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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are just now joining us, you'll never believe this.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the first hour, I once again was not

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<v Speaker 2>was not at my best when it comes to clock management,

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<v Speaker 2>which is why we h we had to make a

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<v Speaker 2>decision and thanks to the one and only radio Rick Ryder,

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<v Speaker 2>who made the right call. We had gone too long.

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<v Speaker 2>Better off to just double up those breaks and finish

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<v Speaker 2>strong and have you know, two hours where I'll have

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<v Speaker 2>more opportunities to, you know, improve when it comes to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, getting break whenever, whenever, whenever I'm supposed to.

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<v Speaker 2>But at least today maybe you'll understand that that it

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<v Speaker 2>was a little bit more difficult to do because I

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<v Speaker 2>did start the show by sharing some news that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really excited about. And I'll try my best to

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<v Speaker 2>condense this much more, making much more shorter than than

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<v Speaker 2>than what we had in the first first segment in

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<v Speaker 2>the three o'clock hour. But I went on this morning

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<v Speaker 2>with Tony Cruz on news Radio eight forty whas and

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<v Speaker 2>he introduced me as the new host to take over

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<v Speaker 2>for him as the host Town Kentucky had his morning

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<v Speaker 2>news when he retires at the end of this month.

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<v Speaker 3>So that is the news.

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<v Speaker 2>After roughly just under ten years here at seven ninety

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<v Speaker 2>I I'll be moving on, and I'm excited. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thrilled for the opportunity. Still can't believe that I

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<v Speaker 2>have this opportunity, and I'm gonna do my best to to.

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<v Speaker 3>Make it work.

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<v Speaker 2>Right with an opportunity like this, I mean, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do everything. I'm gonna make it work or die try.

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<v Speaker 2>And that'll h That's really kind of my mindset. So

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be a different job. Honestly, I'm still working in broadcasting,

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<v Speaker 2>still working for the same company. However, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>much different type of radio show. And again, despite it

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<v Speaker 2>being different, it's exciting to me. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a challenge, but I am very much looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are many of you that have said on the

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<v Speaker 2>text line since I shared this last hour that you

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<v Speaker 2>really never envisioned me wanting to do anything other than

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<v Speaker 2>talking about sports, which I hear you. I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the same way. I never really even had thought about

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<v Speaker 2>it until it was put on my radar well over

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<v Speaker 2>a year ago that like maybe down the line when

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<v Speaker 2>Tony gets to retirement, would would you be considered would

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<v Speaker 2>you consider doing something like that if the opportunity was there.

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<v Speaker 2>And at the time, I was thinking, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a big opportunity. That's that's clearly calmbing up the ladder,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in this industry that is broadcasting in radio.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, how would it work?

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<v Speaker 2>And over time, you know, reflection, I realize I've I've

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<v Speaker 2>grown up and you know, you don't have to. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't act like sports talk is just for people who

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<v Speaker 2>aren't grown up, because you know that's not the case

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<v Speaker 2>really at all. But over time, I you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>now realize I do have interest and I really do

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy talking about things that aren't just sports. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I have thoughts on things that are very important that

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<v Speaker 2>have nothing to do with sports, that of course other

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<v Speaker 2>people are interested in as well. And you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>news talk format is a big opportunity. And again we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about eight forty whas a legendary station, not only

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<v Speaker 2>in this market when it comes to radio, but in

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<v Speaker 2>the region and really just in talk radio in general.

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<v Speaker 2>So that is the news I'll be finishing up these

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<v Speaker 2>next two weeks here and as far as what becomes

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<v Speaker 2>of this time slot on this station, I really don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a clue and I'm not really entitled to know,

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<v Speaker 2>but certainly if they do give me some information to

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<v Speaker 2>pass along at some point, I will let you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll at least let them know what I think

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<v Speaker 2>could work and hope they would consider. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if they don't, that's their call, not mine, and they

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<v Speaker 2>know way more about what goes into those decisions than

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<v Speaker 2>I do. So when I do have information, I'll let

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<v Speaker 2>you know. But what I'm going to do now is

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<v Speaker 2>just make the most out of out of these last

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks, which you know I I mean and

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<v Speaker 2>when I say it, I grew up really not knowing

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot of what like sports radio was. I've

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<v Speaker 2>told this story before, but like my first memory of

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<v Speaker 2>hearing people talking about sports on the radio was on

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<v Speaker 2>news radio eight forty whas and I was probably when

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the car with my dad or my

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<v Speaker 2>mom and they had HS on, and it was Lochlan

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<v Speaker 2>McClain or Tony Cruz, probably Tony at the time when

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<v Speaker 2>I was younger, talking about the big stories in sports

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<v Speaker 2>and I just remember thinking like I didn't. I never

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<v Speaker 2>knew it was a thing to where you could talk

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<v Speaker 2>about Louisville in Kentucky, basketball and football on the radio

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<v Speaker 2>like this is cool. It introduced me to you know, really,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess talk radio in general. And then when I

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<v Speaker 2>was about seventeen, eighteen years old, I suppose around that

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<v Speaker 2>time when I had my first car. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>Ford Escort ZX two. It's just an Escort, but I

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<v Speaker 2>would tell people ZX two and they would like, what's that?

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like? That sounds fancy? And it was just

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<v Speaker 2>a specific version of a Ford Escort. It wasn' anything crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, it was my first car, and I

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<v Speaker 2>would listen to AM radio. Friends would get in the

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<v Speaker 2>car and be like, what what is your radio broke?

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<v Speaker 3>What is this? This? This isn't music, This isn't you

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<v Speaker 3>know what is this?

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<v Speaker 2>So at that point I realized what seven ninety was.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember listening to the app Juno Underdogs with

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<v Speaker 2>Tony ven Eddie and Adam Neft and thinking, man, this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is cool. They're talking about you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>local teams that I you know that I care a

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<v Speaker 2>lot about, mostly Louisville and you know, obviously they would

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<v Speaker 2>talk Kentucky as well, and fans would call in, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just I kind of fell in love with the whole,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, culture of local sports talk radio. And then

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<v Speaker 2>I got a chance to listen to Joby and Denny

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<v Speaker 2>and how great it was to hear those guys tell stories.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's really when I got to listen more to

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Jennings and to Tony Cruz when they sort of

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback that show. And then I really fell in love

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<v Speaker 2>with the Jim Rome Show, just because that was a

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<v Speaker 2>different world as far as understanding the entertainment component that

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<v Speaker 2>comes with with sports radio.

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<v Speaker 3>And I mean, I just I was hooked. I loved it.

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<v Speaker 2>It helped me get through drives, It helped me get

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<v Speaker 2>through you know, work days, depending upon you know what

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<v Speaker 2>time of the year it was. And there was no

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<v Speaker 2>podcasting at this point, so you know, you would uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you you you'd only listen live and that

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<v Speaker 2>was really the only way you could get it. But

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<v Speaker 2>I I fell in love with it without any any

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<v Speaker 2>even thought or dream, Hey, that's what I want to do,

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<v Speaker 2>because I didn't even know what you what, how you

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<v Speaker 2>would even get into something like that to be honest

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<v Speaker 3>So I was hooked.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I decided to you know, create a website

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<v Speaker 2>and just give my own perspective as a fan about

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<v Speaker 2>the team I love and I'm and probably overly obsessed with.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's and that's U of L. And then podcasting

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<v Speaker 2>became some somewhat of a thing. And then I got

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to uh to work in local radio here

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<v Speaker 2>in this market by a great friend UH named Dugan Ryan,

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<v Speaker 2>who you know first gave me the opportunity. And I

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<v Speaker 2>realized right away that I wasn't necessarily just doing because

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<v Speaker 2>it was cool to talk about my team like I

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<v Speaker 2>really liked it. I really, you know, I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>do I wanted to just get repetition. I would do shows.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you had told me nobody was listening, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I still would have wanted to do it because I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get better at it. I wanted to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, cut my teeth if you will in what

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<v Speaker 2>this is. So you know I care so this station specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean again, it's what introduced me to what this is.

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<v Speaker 2>It was always a dream to ever get an opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to be on this specific station and now that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just under ten years here in three different

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<v Speaker 2>day parts from middays to mornings to now afternoons. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's something that I try not to never take.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to never take it for granted. Live in

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<v Speaker 2>the moment, because it could be gone at any moment.

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<v Speaker 2>You just never know when your last show is going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. So because of that, it's kind of hit

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<v Speaker 2>me as I'm making this move to eight forty whas

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<v Speaker 2>that wow, like, what a what an awesome run it was.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't mean to say like it was super

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<v Speaker 2>successful or anything like that. I mean hopefully it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It clearly was good enough to where they didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of me. But just to be able to have

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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity like it has been a dream come true.

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<v Speaker 2>And I suppose what I was able to do with

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<v Speaker 2>you know, this opportunity here has somehow gotten me another

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity that I'd be foolish to pass up on, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is taking over for Tony Cruz on news Radio

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<v Speaker 2>eight forty whas. So I'm not gonna get sappy and

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<v Speaker 2>emotional at least now, but maybe it'll happen here and

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<v Speaker 2>there because I just I love this station. I always

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<v Speaker 2>will and it's not dying. I mean, it's not going anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still going to be here, but I won't be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of it like I have been for every

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<v Speaker 2>day for a huge chunk of my life. And that's also,

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<v Speaker 2>as I got ready this week to have this news

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<v Speaker 2>put out there and tried to figure out, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my thoughts and how I wanted to talk about it

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<v Speaker 2>with you guys. But you know, I'm thirty six, so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not like super young, but I'm also not you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what I am. I'm in that in

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<v Speaker 2>between range. I'm not young, but I'm not old, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, ten years roughly, I mean, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>big part of that's a big part of somebody's life, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And I think regardless of how old you how how

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<v Speaker 2>long you live, ten years is not a small amount

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<v Speaker 2>of time.

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<v Speaker 3>Really for anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't think, And I've had about that amount of

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<v Speaker 2>time here doing something that again every day is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a times it felt like a dream. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to make the most out of the time that

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it has been. And I've always struggled for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time at really telling people kind of this, this

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<v Speaker 2>what the experience is of Coffee and Company, because obviously

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<v Speaker 2>we do talk sports. We talk a lot about the

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<v Speaker 2>local teams. Clearly I'm a Louisville fan, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>it'd be foolish of me to do a show and

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<v Speaker 2>just ignore the rival. It'd be foolish of me to

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<v Speaker 2>do a show and not at you know, I can

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<v Speaker 2>clearly let you know where my allegiance is, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>all U of l and I hope you can't lose

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<v Speaker 2>this because they're the rival. But I'll also be willing

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<v Speaker 2>to acknowledge and always have been that, you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>they're good, I got to say it. Why would I

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<v Speaker 2>lie to myself and anybody else that's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>things that, like we all know, is not true, just

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<v Speaker 2>We are not sure exactly how to describe what this

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<v Speaker 2>I would hope for a long time, and I appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you greatly, I really do. So, yeah, that's that's the news.

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<v Speaker 2>If you missed it earlier that you know, some people

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm leaving here after the end of this month. My

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<v Speaker 1>Sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>It ends a beautiful thing. But I don't I would

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<v Speaker 2>with Tony and Scott Fitzgerald and Will Clark and those guys,

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<v Speaker 2>because as I'm you know, wiping the sleep out of

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<v Speaker 2>off Bishop Lane, these guys have already been on the

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<v Speaker 2>air for you know, over an hour, and they've already

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<v Speaker 2>it's much different now.

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<v Speaker 3>Rick.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you have filled in on all of our

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<v Speaker 2>I mean three would you have when you come in

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<v Speaker 2>but like what would be like if you became Not

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<v Speaker 2>to say you would ever sign up for it, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you know you wouldn't want it. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>you got to you don't want to wake up that early.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you were to be filling in for a week, like,

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<v Speaker 2>what time would you set your alarm?

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<v Speaker 4>If I was doing the early morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, five am start time, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Would get up at three o'clock in the morning. God,

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<v Speaker 4>I usually tried to go. I usually aimed at going

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<v Speaker 4>to bed at nine or nine thirty. But you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's hard for me to try to fall asleep that

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<v Speaker 4>early in the evening, So I really would.

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<v Speaker 3>Here not off till after ten. Yeah, I'm with you,

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<v Speaker 3>And I always made.

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<v Speaker 4>It a point once it was over with and I

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of hours. That really, that really energized me

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad you said that, because I I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>a napper. I have a tough time falling asleep in general,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm sure I won't now that I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>be getting up so early, which will be good. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>just be natural that I need to just lay down

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<v Speaker 2>and go to sleep or I'm going to fall over.

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<v Speaker 2>But when it comes to naps, like I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>been studies that show. You know, you got to find

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<v Speaker 2>meaning not during what time of the day, but like

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<v Speaker 2>how long you sleep, and everybody's is probably different to

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<v Speaker 2>where like if I was to take a nap and

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<v Speaker 2>four hours, I would wake up probably grumpy. I would

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<v Speaker 2>probably look around, like what planet am I on? What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>How did I fall asleep for that long? And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I usually I've never felt better after a nap, which

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<v Speaker 2>has always kept me from wanting to take them. But

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<v Speaker 2>like it'll probably be pretty pretty routine to where I

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<v Speaker 2>can get just enough shut eye to where I've energized

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<v Speaker 2>myself to finish the day. And that way, when I

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<v Speaker 2>do have you know, like dinner in the evening with

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<v Speaker 2>the family at six o'clock, I'm not falling over. So

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be some adjustments on my end. But yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>with you, Rick, I think just the in everybody's lifestyle

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<v Speaker 2>is different. Everybody's you know, it's different. But for me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's never really at any point in my adult life

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<v Speaker 2>for sure that I would be like an early bedtime.

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<v Speaker 3>Guy, right exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean when I went from when I went from

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<v Speaker 2>mid days to two mornings. I remember thinking, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, now I do have to get up earlier

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<v Speaker 2>I really never adjusted my like I've never at any

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<v Speaker 2>point adjusted my sleep schedule as far as when I

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed. Now, clearly I got less sleep when

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<v Speaker 2>I was on in the mornings, but I was able

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna it's gonna work itself out regardless of what

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do. If I still try to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed at midnight, but I'm getting up at three,

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<v Speaker 2>there'll be no decision about how late you're staying up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to pass out. That's that's what's gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I filled in for about three or four days

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<v Speaker 2>during the holiday season, which was when really whenever I

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<v Speaker 2>guess on a trial run around that time, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was fun. I really enjoyed it. But I didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>any big adjustments because it wasn't at that point. It

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't like it was some big change, but Man, I

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<v Speaker 2>remember thinking like, oh, this isn't bad. It's like two o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't. You know, you could convince me I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even get up at three o'clock or three thirty or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it was. But man, once I got to like

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm just sitting in It's almost like I was

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<v Speaker 2>just so mentally got there that I couldn't fall asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll try on my end to make some adjustments to

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<v Speaker 2>make it easier, but some of these things are just

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<v Speaker 2>going to work themselves out, because you know, your body

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<v Speaker 4>So well, when I was in top forty radio back

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<v Speaker 4>in the seventies and eighties, I worked at a couple

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<v Speaker 2>I could pick your brain on this forever, just because

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<v Speaker 2>that's such a different world now, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I did the all light show at one station

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<v Speaker 4>for about two years, and that was like getting in

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<v Speaker 3>Eleven o'clock at night. Oh man, I had to.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'd go home and maybe turn the TV on

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<v Speaker 4>and watch the early TV news shows for an hour.

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<v Speaker 3>Or so, kind of decompressed.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and then I'd finally get to bed and I'd

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<v Speaker 4>sleep till maybe two or three in the afternoon. But

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<v Speaker 4>I always still felt tired no matter whether I.

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<v Speaker 3>Got it was a constant. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I could get eight ten hours of sleep sleeping during

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<v Speaker 4>the day, and I'd get up and I'd still be tired.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that to me tells me that I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's different. But like I think if I was doing

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you ever adjust to word. It just

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<v Speaker 2>seems like you're always at any moment you feel like

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<v Speaker 3>And I I mean, I.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I obviously have not worked in broadcasting in

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<v Speaker 2>in the seventies and eighties. But you know, I'm still

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<v Speaker 2>about it. I you know, I'm I'm a nerd for it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I h I forgot that that was even kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a thing back in that day. Now when it

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<v Speaker 2>from seven to ten. You know, sometimes I would have

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<v Speaker 2>a night where I didn't get much sleep, and I knew, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, let's go get a let's go get a

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<v Speaker 2>good show in as best we can, and then you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just know, I've got a little bit of time where

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<v Speaker 2>I can go home and get a few hours sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>But once you just get done probably with a lot

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<v Speaker 2>what I guess it depends on kind of what you

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<v Speaker 2>do for work. But certainly when you're in radio, you're on,

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<v Speaker 2>like you always have to be on. Therefore it's not

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<v Speaker 2>it's not routine to just call it a day at

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<v Speaker 2>you know, nine am, and then go to bed like it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why it would try take me a little while,

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<v Speaker 2>so again it'll be an adjustment, but really really looking

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<v Speaker 2>forward to it, all right. So coming up here on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side, we'll talk about the breakdown as far

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<v Speaker 2>as how the ACC is going to distribute the TV

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<v Speaker 2>seem I feel like this could be something for the

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<v Speaker 2>where the ACC is a trendsetter and they are in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, doing something that other conferences will will also

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<v Speaker 2>it seems as if just as there was momentum for

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<v Speaker 2>not have some type of favoritism for Alabama and the

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<v Speaker 2>SEC and that's not a care flaw, that's just I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's human nature. So with all that said, now that

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<v Speaker 2>there's been some push to have some other representation, Cody Campbell,

426
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<v Speaker 2>the guy who's a billionaire now after selling his oil company,

427
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<v Speaker 2>and he's the big booster for Texas Tech, you know,

428
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<v Speaker 2>it sounds as if maybe Saban is saying, we don't

429
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<v Speaker 2>need this Commission on College Sports because it will it

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<v Speaker 2>will do what needs to be done, which is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>representation from you know, more than just the big ten

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<v Speaker 2>in the SEC. I mean, I don't know who it

433
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<v Speaker 2>would be, but someone to sort of oversee the Commission

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<v Speaker 2>on College Sports as Trump labeled it, someone to do

435
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<v Speaker 2>that that is absolutely neutral. They don't have a deep

436
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<v Speaker 2>connection or affiliation with a specific school and a specific

437
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<v Speaker 2>conference because I mean, again, a lot of times it's

438
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<v Speaker 2>viewed as a criticism, a real flaw if you are

439
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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you're not totally objective. But human nature

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<v Speaker 2>makes it to where it's impossible for people to not

441
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<v Speaker 2>let the human element get in the way one way

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<v Speaker 2>or the other. Like some people will be so aware

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<v Speaker 2>of like hey, I don't want to show favoritism towards

444
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<v Speaker 2>this league, or this team because you know I have

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<v Speaker 2>a connection. So then they'll mo to over to really

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<v Speaker 2>you know is anti their affiliation more so because they're

448
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<v Speaker 2>overthinking it. So again, it's hard to find people that

449
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<v Speaker 2>are completely neutral objective to where there's no agendas. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's what's needed here for the Commission on College Sports

451
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<v Speaker 2>and the college Football playoff, so we can get into

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<v Speaker 2>two different texts have come in that are kind of

474
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<v Speaker 2>the same question, and I don't have an answer for you, unfortunately.

475
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<v Speaker 2>But obviously the situation with Ali Khalifa being denied a

476
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<v Speaker 2>fourth year of eligibility. You know, the more that that

477
00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:17.160
<v Speaker 2>story was out there, the more national reaction you got.

478
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<v Speaker 2>And I don't want to mislead you, is if it's

479
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<v Speaker 2>become one of the biggest talking points in college basketball.

480
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<v Speaker 2>That's not the case, but it does seem as if

481
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<v Speaker 2>nobody can make any sense of the nc doubleak the

482
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<v Speaker 2>making a legitimate case that he's not worthy of playing

483
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<v Speaker 2>a fourth year given his situation, and that probably shouldn't

484
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<v Speaker 2>change my you know, my outlook on it. And what

485
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<v Speaker 2>I mean by that is I don't want to give

486
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<v Speaker 2>my hopes up. I hope that the NCAA does the

487
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<v Speaker 2>right thing and they realize that of all people to

488
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<v Speaker 2>to to really stick it to and not give them

489
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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity to have a fourth year. Like, what about

490
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<v Speaker 2>his situation in any way makes him somebody that they would,

491
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<v Speaker 2>you know, ruin his career. I mean, that's that's essentially

492
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<v Speaker 2>what they would do. So the we'll see. I mean again,

493
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<v Speaker 2>I'm hopeful because of common sense, But the NCAA has

494
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<v Speaker 2>done a lot of things, made a lot of bad

495
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<v Speaker 2>decisions over the years that nobody can make any sense

496
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<v Speaker 2>out of. Therefore, you know, maybe they do in fact

497
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<v Speaker 2>lack common sense from top to bottom. But here's what's just,

498
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<v Speaker 2>you know, you say it out loud, and it's like

499
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<v Speaker 2>what his five year clock started in a year that

500
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<v Speaker 2>nobody had held against them when it comes to eligibility.

501
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<v Speaker 2>Nobody guys who played thirty plus games that year in

502
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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty twenty twenty one, that didn't count. But Allie's

503
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<v Speaker 2>clock starts in that year when he didn't play a second. So,

504
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what has me feel and confident is just

505
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<v Speaker 2>knowing how insanely stupid the decision was initially, and surely

506
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<v Speaker 2>they'll look at it and realize that they made a

507
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<v Speaker 2>mistake and that they you know, they need to make

508
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<v Speaker 2>make it right.

509
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<v Speaker 3>So that's the hope, and I do leave.

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<v Speaker 2>You know again, I'm just just guessing like anybody else,

511
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<v Speaker 2>but I think that it'll it'll get worked out. I

512
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<v Speaker 2>guess more than anything, you worry about the timing because

513
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<v Speaker 2>you just never know when the NCAA is going to

514
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<v Speaker 2>do anything right. They're unpredictable in a variety of ways.

515
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<v Speaker 2>But more than anything timing. I mean, it's almost criminal

516
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<v Speaker 2>as to what Louisville Basketball had to go through during

517
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<v Speaker 2>the process of their last NCUBA investigation. And I don't

518
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<v Speaker 2>mean like because they were, but the time make no sense.

519
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<v Speaker 2>It is you as an organization, as an entity, have

520
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<v Speaker 2>no justification in any way for it to be a

521
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<v Speaker 2>what I mean four or five How long did it

522
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<v Speaker 2>take to get closure on the NCAA case with Brian Bowen.

523
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we had a coach come here and coach

524
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<v Speaker 2>for three and a half years, and it was ongoing

525
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<v Speaker 2>when he arrived, and when he left there was still

526
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<v Speaker 2>no closure. I mean, that might have been one of

527
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<v Speaker 2>the last interviews I had with coach mac at the

528
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<v Speaker 2>ACC basketball media day going into I guess it was

529
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<v Speaker 2>his final season, you know, And I I asked a

530
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<v Speaker 2>question that now that I think about it, it really was.

531
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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't a good question, but I said, did you

532
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<v Speaker 2>think there was any point did you think at any

533
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<v Speaker 2>point that you'd be this far into your time at

534
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<v Speaker 2>Louisville and there still would be no closure and it

535
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<v Speaker 2>would be just hovering over the program, the uncertainty about

536
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<v Speaker 2>a punishment, And he just I think you might have

537
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<v Speaker 2>answered before I finished the question. He said, how could

538
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<v Speaker 2>you who would like who would think that it would

539
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<v Speaker 2>take that long? So you never know when they're going

540
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<v Speaker 2>to do anything, and they're not really held to any

541
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<v Speaker 2>type of standard as far as what they have to

542
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<v Speaker 2>do as far as a timeline. So that's I guess

543
00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:36.359
<v Speaker 2>my worry. But as of now, he is still cleared

544
00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:39.279
<v Speaker 2>to do everything but playing games. So I would hope

545
00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:41.240
<v Speaker 2>it's sooner that they get a resolution and that he's

546
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<v Speaker 2>able to play. But if it does, you know, somehow

547
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<v Speaker 2>linger into when the fall semester starts, he'll still be

548
00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.680
<v Speaker 2>able to practice and be a part of the team.

549
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<v Speaker 2>But man, like, if you're Pat Kelsey, you know, not

550
00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:57.119
<v Speaker 2>only do you want your guy, but you want you know,

551
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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to be I don't want to say

552
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<v Speaker 2>cater things around Khalifa because I don't know if you

553
00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.160
<v Speaker 2>would do that. But like he's going to be a

554
00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:06.000
<v Speaker 2>very very interesting piece for this team, just given the

555
00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:09.759
<v Speaker 2>rare player that he is. He's seven foot tall, has

556
00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.319
<v Speaker 2>lost a ton of weight, which has got to help

557
00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:15.039
<v Speaker 2>him in every way. But like he's a phenomenal passer

558
00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:17.119
<v Speaker 2>and he's a good shooter too, by the way, Like

559
00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.799
<v Speaker 2>he's seven foot and even though he's lost weight, he's

560
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<v Speaker 2>got a decent frame on him. Yet where he really

561
00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:25.799
<v Speaker 2>stands out is passing and shooting, not what you typically

562
00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:30.000
<v Speaker 2>see from you know, seven footers, but that's who he

563
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<v Speaker 2>is as a player.

564
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<v Speaker 3>So hopefully they get it figured out.

565
00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:36.720
<v Speaker 2>But again, the timing is just it's it's anybody's anybody's guests.

566
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<v Speaker 2>Sticking with n SAA eligibility, there was a big setback

567
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<v Speaker 2>for I believe what is around about one hundred and

568
00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:48.720
<v Speaker 2>forty college basketball players that were clearly out of eligibility,

569
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<v Speaker 2>no justification as to why they should still be able

570
00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:55.240
<v Speaker 2>to play, other than just saying we're hopeful that the

571
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<v Speaker 2>NAA decides to give everyone five years instead of four, So.

572
00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.519
<v Speaker 3>You know, it became.

573
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<v Speaker 2>An embarrassing thing in my opinion. I guess there's no

574
00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:09.000
<v Speaker 2>harm in trying, but like there's an element to it

575
00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.440
<v Speaker 2>that I think you all understand what I mean when

576
00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:12.039
<v Speaker 2>I say this, Like it's kind of sad that, like

577
00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:16.079
<v Speaker 2>it's over. Your college careers has come to an end.

578
00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:20.359
<v Speaker 2>You've played four some five years. Why are you entering

579
00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:24.519
<v Speaker 2>the portal it's over? Like there's an element that's like sad,

580
00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:27.640
<v Speaker 2>as if they're not ready to start life or they're

581
00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:30.200
<v Speaker 2>just like in denial that their career has come to

582
00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.240
<v Speaker 2>an end, and it would be a pretty tough thing

583
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.359
<v Speaker 2>to deal with, especially if you don't know what comes

584
00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:37.519
<v Speaker 2>next and you don't have any opportunities to play pro ball.

585
00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:40.119
<v Speaker 2>But man, when I just kept seeing there was like

586
00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:42.799
<v Speaker 2>a two or three day window where every time you'd

587
00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:45.160
<v Speaker 2>refresh social media, there'd be a report of another player

588
00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.079
<v Speaker 2>entering the portal. Only did then everybody realize, how in

589
00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:51.759
<v Speaker 2>the world would this guy have any more eligibility. It's

590
00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:55.839
<v Speaker 2>like the guy who you know right after high school,

591
00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.759
<v Speaker 2>he's still shown up to every high school football game.

592
00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:59.720
<v Speaker 2>We're in his letterman jacket. I mean, if you're there

593
00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.160
<v Speaker 2>to the team, then that's good man. You got pride

594
00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.799
<v Speaker 2>in the program you played for. But like there's a

595
00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.440
<v Speaker 2>line right, like are you doing that or are you

596
00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.759
<v Speaker 2>still trying to, you know, not accept the fact that

597
00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.240
<v Speaker 2>your time has come to an end. So with all

598
00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:15.079
<v Speaker 2>that said, it would almost be silly to not at

599
00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.319
<v Speaker 2>least put I mean, what's the harm other than maybe

600
00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:20.440
<v Speaker 2>some embarrassment. But if it did work out and you

601
00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.640
<v Speaker 2>got a chance to go play college basketball, if you

602
00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.319
<v Speaker 2>were a good player, you probably had a chance to

603
00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.559
<v Speaker 2>make a lot of money. So I guess there's really

604
00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.160
<v Speaker 2>no harm in that. But anyways, all these guys who

605
00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:30.799
<v Speaker 2>put in for more eligibility, most of them without really

606
00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:34.079
<v Speaker 2>any justification. There was a judge that recently denied. If

607
00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:37.839
<v Speaker 2>you remember Ante Brazovic, that's the guy who played for

608
00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:40.720
<v Speaker 2>Pad at Charleston, and then when Chris Mack took over

609
00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:43.480
<v Speaker 2>at Charleston, he decided to stay. He was the player

610
00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:45.680
<v Speaker 2>of the year in that conference in Pat's last season

611
00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:49.079
<v Speaker 2>at Charleston, really good player last year. His argument was

612
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<v Speaker 2>that he played one year of Division two basketball and

613
00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:55.640
<v Speaker 2>then he played three years of Division one basketball. His

614
00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.240
<v Speaker 2>argument was that the Division two year should not be

615
00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:02.359
<v Speaker 2>held against him, which I guess, good try. But like

616
00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:08.640
<v Speaker 2>the reason that the JUCO loophole was created is that

617
00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:15.079
<v Speaker 2>the Vanderbolt quarterback Diego Pavia his argument and it does

618
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.519
<v Speaker 2>make sense. I don't know if it's I don't know

619
00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.680
<v Speaker 2>if it's right, but like, he has a point. How

620
00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:20.880
<v Speaker 2>could the NC DOUBLEA claim you've used four years of

621
00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:24.720
<v Speaker 2>eligibility when you've only been under their umbrella at an

622
00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:27.839
<v Speaker 2>NCAA institution for four years Because the junior college level

623
00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.960
<v Speaker 2>is a different entity than the NC DOUBLEA. So that

624
00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:33.640
<v Speaker 2>was a good argument and it worked, but that's the

625
00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:39.000
<v Speaker 2>NCAA Division two level is still still NABA. So the

626
00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:41.799
<v Speaker 2>judge denied him, which it sounds as if like the

627
00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.839
<v Speaker 2>others now don't have because here's the thing. If he

628
00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:48.079
<v Speaker 2>would have won, that would have led to the NCUABLEA

629
00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:52.319
<v Speaker 2>having to give a blanket waiver to everybody pretty much.

630
00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.799
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's what happened with Diego Pavia when he won.

631
00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.160
<v Speaker 2>It led to every JUCO player knowing, hey, we can

632
00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:01.119
<v Speaker 2>hire a lawyer and will we'll get this figured out

633
00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.519
<v Speaker 2>to where we can take advantage.

634
00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.440
<v Speaker 3>Of this too.

635
00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:04.920
<v Speaker 2>So the NAA said, look, for the time being while

636
00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:07.519
<v Speaker 2>we figure this out what we're gonna do. Everyone whose

637
00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:10.440
<v Speaker 2>eligibility was running out this year, and one of those

638
00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:15.279
<v Speaker 2>years was JUCO, you now get an extra year, which

639
00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.960
<v Speaker 2>that's how Jamon Hadley is able to come back and

640
00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:19.720
<v Speaker 2>play for Louisville next year. That's how Cason Pryor technically

641
00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:23.079
<v Speaker 2>has two years of eligibility left because he got a

642
00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:27.200
<v Speaker 2>medical red shirt last year and he has this extra

643
00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:30.079
<v Speaker 2>year from JUCO. Now I guess maybe he doesn't because

644
00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:32.920
<v Speaker 2>as we now learned that the five the five year

645
00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:35.400
<v Speaker 2>clock you get five years to play four seasons, is

646
00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:38.160
<v Speaker 2>technically still in place because they're enforcing it with Khalifa. So,

647
00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:42.240
<v Speaker 2>you know, not a surprise, but all of those athletes

648
00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.839
<v Speaker 2>who are just trying to hold out hope that a

649
00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:46.319
<v Speaker 2>lawsuit would win and they could just take advantage of it,

650
00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.559
<v Speaker 2>it sounds as if that's not that's not going to happen,

651
00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.519
<v Speaker 2>which you know, I.

652
00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.160
<v Speaker 3>Think that's the right decision, I really do.

653
00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:57.680
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's see, the ACC did something that I

654
00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.240
<v Speaker 2>think was a good decision.

655
00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.319
<v Speaker 3>One of the only things.

656
00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:06.359
<v Speaker 2>You could realistically do that would end the fighting between

657
00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:11.400
<v Speaker 2>the conference and two schools, Clemson and Florida State, and

658
00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.839
<v Speaker 2>I think it's it's innovative. I think you'll see other

659
00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.200
<v Speaker 2>conferences down the line maybe looking at doing the same thing.

660
00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:20.079
<v Speaker 2>And that is basically getting to eat a little more

661
00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:22.119
<v Speaker 2>of what you kill, if you know what I'm saying, right,

662
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.920
<v Speaker 2>Because for so long, these these grant of rights deals

663
00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:31.920
<v Speaker 2>have been an equal share for everybody. And I think

664
00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:35.720
<v Speaker 2>what's happened here is that the ACC realized, all right,

665
00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:39.079
<v Speaker 2>we realize we actually do have a good Like here's

666
00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:42.440
<v Speaker 2>the thing. The ACC had Florida State and Clemson by

667
00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:46.079
<v Speaker 2>you know what, they signed an agreed to what was

668
00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:49.440
<v Speaker 2>put in place. Now, had they realized that, like no

669
00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:52.039
<v Speaker 2>other conference is going to sign something that is in

670
00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:55.319
<v Speaker 2>place until twenty thirty six, like a twenty year thing,

671
00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:58.599
<v Speaker 2>like that's just insane. In general, Swafford is an ACC

672
00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:00.920
<v Speaker 2>legend by those that you know of the ACC. But

673
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.640
<v Speaker 2>that guy's the one who actually put the league in

674
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:05.079
<v Speaker 2>such a tough spot because who would lock into twenty

675
00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:09.480
<v Speaker 2>years no adjustments whenever you realize clearly things are going

676
00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:13.960
<v Speaker 2>to evolve a big amount of money in you know,

677
00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:17.119
<v Speaker 2>twenty sixteen is gonna not be as much money in

678
00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:21.119
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and thirty six, So any other deal that

679
00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.240
<v Speaker 2>has been signed in the modern era as far as

680
00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:27.240
<v Speaker 2>Grant rites with these conferences, it's been like seven years max.

681
00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:29.240
<v Speaker 2>This one was twenty years max. And that's what they

682
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.119
<v Speaker 2>needed to do in order, I guess, to get They

683
00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:33.160
<v Speaker 2>were so desperate to catch up with the SEC with

684
00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:35.640
<v Speaker 2>the network, meaning you have your own station within the

685
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.640
<v Speaker 2>ESPN family of networks that is dedicated to your conference,

686
00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.480
<v Speaker 2>and they just they sped up more so than they

687
00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:44.000
<v Speaker 2>needed to in my opinion, and it just I mean,

688
00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.440
<v Speaker 2>because the more you look at it, like who would

689
00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.720
<v Speaker 2>agree to this, well, the desperation to keep up with

690
00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.359
<v Speaker 2>the Joneses and you know, have the network like the

691
00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.960
<v Speaker 2>SEC did. But you know, you're not the SEC. And

692
00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.680
<v Speaker 2>we've since we probably knew that then and now we've

693
00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:58.039
<v Speaker 2>certainly learned it. But when it comes to value, you're

694
00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.240
<v Speaker 2>just not that. So here's what they're doing. Under the

695
00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.599
<v Speaker 2>new revenue sharing model the ACC is going to they're

696
00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:06.440
<v Speaker 2>going to distribute forty percent of the TV deal money

697
00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:10.960
<v Speaker 2>evenly among the league's fourteen non expansion members. So keep

698
00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:17.160
<v Speaker 2>in mind that means smu cal and Stanford they're not

699
00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.359
<v Speaker 2>getting this yet.

700
00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.880
<v Speaker 3>I don't think.

701
00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.839
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what their situation is. I mean, SMU

702
00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.279
<v Speaker 2>joined the league like, oh yeah, we don't need a

703
00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.319
<v Speaker 2>d money. We got our own money. We're in Texas,

704
00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:28.160
<v Speaker 2>We've got billionaires that'll support us to where we can

705
00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:32.759
<v Speaker 2>be just fine not accepting any annual check our first

706
00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:35.480
<v Speaker 2>year for revenue share, which again, that's how people keep

707
00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:38.079
<v Speaker 2>the lights on at these schools in most places, SMU's

708
00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:41.920
<v Speaker 2>got funding to where they don't need the help from

709
00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:44.079
<v Speaker 2>I mean, not to take it in a different direction,

710
00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:48.359
<v Speaker 2>SMU is a very rare, very rare college athletics program

711
00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.759
<v Speaker 2>just because of they actually have a big alumni base

712
00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:55.359
<v Speaker 2>and they've had enough success and they just got endless

713
00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:58.839
<v Speaker 2>amounts of money, it seems so Anyways, I don't know

714
00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.599
<v Speaker 2>what their arrangement is, but they're not included in this.

715
00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.359
<v Speaker 2>So again, forty percent of the TV money going to everybody.

716
00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.400
<v Speaker 2>The other sixty percent will be split up based on

717
00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:12.239
<v Speaker 2>ratings from basketball and football games, with football, as you

718
00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:16.400
<v Speaker 2>could expect football football viewership carrying more weight in the

719
00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.679
<v Speaker 2>overall calculation than anything else. And I think that makes

720
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:24.559
<v Speaker 2>total sense, and I understand it could set a little

721
00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:26.800
<v Speaker 2>hypocritical for me, as I've mentioned, when it comes to

722
00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:31.639
<v Speaker 2>TV viewership being a factor in how you get into

723
00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:34.559
<v Speaker 2>the playoff. That's insane and I don't think they'll end

724
00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.440
<v Speaker 2>up doing that, but like just the fact that that's

725
00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:38.599
<v Speaker 2>being discussed at these college football playoff meetings is a

726
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.440
<v Speaker 2>real scary thing because what it tells me is that

727
00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.039
<v Speaker 2>they're getting closer to stepping over the line to where

728
00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:46.159
<v Speaker 2>they're letting you know very much directly or indirectly. It's

729
00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.000
<v Speaker 2>more of a popularity contest than it's ever been and

730
00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:50.079
<v Speaker 2>it's not about winning and losing, which to me, that

731
00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:51.800
<v Speaker 2>like why I play sports if that's the case, Like,

732
00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:56.320
<v Speaker 2>go watch professional wrestling, no offense to that, you know,

733
00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:59.320
<v Speaker 2>that world of pro wrestling, but like that's entertainment, but

734
00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, it is like people decide who's going to

735
00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.239
<v Speaker 2>be over, who's going to be mister popular and win.

736
00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:06.679
<v Speaker 2>So it's just to me, I'm like, why would anybody

737
00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.480
<v Speaker 2>even bring that up?

738
00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.559
<v Speaker 3>But this is different.

739
00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:11.599
<v Speaker 2>This is where you are truly going to be compensated

740
00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.199
<v Speaker 2>based off of what you bring in, what your value

741
00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:19.559
<v Speaker 2>actually is. And Clemson in Florida state understandably, so you

742
00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:21.559
<v Speaker 2>know they're not able to and it's thrown fault. They

743
00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:23.320
<v Speaker 2>signed an agreement the agency didn't have to do this,

744
00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>but I'm glad they did because it to me, makes

745
00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.519
<v Speaker 2>it to where you can now you know, the lawsuits

746
00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.440
<v Speaker 2>have been dropped, and now you know you can at

747
00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.960
<v Speaker 2>least act like you like each other, even though we

748
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:33.039
<v Speaker 2>know it's not the case. Whenever you're publicly in a

749
00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:35.280
<v Speaker 2>lawsuit for two years, like that's just that's a mess

750
00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:39.599
<v Speaker 2>that you don't want in any way. So this was

751
00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:43.840
<v Speaker 2>the best I guess, meeting in the middle to in

752
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:47.719
<v Speaker 2>the lawsuits and also understand, yeah, despite you agreeing to it,

753
00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:50.760
<v Speaker 2>we understand that you know you're getting laughed like and

754
00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:54.119
<v Speaker 2>this may sound petty to some, but I believe absolutely

755
00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.880
<v Speaker 2>this is a factor.

756
00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.119
<v Speaker 3>If you are.

757
00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:00.639
<v Speaker 2>Clemson and you've got national chance being ships in the

758
00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:03.280
<v Speaker 2>last decade. In South Carolina, what do they have to

759
00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:05.480
<v Speaker 2>show for their football program in the last ten years.

760
00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:09.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it was cool when Spurrier was there because

761
00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:11.320
<v Speaker 2>he Spurrier. They had Jadavian Clowney, but like, you know,

762
00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.320
<v Speaker 2>they're not poverty program, but like they're not, like they've

763
00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:16.599
<v Speaker 2>not been Clemson, and yet South Carolina is making Bukou

764
00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:20.880
<v Speaker 2>money more than Clemson and will moving forward. But Clemson's

765
00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.880
<v Speaker 2>locked into twenty thirty six, Like that ain't cool with

766
00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:26.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, Clemson, I'm sure, and they don't. You know,

767
00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:29.159
<v Speaker 2>they don't like being looked at as somebody who's falling

768
00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:32.559
<v Speaker 2>behind financially. Let's look at this is a different example,

769
00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.719
<v Speaker 2>but I think it's valid. Let's look at Florida State

770
00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:40.440
<v Speaker 2>in Miami. They look at Central Florida not only like

771
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.800
<v Speaker 2>little brother, but like you know, the pet in the state.

772
00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Like they don't they don't respect any tradition or history

773
00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:50.480
<v Speaker 2>from Central Florida because Central Florida didn't really even exist

774
00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 2>as a football program when those programs Miami and Florida

775
00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:57.199
<v Speaker 2>State were winning national championships. Well, because the ACC's locked

776
00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:00.000
<v Speaker 2>in till twenty thirty six, Central Florida's now in the

777
00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:03.239
<v Speaker 2>Big twelve, they're gonna re up twice before the ACC would.

778
00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:06.760
<v Speaker 2>And there's no scenario Florida State, specifically in Miami, even

779
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:10.679
<v Speaker 2>would sit back and not raise absolute hell knowing that

780
00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:16.000
<v Speaker 2>Central Florida is making more money than them. So you know, now,

781
00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:19.079
<v Speaker 2>if you do bring in big viewership in football specifically

782
00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:22.679
<v Speaker 2>and then the others basketball, I mean, that will give

783
00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.039
<v Speaker 2>you a bigger piece of the pie. So your success

784
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:28.280
<v Speaker 2>will bring more viewership. Therefore you will get more, you'll

785
00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.400
<v Speaker 2>get a will be it.

786
00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.960
<v Speaker 3>You will be.

787
00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:34.039
<v Speaker 2>Incentivized to pull the weight of this conference. And that's

788
00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.960
<v Speaker 2>the way again, it's the way.

789
00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.039
<v Speaker 3>It should be. So all right, let's get a quick

790
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.960
<v Speaker 3>break out of the way. We'll come back.

791
00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.760
<v Speaker 2>We will have a quick segment on the other side

792
00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:42.039
<v Speaker 2>to wrap up the four o'clock hour, and then we'll

793
00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.639
<v Speaker 2>hit the five o'clock hour. Hit the five o'clock hour

794
00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:46.199
<v Speaker 2>strong on a Friday, So keep it locked right here.

795
00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:48.519
<v Speaker 2>It's Coffee and Company feel about Thornton's on Sportstock seven

796
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<v Speaker 2>to ninety.

797
00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:16.440
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company feel my Thorntens on

798
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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

799
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<v Speaker 2>All right, we'll have a quick segment here before we

800
00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:25.719
<v Speaker 2>get to the five o'clock hour. And I know it

801
00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:30.119
<v Speaker 2>bothers a lot of people just to see college athletes

802
00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:33.800
<v Speaker 2>still playing despite being you know, a lot older than

803
00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:39.920
<v Speaker 2>your typical college athlete. And although I do understand because

804
00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:41.559
<v Speaker 2>it's just different and it's weird, and there is a

805
00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:43.400
<v Speaker 2>difference in being, you know, like a grown ass man

806
00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:46.559
<v Speaker 2>that's twenty seven playing against a nineteen year old sophomore.

807
00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:48.960
<v Speaker 2>So I understand it from that aspect, but before the portal,

808
00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:53.280
<v Speaker 2>before nil, there is never an age requirement for eligibility. Never,

809
00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:56.320
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know people realize that or no. But

810
00:38:56.360 --> 00:39:00.400
<v Speaker 2>this story is certainly a story that you just you know,

811
00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:03.320
<v Speaker 2>are not used to seeing. Although I also wonder maybe

812
00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:07.039
<v Speaker 2>these things have happened, but there just wasn't so much sensitivity.

813
00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:12.039
<v Speaker 2>And you know, coverage of players who started their college

814
00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.800
<v Speaker 2>career later in life than eighteen years old. But Mira

815
00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:19.599
<v Speaker 2>Coasta Junior College, they have a player by the name

816
00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:23.519
<v Speaker 2>of Ramel Bethia and he yesterday announced that he's committed

817
00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:26.960
<v Speaker 2>to Green Bay. That's a smaller D one school. It's

818
00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:29.639
<v Speaker 2>actually where Doug Gottlieb coached, and he had a less

819
00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:32.199
<v Speaker 2>than successful debut season. I think he won like four games.

820
00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:35.280
<v Speaker 2>But this young man is actually not a young man.

821
00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.360
<v Speaker 2>He's a grown ass man. He graduated high school in

822
00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:41.840
<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen, did not play basketball, and he enrolled in

823
00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:45.280
<v Speaker 2>the Navy right after high school. So during the time

824
00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:48.440
<v Speaker 2>of his service, he grew from six' three to six'

825
00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:51.880
<v Speaker 2>nine and he reached a seven foot. Four wingspan his

826
00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:54.239
<v Speaker 2>friends In the navy quickly urged him to pursue a

827
00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:57.639
<v Speaker 2>basketball career and while finishing In the navy As A

828
00:39:57.679 --> 00:40:00.239
<v Speaker 2>petty officer of The, third class he participated in the

829
00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:03.800
<v Speaker 2>twenty Twenty Two Armed Forces. Basketball championship it was the

830
00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:07.719
<v Speaker 2>first time he played, BASKETBALL competitively i think since like.

831
00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:12.639
<v Speaker 2>Middle school but he received attention From local california, junior

832
00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:17.360
<v Speaker 2>colleges and, you know he decided To post navy GO play,

833
00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:21.280
<v Speaker 2>juco basketball and he averaged a double double and he

834
00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:23.719
<v Speaker 2>quickly started GETTING some d. One interest and now he's

835
00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:26.519
<v Speaker 2>Going To green bay and he's thirty one. YEARS old

836
00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:30.199
<v Speaker 2>i mean he's not, a FRESHMAN but i mean he's

837
00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:33.880
<v Speaker 2>a thirty one year old college basketball PLAYER with i,

838
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<v Speaker 2>GUESS seemingly, i mean how many years villigibility would he

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<v Speaker 2>have right when it comes to when it comes TO the,

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<v Speaker 2>JUCO thing i mean, RIGHT now i GUESS they're sti

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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure out what they're going to do, long

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<v Speaker 2>term but, like technically given what they recently did as

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<v Speaker 2>far as that, blanket waiver he might be a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that is actually gonna get four fresh years because he

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<v Speaker 2>only PLAYED in juco for. Two seasons, so again that'll

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<v Speaker 2>bother a lot. Of People but i'll Remind you age

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<v Speaker 2>has never been a a requirement or it's never been

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<v Speaker 2>any part of the criteria as far. As eligibility but

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<v Speaker 2>there is a great rundown Here, on twitter A great

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<v Speaker 2>twitter thread that just gives you there's a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>There are there's a thirty YEAR old d two player

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<v Speaker 3>that's that's.

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<v Speaker 2>In the midst of his of his. COLLEGE career, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean i'm trying, to, yeah this this would. Have it

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<v Speaker 2>i'm trying to see, the oldest like the oldest player

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<v Speaker 2>in COLLEGE because I would i would think thirty one would.

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<v Speaker 3>Be it but, you Know maybe. I'M wrong, i mean,

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<v Speaker 3>AND look I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, the service, you know if you were In,

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<v Speaker 2>the navy and that's what that's what held you up

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<v Speaker 2>from starting to pursue basketball. In, COLLEGE like i think

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little different, than just, you know somebody that's

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<v Speaker 2>found a way to just loophole after loophole continue to be,

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<v Speaker 2>eligible somehow. Some way, And yes i'm Thinking Of Chad,

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<v Speaker 2>baker mazarro who will be in his seventh year of,

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<v Speaker 2>college eligibility which is. Just crazy it. Really is, all

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<v Speaker 2>right you're crazy if you don't stick around for the

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<v Speaker 2>five o'clock hour Because it's friday and we're now six

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<v Speaker 2>minutes away from five o'clock On, a friday which is

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<v Speaker 2>a good time for a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Of people so we'll try to.

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<v Speaker 2>Finish STRONG and i have BEEN just i have been

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<v Speaker 2>notified we're going to actually be out a little. Earlier

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<v Speaker 2>today we've had to move some stuff around with the storms.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming in they've made some adjustments to some, baseball games

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<v Speaker 2>so we actually will in the show at by, Forty

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<v Speaker 2>five so just be prepared for that and let's make

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<v Speaker 2>the most of the time we do have left right

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<v Speaker 2>Here On sports talk seven nine