WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.320 Is Michael Garfer. Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield's joining in the 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.640 high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with a high 3 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:13.800 Tech Texans. 4 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.000 To make life easier, new technology, and Michael Garfield has 5 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:19.320 something you might like. 6 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 7 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.280 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 8 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.479 iHeartRadio add now you're high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield. 9 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.840 If we had any budget for bump music or songs, 10 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:54.479 without a doubt, we'd start this show with one Shining Moment, which, 11 00:00:54.719 --> 00:01:00.079 by the way, the greatest sports song ever made. It 12 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:05.079 is final four weekend. This is the high Tech Texan Show. Yes, terrestrially, 13 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:09.480 We're on Houston and KPRC Radio, Dallas Talk Radio eleven 14 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:14.159 ninety and San Antonio News Radio twelve hundred WAI And 15 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:19.560 guess what you are listening plausibly live from San Antonio 16 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.760 taking the show on the road. What is up, my 17 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:27.840 San Antonioites? San Antonio ons SA keeps We are here 18 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.560 because I am a sports nut. Yes, I know it's 19 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.280 kind of a consumer technology type of show, but listen. 20 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.280 If you have listened to my show for well over 21 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.040 twenty years. I talk about anything I want to. And 22 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.040 if there is a big event, a big sporting event somewhere, 23 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.719 certainly in the United States, and absolutely in the great 24 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.439 state of Texas, odds are I'm there. I am here. 25 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.920 Love to hear your call, San Antonio. I need me 26 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.719 some breakfast, tacos and some casadillas and everything. Even though 27 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.799 I've been to San Antonio many times. It is time 28 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:02.280 to hoop it up. And how ironic that the University 29 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.159 of Houston cou guys where I live in Houston, happened 30 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.520 to be playing this week for just the first time, 31 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:12.599 my friend, since two thousand and eight, and the second 32 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:17.319 time in NCAA tournament history. The final four teams here 33 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:22.080 all number one seeds. It is Houston versus Duke. It 34 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.919 is Florida versus Auburn. The Gators. Last week they booked 35 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.680 their spot with a memorable Elite eight comeback against Texas Tech. 36 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.159 Would have been awesome to have even another Texas team 37 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:36.159 in there. Duke very dominant in shutting down Alabama and 38 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.479 h down. They bullied those number two Tennessee balls. Auburn 39 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.599 pulled away from Michigan State. How about that it is 40 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.439 tip off on Saturday. One shining moment will be Monday night. 41 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:49.199 I got a lot of time to kill and play 42 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.280 around in San Antonio, and I do hope I see 43 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.439 you for some reason. You see me walking around the 44 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.159 Alamoe Dome, all the pregames, the Henry B. Gunns a 45 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:01.800 Les Convention Center, walking down the river walk. Come over, 46 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.199 say hi, you know what I look like? Google me. 47 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:06.439 I got a lot of hair, that's me. Odds are 48 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:08.199 I'm gonna have a cocktail in my hand. Yes, we 49 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.360 could talk about that, but there are other things to 50 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:16.039 yap about, including we are still terra free from listening 51 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.599 to this radio show. Doesn't cost you anything, at least 52 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.120 as it right now. iHeartRadio keeps it free to listen 53 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:26.560 to me over the year. And also on the podcast 54 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.360 no I Am gonna talk about tariffs very big week, 55 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.439 which does impact a lot of the things that I 56 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:34.639 do talk about. I do talk a lot about vehicles 57 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:37.759 and cars. Whoo, people, I hope you took my advice 58 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.599 last week. I gave you a countdown man, because the 59 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.319 price of cars, at least temporarily probably gonna go up 60 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:48.680 a little, along with computers and phones and televisions, groceries, 61 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:50.759 and a lot of things. Listen, I'm trying not to 62 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.240 get into politics. This is what it is, and I 63 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:56.159 hate that term. But what are we gonna do. We're 64 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.479 gonna suck it up, We're gonna bend over whatever we're 65 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.039 gonna do. But I will tell you what this means 66 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:03.120 in the short term and what it could mean in 67 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:07.560 the long term about purchasing some products. If you've got questions, Hey, 68 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:09.919 last I check. We still are able to take phone 69 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:13.319 calls thanks to our good friends Callum and Will back 70 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.519 in studio. Here it comes three four six twenty nine 71 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.920 Texan three four six two nine t e x A 72 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.319 in call say Hi, give me your suggestions. Where should 73 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.160 we hang and drink? Prequel? I know I'm gonna be. 74 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.680 I got a few pre game parties, just you know 75 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.199 what else to do in San Antonio. Actually hopping up 76 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.959 to Austin Monday morning to do some Fox seven TV. 77 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:40.480 So I'm going to be I'm driving the highways and 78 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.800 byways of the state of Texas, which I do love. 79 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:47.319 Speaking of which, testing a lot of vehicles lately. This 80 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:52.800 week I am in a twenty twenty five Ford Explore. 81 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.360 I don't do a lot of Fords but it got 82 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.079 me from Houston to San Antonio quite well. It is 83 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.800 very company, It's got some neat techn I'll give you 84 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.480 a quick play by play on that. But also one 85 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.639 of my favorite vehicles. And I'll talk about this maybe 86 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.959 my second hour. Every week I get the test drive 87 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.319 a vehicle, not from a dealership. I work directly with 88 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.600 the manufacturers. You know this. I don't get paid to 89 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.439 do it. It is just content so I can just 90 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.279 rag on them and I could love on them too. 91 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:21.319 Nissan one of if not and listen, I have worked 92 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.279 with Nissan, not work with I've been the recipient of 93 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:29.759 letting me, along with some other automobile journalist, utilize test 94 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:35.959 drive vehicles for fifteen years. I probably I don't think 95 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.639 I've been more excited or more pleased to be in 96 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:42.120 a Nissan vehicle that I was last week. I was 97 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.399 in a twenty twenty five Nissan Armada. I've long said 98 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.800 that the Nissan Armada, pound for pound and I'm talking 99 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.800 dollar for dollar, is one of the best deals you 100 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.720 could get for a three row vehicle. All right. It 101 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:59.279 is big, all right, the same platform as it's sister 102 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.560 company in Infinity, in the Infinity QX series, but I 103 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.399 was in the Nissan or Model, but this one was 104 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:09.480 pimped out. This was the Nissan or Model Pro four x, 105 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.240 which generally they do on their upper model when they 106 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.639 used to have the Nissan Titan the pickup trucks. But 107 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:20.120 there was very little, if anything, I did not like 108 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.519 about this Nissan or Model Pro for Rex. I will 109 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:24.759 talk about that. I'll give you the price if you're 110 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.519 looking really for any tips when it comes to any 111 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.399 type of vehicle. And yes, I do sports cars, I 112 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:35.319 do evs, I do mini vans, do I do cuvs, 113 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.160 I do Sedan's. I'll give you the play by play. 114 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.399 I'll also later this this show talk about Yeah, I'm 115 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.279 gonna talk about another Texas based company, text Tesla had 116 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.879 a little slump. Not making fun of anything, but Tesla 117 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.319 had a little slump and been their production and their 118 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.319 sales this past month and it looks like they continue 119 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.279 to slide. I'll let you decide if you want an EV, 120 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.600 but I will give you my thoughts that. So those 121 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:02.920 are the things that we're going to talk about, along 122 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:08.439 with kids who wants the new Nintendo Switch to announced 123 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.360 earlier this week. It's not coming out until June. I'm 124 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.040 gonna give you or your parents the details and also 125 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.800 maybe some tips of how to buy or how to 126 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.560 get on the waiting list for one of these things. 127 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.920 Something tells me that this Nintendo is going to be 128 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:24.959 like back in the days when some of those early 129 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:28.120 Nintendo's were released, you know, the home gaming systems, and 130 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.160 they were hard to find, they were scarce, you had 131 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.639 to wait in line forever, you had to get them 132 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:35.959 on the secondary market. This may be just as big 133 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:38.399 in terms of the specs that I saw in this 134 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:42.439 Nintendo switch to, which is very, very big. So I've 135 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.480 got that when we come back, we're going to talk 136 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.800 a little bit more sports, especially if you're an NFL fan. 137 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.160 And trust me, this does have to do a technology. 138 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.360 NFL had an owner's meeting this week in the NFL. Finally, 139 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.360 and I mean finally, they are adopting a key piece 140 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:04.040 of technology that has long frustrated many fans. We'll see 141 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:06.800 how it plays out this coming football season, but I 142 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:08.800 gotta give it up to Roger Goodell and the owners 143 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:11.600 were finally saying, you know what the technology is there, 144 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:13.519 maybe we're gonna try it. I'll tell you what that is. 145 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.240 We're gonna have so much fun. All right, Final four 146 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.199 right here in San Antonio and heard all across Texas. 147 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.240 Michael Garfield, he named it is the that's right, high 148 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:43.799 Tech Texan Show. 149 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.799 What happens if I actually sang a song that we're 150 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.799 not licensed to play. I'm looking at Callum Calum Raid. 151 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:53.200 He is running the board and he does so much 152 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:55.039 here at our radio stations to keep the High Tech 153 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:58.399 Texans Show running. Welcome back, Michael Garfield is the name. 154 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:01.759 I want to play one Shining Moment. We can't, Callum, 155 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.960 we can't do that. I heart just did we just 156 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:09.279 it's it's the podcasting licensing or something. Because my show, 157 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:13.440 which is heard over the air in Houston and San Antotio, 158 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.320 in Dallas back of the day, Man, I could just 159 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:19.919 tell you, Calum, remember this, I said, hey, play this song, 160 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.600 play this song out anything. But now it's like, oh no, 161 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.799 we're going to repodcast this thing. We don't have rights. 162 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:30.480 Come on, man, One shining moment will be crowned Monday night, 163 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.879 right here in San Antonio where we're doing the show, 164 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.120 just this weekend. I am based in Houston, but I 165 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:38.840 am a big sports fan. If there's a big sporting event. 166 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.559 I'm generally there, so I will be there rooting. Yes, 167 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.279 I have a rooting interest. I'm rooting for the University 168 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:47.480 of Houston Cougar's number one. It's the Texas team. One 169 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:50.000 of my three sons graduated from the University of Houston. 170 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:53.360 I'm based in Houston, and so so let's go Koog's. 171 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:56.799 So we shall see how that plays out. Phone number 172 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.720 here where you can beg Callum to actually play real songs. 173 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:02.840 I doubt he's going to do it. Three four six 174 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.639 two nine Texan. Spell the whole thing out. Three four 175 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:10.519 six twenty nine Texan. You can ask me anything. Well, 176 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.000 you know, I don't care. Listen. I we're on a 177 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.120 seven second delay. Ask me anything. We can either bleep 178 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:15.519 you out or I'm just not going to pick up 179 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:20.000 the foam. Speaking of sports and speaking of technology, which 180 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.600 I actually kind of kind kind of was if there's 181 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:25.440 one sport that I that is it for me and 182 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.480 I think mostly Texans too, if not the country, it's football. 183 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:32.120 We're football football fanatics. Y. San Antonio does not currently 184 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.559 have an NFL team. I know Houston, does, I know Dallas? 185 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:38.120 Does that? The cities that I broadcast in San Antonio. 186 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:40.720 I know the Cowboys used to practice they back of 187 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:42.720 the early two thousands. They used to hold their training 188 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:45.879 camp here for a little while Austin. They actually held 189 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.720 their training camp in Austin, just up the road, not 190 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:51.600 too long ago. So I know we're football freaks. One 191 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:55.000 of the things that I think people NFL fans kind 192 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.759 of a number of things they you know, first of all, 193 00:10:57.799 --> 00:10:59.840 I think the they think the NFL roots for the 194 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.639 Kansas City Chiefs. They're pulling for this, they pull for 195 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:06.559 superstars or Taylor Swift. They think it's you know, scripted 196 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:11.000 or whatever. But for years, and actually since the dawning 197 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.120 of the NFL and football, you know, started what in 198 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.960 the nineteen twenties, nineteen thirties up in the the Ohio 199 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:20.759 and the Pittsburgh era, when you measure ten yards for 200 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:27.000 a first down, it is done by two people the 201 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:31.039 chain gang. There is a ten yard chain that when 202 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.080 the ball is moved and it is placed by the 203 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.360 referee and it's close to a first down, they bring 204 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:42.919 this ten yards and yard chain out and they guestimate, 205 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.960 and they guesstimate whether it is well. Listen, there has 206 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.879 been Listen, there is technology right now that could tell 207 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.559 in baseball if there's a ball or strike. There is 208 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.320 technology a long time in tennis called the Hawkeye camera 209 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:59.840 where they could tell if the ball hits the line 210 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:03.679 or out of the line. Of all the cameras, the 211 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:06.799 high end, the four K, the eight K cameras that 212 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:11.200 are in use in football stadiums, how come they can't 213 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.519 use that system to tell where the ball should be placed. 214 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.799 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the twenty first freaking century. 215 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:21.519 Because starting with this year's football season, just to prove 216 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.919 this week by the NFL owners, the NFL is going 217 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:30.639 to use Sony's Hawkeye cameras to measure the line to gain. 218 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.320 And this is the process that that chain gang has 219 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.039 done manually for decades and decades. These are eight K 220 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.320 cameras and they're going to use virtual measurement technology to 221 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.519 I love this quickly, and I'm using air quotes quickly 222 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.200 and accurately. I can probably use air quotes on that 223 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.720 one too, determine whether the ball traveled ten yards for 224 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.279 that first down. Now, let me explain how this works, 225 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.519 all right, I know you're getting excited. Maybe I don't know. 226 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.440 The Hawkeye system it's made up of six eight K 227 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.159 cameras that use optical tracking to determine the ball's position. 228 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.360 So when the officials receive a measurement, the system is 229 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:14.960 going to create a digital recreation of the measurement that 230 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.519 the NFL is going to show inside the stadium. Oh, 231 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:18.960 I can't wait for that. There's gonna be a lot 232 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:23.879 of booze. But also on TV now, measuring the ball 233 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.519 with the system, they say it takes around thirty seconds, 234 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:30.200 which the NFL says is forty seconds less than the 235 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.879 Chain Gang takes. Because the Changgang has to go out 236 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.159 to the middle of the field, They've got to run 237 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.720 off the field. Now, this does not spell the end 238 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.679 as of now of the Chain Gang. They're still going 239 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.840 to remain in the field for the secondary capacity, which 240 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.919 is actually good because I actually know a dude in 241 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.320 Houston who is part of the Chang Gang. His name 242 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.399 is Joe Good Dude. I always see him in the 243 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:54.799 background of the Texans games. He works for the Houston 244 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.039 Texans sidelines of the gang. I was scared for his job, 245 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.000 But he's still going to be there along with everybody 246 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.960 us with the secondary capacity. Now, how long is that 247 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:05.080 going to last? We don't know whether you knew this 248 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:08.399 or not. The NFL began testing this hawkeye last year. 249 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:12.919 It will be deployed in all of the US NFL 250 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:16.559 stadiums and the international venues that the NFL plays in. 251 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:22.919 So many already works with the NFL to power multi 252 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:28.399 angle replay technology and whatever thoughts on this, just as 253 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.879 you think it still could be manipulated three four six 254 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.639 twenty nine. Texan. I'm a football fan, I am a 255 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.879 proponent of technology. Hints the name of my moniker, hints 256 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:41.919 the name of the show, the High Tech Texan. If 257 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:50.000 technology exists, use it. It's not costing us the consumer, 258 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:55.279 the viewer anything really in the short term to watch it, 259 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.960 even though the cost of our cable in whatever, the YouTube, 260 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:04.159 TV and everything going up. But utilize this thing. Is 261 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.799 this the end all be all? No, I want to 262 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.559 see how this works. This is a little different moving 263 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:17.320 a ball of football and placing it where it absolutely 264 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.519 finished its forward progress. It's different than measuring where a 265 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:25.600 tennis ball lands. When a tennis ball lands, there generally 266 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:30.279 is no player around it. You've got two players at 267 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.200 any given time, and that's it on a tennis court. 268 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.200 And so we've got cameras surrounding on the line, so 269 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:40.320 there's no person really blocking it. On a football field, 270 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:46.159 you've got twenty two players, you've got at least what 271 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.919 three to four officials, Then you've got the sideline officials. 272 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.320 And if you've got a fourth and short, down and 273 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.519 short and you're just trying to do a push push 274 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.039 or something which also may be illegal too, we don't 275 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:59.559 know that yet. And you're at the line of scrimmage 276 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.000 and you've got eleven twelve guys just on top of 277 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:05.120 each other. I don't care how many cameras you got, 278 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.679 how are they gonna know exactly where it is? Now 279 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:13.320 to me, if you want absolute and I think the 280 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:18.720 NFL has tried this, and you need to put an 281 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:23.840 RFID chip inside the ball. Now, listen. R FID chip okay, 282 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.440 radio frequency identification. This is the chip that goes in 283 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.799 toll tags. This is the chip that goes and a 284 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.639 lot of the tags that are on clothing tags to 285 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.240 know if you're walking in and out of stores or 286 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:35.639 everything like that. They're very small, they are very lightweight. 287 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:40.279 You can embed these, let's just say in football, okay, 288 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:45.440 then at one but you know exactly where that ball 289 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.120 stops where the ball goes. You can see how fast 290 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.000 that ball is moving, which means how fast it's thrown, 291 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.720 how fast a runner is actually running with it. However, 292 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.320 you need to put that chip in all points of 293 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:02.919 the ball because that football is oblong, right, and then 294 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.920 is it on the point of the football that is 295 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:07.640 on the ford part? Is the point of the football 296 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.000 is in the back part? You need it exactly it's 297 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:14.160 going to get there. This is a it's a good step. 298 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:16.400 It's a little bit more than a baby step. But 299 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.119 I'm giving some DAP to the NFL. There's your technology. 300 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.480 I can't wait. This is how bad I'm missing football. 301 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.160 Before we get to a break, man, I'll tell you what. 302 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:29.799 Once one shiny moment plays late Monday night after the 303 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.200 final game, and then Natty is handed over to one 304 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.119 of the four teams that are playing here in San Antonio, 305 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.240 my next five months are It's pretty sad. I'm not 306 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:45.359 the biggest baseball fan. NBA basketball, yes, I'll watch it 307 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.200 as it gets towards the finals. Hockey, I'm a Texan, 308 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:51.319 so now just doesn't work for me. Soccer ain't happening. 309 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.720 I mean, we live for football, people, and the fact 310 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:56.960 is this is I'm yapping about football here when I'm 311 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.960 sitting here getting ready to go inside the Alibu, don't 312 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.359 to watch tip off of the final for I'm still 313 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:04.880 talking about football. Thoughts on this. When we come back, 314 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:07.119 all right, I'm going to talk about the tariffs. I 315 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.960 know you've been waiting for this tariffs earlier this week 316 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:14.359 by the folks in our government who run our country. 317 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:17.920 Right now, how does this impact you? How does this 318 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.039 impact cars? Now? How does it impact telephones, TVs and 319 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:24.839 everything else that are that are imported? And we have 320 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.640 a lot of imported technology that we utilize. We'll talk 321 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:31.160 about that. Plasher calls three four, six, twenty nine Texans 322 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.960 visit the Ident Texan Show. Michael Gardfield is the name 323 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:55.839 I'm going to you from that final four city of 324 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:00.240 San Antonio. What's up san Antonians? Someone correct? Is the 325 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.880 San Antonians or San Antonio Rights? And I'm being respectful. 326 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:05.359 I love San Antonio. It is a fun, fun city 327 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.319 to visit. One of my best friends lives here in 328 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:10.920 San Antonio. I'm originally from Dallas. I've lived in Houston 329 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:13.960 for thirty years now. My show is heard in San Antonio. 330 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.960 W o A. I twelve hundred, also in Dallas and 331 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.960 Houston too. I don't come here enough. This it's at Riverwalk. 332 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.000 It really is a good city, which which is why 333 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:26.519 big events like the Final Four come to San Antonio. 334 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.319 So if you're out about pregame and and if you're 335 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:31.720 if you know me, if you got my text, text 336 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:34.480 text me up. If not, you can find me or 337 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.400 DM me find me on Instagram or Twitter, slash x 338 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:42.720 blue sky or threads whatever you got high tech text 339 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.079 and h I G H T E C h T 340 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.440 e x A n go poops. That's who I am 341 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:54.400 rooting for this this Final four weekend four tickets aren't cheat, however, 342 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.359 one of the few things right now, at least this 343 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.680 weekend that I don't think has a terra fun tickets 344 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:05.240 to sporting events don't think have tarifts tariffs, But I'm 345 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.519 not sure, and it is time to talk about this 346 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.359 thing because I'm getting a lot of questions. I did 347 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.880 a number of different media hits this past week because 348 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:20.240 tariffs are very very closely associated with technological products. Yes, 349 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:25.119 automobiles and everything. I talk about everything I review, I'm 350 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:28.160 talking phones, I'm talking TVs. I mean, it's just so 351 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:34.680 many things made holy or made in part from outside 352 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.559 the country. And so let's see if I could break 353 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:40.599 this down for you. Okay, and again, not a political guy, 354 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:43.079 I'm honestly not. If you've listened to my show for 355 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:46.640 well over twenty years. I'm an American citizen. Love me 356 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:49.119 some America. In the long run, I hope what's going 357 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:55.680 on helps America, helps jobs, helps manufacturing. So despite the 358 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:57.720 fact that the stock market's kind of tanking after these 359 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:00.359 announcements and things are going down, I got hope people. 360 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:03.200 I am an optimist, I really really am. So after 361 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:10.759 months of delays, your president had this contentious tariff barrage 362 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:13.200 now in effect. That was earlier this week. It was 363 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:19.240 a liberation day. Libertad, libertad. I'm also a scarface fanto. 364 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.240 So. 365 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.680 President Trump proposed a wide variety of steep tariffs during 366 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.799 his re election bid, and it looks like they came 367 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:37.799 to fruition tariffs against China. For example. It prompted Acer, 368 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:43.279 which makes laptops already to announce impending price hikes, and 369 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:46.200 there's similar price increases from other companies expected soon on 370 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:51.640 things like smartphones and laptops and tablets and TVs. Saw 371 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:58.680 recent report popular insurance comparison site. It's called insurify. It predicted, 372 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:02.200 based on whatever data they had, that tariff's in Canada 373 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.480 and Mexico could cause an eight percent increase in auto 374 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:07.519 insurance insurance costs by the end of twenty twenty five. 375 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.119 I haven't got to the cars itself yet, So questions, 376 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:15.000 what exactly are these terriffs? Why is all this such 377 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.759 a frenzy? More to the point which I'm getting specifically, Hey, Michael, 378 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.599 what do they mean for the prices you're going to 379 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.400 see when crossing things off your shopping list? Here's my 380 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:27.160 quick answer, expect to pay more for at least some 381 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:33.119 goods and services. Hey, what exactly is it? Tariff? I'm 382 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.000 really going to take you to school over here? All right? 383 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:37.920 Tariff one oh one? I did some research. A tariff 384 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.240 is attack and the cost of importing and exporting goods 385 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.839 by a particular country. Therefore, a sixty percent tarify on 386 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:50.160 Chinese imports would be a sixty percent tax on the 387 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:58.480 price of importing computer components from China. Right, So well, 388 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:03.079 Trump actually deployed tariffs and is notably against China, and 389 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.200 he ramped up his plans even more significantly promising sixty 390 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.599 percent tariffs against China and a universal twenty percent tariff 391 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:13.079 on all ports into the US. Now he stopped short 392 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.039 of there. I think he went roughly around thirty or 393 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.680 thirty four percent when he announced it earlier this week. 394 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:24.480 But who pays the cost of this tariff? Who pays 395 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:27.799 the cost of this I remember when he was campaigning, 396 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:30.559 Trump repeatedly claimed that the country from which an imported 397 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.319 good is coming pays the cost of the tariffs, and 398 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:37.839 then Americans would not see any price increase from them. However, 399 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:44.039 economist fact checkers said not always the case. Now, the 400 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:48.000 company's importing the goods pay the higher cost. But there's 401 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.079