WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:05.080 All right, Derby Week rolls along here. Thanks for hanging out, 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:09.240 thanks for joining us wherever you're listening however you're listening, 3 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:13.279 certainly appreciate it. I know I stole that from Colin Cowherd. 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:15.480 I'm sure if you listen to the Herd then you've 5 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:17.120 heard him say that. But it's a great way to 6 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.519 you know, because again this day and age, you've got 7 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:24.000 people listening live, you've got people listening on podcast in 8 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.879 a lot of different ways. So big thanks to you, 9 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.640 and also thanks to Thornton's. As you likely know, if 10 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:31.399 not now you do, we are feeled about Thornton's. 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I couldn't remember which social media 32 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.480 platform it was, but I was on Instagram and I 33 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.519 was just scrolling. And obviously the algorithm targets things that 34 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:39.319 you're interested in, or maybe they you know, maybe they're 35 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.079 listening to us. And I know I'm not the only 36 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.079 one that has noticed this. In fact, I think it's 37 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:48.560 become like a conversation that you hear, maybe not frequently, 38 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.599 but there's just no scenario where you could be talking 39 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:56.719 about something without googling anything on. 40 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:58.120 Your computer or your phone. 41 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:02.040 Or clicking on anything and then sure enough, just you know, 42 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:06.560 you mention a product, you mentioned something, and then all 43 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:13.319 of a sudden you pop open a social media app Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, 44 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.000 and then there's an ad for something that you just 45 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:18.960 discussed aloud. Like that makes people assume that they're listening 46 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.439 to you, which, hey, if it's targeting me for things 47 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.520 that they think I'm interested in, there's a good chance 48 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.039 they're right. So anyways, I was on Instagram and I 49 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.479 was just talking about the different Derby Festival events that 50 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.879 we have here, because to be honest with you, I 51 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.159 mean there's some that I've known of for a long time, 52 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:37.360 like I knew of them, but there's also many that 53 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.719 I didn't know was a thing. And I kind of 54 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.400 just did it, not a full deep dive today, but 55 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.960 just kind of looked at the entire schedule of the 56 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.000 Kentucky Derby Festival events and I didn't know that we 57 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.919 had a one million dollar hole in one golf contest. 58 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.719 I didn't know that we had Actually I knew of this, 59 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.400 I forgot about the bed races, which by the way, 60 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.479 took place this week. There was kind of some controversy. 61 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:04.879 As far as the winner, we can maybe get into 62 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:06.719 that a little bit later. I'm not sure if it's 63 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:10.360 super controversial, but there is somebody who had a picture 64 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:16.960 of two beds crossing the finish line and the one 65 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:21.000 that is crossing just a hair like it was clearly 66 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:24.719 a photo. Finish was not announced the winner, and it 67 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:26.800 sounds as if there's been some confusion on. 68 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:29.000 Okay, there used to be a. 69 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.759 Rule that everybody had to have their hands on the 70 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:35.319 bed as it crosses the finish line in order for 71 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.159 you to win, and maybe that's why they. 72 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.680 Didn't get the victory and their competitor did. 73 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.840 I don't know which companies it was that ended up 74 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.759 coming in first and second, but hopefully they just had fun, 75 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:48.599 because you know, if you were out there really competing 76 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.400 and there was a big prize on the line, you 77 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.039 know that could really be controversial. But anyways, looking at 78 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:57.360 all these great different events that we have here for 79 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.400 Kentucky to every festival season, it's just a reminder how 80 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.599 rare this is, and I get a little bit I 81 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.879 don't know in my own head sometimes when we get 82 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.360 close to Derby, because you know, I don't know if 83 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:11.639 it's fomo, which is you don't know what that means, 84 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:13.360 it's fear of missing out. I'm not sure if it's 85 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:17.439 that or if it's you know, an insecurity that I have, 86 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:20.920 But like, I wish I was more into horse racing sometimes. 87 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.519 But again, over the years, I've just convinced myself that 88 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.720 there's really no scenario where I'll ever be super into it, 89 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.680 but other people are. You know, it kind of makes 90 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:30.639 me feel like, hey, you know, I wish I shared 91 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.199 that same interest that some people have. But I was 92 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:37.240 talking with Paul Miles earlier today, one of our our 93 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.240 phenomenal reporters over their own news radio eight forty whas, 94 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.040 and he was we were just talking about what the 95 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.160 Derby's kind of turned into, not necessarily just Derby season, 96 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.839 but the Kentucky the Kentucky Derby itself. And I was 97 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.600 just thinking, to the people who come here in their 98 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:55.480 private jets that land at Bowman Field or and you know, 99 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.439 stay for a few days, maybe they just come for 100 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.800 the Derby and then fly out, Like do they realize 101 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:03.279 that we do these things, like we have a steamboat race, 102 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.759 Like that's to me, that's you know, some would say 103 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:07.480 maybe that's kind of weird. I think it's kind of cool. 104 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.160 So as we get closer and closer to you know, 105 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.399 the actual Kentucky Derby, which it'll be here before you 106 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.560 know it, Derby Week's rolling along pretty quickly. I'm just 107 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:19.480 I'm just trying to take it all in, right, because 108 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.279 I can't match the level of love and passion that 109 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.959 some people have for horse racing. So I'm just trying to, 110 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:26.959 you know, embrace all the things that come with Derby. 111 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:34.279 And I mean we've got a balloon fest, hot air balloons, 112 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:35.879 so you know, it's not just a horse race. There's 113 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:37.560 a lot that comes with it. And it's a special, 114 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.879 special thing around here. I know I've said it many 115 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.360 times this week. I know I've said it many times 116 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.600 in years prior, but there's just something about being in 117 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:49.560 Louisville during the Kentucky Derby Festival season and. 118 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.240 It's it's good vibes, good energy, all right. 119 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.360 So a lot to get into here today, and I'm 120 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.920 not really sure where to start, but I feel like 121 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:03.839 this is going to be a thing for many, many 122 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.319 many years to come, this time of year where we 123 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:10.240 talk about something that we didn't talk about for, you know, 124 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.319 decades prior and what I mean is once you get 125 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.120 to the end of the college basketball season, that's whenever 126 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:24.199 everybody's attention shifts to the portal and NIL, because NIL 127 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:28.720 has led us to players sticking around in college basketball 128 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.040 longer than they ever used to. And there's some real 129 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:33.439 numbers that I want to get into here in just 130 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.759 a moment that I think really makes me feel more 131 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.160 confident in what I've been saying for a while, and 132 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.439 that is that you know, the new world here with 133 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.879 NIL and the transfer portal, meaning now you get paid 134 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.079 to play, and now with the portal, you can go 135 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.319 wherever you want, seemingly as many times as you want. 136 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:54.079 So what that has done is that has made college 137 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:59.480 basketball a much better product, not only because you know, 138 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.360 you guys sticking around longer, but because you got you've 139 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.160 got free agency essentially where you can just you know, 140 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.079 build a team from scratch, just like Pat Kelsey did 141 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.160 a year ago. Like that, that's that's good for the game. 142 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.680 And yeah, there's the downside of it, where you don't 143 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.759 get guys to stick around for four years. The four 144 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.560 year player is going to be a real rare thing 145 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.759 moving forward, and that is and you know that sucks However, 146 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.199 I still believe that if you're just looking at the 147 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:30.360 pros and cons, I mean, it's way more beneficial for 148 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:31.279 college basketball. 149 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:33.519 This new world is than detrimental. 150 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.040 And I you know, I'm somebody who loves college basketball, 151 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.519 so I certainly appreciate that. So again, I don't see 152 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:44.920 any change as far as what I guess late March 153 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:47.800 and really all of April is and that is where 154 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:49.680 you get a feel for what your team's gonna look 155 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:53.240 like the following season and the NBA Draft. I mean, 156 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:54.720 you used to have guys that would go to the 157 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:58.560 NBA Draft knowing like they would turn pro, enter their 158 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.560 name and draft and know that they didn't have any 159 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:04.720 real chance of getting drafted, right, but they just decided, Look, 160 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:07.079 I don't want to stick around in college anymore. You know, 161 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.480 I can come back and get my degree whenever I'm 162 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.879 twenty one years old, and I want to go ahead 163 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.519 and start my pro career now, because you know, when 164 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.399 you're a professional athlete, Let's be real, in most instances, 165 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.720 you can't do that for the same amount of time 166 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:27.079 that folks can do most jobs that they have. Right, 167 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.920 like God willing, I won't need to have any athleticism 168 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.000 or be in great shape to do this for as 169 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.200 long as they allow me to do it. If you're 170 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.200 a basketball player, you got a window. And if you 171 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.200 spend four years in college, yeah, it would probably be 172 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.840 a great experience. I doubt anybody would ever regret that experience. 173 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.360 I'm sure there are some examples, and yes, you would 174 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:50.720 get an education and you'd live a good lifestyle, right 175 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.000 if you're I mean before an il, before anybody was 176 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.519 getting paid to play as far as you know, name, 177 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:58.879 image and likeness, they were still living a pretty good life. 178 00:08:58.919 --> 00:08:59.080 Right. 179 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.679 They've got a I mean, these college athletes have nice 180 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:06.720 facilities they live in. They don't pay for health insurance. 181 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.480 I mean they're fed, and you actually even get like 182 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.799 a stipend, like the cost of attendance stipend. So like 183 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:13.960 even before that, you were still living a great lifestyle. 184 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.720 It wasn't as if you were out here just you know, 185 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:21.840 doing manual labor and being tortured, nothing like that. So 186 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.679 you know, like it would make sense that you would decide, hey, 187 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:31.080 you know, I'll come back and get my degree, because again, 188 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.240 why not go ahead and start making money and instead, 189 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:36.279 let's just say you've got a. 190 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:38.440 Ten year pro. 191 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.279 Let's say you're going to play till you're thirty two 192 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.679 years old, and by the time you get thirty three 193 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:44.879 or just you know, your body's not what it once 194 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.120 was and you no longer are playing at the level 195 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.919 to where you can earn a living doing it, G League. 196 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:51.720 Europe, wherever. 197 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:57.080 So if you left college at twenty you would have 198 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.720 had twelve years to do it. You leave college at 199 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.519 twenty three, you have less time. So again it's not 200 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.480 that big of a difference. But now you've got guys 201 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:10.039 that are turning down the NBA knowing that they would 202 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:14.320 get drafted, albeit maybe late first round, second round. They're 203 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:16.639 now turning that down to come back to college because 204 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:21.039 they're gonna make more money. So Draft Express put this 205 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:24.639 out earlier. Today, they're only one hundred and six players 206 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:28.120 that have entered the twenty twenty five NBA Draft, according 207 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.279 to the NBA's latest release. 208 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.440 This is the. 209 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:39.960 Lowest number of early entrants since twenty fifteen. And it's down. Yeah, 210 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.080 it's down from a peak of three hundred and sixty 211 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.840 three in twenty twenty one. Think about the timing here 212 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.559 in twenty twenty one, that was right before the NCAA's 213 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:53.360 NIL era officially started. So again, these numbers probably don't 214 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.799 really surprise you, but I just thought it was worth 215 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.919 sharing because again, I think of all the sports that 216 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.120 have you know, impact, been impacted differently with this new world, 217 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.679 I don't even think it's I don't think it's close. 218 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:11.639 College basketball has benefited from it more than any and 219 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.879 it's not just because of the obvious right that guys 220 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:19.600 stick around in college. You now have you know, guys 221 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:22.000 that are twenty two, twenty three, sometimes even older than 222 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.960 that playing and they're mature their experience. Maybe they don't 223 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.679 translate to the NBA, but you know, the product of 224 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:31.200 the game is good, and when you've got the portal, 225 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.600 you can go add guys that are twenty two, that 226 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.720 have played a bunch of college basketball that can come 227 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:38.559 in and really help you, you know, make a big 228 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:41.159 improvement from the year prior, or maybe even you know, 229 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.799 just sustain what you did the year prior. But let's 230 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:48.440 go back to where college basketball was before this happened. 231 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.240 I think I think it was suffering in a big way. 232 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:55.159 I mean, I'm gonna always love college hoops because you know, 233 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:57.679 that's just what we do around here. I mean, I 234 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:00.240 know not everybody probably is obsessed with it like I am, 235 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:04.639 but we're clearly a big college basketball market, both programs 236 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:06.360 here in town. I mean I think, let's I mean 237 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.080 in the state, I should say both Louisville and Kentucky. 238 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.799 Like when people think of our athletic programs, they think 239 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.360 of basketball, and I don't really see a scenario where 240 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:18.080 that we'll ever that will ever change. But you know, 241 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.600 when you've got top twenty five recruits coming in for 242 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:26.399 a year leaving, if they're one and dones, or guys 243 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.279 that stick around for a second year, because that's what 244 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.399 this wasn't. I mean, it wasn't widespread, but it was, 245 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.799 but it was growing. And what I'm talking about is 246 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:41.279 guys who weren't good enough to be you know, one 247 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.120 and dons right out of high school because they weren't 248 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.559 maybe they weren't developed yet, maybe they were still just 249 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.720 you know, all about potential. It wasn't about anything they 250 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.399 were actually ready to do and produce. So then you 251 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.559 would have guys that would come back for a second year. 252 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.320 And if you're a top twenty five recruit of McDonald's 253 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:00.559 All America and you're American and you're coming back for 254 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.960 a sophomore season, and it's because maybe your freshman season, 255 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.720 like you didn't you didn't really have a big role 256 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.159 because you weren't ready. Like it was almost as if 257 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.440 like you got to go pro after that year, because 258 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:12.919 at that point, if you keep sticking around in college 259 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:15.679 like you had no time to develop, I mean you did, 260 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:17.279 but you didn't want to. You would you would just 261 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:21.080 move on because guys who stuck around in college that 262 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:25.399 were really really highly regarded players. I mean, it was 263 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:27.159 viewed if you it was viewed that you were a 264 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:31.320 bust if you didn't leave early. And I just think, 265 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.120 you know, you go back to guys like DJ King, 266 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.279 Jalen Johnson for Louisville, I mean even EJ. Montgomery for Kentucky. 267 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:42.720 You know, clearly those guys weren't great. I think they 268 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:47.039 knew they were never going to make it to the NBA, 269 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.559 but they just decided to move on from college and 270 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.720 start their pro career. And look, maybe they don't regret 271 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:58.000 doing that, but there's also I think some level of 272 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.679 of of being worried that you're The longer you stick 273 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.440 in college, the more people were going to bring up 274 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.799 the fact that you were a McDonald's All American or 275 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.639 a top twenty five recruit, and if you're still in college, 276 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.720 it was just viewed as a bad thing that you 277 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.840 were a bust and you're you know, you know, your 278 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.679 story's over. Yeah, you're you're all right, you're decent, but hey, 279 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.960 they were really wrong about you. Will now, I mean, 280 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:23.600 you've got time to develop. I mean, because let's be real, 281 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.960 if you're not ready to play as a freshman and 282 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:26.799 you're at a high level, you're probably going to transfer 283 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.639 after your freshman season a to a program where you 284 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.120 can have a bigger opportunity. 285 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.360 So I just think it's it's. 286 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:38.879 Beneficial for literally everyone involved in college basketball. I mean, 287 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:42.399 I guess those that would probably say, hey, you're out 288 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:44.440 of your mind, this is killing us. It's probably the 289 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:48.879 mid majors, right, the coaches that are recruiting players and 290 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.639 developing them for a few years and then they're about 291 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.440 to enter a special season that they've been building for. 292 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.480 But then they're two best players. They leave because they 293 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.759 can go elsewhere and make more money, and they'd be 294 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.080 foolish not to do that. So yeah, I guess from 295 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:06.799 that aspect, there are some signs there are some downsides 296 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:09.960 of it, but they'll adapt, right, I mean, that's what 297 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:13.759 they have to do. I mean, it just sounds like something, 298 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.039 you know, unheard of, but I really don't think that 299 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.159 we're that far away from it being a very public 300 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:27.879 sales pitch from mid major and low D one programs 301 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.240 that we're selling you to come here and we'll give 302 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:34.519 you an opportunity right away and then you can get 303 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.440 the hell out. I mean again, think about that, a 304 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.639 coach selling you come here, you'll only be here for 305 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.519 a year, and then you can go. 306 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.320 To a better program. 307 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.960 Like that's just unheard of, and I'm sure that's not 308 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.200 going to be directly how it is, but that's probably 309 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.120 a good to an extent. I think that's probably a 310 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:51.519 good sales pitch because you know you can sell that. Hey, 311 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.960 with with coaches at the high majors now being able 312 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.960 to reload and add to their roster with grown experience 313 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.399 players that are twenty one, twenty two years old, most 314 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:05.799 coaches are choosing to do that, and I think that's 315 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:08.440 a trend that's only gonna grow. So you know, if 316 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.200 you're coaching at the low D one or mid major, 317 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.120 you can you know, you use that against those coaches, right, like, hey, yeah, 318 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.159 I know they offered you a scholarship, but let's be real, 319 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.279 you're gonna have to sit and wait for a long 320 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.240 time because they've got this guy back and that guy back, 321 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.679 and oh, by the way, they brought in two guys 322 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.840 that play on the wing just like you. So why 323 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.039 don't you come here. Yeah, it's not the SEC, it's 324 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.919 not the Big Ten, it's not the ACC. But you'll 325 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:35.639 get minutes, you'll put up big numbers, and then when 326 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.759 you hit the portal the next year, you'll have everybody 327 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.480 calling you again. I mean, I doubt that that will 328 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:43.799 be like the direct sales pitch, but I feel like 329 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.159 that's what you should do if you want to, you know, 330 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.759 I mean, if you're gonna make this work, because if 331 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.879 you just try to, you know, I mean again, you 332 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:53.759 could try whatever you want to keep guys to stay, 333 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.240 but it's just not realistic. You can't pay, and the 334 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.519 nil situation is just gonna be just gonna be much different. So, 335 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.559 I mean, I used to kind of worry about the 336 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.839 future of college basketball because you know, the product wasn't 337 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:10.240 great and you needed guys like Zion Williamson and Anthony 338 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:15.400 Davis to really bring eyeballs to the sport because you know, 339 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:19.000 of the product, meaning guys that everybody knew were probably 340 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.000 going to be stars in the NBA. And you can 341 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.480 tell when you watch them play for programs like Duke 342 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:25.920 in Kentucky. But you know, you don't get those guys 343 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.440 very often. That's a pretty rare thing. Well, now maybe 344 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.720 you don't have I mean, Cooper Flag was certainly a big, 345 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.680 big deal this year. But I think even though you know, 346 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.920 you may not have a guy that's viewed as just 347 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.440 this can't miss NBA prospect like Cooper Flag was the product. 348 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.759 When I say product, I mean the game like it's competitive, 349 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:46.599 you have you know, and there's a lot of parody too. 350 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.759 I mean that's another factor that I think makes it 351 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.359 a benefit to college basketball, meaning the new world that 352 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.119 we are, that we that we're in now with the 353 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.160 with nil and with with the portal. So I just thought, 354 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.519 you know, I just thought that number. I mean, that's 355 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.039 pretty crazy to see only one hundred and six players 356 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.559 enter the draft when just four years ago, right before 357 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:09.359 you get paid to play three hundred and sixty three 358 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.720 innered And another thing to keep in mind of the 359 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.079 one hundred and six that have entered this year, there's 360 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:15.960 many of them that know they're coming back to school 361 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:17.839 or at least probably expect to come back to school 362 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.920 because they're just going through this process to get the 363 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.720 experience and maybe get some good feedback from the NBA. 364 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.960 Like Otaga away at Kentucky, I mean, I think the 365 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.960 expectation is he's back for Kentucky next year, but he's 366 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.839 considered in one of those one oh six. And also 367 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:34.480 there's also guys from across across the pond in Europe 368 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:38.880 and other countries, international players that have entered the draft. 369 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:43.279 So again, I don't know if this proof. 370 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.279 I'm sure some would say, you know, they don't notice 371 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:47.480 much of a difference, but for me, like this is 372 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.119 this is a good thing. And yeah, it's not really 373 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:54.480 college basketball anymore. It's professional basketball, just you know, a 374 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.079 different version of it compared to the NBA. All Right, 375 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.680 a lot we're going to get into today, so make 376 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.960 sure you stick around. 377 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:04.680 The ACC. Uh, they decided at least they're looking. 378 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.079 Into doing something that I think would benefit the league 379 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.319 that I want to get to. Although I do have 380 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:12.720 a complaint about the ACC and I know I complain 381 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.519 about the ACC a lot, But I think if you have, 382 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:16.319 if you don't know where I'm going stick around, I 383 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:19.759 think you'll agree that there's reason to complain about what 384 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:21.680 they're just what they're going to do with some type 385 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.480 of ACC basketball scheduling change involving Louisville. So we can 386 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:28.519 get into that. Also, haven't talked about it much as 387 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:30.720 we get closer and closer to Derby, but Pat Kelsey 388 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:33.039 has a horse named after him. That's got to be 389 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.799 one of those things that you don't really think about 390 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:38.559 when you take the Louisville job, but you know, then 391 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:40.119 it happens and you're like, yeah, I guess this is 392 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:42.440 one of the perks at coaching at a place, you know, 393 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.759 like Louisville where they happen to have Churchill downs at 394 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:47.640 the Kentucky Derby. So we can get into all that 395 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.960 and a lot more. 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