WEBVTT 1 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.560 Well here we are back here. Happy UFL Week eight. 2 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.240 Let me bring in John Lewis here. We're back tuesday. 3 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:43.159 How that we got We were going to do one 4 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:45.359 last week and I said maybe, and then you were 5 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:48.719 traveling and then we were working, and then we did 6 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.240 not do it. But we're back here today. Someone I 7 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:53.719 think it was on Twitter stead I like the schedule 8 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:54.960 better in the last two weeks. 9 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.520 Wait, buddy, that's not very then they're not watching right 10 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.039 now out right. 11 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:02.479 Now we're back here. 12 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.480 We were talking already ahead of time John's pilgrimage to 13 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:06.120 Saint Louis. 14 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.480 We'll talk through all of that stuff. We have, Mike Mitchell. 15 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.799 We have all the TV ratings, we have everything else, 16 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:13.599 we have all the attendance, all of those things. We're 17 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.760 even gonna talk about Dustin and Roll retros and all 18 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:17.599 of that. I have exciting things to talk through all that. 19 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:18.760 But John, how are you? 20 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:19.879 It's been two weeks. 21 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.079 You were out of town for Mother's Day, right, and 22 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:24.760 then we were gonna do it and then I just 23 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:25.719 got lazy last week. 24 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:26.879 Sorry, So how are you doing here? 25 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:28.400 I'm doing good. 26 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.640 I mean we've had like two really good weeks of 27 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.519 football here now, I know, you know, the next two 28 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.560 weeks might not matter a lot because the playoffs are set, 29 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:39.040 but I'm optimistic about what we might see these next 30 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.680 two weeks because it's going to be a challenge for 31 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:44.439 you know, these players want to get taped. These coaches 32 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:46.079 are going to try to help them. I mean, we 33 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:48.560 we might see some quarterbacks that we never thought we 34 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.719 would see all season, so there's there's still things for 35 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:53.840 them to play for. So I'm still looking forward to 36 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.159 the next two weeks, but I'm ready for the playoffs. 37 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.719 We yeah, not allowed to mean in the next couple 38 00:01:59.719 --> 00:01:59.959 of weeks. 39 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.760 We joked, I really feel like I'm pretty caught up 40 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:04.799 right now on UFL for some weeks, like I've been 41 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.560 traveling and whatever. And even last week when I knew 42 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.280 we were in the show, we were joking. Dorothy comes 43 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.840 downstairs and I'm watching and texting you in the group chat, 44 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.240 and she's like, well, I thought I think we were 45 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.400 doing the show. I'm like one theory, like I still 46 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.680 joy blocking the games. I'm like texting it's really you. 47 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:22.960 It's really like texting you. I need to get you 48 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.400 back on Twitter, and then the group chat. It's really 49 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:26.840 the only thing that is keeping me one of these 50 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:28.400 days me involved in all this stuff. 51 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.840 We'll get through all that stuff. So anyway, like and subscribe. 52 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.960 You know, we we had a people upset and like 53 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.919 I came up. We made someone mad and then they 54 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.120 pulled a bunch of subs. They said the stream fell off. 55 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:43.000 But here we are. 56 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:44.680 I think I think we're doing our best. 57 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.319 John, before we get started, like and subscribe, now, I 58 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.400 did want to tell this story. Like and subscribe, give 59 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.400 us up to four thousand subscribers. John has his code 60 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:55.159 jls P role retros, right, So we're gonna do that 61 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:57.560 because I finally got and I'm going to pick it 62 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:58.120 up Friday. 63 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.400 But I got my I texted John this though. 64 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.599 I got my custom made Randy Land Randy Rose ran 65 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:07.159 a jersey for the Maritors courtesy of help with. 66 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.719 Dust In the world retros. So this is the front here. 67 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:12.719 You can see kind of the it's the guy that 68 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:14.919 we do him kind of does a mishmash of you 69 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.759 see the world series logo on there. I kind of 70 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.400 sourced all this stuff, but you see that green M 71 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.800 and e there source from a Team Mexico replica that 72 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:24.039 Dustin kind of helped me. 73 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.800 Basically just sold me. The sold me the jerseys without 74 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:29.680 the letter or the letters without the jersey. So I 75 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.759 thought that was pretty cool. John, what do you think 76 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:32.039 of this? 77 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.879 Armand is not it's not jealous, But Jim Mullen gave 78 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:37.599 me the thumbs up. 79 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.319 Far Han just gave me a laugh. So what do 80 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:40.039 you make of this? 81 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:40.840 I like it. 82 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.879 I mean, especially if you're into, like, you know, kidnapping notes, 83 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:45.919 it looks awesome. But no, I love I'll have all 84 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:47.960 the different letters and the way you got it laid out. 85 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:48.960 I think that's really cool. 86 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:50.000 Yeah, it's cool. 87 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.280 So anyway, so I used John's code that you know 88 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.240 JLS over there on Dustin can't make you this, but 89 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.560 he can help you source. But you can buy jerseys 90 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:58.960 through there and then we're gonna give to y. See 91 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:03.159 it's all connected. Subscribe, give it thumbs up, use John's code, 92 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.479 do all that stuff. Yeah, Pat checking in here. Yeah, 93 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:10.599 lots of officiating. And I was about it was last week. 94 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:12.599 I think I was about ready to charge the TV 95 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:14.159 and then we didn't do the show. 96 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.160 But I was like very upset with the Mike. 97 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.519 Prayer and all that, very upset with Dean Blandino and 98 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.879 everything else. So we'll get to all of that stuff. 99 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:25.079 Good games here this weekend. We had the split squad Saturday, 100 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.120 but overall really exciting games. I thought the Saturday game 101 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:33.040 was awesome. Trigger warning for Seahawks fans For the Sunday game. 102 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:35.279 I texted John as he was traveling back from Saint 103 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.680 Louis for that one with Louis Brez's pass, What did 104 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:39.000 you make it? I mean, I thought it was great. 105 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.519 I just had it had a blast kind of watching 106 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:40.920 the games. 107 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:43.319 I mean, it was a great game. Yeah, you gave 108 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.160 me the fair warning there, the trigger warning because I 109 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.800 came back and I started to watch the game. 110 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.279 After we got back from Saint Louis. My wife had had. 111 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.680 Enough of UFL football, so she sent me to the 112 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:53.720 basement to watch the game. 113 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:57.120 But yeah, I was like, I it was just shocking 114 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:57.360 to me. 115 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.839 I mean, as and if you if you guys watched 116 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.639 and educating, if you don't, you should, like Pat really 117 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.519 broke it down. I mean simply, that's not something that 118 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.879 you see from Louis Perez and you just can't do 119 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:09.759 that and win games. 120 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:10.639 And I don't know. 121 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.600 If it was miscommunication, if it was he was, you know, 122 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:16.480 just called his own number decide what to do. 123 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.439 I just don't know. I was shocked. 124 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.199 But leading up to that, it was an incredible game still, 125 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:23.160 I mean, it was still an incredible game, and just 126 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:24.959 what a wild way to finish. And it was a 127 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:27.480 lot like you know, with Saint Louis and Birmingham, It's like, 128 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.000 that's not what you expected. We thought it would be 129 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.360 a defensive game. There was some huge plays from Birmingham 130 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:36.560 and then they ended up losing on a fumble. 131 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:37.920 It was just it was a wild weekend. 132 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:38.720 Yeah. 133 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:42.560 May may or may not surprise you, but I tend 134 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:44.839 to be very vocal sometimes watching games. 135 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:46.040 It's very. 136 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.120 I have a clip of her that it's not safe 137 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:50.759 for any bride. 138 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.600 But I when Louis Perez through that, I had just 139 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.439 come upstairs. I was finishing that, you know, I was 140 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.000 finishing my ride. I got the game my laptop and 141 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.240 I literally just set it down on the I mean 142 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:05.839 island to go get coffee, and I screamed out loud. 143 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.279 She literally came in, she goes, what is happening? I 144 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.480 just it was really wild, really exciting. Because we can 145 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.560 get to all of that stuff. Let's do first off, 146 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.560 because we have a comment here Mike's talking about TV ratings, 147 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:21.399 Let's do all of that. 148 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.240 First off, how do I do? Did I? 149 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:23.680 Here we go? 150 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:26.600 I of course I got rid of the one and 151 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:27.800 then we'll do that. But here we go. 152 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.160 So, first off TV ratings, we had the Friday game yesterday, 153 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.399 and then everything else came out with that five seventy 154 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.480 three for Friday split window on Fox, the five ninety one, 155 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.680 and then nine to seventy three ABC for that the 156 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.920 Sunday game. Mike's comment was just ABC really killing Foxes 157 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.319 ratings this year. I have lots of thoughts about that, 158 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:50.120 But what's your thoughts? 159 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.360 Well, my thought is Fox has got to figure out 160 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:55.879 if this Friday night thing, They've got to figure out 161 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:57.959 what the flex is now. I know there were a 162 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.360 lot of fans that would be upset, but he knew 163 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:02.600 at least a week ahead of time, or even longer 164 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.480 than that, Saint Louis Birmingham is going to be a 165 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:07.600 better game than you know, Memphis San Antonio as far 166 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.759 as matchups go. I mean, that game actually ended up 167 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.959 being an incredible game, went to overtime, it was crazy. 168 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.680 But you're I just don't think that you're gonna get 169 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:20.160 as many fans to watch that game on a Friday 170 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:22.439 night than if you had moved you know, Birmingham and 171 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.759 Saint Louis to that night. Now thankfully they didn't because 172 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.199 I was at the game the next day. But yeah, 173 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.879 I to me, those Fox ratings, that's not sustainable. I 174 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:35.040 don't you know, you can get five hundred thousand to 175 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.040 watch a rerun of whatever Fox show you've got there, 176 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.000 so you you know, you can put on a rerun 177 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.199 of Mass Singer and get and get probably more than that. 178 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.199 So they've got to really look at that. There are 179 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.319 three things that there are a couple of things they 180 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.040 got to look at. The UFL has to look at 181 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:53.360 and with Fox or those Friday night games and the 182 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:56.079 ratings and how to make that better. And then they've 183 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.720 got to shore up a couple of these franchises. But 184 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.480 you're right, like ABC man, and I don't I don't 185 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:03.319 think this was any kind of positive spin that Mike 186 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:04.000 was trying to put on. 187 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:04.959 And I think it was true. 188 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.240 It ended up being one of the higher rated games 189 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.519 and actually peaked at over a million. So I mean 190 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:12.800 that you had that many eyeballs, I think that's that 191 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:16.519 that's just great. And I don't understand the split broadcast window. 192 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.399 I don't know if anybody's figured that out, if there's 193 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:21.480 a reason for that, but that doesn't make sense to me. 194 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:25.079 When I can explain all that, okay, hit me, I 195 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:26.000 would love to know. 196 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.199 Well, yeah, so, first of you, I did like the 197 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.360 mic spin of like again I joke with my you know, 198 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.399 it was like the highest rated game of the season. 199 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.919 And then we also had some Yeah that's fine. 200 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.159 So I look at the Fox Friday thing, that's its 201 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.759 own thing, right, that's it, that's separate one. And then 202 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:43.879 we have the split game thing that's issue too, and 203 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:46.360 then we have the Fox first ABC thing. I think 204 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:51.240 it's wild a that the the normal Fox games with 205 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:54.120 ABC is being hurt so bad, like because this is 206 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.279 all like this is Fox's brainchild, right, like, Hey. 207 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.039 We're going to start the USFL and bring this. 208 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.559 In and do all this, and then meanwhile, you know ABC, 209 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.159 you know ESPN's doing a lot of that heavy lifting, 210 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:06.000 and then they get these ABC and now we can 211 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.320 talk about the NB you know that movie. Uh uh 212 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.080 that then moving the game to ABC for to the NBA, 213 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:15.440 which I bet is why that game peaked At the 214 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.759 end of the ratings, Mike Mitchell and the UFL and 215 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.559 brass That's why. And this is why I peaked at 216 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.440 the end and not the beginning, is because it was 217 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.240 leading into the NBA pregum. But they got to figure 218 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:30.320 that out. Yeah, because Fox, they're taking it in the 219 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.039 bath here where that's like this is their baby, like 220 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.759 this was their whole, Like let's get Brian and let's 221 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.080 do the USFL, we got the Spring League, let's do 222 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.480 all this. And then yeah, ABC is just well, we're 223 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.120 just kind of broadcasting some games. 224 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:42.440 Uh. 225 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.639 For the split window, I will say I saw I 226 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.799 think it was Zach with newsroom posted the map. It 227 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.440 showed Texas and then whether it would have been Texas 228 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.679 and Michigan right for the or what, Yeah, it would 229 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.759 have been like there was only two. It was a 230 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:01.240 very limited split window. Mostly everyone got this Nat Lewis game. 231 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:05.200 I saw the map, and then the reason why Fox 232 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:05.679 does that. 233 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.840 Is so they can say, we'll see we had two games. 234 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.120 They had two Fox games on two different games got 235 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:13.519 Maine Fox slots, even though one only got shown in 236 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:14.519 five percent of the country. 237 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:15.440 That's why they do that. 238 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:18.600 I don't know that that helps build a league. At 239 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:20.559 my I mean you can pad your staffs. I guess, 240 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:22.519 so you still got five hundred ninety one thousand that 241 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:25.039 you pulled put out on Nielsen. So I mean to me, 242 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:29.080 I don't know, but I will say the people that 243 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.080 actually watch both those games, but I mean pretty decent. 244 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:34.919 Yeah, who is pat saying? 245 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.720 And the comments are on fire. There's a new option 246 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.679 that I can like show this, like show the comments 247 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.159 I think live as they come in. I don't trust that. 248 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:44.759 I don't trust. 249 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.159 I get it. Well, they are really heating up here. 250 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.559 You're right, but no. 251 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:53.679 But anyway, so for that regard, but I will say. 252 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:59.440 I I would take the ABC Sunday rating with a 253 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:01.600 grain of salt because of that. Because of that peak, 254 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.919 we had a doula on here. The NBA countdown lead 255 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:07.320 in the reason for the game was over. So you know, 256 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.639 it is what it is and you're not going to 257 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.000 quibble over any of that. The USFL did that right 258 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:14.720 season two when they let in the indie Indy car 259 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:15.639 ask I don't know. 260 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:18.679 When Kentucky derby NBC Kentucky. 261 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.399 Yeah, it blew up and they were like, we had 262 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:23.960 like a million, one point five million viewers. 263 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.919 Oh it had I think it had too million million, 264 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:27.879 it was huge. 265 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.279 They lead in for that and that's what you need 266 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:32.159 to do, but they don't. 267 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:35.519 I mean, you know, we're talking here and we'll move 268 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:35.960 on here. 269 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.600 But uh, you know, there's a lot of comments like 270 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:42.120 why are they on this slot or why are John 271 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.200 We can't even schedule the home games in our playoffs 272 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:45.600 where we want to have them, so like you know 273 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.759 what I mean, And I'm not saying that for slight 274 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.360 I mean, I you know, I mean, I try it. 275 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:52.159 It's the same with me. 276 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.600 Like I could probably ask to interview a lot of 277 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.120 people on the show, and then there's a lot of 278 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.639 people that will probably say no because like you you know, 279 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:00.720 but you're just where you are and league you got 280 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.159 to kind of know you're picking or any other big takeaway. 281 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:04.639 I don't want to do like an hour on. 282 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.159 This, but anything else because we don't normally have the 283 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.039 full the full picture there. But oh yeah, I'd be 284 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.120 super happy with the ABC but Fox two of the 285 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.000 issues there from. 286 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:14.519 That Friday Night is still rough. 287 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.200 Yeah, they got to work on that, it is, and 288 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:21.320 you know, eventually, I think, you know, I think there 289 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.440 will be a twenty twenty six season. I think there's 290 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.320 gonna be some maybe some wholesale changes here. And if 291 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.799 they continue to do the Fox Friday Night, I can't 292 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:32.320 imagine that Fox doesn't say, Okay, we want to flex 293 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.679 at least a few of these games after maybe Week 294 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.879 five or something like that. 295 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.159 Here's the question. So I guess, yes, we are. 296 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:42.279 Technically we've confirmed the twenty six season, right, they sent 297 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:46.279 out there there you can buy season tickets now, right, 298 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.600 you can pre buy season tickets for twenty six And 299 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.519 then I have another news item. But does that change 300 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.240 your life at all? Or is that just status quo? 301 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:01.159 Uh No, I mean, you can take deposits and sell 302 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:05.360 season tickets, but are I mean, are we really thinking 303 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.320 that there's going to be a team in Houston or 304 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.399 in Memphis next year? I mean, I don't know. I 305 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.720 mean that you're going to get that deposit back. I 306 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.159 don't know how that works. I you know, I would 307 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.320 love I hope there is. I mean, but they've got 308 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:18.399 they got to they gotta fix some things there. But no, 309 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:21.320 I mean the short answer is that it really doesn't. 310 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.240 I mean, it's good. But also, you know, something that 311 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.879 you and I had talked about before is remember when 312 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.279 we all knew with this merger that some teams are 313 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.000 going to be out and they're signing players and they're 314 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.000 hiring coaches, and we're like, as you said, this seems 315 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.879 disingenuous because we knew none of this was gonna happen. 316 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.840 Well and no, I mean the reason I ask, and 317 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:42.559 I don't mean to be facetious, but I do. 318 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.720 Sometimes we get these news stories like. 319 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.360 You know, Specialists, you know, Specialist showcase announced for next year, 320 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.159 and it's like, well, there you go, like, you know, 321 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.480 whatever can so you know that that might change your lot. 322 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.200 I don't you know, it might make you feel better. 323 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:58.200 That's why I'm asking. I was bought into. You know, 324 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.799 I got my dragons, what was it? I guess I 325 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:04.320 got my dragons money back when COVID happened, right, And 326 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:08.080 then I think for my Sea dragons, I think we 327 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.960 had paid in for the next year, and I think 328 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.840 we got our money back. 329 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.440 I'm trying to remember. I couldn't. 330 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:15.519 It was right at that line where like we were committed, 331 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.679 you know, it happened, right. I feel like we paid 332 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.120 our money and it was quickly refunded or we didn't. 333 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.879 It was right before we paid it. 334 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:24.720 I mean I hope it doesn't get to that point, 335 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:27.120 but you got to. You gotta think the UFL's already 336 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.799 have has been having some talks behind the scenes, and 337 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.399 we haven't heard a lot about expansion either. 338 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.480 So the other quick story and Pat I think had 339 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:38.639 tweeted it with some of the work that Pat does 340 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.799 with his school for coaching. But the UFL is doing 341 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.480 these like offseason local I had the list. I don't 342 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:46.960 know if they I was seeing if I could bring 343 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.960 it up on like the computer. I just got the email. 344 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.600 I don't think we have a let me see if 345 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.200 I can do that, but I just think it's cool 346 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.279 to kind of be do more outreach that way and 347 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:57.320 kind of brings more any thoughts on that. 348 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.639 I want to see if I can pull that up 349 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.039 real quest. 350 00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.960 Yeah, I think that's great. 351 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.480 It gets the UFL out in the community, and places 352 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.679 like Memphis have been getting out in the community and 353 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.200 you're seeing a lot more of that. Talking to some 354 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:10.960 people still like in Birmingham and some other markets that 355 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.039 the marketing there, the outreaches that there, but these but 356 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.480 there are a lot of markets that are doing this 357 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:17.679 and I love seeing Yeah, this, I love seeing the 358 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.200 UFL do this in their markets. That's really that's really. 359 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.919 Cool one hundred percent. And just because I've been on 360 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.840 here in a couple of weeks, this is great. You 361 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:28.159 have all the locations here, we're doing one you know, 362 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.360 in every city, hosted by the teams. You know, let's 363 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.320 get some of the players out to be involved in that. 364 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:37.000 And then also I just got another email from the 365 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:40.679 Showboats with the story for Boogie Roberts. And I know 366 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.799 that the Renegades have done a really good job too 367 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.639 with doing David over there, with the Renegades running some 368 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.120 of their socials posting stories every I just wanted to 369 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.320 make sure because I did complain about that, like maybe 370 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.120 a month or so ago, like it was in me, 371 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.879 I would have one. 372 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.120 Of these stories every week. So there's two teams that 373 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:58.399 are doing that, So that's great. 374 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.559 No, I think these youth are great because that one 375 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:04.679 thing that separates to me, that separates the UFL from 376 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:08.000 a lot of leagues is it's accessible. And these kinds 377 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.039 of camps, you know, these are hands on, These are 378 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.559 kids that get to go there, and then it's not 379 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:14.519 going to completely break the bank if you want to 380 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:16.360 take your kids to one of the games. Now the 381 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.000 tickets prices are a little bit higher, but you can, 382 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.639 you know, you can still go to a game and 383 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:23.840 it's affordable, and you know, you build a base. It 384 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.519 makes the parents feel good, It certainly makes the kids excited. 385 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.919 But when you can get out and you know you 386 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.039 can touch these players and you can talk to them 387 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.559 and it's one on one and in these markets, I mean, 388 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.960 there's no loss on this. 389 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:38.159 This is all. This is all a win win situation. 390 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.200 We had one comment here, We'll do y uh, We'll 391 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.200 do attendance and then we'll move on. Need more memes 392 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.879 and bigger in between the teams. I will stay And 393 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.440 I agree with this where Mike Mitchell and we were 394 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.960 talking even in our group chat this week that uh, 395 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.000 I can't remember. 396 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.679 It was a big McLendon had. 397 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:58.240 A completion for a touchdown and you know, the caption 398 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.759 was like my nay, and Mike was like, this is 399 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.519 such an impressive like could we please like it? Just 400 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.160 it found very lame kind of Twitter posting. And I 401 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.200