WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:03.759 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.160 Fox Sports fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services Ensure 3 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:45.399 your most prized possessions. 4 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:33.399 From Lois Concepts. We all know them from el Chorrow. 5 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:35.359 How are you doing for me? 6 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:36.000 I'm good? 7 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:36.280 Thank you? 8 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.200 How are you good? Good to have you in my 9 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:41.640 kobe here as my intern, hoping to get through this, 10 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:43.560 but we're still kind of can you hear us? 11 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:43.799 Can you? 12 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:46.359 Can you hear me? Probably not too. We got to 13 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.320 get ahold of your guy here and see what. Just 14 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:49.920 text him and let him know what's going on. I 15 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.799 hope everybody out there can hear us. I welcome. I 16 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:54.640 wanted to have you on because you were on before 17 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.000 you talked about some of the things that you'd wish 18 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.799 you could do. I want to do, and we're going 19 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.280 to talk about U A sports right. 20 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:01.560 Yeah. 21 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:03.520 You're a big You're a big dude in in in 22 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.280 the I shouldn't say big, big supporter of the program 23 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:08.359 and have been for years. 24 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:10.120 Oh yeah, wildcat for life for sure. 25 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.879 Yeah. Uh what you you a grat? 26 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:13.400 I am? 27 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:13.799 Uh? 28 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:14.439 Who you? 29 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:14.599 Can? 30 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:16.760 I ask you what you're ninety Jewish lady. Jewish took 31 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.280 me a little while I had fun and called and. 32 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 As you should, as we all should. Uh so so now, uh, 33 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.319 I'm sure you were liking what was going on for 34 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.799 a while, uh this decade? 35 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:33.400 Yeah, how do you feel now? Well? 36 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.480 As a fan, I mean, I'm I'm you know, there's 37 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:39.840 some pain. I love the way baseball ended last year. 38 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.480 I love that we went out as a last PAC twelve. Yeah, champion. 39 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.480 I think that was amazing fun to be part of that. 40 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.079 And liked what happened last year. And in our big 41 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:48.359 sports you know, if you want to call them that 42 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.319 last season, yeah, yeast season and you know it, it's 43 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:52.040 I get it. 44 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:54.560 Things happened. You know, we all have our our ups 45 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:55.560 and downs. I think. 46 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.040 My my perspective on this is like, you know, the 47 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.359 Wildcats and Tucson are synonymous, they go hand in hand. 48 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:04.400 I think we can't no matter what's going on, we 49 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.079 can't afford, you know, our community can't afford not to 50 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.039 support that that team, good or bad, good or bad? 51 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:10.400 Good? 52 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:10.680 Bad? 53 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:13.439 Right? Right? I'm sure I know we all know what 54 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.039 you do for a living with your great restaurants. Is 55 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.599 life better when they're winning when it coordates to you? 56 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.680 Absolutely, I'm lucky enough to have some information in front 57 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:26.800 of me now, and then that kind of wakes me up. 58 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:28.879 And for the facts that are in front of us 59 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:30.840 as a community. And I was in I was at 60 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.879 a presentation for a visit Tucson. I'm on the board 61 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.439 of that, and we were looking at some numbers and 62 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.520 on this chart were the biggest tourism bed tax, which 63 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.280 also you can correlate that there's probably good sales tax 64 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.520 attached to that, which is what pays for fire and 65 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.479 safety and et cetera in our community. Of the big 66 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.319 dates that were on that graph, five of the biggest dates, 67 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.280 four or five of the biggest dates in our community, 68 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.479 we're tied of the university and JEM shows one of them, 69 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.840 of course, almost number one. Yeah, we all know, well, 70 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.639 that's just funny, it's not it's not really in actuality. 71 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.560 When you looked at what they were talking about, parents weekend, 72 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:09.439 you know, homecoming, you know, you of a move in graduation, 73 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:14.240 those are huge dates of commerce for the Tucson business community. 74 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.719 I would have never ever thought that, Yeah, okay, And so. 75 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.319 When you correlate them against like something against like the 76 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.800 Gem Show, or compared to the Gem Show, you realize 77 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.159 how really critical important it is. And if we have 78 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.479 a team or teams that are performing at those times, 79 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.360 you know, then I think those numbers go up. Conversely, 80 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:33.439 if we have teams that aren't or it's not going well, 81 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.280 or we're not playing a worthy component let's say opponent, 82 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:38.800 rather maybe maybe they go down. Yeah, you know last 83 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.159 year last season, when Washington came into town and they 84 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.639 were doing well and we were doing well, there was 85 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.199 rumors that there were hotel rooms on the black market, 86 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.599 one for two thousand a night, that people had gone 87 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:54.280 out and sub We're subleasing apartments like on Craig, you know, 88 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.560 condos and hotels because it was in such hot demand. 89 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.960 That's that doesn't happen a lot in Tucson, and that's 90 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.879 tied to, you know, our athletic performance. So I don't 91 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:04.960 I don't sit here like this diehard fan that just 92 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:06.680 because of wins or losses. I look at it like 93 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.599 it's good business and we need to support that. Sure, 94 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.400 how how often would you see that? That's I'm sure 95 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:13.719 you did. What was last week? 96 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.839 Last Friday was the twenty second right Duke was in town. 97 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.279 Not a whole lot of Duke fans coming into town. 98 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:20.000 A pretty good amount. 99 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.680 But I mean a few, right, I mean, what's the 100 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:23.879 weather like elsewhere in the world, and when our sports 101 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:25.959 are going on, everywhere else is not as wasn't. 102 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:27.040 I mean, it's beautiful here right now? 103 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:29.959 Yeah, right, you know if if hopefully uh you know, 104 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.720 it's more it's pretty er here than Phoenix too, for sure, 105 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:34.360 So hopefully we'll see a lot of them come down 106 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:35.600 and that will beat them. 107 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.000 Well, yeah, I assume it could be maybe forty sixty 108 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:43.439 if Arizona fans, you know, kind of the the loyal 109 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.279 UI fans decided to go back because there'll be a 110 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.519 lot of a issue fans. Yeah, well, typically you've been 111 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.360 there a number of times where the underdog, which Arizona is, 112 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.680 always comes through a issues too when they're underdog. 113 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.480 Sure, yeah, it's a it's a it is a true rivalry, 114 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.800 and it's a true business rivalry. We have friends of 115 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:01.680 our who are in business up there. It's a I 116 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.439 remember I was partners with the Basha family and we 117 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.600 did a business together, and and Trey or Edward the 118 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:10.040 third bash of was the asu Grad and we had 119 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.519 a meeting once and in the room they were replaying 120 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.240 the U of a game against a su and it 121 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:15.160 was one at ASU one. 122 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.120 Sure, it was a tough meeting for me. Bro and 123 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:17.839 I had a tough. 124 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.000 Meeting that day because I already knew we already knew 125 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:21.639 that we lost, but I had to sit there while 126 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:22.759 it was replaying in the background. 127 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:23.920 He enjoyed every minute of it. 128 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:25.680 Right right, Well, now the next time you have a 129 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.639 meeting down here, you know what to do, absolutely, yeah, yeah, yeah. 130 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.160 So so you let's let's be transparent. You feed the guys, 131 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:34.519 you feed the football team. 132 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:35.879 At least, we do a lot of catering for the 133 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:40.120 U of A, do a lot of sports team food 134 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.639 fulfillment for the university, just and and a lot of 135 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.519 they're pretty good about spreading the business around to a 136 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.040 lot of locals. Of course, you know, there's there's the 137 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:49.879 chain restaurants. You can't help, you know, the kids like 138 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:51.800 the Chick fil A or whatever have you. But we're 139 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.000 fortunate to be in there. We work with a nutritionists 140 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.319 on a lot of different teams, everything from track and 141 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.839 field to swimming to the girls sports in the men's sports. 142 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:02.079 So we we've been lucky and we. 143 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.120 Have a restaurant that kind of is almost dedicated to 144 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:06.759 that right. We have a little restaurant called Charo Chico 145 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.480 over on Campbell and Prints our newest venture, and we 146 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:11.879 we use that kitchen a lot to satisfy the needs 147 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:12.360 of you of action. 148 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:13.759 So it's what is it? 149 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.360 It's uh good? Arran? 150 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.800 Was it? No? No charge? Chico's a taco shop. I 151 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:18.800 mean it has kind of everything. 152 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.959 But we don't just make you know, our our known 153 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.759 Mexican food stuff there. We'll do kind of everything. They like, 154 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.560 you know, Asian ginger chicken, or they like Mongolian bee, 155 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:28.519 or they might they might like a Greek salad. 156 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:28.800 So we do. 157 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:30.839 We have some chefs there that are pretty well versed 158 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:32.680 and we do a lot of different food for them. 159 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.079 And again in consideration of what the nutrition is. Want 160 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:36.800 one of the what are the kids' favorites? 161 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:37.399 Uh? 162 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:38.600 Kids are? 163 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:38.800 You know? 164 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:40.839 Yeah, they're they're athletes, right, and well they got to 165 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:42.759 have a lot of protein, right, so a lot of 166 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:44.519 time there's a lot of chicken, a lot of steak. 167 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:49.199 They love, they love Middle Eastern flavors, they like Mediterranean flavors, 168 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:51.720 a lot of Asian flavors. And then you know, they 169 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:53.560 we do what we do well with the Mexican food 170 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:54.079 side with them. 171 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.920 Yeah, of course, of course. Uh, let's talk real quick 172 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:58.680 about the show that we're gonna have today. We're going 173 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.240 to talk a little bit more about foot All the 174 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.160 big Game this weekend with one of our regulars Lamont Hunley, 175 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.040 talked about what's going on for Saturday. We always good 176 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.480 and honest thoughts from Lamont. And then in the second hour, 177 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.439 we're gonna have your guy right to Ben. 178 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.759 Yeah, we're gonna bring Ben Chulick on from the Arizona. 179 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.040 Ball right right there. Done a fantastic job. I know 180 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.879 that they're trying to get some tickets sold here. I'm 181 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.720 sure I'm getting I'm getting a few for for myself 182 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:23.920 for that big game. 183 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:24.639 Yeah. 184 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.600 Absolutely, that's again something that is going to bring a 185 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:31.000 lot of dollars and financial impact to our community. And 186 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.040 the more sold out the stadium is, the more those 187 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.959 sponsors and those those people that have invested are going 188 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.959 to have a return, and that's what we want. So 189 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.120 they keep coming back here every year. Typically we've seen 190 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:43.079 a pretty good game. Now we have a pretty big 191 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.759 name attached to it. Really, how much how much do 192 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.759 you think that name? This is a stupid question, It's 193 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.959 an easy question, but has has helped with the sales 194 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.079 or the worldwide look at it. I think it's a 195 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.720 timing issue, right if if number one, I don't know 196 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:59.720 if we would have landed this had it been after 197 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.279 the right right because he became he blew up so 198 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:04.879 much with his you know, with that kind of almost 199 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.240 risky move that the Olympics made to put him involved. 200 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.040 He became even more important and more of a celebrity 201 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.720 and more powerful because he transcended his just his rap 202 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.160 career and became this really kind of great spokesperson. 203 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:16.920 So I think the Bowl got lucky. 204 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.439 Great timing on the Bowl committee and kimideron that team 205 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.600 to do that and picking up the pieces from the 206 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.680 barstool sports part and getting this and then you know 207 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:27.120 there's more to it. I don't know if you know 208 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:30.240 he's bringing his youth football program here. I mean he's 209 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.039 going to have some twenty I think plus teams youth 210 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.600 football coming to Tucson. Those are families, that's what we want, right. 211 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:39.360 Those are family staying in hotels, eating out at restaurants, 212 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.559 shopping locally. That's what we want. We want that multi 213 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.919 generational tourism into our market to fall in love with 214 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:47.679 Tucson because they can come back here and way we 215 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:48.279 can do more. 216 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.559 With them, and at a great time of the year, right, 217 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:51.200 hundred percent. 218 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.360 Yeah, I know all he predicts every year seventy one degrees, 219 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:57.519 but you know, could could very well happen. Happens a lot. Yeah, 220 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.159 and what does Arizona or what does Tucson say? The 221 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.480 most beautiful weather? Absolutely the beautiful weather, and the great 222 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.679 food and the great food, right right, you can and 223 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:09.519 you have a variety of lists, obviously, sure from you 224 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:12.519 know the varieties. Yeah, okay, Uh, let's let's kind of 225 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:14.240 stick with football. Well, we're still at it. Then we'll 226 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.320 go to basketball in a bit. No, no, no, let's start 227 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.600 with basketball because we can always and talked more with 228 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:23.840 with Lamont basketball. To a man, it's probably disappointing so far, 229 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.080 but I've always said, nothing happens in November, even when 230 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:28.360 they do well in November. 231 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:29.200 Uh. 232 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.559 And here we are, right, they play tomorrow in the Bahamas. Uh, 233 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.519 we'll see what happens. Time to regroup, kind of see 234 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.480 you get away and and kind of see what happens. 235 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:39.480 You were at the game on Friday, I saw I 236 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:42.000 saw your highlights of the of the girl who who's 237 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.519 tossing plates on the phenomenal Yeah she is. Everyone was 238 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:49.200 pulling for her and she pulled it off. Your thoughts 239 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.919 on this team, well, it's sport, it's youth. I do 240 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:56.559 think that there's a like behind it all. And I 241 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.360 actually was with Lamont one year and I don't think 242 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:00.759 he'll remember to start, I'll bring it up. When we 243 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.559 were in an airport together, we were talking about kids 244 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.519 getting paid and what you know, this may before, before, before, 245 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.519 and I out right, and so now that there's this 246 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.639 money involved, you know, is. 247 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:11.879 That added pressure? Is that an added distraction? 248 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.159 It's so new, it's such a wild West environment With that, 249 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.679 it kind of wondered, like, what are these coaches managing 250 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.240 because they're no longer just managing the expectation of a 251 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.679 basketball game. They're running a business with employees, and it's 252 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.279 a very different environment and that performance and what does 253 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.679 that translate to the image the highlight reeal issues. 254 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:30.639 I can't. 255 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.120 I can't imagine what it's like now. I go back 256 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:34.639 like you, I mean, we're older and we've been in 257 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.840 the game for a while. But while I didn't wasn't 258 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.840 on your side of sports or in sports involved, I 259 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.919 always had athletes around because we had entertained. 260 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.240 You probably know more about it than me because they 261 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:44.720 could be open more. 262 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.600 Open, absolutely, But I also remember being like slapped on 263 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:49.240 the wrist if I was going to buy an athlete 264 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.879 a burrito, you know, because I couldn't do anything before sure, 265 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.360 you know, and we had athletes that were friends that 266 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:55.799 I couldn't even buy a dinner for without a violation issue. 267 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:59.639 So now it's so different, you know, it's it's got 268 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:01.600 to be different for them to in the culture their face. 269 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.159 You hit it on the head at least in my philosophy. 270 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.919 How are you going to be you know, Brennan, Tommy Lloyd, 271 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.960 whomever a dea bars these people? These student athletes are 272 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:13.639 making pretty good money. Pretty good money, I'm not, you know, 273 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.240 not a little money. How do you tell these student athletes, 274 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.600 I want to call kids or not kids after they're 275 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.200 making money, to do better, to work harder, to do 276 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:22.799 all these things. 277 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.360 But they're already getting paid, right, right. 278 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.960 You're your boss, you have these people, you're and and 279 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.559 I know this is a bad way to look at it, 280 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.480 but these kids are getting paid and they have already 281 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.559 been paid, right, How do you motivate them. 282 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.440 And they've got a million voices in their head and 283 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.200 a million voices in their ear is telling them what they're 284 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:41.000 worth right down there's grass is greener on some other side. 285 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.879 And sure, you know, how can you not be distracted 286 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.480 by that? And that? 287 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.279 Heck, at any age, I mean I've been distracted right 288 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.879 now right assured said, hey, Ray, you can come do 289 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:50.320 this for that? 290 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.320 Yeah, yeah, give up what you have now I'll make 291 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.200 it even better right over here, right you know, that's 292 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.960 it's a tough decision. I'm not sure if you could 293 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.159 talk about this, and I don't know, maybe we'll talk 294 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.519 about it out the air. We have a discussion here 295 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:09.919 in the spring, nil potential. You want to talk about 296 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.759 that or can you talk about Do you remember our conversation? 297 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.799 Yeah, Well, we've been working on some solutions in my 298 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:17.960 side businesses. I've always kind of been in marketing and 299 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.120 event type of programming. We did a lot with back 300 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:22.799 in the day in the casino space. That was my 301 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.960 background and helped do a lot with Abba. Heck, the 302 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:27.399 Tamali Festival is going on right now. 303 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.399 I'm proud to know. I'm proud to let everybody. 304 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.200 Know that I helped start the Tamali Festival down at 305 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.399 Abba and the Casino. 306 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.039 But you know, I think. 307 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.639 What the Arizona Bowl was doing, what some of these 308 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.320 collectives are doing out there, two different animals, but could 309 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:47.679 be potentially an evolution to where the hospitality rather the 310 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:51.440 nonprofit community sector could actually benefit from having athletes in 311 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.279 our community out there doing good and out there doing things. 312 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.639 I think we might be able to do that with 313 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.480 something like a fifty to fifty raffle that the Diamond 314 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.879 Bats do, that the Dodgers do, a lot of professional 315 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:02.960 teams do, and some colleges do it. Kentucky's doing it 316 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:04.919 right now and bringing that into the fold with the 317 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.559 university to help. So we've you know, we've created some 318 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.039 concepts for them to look at really just as a 319 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.159 support machn sure to figure out, hey, sure, how do 320 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:13.600 we make a little more fun to go to a game? 321 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:16.600 Maybe gamify it a little bit at adding some function 322 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.399 where you know, you might win some money, but also 323 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:19.679 you might do a lot of good for the local 324 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.720 community through the use of athletes and their and their 325 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.840 prowess and their and their and their connections. 326 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.279 We have just less than a minute, so you've already 327 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.679 proposed that we've been working on it for all Yeah. Yeah, 328 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.639 so and you've said Kentucky already instituted, yeah, yes, and 329 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.840 I'm sure many others a few others. 330 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.120 Yep. 331 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:39.240 Uh. When we talked, I thought it was a fantastic idea. 332 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.919 And each game, right, each game you get something. 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