WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:05.839 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:11.199 Fox Sports fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services insure 3 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:14.080 your most prized possessions. 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:17.719 And good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to Eye on the Ball. 5 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.239 You're on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera and 6 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.039 when me today is holy moldy lookers in today. 7 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:27.000 Tim Bentley, Oh my gosh, get out of here. 8 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:27.800 It's been a while. 9 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:28.960 What is what's been going? 10 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:30.600 Where have you been? I've been, I've been here. 11 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.359 You haven't seen You've been. I've been listening to you, 12 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.119 but I haven't seen you. And I thought I'd better 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.520 get anywhere. The ghost of Steve Rivera, lay some. 14 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:38.439 Eyes on you, make sure that things are still good, 15 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:38.960 that you. 16 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:41.679 Uh well take them to take my pulse inerature. 17 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:42.640 I didn't work. 18 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.359 I do work at TMC, so I'm uniquely qualified to 19 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.600 give medical to give you medical advice to uh. 20 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:50.399 You're not just a doctor on the radio. 21 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.159 Doctor Bentley. If I'm giving you medical advice, man, you're 22 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:56.719 you're in the world of hurt. 23 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.960 Still, don't you stay over there? Stay with there? Well, 24 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.439 you're in the You're in the shoe today better known 25 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:04.200 as the chair. 26 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:06.719 So you're you're well, yeah, thanks for having me and 27 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.640 I've been listening. You've been having some good guests and 28 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:09.719 good shows. 29 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:11.400 And thank you listening yesterday. 30 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.959 I did well done. I mean it's that was fun. Yeah, 31 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.719 that was that was those. 32 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.680 Lots of fun. That was that was interesting. 33 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.079 I always am just amazed at the careers that these 34 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.239 athletes have afterwards. 35 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.840 You and you A you A grats you a big time, 36 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:27.400 just like bad ass. 37 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:29.760 You know things are doing and it's and it's you 38 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:30.879 don't know they're they're in. 39 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.239 This bubble for four or five years here and. 40 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.480 They're basketball players, right, you don't know that they're you 41 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.280 don't see them as people sometimes. 42 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:40.760 No, no, you're spot on, spot on, you don't and 43 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.359 you don't you might or may not see the potential 44 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:45.959 when they're nineteen twenty twenty one because you don't get 45 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.680 to spend time with them, right, But then they blossom 46 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:51.079 into these people and they're not kids anymore. They're not kids. 47 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.079 They're young men and or older men, you know, baffo 48 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.319 older men and and uh Lauren Woods is a you know, 49 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.799 forty fifty year old dude, very impres I know. 50 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.040 So you know Harvey Mason that you know, you could 51 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:06.920 go down the roster of just successful people and I 52 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:08.840 you know, whether you're playing at a high level at 53 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.159 the U of A or you're just participating in sports 54 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.680 or some sort of activity in your school career, you know, 55 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:17.560 it really helps you be able roll rounded, you know, 56 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:18.759 just human being in general. 57 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:21.479 Well, and you know this, and it's just not specifically 58 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.120 the football team or basketball team or the major sports. 59 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.680 A lot of the great stories are in the other sports. 60 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:31.680 The runners, sure, the softball players, the track and field people. 61 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.199 Well, if you think about it, you know, think about 62 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.199 your high school career and how many of the classes 63 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:38.719 that you took you really remember. 64 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:40.639 You probably don't remember high school. 65 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.280 Yeah, maybe a favorite teacher you remember, yeah, but you 66 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.080 remember the fun you had with your friends, either in 67 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:49.120 playing sports or doing an activity or drama or whatever 68 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.479 it is. Those are the experiences that create and shape you. 69 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.719 Oh yeah, and you know kind of further what you do. 70 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.319 You might be a great athlete along the way, but 71 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:00.080 your hopes and dreams. 72 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:01.719 You who are going to extend beyond your. 73 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.879 Career athletic and then because when you end your career, 74 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:06.439 what do I do next? 75 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:07.479 Right? 76 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:12.000 And you know these kids, their career. You know, they're 77 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.840 not kids anymore, I said, young men. But you know 78 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:15.840 they get to be thirty two, thirty three, thirty four 79 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:17.439 and they're faced with life decisions. 80 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.319 You know, well, aren't you going through one? Now you 81 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.439 don't have to say if you are, you aren't. But 82 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.759 but and that's a critical age because it's like you 83 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.400 got to have that end game. If you don't have 84 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:30.120 the end game, you're screwed. 85 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.520 Right, And it's you know you Uh, there's a kid 86 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:34.520 that I coached in high school that's a professional runner, 87 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.280 you know, and and he's got his eye on the 88 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.879 prize for twenty twenty eight for the Olympic Trials. But 89 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.240 that's three years away. What do you do when you're 90 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:44.840 thirty five there? But you know, and so it's start 91 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.960 to think about what the plans you're laying. And so 92 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.360 Lauren Wood's story, I mean, what a cool dude. Man, 93 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.000 that guy just had his eye on it. 94 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.120 Man spoke well, and then who would have thought, Okay, 95 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:55.680 here's this actor, dude. 96 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.599 How is he's seven to one and he's writing. I 97 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.919 have to write my own stuff so my shows on. 98 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.159 I was gonna ask you, so you've been a while 99 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:09.639 blah blah blah. God, it was just popped into my mind. Endgame, endgame. Well, 100 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.360 so you've been You've been a number of places right 101 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:16.360 all over your share career. So like for me, I'm 102 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:18.839 sure you've had an endgame, not because of you, but 103 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.000 because of other people. Say sorry to Tim, we're closing, 104 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.959 or you know, we're moving a different direction whatever. I 105 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.759 don't know, that could be false information for me. The 106 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.480 paper closed fifteen sixteen years ago. Fifteen sixteen years ago. 107 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.279 H And so my career, I'm thinking, what the hell 108 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:35.199 am I going to do? Now? This is all I've 109 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.199 done the rest of my life, all my life. I 110 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:40.759 was forty five, I'm thinking, crap, I can just say goodbye? 111 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:42.319 What am I gonna do? So I had to kind 112 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:43.079 of reinvent myself. 113 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:44.560 Well, you pivot, and you know it's one of the 114 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:45.360 things that you learn how. 115 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:48.360 To do, is you know what a family engage. 116 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.199 I have worked in the media for a long time, 117 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:52.639 and I have worked at stations that have been sold 118 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:54.360 station management change. 119 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.600 They were making it. Hey, here's your rolodex, see you later. 120 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.399 But yeah, yeah, no, we'll let us walk you through 121 00:04:59.399 --> 00:04:59.639 the door. 122 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.120 You know we're going to walk you out. 123 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:05.480 So I think that's you know, I credit sports, but 124 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:07.399 I also kind of create just good people in your life, 125 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:08.920 you know, kind of giving you the skill set to be. 126 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.000 That's it right there, That's it right there. You have 127 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:15.800 to know people, network with people, impressed people. You're in 128 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.439 a business. Uh, I'm in a business. Everybody's in a business, 129 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:21.279 whether they handled or not. People business. 130 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:23.279 Right, you're in the people business. 131 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.720 You're in the storytelling business, whether you're telling the l 132 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:28.040 tour stories or the newspaper stories or telling stories on 133 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.360 the radio. You know, you pivot. It's a skill, it's 134 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.720 a lifelong skill. You might do it in different ways. 135 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:35.079 And you know, so Lauren Woods is like, hey, I 136 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.360 was always drawn to being creative and an actor, and 137 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.519 you know, and and you had a chance to grow 138 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.040 with you a and then yeah, and we didn't know that, 139 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:46.040 never would have known. Yeah, you know, it's just I 140 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.560 listened to him. I just remembered they were wearing the head. 141 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.040 Bands, the headbands Passenger Creation. 142 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:57.079 Yeah, and then what a bunch of knucklehead these guys were. 143 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.079 Remember that? 144 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:59.680 And I was just like, oh, I know, and they 145 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.199 just know that they're just goofballs. At twenty you know 146 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:02.759 their kids. 147 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.199 Yeah, have all the answers. 148 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:07.360 And then to hear him, you know, speak so well 149 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.160 and passionately about what he believes in and what he's 150 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:11.160 fired up about. 151 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.639 Right right, has a ha's an foundation. He has a 152 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.600 website that gives a t shirts he does in l 153 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.040 A now to the homeless groups out there. So good 154 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:21.519 for him. If you guys want to listen to our 155 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:24.319 show and and then then that's that interview was great. 156 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:26.160 I thought the Baffort thing was fun. You know, he 157 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.639 called or he I've been trying to reach him and 158 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:33.360 he said I can do today, said somewhere let's go. 159 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:33.680 Yeah. 160 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.639 Yeah, So a big race for him next week at 161 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:39.839 the Belmont. He has Rodriguez not named after coach Rodriguez, 162 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.959 just just and he doesn't name the horses. It's the 163 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.680 owners wearing the horses. Uh like Midnight Lout and and 164 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.759 Care all these horses that were hot sean right right right, 165 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.040 So yeah, he's not the one that's doing it, but 166 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.199 they respect him to do that. You know, who else next? 167 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.360 Who else next? So so he was on is a 168 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.199 big race next? He was fantastic. Talked about his childhood 169 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.360 in Ogallas and his time here at the u A 170 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.800 and the Racing Foundation and stuff like that. So if 171 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.199 you have to, if you missed it, you'd like to 172 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:14.759 hear it, It's on my Facebook page. Just grab the 173 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:16.560 link and put it in your browser and you can 174 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:18.800 listen to it. It was a lot of fun. We 175 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.079 had a lot of fun with that yesterday. Today should 176 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:23.439 be an equal fun day. We're going to get a 177 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.879 hold of Joseph Blair. We all know him as JB. 178 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.279 He's in Houston. He's the coach of the Rio Grand Vipers, 179 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.040 owner organization under the Houston Rockets. So we'll talk to 180 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.839 him about that. What he's up to is helping create 181 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:42.680 a court right the basketball court at the Pellibury area. 182 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:44.600 I'm excited to talk to him. 183 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.079 He's looking at courts at Palaverty Park over there in 184 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.839 Broadway coalb area. He wants to help fund some basketball 185 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:52.839 courts to honor his mom. 186 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:54.759 He's always doing stuff like that, Judith. 187 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.000 Yeah, and I've been following him and I'm a big, 188 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.959 big fan of JB. 189 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.720 He's for since he played here. Yeah, he's a good dude. 190 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.560 Yeah, good dude. Trying to do a lot of stuff 191 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.079 for the community here and there and everywhere. Uh, he's 192 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.480 you know, played coach and played at the NBA level 193 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.920 number of teams in Europe, so well versed. You know, 194 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.519 if there's a smart dude, the savvy dude, guess who 195 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:16.720 that is, JB. 196 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:19.399 You know, and you were we were talking about Lauren. 197 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.120 But I also think that there's a good foundation for 198 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:23.120 a lot of these you know a lot of these 199 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.120 U A athletes that stick around and there and there 200 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.959 their ambassadors for the team, their ambassador for Tucson, even 201 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:28.839 if they live elsewhere. 202 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:31.639 You know, they are always. 203 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.519 Advocating for you know, wildcats, bear down, let's go. What 204 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:37.480 can we do to help? And I think the smart 205 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.519 coaches and the and the and the savvy coaches here, 206 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:41.720 you know, they bring them in and then it's a legacy. 207 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.840 Yeah, no question. You've been Okay, then. 208 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.879 Things are really good. Just got back from Rocky point O. 209 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.279 Nice. 210 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:53.440 My wife finished her semesters, not very not very much. 211 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:54.159 My wife speaks. 212 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:54.799 So we did good. 213 00:08:54.840 --> 00:09:00.039 And you've got to translated, sit on the beach and 214 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:01.159 relax for a little bit. 215 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.879 And so yeah, pretty good, okay, pretty good. 216 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:05.480 How about you? 217 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:06.480 What's going on with you? 218 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.480 Okay? I had surgery last week. I took some time 219 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.200 off because the doctor said he can't go to work. 220 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:14.600 I started driving Tuesday, so I started my shows here Wednesday. 221 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.919 I'm fine, I'm getting better. And then here just you know, 222 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.840 kind of wearing the stuff that they make me wear. 223 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.279 You know, let me tell you secret, don't get old. 224 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:26.279 It sucks. 225 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:31.720 I'm I think I'm one step behind you. Man, it sucks, 226 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.919 but you know, I guess it beats the alternative. Well, 227 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:36.679 this is true, you know. I mean, like it's good 228 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.039 to see it. Well, it's good to be seen, is 229 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:39.200 what good? 230 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:40.559 That's the alternative. 231 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:42.720 It's like, you know, but I mean, I have tape 232 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.879 on my shoulder today you can't see it. And and 233 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.799 I just got a shot in my foot because I'm 234 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:47.639 an old guy. 235 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.960 And I need some quarts. 236 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:52.799 I got the juice today in my foot, So I'm all, 237 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:53.639 I'm pretty good. 238 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:55.440 Yeah, you've seen weak in a burden sie. Have I 239 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.440 told you this? So you've seen I've seen him and 240 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:01.799 the two dudes hold them up? My meds was what 241 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:03.759 held me up? Those are the two dudes. 242 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:06.039 Do you want a pair of sung glasses? 243 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:12.279 Except mylive I mentioned of my two dudes, right, gotcha? 244 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.240 Stay strict to those diets and straight strict to those meds. 245 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.120 Uh. 246 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:18.759 And that'll explain a lot of things on the show. 247 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.159 I'm ready to go wherever you want to take it. 248 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:21.879 I'm ready to go. 249 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:22.720 Well. 250 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.879 JB is going to come on first, and then we're 251 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:31.039 going to talk to Marcus Middleton from the Maccabie Games. 252 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:31.519 Uh. 253 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.600 They're gonna be downtown DCC soon coming up in a 254 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.720 couple weeks in June. In June. Uh, they've hosted it before. 255 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:40.360 They're excited about it. I said, let's come on talk 256 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:40.720 about it. 257 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:41.080 You know. 258 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.960 One of the things that I Tucson, I don't know 259 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:45.440 the exact name is that the Tucson that's the sports authority, 260 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.279 but you know they have a sports Commission and they 261 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:51.279 really are well this is Son doesn't visit to Son, 262 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.240 it's on visit to Son now. And and you know, 263 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:56.519 I really like that they're reaching out to you know, 264 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.679 all kinds of sports, bringing people in sports, uh, events 265 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:00.559 to m H. 266 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:01.200 Yeah. 267 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:01.440 No. 268 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.679 And they're working a lot of projects I have, you know, 269 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.399 because what's his name is what's his name? Blake Eagers 270 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:09.360 on my every Wednesday or whatever. And he's part of 271 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.080 that with the Southern Arizona tourism, and he's the it's 272 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.679 smart baseball and the so many other things it's smart 273 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:17.039 to do. 274 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:21.759 It's a big part of destination we'll travel is sporting events. 275 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.159 Let me say this to you because you're you've been 276 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.399 here on Trusson deserves it. But now they have to 277 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.840 prove that they deserve it. That makes any sense, you know, 278 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.559 there's there's one thing of winning the championship. Keeping the 279 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.120 championships the harder. So you get it and you've been 280 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.320 working hard for it. Now you have to prove that 281 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:42.519 they should deserve to stay because if no one goes, 282 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.159 what's the point, right, what's the point of all that 283 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.559 work of trying to get a team here at any level, 284 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:51.480 at any level baseball, basketball or whatever, and then oh, 285 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.240 great grood for you, Oh I can't go, I want 286 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:55.679 to go, I can't go. 287 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.799 Well, it's it's it's a delicate balance. 288 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:00.720 I have worked in that side of the of defense 289 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.559 on visit Tucson and now that arena and the delicate 290 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:06.879 dance that they do to get teams here and make. 291 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.320 It a valuable product for people to live here. 292 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.120 That's affordable. 293 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:12.919 You know, people have you know, not a ton of 294 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.440 disposable income, so you want it to be a good value. 295 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.440 Well that's what I was going to say. In transition 296 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.080 to that kind you can kind of put that translation 297 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.120 to freeway football. Okay, it's been here for a one 298 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.759 hundred years plus. Okay, now you have a good team 299 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.679 or bad team or whatever. But what are they asking 300 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:33.120 to do? Go watch you? And not all the time? 301 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.279 Does that happen? It doesn't. 302 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:37.080 And it's you know and that and people speak with 303 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:38.840 their dollars, they speak with their attendance. 304 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.200 Yes, especially in this town, especially in this You gave 305 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:45.600 me a slight that looks like, yeah, I. 306 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:47.919 Have been an event planning and management for a long time. 307 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.799 What do you think it is? I mean, Tucson is 308 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.919 a late arriving crowd. Uh, if you win, they will come. 309 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.679 But there's gotta be some kind of like formula. You know, 310 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.840 actually wyz to what the people? 311 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:02.240 If you figure it out, you're going to make. 312 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:03.879 A bazillion dollars. That's why I ask. 313 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.639 You know a lot of other cities you go to 314 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:08.919 and they'll talk about, oh they're late registering or you know, 315 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.919 their Tucson cat or there's something casual Tucson is. 316 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.840 It has been like that. And since I've been three 317 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.879 years that I've been. 318 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.639 Yeah, I've been here thirty seven, thirty eight. 319 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.639 And it's been like that. And it's you know, the 320 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.679 back of winter. 321 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:28.279 They're loyal exactly, but they'll hold a grudge if they fail, 322 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.000 you know, or if if they if they go, if 323 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.480 they go a cross that's understandable. 324 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.600 Please don't go. I love you, Please don't go. I 325 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:37.639 found somebody. 326 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.200 Better, right, So, Yeah, the work that they do down 327 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.840 there is you know, they're doing a lot of quiet 328 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.600 work behind the scenes. 329 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.480 Yeah, and it is tough. I mean, Tucson has grown 330 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.039 tremendously in my time at the same time as you. 331 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.960 Well, and it's you know, people used to say, hey, 332 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:53.840 you can't do anything in the summertime here. Everybody goes 333 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:56.120 to San Diego. And that's just you know, the cliche 334 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.759 around Tucson. 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