College sports is in shambles

Speaker 1: We begin with my quick week one thoughts, right? Speaker 1: So, because obviously NFL happened, everyone's a big to-do. Speaker 1: A lot of people pushing out the content, jumping into the NFL thing. Speaker 1: Main thing is this. Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears put up an ungodly amount of points on the Carolina Panthers. Speaker 1: Ben Johnson is being heralded as a genius. Speaker 1: Caleb Williams is being mentioned as an MVP candidate.

Speaker 1: But the main thing is the main thing when it comes to the Chicago Bears. Speaker 1: Ben Johnson didn't realize what he had in the Chicago Bears offense until about a quarter of the way through last season. Speaker 1: Once he realized what the offense should be, he realized what it ultimately would be. Speaker 1: Okay, so if we're going to jump into the screen real quick, the Chicago Bears put up an ungodly amount of points over the weekend. Speaker 1: And let's go here. Speaker 1: Okay, so Chicago's 59 points scored are tied with the 2019 Ravens, the 1968 Cowboys, and the 1963 Chiefs for the second most points scored in a season opening game all time. Speaker 1: Now that got a lot of people going crazy.

Speaker 1: Oh my God, this is the Ben Johnson experience. Speaker 1: This is the Ben Johnson era. Speaker 1: He's a mad genius. Speaker 1: Kayla Williams is going to be a Patrick Mahomes-like career. Speaker 1: All the trajectory stuff was coming into fruition, but they overlooked one thing. Speaker 1: The Bears had six rushing touchdowns in that game. Speaker 1: So as much as you want to go crazy about Kayla Williams, as much as you want to go crazy about Kayla Williams and MVP and all that stuff, Speaker 1: the Bears scored six rushing touchdowns, and that was what got them to where they went to last year.

Speaker 1: the impetus on running the ball is what made the whole ben johnson experience actually become a Speaker 1: thing last year the bears were piss poor in just rushing attempts about a quarter of the way through Speaker 1: the season and then ben johnson finally decided to lean on the running game and then the offense Speaker 1: that we thought we were going to see in week one magically came to be he's not waiting for a quarter Speaker 1: of the season this year. He is starting from week one by running the damn ball. And that's what you Speaker 1: saw against the Carolina Panthers. Yes, Caleb Williams is going to make plays with his arm. Speaker 1: He's going to make plays with his legs and he's going to be the guy. He's going to be the face. Speaker 1: Him and Ben Johnson both going to share being the face of the Chicago Bears, but ultimately it's Speaker 1: going to come down to, are they running the ball?

So as much as we want to try, or not we, as much Speaker 1: as they, and you know who they are, want to try to eradicate the running back position Speaker 1: as much as they want to diminish the impact of running backs. Some of the biggest takeaways Speaker 1: from this past week one were all centered on the running game. Kenneth Walker going crazy with the Speaker 1: Chiefs. What do you do when you give Patrick Mahomes, he doesn't have a true number one, Speaker 1: but what if you give him a top tier running back? We're about to find out. Speaker 1: What happens when Ben Johnson keeps leaning into the running game in Chicago? Speaker 1: You get six rushing touchdowns and the second most points ever scored on opening week of all time.

Speaker 1: What happens when the running game is effective? Speaker 1: What happens when we go back to 90s football? Speaker 1: All this, you know, the fluff and fanfare about QBs and wide receivers, Speaker 1: It's all about vertical, vertical, vertical, sluggles, all the stuff, nine routes, goal routes. Speaker 1: It's all about that. Speaker 1: What happens when we revert back and the running back becomes an impetus again? Speaker 1: Those are my week one thoughts. Speaker 1: If you have any week one thoughts, you can leave those in the chat.

Speaker 1: Whether you're watching this live or on the replay game, go ahead and do that. Speaker 1: We'll hit Patrick early in the chat because I'm always appreciative of Patrick pulling up. Speaker 1: Let me make sure we go to the right camera. Speaker 1: Let me do this. Speaker 1: We're going to go here. Speaker 1: Then we're going to go here. Speaker 1: All right.

Speaker 1: ESPN clearly is not. Speaker 1: They trash at this point. Speaker 1: So that is responding to the poll. Speaker 1: So the poll is down there. Speaker 1: It is about is ESPN sticking to sports? Speaker 1: They literally had a politician on game day and gave him 10 uninterrupted minutes to spew about a bill that is pending litigation. Speaker 1: But stick to sports, though.

Speaker 1: but go woke or go broke though we'll get there trust me we'll get there I got all the tabs I Speaker 1: got sound I got a whole bunch of stuff I spent the majority of my evening after work getting all this Speaker 1: lined up because as much as the week one stuff is a thing and people want to you know rehash or Speaker 1: recap games and all that to me what's happening in college sports is way more important than week Speaker 1: one of the NFL. I may be an anomaly, but this is why you come here and you don't just go to another Speaker 1: place where you're just hearing regurgitated takes about the NFL. This is why you come here Speaker 1: and not over there. Because over there is always the same thing. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we're Speaker 1: talking NFL leading into week two, and it's the same rinse and repeat until we get to the Super Bowl. Speaker 1: No, there's other stuff that's going on that's way more important and way more impactful Speaker 1: than just rehashing and recapping NFL games. Speaker 1: That's just me, though.

Speaker 1: Do what you want. Speaker 1: Do what you will. Speaker 1: All right, so... Speaker 1: If we're going to go now, Speaker 1: we can start... Speaker 1: Let's start with Colin Kaepernick, right? Speaker 1: So Colin Kaepernick is making the rounds. Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick is doing all the things, right?

Speaker 1: He's promoting a book. Speaker 1: He's doing a book tour. Speaker 1: He's doing the media runs where he's jumping on different podcasts, Speaker 1: going on different television shows, Speaker 1: and he is lining out all the stuff that has happened to him, Speaker 1: all the controversies surrounding him, Speaker 1: and all the things that are still impacting him to this day. Speaker 1: And one of those things is Jay-Z keeps bringing that man's name up. Speaker 1: Jay-Z, who Colin Kaepernick said has a guilty conscience Speaker 1: because of the way that he treated not just Colin Kaepernick, but the movement itself when everything Speaker 1: was popping off during quarantine pandemic times. And obviously the protest was happening back in Speaker 1: 2016, but every few years it just seems as though Hove can't get Kaepernick's name out his mouth. Speaker 1: Kaepernick has been quiet.

That's allowed a lot of people to put information and misinformation Speaker 1: on his name, dirt on his name, slander on his name. And now Kaepernick via his memoir and via this Speaker 1: press tour promoting the book, which is the memoir, is now firing back or clapping back, Speaker 1: however you want to signify it. Okay, now that we have that set up, let's go ahead and tap into what Speaker 1: we're seeing here on the screen. Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners sought a prominent black figure Speaker 1: to help end the player protest and even offered him a major deal while, quote, actively blackballing, Speaker 1: end quote him he rejected it Kaepernick says Jay-Z then quote stepped into that role end quote Speaker 1: as the quote blackface end quote the NFL sought quote to be able to subvert the protest end quote Speaker 1: bro it is so clear what was happening here it was clear in real time Speaker 1: Now, Capitalist Hove, as I have known to call him, this is the move of a capitalist. Speaker 1: The NFL made it very clear, whether it's from Roger Godel, whether it's from the Bob Craps and the Jerry Joneses of the world, Speaker 1: they needed something to stop the bleeding, the figurative bleeding of black unrest and black players speaking their minds. Speaker 1: That is bad for business. Speaker 1: Even though the league is about 65, 70% black, Speaker 1: the audience is the reverse of that when it comes to non-millanated people.

Speaker 1: The owners, which is still all predominantly white, Speaker 1: except for your man's con out there in Jacksonville. Speaker 1: Those owners know who their base is. Speaker 1: Those owners know who buys season tickets. Speaker 1: Those owners know who buys jerseys, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Speaker 1: And they also know who are going to be ones that are going to complain. Speaker 1: That piece is often overlooked. Speaker 1: Yes, the white fan base.

Speaker 1: Also, the white fan base, one, buys up season tickets, has the affluence and the aptitude to go ahead and get that done. Speaker 1: Right. Whether it's, you know, PLEs or luxury suites, whatever. Speaker 1: Right. They have that they have that wherewithal to go ahead and do that. Speaker 1: But it's not just that. Speaker 1: they also have the wherewithal to complain when something's not going their way and if a owner is Speaker 1: going to listen to their base and their base is the one that is giving them the financial Speaker 1: independence to be able to you know have these billion dollar valuations on these teams then Speaker 1: that is their actual like sounding board right so when it comes to the nfl specifically those Speaker 1: owners knew, hey, this black unrest is offending our white customer base.

Hard stop. We need to Speaker 1: stop this. So how can we stop the black unrest from the fan POV, from the media POV, and from Speaker 1: the athlete POV? How can we stop this? You need a black face. Now, if they could have spun Kaepernick, Speaker 1: that would have been the ultimate Uno reverse card. Speaker 1: That would have been the ultimate Uno reverse.

Speaker 1: But thankfully, Kaepernick stuck to his own. Speaker 1: Stood ten toes. Speaker 1: No, I'm not taking your bread. Speaker 1: I'm going to take your bread through suing you Speaker 1: and proving that you're colluding against me and Eric Reid. Speaker 1: But I'm not just going to take your bread Speaker 1: just to get a major deal Speaker 1: just so I can have the illusion of, Speaker 1: well, this is them paying restitution. Speaker 1: No, I'm going to take you to court, get you get you in some depositions potentially and make you cough up the bread at that point in time. Speaker 1: That's what ultimately ended up happening.

But when it comes now to, OK, we just need a black face to stop this bleeding. Speaker 1: Again, the figurative bleeding of every every day or every week or every month we were getting new black unrest stories or the Kaepernick thing would not go away as players were trying to protest or at least trying to bring up the cause of why Kaepernick. Speaker 1: was being blackballed and ultimately protesting. Speaker 1: Once that happens to where it's ad nausea, Speaker 1: where it's just minutiae, Speaker 1: where every week, every day, Speaker 1: there's a different headline about it. Speaker 1: Okay, the owner said, Speaker 1: look, this is messing the money up. Speaker 1: Ratings were going down Speaker 1: because both sides, Speaker 1: the pro-Kaepernick and the anti-Kaepernick, Speaker 1: were both deciding that the NFL product Speaker 1: was not good for them anymore. Speaker 1: So that's really fucking the money up.

Speaker 1: That is really pushing things to a level Speaker 1: that the NFL was scared of. Speaker 1: Because you would expect, Speaker 1: okay, you're probably going to lose Speaker 1: some melanated folks from watching the games. Speaker 1: But then the other side was like, Speaker 1: hey, if you keep allowing this Kaepernick thing to go, Speaker 1: to go on, Speaker 1: if you keep having these players kneel, Speaker 1: if you keep having these players protest, Speaker 1: I'm not going to participate in your product. Speaker 1: So the NFL was catching it on both ends. Speaker 1: So they needed a solution. Speaker 1: And the solution was we need a black face. Speaker 1: And the solution was they needed to offer a deal to someone who was willing to be the guy.

Speaker 1: Someone who is willing to be the face. Speaker 1: Someone who was willing to stand and take the arrows that were going to be fired upon him or her. Speaker 1: Let me be clear. Him or her. Speaker 1: From their own base. Speaker 1: And for whatever reason, Jay-Z thinks he's Teflon. Speaker 1: And it has proven to be that he is Teflon.

Speaker 1: This is probably outside of the beef with Nas. Speaker 1: This is probably the most negative press he's ever gotten. Speaker 1: He didn't get this much negative press when he stabbed Un Rivera. Speaker 1: He didn't get this much negative press when it comes to him doing multiple albums with R. Kelly. Speaker 1: Did you get your passport? Speaker 1: None of the stuff from snaking multiple rappers, including LL Cool J, from snaking multiple radio hosts, Charlamagne included, which now is his maids.

Speaker 1: There's never been this much, or let me rephrase that. Speaker 1: There's never been a person as big as Colin Kaepernick that has been openly this strided against Jay-Z since the beef with Nas. Speaker 1: But that was some deep personal shit. Speaker 1: You know who, you know, you know what to, you know who, keep that between me and you. Speaker 1: That was different. That was other levels, right? Speaker 1: This is straight, hard line, and it was in public.

Speaker 1: Kaepernick did the protest. Speaker 1: Everyone jumped and rode with cap if you were melanated or an ally of melanated people. Speaker 1: Hov being one of them. Speaker 1: He was wearing a Kaepernick jersey on stage. Speaker 1: But if you know Hov, like we know Hov, we know that Hov does things very strategically, Speaker 1: and he was just aligning himself with the end thing, Speaker 1: which is what he has been known to do. Speaker 1: Shout out to the young guns. Speaker 1: But now, fast forward into 2026, Speaker 1: Jay-Z, who is now older, Speaker 1: Jay-Z, who is now less relevant, Speaker 1: he's more of a legacy act at this point, Speaker 1: but Colin Kaepernick is out here Speaker 1: and he's outside and he's calling them out.

Speaker 1: And I love it because the hypocrisy is clear. Speaker 1: Jay-Z was a black face. Speaker 1: Rocca Nation was used. Speaker 1: But Jay-Z and typical Jay-Z faction Speaker 1: thought that he could try to leverage his acumen, Speaker 1: his swag, his persona, Speaker 1: his connection to the black audience Speaker 1: and try to parlay that into a triumphant happening Speaker 1: or at least that's the spin he has. Speaker 1: Now, we know that that was not the case. Speaker 1: And we know that the NFL was trying to get Kaep to sign some paperwork that was going to make him give up his rights, which would have affected or impacted the potential lawsuit, which ultimately did end up happening. Speaker 1: So the Jay-Z sickle fence, the Jay-Z truth tellers, the Jay-Z fan stands, whatever you want to call them, would make you think that Jay-Z has done no wrong with Kaepernick.

Speaker 1: Roc Nation and all of that was great things. Speaker 1: Kaepernick is telling you, no, this man allowed himself to be used. Speaker 1: It wasn't like they pulled a trick on Hov. Speaker 1: Hov knew what he was getting into. Speaker 1: Hov was used. Speaker 1: Used as a black face to quiet the black community. Speaker 1: And it worked, unfortunately.

Speaker 1: It worked. Speaker 1: Now, there's some people that still say I haven't watched the NFL game since the Kaepernick thing and salute to them. Speaker 1: But most people have gone back. Most people are watching these games. Speaker 1: So the Jay-Z Kaepernick thing continues to evolve, continues to be a thing. Speaker 1: And I just don't know where it's going to go. To be quite honest, I don't know where else is going to go, Speaker 1: because when you look at.

Like, you know, Kaepernick is going to catch some bars whenever Hove drops, Speaker 1: whatever he has going on, he's going to have some bars for Kaepernick. Speaker 1: We know that, right? Speaker 1: Hard stop. Speaker 1: That's going to be a thing. Speaker 1: My thing is this. Speaker 1: What can you do to counteract the truth? Speaker 1: Hove is known for his slick talk, double, triple entendres, all of that.

Speaker 1: This is all factual what Kaepernick is not just alleging, but spitting. Speaker 1: What bars is he going to come up with that's going to try to absolve himself Speaker 1: and point it right back at Kaepernick. Speaker 1: Kaepernick did the interview with Higher Learning Speaker 1: with Van Lathan and all of them, Speaker 1: and he was like, yeah, Speaker 1: there was an NDA given to me. Speaker 1: I didn't sign it. Speaker 1: Now, there's stuff that's part of the settlement. Speaker 1: Like, if he's talking about that, Speaker 1: and this is me paraphrasing, Speaker 1: this is exactly what Kaepernick said, Speaker 1: but he's like, yeah, Speaker 1: there's stuff that I signed as part of the settlement, Speaker 1: but it's not an NDA. Speaker 1: Because the NDA would mean that Speaker 1: I can't see anything disparaging about the NFL.

Speaker 1: And if we know anything, Speaker 1: Kaepernick has been saying from the mountaintops, Speaker 1: from the treetops, Speaker 1: that he's being blackballed. Speaker 1: So if he did side the NDA, Speaker 1: the NDA might be something to akin to. Speaker 1: He can't disclose how much he got, Speaker 1: even though that's been leaked, Speaker 1: but we don't know if that's accurate, Speaker 1: but he might not be able to speak on certain things like that. Speaker 1: But the whole thing of a NDA is you can't say anything. Speaker 1: Man's is out here with a memoir. Speaker 1: Man's is out here doing podcast interviews, national television interviews, killing the NFL. Speaker 1: So what is this NDA that Hove was in that freestyle rapping about?

Speaker 1: What NDA? Speaker 1: Because if there wasn't NDA, Kaepernick is definitely violating this on this press run for this memoir. Speaker 1: I don't know, man. Speaker 1: I just wanted to get into that just one more again because I think this is going to be continuing. Speaker 1: This is going to be ever evolving. Speaker 1: And I'm here for it because someone needs to call this man out. Speaker 1: This man is fraudulent.

Speaker 1: This man is a scammer. Speaker 1: Yes, he's a hustler and all that stuff, but when you looked at the things in Jay-Z's career in terms of the people that he has snaked, Speaker 1: the things that he has gotten away with and is able to just double on Chandra his way out of, it's maddening. Speaker 1: Absolutely maddening. Speaker 1: We'll hit the chat. Speaker 1: The camera is blocking the left half of the screen. Speaker 1: You want to see what's happening on the Elon app? Speaker 1: That's the whole point.

Speaker 1: You get to see me and then the screen. Speaker 1: So what do you want to see here? Speaker 1: You want to see what's happening on the Elon app? Speaker 1: Is that you're missing that? Speaker 1: Or is it about the left side? Speaker 1: This is the left side. Speaker 1: I don't know about the left side you're claiming is missing.

Speaker 1: Anywho. Speaker 1: You're right about the Bears. Speaker 1: They're going to go all out. Speaker 1: That's why Ben Johnson is a very good coach. Speaker 1: Yeah, because he's sticking to the run game. Speaker 1: As long as he sticks on that run game, the Bears will be good money. Speaker 1: The Bears will be very good money.

Speaker 1: And I think that's where, you know, Swift is not a top-tier running back. Speaker 1: He's not a, you know, top five. Speaker 1: He's not a McCaffrey. Speaker 1: He's not a Saquon. Speaker 1: He's not a Derrick Henry. Speaker 1: He's not of that class. Speaker 1: But when you are dedicated to the run, when you have a philosophy of, Speaker 1: I don't care, we're running the ball.

Speaker 1: And even, you know, Mononga guy in the mix, like the Bears have a philosophy. Speaker 1: The Ben Johnson thing was more thought of in Detroit as trick plays, crazy schemes, crazy formations, mad genius type stuff. Speaker 1: Ignoring the fact that they had Gibbs and Montgomery running the ball down people's throats. Speaker 1: Yes, Amon Rock cooked. Speaker 1: Yes, Jamison Williams is a factor at times when he decides to be healthy or not being, you know, gambling and all that stuff. Speaker 1: When he's actually on the field, he could be a threat. Speaker 1: Yes, whether it was Hawkinson or Laporta, they get the tight ends involved.

Speaker 1: And, you know, golf has had a resurrection with his career in Detroit. Speaker 1: But the linchpin was that offensive line and that run game. Speaker 1: Those schemes don't work if you're not running the ball. Speaker 1: Those crazy formations don't work if you're not running the ball effectively. Speaker 1: Running the ball is what made that Detroit Lions offense go. Speaker 1: Now it's happening in Chicago. Speaker 1: All right.

So let's get into college sports, man. College sports is a cesspool. College sports is Speaker 1: having a moment for all the wrong reasons. All the wrong reasons right now. So let's go to game Speaker 1: Day. Game Day had Ted Cruz on there. So college game day allowed Ted Cruz a platform.

And for Speaker 1: roughly 10 uninterrupted minutes, Ted Cruz got his shit off about this policy that he's pushing, Speaker 1: right? It's a bill that he is, I believe, sponsoring. And it's a bill that has allies in Speaker 1: Nick Saban and Pat McAfee and your man's primetime out there in Boulder. Speaker 1: And it's a platform that is very much anti-NIL and very much pro-restoring college football to its amateurism days. Speaker 1: Now, we all should know that college football specifically, but college sports overall, has very rarely been about amateurism. Speaker 1: But if you let Ted Cruz, if you let Nick Saban, if you let Pat McAfee, if you let your man's primetime tell it, the sanctity of college football is under attack. Speaker 1: They want to make college football great again.

Speaker 1: Now, I'm using that term specifically for a reason, because if you know Ted Cruz, if you know the leanings of Nick Saban and low key, Speaker 1: know the leanings of your mans out there in Boulder, Speaker 1: primetime, there is no surprise, and McAfee, Speaker 1: there is no surprise that the people Speaker 1: that are pushing this bill all seem to lean a certain way. Speaker 1: Now, they're doing this in the name of this bill, Speaker 1: which is the Protect College Sports Act. Speaker 1: Now, if you look up what is the Protect College Sports Act, Speaker 1: it's a bunch of things. Speaker 1: But as you see here on the screen, it establishes a comprehensive financial framework for college athletics, primarily capping and structuring how schools compensate athletes while imposing significant costs on institutions and the NCAA. Speaker 1: As of right now, there is a base revenue share cap in place, right? Speaker 1: But the problem is that what is currently going on is like the wild, wild west. Speaker 1: Players can get money in a multitude of ways.

Speaker 1: Athletes can get money in a multitude of ways. Speaker 1: And I'll come off the screen for those who want to read the entire screen. Speaker 1: What this bill is proposing is a multitude of things, but the first thing is a base revenue share cap. Speaker 1: Under the Protect College Sports Act, schools can pay athletes up to 22% of specified average revenues. Speaker 1: There would be a retention pool. Speaker 1: An additional $22.5 million per year is allowed specifically to retain athletes who have completed at least one season at the school. Speaker 1: Non-revenue sports bonus.

Schools may exceed the cap by up to $5 million to fund compensation for women's and Olympic sport athletes. Speaker 1: Total potential spending. The combined maximum for a top tier school is roughly $48 to $49 million annually in direct athlete compensation. Speaker 1: So now let's really think on this, right? Let's really tap into what this is actually about. Speaker 1: NIL has opened up tremendous lanes of avenue and revenue for college athletes, Speaker 1: formerly known as student athletes. But the term student athlete is a long gone relic of a moniker, Speaker 1: relic of a genre, relic of a connotation, right?

But the term student athlete has, Speaker 1: they're hanging on to that term because student athlete still means you're a student first and Speaker 1: an athlete second. I ask you, I ask you in my audience, I ask you on this live stream, Speaker 1: I ask you that's listening to the podcast, when is the last time college sports was actually Speaker 1: only about student athletes. Speaker 1: Has student athletes been a focus in your lifetime? Speaker 1: And we're talking about the major schools. Speaker 1: We're not talking about FCS. Speaker 1: We're not talking about the league Speaker 1: formerly known as D2 and D3. Speaker 1: We're talking about in your lifetime.

Speaker 1: Has big time, major college athletics Speaker 1: been about student athletes? Speaker 1: Because for me, the answer is a resounding no, a resounding hell no at that. Speaker 1: My whole lifetime, I've heard about brown paper bag money, under the table money, booster money. Speaker 1: There's been movies, there's been documentaries, there's been scandals. Speaker 1: Whole last programs have been eliminated because schools have done deals under the table. Speaker 1: And not just Power 5 conferences, there's been scandals at every level. Speaker 1: At JUCO programs, there's been scandals.

Speaker 1: So if JUCO programs are trying to get it off and they're funneling money and they're being busted for it, Speaker 1: what makes you think it's not happening at the Power 5 level? Speaker 1: That to me is the most damning part out of all of this is that they are practicing ignorance in front of us. Speaker 1: They are preaching ignorance in front of us. Speaker 1: They genuinely want you to believe that college sports is losing money. Speaker 1: That is a narrative that they're trying to portray here. Speaker 1: That somehow, someway, college athletics is losing money. Speaker 1: And they're going to make up numbers and fudge numbers and bring up budgets Speaker 1: that are going to make you think that that's actually true.

Speaker 1: But if college athletics is losing money, how do we explain what I'm about to show you here on the screen? Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and pull this up. Speaker 1: This just dropped today, by the way. Speaker 1: Out there in Rocky Top, Tennessee has unveiled a new look at its future. Speaker 1: 280 million Nalen Stadium District. Speaker 1: This ain't even the stadium. Speaker 1: This is just the area surrounding the stadium.

Speaker 1: A 24-story hotel and residences overlooking the field. Speaker 1: An entertainment district, shops, restaurants, rooftop restaurants, Speaker 1: a pool, and a terrace. Speaker 1: They don't got no money, though. Speaker 1: They can't afford to keep paying players, though. Speaker 1: That's what they want you to believe. Speaker 1: A 24-story hotel, Speaker 1: $280 million. Speaker 1: Invested.

Speaker 1: this is what they're doing out there in Rocky Top Speaker 1: but I'm supposed to believe Speaker 1: like look at that hotel that hotel is overlooking a stadium Speaker 1: you're looking down into the damn stadium Speaker 1: 280 million dollars to do this Speaker 1: but I'm supposed to believe we need to protect Speaker 1: the sanctity of college athletics Speaker 1: by limiting the amount of money that student athletes can get via NIL. Speaker 1: If a five-star prospect, if we can limit his funds, Speaker 1: we're going to protect Tennessee's ability to drop $280 million on a 24-story hotel. Speaker 1: This is what student athletes are being limited for. Speaker 1: The earning power of student athletes is being limited so that Rocky Top can go out here with the entertainment district, shops, restaurants, rooftop restaurants, pull in a terrace. Speaker 1: So your son, who is a five star, your son, who is a four star, can't get paid his market value so Rocky Top can have a hotel overlooking the field. Speaker 1: I've been preaching these things for a very long time. Speaker 1: But when it comes to the sanctity of college sports, the money that they make is absurd.

Speaker 1: The money that these conferences make, which then trickle down to these universities, the money that they make is absurd. Speaker 1: and they have to keep spending the money Speaker 1: because they have to show that there's a loss somehow some way. Speaker 1: They can't just pocket the money. Speaker 1: If they could, they would, but they know that they can't. Speaker 1: Dog, they are spent. Speaker 1: You think they're really upgrading all those facilities because they want to? Speaker 1: You think every year when we see these hype videos and they have new locker rooms, new Olympic sized pools, new everything.

Speaker 1: It's because they have to spend the money because they've got so much of it. Speaker 1: If they could just put it in a trust, they would. Speaker 1: If they could just stash it away, they would. Speaker 1: But they can't because they have to sell the myth that they're going broke. Speaker 1: Boosters are paying this bread. Boosters have been paying this bread. We all know stories, no matter what level we're talking about.

We all know stories of someone with money coming in and making sure an athlete goes to a certain institution. We all know it. Speaker 1: So to now sit here and pretend as if these institutions that have been, let's call it what it is, laundering money for decades. Speaker 1: Is now all of a sudden going broke is ridiculous. Speaker 1: And I don't care what Saban is going to tell you. I don't care what your man's out there in Boulder is going to tell you. Speaker 1: I don't care how many times the Florida Network platforms a politician who is problematic as hell and allows him to spew about how athletes are making too much money and that this is ruining the sanctity of college athletics.

Speaker 1: The proof is right here. Speaker 1: Miami and Nike have agreed to a massive 10 year, $200 million plus deal. Speaker 1: The Hurricanes are dropping Adidas for the largest separatists in the history of college sports. Speaker 1: But I'm supposed to believe these conferences are going broke when the U is getting 20 M's a year off of Nike alone, Speaker 1: in addition to getting conference money. Speaker 1: And if you want to know what the conference money is. Speaker 1: And these are all rough estimates. Speaker 1: For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Big Ten generated approximately Speaker 1: $1.47 billion in total revenue.

Speaker 1: I'll come up the screen so you can read the full thing. Speaker 1: Almost one and a half billion dollars in one year. Speaker 1: The SEC reported 1.11 billion in revenue with an average payout of 72.4 million to its 16 member schools. Speaker 1: Do you understand the bread that that the bread that that is? Speaker 1: That's over two and a half billion dollars for two conferences in one year. Speaker 1: But yet you got your man's prime out there in Boulder, Speaker 1: capping, talking about players are making too much money and this is going to ruin institutions. Speaker 1: Maybe it's going to ruin Colorado, but it ain't going to ruin the real institutions that have always mattered.

Speaker 1: If you're not going to pay for play, you're not going to win in this sport. Speaker 1: And that's what is that is what it has always been. Speaker 1: If you're not going to pay for play. Speaker 1: You are not going to win in any high level of sport. Speaker 1: You can't moneyball your way in every sport. Speaker 1: Absolutely ridiculous. Speaker 1: I'll hit the chat for a little bit.

Speaker 1: Let me catch up to the chat. Speaker 1: Patrick in the chat. Speaker 1: The if you ain't cheating, if you ain't trying crowd is now is now mad that cheating is legal now. Speaker 1: And that's the part that really is bothersome for me. And I appreciate you in the in the chat, Patrick. Speaker 1: It's just it's such hypocrisy. This whole thing is hypocrisy to have Ted Cruz out there and giving him 10 in uninterrupted minutes.

Speaker 1: And we're going to have I'm going to have I have the audio of the president of the NAACP who came on ESPN a couple of days ago. Speaker 1: And I know yesterday, matter of fact, it kind of responded. Speaker 1: But even that was like sus, because it's like, yo, you gave 10 crews 10, 10 uninterrupted minutes. Speaker 1: And you're going to have somebody come on and try to retort him like days later on a Tuesday. Speaker 1: you gave that man 10 minutes Speaker 1: out there in Texas Speaker 1: on game day. Speaker 1: You can't beat that. Speaker 1: You're allowing the other side Speaker 1: to retort days later Speaker 1: on a sports center?

Speaker 1: That's not the same, Speaker 1: but it is what it is. Speaker 1: Okay, Jay, I played Division II ball Speaker 1: and I could say being a student athlete, Speaker 1: You literally have no time for a part-time job to support yourself like other students have. Speaker 1: I have no issue with college athletes being paid. Speaker 1: And that right there is the truth. Speaker 1: That right there is the truth. Speaker 1: And I appreciate you sharing that. Speaker 1: That to me is what this all comes down to.

Speaker 1: Is that at every level. Speaker 1: Like I remember going to a JUCO and I was a reporter. Speaker 1: And so I'm covering JUCO sports. Speaker 1: And the things that I would hear in terms of stuff that was being offered or deals that were being made at the Juco level, I could not believe it. Speaker 1: I could not believe it. I was like, wait, this is even happening here. It was eye opening.

Speaker 1: I was like, oh, damn, this is it really doesn't matter. Speaker 1: I mean, shit, if we're really going to keep it a buck, this stuff I used to hear about when I was in high school. Speaker 1: Deals that were being made to get a certain kid to go to a certain high school. Speaker 1: Like it's always been that way. Speaker 1: Like greed, the devil that is greed, the devil's in the details. Speaker 1: The devil is a lie. Speaker 1: All this stuff.

Speaker 1: No, the devil is the greed because people want to win and because winning brings in money. Speaker 1: People will go and do anything to win. Speaker 1: We see it now in AAU. Speaker 1: We see it now and even, you know, at lower levels. Speaker 1: children levels. People are betting on little tight football. It's a thing.

Speaker 1: Chris in the house was good. Degree continues and they are trying to add more teams to the college football playoff. Speaker 1: Yeah, 24 teams. 24. Because again, the money, the money's right there. Why not have the money? Speaker 1: The notion that they're preaching here as if this sport is going to be ruined.

Speaker 1: When you look at this sport, the revenue keeps going up. Speaker 1: The TV ratings keep going up. Speaker 1: The media broadcast rights keep going up. Speaker 1: Where's this brokenness? Speaker 1: They're crying broke, but they got no receipts. Speaker 1: That's why I'm like, show me the receipts. Speaker 1: Because the only receipts you have is you renovating your facilities every other year.

Speaker 1: outside of that that's where the bulkier money is going Speaker 1: dog almost no over two and a half billion dollars and that's just two of the power five Speaker 1: if you really want to say it's really just a power four but that's two of the power five Speaker 1: if we add in the other three it might be upwards of five billion dollars and they're crying broke Speaker 1: at Clemson they have a whole town just like Tennessee surrounded stadium just for athletes Speaker 1: I mean this this is the the institutional stuff that that we've been talking about this is the Speaker 1: systemic stuff that we've been talking about this is how you do it this is how you get that off Speaker 1: the the college thing is the hub and you can build around it I mean shit this happened I mean the Speaker 1: whole we talked about jay-z earlier this is the whole cavernic jay-z thing we talked about jay-z Speaker 1: with with the nets and barclays you get the team you get barclays center there and then you build Speaker 1: around it all those businesses all those high-rise luxury apartments and all those black and brown Speaker 1: people that were displaced because the nets were being brought to brooklyn and guess what they Speaker 1: needed a black face to get that off and wouldn't you know it here comes hove with his what 0.3 Speaker 1: share of owning a team, but he's rapping in every song about how he owns the Nets and people loved it. Speaker 1: Even though Brooklyn residents were being displaced left and right, Speaker 1: Hov is rapping about it in a song and it's okay because they're building the infrastructure. Speaker 1: Oh, we're going to bring more jobs to Brooklyn. Speaker 1: Tell that to the people who are being kicked out of their homes. Speaker 1: insane. But yes, the move is to have the hub, whatever it is, whether it's at Barclays Center Speaker 1: with a professional team or like at Clemson, or now we're seeing like in Tennessee, have that thing Speaker 1: be a hub and build around it and control the infrastructure around it so you can make all Speaker 1: the money, keep all the money. Where's that money going that Tennessee is going to get for that 24 Speaker 1: story hotel.

Is NIL going to come out of that? That terrace and that pool in that rooftop bar Speaker 1: that they're building, is that going to contribute to upgrading the facilities? Speaker 1: Where's that money going to go? Speaker 1: $280 million, you're expecting to make how much on that ROI? Speaker 1: Stay in the chat. Speaker 1: My father played in Clemson in the 80s. Speaker 1: He said they've been an athletic town around the stadium just like Tennessee has now.

Speaker 1: That makes sense. Speaker 1: I mean, look, you look at Penn State. Speaker 1: They got a whole infrastructure around that. Speaker 1: If you are a big-time college facility, that's worth a damn. Speaker 1: I remember when I was working for, I was doing a gig for House of Highlights. Speaker 1: And we went out there for the Iron Bowl. Speaker 1: And it was at Bama.

Speaker 1: And the surrounding areas of that area in Tuscaloosa, Speaker 1: it's all Bama everything. Speaker 1: Not just in terms of fandom, but in terms of ownership. Speaker 1: That whole thing is all crimson tied. Speaker 1: As you would expect, it's the infrastructure. Speaker 1: If you're getting this close to the stadium, Speaker 1: you damn right Bama's going to own all that shit around there. Speaker 1: Or if they don't outright own it, Speaker 1: they got serious, strong investment ties in it. Speaker 1: That's the game.

Speaker 1: Again, if you want to win in this game, Speaker 1: you have to pay to play. Speaker 1: It's always been that way. Speaker 1: My entire life has been that way in college sports. Speaker 1: There's been scandals at every level. Speaker 1: Chris in the chat. Speaker 1: Once one institution showcases their new facility and features, Speaker 1: is the next institution looking to out-prestige that institution the following year. Speaker 1: And that's what it is.

Speaker 1: It's cut and paste. Speaker 1: Like, yo, when Joe Burrow, when they did that hype video with Joe Burrow with the 4K cameras, Speaker 1: but that hype video went crazy, literally the next year, all those institutions had new Speaker 1: AV equipment. Speaker 1: Every institution had to upgrade their AV equipment because Joe Burrow had the 4K 120 frames per Speaker 1: second footage and it looked like a movie. Speaker 1: And then the next year, every institution's AV squad had to step their shit up with better cameras. Speaker 1: Like, that's just what it is. Speaker 1: That worked. It went crazy viral.

Speaker 1: They got the chip. Speaker 1: All right, we got to run that. Speaker 1: Joe Burrow smoking a cigar in 6K damn near at 120 frames per second or 4K 120, 6K 60 frames per second. Speaker 1: It made everyone spend more money. Speaker 1: But let's not give it to the players. Speaker 1: Let's not give it to the players. Speaker 1: We need.

Speaker 1: We need to get better. Speaker 1: Sony cameras. Speaker 1: You need to get better. Speaker 1: Nikon cameras. Speaker 1: Better Canon cameras. Speaker 1: Let's not pay that. Speaker 1: Four star.

Speaker 1: It's not paid at five star. Speaker 1: Let's just upgrade our equipment. Speaker 1: But we got to do that. Speaker 1: Let's not. Speaker 1: Go ahead and get that five star. Speaker 1: But let's go ahead and make sure we got the latest Canon camera. Speaker 1: Let's make sure we got a new.

Speaker 1: Sony camera with the best lenses and the fastest aperture. Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and do that. Speaker 1: insane Speaker 1: which is why Rutgers can pay UMass a million Speaker 1: and some change and lose Speaker 1: and that ultimately comes Speaker 1: dude don't want to go there now Speaker 1: alright fuck it let's go there now Speaker 1: you're bringing up a point that I was going to save for later Speaker 1: because this college sports thing has so many layers to it Speaker 1: but let's go ahead and talk about Speaker 1: Marshall Falk is the coach at Southern Speaker 1: salute to Marshall Falk Speaker 1: I'm going to catch up with the rest of the chat in a little bit Speaker 1: I just want to get this point off about Marshall Falk before I forget. Speaker 1: So Marshall Falk, they played a money game. Speaker 1: And if you don't know what a money game is, Speaker 1: it's a money game where a one squad is getting paid to play another team, Speaker 1: and they know that they're going to get their doors blown off. Speaker 1: So Southern had one of those money games, and they played Houston, Speaker 1: and they got their doors blown off. Speaker 1: But Marshall Falk, NFL Hall of Fame running back, Marshall Falk.

Speaker 1: San Diego Aztec Hall of Famer, Marshall Falk. Speaker 1: him as a coach is so refreshing because he is cutting through the bullshit and saying what it Speaker 1: is so i listened to he had like a nine minute press conference after that game against houston Speaker 1: where they got their doors completely blown off and he was asked in the post game if his team had Speaker 1: any chance so let me see if i could find you know what no i'll just play the audio i just play the Speaker 1: audio. This is Marshall Falk after Houston. Just a quick little snippet, but just the honestness, Speaker 1: the forthcomingness, all that stuff. Marshall Falk at Southern. I love it. I love every second Speaker 2: of it.

Listen to Marshall Falk. Even if we don't turn the football over and we move the ball Speaker 2: and get some drives. Speaker 2: I've been around a lot of football, man. Speaker 2: We don't have the bodies. Speaker 2: We don't have the funds. Speaker 2: We don't have the equipment. Speaker 2: We don't have all the stuff that's needed to compete with the team like that.

Speaker 2: Like guts and glory is just not enough. Speaker 2: One wheel is not enough. Speaker 2: That was the case of, I mean, they have a handful of players Speaker 2: that's really freaking good. Speaker 2: They're going to win a bunch of games this year. Speaker 2: I mean, they'll probably be in the running for the Big 12 title. Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying? Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it, but that's a good football team.

Speaker 1: So the part got clipped off, and I'll replay it back. Speaker 1: One of the guys, Big 12, was like, hey, did you guys have a chance? Speaker 1: And his answer was? Speaker 2: Anything we could have done? Speaker 2: No, not at all. Speaker 2: There's not anything that we could have done. Speaker 2: I mean, even if we don't turn the football over and we move the ball Speaker 2: and get some drives, we – Speaker 1: Yeah, so that was the clip.

Speaker 1: So Marshall Falk is basically admitting, yo, there's nothing we can do. Speaker 1: We are on an uneven playing field, and we knew that going in, Speaker 1: and we knew we were going to get our doors blown off, and guess what? Speaker 1: We got our doors blown off. Speaker 1: It is so transparent, and I wish there was more of this Speaker 1: because this is what it is. Speaker 1: time out there in Boulder Nick Saban McAfee and now Ted Cruz are out here trying to sell us that Speaker 1: college sports is going to be ruined if nil continues in the way that it is meanwhile we Speaker 1: have Southern University going into Houston getting their doors blown off and knowing that it was going Speaker 1: to happen and knowing that they would and putting themselves in position to get their doors blown off Speaker 1: Just for a check. Speaker 1: Do you understand that? Speaker 1: They play their money game because they need the money.

Speaker 1: They put their players' bodies at risk. Speaker 1: They put their players' pride at risk. Speaker 1: Because they need the money. Speaker 1: Meanwhile, Ted Cruz, prime time out there in Boulder, Speaker 1: Nick Saban and McAfee are going to tell you Speaker 1: that those players shouldn't get paid. Speaker 1: None of that makes sense. Speaker 1: None of that makes sense. Speaker 1: Why is Southern going to Houston for a check Speaker 1: if schools like Houston are going broke?

Speaker 1: Houston has the money to pay Southern to pull up Speaker 1: to get their asses kicked, Speaker 1: But Nick Saban is going to tell you that Houston is going to go broke if they continue to pay their players via NIL. Speaker 1: And let's not forget the key part of NIL. Speaker 1: The key part of NIL is that these institutions are still not paying the players. Speaker 1: The narrative that these institutions are paying the players is trash. Speaker 1: It's wrong. Speaker 1: these checks don't say University of Tennessee Speaker 1: those checks don't say University of Houston Speaker 1: they're still being funneled through boosters and sponsorships Speaker 1: so somehow this money that is not coming out of the bankroll Speaker 1: and the payroll of these institutions Speaker 1: are somehow still going broke Speaker 1: because of that money that's not coming out of their accounts Speaker 1: how is that Speaker 1: how is that legitimately a thing Speaker 1: institutions are not paying college athletes Speaker 1: yet colleges are going broke because college athletes are being paid Speaker 1: how are they going broke Speaker 1: they're not paying them Speaker 1: boosters are paying them Speaker 1: car dealerships are paying them Speaker 1: restaurants are paying them Speaker 1: fashion brands are paying them Speaker 1: Energy drinks are paying them Speaker 1: That check does not say Speaker 1: The University of Ohio State Speaker 1: That check does not say Speaker 1: The Ohio State University Speaker 1: It does not say Speaker 1: It's just so frustrating Speaker 1: This whole debate has been happening Speaker 1: for so long and there's been so many bad takes Speaker 1: and bad points that are made Speaker 1: and it just isn't true. Speaker 1: But people are just allowed to just lie Speaker 1: and get it off.

Speaker 1: None of it is true. Speaker 1: Those checks, Dabo's not cutting checks Speaker 1: that say Clemson and he's very anti-NAL Speaker 1: but even if he was, Speaker 1: those checks would not say Clemson University. Speaker 1: whatever Shiano's doing out there in Piscataway Speaker 1: those checks do not say Rutgers University Speaker 1: now the Piscataway Ford Speaker 1: might be cutting a pretty heavy check Speaker 1: but Rutgers University is not cutting a check Speaker 1: but somehow a three star going to Piscataway Speaker 1: is going to make Rutgers go broke? Speaker 1: How sway? Speaker 1: But salute to Marshall Falk for saying the quiet part out loud. Speaker 1: They don't have a shot, and they knew that they didn't have a shot, Speaker 1: but they need the bread. Speaker 1: Let's go back to the chat.

Speaker 1: Chat's been active tonight. Speaker 1: Love that. Speaker 1: Always love it when the chat is active. Speaker 1: let's see where are we at Speaker 1: Patrick Sam you already know has a union rep companies do this all the time Speaker 1: when they bring a budget saying we don't do this or that yeah that that is the most damning piece Speaker 1: right there, Patrick. Speaker 1: And man, I have, Speaker 1: and that's why at times Speaker 1: I get so caught up Speaker 1: in just the notion of, Speaker 1: dog, they're playing in your faces. Speaker 1: Like, there's a young brother, Speaker 1: HBCU, Speaker 1: he went to Howard, Speaker 1: HU, you know all that. Speaker 1: And they're now using him Speaker 1: as the face of that.

Speaker 1: No, I got to play that too. Speaker 1: Hang on. Speaker 1: I told you I got sound today. Speaker 1: I came prepared. Speaker 1: I came prepared. Speaker 1: I got sound today. Speaker 1: All right, so here's a brother.

Speaker 1: I'm not going to play the video, but I will play the audio. Speaker 1: So we got that. Speaker 1: All right, so student athletes should be able to trust that the system they compete in will protect their future. Speaker 1: This is Kedrick Green of Howard. Speaker 1: Let me pull his sound up. Speaker 1: Where is he? Speaker 1: The student athletes, is this the right one?

I believe it is. Speaker 1: No. Speaker 3: College student, I believe the Protect College Sports Act is about giving student athletes like me something we all deserve, security, and a fair opportunity. Speaker 3: It protects our right to earn from our name, energy, and likeness while putting safeguards in place so athletes aren't taken advantage of. Speaker 3: It protects scholarships, strengthens health and safety standards, and creates a more consistent rule around NIL, transfers, and eligibility. Speaker 3: For HBCU students like myself at Howard University and conferences like the MEAC, stability matters. Speaker 3: We need a system that gives us an opportunity to compete and grow, not where the rules constantly change depending on where you play.

Speaker 3: At the end of the day, this is about protecting athletes who make college sports possible. Speaker 3: So I hope Congress passed this act. Speaker 3: Thank you. Speaker 1: Yo, it's, again, just like Jay-Z, they needed a black face. Speaker 1: They needed a black face. Speaker 1: So even in this instance, Ted Cruz went out there, looked crazy. Speaker 1: The NAACP fired back.

Speaker 1: What's their move? Speaker 1: We need a black face. Speaker 1: They are playing in your faces. Speaker 1: Don't y'all see it? Speaker 1: the NAACP stands up and says hey this is problematic as hell you can't give Ted Cruz Speaker 1: 10 uninterrupted minutes unopposed minutes on game day to spew about a bill that is highly contentious Speaker 1: and all the four-letter network did was put the the NAACP on a sports center on a Tuesday Speaker 1: and then the opposition fires back by getting a black face Speaker 1: and making him the face of the Protect College Sports Act. Speaker 1: They are playing in your faces. Speaker 1: I will run it back because part of his stuff got clipped.

Speaker 1: This is Kedrick Green talking about the Protect College Sports Act. Speaker 3: Hello, my name is Kedrick Green. Speaker 3: I'm a football player at Howard University. Speaker 3: And as a college student, I believe the Protect College Sports Act is about giving student-athletes like me something we all deserve, security and a fair opportunity. Speaker 3: It protects our right to earn from our name and likeness while putting safeguards in place so athletes aren't taken advantage of. Speaker 3: It protects scholarships, strengthens health and safety standards. Speaker 3: Sounds good.

Speaker 3: It creates a more consistent rule around NIL transfers and eligibility. Speaker 3: For HBCU students like myself at Howard University. Speaker 1: Gotta keep that black face. Speaker 3: responsibility which matters. Speaker 1: The black face. Speaker 3: We need a system that gives us Speaker 3: an opportunity to compete and grow, Speaker 3: not where the rules constantly change Speaker 3: depending on where you play. Speaker 1: All right, I want to cut him off right there Speaker 1: because I'm going to attack that last point.

Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and keep this all the way 100. Speaker 1: And this is going to sound fucked up, Speaker 1: but somebody got to say the truth. Speaker 1: In this current iteration of the NCAA, Speaker 1: there is not enough money in the world Speaker 1: to make the MEAC and the SWAC compete on the level of a power five. Speaker 1: There's not enough money in the world. Speaker 1: There's not enough money in the world. Speaker 1: There is no bill you can pass that can make the MEAC and the SWAC Speaker 1: compete with the power fives. Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a bill that can make the MEAC and the SWAC Speaker 1: even compete with the likes of North Dakota State in football.

Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a system in place to even get them that far. Speaker 1: Again, if you're not willing to pay to play, Speaker 1: you're not going to win in this system. Speaker 1: You're not. Speaker 1: No amount of legislation is going to do that. Speaker 1: All this legislation is going to do is to restrict Speaker 1: a predominantly black student-athlete base Speaker 1: from getting money. Speaker 1: That's literally all this is. Speaker 1: And to see the likes of your man's prime Speaker 1: out there in Boulder, Speaker 1: who thinks he's for the cause, Speaker 1: or wants you to think he's for the cause, Speaker 1: to trot out here, Speaker 1: a HBCU football player.

Speaker 1: These are the games that they're playing. Speaker 1: They're playing right in your faces. Speaker 1: No shade to this dude, but he thinks this bill is going to make it so he won't go to Houston and get his ass kicked like Southern just did? Speaker 1: He thinks that bill is going to make other MEAC and other SWAC schools not get destroyed when they go up against a Big 12 school? Speaker 1: You think this bill is for that? Speaker 1: Marshall Fogg just told you. Speaker 1: Don't have to run it back and give up Marshall Fogg.

Speaker 1: Marshall Fogg just told you. Speaker 2: I've been around a lot of football, man. Speaker 2: Like that, we don't have the bodies. Speaker 1: They don't have the bodies. Speaker 2: We don't have the funds. Speaker 2: They don't have the funds. Speaker 2: All the stuff that's needed.

Speaker 1: This is the coach for HBCU. Speaker 2: Like guts and glory is just not enough. Speaker 2: Want and will is not enough. Speaker 2: It's not. Speaker 2: That was the case of, I mean, they have a handful of players. Speaker 1: Like, dog, you can't sell me. Speaker 1: and I feel sorry for this kid Speaker 1: because I know he means well Speaker 1: because he wants to see Speaker 1: HBCUs do better, right?

Speaker 1: I'm going to assume that. Speaker 1: I'm not going to assume Speaker 1: he's on that side Speaker 1: off the shrimp. Speaker 1: I'm just going to assume Speaker 1: he's being used for his blackness. Speaker 1: Let's give him that grace, right? Speaker 1: We could be proven wrong Speaker 1: but let's assume Speaker 1: because, you know, Speaker 1: Andre said it best on Equemini. Speaker 1: Don't get fooled by the dreads either Speaker 1: but let's just assume Speaker 1: he's with the shits Speaker 1: and he's just being used Speaker 1: by this side Speaker 1: right Speaker 1: ultimately Speaker 1: do we want HBCUs Speaker 1: to be better Speaker 1: yes Speaker 1: do we want them Speaker 1: to have a fair chance Speaker 1: yes Speaker 1: do we want the MEAC Speaker 1: and the SWAC Speaker 1: to matter Speaker 1: outside of our culture Speaker 1: I'm not all the way Speaker 1: 100 on that Speaker 1: but I see Speaker 1: I see where people Speaker 1: want it to go Speaker 1: it should be Speaker 1: platformed on better Speaker 1: on better facilities Speaker 1: they should have Speaker 1: better facilities Speaker 1: should have more exposure. They should have every right to be able to compete.

The problem is, Speaker 1: is that as long as this system is corrupt from the top, which it still is, the trickle down effect Speaker 1: impacts the MEAC, the SWAC, but the CAA, all of them, all of them, you're not going to win in Speaker 1: this system as currently constituted. And there's no bill. There's no bill that's going to change Speaker 1: that. And let's assume, let's assume that there could be a bill. Let's assume that there's a Speaker 1: utopian scenario where there could be a bill that allows for the MEACs and the SWACs of the world Speaker 1: to be able to compete with a power five. Let's assume that that's a thing that can happen. Speaker 1: I'm going to ask you this.

Do you think someone with the track record of a Ted Cruz would be Speaker 1: Do you think someone with the track record of a Nick Saban who has been opining with Congress, meeting with the orange man, do you think he would be behind it? Speaker 1: Do you think McAfee, in how he moves those Midwestern values, do you imagine McAfee would be behind such a thing? Speaker 1: if ever there was a bill that could actually shift Speaker 1: do you think those three would be in favor of it Speaker 1: so that's why I have a problem with it Speaker 1: because as much as I'm going to assume Speaker 1: and I could be proven wrong Speaker 1: but I'm going to assume that this Speaker 1: I almost called him a kid Speaker 1: this player for Howard Speaker 1: wants a fair chance. Speaker 1: He doesn't want to go to Houston Speaker 1: and get his doors blown off like Southern. Speaker 1: I get it. Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to go to Houston Speaker 1: knowing I'm going to get blown up, blown out. Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to do that.

Speaker 1: I want to have a fair shake. Speaker 1: Guess what? Speaker 1: Nothing about this NCAA is fair. Speaker 1: Nothing about college sports is fair. Speaker 1: And it hasn't, Speaker 1: and it's been that way for a very long time. Speaker 1: Even before I was conceived, Speaker 1: it was a thing. Speaker 1: wild Speaker 1: we'll go back to the chat Speaker 1: appreciate y'all being active in the chat Speaker 1: it always helps this stream Speaker 1: so appreciate y'all being active in the chat Speaker 1: college football playoffs is going to be like Speaker 1: March Madness in a minute Speaker 1: that is factual Speaker 1: oh you want to see that money Speaker 1: let me show you Speaker 1: i pulled up the numbers it wasn't for the playoffs but it just showed the amount of Speaker 1: viewers because again oh no we had the money hang on back to the screen i told you i came prepared Speaker 1: today okay now i can see that yeah i can see that all right so does your college football roster Speaker 1: cost 8 million or 50 million this is via the athletic here's our report of estimated budgets Speaker 1: for 68 teams.

Speaker 1: At the top of that list, Speaker 1: the Ohio State University, Speaker 1: 49 to 54 million. Speaker 1: And you see who else is up there. Speaker 1: This is Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, LSU, the U. Speaker 1: This is before their 20 million a year from Nike. Speaker 1: A&M out there in College Station, Speaker 1: Notre Dame, of course, Speaker 1: Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Speaker 1: Rocky Top. Rocky Top is out here at 40 million. Speaker 1: So 40 M's, a little bit over 40 M's a year for Rocky Top.

Speaker 1: But they still somehow find a way to drop 280 Speaker 1: for some hotels and rooftop pools. Speaker 1: And even down here at the bottom, Speaker 1: you got Boston College between 8 and 13 million. Speaker 1: it's Rutgers Speaker 1: here's Rutgers Speaker 1: we were talking about Rutgers earlier Speaker 1: Rutgers is over 20 mil Speaker 1: and they're out here Speaker 1: losing their money games Speaker 1: where's Clemson Speaker 1: Dabo talking all that shit Speaker 1: where's Clemson Speaker 1: Clemson gotta be on here Speaker 1: there's Clemson Speaker 1: Clemson's at 30 mil Speaker 1: Mr. I don't do NIL Speaker 1: Preacher Dabo Speaker 1: out here Speaker 1: 30 million dollars Speaker 1: his roster calls. Speaker 1: But I thought he don't do NIL. Speaker 1: I thought he's so anti-NIL. Speaker 1: Yet here he is.

Speaker 1: 30 M's. Speaker 1: Oh, you want to tell me Speaker 1: that that's just the coaching staff? Speaker 1: The strength and conditioning coaches? Speaker 1: 30 M's for that roster. Speaker 1: This is the roster, the budgets. Speaker 1: There's Clemson. Speaker 1: And there's Penn State.

Speaker 1: Ridiculous. Speaker 1: appreciate the love in the chat appreciate the love in the chat i like the fact that we got Speaker 1: people pulling up if you have not tapped in if you have not subscribed to the channel go ahead and do Speaker 1: so Speaker 1: i appreciate the super chat i appreciate it hey all good man ain't much we gotta support you Speaker 1: hey i appreciate you i appreciate you regardless of what it is always appreciate support Speaker 1: I just do this off the strength, off the love Speaker 1: and I try to bring y'all accurate information Speaker 1: and I love the fact that you guys are Speaker 1: being interactive in the chat Speaker 1: and that helps me continue to do this stream Speaker 1: so salute to you Speaker 1: thank you for the super chat Speaker 1: it's too much money Speaker 1: too much old money running through these blue blood universities Speaker 1: I mean that's Speaker 1: and here's the thing right Speaker 1: let's be real Speaker 1: Colorado Speaker 1: is not a blue blood Speaker 1: Right. But they still out here with almost 20 mil. So prime, your man's out there in Boulder is going crazy. Speaker 1: About this bill, hyping up this bill. You see it right here. Speaker 1: Deion Sanders at odds with athlete advocates and black leaders on protect college sports act.

Speaker 1: He's riding. He shot a political commercial endorsing this act with Nick Saban. Speaker 1: he claims he was not paid for it but it doesn't matter your support is all that's needed again Speaker 1: another black face so not only are they getting hbcu football players as a black face but they're Speaker 1: now getting a prominent preeminent popular black football coach to be the face of this as well Speaker 1: these are the nasty games they're playing this is all about perception this is all Speaker 1: media stuff here. Speaker 1: And this is why I try to do this. Speaker 1: I do these streams to try to show y'all Speaker 1: the hypocrisy of it all. Speaker 1: And how they're playing in your faces so easily. Speaker 1: And so clearly, Speaker 1: this is not even covert.

Speaker 1: This is not covert at all. Speaker 1: The NAACP is mad. Speaker 1: What can we do? Speaker 1: Let's go get a HBCU football player. Speaker 1: They're still mad. Speaker 1: What else can we do? Speaker 1: Let's go get Deion.

Speaker 1: They keep putting black faces in front of you Speaker 1: while the non-melanated folks Speaker 1: are really moving this shit forward behind the scenes. Speaker 1: Crazy, bro. Speaker 1: Absolutely crazy. Speaker 1: Meaning they can now legally get paid for commercials and promotional deals outside of the college. Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the main point. Speaker 1: That right there is the main point. Speaker 1: Is that the universities are not paying for this.

Speaker 1: They're not paying for NIL. Speaker 1: And I don't, you know the funny thing about it is, and Patrick alluded to it earlier in regards to my history being part of a union. Speaker 1: I am utterly surprised that these universities are so anti-NIL. Speaker 1: You want to know why? Speaker 1: It's easy, right? Speaker 1: Because they don't pay for it, right? Speaker 1: Because what if these players actually got together and unionized?

Speaker 1: If college athletes from top to bottom, Speaker 1: from Power Five to FCS to whatever, Speaker 1: JUCO level, whatever, Speaker 1: if they all were to band together Speaker 1: and get collectively bargained, Speaker 1: NIL would still be a thing, Speaker 1: but it wouldn't be the main source of income Speaker 1: because you know where the main source of income would come? Speaker 1: If college athletes actually were able to get collectively bargained and have proper representation via a union, it would be coming from the institutions. Speaker 1: The institutions are getting off light right now. Speaker 1: They should love NIL because they're still not paying for players. Speaker 1: But they're just mad that athletes are actually getting paid. Speaker 1: Legally. Speaker 1: publicly, over the table, instead of under the table, Speaker 1: like they have been for decades prior.

Speaker 1: Institutions should be loving NIL. Speaker 1: Let them get sponsorships. Speaker 1: Let them get endorsements. Speaker 1: As long as Dabo don't got to cut his check, Speaker 1: as long as Clemson doesn't have to cut a check, Speaker 1: why would they care if a South Carolina car dealership Speaker 1: wants to drop three, four million on a blue chip five-star recruit. Speaker 1: Why would they care? Speaker 1: Because there's no deal in place. Speaker 1: That's why.

Speaker 1: The scholarship was the leverage. Speaker 1: The scholarship was the carrot dingled over their head. Speaker 1: Now I could pull up, collect a check. Speaker 1: You ain't playing me? Speaker 1: Guess what? Speaker 1: Hitting the portal. Speaker 1: Deuces.

Speaker 1: Yeah, but the school. Speaker 1: Man, fuck the school. Speaker 1: I'm here to play. Speaker 1: Again, that shows you that the whole student-athlete thing was a gimmick. Speaker 1: Everyone hits the portal as soon as their season's over. Speaker 1: Everyone's in the portal. Speaker 1: Because it's about playing.

Speaker 1: They're trying to get to the league. Speaker 1: Even though the odds are stacked against 95% of them. Speaker 1: The notion is I'm trying to get to the league. Speaker 1: But now it's part that, but more so, I'm trying to get a bag. Speaker 1: If I could go get a bag, even at a lower tier, Speaker 1: like look, we just saw Rutgers drop in between 20 and 30 M's. Speaker 1: If I could go get 20 to 30 M's, I got to get some of that if I'm a player. Speaker 1: If Rutgers out here dropping damn near 30 or a little bit over 20, Speaker 1: okay, I'm going to get some of that.

Speaker 1: I want some of that. Speaker 1: like that's real Speaker 1: so why wouldn't I want that Speaker 1: if I could go to Greg Sciano Speaker 1: and go get a bag Speaker 1: yeah it's Rutgers Speaker 1: yeah it's Piscataway Speaker 1: but it's a bag Speaker 1: if I know my ceiling is a three star Speaker 1: maybe a borderline four star Speaker 1: and Rutgers is coming to me with a bag Speaker 1: nine times out of ten I'm taking that bag Speaker 1: I'm supposed to sit in Boulder and wait for my turn just because the allure of being next to prime or go to Piscataway and get some run in a bag. Speaker 1: Please. Speaker 1: You would never encourage your son to not take a bag. Speaker 1: The allure of college sports, the allure of being a student athlete has long been gone. Speaker 1: and even though this is mainly about college football and even where's j will j will said Speaker 1: the quiet part out loud j will out here saying yeah even at duke Speaker 1: williams joked that it was just in black duffel bags before nil became legal in 2021 Speaker 1: j williams says quote we all participated now and dominican sue was on the same uh stage as him Speaker 1: to duck the smoke and say he'll know nothing about that in Lincoln, Nebraska, but Jay Williams said, Speaker 1: quote, we all participated in under-the-table cash payments before NIL was formalized. Speaker 1: And this is at Duke.

Speaker 1: College, no, not us, Coach K, held in high regard, highly esteemed, coach of Team USA. Speaker 1: And J. Will is out here saying we all participated. Speaker 1: That we includes Cameron Indoor Stadium. Speaker 1: That includes Duke. Speaker 1: That includes Mike Krzyzewski. Speaker 1: Tell me J.

Will ain't get paid? Speaker 1: You tell me Elton Brandon get paid? Speaker 1: Shut up to Peekskill? Speaker 1: Please. Speaker 1: But they go on broke. Speaker 1: they going broke and again even when we all participated that still wasn't coming out of Speaker 1: Duke University's bank account coach K wasn't cutting a check Speaker 1: someone around that Durham area took care of the players and that's all NIL is doing Speaker 1: So what's the problem? Speaker 1: If college sports could flourish for so long with black bag money, with black duffel bag money, with under the table money, Speaker 1: now that the money is going from under the table to on top of the table, now universities are going broke?

Speaker 1: The hell are we talking about? Speaker 1: we'll hit the chat Speaker 1: I mean if we seen that union busting we would see we would see the insane yeah America haters Speaker 1: not america hates unions bro i worked for a long time Speaker 1: patrick knows this and i've talked about it over the years but i worked for a union Speaker 1: in the health care field for a very long time and i can tell you the way that people will attack Speaker 1: unions and working in media has been really different because there's not a lot of unions Speaker 1: in media and there are factions of people that are very anti-unions within my industry now. Speaker 1: And it's very troubling. With the amount of layoffs you see, all these media companies are Speaker 1: laying people off left and right and the employees have no protection because there's no unions. Speaker 1: And one of the biggest like easy drawbacks that people always bring up with a union is, oh, well, Speaker 1: you can make more money outside of a union. You can make more money if you don't have a union. Speaker 1: And while that may be the case, I'm going to ask you, is that one to three dollars an hour more worth being laid off at the drop of a dime with no protection?

Speaker 1: Is that extra money per hour you're going to get worth having no benefits or little to no benefits or no rights? Speaker 1: Your job has to provide you all the benefits. Speaker 1: What happens when that job no longer wants you as an employee? Speaker 1: You no longer have benefits. You're stuck on Cobra. Cobra is ass. Speaker 1: If you were with a union, you would have some kind of protection.

Speaker 1: Now, again, you can still get laid off in a union. You can still get laid off in a union. Speaker 1: But you know what? Your union fights until the very last minute before you get laid off, Speaker 1: as opposed to a non-union job where you could just wake up and see a meeting on your calendar and you're laid off that same day. Speaker 1: I have seen and have heard that story way too many times. Speaker 1: If a union were to ever happen in college sports, Speaker 1: where the money would have to come from actual institutions and universities, Speaker 1: yes, I think it would be a burning down type of situation, Speaker 1: like hellfire and brimstone would rain upon the Bible belt Speaker 1: in a way that we have not seen since the Civil War. Speaker 1: I genuinely believe that Speaker 1: because the sanctity of college football Speaker 1: in that part of the country is held in such a way Speaker 1: that they cannot stand Speaker 1: a predominant black base making money.

Speaker 1: They just, yeah, it's just, Speaker 1: I could go somewhere else with it, Speaker 1: but yeah, it's just that, man. Speaker 1: It's just that. Speaker 1: It's just that. Speaker 1: Some of these players, NIL are more than leagues, contracts is the real issue. Speaker 1: Yes and no, right? Speaker 1: Like, is the money crazy for NIL? Speaker 1: Yes.

Speaker 1: But a lot of that money is predicated on how long you stay, right? Speaker 1: Like, they can offer you crazy money for signing and, you know, getting the four years, right? Speaker 1: But then if you leave after one year, you're not getting the rest of the three years of that bread. Speaker 1: Like those contracts are not fully guaranteed. They're just like NFL contracts. They're funny money. Speaker 1: Like the money is only incentivized if you stay.

They're just like NFL contracts. Speaker 1: They're no different for the most part. Maybe some have been able to procure guaranteed bread throughout the entirety, Speaker 1: regardless whether they transfer or not. I don't know who will be that desperate. Speaker 1: But, you know, maybe it's a possibility. Speaker 1: Northwestern football team trying to unionize. Speaker 1: Well, the basketball team was able to get that off, right?

Speaker 1: The basketball team was able to get that off. Speaker 1: So it makes sense that it would trickle down to the football team. Speaker 1: I hope they get that off. Speaker 1: I'm here for it. Speaker 1: Let's see. Speaker 1: I don't want the money. Speaker 1: I would rather go to a dinner with Jay-Z.

Speaker 1: Yo, dogs. Speaker 1: Yo, that 500K? Speaker 1: I don't want that 500K. Speaker 1: Dinner with Hove. Speaker 1: Tell me how it is to circumvent your culture. Speaker 1: Tell me how you were a drug dealer selling drugs to your own community, Speaker 1: but now you're preaching black excellence. Speaker 1: Tell me how you were the black face for a Russian oligarch Speaker 1: who displaced members of people who look like you in your own community.

Speaker 1: Tell me about that after dinner. Speaker 1: Tell me about the things you have done, Speaker 1: nefarious, throughout your career, Speaker 1: but yet somehow you and your wife Speaker 1: are the picture of black excellence Speaker 1: and y'all are relationship goals and couple goals, Speaker 1: as if the elevator never happened. Speaker 1: Hi, Solange. Speaker 1: Anywho. Speaker 1: what else we got so just some quick things you see it here with 14 million viewers ohio state Speaker 1: texas was espn's most watched regular season college football game in 10 years Speaker 1: but they crying broke they don't got no money they don't got no money we're going to expand Speaker 1: the college football playoff to 2014, Speaker 1: but we don't got no money. Speaker 1: We going broke. Speaker 1: We going broke.

Speaker 1: Lying in your faces, yo. Speaker 1: Lying in your faces. Speaker 1: I feel for bro. Speaker 1: I really feel for bro, yo. Speaker 1: Because like, Speaker 1: whether he wants to admit it or not, Speaker 1: he's now going to be the poster child. Speaker 1: He got used. Speaker 1: And I wonder if there's enough people Speaker 1: in and around him.

Speaker 1: Like, I wonder if his coach, like I'm assuming his coach co-signed him doing this. Speaker 1: But I wonder if someone's in his inner circle that told him, yo, dogs, they're just using you. Speaker 1: Because he got used here. Speaker 1: He got absolutely used here. Speaker 1: Ted Cruz does not give a fuck about him. Speaker 1: Ted Cruz does not give a fuck about this young man. Speaker 1: He does not give a fuck about HBCUs.

Speaker 1: He does not give a fuck about the MEAC or the SWAC. Speaker 1: but yet he's going to be used as a poster child. Speaker 1: And if we're getting into Derek Johnson, Speaker 1: who's the NAACP president, Speaker 1: so let's bring this thing up with Frauday, right? Speaker 1: So Frauday claims he has so much power at ESPN, right? Speaker 1: NABJ trashes Stephen A. Speaker 1: Trashes him, right? Speaker 1: Gives him the two thumbs down award or whatever, right?

Speaker 1: And Stephen A threatened to talk the real about the NABJ. Speaker 1: He had a spark when he started, but then he was just garbage. Speaker 1: He didn't really go all the way. Speaker 1: Like there's stuff he could have gotten into, but he didn't really go all the way. Speaker 1: Now we have the NAACP. Speaker 1: who called out the whole network, including Fraud A, and said, yo, how are you going to let this dude go unopposed? Speaker 1: How are you going to let Tech Cruz have 10 uninterrupted, unopposed minutes on one of your largest, if not the largest platform that you have?

Speaker 1: Let's be clear about ESPN. Speaker 1: And I can tell you because I used to work there. Speaker 1: College football. Speaker 1: NFL is still king. Speaker 1: But when it comes to the real moneymaker, it's that college football. Speaker 1: OK, so you're giving 10 uninterrupted minutes, unopposed minutes to Ted Cruz on your largest platform, college game day. Speaker 1: So now they're going to give the NAACP a chance to rebuttal.

Speaker 1: Ted Cruz from over the weekend, but he had to do it on a sports center and he had to do it not across from Ted Cruz, not across from Feinbaum, not across even from Fraud A. Speaker 1: two SportsCenter anchors. Speaker 1: That's a huge drop-off. Speaker 1: That is not giving equal opportunity, Speaker 1: in my opinion. Speaker 1: But we're going to give the brother Speaker 1: a chance to get his shit off. Speaker 1: And let me make sure. Speaker 1: All right, I'm going to let that clip play Speaker 1: after restart.

Speaker 1: I have to re-rack the clip. Speaker 1: So I'm going to let that do what it got to do Speaker 1: because he went for about a minute Speaker 1: on his answer here. Speaker 1: So the setup is that the NAACP, Speaker 1: which I hope this is going to continue. Speaker 1: I grew up with hearing stories about how the NAACP was about that action boss. Speaker 1: I will not lie to you. Speaker 1: My years as an adult, I have not felt like the NAACP has been about that action boss. Speaker 1: If this is now going to be the swing with the NABJ calling out Fraud A, Speaker 1: now we got the NAACP calling out ESPN and Ted Cruz.

Speaker 1: If this is the type of time that they're on, I now have faith that we're regrowing the spine that we used to have all them years ago before any of us were born. Speaker 1: If this is where we're at. Speaker 1: So this is Derek Johnson that was on SportsCenter in his rebuttal to Ted Cruz. Speaker 4: What kind of guardrails do you believe need to be established to better protect athletes in schools? Speaker 5: Well, first of all, athletes should have a voice in the process. Speaker 5: Secondly, they should be able to collectively bargain. Speaker 5: Thirdly, schools should not have undue influence over whether or not a child can participate in the terms.

Speaker 5: They should be provided medical support far past their college years. Speaker 5: They should not lose scholarships for their education if they get injured. Speaker 5: There are so many things that should be in this bill to protect the players, which is the ecosystem. Speaker 5: Here are the individuals who are on the fields generating the revenue, creating a crowd excitement. Speaker 5: yet they are left off. Speaker 5: And the chaotic nature is something that is a great statement, Speaker 5: but it's not true. Speaker 5: I watched college football this weekend.

Speaker 5: Every stand of every game I watched was full. Speaker 5: People were excited. Speaker 5: The game is as rich as it has ever been. Speaker 5: TV revenue is up. Speaker 5: So there's no instability in the game. Speaker 5: It's just greed by the conferences. Speaker 2: Okay, just to remind...

Speaker 1: The greed is devil. Speaker 1: Give them some bombs. Speaker 1: Give them some flex bombs. Speaker 1: Give him some flex bombs. Speaker 1: It's that greed. Speaker 1: That's all this shit is about. Speaker 1: These predominantly black players want the bread.

Speaker 1: We can't have that. Speaker 1: Talk. Speaker 1: Talk. Speaker 1: Talk. Speaker 1: That's the NAACP I used to hear about back in the day. Speaker 1: They got to keep that same energy though. Speaker 1: They got to keep pulling up and keep popping out.

Speaker 1: Sometimes you got to pop out and show them, right? Speaker 1: All right. Speaker 1: Let me see them continue to pop out and show. Speaker 1: All right, what else we got? Speaker 1: Okay, so in addition to the stuff that's going on with college football, Speaker 1: players that tried to leave college football to go to the pros Speaker 1: wanting to go back to the NFL, that's now not going to be a thing anymore. Speaker 1: So today's full NFL memo. Speaker 1: So this was sent out today.

Speaker 1: So we had the two players that went to the NFL. Speaker 1: I believe they were both undrafted. Speaker 1: Maybe one was drafted. Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Speaker 1: They both went to the NFL, but they got cut. Speaker 1: They did not make the 53-man roster. Speaker 1: They did not make practice squad, or I think one of them was offered practice squad, Speaker 1: but ultimately decided to go back to college, get the NIL deal from LSU, Speaker 1: because that was going to be a better playing opportunity and more bread Speaker 1: than what he was going to get on the NFL practice squad.

Speaker 1: So, of course, NFL don't want to see that, don't want to hear that. Speaker 1: They're getting rid of that. Speaker 1: So this is in conjunction with the NCAA. Speaker 1: Clarification of player eligibility. Speaker 1: Clubs are reminded that it is each club's responsibility to verify player eligibility. Speaker 1: essentially y'all can't keep doing this anymore this was a one-and-done scenario Speaker 1: if a player declares for the draft or leaves college to enter the nfl and is on an nfl roster Speaker 1: of any kind whether it's training camp whatever the case may be you are not to be allowed to go Speaker 1: back to college. So basically, right, if Daquan or Xavian Harris want to get picked up by a team Speaker 1: during the season, the league is forbidding it.

So let's say, you know, it's obviously it's week Speaker 1: one, but there's already a bunch of injuries, right? There's a slew of injuries and a team Speaker 1: wants to pick up Daquan Wright. Speaker 1: Says, hey, look, we got a bag for you. Speaker 1: We got an actual roster spot, not practice squad. Speaker 1: We got an actual roster spot for you. Speaker 1: No, it can't happen. Speaker 1: The league is forbidding it.

Speaker 1: Do we even want to get into Bob Kraft Speaker 1: and what he did with Macklemore? Speaker 1: It's pretty cut and dry to me. Speaker 1: Some of these things, as we're talking about with Kaepernick, Speaker 1: talking about the collusion. Speaker 1: Matter of fact, let's at least get into that piece of it. Speaker 1: Kaepernick spoke on that, right? Speaker 1: Because Kaepernick speaks, speaking on a lot of things. Speaker 1: We won't get into that.

Speaker 1: All right, let's just show the Bob Kraft stuff. Speaker 1: So obviously Bob Kraft, he's blocking McLemore and Ed Sheeran. Speaker 1: Ed Sheeran politely asked McLemore to bounce. Speaker 1: McLemore bounced because of his statements he made on stage Speaker 1: in regards to Palestine and Gaza. Speaker 1: So with that being said, Kaepernick was asked about it Speaker 1: during one of his podcast runs. Speaker 1: and this is what he spoke about. Speaker 1: Let's get right to it.

Speaker 6: What Robert Kraft and what they're saying Speaker 6: by denying McLemore the opportunity Speaker 6: to go out and perform with Ed Sheeran Speaker 6: is they are willing to collude. Speaker 6: They are openly colluding. Speaker 6: And when we filed the grievance, Speaker 6: it was like, well, the owners wouldn't do that. Speaker 6: They, you know, everybody just wants to win within the NFL. Speaker 6: And the realization is, no, they want to protect their interests. Speaker 6: They want to protect their power. Speaker 6: They want to protect their money.

Speaker 6: Yes. Speaker 6: And they also want people to know that if you take an action that they don't agree with. Speaker 6: Right. Speaker 6: They will come for you. Speaker 6: And that was some of the warning coming out of the protest. Speaker 6: And some of the warning coming out of the grievance is that they will organize against you. Speaker 6: Which means that we collectively have to organize to be able to protect our interests as well.

Speaker 6: And I think, I hope this gives a space where people realize how significant this is. Speaker 6: And also gives a little bit of insight into the fact that while it may not touch you today, Speaker 6: at some point it's going to come knocking on your doorstep or someone you love's doorstep. Speaker 6: And that's not the moment to be able to take action. Speaker 6: We should be taking action actively right now. Speaker 1: the worst thing hove ever did was to bark up the tree of colin kaepernick because now kaepernick Speaker 1: is talking that man had a book to promote and he is out here talking his talk and he's spitting facts Speaker 1: the fact that robert craft is out here brazenly admitting that yes i approached it cheering and Speaker 1: if you try to bring McLemore into my stadium, Speaker 1: it's going to be curtains for your tour. Speaker 1: And the fact that he openly admitted publicly Speaker 1: that he contacted other owners Speaker 1: who owned some of these other stadiums Speaker 1: of where this tour was going to continue Speaker 1: after it left his stadium Speaker 1: and got them to be on board, Speaker 1: that is openly colluding, Speaker 1: just like they colluded with Colin Kaepernick, Speaker 1: just like they blackballed Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. Speaker 1: but y'all don't hear me though Speaker 1: well y'all do but yeah you know Speaker 1: and lastly in NFL stuff Speaker 1: the NFL MLB MLS NBA NHL and their players unions Speaker 1: formally asked state regulator Tuesday to address the quote escalating threat Speaker 1: end quote of harassment and violent threats directed at athletes and staff so this is all Speaker 1: about gambling right so this is all about your fan duels your draft kings your prize picks your Speaker 1: all that stuff right all the betting apps because it's become legal in so many different places Speaker 1: folks are investing more than ever everyone is broke and everyone's trying to get rich quick Speaker 1: So people are trying to use betting as one of those ways to facilitate getting rich quick.

Speaker 1: And it's come at the behest of athletes because athletes are now getting threats, Speaker 1: whether it's on social media, whether it's snail mail, whatever. Speaker 1: People's lives are being put in danger because people are losing money. Speaker 1: So now if there's one thing that these players unions and these leads can agree on is that we need to protect the players. Speaker 1: You know what the problem is with that? Speaker 1: Is that that would make you think they would have some kind of anti betting stance or that, you know what, maybe we need to reexamine our. Speaker 1: The way that we're now so indebted in bed with all these betting companies, maybe we should reexamine that. Speaker 1: Unfortunately, that is not the case, because if you look here.

Speaker 1: On Thursday Night Football, Prime Video's Thursday Night Football broadcast includes a personalized bet tracking experience with FanDuel. Speaker 1: You can't scream about how your players are being threatened by bettors only to have one of your league partners have a personalized bet tracking experience on your broadcast. Speaker 1: What are we doing? Speaker 1: What are we doing? Speaker 1: I can't be the only one that looks at this and says, yo, dogs, is it Uchi Wally or is it One Mike? Speaker 1: You're over here saying we need to address the escalating threats. Speaker 1: Well, you're getting escalated threats because gambling, sports gambling is now legal.

Speaker 1: So that's the first piece, right? Speaker 1: Then the second piece is when now that sports gambling is legal, you have made all the deals in the world to promote these gambling companies. Speaker 1: to your audience, to your constituents of sorts. Speaker 1: Now those constituents are now spending big bread Speaker 1: that's helping you and your sports gambling partners. Speaker 1: But now you don't want the other side of that, Speaker 1: which is when these people ultimately lose and they big mad, Speaker 1: they're going directly to the source, which is these athletes. Speaker 1: So you're mad about that and you want that to stop. Speaker 1: All the meanwhile, you have media partners, business partners, media rights partners that are allowing your constituents to track their bets in real time during your broadcast.

Speaker 1: All right, man. Speaker 1: I give up. Speaker 1: I give up.