WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:28.440 Good evening everybody. Normally I would be allowed and obnoxious 2 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:33.079 and say fire up. But in the beginning, before I 3 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.320 even introduce my crew, I think we all should take 4 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:39.520 a moment and a moment of silence for those that 5 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.399 we lost in that plane crash. There were sports figures 6 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.240 in there. Whether you're a figure skating fan or not. 7 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:51.520 Young prospects, sixteen year olds were on that plane. They 8 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:54.719 had just gone from training and they were going home. 9 00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:01.920 We lost at least sixty four people last night, shortly 10 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.200 like twenty four hours ago when they're plane crashed into 11 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:10.680 Blackhawk helicopter. So let's just take thirty seconds or twenty 12 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:29.359 seconds of silence to show Okay, now I'm going to 13 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:34.560 introduce my crew. Thank you for that moment, everybody. Pettin's 14 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:37.239 man is right next to me. Pettins man, how are 15 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:37.799 you tonight? 16 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:40.799 I'm all right? And you forgot to add that we 17 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:44.439 had three military people in the helicopter doing training. So 18 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:49.319 I'm a huge military back back boy. Won't call it defender, 19 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:51.560 So just won't let you guys know that we had 20 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.560 three people at the helicopter. 21 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:54.719 And they were army. 22 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:56.840 I believe Yeah, I think so too. 23 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.200 Yes from all the reports and we and we're not here. 24 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.239 We're not here to place blame. We're not here to 25 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:05.599 talk about any of that. We're just here to pay 26 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.759 our respects to all those that lost their lives as 27 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:12.240 innocent as they were. Like you know, I was talking 28 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.039 earlier that a couple of them were sixteen year olds 29 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.719 and they were great prospects that were doing really well, 30 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.400 and some of them had actually won national championships that 31 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.360 were from Russia as well. So I know the figure 32 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:30.000 skating community has suffered a huge, huge loss over this, 33 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:32.960 and I know that the Olympics is going to take 34 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.400 a hit coming out up. 35 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:37.680 Oh yeah no. 36 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:42.840 Also on my panel, mister Ralph Williams, how are you tonight? 37 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.280 I'm doing good, Thank you, Candy. That's pleasure being here 38 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:47.240 as always, Thank you. 39 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.360 Thank you. And then none other than the person that 40 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:55.840 wrote the forward to my husband's book, mister George the 41 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.400 Uncle Icorn, how are you? 42 00:02:58.479 --> 00:02:58.680 Yeah? 43 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:00.360 I'm well, Eddie. 44 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:00.759 Thank you. 45 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:03.599 Couldn't make it last week, a little bit of health 46 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:07.080 issued by h on my skin, but you know, getting 47 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.319 trying to get over that, and and I agree with 48 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.319 everything you said. It's a terrible loss for this country, 49 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.120 not only that, but for Russia and the military. So 50 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.280 we got to keep these families in our prayers and thoughts. 51 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:24.560 Just a terrible, terrible accident, it was. 52 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:29.159 Yeah, but it's good to see you back here. You 53 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.039 haven't been on Thursday nights on a regular basis for 54 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.000 a while, so welcome. 55 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.400 Back, Thank you. 56 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:37.159 Good to have you as part of the show. And yes, 57 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:42.039 you're doing a doubleheader as Pencil and Sports Knows. 58 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:42.039 So. 59 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:50.000 Okay, on too. We're going to talk a little bit 60 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:54.199 about Dwayne Wayne and I don't know if you guys 61 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.400 saw the story that came out, but this tells you 62 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:01.719 that you have to take your health seriously. You do 63 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.879 need to get checked out because he actually had cancer 64 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:11.159 and lucky for him that it was on I believe 65 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.560 it was on his liver they said, or no, his kidney. 66 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:19.160 Excuse me, he had a cancerous tumor removed from his kidney. 67 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.399 In December of twenty twenty three, he visited the doctor 68 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.879 after he turned forty to undergo a physical for the 69 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.959 first time since his playing days. The Hall of Fame 70 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:33.040 guard had been experiencing cramps and slow urination. He underwent 71 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.079 a full body scan that showed a potential cyst or 72 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.199 tumor on one of his kidneys. They were able to 73 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:45.040 see that on my right kidney, and they didn't know 74 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.120 at the time if it was a sister a tumor, 75 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.120 but it was nothing that could be biopsy, so the 76 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.240 only way to take care of it was to actually 77 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:57.000 go in and surgically remove it. He consulted multiple doctors 78 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:01.519 to confirm his cancer diagnosis before undergoing surgery, which required 79 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:06.800 removing forty percent of his right kidney. I had a 80 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.120 personal decision to make if this is cancer, if this 81 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.600 is tumor, this cyst is cancerous on your kidney, you're 82 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.040 forty one years old, you probably need surgery because it's 83 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.279 something that needs to be removed so it doesn't spread. 84 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.160 Wade said, I made the decision to have surgery. I 85 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:25.720 had surgery on December eighteenth, twenty twenty three. Find out, obviously, 86 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:28.959 at forty one years old, pretty healthy guy, that I 87 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.560 did have cancer. Thank God that I did do the 88 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:36.360 surgery because the tumor was cancerous. He played fourteen of 89 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.519 his fifteenth I'm sorry, fifteen out of his sixteen NBA 90 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.720 seasons with the Heat, leading to the franchise to three 91 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.839 NBA Championships. He was a thirteen time All Star in 92 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:52.639 eight time NBA selection. He remains Miami's all time leader 93 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:58.360 in several categories, including points, assists, steals, and games played. 94 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:03.160 The heat retired way it's number three in twenty twenty. 95 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:08.360 Any thoughts, George. 96 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.279 Well, they said in the article too that he had 97 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:14.839 been putting off having a physical but then as you 98 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:18.920 mentioned about having some issues there with with urinating and 99 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.920 things like that, you know, and it just was things 100 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:26.639 weren't right, things weren't right. He also said that he 101 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.480 did not want his kids and his family to see 102 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:34.040 him weak. Well, Dwyane, You've got nothing to be ashamed of. Okay, 103 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.199 you're not weak. You're a strong man for coming forward. 104 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.399 You're a strong man for getting yourself checked in and 105 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:45.680 checked out, as they say, physically, there's no shame in that. 106 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.680 I mean, you know, I got a lot of friends 107 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:51.000 and family that have been through a lot, a lot 108 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.120 as far as health issues as we all have. And 109 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.199 really that's not anything everybody likes to talk about or 110 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.800 sometimes converse about out But uh, you know, and I 111 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.040 know Dwayne is you know, part of that whole Macho 112 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.000 you know, I macho Macho I be. I mean, uh, 113 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:12.040 macho NBA player, macho athlete that always is is is 114 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:14.199 prevalent with a lot of the men especially, but the 115 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:18.000 women as well. But anyways, I plaud you, Dwayne for 116 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:22.319 stepping forward, for doing this, and uh hopefully that'll give 117 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:26.160 you any many many more years of joy and and 118 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.639 and pleasure here on this earth. And uh, I've always 119 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:32.639 admired you as a player too, I really have. Uh 120 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.399 With the Piston said, it's a little bit of rivalry 121 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.519 at one time against Miami, not recently, but you know, 122 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.879 there were always great games against the two teams. But 123 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:44.600 more importantly is his health now that he's retired. So 124 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.639 I'm just so glad that you know that he found 125 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:52.480 out what was wrong. Candy and guys, Yeah. 126 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.959 Ralph, your thoughts, Well, here's a Hall of famer here, 127 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.360 I mean this guy. Uh, you know, we played for 128 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:00.879 the Miami Heat. As as George's head indicated, there had 129 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:04.240 been some competition there in the NBA with him, and 130 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:09.800 you know, but you see, sometimes everyone here, people let 131 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.199 pride get in a way. And I know this because 132 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.920 I was the personal cab driver for Mike Webster and 133 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.800 Mike Webster told me that it took him a lot, 134 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.199 a lot. He had a lot of pride to accept 135 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:27.199 money from his fellow teammates when he was broke and 136 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.360 couldn't afford a Hall of Fame jacket and then didn't 137 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:32.759 have a place to live and he was homeless. Okay, 138 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:36.399 Elsie Greenwood, Rocky Blair, they all chewed him out because 139 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.279 they said, why didn't you come and talk to us? 140 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.159 Lynn Swann got mad, They all got angry with him, 141 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.720 and they finally they pitched in. They got him a 142 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.600 place to stay, They paid for his Hall of Fame jacket. 143 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.320 There's nothing wrong with telling your family you're sick. I mean, 144 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.879 you know, you know I have I have health issues. 145 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.519 I'm in a wheelchair, I'm diabetic. I mean, you know 146 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.159 I have all that. But I'm not afraid to say 147 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.360 that to my family. And my family has been very 148 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:06.120 supportive of it. And I'm not weak. I'm strong because 149 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.240 I'm strong because I don't let that get to me. 150 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:12.039 I'm here going this and that's what I like to do. 151 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.720 But see, Dwayne Wade shouldn't shouldn't take it like that. 152 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.000 He should say, Okay, look, I you know I'm sick. 153 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:21.799 I need help, and I maybe I am weak, but 154 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:23.519 you know what, his family will be there. 155 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:29.960 Form Pensman, what is your thoughts on Dwayne. 156 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.200 Wade Penceman, sports guy it right, he is in Miami 157 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:37.960 legend and he is a whole famer. I couldn't stand 158 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.639 him as a player because he always beat the sixers. 159 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:45.440 He always had his the sixers number. George can understand 160 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:50.559 that fan so but he's a good player. He went 161 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:52.639 to the court, he kept his mouth shut. He went 162 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.279 to the games to debt. But if you're sick and 163 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.080 you're not feeling good, you gotta tell your family members here. 164 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:05.240 You can't have the NBA ego in outside the NBA 165 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.600 is when you're in the NBA, you have to have 166 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.840 that ego, that batcho man ego. But when you're in 167 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:14.159 the house, you're supposed to have. Hey, guys, I think 168 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:17.799 something's wrong, and I'm glad he finally got to it, 169 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:19.759 and I'm glad he's doing it right now. 170 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.720 And one of the things that I'm going to say is, yes, 171 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.840 he made Maybe he'd hit it for a long time 172 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.399 and didn't, but kudos to him for finally coming out. 173 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:35.480 And it's telling everybody because what that tells or should 174 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.000 tell everybody is that someone that you would think is 175 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:43.720 very healthy can get still can get cancer. Nobody's immune 176 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.879 to it. So you have to get checked out and 177 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:49.480 make sure that you are taking care of yourself. And 178 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.240 when things aren't right, you have to listen to your 179 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.799 own body. You know, when something isn't right, go check 180 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:59.240 it out. Go ahead, and I don't care if you 181 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:04.559 tell anybody else, but go check it out. And Pennsilman, 182 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:06.600 I'm not going to get too much into that, but 183 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:12.440 I do agree Jimmy Butler could learn take some advice 184 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.600 from Dwayne Wade. I have to admit I am a 185 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:22.039 Wade fan. Wade obviously played for the Marquette Golden Eagles 186 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.440 at the time, so and I am definitely a Dwayne 187 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:30.039 Wade fan. Am I a Miami fan, No, even though 188 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:34.279 I live down here, But I am a Dwayde Wade fan. 189 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:38.399 And I'm not crazy about the statute they made out there, 190 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:43.399 but hey, they're still honoring him. So with that being said, 191 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:45.879 we're gonna stay in the NBA for a little bit longer. 192 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.559 And typically that's not really a sport I talk a 193 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:54.639 lot about, but Adam Silver is floating the idea of 194 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:59.240 ten minute quarters as opposed to the twelve minute quarters 195 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.559 it is now. They think it'll shorten the game to 196 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.799 about a two hour format, which he thinks is more 197 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:12.159 consistent with modern television habits. Your thoughts, and I will 198 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.440 start with Relph. 199 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:17.399 Well, you know, Candy, when things get a little too long, 200 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.919 it gets boring. And I you know, I agree with 201 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.399 the with with the NBA doing that. Look at Major 202 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.360 League Baseball with the pitch count. Look at how you 203 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.639 know they're trying to keep the make the game go shorter. 204 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.200 You know, I've seen some shortened games this year that 205 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.440 the Pirates played in, and some you know, and some 206 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.639 other teams war some shortened games with baseball. NBA is 207 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.519 trying to do the same thing. Everybody's attention span now 208 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:44.279 is not for sitting there for out many hours watching 209 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:46.639 a game. It starts to get boring a little while, 210 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:50.639 and people's mindset starts to drift away or after a 211 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.639 couple hours ago home, you know what I mean. So 212 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:56.440 I mean it's it's you know, everyone's mindset is different. 213 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.200 But I think the NBA is doing the right thing 214 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.000 if they want to speed up the game a little bit. 215 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:08.080 George, your thoughts, Well, when I first heard it, I thought, 216 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:10.480 oh my gosh, here we go again, trying to meddle 217 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.440 with the with the tradition here. 218 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:17.720 But I agree with you, Ralph. I think that what's 219 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:24.120 happening now is the appetite is more more compact, and 220 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.320 by that I mean for the sports fan and for 221 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:31.519 the casual viewer. And you give a great, great example, Ralph, 222 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:33.519 by the way on Manor League Baseball and the changes 223 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:37.080 that they have implemented. And by the way, those changes 224 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.559 go back to when Steve Palermo, who was a great 225 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.919 umpire who actually had to leave the game due to health, 226 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.480 he was the head of that committee that looked at 227 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.600 speeding up baseball. 228 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.399 But as far as the NBA goes. 229 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.600 I'll tell you what. And another one that really bothers 230 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.600 me is college football. Oh my gosh, that's another day. 231 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:01.320 I know, another subject, Candy, don't get me started, because 232 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.879 they have stretched their games out way too long, so 233 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.159 many replays and all that. The NBA, I think is 234 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:13.919 a microcosm of pro sports. I mean, you know, it's 235 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.159 it is more compact. Obviously, twelve minutes is the shortest period. 236 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.759 I mean, hockey's got twenty minutes, and football the NFL's 237 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.240 got fifteen in baseball really doesn't have a clock in 238 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:30.200 that sense, but they have implemented this pitching clock. But 239 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.039 I think that the NBA is still trying to find 240 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.799 their you know, look for different ways, like Brolv said, 241 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.279 and you guys might agree that, you know, looking for 242 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:42.399 ways to speed up their game without necessarily losing any revenue. 243 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.720 And that's the key. As we know, they can't lose 244 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:48.200 any revenue, nor do their sponsors want to lose any revenue. 245 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.840 So they may say I want to go to ten minutes. 246 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:52.679 Don't think they're going to cut out a few of 247 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.039 those commercials because obviously that pays the bills, as they say. 248 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.720 So even though he talks like it's cutting it back, 249 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.559 I don't think it's gonna cut a whole lot because, 250 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.679 like I said, they need their commercial space and they're 251 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.480 going back to NBC next year. I can't wait the 252 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.879 NBA on NBC. 253 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:17.639 And George, you're on fired, Like man, I'm telling. 254 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:22.759 You on fire. 255 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.639 The second other sports that were not I know, I 256 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:37.159 know George is on fire, really really really look out 257 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:41.919 the apple don't fall from the tree. So I was 258 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.440 gonna say, is it's the twelve minute quarters. College basketball 259 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.840 has two twenty minute halves, so they want if they 260 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.720 want to speed it up, why don't they do like 261 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.480 college basketball, just do twenty minute hals. Nobody's complaining about 262 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.279 college basketball. And I'm a big Duke fan, and I'll 263 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:01.240 watch any other any other team, but Duke's. My teams 264 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.799 is all the kid. But I have no issues with 265 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:07.919 college basketball. Hit runs smooth. Half taunted is about fifteen 266 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.799 to twenty minutes, and then they get back to the 267 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:12.360 second half about hour and a half two hours, and 268 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.360 that's it. They don't need the four quarters if they 269 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:18.279 want to speed it up, I don't think ten minutes 270 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.639 is necessary. So that's my opinion. 271 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:27.200 So one of the things that one of the reasons 272 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:31.799 why Silver has proposed this is so that the set 273 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:36.840 of rules is for basketball is consistent across all leagues, 274 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.879 because right now in Olympic basketball they do it, and 275 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.720 college basketball already play forty minute games. He also believes 276 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:51.600 shortening quarters could solve some of the NBA's issues with 277 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:56.720 rest and load management, which we all have complained about. 278 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:03.320 Oh boy, that's what I said, is just embiid. 279 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.000 Emba. It's the only one that complaints about rest and 280 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.079 he has his own chair. 281 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:18.039 They all do load management. Well, that's true, that's true. 282 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.240 Silver is keenly aware that MLB has implemented changes that 283 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.400 have made a positive impact. So he said if the 284 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.839 league that is more locked into tradition like MLB can 285 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.680 do it, the NBA should be open to more changes. 286 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.920 He also recently addressed the narrative that NBA games have 287 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.680 too many three point shot attempts, and I know that's 288 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:43.880 been another point of contention with some people. He says 289 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:47.519 he likes the three point shot and appreciates the skill 290 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.920 level of big men who are able to shoot from 291 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.480 deep because it shows how the game has evolved over time. 292 00:17:55.519 --> 00:18:00.519 My issue with that is it's taken the physicality of 293 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:05.759 the inside game out of the game. I think, and 294 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:10.759 he's and people don't defend where's defense really on these teams? 295 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.559 I mean games? You know, that's what I miss A 296 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:20.400 lot of that. But to each its own. So any 297 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:25.359 other thoughts on ten minutes or changing any other rules 298 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.559 for the NBA, guys. 299 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.079 College basketball has three pointers. There's no issues there. 300 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:36.480 No, Yeah, a whole different animal with college, the NBA, 301 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.119 the NBA about showing off college. They're worrying about the ones, 302 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.960 you know, worrying about making their careers, you know, and 303 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:48.279 stuff like that, just and just like college, yeah, exactly. 304 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:53.920 Yeah, but you gotta admit, Rah Ralph. The college game especially, 305 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.839 I think it's gone way too much to the al 306 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.440 ups and the dunking and the. 307 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:02.480 Yeah it has yes, I know. 308 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.440 I know, and it didn't used to be that way. 309 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.480 But when the kids see it happening in the pros, 310 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:11.440 they're obviously going to be trying to emulate that. And 311 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:16.559 I don't know how the coaches are. I mean, Tom Izzo. 312 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:19.000 I see a lot of Tom Mizzle being in Detroit, 313 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.920 man at Michigan, and he don't like all that shenanigans. 314 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.519 You know, you get some of these coaches that are 315 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:29.119 really good about it in the college ranks. All I'm 316 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.880 saying is, no, I do like the college product better 317 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:34.920 I do, And I think you guys nailed it. The 318 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:37.920 two the two twenty minute halves would be would be better. 319 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.960 I think cal Perry doesn't have a has a problem 320 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.200 with it. 321 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:50.720 Two Okay, Yeah, A lot the college basketball has could 322 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:53.119 work in the NBA. If they make it work, you know. 323 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:58.599 Keep the is, keep the three pointers, make it competitive. 324 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.000 Get rid of the All Star Game and the All 325 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:06.759 Star Game they get like two hundred and fifty points combined. Oh, 326 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.799 it's like it's like, it's like the score the final 327 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.799 scores like one forty five to one thirty five. It's like, hello, 328 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.480 where's this that? 329 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:16.680 Yeah? 330 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:19.400 Exactly, Get rid of the All Star Game and get 331 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.200 like college and. 332 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.599 Good. 333 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.319 Okay, guys, we're gonna switch topics. We're gonna switch sports 334 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:32.039 to the sport that we all know and love and 335 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:35.720 talk probably the most about. We're gonna talk about NFL, 336 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.720 but we're gonna talk about it in a little different way. 337 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:44.519 A report came out today the concussions are an all 338 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:49.880 time low this season since NFL began tracking. NFL players 339 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:52.720 suffered the fewest concussions in the season of twenty twenty 340 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.079 four since the league began tracking data nine years ago. 341 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.119 The total decline from twenty twenty three was seventeen per 342 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.759 That includes all practices and games in both preseason and 343 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:09.960 regular season. Number of different things, safer equipment, enforcement of 344 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:13.759 safety rules, broader efforts to foster a culture of safety 345 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:18.680 regarding concussions. They said. One of the things that I 346 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:22.319 thought was very interesting. They said that twenty eight percent 347 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:27.359 of all players evaluated for concussion are diagnosed with one. 348 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:32.799 The number of players self reporting increased to forty one percent. 349 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:36.359 There was a thirty five percent increase in the number 350 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:41.279 of players upgraded to safer helmets or position specific helmets 351 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:46.000 that are designed to reduce the impact of hits. So 352 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:50.200 your thoughts and we'll start with pensmen on this topic. 353 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.000 I'm glad that the concussions are lowering down. I'm glad 354 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.799 that everything's going to a safer route because NFL is 355 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.799 buy apple Pie in America. You could ask everybody that 356 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:08.400 knows me. I love football with a passion, college, high school, everything, 357 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.960 I'll watch. I'll even watch UFL sometimes. 358 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.960 So but. 359 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:18.079 Why I was talking to somebody that if you go, 360 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:21.160 if the quarterback goes out of the pocket, he should 361 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.039 be notified as a running back. So it does not 362 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:28.160 matter how he's hit the flags of him going out 363 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.240 of the pocket. Once he leaves that pocket, he's a 364 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:35.079 It's a free game, like there's no safety thing. Once 365 00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:37.519 here in the pocket, that's where the safety comes in. 366 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:41.960 But I'm glad that they lowered the concussions. I'm glad 367 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:46.680 the injuries are going down, so Roger Cadell's doing something 368 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.880 right in that category. 369 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:53.640 Ralph your thoughts, Well, the NFL had to start stepping up, Pensman, 370 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.920 because you know, they got sued and then you know, 371 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:00.359 and what all these concussion problems and everything else and 372 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.240 the settlement. Uh you know, I know, uh a professional 373 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:08.079 wrestler name Baron Corbin who played for it was alignment 374 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:11.200 for the Jets and offensive lineman. Uh, he ended up 375 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:14.279 getting a concussion settlement and he had to sit out 376 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:17.119 for a couple of years because of concussion syndrome. And 377 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.880 now he's uh he works with well did work with 378 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:22.799 the w w's now moved on. But I know some 379 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:27.720 other football players who have, you know, concussion problems and 380 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:32.559 committed suicide. Terry Long drank Annafrees and committed suicide. Former 381 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:36.920 Steeler lineman, Justin Straulzik, former Steeler lineman. Uh, you know, 382 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:40.960 just to name a few of the ones that because 383 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:45.000 of concussion syndrome, had major problems in their lives and 384 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.319 and and with what was going on. Watched a movie 385 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.920 and uh, you know you'll understand it a little bit 386 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:53.200 better about how how the concussion thing worked, you know, 387 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.880 with the NFL players. 388 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.640 George your thoughts. 389 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:02.359 Yeah, I'm I'm glad to see that there's an indication, 390 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:06.559 like you said, of the downward trend, because it is 391 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:11.039 a very serious issue, very sensitive issue. There is so 392 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:15.000 much hitting and so much piling on and everything else 393 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.039 that goes on in a football game, whether it's you know, 394 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:22.000 high school, college or professionals. You know, A couple of 395 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:24.799 people even what you know said to me during a 396 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.599 while we're at Alliance game, you know, Georgia, I can't 397 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.160 believe there's not more injuries the way these guys go 398 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:35.720 at each other and hit each other. So what could 399 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:39.640 be the reason? Well, obviously our medical advances. Obviously they're 400 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:45.079 testing different helmets, at least wearing those helmets in training 401 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:49.400