunteer their time from the local 381 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.359 fire departments, folks like Scott and others that were a 382 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.880 part of it and have been for many many years. 383 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.319 And O Terry Miners, our colleague here, has put so 384 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.359 much into it and is very very passionate about the 385 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:53.480 crusade for children. So what I thought really hit me 386 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.319 last week, just knowing that this is a known annual 387 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.200 thing around here, is we were over at my wife's 388 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.680 grandparents' house and in her neighborhood. The fire trucks were 389 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:06.640 making their way around the street and they weren't going fast. 390 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.279 So I think the kids clearly could tell that there 391 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.480 wasn't some type of an emergency. But they you know, 392 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.160 my son is five, and he already remembered that, oh, 393 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.559 let's get some money. Let's get some money, because if 394 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:20.279 he sees firemen out at intersections or making the rounds 395 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:23.559 and neighborhoods. He now knows that they're they're there to 396 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:26.119 raise money and that just that. You know, that's just 397 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.839 one example. But you know, no matter what your lifestyle is, 398 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.839 no matter how old you are, you're probably well aware 399 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.680 of what the Crusade for Children is and you know 400 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:36.279 what it's all about, what it does. And that's why 401 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.400