WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.359 Good morning, Kentucky, Anda, Happy Tuesday. 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:05.080 See thanks for joining us, and if you are just 3 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:07.160 now joining us, welcome in. If you've been with us, thanks, 4 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.480 thanks for hanging out. It is Kentucky and it's morning. 5 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:11.679 News Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee with you here on 6 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:15.839 News Radio forty whas John all on alongside today and 7 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.760 as you could expect, two of the big stories nationally 8 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.519 we've discussed throughout the morning here here and there a 9 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.920 mass shooting that took place yesterday in midtown Manhattan where 10 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:28.039 a lone gunman. 11 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:30.679 Showed up forty four story office tower. 12 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.079 I think it was killing four people, including an NYPD officer, 13 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:36.759 and also taking his own life. 14 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:37.560 So the. 15 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:42.240 Situation here, I just I don't know what to expect 16 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:44.920 at all when it comes to any type of response 17 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:48.119 from the NFL. So for those who who haven't, look, 18 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.719 if you haven't got the latest information here, I totally 19 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:55.119 get it. This took place yesterday early evening, and well 20 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.079 into the evening it seems as if, and I guess 21 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.880 maybe even well into the morning, you're still starting to 22 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:04.879 hear more about this individual who decided to do what 23 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.840 he did, And as far as the reasoning, I'm still 24 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.879 trying to get used to talking about a reasoning without 25 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:12.879 it sounding like, oh, okay, well that's why he did 26 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:14.760 it makes sense. No, nothing will ever make sense when 27 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:16.959 it comes to these kind of things. But the motive 28 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.719 here appears to be something related to football and CTE. 29 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:23.760 So this twenty seven year old former high school football 30 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.760 player from southern California, he's lived in Vegas, and he 31 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:31.799 claims to have CTE. And they found a note in 32 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:38.239 his pocket referencing chronic traumatic in a philuff. 33 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.079 And I'm butchering it. I just know it as CTE. 34 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:41.280 And I'm sure a lot of people know what I'm 35 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.719 talking about when I say ct And the note cited 36 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.359 Terry Long, a former Steeler who died by suicide after 37 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:52.480 suffering from CTE. And of course, this this individual, this suspect, 38 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.480 expressed rage toward the league with a quote football gave 39 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:58.760 me CTE. You can't go against the NFL. They'll squash you. 40 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:01.640 So he did request in his note his brain to 41 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.519 be studied and left an apology for somebody by the 42 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.599 name of Rick. So this building is where the NFL 43 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.080 has one of their corporate headquarters, and one NFL employee 44 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:16.000 was critically injured. Another business that's there as Blackstone, they 45 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:17.879 had an executive that was shot and killed in the 46 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.039 lobby and then also an officer died, a thirty six 47 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.400 year old off duty officer who was their working security. 48 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.360 So just an awful situation all the way around. And 49 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:32.159 the NFL. I can't imagine really what their response will 50 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.560 be here because you know, they have an employee who 51 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.159 is has been critically injured in this situation, and but 52 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:42.120 they'll be asked about I mean this, what this is 53 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.639 going to do is in at some point Roger Goodell 54 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:49.240 and I'm sure there's already been requests for comment a 55 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.919 statement in regards to what happened. But CSE will continue 56 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:55.280 to be a talked about thing for a long long time. 57 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:58.000 And no doubt they will study this individual's brain and 58 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.960 we'll see I mean again, regardless of if you have 59 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:02.719 CTE or not. 60 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:04.319 I mean, I. 61 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.560 Shouldn't speak because I I don't have it. I don't 62 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:13.599 know anybody that does. But what I'm curious, and I'm 63 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:17.520 not insinuating that this will be the case, but is 64 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.400 did this individual try to get into like does the 65 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:22.599 NFL know who this guy is? He's somebody that's been 66 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.039 like trying to get in touch with them, harassing them, 67 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.199 anything like that. Not that that will make a huge difference, 68 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:29.919 but that is what I'm curious to know. 69 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:30.919 But let's be honest. 70 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.759 The NFL, yes, they are the National Football League, right, 71 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.680 it's the it's I mean it's they have no competition, 72 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.199 to be honest with you when it comes to sports 73 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.919 in America, when it comes to popularity, viewership, all that 74 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.479 kind of stuff. But he didn't play in the NFL. 75 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.159 I mean, he played high school football, and I'm pretty 76 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.759 sure that's where it stopped. So those of you that 77 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.039 are anti football, which I can't imagine, but hey, everybody's 78 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:56.639 everybody's different, I'm sure this will be, you know, used 79 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.759 as an example why football is too dangerous, which. 80 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:02.000 I always say this. 81 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.240 And I don't hope this happens and it never will. 82 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:07.520 This is not realistic in any. 83 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.520 Way, but I do believe that if football as a 84 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:15.280 sport was introduced today the way that we play it. 85 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.079 We're talking about the athletes that look like they were 86 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.079 created in laboratories. If you introduce this sport today and 87 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.480 gave us a sample of it, I do believe medical 88 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.079 professionals would tell us yeah, we can't do that just 89 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:30.800 because I mean. 90 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.160 It's quite literally a car wreck every play. It just is. 91 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:34.839 Now. 92 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:35.240 I love it. 93 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:41.399 I love the NFL, and clearly it's dominant, probably more 94 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.240 so than the average sports fan realizes. When it comes 95 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.160 to just it's king and you know, they could get 96 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.279 away with certain things that other pro leagues wouldn't be 97 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:52.519 able to get away with because it's the NFL. A 98 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.279 lot of power within the NFL. So again, I'm not 99 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:57.199 saying that we should get rid of football in any way. 100 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.439 Love football, and there's been many many that played it 101 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.759 throughout their whole life that ended up, you know, living 102 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.879 lives with no long term effects. But obviously there are 103 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.319 some that have had some issues, including CTE. And then 104 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.680 there's another aspect of this as well, in the grand 105 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.399 scheme of like society football. The way we play it 106 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:20.360 now from like a societal standpoint is relatively new. Meaning 107 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.560 we'll see right like down the line, guys who played 108 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.639 in the NFL and the nineties when they all get older, 109 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.680 like what's their condition going to be? What is their 110 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.720 you know, what kind of health are they going to 111 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.399 be in? And to be fair, the NFL, they've got 112 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.199 the resources for it, but they are constantly, constantly spending 113 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.120 an insane amount of money to continue to try to 114 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.240 learn the best way they can keep players safe and 115 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:47.079 keep them healthy as possible, and that's what you would do. 116 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.279 But the reality is this, the football as it is 117 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:50.639 in the NFL is always going to be a very 118 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:53.199 violent sport and that's never going to change. All right, 119 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.759 Let's get an update of traffic and weather as we 120 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:57.720 roll along here at Kentucky and it's morning news, coffee 121 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.800 and company with you here on news radio eight forty 122 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.920 w uhas. It sounds like today and tomorrow are gonna 123 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.399 be the worst of this, this current heat wave that's 124 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.600 going on, and the relief is expected to arrive Thursday 125 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.199 and Friday with some cooler temperatures, but today going to 126 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.079 be really, really hot. 127 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:17.839 I think. 128 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:23.279 Let's see here, the high is around ninety four ninety 129 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:28.360 five degrees, but it's gonna feel like starting at let's see, 130 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:32.040 starting at eleven am, it'll feel like one hundred degrees 131 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.480 or hotter for the rest of the day up until 132 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.720 ten o'clock tonight when it comes to the heating decks. 133 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:40.879 So the heating decks is expected to be at its 134 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.480 worst around between four and six PM when it's at 135 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.199 one hundred and six degrees So gross. Right now, I've 136 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.439 asked folks to share. If you are somebody that works 137 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.000 in this, I'm sure you don't enjoy it, but maybe 138 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.040 you get used to it, and clearly you're tougher than me. 139 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.879 But I would like to know what is something that 140 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.800 may surprise someone like myself who's soft and not as 141 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.519 tough as you that can help when it comes to 142 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.160 dealing with this type of heat and humidity during a 143 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:10.680 work shift. 144 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.319 Obviously, hydration is key. 145 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.040 But I'm curious if there's something that you make sure 146 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:22.079 you do to get through that workshift better that maybe 147 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:23.959 some people don't know about. And look, maybe not only 148 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.800 could you give us some good info, you could help others. 149 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.560 I wouldn't want to be a gatekeeper when it comes 150 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.279 to doing whatever you can to make sure people can 151 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.360 can get through what would be I think just an 152 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.240 absolutely brutal day of work. But hey, it's been hot 153 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.120 before people have gotten through it. That's what they do, 154 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:44.480 So props to you, guys. I'm very fortunate to be 155 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:49.040 able to be in a temperature controlled environment here just 156 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.199 jap it in front of a microphone. But yeah, if 157 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:52.439 you want to share that with us, you can on 158 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.160 the talkback feature within the iHeartRadio app. Just open it up, 159 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:57.600 click on that microphone. So if you're listening to HS, 160 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:00.319 you'll see that little microphone when you're within the app, 161 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:02.319 and you you can chime in. We'll get to some 162 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.519 of those a little bit later on as we all 163 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.959 try to ride out this this heat wave, but again 164 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:09.040 later this week we're expected to get a little bit 165 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.920 a little bit of relief with that. All right, So 166 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:16.600 we're now what seven no nine days away from school 167 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.120 starting here in Louisville at JCPS, and last night there 168 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:22.439 was a. 169 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.240 Let's see what was it. It was a. 170 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:29.759 Meeting of some sorts. I'm trying to think of the 171 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:34.519 right way. Yeah, they had a parents and teachers gathered 172 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:39.000 last night to have ay, they call it community conversations 173 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 with the new superintendent. So this is a they're having 174 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.919 a series of these public forums and again they're calling 175 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.480 it community conversations with doctor Brian year Would and it's 176 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.200 just I guess, providing some well needed and deserved transparency 177 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.799 as you've got a new superintendent and schools about to start. 178 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.759 But as far as the key concern raised by those 179 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:07.960 that were there. You've got student assignment, staffing shortages, legislative relationships, 180 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:11.120 and educational equity. That is according to our partners over 181 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.679 at WLKY. So he did confirm doctor Yearwood that JCPS 182 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:19.519 faces a budget deficit and they're reviewing potential cuts, which 183 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:21.759 I mean that speaks to kind of where they are. 184 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.919 Probably not a huge surprise to those who are keeping 185 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.080 up with things, but yeah, they the shortage of teachers 186 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:31.559 is everywhere, and I don't and look, maybe there's somebody 187 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:34.600 that can give us some good info that can provide 188 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:39.360 some optimism, but I totally get why being a teacher 189 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.919 is not as appealing as it once was. And that's unfortunate, 190 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:46.679 because man, being a teacher is really really important and 191 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.200 we need them in a major way. And it's not 192 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:53.120 only an industry that you just don't see as many 193 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:56.960 people pursuing when they start that career path. 194 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.600 There are people who. 195 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.960 Have done it, maybe even for for a few years, 196 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.120 or maybe they've done it for a long time that 197 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.240 are walking away from it. So that's that's that's that's 198 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:13.039 not good, and I would imagine just about everybody. Maybe 199 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:14.679 I shouldn't say that because I have no clue, but 200 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.000 I would imagine a lot of people that are that 201 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.159 that that have decided to do it recently in the 202 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:25.080 last four to five years, and it's it's something they 203 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.559 still enjoy. There's got to be a huge element of that. 204 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.600 That's just a labor of love. They love doing it. 205 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.399 They don't do it for the money. Yeah, there's the 206 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.279 convenience of the summer break and all that. But man, 207 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.840 shout out to those people because we need them. With 208 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.200 my daughter in school and my son starting kindergarten, I mean, 209 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.840 teachers are are important and whatever we got to do 210 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.919 to to to make them stay and want to do 211 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:51.000 it and of course encourage others to want to go 212 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:51.919 down that same path. 213 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:52.600 We don't. 214 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.960 I don't have the answer, but it is scary, no doubt. 215 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:58.799 All right, let's get to another quick update on the roadways. 216 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:00.480 Bobby Ellis will get as caught up on the traffic 217 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.679 out there here in Kentucky, and we'll get the latest 218 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.720 from Matt Melosa Bitch on the forecast, and Scott's back 219 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.720 with another sports update for us right here on News 220 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:11.039 Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much, John Shannon, 221 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.919 It is Kentucky and it's morning News Coffee and company 222 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:17.840 with you here on news Radio eight forty whas I'm 223 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.799 Nick Coffee. The one and only John Alden was alongside John. 224 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.639 How often are you using chat GPT these days? I 225 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.360 don't use it a ton, but my wife uses it 226 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.840 a lot. Oh yeah, I can see a teacher really 227 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.240 finding it resourceful for a lot of things, which I 228 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.360 want to save this conversation for down the line, just 229 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:38.279 because it would be one that would probably take a 230 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:40.480 little bit more time than we have right now. But 231 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.440 you now have some cities who have leaders that are 232 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:47.799 making it clear there. I think the mayor, I think 233 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:51.159 it's the mayor of San Jose, California, that has said 234 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.159 that he just you know, he gave a speech recently 235 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.480 and mentioned that he used chad GPT for it. And 236 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.679 to me, that sounds kind of ballsy to make it 237 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:01.559 see because a lot of people just hear that and think, well, 238 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:02.279 it's not genuine. 239 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:03.679 Well it can be. 240 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.159 You can take your work and just polish it with 241 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:09.279 chat GPT, and I'm sure a lot of teachers are 242 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:11.039 doing that. So the reason I ask is, John, if 243 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:12.840 you're a criminal, you need to be careful what you 244 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.679 tell chat GPT. 245 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:15.000 Oh real, those. 246 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:21.440 Conversations aren't confidential. So the CEO of Open AI, he 247 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:25.120 is sounding the alarm, letting users know that treating chat 248 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:30.200 GPT like a therapist or a trusted confidant is risky 249 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:33.519 because your conversations with AI can be used in court, 250 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.799 and most users don't know that. I will tell you 251 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:38.159 I don't have anything to worry about because I'm not 252 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:41.559 a criminal, but I would have. That's news to me 253 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.879 that I was unaware of, and it honestly kind of 254 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.080 surprises me a little bit. I don't think we've yet 255 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:47.919 to get to a point where we've had a big 256 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:53.320 trial that they used. What communication that individual, that suspect 257 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.320 was giving to chat gpt. 258 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.399 But let's be real, think. 259 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:01.039 About twenty years from now, maybe even like two years 260 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.519 from now, maybe two days from now. That's probably an exaggeration, 261 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.320 but like AI is going to be a part of trials, 262 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:10.120 It's going to be part of everything, and the rapid 263 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:15.519 growth of it is just amazing. And I guess it's 264 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:17.440 really not surprising though, because when you think about what 265 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.519 it is, I mean, it's only going to keep growing, 266 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.159 and it's going to do it at a rapid rate. 267 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.720 But if you are using it to help yourself figure 268 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:28.480 out how to be a criminal, or you're using it 269 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.720 as a therapist, and you're opening up in ways that 270 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.080 you never open up to anybody else, just be prepared. 271 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.159 Maybe one day you get caught and they're investigating you 272 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.720 and there's not a lot of evidence, but then they 273 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.240 get access to what you've been saying to the robot 274 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:44.840 on your phone, and know that that can be used 275 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:49.679 against you, and it won't be long before somebody ends 276 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.960 up getting convicted and that was the smoking gun. That's 277 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:57.600 just that'll happen sooner rather than later. I would expect 278 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.600 a hard Again. 279 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.039 It's Kentucky. 280 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.000 It's morning news here on new Radio eight forty whas. 281 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:06.960 This story is one that is certainly going to get 282 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.559 a lot of attention, and it is a story about 283 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:15.159 an NFL player who was recently released from his contract 284 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:19.440 after signing a huge deal last year. Former Raider, former 285 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.360 Clemson Tiger Loisill fans probably remember this name, Christian Wilkins. 286 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.840 He was released by the Raiders last week, I think 287 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:28.919 it was, And this was after he just last year 288 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.120 became one of the biggest free agents in the NFL 289 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.000 and had a big time contract, and it seemed to 290 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:37.120 be sort of a puzzling decision from the Raiders. And 291 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:40.080 then there were some rumors that something weird happened, something 292 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.840 something that you don't typically see in the NFL might 293 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.519 have taken place here with Wilkins, And now we know 294 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:51.879 that it did, and he is accused of trying to 295 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:55.720 playfully kiss a teammate and the teammate didn't like that 296 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:59.559 and made the club aware of it, and I'm sure 297 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:01.519 that was least one of the factors and why they 298 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.639 decided to move on from Christian Wilkins. 299 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.720 Is he how injured? 300 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:05.879 Is it? 301 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.240 When's he back? What happens here with Christian wilcoms. 302 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.480 Again from speaking to people inside of the locker room, 303 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:17.919 I think what everybody's dancing around and tap tiptoeing around 304 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.879 is the fact that when you speak to people there 305 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:25.600 inside of the locker room, they say that Christian playfully 306 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.360 went to kiss a teammate on top of his head, 307 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.919 and those same people said that that player took offense 308 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:36.080 to it. So that's what everybody's been dancing around and 309 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.240 tap dancing around an incident in the locker room where 310 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:44.600 he allegedly playfully kissed a teammate on top of his head. 311 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.159 That teammate felt offended by it. And that's what a 312 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.759 lot of this talk and speculation that people have just 313 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:54.840 been floating around out there is about. 314 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.559 Okay, so he kissed a teammate on a forehead in 315 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.840 a playful manner. Teammate said nope. 316 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:05.080 So that was Adam Schefter with Pat McAfee yesterday. And 317 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:07.200 I mean, I think that that checks out. 318 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.399 If that is true, I. 319 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.960 Can see the teammate going to the higher ups and 320 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.240 letting them know. And yeah, this has got to be 321 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.000 a first in the NFL as far as just to 322 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:20.480 becoming the story like this. 323 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.480 And yeah, I mean it's it's unusual. I don't know. 324 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:28.480 Maybe maybe it's not. I've never I've never played in 325 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.759 the NFL. That may surprise some of you. But yes, 326 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.960 it never made it to the NFL. But there wasn't 327 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.759 a lot of smooching going on. It wasn't a thing 328 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.600 when I played basketball, played in high school, played briefly 329 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:41.879 in college. There was no Hey, good play, buddy, smooch time. 330 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.759 Let me give it as a hell of a pass, baby, 331 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.919 give me a smooch when we get back. 332 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.120 When that we get back to the huddle. 333 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.639 You're getting a smooch, you're getting a nice kiss, because 334 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:55.799 what a play like that's not normal. So we'll see 335 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.559 what happens here with Christian Wilkins. And there are some 336 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:03.039 sharing some previous footage of Wilkins during his college days 337 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:07.680 and NFL days that might might, just might make you 338 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:09.359 think that if there was going to be an NFL 339 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:12.480 player that wanted to be kissing teammates, maybe maybe maybe 340 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.039 he would. 341 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.599 Be in that group, which is none wrong with that, 342 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.319 but you know, you're at work. You got to be professional. 343 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:19.240 Which, by the way, speaking of that, I mean I'm 344 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.200 gonna make an obvious observation here that I'm not sure 345 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.880 if others have noticed it. But we'll get to that 346 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.759 on the other side here. But first let's get a 347 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.000 check on the roadways. Bobby Ellis will tell us how 348 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:29.039 traffic's looking out there here in Kentucky and Ina. We'll 349 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:31.359 get the latest forecast from Matt Melosovich right here on 350 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:35.640 news radio. Wait forty whas So we're just a couple 351 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.240 of minutes away from your next update on traffic and weather. 352 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:41.480 I'll spoil the news. It's going to be hot today, 353 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.440 so be prepared for that. As far as the traffic, 354 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.880 Bobby Ellis will get you caught up and let you know. 355 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.839 What you need to know is you may be getting 356 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.799 ready to get your Tuesday started. But regardless if you're 357 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:54.079 getting ready to get it started, it's already started. Whatever 358 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.480 you're doing wherever you are, we certainly appreciate you now 359 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.559 real quick. On the Christian Wilkins situation, So for those 360 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.839 who missed, he's a former Clemson player who of course 361 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.440 was part of that legendary run Davos Sweeney had at Clemson. 362 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.599 He's been in the NFL for probably about five years 363 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.839 now and signed a huge contract last year that led 364 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.039 to him being one of the big I mean, he 365 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:15.640 was one of the big winners of free agency as 366 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:19.039 far as the compensation. Well, now, just a year later 367 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.000 the Raiders moved on from him, and now we know 368 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:25.640 that it to some extent was due to him allegedly 369 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:29.880 kissing a teammate on the forehead and the teammate not 370 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.799 having any you know, not having any time for that 371 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.240 and bothered by it. And this will be a sensitive 372 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.599 talking point for some and I get it because it 373 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:43.039 probably wouldn't be a comfortable thing to like, if in fact, 374 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:45.000 and I'm not saying he is, but if in fact, 375 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.519 Christian Wilkins is a gay man, there's been wrong with 376 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.759 that at all. It's just not something that you typically 377 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:54.000 see in the NFL. And I'm sure the environment in 378 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:56.960 an NFL locker room would not be one of those 379 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:01.480 places that would be super welcome, uh to those that 380 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:05.319 might that might be gay. And you know, that's unfortunate, 381 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.839 but I think that's just reality. But what I think 382 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:13.400 is is just an obvious observation that will probably never 383 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:16.440 you know, we'll never really know, or maybe we will, 384 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.279 but when it comes, I let let me just say it. 385 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.839 There are some that will claim, well, the the Raiders, 386 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:28.039 they're discriminating against him if it does come out that 387 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:32.279 he's that he's gay, and that's probably what I mean, 388 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:35.119 they'll be They'll be the woke mob claiming that this 389 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:37.200 is that that that the Raiders are at fault in 390 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:39.880 the NFL is at fault and this guy's a victim. However, 391 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.119 if he did this to a female and he was 392 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:47.960 not potentially gay, he would be looked at as the 393 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:51.000 biggest pig and he would never work again. Right, But 394 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:54.519 because he did it to a man, he'll be portrayed 395 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.000 as a victim here if in fact it does play 396 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.240 out that way, like, let's be we know where we 397 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:04.200 are currently in society, right, like that will happen. That's 398 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:07.240 me potentially predicting the future. Again if in fact it 399 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:09.359 does come out that he that he's and again it's 400 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.759 not really our business at all, but when you kiss 401 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.279