WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.639 What the hell is this? What are we? 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:04.360 What are you playing on a Wednesday afternoon when you 3 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.599 really only had one one job to. 4 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.559 Do with the music? 5 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.919 I did punt on this one to our guest k 6 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:13.919 A little fairytale of New York here. 7 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:14.199 All right? 8 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.519 And I'm told that k joins us live from the 9 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.199 top floor of the New York Times building in Midtown Manhattan? 10 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.359 Is that true? A fairytale of New York? If you will, 11 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:25.600 Big city guy over here, Chris, what's going on? Man? 12 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.839 Coming? See you? Live at the fifteenth floor, staring out 13 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:35.520 at forty first and eight. Big day in the Big Apple. 14 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:41.039 Forecast called for rain, not so much rain, but the 15 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.280 streets are starting to turn blue and orange. And I 16 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:47.159 wonder why love hearing that? 17 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.399 So? As I often say, I like to claim that 18 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.719 I'm from the right coast, Chris, you are from the 19 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:57.719 left coast. How does a left coaster or digest being 20 00:00:57.759 --> 00:00:59.960 what I've in what I like to call the right coast. 21 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.920 It is a great question, and I'm glad to know 22 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:08.040 that you accurately stated where we each lie on that 23 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.519 left coast. Best coast is going to be my firm argument. 24 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:17.280 But I would just say that being here. I would 25 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.079 probably summarize it best by saying, like this is America, 26 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:27.200 Like this is everything and anything you could possibly need 27 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:32.079 to know about this great, beautiful, complicated country is right here, 28 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.680 distilled into a very small piece of land between a 29 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:36.879 bunch of random rivers. 30 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:40.200 It's such a great city. Man, I hate to be 31 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.680 that guy. I miss it so much, and I miss 32 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.680 it in the spring. Do you find yourself enjoying it? 33 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.959 Because most people from the left coach coast, which is 34 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.879 not the best coast, but we will not debate that 35 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:55.280 today do not find themselves enjoying the right coast because 36 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:58.439 it's a little more claustrophobic, shall we say? 37 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.719 So, do you find yourself enjoy in the endeavor? 38 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.480 I do. I very much enjoy it, but unfortunately I 39 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.159 came at a very bad weather time. It is like 40 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:13.400 fifty five and piss and rain off and on. And 41 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.120 last year when I was out here it was like 42 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:18.840 eighty five and perfect, and I was riding the rentable 43 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:21.159 e bikes and all this stuff. And now I'm kind 44 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:25.439 of like it's late May. Like your city should be 45 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:27.680 giving me a little bit of a little bit of 46 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.400 reason to sweat, you know, should be given me some humidity, 47 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:33.120 but instead it's windy, it's rainy, and it's cold. But alas, 48 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:35.039 we're not going to complain fair enough. 49 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.039 One more thing here you referenced these streets are turning 50 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:40.759 orange and blue, and there really is not a city 51 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:46.360 that celebrates their sports teams and summarily dismisses them if 52 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.520 we're fair, quite like Manhattan and the surrounding borough. 53 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:51.599 So is there a palpable buzz? 54 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.280 Can you tell that the Knicks are about to play 55 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:54.840 in the Eastern Conference Finals? 56 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.960 The buzz is palpable. And in Times Square where I am, 57 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.439 people are already walking towards you know, I don't know 58 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:07.840 the address off the top of my head, so I apologize, 59 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:11.240 but they are walking toward MSG. And I can tell 60 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.800 you that even just walking up to Central Park last night, 61 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.639 even Senthya photo, there was a party bus that was 62 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.599 painted blue and orange in honor of the Knix, and 63 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:21.960 there was a basketball hoop on the back, and people 64 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.919 were screaming into the microphone all sorts of you know, 65 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:31.800 celebratory mix information and words that I can't necessarily express 66 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.599 on air, even though I did mistakingly last week. So 67 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:39.159 for that, again, I apologize, But Yes, the city is 68 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.479 ready for the garden to go nuts. 69 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:45.800 The address is very simple. People overthink it. It's four 70 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:49.360 Penn Plaza, New York, New York. It is between seventh 71 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:52.080 and eight, between West thirty first and West thirty third. 72 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.759 But the address is four Penn Plaza. Ck. That's all 73 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:55.080 it is. 74 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:58.199 It's only like an eight minute walk from here. So 75 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:00.840 if it stops raining, I might have to walk down 76 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.159 and go check out some fellow big bombers. You know, 77 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.199 maybe maybe maybe maybe get on a side talk video. 78 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:08.599 Could you imagine me? 79 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.960 You you should, man, I bet it's a spectacle, like 80 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.319 I mean, they haven't seen in twenty five years. If 81 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.240 you have an opportunity, you should walk down and check 82 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:18.560 it out. 83 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:19.959 It's your respect. 84 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.839 It's not quite you know, like what it's like outside 85 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:24.800 Delta Center when the Jazz are playing in the playoffs, 86 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:25.680 which is also fun. 87 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:27.399 It's just different in that city. 88 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.360 And the people watching is as a plus as it gets, 89 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.480 which is something that I love to specialize in. 90 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:34.279 Yes, it is. 91 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.240 What are you doing there, young man? I know you're 92 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:39.000 not there for the Nick game? What are you doing 93 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.279 in midtown Manhattan? 94 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.959 Once a year, our college football staff has a big 95 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:50.439 annual summit is what you say in big time business 96 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:54.199 wig parlance. So where the staffers are getting together to 97 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.920 talk about the year that was and the year that 98 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.920 lies ahead, and you know, just getting to see lots 99 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.839 of close friends and be the least smart person in 100 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:04.199 the room. 101 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.240 So that's that's a group of college football heavy hitters 102 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:10.560 on the media side of things. 103 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.079 I know you're not a name dropper, but who are 104 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:14.120 in those rooms? 105 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:19.680 Oh, you know, the great Stu Mandel, Bruce Feldman, Chris Vanini, 106 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:23.480 David Euban, the list goes on and on. We've we've 107 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.160 had a very strong college football staff over the years, 108 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.879 and we've had some people move on to other endeavors. 109 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.040 I mean, once upon a time you had the the 110 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.360 Nicole auerbacks and now Ari Wasserman's who are now at 111 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.480 other publications. But we still have some heavy hitters. And 112 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:40.519 again I'm not even in the ninth spot. I'm the 113 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:41.839 utility man on the bench. 114 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.959 Well that's uh, I don't believe that's true. But I'll 115 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.319 allow your feigned humility on the program today. But let 116 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.560 me take advantage of this. What what are some of 117 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:54.519 the if you would care to share? I know these 118 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.480 are closed doors meetings with the athletic college football staff. 119 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:02.120 What are some of the big time college football storylines 120 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.240 and topics that are being bantered about in a room 121 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:04.800 such as that. 122 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.839 Well, as you can imagine the house settlement that appears 123 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:12.480 to be close to being done, We've been waiting for 124 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.279 this ruling for a long time. One of my best 125 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.759 and favorite colleagues, Justin Williams, is the man who's been 126 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.040 tasked with sifting through these documents ad nauseum for the 127 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.120 last year plus and getting to know sources at the 128 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:33.879 you know, the law, the judicial, you know, collegiate, all 129 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:36.959 these levels that are necessary that you need to learn 130 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.480 to try to distill this down into something that is 131 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:43.600 tangibly easy to digest. He does a way better job 132 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.720 than I ever could. We all make a joke that 133 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.879 we decided to get into this business to cover college football, 134 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.399 and we, in a weird way, turned out we had 135 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.560 to learn how to cover the court system in real time. 136 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:58.079 So lots of you know, house settlement stuff, the state 137 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:03.319 of nil transfer portal, lots of things that you could 138 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.079 easily imagine, and then you know, the interesting storylines this 139 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.839 upcoming season. You know, you can't get into a meeting 140 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.279 about college football without talking about Deon Sanders or Bill 141 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:19.160 Belichick at UNC or is Ohio State going to repeat 142 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.720 lots of very you know, typical things. But it's just 143 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.639 nice to be able to get together with colleagues once 144 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:28.319 a year and just kind of shoot the breeze. 145 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:32.360 So I mean, let's start with probably the hottest topic. 146 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.839 Can you conform or deny that Bill Belichick and Jordan 147 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:37.000 Hudson are engaged? 148 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:39.360 Oh? I cannot confirm that. 149 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.639 How much was that? How much was that topic Dan 150 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:44.439 died about today? 151 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.439 I didn't hear much about it, just because I think 152 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.480 we've been broken up into into different groups. But I 153 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:56.879 can guarantee you there will be reported very fascinating stories 154 00:07:56.920 --> 00:07:59.600 on the topic of Bill Belichick at North Carolina at 155 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.519 the in the coming weeks and months. 156 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:02.720 Fair enough, Fair enough? 157 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.639 All right, Chris, My guess is I don't even know 158 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.519 if you've seen this, but because it's a big news 159 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.680 here locally, I do need to ask you about it, 160 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:13.079 and if you want to punt until you can look 161 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:14.959 into it a little bit more, I totally understand. But 162 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:17.680 according to the Salt Lake Tribune, our friends of the trib, 163 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:23.319 Kevin Reynolds, and I don't know Jessica Shrifles. Is that correct? 164 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:27.399 I mean, okay, so Jessica Shrifles, Kevin Reynolds. This was 165 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:31.680 posted ten minutes before I cracked this microphone today BYU 166 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.519 quarterback Jake Rhetz. Laugh has been accused of sexual assault 167 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:37.399 in a new civil suit. Okay, so he has not 168 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.120 been criminally charged. And this alleged incident happened in twenty 169 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:46.279 twenty three. Jake had just transferred from Riverside in California, 170 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:50.000 so he was very new on campus. And look, everybody 171 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.639 has due process, well everyone should, but let's leave that aside. 172 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.320 So we'll kind of see how this plays out. 173 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.679 Have you had a chance to dig into this, and 174 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.480 if so, what are your thoughts on the news that 175 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:03.080 broke about hour and a half ago today? 176 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.759 This is literally the first time hearing about it. All right, Well, 177 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:07.919 I apologize to you and your staff. We've been in 178 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.559 a closed door meeting just talking about story ideas for 179 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.240 the upcoming college football season. So this was basically the 180 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.200 last thing I was expecting you to tell me. So 181 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:19.759 I'm going to have to get into my best punt 182 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.919 formation and fire away. 183 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:24.559 All right, fair enough, fair enough? So sltrip dot com. 184 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:26.799 For our listeners that are just maybe hopping in your car, 185 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:29.600 starting your commute home or what have you streaming online 186 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:30.799 go to sltrip dot com. 187 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:32.000 It's all over the socials. 188 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.639 You know, ultimately, Chris, when it comes to a situation 189 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.200 like this, we'll move away from the specifics because you 190 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.240 are not familiar with it and talk about more of 191 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.159 a macro viewpoint. You know, b YU as a track 192 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.559 record of having zero tolerance for anything like this, and 193 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.480 you know, again I'm being very careful here, Jake deserves 194 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:51.320 do process. 195 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:53.360 This is not a criminal charge. 196 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.039 It is a civil suit, and trying to be analogous 197 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.320 with any other situation feels a little up to sp 198 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:02.080 The Brandon Davies situation come to mind. Brandon was not 199 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.639 charged with a crime, nor was he sued. But that 200 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.759 was a really good basketball team that had a chance 201 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:10.240 to maybe even win a national championship with for debt, 202 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:15.399 and they suspended him for the NCAA tournament. BYU is 203 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.559 a team that most people have ranked in their top 204 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:22.159 ten top fifteen range and thought to maybe have a 205 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.919 really really good chance to have an excellent season. Based 206 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:28.879 off of your understanding and knowledge of the way that 207 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.639 BYU works. I mean, this feels like something that they're 208 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.440 not going to mess around with. And like I said, 209 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.120 due process is needed, so we'll give the space for it. 210 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.879 But your thoughts on what could potentially go down with 211 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.200 BYU and how they're going to kind of traverse this space. 212 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:45.960 And obviously Brian Santiago is a new ad, has a 213 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:47.720 new list of things to take care of. 214 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:47.960 Now. 215 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:54.039 Yeah, it's a tricky, complex situation, and my guess would 216 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.879 be that the University, Brian Santiago, the Athletic Department, they're 217 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:02.039 all going to say that they're going to let the 218 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:07.120 judicial process play out. I don't know for sure, do 219 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:09.559 you know, Spence, if the if the core or if 220 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:11.320 the case filing was filed today. 221 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:13.320 It was filed today according to the Trip. 222 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:17.480 Yes, So this is obviously very brand new information for 223 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:22.159 everybody if it's just been today, and they're going to 224 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:25.320 have to my guess would be that they're going to 225 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.120 be very tight lipped about it, and they're going to 226 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:29.559 say that they're going to let the judicial process play out. 227 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.120 And honestly, I think that's the right thing to do. 228 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.960 And when it comes to the nature of things like this, 229 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:41.440 it is irresponsible to really speculate on, you know, how 230 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:45.840 certain outcomes may come about, especially considering the sensitive nature 231 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:51.159 of it. But you know you're right. Historically BYU has 232 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:55.360 had a fairly strict policy when it comes to off 233 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:59.759 the field incidents or you know, allegations of the nature. 234 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.120 I don't have a great answer for you right now, 235 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.879 just because I don't know the specifics, like I said, 236 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.360 and it is unfortunately just way too sensitive of a 237 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.600 topic for me to try to pontificate upon. So I apologize. 238 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.519 No, you're you're right, and I mean, the last thing 239 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:17.679 I'll say on this now we'll move on, is for 240 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:20.519 the idiots online taking victory lapse because you cheer for 241 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:22.879 a different football team, like put the phone away. You 242 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.240 don't need to tweet, like, let's there's a victim, alleged 243 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:29.840 victim who is potentially involved here that probably has gone 244 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.320 through something traumatic that none of us fully understand, So 245 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.639 you don't have to tweet, put the phones away, move on, 246 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.320 and we will now move on. 247 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:37.919 There's no comfortable way of doing that. 248 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.279 But let me ask you this, so you reference the 249 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.879 conversations you're having in the rooms about the house v 250 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.879 ncaa settlement which I don't know, maybe two months ago 251 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:49.080 felt like it was imminent and now it feels like 252 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:51.840 it might be far away and continues to be far 253 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.720 away based off of some of the state by state 254 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.679 legislation that has been passed to protect member institutions from 255 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:00.919 the very settlement that you've been waiting for. 256 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:02.559 So, what are some of. 257 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:04.840 The conversations you guys are having about where we're at 258 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.759 or House B NC double A and what do you 259 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:08.639 think the latest kind of sounds like right now? 260 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.080 Yeah, you basically took the answer right out of my mouth, 261 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.600 man Like. It is so ironic that every time they 262 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.120 seem to make, you know, a few steps forward, you 263 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.759 take a few extra steps back. The fact that states 264 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:26.519 are getting involved on this at a level individually that 265 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:31.679 could potentially make the kind of the blanket result that 266 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.960 much more easy for everybody is very on brand for 267 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:40.080 the state of college athletics, for college football, and dealing 268 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:44.559 with the NC double A as a whole. If and 269 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.440 when this settlement gets done, it's going to be extremely 270 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:53.240 important for everybody to get their ducks in a row. Obviously, 271 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:59.360 but the fact that these states, I think Tennessee, maybe Kentucky, 272 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.399 a couple other, if I'm not mistaken, are starting to 273 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:05.080 try to dig their clause into this. The fact that 274 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.919 they can make it that much more arduous and basically 275 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:15.000 muddy the waters. It is very unfortunate because I feel 276 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.240 like we're so close to having something like tangible to 277 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.639 be like, Okay, twenty point five million dollars is going 278 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:24.000 to go to each member institution and they will be 279 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.480 able to basically delineate that whatever way they want to, 280 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.080 whichever program they want, and we can go from there. 281 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.960 But like I said, things aren't done easily in this realm, 282 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.159 and I think a lot of it honestly, Spence is 283 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:44.360 like I think people trying to capitalize on a murky situation. Anyways, 284 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:47.039 some people are probably trying to come off as you know, 285 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:52.720 pseudo want to be saviors, whether that's talking about individual 286 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:58.360 state legislators or just other people as a whole. The 287 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:02.039 sooner this gets done or it is for everybody, because 288 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:06.039 once this gets done, then we can finally get onto 289 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:10.240 the bigger point of view, and that is, how is 290 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:13.960 this twenty point five million dollars going to be basically 291 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.879 chopped up and split up between each you know, major 292 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:21.879 division one university across the country, and then at that time, 293 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.879 hopefully for public institutions, we'll be able to get a 294 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:30.039 program by program breakdown and you'll get an actual, like 295 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:37.120 real life way to correctly decipher what these guys are 296 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.399 doing and why they're doing it. And the fact that 297 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.919 we haven't been able to get there yet is very frustrating, 298 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.159 and the fact that we could potentially be waiting even 299 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.240 longer is even more frustrating than that. 300 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:52.840 So on May first, Bill Lee shout out Bill Lee, 301 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.559 who's the governor of Tennessee. He signed a six page 302 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:01.759 state bill bill number five thirty six, and Ross Dellinger 303 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:03.960 was able to get the details, and it paves the 304 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.440 way for the state schools at Tennessee, which of course 305 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:11.080 University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Memphis, et cetera, and their affiliated 306 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:16.600 collectives to break house settlement related rules and prevents college 307 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:20.960 sports quote New Enforcement entity from penalizing those schools. So 308 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.720 what the officials from the Power for Conferences have done 309 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:28.159 in response is they're circulating a draft of what's called 310 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.200 a groundbreaking and a first of its kind document intended 311 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:36.559 to prevent universities from using state laws to violate new 312 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:41.159 enforcement rules and essentially require schools to waive their right 313 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.559 to pursue legal challenges against the new enforcement entity, which 314 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.799 is known as the College Sports Commission. So you combine 315 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:51.399 that with what happened in February where power conferences simply 316 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:56.919 are seeking more control over NCAA championships, namely March Madness 317 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.759 men's and women's basketball tournaments, and obviously the CFP. 318 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.720 All of this. 319 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:07.160 Feels like we are moving towards the shift where power conferences, 320 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:11.920 not the NCUBA, will control policing athlete compensation, and that's 321 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.559 not surprising anybody, Chris. 322 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:15.079 But what we're moving into. 323 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:19.559 Now is the haves are now fighting amongst each other, 324 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.799 where some of the schools that exist in states that 325 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.279 are passing bills that literally say you do not have 326 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.359 to follow the guidelines that are given to you when 327 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:34.000 the House free NCUBA is actually settled. They're now being 328 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.799 warned by the P four institutions that you're not allowed 329 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:40.720 to use state rules to circumvent the actual rules that 330 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.799 are in place when the settlement comes down. Like somehow 331 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.960 they've managed to make it more convoluted. When it seemed 332 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.200 like we were inching closer and closer to the finish line. 333 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.960 Okay, I'm in your city and I'm going to draw 334 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.359 the most perfect analogy possible severance. 335 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:57.960 I can feel it. 336 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:01.960 You knew it, You knew it. You We have to 337 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.960 we have to we have to figure out which conference 338 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:11.680 is Connor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know which conferences shive, 339 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:16.480 Which conference is the eldest boy? Like that's that is 340 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:20.960 what it feels like. And it makes sense because there 341 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:24.400 is meat on the bone for the powers that be 342 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:26.680 to try to grab power, and a lot of it 343 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.680 is grand standing and I get that. But again, until 344 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:34.160 there is a set, you know, firm, firm set of 345 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:38.759 rules in place, people are going to try to capitalize 346 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.440 on the quote unquote wild west of college athletics. So 347 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.720 the fact that the big boys are infighting now and 348 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.119 are going to do their best to potentially try to 349 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:50.279 police the stuff makes a ton of sense because why 350 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.640 wouldn't they Because they know that they can throw their 351 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.640 weight around, because they know, at the end of the 352 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.400 day of their brands are the things that shoulder the 353 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.920 load in college athletics. They know their brands are the 354 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.880 things that drive money when it comes to TV rights 355 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:06.279 and meteorites and all of these things. This is the 356 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:09.680 reality of where we are right now, and it's going 357 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.079 to stay that way for a while until we get 358 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:14.039 some sort if we ever get that, if we ever 359 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:16.519 get to the point that somebody is going to draw 360 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:19.000 a line in the sand and say this is how 361 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.559 you operate within the confine of the rules. Otherwise these 362 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:24.519 guys are going to throw their weight around. 363 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.519 All right, I'm gonna try to do this. I'm gonna 364 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.039 try to do this. 365 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.480 Are we Are we allowed to include wom's gams in 366 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:32.720 the conversation or does it have to be the kids? 367 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.519 I think it's got to be the Core four. 368 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:39.160 Okay, Well, because Shiv is married to Tom, they're the SEC. 369 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:43.319 They have the power. I'm going to say Logan Roy 370 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:46.480 is Mark Emerate no longer with us. Let's see here, 371 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.359 I'm going to say Connor Roy is. 372 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:53.000 The PAC twelve. Okay, I'm gonna say he's the PAC twelve. 373 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.640 Just hanging out. 374 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:57.279 How dare you you wrote off? You wrote off this 375 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:59.759 presidential campaign before it even started. 376 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.160 Let's see, we'll make uh, We're gonna make Kendall the 377 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.039 big ten because you know, the oldest boy, you cannot 378 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:10.799 deny the power. But ultimately he's not the SEC. So 379 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.480 We're gonna give that to Shiv. We'll make let's see, we'll. 380 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:17.039 Make Roman is the Big twelve is a great fit. 381 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:21.160 We'll go Roman Big twelve. Okay, and let's see that leaves. 382 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:24.799 We'll make cousin Greg the ACC. No one really cares 383 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.599 about him with they're. 384 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.759 Fuck great, great, great move. I mean, dude, I don't know, man. 385 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:32.319 This is sports talk radio, Edita Pecks. I'm not even 386 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:35.880 being funny either. This is and I'm on the fifteenth floor. 387 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.559 You know, the city is alive. There's an ambulance driving 388 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:41.599 right by right now, like this is as real as 389 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.039 a kids. 390 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.640 We need to get a little succession soundtrack. We need 391 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.359 the piano in the background. We need get we need 392 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:50.960 to get that done. Okay, So there we go. So 393 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:55.960 Roman's the Big twelve, Shiv is the SEC. We're giving 394 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:59.880 Kendall the Big ten. We're given. We're giving conn Or 395 00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:02.720 the Pac twelve, and we'll make cousin Greg the ACC. 396 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.480 And again Logan is Mark Emert because he's dead and 397 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.480 doesn't matter anymore. 398 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.119 You said it, not me. 399 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.640 That all works. 400 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.559 Oh goodness, gracious, all right, let's move over to what 401 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.839