NFL and ESPN link up to cover up Kyle Shanahan car accident

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Support him at SoundCloud.com slash May 1st Music. Speaker 2: Shall we begin with the fact that the San Francisco 49ers are being coached currently by a coke head? Speaker 2: Oh, excuse me, a reformed coke head. Should we start there? Speaker 2: Or should we start with the fact that the actual head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan, Speaker 2: was in a tremendous car accident a couple of weeks ago and no one said a word Speaker 2: while the san francisco 49ers are doing all that they can to smear the name of brandon iuke Speaker 2: and have been pretty successful at it and brandon iuke has certainly helped them Speaker 2: in them painting and confirming narratives about his wherewithal and his mental Speaker 2: capacity and health these days. The San Francisco 49ers had a situation and were successfully able Speaker 2: to cover up that situation. And none of their local beat writers, none of their podcasters, Speaker 2: none of their guys had to follow them online and super fans and super bloggers and all that stuff.

Speaker 2: Nobody associated in and around the team reported the information, the public information, Speaker 2: of the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan, Speaker 2: getting into a serious car accident, a car accident that almost took his eye out. Speaker 2: None of that information was reported for upwards of almost 13 days. Speaker 2: It took that information to be provided to the public. Speaker 2: And what a coincidence. Speaker 2: they announced that information on the day that training camp opened for the 49ers. Speaker 2: So your coach, who is the persona non grata out there, he is the one. Speaker 2: John Lynch is the GM.

He certainly has some cachet to himself. Speaker 2: But Shanahan is the guy. He is the face. Speaker 2: Even though Brock Purdy makes a lot of money, Christian McCaffrey makes a lot of money, Speaker 2: there's a lot of stars on this team, Trent Williams. Speaker 2: It doesn't matter. The face of that organization is the coach. Speaker 2: the face of your organization gets into a serious car accident where he almost lost an eye Speaker 2: according to his own best friend, commands Chris Sims.

Speaker 2: And no one knew about this or the people that knew about it knew to keep it low. Speaker 2: Why are we keeping it low? Speaker 2: In the same mold of the 49ers able to air out Brandon Ayuk and all his transgressions. Speaker 2: In the same mold that Tony Romo just got popped for it, OWI. Speaker 2: And that was released immediately. Speaker 2: But Kyle Shanahan gets to have, what, broken ribs, almost lost an eye, cuts and bruises, all this type of stuff. Speaker 2: Has a concussion, allegedly.

Speaker 2: And no one reports on it. Speaker 2: All these insiders, all these people that are close to the organization. Speaker 2: I got sources. I got sources. I got people close to the information. Speaker 2: And Kyle Shanahan is able to get hurt and not that far from not only the stadium, but not far from his crib. Speaker 2: Out there in Palo Alto.

Speaker 2: And no one says not one syllable about it for almost two whole weeks. Speaker 2: So let me get this straight. Diana Rossini and Mike Vrabel were carrying on an affair, a work husband relationship, whatever you want to classify it. Speaker 2: For half a decade, at minimum, half a decade. Speaker 2: And when that information finally came tricking out. Speaker 2: Everyone jumped on the fact where where is the media, where is the journalism, how come it's not being reported? Speaker 2: This needs to be taken to the highest level and be judged accordingly.

Speaker 2: How come mom is the word on the San Francisco 49ers being able to basically hide the fact that the face of their franchise, Speaker 2: the face of their organization was in a serious car accident and no one said a word. Speaker 2: Anytime Tiger Woods gets behind the car and does anything is being reported. Speaker 2: Anytime Tiger Woods is being popped for something, the media seizes on it quick, fast, in a hurry. Speaker 2: But when it comes to Kyle Shanahan. Speaker 2: When it comes to Diana Rossini and Mike Vrabel. Speaker 2: Nobody says a word. Speaker 2: Until it becomes public information, then once the public gets a hold of it, you can no longer retain those rights anymore.

Speaker 2: So Kyle Shanahan will jump right into the screen. Speaker 2: your man's Kyle Shanahan and let me make sure I get the right screen up Speaker 2: there we go all right these are what we know as of right now Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan was taken by paramedics to a local hospital where he spent much of the day before he Speaker 2: was released after being involved in a car accident we'll get to the part of Schefter's Speaker 2: name being here because this is all fugazi Palo Alto Lieutenant Nicholas Martinez said drugs and Speaker 2: alcohol were not involved and no one was cited for the collision. The other driver was not injured. Speaker 2: They're trying to water this down to make it seem like a big deal. If it is not a big deal, Speaker 2: why did it take almost two weeks for you to report it? Speaker 2: If this accident was not a big deal, if there was if this was such a non story, Speaker 2: why was this being held from the public? Speaker 2: Even though it was public record, why was the people that are hired to cover all things 49ers and cover all things NFL not releasing information about one of the more premier and noteworthy head coaches in the NFL getting into a serious car accident?

Speaker 2: And while they're trying to water down the injuries in this car accident, let me tell you the injuries. Speaker 2: He broke his nose, three ribs, his hand and needed more than 40 stitches in his face and suffered a severe concussion. Speaker 2: Now, let me ask you again. Does that sound like a nothing accident? Speaker 2: That should have been all we forgot to even mention. Our head coach got into a car accident. Speaker 2: It was no big deal.

Just a small fender bender. Three broken ribs. Speaker 2: Forty stitches in his face. A concussion. Speaker 2: And broke his hand and his nose. Speaker 2: And I'm supposed to believe that's not a big deal. Speaker 2: The head coach of a team that likes to think they're going to be a Super Bowl contender this year.

Speaker 2: Leaves the gig or apparently leaves the chiropractor, if you believe what his best friend, the godfather to his children, who he shares matching tattoos with, Chris Sims says. Speaker 2: Chris Sims is saying he was leaving the chiropractor. Speaker 2: Now, why he's releasing that information two weeks after the fact when he knew clearly he said he knew right away that it happened. Speaker 2: But now that the information is public, now he's trying to add his piece to it. Speaker 2: And let's take that with a grain of salt, because we now know. Speaker 2: He's obviously too close to the story, so he's going to try to provide slant and cover for his mans. Speaker 2: Allegedly, he's leaving the chiropractor or allegedly he's leaving the gig over at over there at Levi's Stadium, Speaker 2: heading back home, gets into his car accident.

Speaker 2: And they're telling us where he suffered non life threatening injuries. Speaker 2: Those non-life-threatening injuries are a broken nose, broken ribs, broken hand, and 40 stitches to its face, and a concussion. Speaker 2: Something about somebody in the NFL suffering a concussion and those injuries being non-life-threatening is extremely troubling. Speaker 2: Be that as it may, it's the shield they get to write their own narratives. Speaker 2: But let's take a look at the timeline of how this operates with how this story was actually being reported. Speaker 2: So we're going to play Internet Detective. Speaker 2: Let's go to where is the one on the team?

Speaker 2: OK, so the team announced. Speaker 2: About this happening on Saturday at 12 noon, let's keep an eye on that time. Speaker 2: 12 noon sharp. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 2: Y'all should peep that. Speaker 2: So they released their statement. Speaker 2: Coach Shanahan was involved in a car accident last week.

Speaker 2: Now they're saying last week. Speaker 2: That does not add up with the math. Speaker 2: So off rip, we got some stories that are conflicting. Speaker 2: He was involved in a car accident last week where he suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Speaker 2: Again, this man suffered a concussion, a severe concussion. Speaker 2: So he didn't just say a mild concussion like a player does sometimes in a game. Speaker 2: They said a severe concussion and they're labeling it as a non-life-threatening injury.

Speaker 2: Coach Shanahan will participate in team activities on a limited basis at the start of training camp while he recovers, yada, yada, yada, right? Speaker 2: So that's at noon, right? Speaker 2: Adam Schefter insider Speaker 2: breaks the story Speaker 2: at what time? Speaker 2: 12.01 Speaker 2: 12.01 Speaker 2: Adam Schefter Speaker 2: breaks the story. Speaker 2: So 12 noon Speaker 2: the 49ers announce Speaker 2: oh by the way Speaker 2: as training camp opens Speaker 2: our coach ain't gonna be here. Speaker 2: So by the way Speaker 2: when all the cameras come in Speaker 2: and all the media come in Speaker 2: and you're expecting to see Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan Speaker 2: oh by the way Speaker 2: you're not gonna see Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan Speaker 2: cause Kyle Shanahan Speaker 2: got into a car accident. Speaker 2: When the hell did that happen?

Speaker 2: Last week. Speaker 2: The cops ain't saying that Speaker 2: but okay. Speaker 2: So the team releases it at noon. Speaker 2: 60 seconds later Speaker 2: Adam Schefter Speaker 2: releases the news. Speaker 2: And then one minute after that, Speaker 2: the four-letter network Speaker 2: releases a whole article Speaker 2: with quotes from police Speaker 2: and the GM, John Lynch, Speaker 2: in this article. Speaker 2: So wait a minute. Speaker 2: The breaking news drops at noon.

Speaker 2: Schefter tweets it out Speaker 2: one minute later Speaker 2: and then a minute later after that ESPN has a whole ass article with quotes Speaker 2: from most parties that were in and around it outside of Shanahan and people involved in the accident. Speaker 2: That doesn't ring as a little collusionary to you all. Speaker 2: As we have talked about Kawhi and the Clippers and all the nonsense that went on there. Speaker 2: As we have talked about Jalen Brunson and the contract giving the Knicks a discount because his godfather is the GM and his pops is the assistant coach and all the nepotism around that. Speaker 2: This doesn't fall right in line with that. Speaker 2: You tell me. Speaker 2: Team announces it at noon.

One minute later, the biggest insider in the sport drops the bomb that had happened. Speaker 2: And then a minute after that, there's a whole ass article with quotes from all the necessary parties that, again, try to water down the impact. Speaker 2: Of this accident, even though, again, he broke his nose, three ribs, his hand, needed more than 40 stitches in his face and suffered a severe concussion during a July 14th car crash. Speaker 2: So what are we talking about? Speaker 2: Somebody makes sense of where we're at here. Speaker 2: Now, this may not seem like a crazy important story or a valid story, but what I want to do here is not only just talk about sports and why a team won and lost and all the usual stuff, but this story is not being reported like it should. Speaker 2: This story is not being talked about like it should because on these popular platforms, these large platforms, they're all in bed with the shield.

Speaker 2: None more so than ESPN, who is literally owned by the league. Speaker 2: So the NFL owns ESPN. Speaker 2: We've talked about it when it came to Ryan Clark last week. Speaker 2: We've talked about it prior in terms of collusion with Kaepernick when that was popping off, Speaker 2: despite what Hove is telling you. Speaker 2: Like all this stuff just keeps showing how in bed all these media companies are with the NFL. Speaker 2: And I get it. It's a relationship.

Speaker 2: They need content that drives ratings, which drives ad revenue. Speaker 2: And the league needs a home to be able to produce their own content. Speaker 2: So I get it. There is a relationship. There's always going to be some kind of, you know, Speaker 2: cohesiveness between a sports media network and a sports league. Speaker 2: There needs that needs to be a partnership. However, when does the partnership cross the line into?

Speaker 2: clearly ESPN was protecting Kyle Shanahan. Speaker 2: More specifically, Adam Schefter, who, oh, by the way, Speaker 2: wrote a book about Kyle Shanahan's father, Mike Shanahan. Speaker 2: So clearly there was mob ties there. Speaker 2: So again, the biggest insider in the game just so happens to be Speaker 2: really close with the whole Shanahan family. Speaker 2: So is it a surprise that when a accident happens to where it leads to Speaker 2: concussion, broken hand, broken ribs, broken nose, 40 stitches, Speaker 2: that the largest insider in the game, Speaker 2: who just so happens to have a relationship with that family, Speaker 2: multiple layers, decides not to publish the story, Speaker 2: not to run with the story. Speaker 2: But when it came to Tony Romo, Speaker 2: oh, that tweet came from him quick, fast, in a hurry. Speaker 2: As soon as that Tony Romo tee dropped Speaker 2: because he's on the competing network, Speaker 2: And I'm assuming he doesn't have the same mob ties with the Romo family as he does with the Shanahan family.

Speaker 2: He was able to just tweet that out and keep it pushing. Speaker 2: Let that aggregate and do numbers. Speaker 2: But when it comes to his mans in them. Speaker 2: When it comes to the Shanahan family. Speaker 2: Well, let me keep this low. Speaker 2: How do y'all want to proceed? Speaker 2: If this was Mike Tomlin, do you think the people in Pittsburgh would have sat on this information for two weeks?

Speaker 2: Do you think the Pittsburgh Gazette or whatever the main paper is would not run the story? Speaker 2: This is very, very collusionary. Speaker 2: I don't know if collusionary is a word, but let's assume it is. Speaker 2: This has collusion written all over it. Speaker 2: If you're telling me that two weeks ago, your head coach gets caught up and gets into a little fender bender, it happens. Speaker 2: You get rear ended, stuff like that. But OK, cool.

Speaker 2: Oh, by the way, that happened. I forgot. What happened to you over the summer? Speaker 2: Oh, I actually got into a car accident, you know, a couple of weeks ago. It's kind of crazy. Speaker 2: Oh, wow. OK.

No, this man was laid up in the hospital. Speaker 2: This man was laid up in the hospital. Speaker 2: OK, so that is going to be a story that requires more reporting. Speaker 2: How did the hospital staff not leak the information? Speaker 2: How did the NFL security, when something like that happens, NFL security is involved. Speaker 2: 49ers security is involved. Speaker 2: And when that happens, when these insiders and these beat guys and these reporters have their sources, you can't tell me.

Speaker 2: Schefter, Rappaport, whoever you consider as a top insider in the game, they didn't have this information. Speaker 2: Chris Sims was literally on his show saying, yeah, every day I would talk to my wife and we would be stunned that the news hadn't broken yet. Speaker 2: This is the same Chris Sims that almost let it slip that him and Shanahan were openly talking about Roussini and Mike Vrabel and how everyone knew that it was an open secret that they were smashing, getting it in, whatever you want to classify. Speaker 2: So he let that slip on air, but he didn't let slip on air that his man's. Speaker 2: who he has, you know, matching tattoos with, who he is a godfather to one of his children with, Speaker 2: didn't want to let it slip that his man was caught up in a really bad accident, Speaker 2: where he almost lost an eye, they said. Speaker 2: I don't know, man. Y'all let me know.

Speaker 2: If y'all don't think it's a big deal, cool. Speaker 2: But to me, when we talk about where this media thing is going, Speaker 2: and I have obviously invested interest into it because I've been in this shit for almost 20 joints. Speaker 2: when I keep seeing blatant forms of just cover up, blatant forms of collusion and no one cares. Speaker 2: I mean, I know we don't care when it comes to politics that that's been clear. Speaker 2: But at some point, a lot of the times, especially in this country, they put sports on a bigger pedestal in terms of piousness than politics. Speaker 2: Now we're at the point where we don't even care about it in sports anymore. Speaker 2: We don't even care.

Speaker 2: I find that extremely troubling. Speaker 2: Because if we could go from Speaker 2: Russini and Vrabel was a bombshell and it was a salacious story Speaker 2: and there was a lot of stuff to it. Speaker 2: There was TMZ, there was photos, there was all the things. Speaker 2: Even TMZ, where was TMZ in this? Speaker 2: They got their story, but they normally are ahead of the game on a lot of this stuff, right? Speaker 2: They're normally way ahead of most people. Where were they in this?

Speaker 2: Where were they in this? I find it extremely hard to fathom the way, the direction, Speaker 2: media and sports media specifically, because that means more to me. Speaker 2: It is really difficult to just assume everything's going to be right. Speaker 2: Everything is going to right the ship. Everything is going to work itself out. Speaker 2: We're going to come back to some kind of normalcy at some point. No, I don't see it.

Speaker 2: It is extremely suspicious when, like I said, if this was Tomlin, if Tony Dungy was still in the league, Speaker 2: if this was Ray Rhodes, if this was Jim Caldwell, if this was Lovie Smith, if this was any of them, Speaker 2: would they be given the same grace as a Kyle Shanahan? Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan who is a Nepo baby Speaker 2: who is best friends with another Nepo baby and Chris Sims Speaker 2: and they have both risen to prominence. Speaker 2: One deserved another failing upwards. Speaker 2: They both had the right last name to get into the NFL Speaker 2: and carve out whatever career they decided they wanted for themselves. Speaker 2: Along that way you build relationships. Speaker 2: When you are a child and you grow up in those NFL circles Speaker 2: You make lifelong friends along the way. And just that last name carries a lot of clout.

Speaker 2: So when you get in trouble, it's treated differently. When Brandon Ayuk is out here big wowing. Speaker 2: To my knowledge, he's the first Ayuk of his name that has reached this status. Speaker 2: So he has less protection. But when you're a Shanahan, not only are you protected, but off the strength of your father, you're protected. Speaker 2: So you have the clout of what you have done individually, right? Speaker 2: No one's debating how hard Kyle Shanahan works and how good he is, right?

Speaker 2: But the fact that he has that last name, which now piggybacks off of his dad's reputation, winning multiple Super Bowls and being held in high regard, he gets to live off of that too. Speaker 2: So people that would protect his father will feel indebted to his father that are in the league because of his father will now automatically protect the son. Speaker 2: So the son now gets caught out there in an accident with a concussion, broken ribs, nose, face, all the stuff, severe concussion. Speaker 2: And no one says anything. Absolutely wild. Speaker 2: They hit the chat. Speaker 2: Leg is in the house.

Good suspicions to have. I mean, look, it certainly is super suspicious to me. Speaker 2: One and one is always two. This to me is one and one equaling two. Speaker 2: When you have Adam Schefter, who's supposed to be breaking news, his whole clout is built around. Speaker 2: He has information before everybody else and he breaks it. Speaker 2: He is supposed to be the equivalent of Woj and now Shams on the NFL side.

Speaker 2: His job is to break news. Speaker 2: But to get to being the number one guy as an insider, Speaker 2: you'll also have to cultivate relationships. Speaker 2: And clearly Adam Schefter is biased in this information Speaker 2: because he is too close. Speaker 2: He is too close to the Shanahan's. Speaker 2: Why is he the one breaking the story? Speaker 2: He's too close. Speaker 2: He did a book with his dad.

Speaker 2: Why is he the one that is breaking the story Speaker 2: when the team releases a press release at noon, Speaker 2: Schefter has a tweet at 12.01, Speaker 2: and then the whole full-letter network Speaker 2: has a full detailed story at 12.02? Speaker 2: That tells me you knew about this shit long time, Speaker 2: that you went running around chasing down detectives Speaker 2: and stuff, getting information. Speaker 2: Why wasn't this an ongoing developing story? Speaker 2: That's normally how that would have went. Speaker 2: You would have gave us the T immediately. Speaker 2: Hey, Kyle Shanahan, involved in a car accident, Speaker 2: more details to come but you know we'll see how severe it is unknown whether it's severe or not Speaker 2: that would have been the blurb people went crazy you know retweeting it whatever sent into group Speaker 2: chats all of that then as the information when it came out oh okay he's okay he's in the hospital Speaker 2: he's being looked at whatever the other person involves okay the story would have been developing Speaker 2: over the days why did they decide to dump everything in a span of 120 seconds Speaker 2: they took two weeks of information and dumped it on everybody in a span of 120 seconds Speaker 2: and they said oh by the way training camp's open let's focus on the players Speaker 2: let's focus on Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey let's focus on that your coach ain't here why Speaker 2: ain't your coach here well we just told y'all yeah but you said it happened last week but the cops Speaker 2: in the ESPN story saying it happened two weeks ago. Speaker 2: Is someone going to make sense of this or not?

Speaker 2: National media pundits work for the NFL Speaker 2: via their network, their media network. Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's why everything is, Speaker 2: it's hard to trust the information Speaker 2: that you're being told. Speaker 2: I can tell you specifically, Speaker 2: that's why any time a report is being put out there, Speaker 2: I always have to take a step back Speaker 2: And try to look at whose angle is this from? Speaker 2: Is this from the team's angle? Speaker 2: Is this from the player angle? Speaker 2: Or the player agent's angle? Speaker 2: Or is this from a media angle?

Speaker 2: There's always three sides. Speaker 2: Let me say there's always, you know, three parts of the truth. Speaker 2: One version, the other version. Speaker 2: Then the actual truth is in the middle. Speaker 2: With media, with sports information, especially today. Speaker 2: It's probably four. Speaker 2: There's going to be the team POV, the player POV, the network's POV, and then the actual truthful POV.

Speaker 2: And this is where we're stuck. We're stuck in that spot right now. Speaker 2: We are absolutely handcuffed to where we can't take anything at face value because we have been lied to. Speaker 2: We have been tricked. We have been coerced to believe something that's not true for so long now. Speaker 2: We don't trust anything. When a tweet drops, we all double check.

Is that even the right account? Speaker 2: is that a fake account or not? Speaker 2: Is that real? Speaker 2: Is that the real Shams? Speaker 2: Is that the real Schefter? Speaker 2: Is that just a bot? Speaker 2: Is that just an aggregate account Speaker 2: making some shit up Speaker 2: just to get clicks and views Speaker 2: and to monetize?

Speaker 2: Where's the information coming from? Speaker 2: We have been duped so many times Speaker 2: that this is where we're at now. Speaker 2: Where when information breaks, Speaker 2: our immediate first thing is, Speaker 2: is that even true? Speaker 2: There was a time when Speaker 2: that wasn't even a consideration. Speaker 2: can you imagine Speaker 2: if like the Michael Jordan Speaker 2: sudden retirement Speaker 2: would have happened today Speaker 2: where the greatest player ever Speaker 2: in the prime of his career Speaker 2: decides to walk away Speaker 2: can you imagine Speaker 2: what the tweets would have done Speaker 2: with that information Speaker 2: do you imagine the amount of lies Speaker 2: that would have been told Speaker 2: just off the information Speaker 2: can you imagine Speaker 2: imagine if somehow at noon Speaker 2: Victor Wembingama retires from the NBA. We wouldn't believe it. Speaker 2: We would not believe it.

We were like, no, that has to be a fake account. Speaker 2: That has to be a bot. That has to be AI. That has to be something. Speaker 2: Because we've become numb to the fact that, yeah, people will lie to you. Speaker 2: People will lie to you for their own financial gain or for their own just clout gain. Speaker 2: Jordan retired in the middle of his prime.

Speaker 2: And no one was like, is this true? Speaker 2: Only from the standpoint of is he actually retiring? Speaker 2: But the source of the information was clean, was accepted. Speaker 2: Now, when this information drops, it's like one, is that a real account? Speaker 2: Two, is that real account by a person that's actually connected? Speaker 2: Three, is it AI? Speaker 2: Four, now we get into the four sides of truce where the media slant, the team slant, Speaker 2: the player slant, and then the actual truth somewhere in between.

Speaker 2: That's the level of vetting we have to do just to decide Speaker 2: if this information is accurate or not. Speaker 2: Do you understand how taxing that is? Speaker 2: Hey, maybe some of y'all don't care. Speaker 2: I care because as someone that at one point in time wanted to be a writer, Speaker 2: wanted to be a reporter, wanted to be a journalist, Speaker 2: the watering down of the journalism piece, Speaker 2: even though I was lucky enough to get out Speaker 2: and pivot into my media career in a different way, Speaker 2: there's still a spot of me that cares about Speaker 2: how news is being reported Speaker 2: and how information gets released. Speaker 2: This story taking multiple weeks Speaker 2: in a coordinated effort as a story dump. Speaker 2: I've explained over the years here, Speaker 2: whether it's on YouTube or my podcast, Speaker 2: Like, yeah, there are story dumps. Speaker 2: Fridays, if you want to get rid of, Speaker 2: if you want a story to drop or be released to the public, Speaker 2: but you want to hide it, you release it on a Friday.

Speaker 2: Why do you release it on a Friday? Speaker 2: Because the sports talk shows won't be able to get their hands on it Speaker 2: until Monday because they operate on a Monday to Friday schedule. Speaker 2: Back in the day, if you wanted to hide a story, Speaker 2: It still happens time to time. But now with live streaming, podcasting, you know, you can just drop whenever you want and still have the conversation. Speaker 2: But there was a point in time before all of that where we lived and died with the sports shows. Speaker 2: We lived and died with the newspapers. Those normally ran on a Monday to Friday schedule.

Speaker 2: So if you wanted to get ahead of something and bury it, you drop that shit on a Friday afternoon. Speaker 2: You got a story that you don't want to get out or you got a story that you know would go crazy if it dropped on a Monday, which is trying to duck that smoke, drop it on a Friday afternoon. Speaker 2: That way, by the time Monday come around. It's already been a couple of days. Speaker 2: The momentum of the story and the salaciousness has already diminished just for the fact of it's been 48 hours since that information was released. Speaker 2: That's how it used to be. Speaker 2: Now you can drop information and people are going live immediately.

Speaker 2: People are dropping podcasts immediately. Speaker 2: Working in television, the coordination that has to happen to break into live programming on TV, it is not easy. Speaker 2: Whereas now, like when LeBron the Philly stuff dropped, I was live within minutes. Speaker 2: talking about it. Speaker 2: You didn't have that option Speaker 2: 20 years ago. Speaker 2: 25 years ago. Speaker 2: 30 years ago.

Speaker 2: You didn't have that option. Speaker 2: If LeBron would have signed Speaker 2: with Philly 30 years ago, Speaker 2: you couldn't talk about it Speaker 2: until Monday Speaker 2: if it was a Friday thing Speaker 2: or a weekend thing. Speaker 2: I don't know, man. Speaker 2: Y'all let me know. Speaker 2: Lakers. Speaker 2: Sports shows are not credible nowadays. Speaker 2: Yeah, especially when you look at the talent.

Speaker 2: When you look at the talent of who's on there, and let's go ahead to this. Speaker 2: We'll jump ahead a little bit. Speaker 2: I was saving this in the talk for later, but let's go ahead and go there. Speaker 2: Look at what ESPN is trying to subject us to this upcoming football season. Speaker 2: And this tweet kind of sums it up. Speaker 2: No Ryan Clark, no Bart Scott, even though I'm not mad at that. Speaker 2: I'm not the biggest Bart Scott guy.

No Ryan Clark, no Bart Scott, but plenty of Dan Orlovsky, Dan Graziano and Tim Hasselbeck as NFL analysts. Speaker 2: I guess that's how the suits want ESPN to look. Look, the bar stulification of ESPN is near complete. Speaker 2: The bar stulification of the four of the network is near completion. Speaker 2: And this is what they want because this is what sells. Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and be all the way real and have the conversation Speaker 2: This is still, despite growing numbers Speaker 2: That would make you to lead otherwise at some point in the near future Speaker 2: This is still a predominantly white country Speaker 2: This is a predominantly white country and the people that are in power Speaker 2: Are still, by and large, predominantly white Speaker 2: White men specifically Speaker 2: Be that, and with that information Speaker 2: who do you think they would feel more comfortable with on their air, on their televisions, talking about sports? Speaker 2: Even though sports, especially the two biggest ones here in this country, in basketball and football, are predominantly black sports.

Speaker 2: Predominantly. Speaker 2: The people that are in charge, though, are not black. Speaker 2: The people that are in charge, though, are not black men. Speaker 2: The people that are in charge look like Greenberg, Orlovsky, Graziano and Tim Hasselbeck. Speaker 2: So they are way more comfortable putting these people in position to win to talk about predominantly black athletes as opposed to Ryan Clark, Cam Newton, and even to a way lesser degree, the Bart Scots of the world. Speaker 2: This is just where we're at. Speaker 2: I'm not even saying racism because I know that's now a new word.

Speaker 2: That's like a buzzword. It's a trigger word for people. But you tell me what this is. Speaker 2: When we're heading into NFL season, we're heading into ESPN is going to do the Super Bowl. Speaker 2: I can tell you as someone that used to work there and was part of some of the early, early, early, early, early preliminary conversation about what they're trying to do for the Super Bowl. Speaker 2: This is an extremely important year for that company. Speaker 2: That company is going all in on football because it leads to them hosting or airing the Super Bowl.

Speaker 2: Now that you have that information. Speaker 2: Explain to me why Cam Newton, who is a former NFL MVP, went to a Super Bowl. Speaker 2: Ryan Clark, who went and won a Super Bowl, are no longer on the network. Speaker 2: But somehow, Darren Orlovsky, who is really good. Speaker 2: So this isn't a shot at Dan, but let's call it what it is. Speaker 2: Darren Orlovsky, who is more famous for running out of the back of an end zone Speaker 2: for a team that went 0-16, is prominently displayed. Speaker 2: Tim Hasselbeck, journeyman football player, prominently displayed.

Speaker 2: Dan Graziano, who I remember as a regular beat reporter back in the day Speaker 2: here in the tri-state area. Speaker 2: and Greenberg, who sold out his radio partner of the multiple decades because he wanted his own shine. Speaker 2: And we're not even going to get into Peter Schrager, although it was announced. Speaker 2: Peter Schrager, the dude that had the back and forth with Ryan Clark, that Ryan Clark is saying that had nothing to do with his firing. Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Ryan, you're entitled to your opinion. I think that's bullshit. I think you know that's bullshit.

Speaker 2: Peter Schrager is about to get his own daily talk show. Speaker 2: you peep game Speaker 2: you peep game Speaker 2: Peter Schrager is about to get his own daily talk show Speaker 2: Ryan Clark gotta go Speaker 2: Cam Newton gotta go Speaker 2: Bart Scott gotta go Speaker 2: but Peter Schrager Speaker 2: open up the vault Speaker 2: open up the vault Speaker 2: he needs a time slot Speaker 2: Peter Schrager Speaker 2: needs a time slot Speaker 2: a daily time slot Speaker 2: not a YouTube stream Speaker 2: not something only exclusive on the app. Speaker 2: He's getting a full fledged television show. Speaker 2: And yet Ryan Clark wants us to believe that his back and forth had nothing to do with him being let go. Speaker 2: Now, while. While I'm not sitting here saying that that back and forth was the direct reason, Speaker 2: was the sole reason as to why Ryan Clark was let go, not saying that. Speaker 2: What I am saying is that that just shows how much they love that dude.

Speaker 2: So the fact that you had a back and forth with that dude, that might not have been the only reason, but that certainly played a part in them letting you go. Speaker 2: Now, whether he's going to come to grips with that at some point or doesn't want to admit that because that would might make him feel even worse. Speaker 2: I mean, the man was crying on the pivot, talking about being let go. Speaker 2: So clearly, emotionally, it has taken a toll on him, as you would expect. Speaker 2: But the fact that he's trying to say not it had nothing to do with it, brother, they gave that man a daily talk show. Speaker 2: Peter Schrager, who has no credibility outside of he looks the part and somebody up top loves him. Speaker 2: That's the only credibility.

That's the only resume things that stand out. Speaker 2: Looks to part, was at NFL Network, that's it. Speaker 2: Now at ESPN, and now he's being fast-tracked. Speaker 2: The people that have daily talk shows, again, because I work at Sports Media, Speaker 2: I could give you a different perspective. Speaker 2: Sports daily talk shows are held in high regard. Speaker 2: Those are for the bigger personalities. Speaker 2: Look at the four-letter network and it tells me who has a daily show.

Speaker 2: Pat McAfee has a daily show. Speaker 2: Stephen A. Speaker 2: Freud A. Smith has a daily show. Speaker 2: Who else has a daily show? Speaker 2: We can talk about PTI that's grandfathered in. Speaker 2: Who else as an individual personality?

Speaker 2: Mina Kimes is phenomenal. Speaker 2: It's just a podcast that gets streamed on TV. Speaker 2: It is not a TV show first. Speaker 2: It is a podcast first. Speaker 2: And then it gets repurposed onto television. Speaker 2: this Schrager show Speaker 2: will be a full out TV show Speaker 2: who else has that Speaker 2: yet Ryan Clark wants me to believe Speaker 2: that him beefing with that dude on air Speaker 2: and Schrager telling him do not belittle me Speaker 2: had nothing to do with him being let go Speaker 2: under a year later Speaker 2: okay Speaker 2: okay Ryan Speaker 2: if that's the game you're running Speaker 2: if that's the tea you're sipping Speaker 2: salute Speaker 2: if that's the tea you're sipping Speaker 2: salute Speaker 2: I'm going to go against that Speaker 2: and say Speaker 2: nope Speaker 2: they got you out of there Speaker 2: because not only Speaker 2: did they not view you Speaker 2: as viable enough Speaker 2: to continue with going forward Speaker 2: but it doesn't help Speaker 2: that you went toe to toe with the dude that they hold in high regard. Speaker 2: So while no, it was not the only reason, Speaker 2: it may be not even the catalyst, but it played a part.

Speaker 2: And if he doesn't want to admit that yet, that's on him. Speaker 2: But as someone that was in Bristol, Speaker 2: that can tell you how some of that goes. Speaker 2: It's all about relationships. It's all about networking. Speaker 2: It's all about who likes you. Speaker 2: Promotion is not just about hard work. It is about who you know.

Speaker 2: and how well do you know them? Speaker 2: Now that, just to wrap up the bow Speaker 2: on a Shanahan thing, Speaker 2: the person who is going to be Speaker 2: in Shanahan's stead Speaker 2: or in Shanahan's place Speaker 2: during the time of him recovering Speaker 2: from broken nose, three ribs, Speaker 2: a hand, 40 stitches, Speaker 2: is going to be this man. Speaker 2: If this man does not look familiar, it's because this man has gone a long way to rehab his image. Speaker 2: Even if I say his name, you still might not know who he is. Speaker 2: Chris Forrester. Speaker 2: Chris Forrester is the assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Speaker 2: Why does that stand out?

Speaker 2: Because this man was in Miami. Speaker 2: He was with the Dolphins. Speaker 2: And I believe he was offensive line coach with the Dolphins. Speaker 2: And then he was let go from the Dolphins. Speaker 2: And it wasn't a simple thing of, oh, we're just, you know, different philosophy or, you know, any of that type of stuff. Speaker 2: Or wasn't good at his job or anything like that. Speaker 2: No, it was something way more nefarious, salacious.

Speaker 2: This man was the coach Speaker 2: who recorded himself snoring lines of coke. Speaker 2: This is that dude. Speaker 2: So, the 49ers go from being led into training camp, Speaker 2: not by Kyle Shanahan, Speaker 2: because he was in an accident Speaker 2: that seems to be quasi salacious or nefarious, Speaker 2: but is not being reported. Speaker 2: But they keep telling us it's not a big deal. Speaker 2: It's not life-threatening. Speaker 2: they go from that to now being coached Speaker 2: or at least led through part of training camp Speaker 2: by a known coke head. Speaker 2: This is the shield.

Speaker 2: This is the NFL. Speaker 2: This is the National Checkdown League. Speaker 2: This is where we're at where a coke head, Speaker 2: a reformed coke head can come back Speaker 2: and end up being not only the offensive line coaching Speaker 2: He can get his old job back in the sense of doing the same title, getting the same title back. Speaker 2: But then he can also be the assistant head coach. He can stand next to the man. Speaker 2: So wait, you're telling me this league that, again, is trying to run out Brandon Ayuk, Speaker 2: this team, John Lynch and him, who are throwing all types of shade and questioning the mental makeup of Brandon Ayuk, Speaker 2: have taken in a reformed Coke head Speaker 2: and have elevated him, Speaker 2: not only to where he was prior Speaker 2: to recording himself snorting lines of Coke in Miami Speaker 2: to offensive line coach, Speaker 2: but Kyle Shannon, who is held in high regard, Speaker 2: names him the assistant head coach? Speaker 2: I would love for someone to make sense of this to me.

Speaker 2: Because I cannot make any sense of this. Speaker 2: How can the 49ers go from Kyle Shanahan, a Nepo baby, but at least a Nepo baby of privilege, of acumen, of winning. Speaker 2: And now, while he's on the mend, recovering from a severe concussion and multiple injuries from a car accident we didn't know about until they decided to do a Saturday noon news dump. Speaker 2: They're now going to be led by a reformed coke head. Speaker 2: A dude that was openly and recording himself snorting lines on camera, multiple lines, not like on some, you know, in the party, in the club. Speaker 2: You see someone doing a little whatever, taking a little quick nose bump. Speaker 2: No, this man was old school, new Jack City, snorting lines, long lines, Speaker 2: Scarface shit, snorting lines and recording himself and talk about how much he loved it.

Speaker 2: While currently employed as a NFL assistant coach. Speaker 2: Not only does he go away for a couple of years and reform his image, Speaker 2: he's able to spin the block and get not only his job back Speaker 2: but then be elevated to assistant head coach Speaker 2: and now that Shanahan has this mysterious car accident Speaker 2: now this man is the acting head coach Speaker 2: Lake is in the chat, Callan Cowherd is trash Speaker 2: and he has a daily show as well Speaker 2: yes, I was more talking about ESPN directly Speaker 2: but yes, Callan Cowherd has a daily show Speaker 2: but at least Speaker 2: Callan Cowherd Speaker 2: he's a guy that I would say Speaker 2: is grandfathered in Speaker 2: right he's another guy Speaker 2: that's grandfathered in Speaker 2: but when we're looking at Speaker 2: specifically ESPN Speaker 2: because again Speaker 2: all eyes are going to be Speaker 2: on them the entire year Speaker 2: because everything is leading Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl Speaker 2: and their production of it Speaker 2: the only people Speaker 2: that have been gifted shows Speaker 2: outside of PTI Speaker 2: because that's grandfathered in Speaker 2: and the first chance they get Speaker 2: and don't Speaker 2: just yeah Speaker 2: the company has tried Speaker 2: to get them up out of there. Speaker 2: But they can't Speaker 2: because it still does numbers Speaker 2: and those guys are a mainstay Speaker 2: and they are part of the evolution Speaker 2: of what we now know Speaker 2: as debate television. Speaker 2: So it's hard to get them Speaker 2: up out of there. Speaker 2: But now, Speaker 2: now that they've cleared the decks Speaker 2: in terms of who they prefer Speaker 2: to have on air, Speaker 2: look at who they have empowered Speaker 2: for daily shows Speaker 2: it's only two Speaker 2: Stephen A Speaker 2: McAfee who get Boku bread Speaker 2: big bucks and now Speaker 2: get Peter Schrager's Speaker 2: that's a huge drop off in terms of Speaker 2: talent acumen and personality going from Speaker 2: Freud A you know Speaker 2: take it or leave it Speaker 2: Pat McAfee same thing Speaker 2: take it or leave it but at least I Speaker 2: could be like, all right, I see why they're doing it. I see why they're going to capitalize on this Speaker 2: person's personality and leverage it for money and give them a platform. I can see it.

Peter Schrager, Speaker 2: I don't see it. Which then gets me to thinking because I know this industry for being in it for Speaker 2: so long. I'm like, okay, who does he know? Who likes him up top? Because that's the only justification. Speaker 2: Same thing with this coke head coach. Speaker 2: Chris Forrester clearly is liked in NFL circles.

Speaker 2: The fact that he could be on camera, not caught on camera. Speaker 2: He recorded himself on camera doing multiple lines of cocaina. Speaker 2: It's not about what you know. Speaker 2: Despite us having to tell our children, our loved ones, people that we care about, people that we try to mentor and we want them to do, you know, work hard, work hard and you'll get there. Speaker 2: Work hard. If you just do it, be consistent, show up, you'll be rewarded. Speaker 2: The world keeps giving us examples of that being complete and utter bullshit.

Speaker 2: This man is a reformed cokehead. Speaker 2: Cokehead. Speaker 2: And don't give me the, Speaker 2: we believe in second chances. Speaker 2: Athletes get second chances. Speaker 2: Don't give me that. Speaker 2: Don't give me that. Speaker 2: What does this man know Speaker 2: as an offensive line coach?

Speaker 2: How good of an offensive line coach is he Speaker 2: that he can be a reformed crackhead or cokehead? Speaker 2: Let me not put some on that might not be true. Speaker 2: But we do know he's a reformed cokehead. Speaker 2: Maybe not a crackhead, but cokehead. Speaker 2: How good of an offensive line coach is he Speaker 2: That he can bounce back from snorting lines of coke. Speaker 2: Self-recording himself and sending it to someone. Speaker 2: With a player you can almost understand why you would give an athlete a second chance.

Speaker 2: Because that person is more directly involved with the outcome of a game. Speaker 2: I am more inclined to give a guy like Brandon Ayuk another chance despite his mental status and capacity at the moment, as opposed to a reformed cokehead who just so happens to be an O-line coach. Speaker 2: I think I could go find another O-line coach faster than I could go find someone that has even the skill set of a Brandon Ayuk. Speaker 2: But somehow the 49ers have less of a problem rehiring or hiring a reformed co-kid as opposed to giving Brandon Ayuk an extension. Speaker 2: Make it make sense. Speaker 2: Let me hit the chat. Speaker 2: Lakers, national media is dying.

Speaker 2: ESPN paying McAfee and Stephen A. Smith to keep them afloat. Speaker 2: But then the Fox have let go of a lot of guys because of national media is the least educated. Speaker 2: There's a lot there. OK, so, yes, I do think, though, in the sense of when it comes to television, right, television is a entertainment product. Speaker 2: television as we knew it back in the day in terms of it's about breaking news and hard-hitting 30 Speaker 2: for 30s unearthing shit and outside the lines and all that type of programming all that shit is a Speaker 2: wrap because the e and espn stands for entertainment never forget that so what is entertaining today Speaker 2: What gets the most clicks, views, retweets, shares, aggregation today? Speaker 2: Salaciousness, stories, loud personalities, bombastic streaming, like all this stuff.

Speaker 2: We have brought this upon ourselves. All of this stuff. We are the ones to blame. Speaker 2: We are the ones to blame because we have given eyeballs. Speaker 2: We have given likes, shares, retweets that signal to these corporations that this is what we like. Speaker 2: This is what we prefer. And then if we're not the ones, then they have now engineered bots that can mimic what we used to do for free back in the day.

Speaker 2: I have tried to not engage with this type of content, but that content still comes to my algorithm. Speaker 2: Because there's probably millions of bots that are trained off of how myself and others, probably you out there, used to act on social media. Speaker 2: So now even though I don't want to see it, it's still going to get pushed to me. Speaker 2: As if I was the one that was still that still interacting with this content. Speaker 2: That's how the game has been flipped. Speaker 2: So we are at fault. Speaker 2: Because we built these brands and these accounts and these aggregators and giving them views and being able to empower them to be monetized.

Speaker 2: We now can't be mad at the industry for copying, pasting what they saw work on social media. Speaker 2: We can't. Speaker 2: You can't get mad at the four-letter network for trying to now turn themselves into a more polished bleach report. Speaker 2: Can't get mad at that. Speaker 2: they see what worked Speaker 2: and they have hired people Speaker 2: that used to work at Bleacher Report Speaker 2: to help build their social media up Speaker 2: just like how they did Speaker 2: at Bleacher Report Speaker 2: House of Highlights Speaker 2: all those types of spots Speaker 2: so when you're wondering Speaker 2: well how come they Speaker 2: how come they change Speaker 2: how come they're different Speaker 2: how come there's no more Speaker 2: storytelling Speaker 2: and no more journalism Speaker 2: and ASPN Speaker 2: because we the audience Speaker 2: have dictated to them Speaker 2: that we don't care about that anymore Speaker 2: I know it's hard to look ourselves in the mirror, but sometimes you have to have that accountability and look yourself in the mirror and be like, you know what? Speaker 2: I'm partly to blame. I am partly to blame.

Speaker 2: When I sent that link to the group chat thinking it was funny, I shouldn't have did that. Speaker 2: Because these apps can track all the stuff that you do with their links. Speaker 2: He shared that link. Even if it's to mock it, they don't care. Speaker 2: you shared it, you engaged with it, that's a positive for them. Speaker 2: So they marked that. This tweet did good.

He shared it. Speaker 2: So let's give him more tweets like that so he can share those. Speaker 2: That's how the algorithm works. That's how this works. Copy and paste. Speaker 2: Give them more, more, more. If you engage in it, Speaker 2: they're going to keep giving it to you.

That's how these things are built. Speaker 2: So when it comes to TV, TV, the ratings were declining because social media Speaker 2: and the internet became more and more of a thing. Speaker 2: How can we combat that? Speaker 2: Well, let's hire the people that they like. Speaker 2: McAfee had his own YouTube thing, Speaker 2: was running the numbers up all on his own. Speaker 2: ESPN said, we need that. Speaker 2: We're going to pay for that.

Speaker 2: And McAfee leveraged it to the fact Speaker 2: that he still owns all his shit Speaker 2: and now he just licensed it Speaker 2: to the four-letter network. Speaker 2: And now he's going to get allegedly upwards of over $60 million a year because he built his own thing up. Speaker 2: And ESPN doesn't know how to build that within their own ecosystem anymore. Speaker 2: So now they have to go out and buy it and license it. Speaker 2: Why do you think they have inside the NBA with Shaq Barkley and Kenny Smith and EJ in them? Speaker 2: Because they kept trying to do their own version of it and it sucked. Speaker 2: They put Stephen A on there to put Magic Johnson on there to try to put Jalen Rose on there.

Speaker 2: As much as they tried to copy and paste what TNT was doing, it didn't work. Speaker 2: So what happens when that ship started to sink at TNT? Speaker 2: ESPN went and scooped it up and said, now this is ours. Speaker 2: Because clearly we can't build one in house. Speaker 2: So we'll just go take the one that's actually doing numbers and we'll just go buy that. Speaker 2: We'll license that from you over here and we'll put that over here. Speaker 2: this is the tough conversation Speaker 2: that people don't want to have Speaker 2: we are responsible Speaker 2: for what we are now mad at Speaker 2: and what we view at Speaker 2: on our phones Speaker 2: on our laptops Speaker 2: on our televisions Speaker 2: we are the ones to blame Speaker 2: we saw the play Speaker 2: and we still engaged Speaker 2: we knew the play Speaker 2: and still engaged Speaker 2: Ladies in the chat Speaker 2: Old media had a lot of gimmicks Speaker 2: That new sports fans don't like or care for Speaker 2: Debate shows in entertainment Speaker 2: But how many is it successfully now?

Speaker 2: Well you have to define what success is Speaker 2: Right? Speaker 2: Because television ratings Speaker 2: Don't equal Speaker 2: Social media numbers Speaker 2: A good television show, a good sports talk television show, a debate show, if you got 100K, you good. Speaker 2: You safe. Speaker 2: As someone that's worked in the media thing for a while now, you get 100K on your ratings, you good. Speaker 2: Now, online, that ain't enough. Speaker 2: Online, that is not enough. Speaker 2: 100K online, that's like bare minimum.

Speaker 2: That's like minimum wage. Speaker 2: That's like the poverty line. Speaker 2: Television, 100K, you're still good. Speaker 2: Now, you're not thriving, Speaker 2: but you're still good in terms of you can fight that you're impactful. Speaker 2: I have worked for companies where I knew the show sucked, Speaker 2: but somehow it would still eke out low six-figure views Speaker 2: and the company felt that was a win. Speaker 2: But now if you have a high profile talent Speaker 2: that does a show Speaker 2: and that show can't even get, Speaker 2: it will only get six figures on a stream Speaker 2: or six figures on a clip, Speaker 2: that's not viewed as prospering online. Speaker 2: So the numbers are viewed differently.

Speaker 2: So yes, while I agree, Speaker 2: that new sports fans Speaker 2: and they look at media Speaker 2: and consume content differently Speaker 2: and the debate shows Speaker 2: aren't hitting the same. Speaker 2: They're hitting enough Speaker 2: that they're able to keep their spots. Speaker 2: Trust me, Speaker 2: if FS1 Speaker 2: and all those shows Speaker 2: that most of us don't watch Speaker 2: but somehow it's on all the time, Speaker 2: somebody's watching those shows. Speaker 2: And it goes back to my earlier point Speaker 2: in terms of Speaker 2: this country is still a predominantly white country. Speaker 2: And the people that are in charge Speaker 2: are still predominantly white. Speaker 2: So we're not the ones that they're not counting us. Speaker 2: We are a bonus to them.

Speaker 2: People that look like me Speaker 2: are a bonus to their numbers. Speaker 2: They're not focused on me. Speaker 2: Their ads are not focused on me. Speaker 2: Their focus groups are not focused on me. Speaker 2: The way that they choose talent, Speaker 2: as we saw with the earlier picture Speaker 2: of who ESPN is rolling out. Speaker 2: Where's that photo? Speaker 2: God damn it.

Speaker 2: I didn't close that. Speaker 2: There we go. Speaker 2: The way that they choose talent like this, Speaker 2: they're not doing that with me in mind. Speaker 2: And based off my own demographics, Speaker 2: the likelihood is they're not doing it Speaker 2: with you in mind. Speaker 2: They're curating to a certain base. Speaker 2: They're curating to a certain demo. Speaker 2: This is the demo.

Speaker 2: this is it right here Speaker 2: this is who they want Speaker 2: this is who they want Speaker 2: this is also the ideal viewer Speaker 2: slash listener of who they're advertising to Speaker 2: because that plays a part in it as well Speaker 2: we can't look past the fact that this shit is about money Speaker 2: at the end of the day Speaker 2: they feel these people put them in good position Speaker 2: to make them money Speaker 2: in terms of ad revenue Speaker 2: they're not going to say anything crazy Speaker 2: They're not going to rock the boat. They're not going to be like Cam Newton with the crazy outfits. Speaker 2: They're not going to be like Ryan Clark and be a proud, strident black man that will say the thing. Speaker 2: These guys are going to show up, do their job, toe the line, give you what they feel is good effort and go home. Speaker 2: And rinse and repeat throughout the week. And you know who's going to like that? Advertisers.

Speaker 2: Because we are never in danger, no matter what story breaks outside of sports that might leak into sports. Speaker 2: We have no worries that Dan Graziano is never going to say anything controversial. Speaker 2: We have no concern that Tim Hasselbeck is going to say anything controversial. Speaker 2: Lakers in the chat. Speaker 2: that demo is going to nosedive. Speaker 2: Could be wrong. Speaker 2: I don't think anyone cares about these guys.

Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing. Speaker 2: You and I do not care about those guys. Speaker 2: Clearly somebody up top who makes a lot of money Speaker 2: to make the decision of who is on air or not does. Speaker 2: And that's why it's a trick bag. Speaker 2: That's why I could tell you from being in those offices Speaker 2: and being in those circles, Speaker 2: you would be amazed at who is held in high regard. Speaker 2: People that you think have no motion on social media, no motion in your group chats, no motion in just casual conversation in terms of who's lit is lit to them. Speaker 2: And they're the decision makers.

They're the gatekeepers. Speaker 2: I know the prevailing notion is that the Internet YouTube platforms like this has allowed gatekeeping to be lessened. Speaker 2: That's true to a certain degree. But if you're trying to reach the level of the ESPN, you're still dealing with gatekeepers and those gatekeepers do not look like me. Speaker 2: So if you're wondering how come these guys are on the air because we don't care about them. Speaker 2: The bottom line is somebody important does in that somebody looks more like them than they look like me. Speaker 2: And that's the media thing in a nutshell.

It truly is that it truly is that just like any other place in corporate America, by the way. Speaker 2: This is not something that is a monolith to just sports or exclusive to just sports media. Speaker 2: This is what it is in corporate America. Speaker 2: But because this involves television and because this is people that don't look like the athletes that they cover, it is so blatantly obvious. Speaker 2: This is what we're looking like. Speaker 2: This is what we are able to detect because it is so clear. Speaker 2: And again, this is summertime stuff, right?

Speaker 2: This is not going to be the permanent lineup. Speaker 2: However, this will be one of the rotational shows Speaker 2: or the rotational lineups at some point throughout the year. Speaker 2: When the season starts, they're going to have their big guns. Speaker 2: You're going to see Meena Combs. Speaker 2: You're going to see Marcus Spears. Speaker 2: You're going to see Booger McFarlane. Speaker 2: You're going to see those guys on there.

Speaker 2: Those guys ain't going nowhere and those by design. Speaker 2: However, this lineup will be a thing throughout the season. Speaker 2: It's summertime. Speaker 2: People are on vacation. Speaker 2: People are taking time off. Speaker 2: Stuff like that. Speaker 2: This is why you see this particular lineup.

Speaker 2: It just so happens to coincide with the layoff or the firings of Cam Newton and Ryan Clark and Bart Scott to a lesser degree. Speaker 2: This ain't a one-off. Speaker 2: This will be a thing. Speaker 2: and let's go to Speaker 2: okay yep here's a clip from that same show Speaker 2: this is entertainment in Speaker 2: 2026 Speaker 2: I am completely against pedicures for dudes you're a dude Speaker 2: you're not supposed to get pedicures this isn't in a line with Speaker 2: Mad Dog Russo. This is in line with all the personalities that they have now brought in. Speaker 2: Dan Graziano, who is just a NFL insider, is sitting on a desk on a show to be entertaining. Speaker 2: He is a beat reporter.

He is not entertaining. Mike Greenberg is a former journalist, Speaker 2: and then he had a radio show, and then he pivoted that into a large, long-time running radio show Speaker 2: that was one of the most boring listens I've ever had to endure. Speaker 2: But again, it lasted for what? Multiple decades. Speaker 2: Almost, I think, 20 plus years. Speaker 2: And then you have Orlowski, who I said, who is more known for running out the back of an end zone Speaker 2: for a team that went 0-16 than anything else. Speaker 2: But now, these three have been emboldened and empowered and platformed Speaker 2: to be the voice of reason to talk about all things sports.

Speaker 2: If you told me they're only here to talk about NFL football, Speaker 2: okay, you have an NFL insider, you have a moderator, Speaker 2: and then you have a former quarterback. Speaker 2: Okay, cool. Speaker 2: They're sitting here talking about pedicures. Speaker 2: The Fuller Gang has chosen safe television over everything. Speaker 2: One for two sincere. Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's kind of been that way. Speaker 2: This has been like a slow progression, right?

Speaker 2: Like, look, they got Jamelle and Michael Smith up out of there. Speaker 2: Levitard and them decided to walk away. Speaker 2: Then they got Bomani up out of there. Speaker 2: Like, if Stuart Scott wouldn't have died, Speaker 2: they probably would have had to let him go. Speaker 2: Can you imagine the outcry? Speaker 2: because look at all the sports center guys Speaker 2: the classic sports center guys they all left Speaker 2: Dan Patrick, Olbermann, Rich Eisen they all left Speaker 2: Stuart Scott would have had to leave Speaker 2: the man who I think more than Stephen A Speaker 2: brought back ESPN from the depths Speaker 2: of where they were Speaker 2: and put them on a pedestal and gave them some sauce, Speaker 2: they would have had to let Stuart Scott go. Speaker 2: But that didn't happen.

Speaker 2: But Jamel, Michael Smith, Speaker 2: Bomani, Ryan Clark, Speaker 2: Kim Newton, and there's more. Tons more. Speaker 2: And they all look a certain way. Speaker 2: Safer television is this. Speaker 2: Just a couple of dudes sitting around talking about pedicures in the middle of July waiting for football season to get going. Speaker 2: This network is so much about football. Speaker 2: It's so much about NFL football because they're about to do their first ever Super Bowl that they have three dudes on here.

Speaker 2: Instead of talking about football, talking about pedicures. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 2: okay Speaker 2: if they were just trying to be informative Speaker 2: it would make more sense than these three to be entertaining Speaker 2: and that in lies the point right Speaker 2: that is where everything goes wrong because you can't tell me Speaker 2: where it's supposed to be about entertainment Speaker 2: and your view of entertainment is dudes sitting at a desk Speaker 2: talking about dudes getting pedicures in the middle or towards the end of July Speaker 2: training camps just opened Speaker 2: training camps just opened Speaker 2: LeBron just signed with the Philadelphia 76ers Speaker 2: Kevin Durant is on the record talking about it Speaker 2: Wardell Stephen Curry is on the record talking about it Speaker 2: Draymond Green is on the record on his own dumb podcast Speaker 2: talking about it and you got two dudes Speaker 2: that are related to the NFL heavily Speaker 2: talking about pedicures Speaker 2: but yet you want to be taken as a serious news outfit Speaker 2: but also entertaining Speaker 2: when you're clearly in bed with the NFL Speaker 2: by hiding the fact that Kyle Shanahan Speaker 2: was in a serious car accident a couple weeks ago Speaker 2: and you lined up with the NFL and the 49ers Speaker 2: who are indirectly part owners of ESPN Speaker 2: because the NFL owns 10% of ESPN. Speaker 2: So, wow, let's go ahead and break this down. Speaker 2: So the NFL owns 10% of ESPN. Speaker 2: The 32 teams own the NFL. Speaker 2: So that means the San Francisco 49ers own a piece of ESPN.

Speaker 2: So a coach of that team, the head coach, the face of the franchise, Speaker 2: the face of organization gets into a car accident. Speaker 2: and the largest, the biggest insider in the game Speaker 2: is cool with the guy who was in the accident Speaker 2: and his father sits on the story Speaker 2: but sets up, somebody sets up a coordinated release Speaker 2: hours before a training camp opens for that team Speaker 2: and the world discovers that the head coach ain't there. Speaker 2: They set up a coordinated news dump. Speaker 2: At noon, you get a team press release. Speaker 2: 12.01, that insider finally releases information. Speaker 2: And 12.02, there's a whole story written by that same insider Speaker 2: with details of that story. Speaker 2: So the 49ers own a piece of ESPN, Speaker 2: and ESPN held back information involving the head coach of the 49ers.

Speaker 2: And that's okay. Speaker 2: Has the day of the sports, has the day of the former athlete as a sports analyst going away? Speaker 2: No. Speaker 2: Unless you want to talk about black ones. Speaker 2: If you want to talk about black ones, that might be yes. Speaker 2: And that's why you see a lot of athletes getting their own platform because they have to. Speaker 2: You have to.

Speaker 2: Gilbert Arena should be on Amazon. Speaker 2: on any of these platforms. Speaker 2: Gilbert Arenas is enough of a personality Speaker 2: where he shouldn't have to go to Playmaker Speaker 2: to have his show. Speaker 2: Why can't Gilbert Arenas have his stuff Speaker 2: on some kind of streaming platform Speaker 2: that's tied to a legacy media company? Speaker 2: Why? Speaker 2: Why did Cam Newton have to do Speaker 2: fourth and one on his own? Speaker 2: Why?

Speaker 2: Why wouldn't NFL Network scoop that up when that was still its own thing? Speaker 2: The way to get on now, whether you're an athlete, a former athlete or a non-athlete that's just trying to be a creator in the spaces, Speaker 2: you have to do it on your own and do it on your own for a minute before the legacy media companies will give you a sniff. Speaker 2: Athletes have the luxury because of their financial well-being and the fact that they have a built-in audience, which is their fans, where they can run the numbers up so fast that they could be a competitor to these legacy media companies right away. Speaker 2: While it takes a platform like this one, because I'm not a former athlete, but, you know, I've been growing this channel for a minute, but it's nowhere near the numbers that if I were a former athlete and I just decided, hey, I'm just going to have a YouTube channel, I would be able to monetize within a week or two. Speaker 2: If that long. Speaker 2: And by monetizing, I'm able to make bread independently and that allows me to go get sponsors just like these legacy media companies. Speaker 2: That's the game now.

Speaker 2: if you're Gilbert Arenas Speaker 2: why would you go to Speaker 2: a legacy media company Speaker 2: where you could just Speaker 2: build your own thing Speaker 2: back up again Speaker 2: and we'll talk about that Speaker 2: another day Speaker 2: but you could build up Speaker 2: your own thing Speaker 2: leverage that Speaker 2: get sponsorships Speaker 2: on your own Speaker 2: leverage with another company Speaker 2: that has its own Speaker 2: built-in ad revenue Speaker 2: that you can eat off of Speaker 2: does Gilbert Arenas Speaker 2: even need Speaker 2: Prime Speaker 2: does he need to be on Amazon? Speaker 2: I think the check would be bigger on Amazon. Speaker 2: I could be off on that. Speaker 2: Maybe not. Speaker 2: But if you get to retain your rights, Speaker 2: if you go on Amazon, Speaker 2: you're probably not going to retain your rights. Speaker 2: So maybe that's the ownership play. Speaker 2: But I mean, he was willing to sell.

Speaker 2: I mean, he sold his shit to Underdog once. Speaker 2: Why wouldn't he sell it to Amazon? Speaker 2: But is the day of the former athlete Speaker 2: gone away, going away. Speaker 2: Yes is the hard answer. Speaker 2: No is the more nuanced answer Speaker 2: because if you're a legacy media company, Speaker 2: you still need former athletes. Speaker 2: The problem is they're just not going to be black. Speaker 2: ESPN, didn't they just hire Taylor LeJuan Speaker 2: and whoever he does his show with?

Speaker 2: That's going to be a big show. Speaker 2: So that's two athletes. Speaker 2: Is Taylor LeJuan still playing? Speaker 2: Let me see if I can find that story. Speaker 2: Taylor LeJuan. Speaker 1: Let's see if I can find that show. Speaker 1: Where is it?

Speaker 2: What is it, Bussin' with the Boys or some shit like that? Speaker 2: Ain't that the name of the show? Speaker 1: Let's see. Speaker 2: yeah Speaker 2: so Speaker 2: ESPN Speaker 2: is launching a college football show Speaker 2: with some dude named Josh Pate Speaker 2: who apparently is a big deal Speaker 2: never heard of him Speaker 2: and buss him with the boys Speaker 2: which is Taylor LeJuan Speaker 2: and who's the other dude? Speaker 2: I don't know who the other dude is Speaker 2: Will Compton Speaker 2: so Will Compton and Taylor LeJuan Speaker 2: I mean Speaker 2: that's at least Speaker 2: did Will Compton play? Speaker 2: Taylor LeJuan played. Speaker 2: But like, so there you go.

Speaker 2: Like there's another former athlete, Speaker 2: at least one former athlete that's still, Speaker 2: but again, he looks the part. Speaker 2: So when you ask me, Speaker 2: has the day of the former athlete Speaker 2: as a sports analyst going away? Speaker 2: No, because they're just choosing white ones. Speaker 2: Let's just go ahead and keep it a buck. Speaker 2: They're choosing white ones. Speaker 2: black sports athletes better start partnering the problem is running the legacy media Speaker 2: gill went to mad dog sports and lost control of his own show well that's that's kind of the deal Speaker 2: when you go to a legacy company you normally have to relinquish some rights so the fact that gill Speaker 2: and I didn't know he gave it up for Maddox. Speaker 2: I know he gave it up for Underdog as well.

Speaker 2: But be that as it may, Speaker 2: if you want legacy media partnership, Speaker 2: you're giving up something Speaker 2: unless you have the McAfee juice. Speaker 2: If you got the McAfee juice Speaker 2: and maybe even these Bustin' with the Boys dudes, Speaker 2: maybe they were able to retain ownership Speaker 2: depending on what's the show going to be called. Speaker 2: If the show's going to be called Bustin' with the Boys, Speaker 2: I'm not seeing a title for the show yet. Speaker 2: if that title is Speaker 2: Bustle with the Boys Speaker 2: then I want to know Speaker 2: who owns that show. Speaker 2: There's no mention here Speaker 2: in the article Speaker 2: in regards to Speaker 2: what the name of the show Speaker 2: is going to be. Speaker 2: It's going to air Fridays Speaker 2: during college football season Speaker 2: from college campuses Speaker 2: across the country. Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, Speaker 2: that's definitely not going to be Speaker 2: Bustle with the Boys.

Speaker 2: That's definitely not going to be that. Speaker 2: Okay, but see, Speaker 2: This dude, Josh Pate, again, like I was saying earlier, you got to build yourself online and then the companies will come to you. Speaker 2: Apparently, that's what this dude, Josh Pate, did. Speaker 2: Pate has amassed a huge following on YouTube, becoming one of the most. Speaker 2: Let me get that so you can see it. Speaker 2: Pate has amassed a huge following on YouTube, becoming one of the most watched college football creators on the Internet. Speaker 2: Compton and Luan, two former NFL players, so Will Compton did play, two former NFL players, started their media careers at Barstool Sports Speaker 2: before moving their podcast independent.

Speaker 2: So this is the blueprint now. Speaker 2: Do it on your own Speaker 2: or do it with a partner Speaker 2: and use their clout to help build your shit up Speaker 2: and then pivot when the time is right. Speaker 2: Will Compton and Taylor LeJuan Speaker 2: weren't big personalities as football players. Speaker 2: LeJuan a little bit Speaker 2: because he had tattoos and shit like that, Speaker 2: but those dudes weren't seen as big personality guys. Speaker 2: but they built that podcast up with Barstool they leveraged the Barstool name to help build Speaker 2: their shit up and build their clout up and their name up and then when the contract was up they Speaker 2: flipped they got up out of there but they had already built up their shit off the backs of Speaker 2: what Barstool already had that now they could stand on their own and still leverage their name Speaker 2: and clout to get sponsorships to get their own shit popping so that's how it is then Pate apparently Speaker 2: is one of the most watched college football creators on the internet. Speaker 2: So clearly he grinded it out, built the channel on his own, Speaker 2: monetized it, ran the numbers up, Speaker 2: probably has a few clips that went viral and leverage it that way. Speaker 2: So now that ESPN has come calling.

Speaker 2: But my question is, is the black version of Josh Pate Speaker 2: getting the same opportunity? Speaker 2: Is the brown version of Josh Pate getting this opportunity? Speaker 2: is the Asian version of Josh, Speaker 2: like we can go on and on and on, Speaker 2: is the non-white male version of Josh Pate Speaker 2: getting this opportunity? Speaker 2: Oh, you mean underdog? Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was underdog. Speaker 2: So like, it's very troubling Speaker 2: as someone that is not a white male Speaker 2: in the industry that sees the play. Speaker 2: sees the play tries to do stuff like this to tell y'all to play Speaker 2: it doesn't go that far because again until we're in the positions where we have hiring power and Speaker 2: firing power not much can be done because what if there was i'm sure there's a black version of Speaker 2: josh pate somewhere the problem is is the person who is the gatekeeper will they put the same respect Speaker 2: on the black version of Josh Pate Speaker 2: as they did the white version?

Speaker 2: I think most of us know the answer to that. Speaker 2: This media thing is dirty. Speaker 2: This media thing is grimy. Speaker 2: If you want to get into the content space now, or if you're wondering why you don't see people who look like me or likely you, based on my own demographics on this channel, if you're wondering why you don't see people that look like me or you, it's because the gatekeepers at the top do not look like me or you. Speaker 2: So I think it's a really good question in terms of, you know, Speaker 2: has the day of the former athlete as a sports analyst going away? Speaker 2: If you're black, yes. Speaker 2: If Ryan Clark can't survive, if Cam Newton can't survive, Speaker 2: then yes.

Speaker 2: But then the other side could flip it, right? Speaker 2: Because on NBC, they got Chris Simms about it there Speaker 2: and they brought in Mike Tomlin. Speaker 2: but didn't they get rid of Tony Dungy too Speaker 2: didn't they get rid of Tony Dungy and Chris Sims Speaker 2: I forget it's too much Speaker 2: so there's so much moving Speaker 2: so many moving parts to this thing Speaker 2: here's another guy Speaker 2: that had success Speaker 2: at NFL Network Speaker 2: and wasn't really Speaker 2: a name like that Speaker 2: but just, again, had personality, looked the part, Speaker 2: and a legacy media company came in and swooped in Speaker 2: and gave him a chance, and now it's a wrap. Speaker 2: Kyle Brandt exits CBS NFL today. Speaker 2: Again, a dude that was more leaning on the fact of Speaker 2: he's a personality, he puts the E in entertainment, Speaker 2: he's not really breaking games down, Speaker 2: he's not really giving you hard-hitting analysis, Speaker 2: He's not crunching game tape like you would want someone in that position to be. Speaker 2: And that's kind of the problem is that the structure is based in a way where if you are a former athlete, you know the game. Speaker 2: You know the ins and outs.

You know how to break it down. Speaker 2: If you're going to put someone who is not a former athlete next to them, that person should have the ability to do some of the same things. Speaker 2: I'm not expecting a Cal Brandt or a Peter Schrager to be able to walk into an NFL film room and break down tape like a NFL Hall of Famer. Speaker 2: I would expect them, though, to be able to have a perspective that lets me know as a viewer, oh, that person knows ball. Speaker 2: You don't need to know ball like a Hall of Famer. Speaker 2: But you need to be able to convince me, someone who has been a lifelong watcher of sports, Speaker 2: and now working in media, I've watched more sports than most people have in my almost 20-year career than most people do in a lifetime. Speaker 2: You have to be able to convince someone like me and even casuals that you know what the hell you're talking about.

Speaker 2: And regurgitating box scores, regurgitating points that were made on the Elon app is not the way to do it. Speaker 2: so a legacy media company Speaker 2: and CBS brought in Speaker 2: Cal Brand thinking Speaker 2: he was going to bring Speaker 2: that energy Speaker 2: that entertaining stuff Speaker 2: that personality driven content Speaker 2: that he was known for Speaker 2: on the NFL network Speaker 2: bring that over here to CBS Speaker 2: because we're an old show Speaker 2: with old people Speaker 2: and it didn't work Speaker 2: because what works Speaker 2: for one demo Speaker 2: doesn't mean it's going to work for the other demo. Speaker 2: The demo of the people that are engaging in Cal Brand's content Speaker 2: are not going to NFL Today and watching CBS. Speaker 2: So when CBS gives Cal Brand a bag to bring that juice over there to CBS, Speaker 2: they're assuming his audience is going to come with him. Speaker 2: It doesn't work that way because the Internet doesn't work that way. Speaker 2: But because you have people that are running these legacy media companies that are old, they think that way. Speaker 2: So I'm sure Cal Brant got a bag salute.

Speaker 2: But it was never going to work at CBS. Speaker 2: Never. Speaker 2: Because the demos are too different. Speaker 2: Your clips that go viral on the Elon app and on TikTok and on IG, that's not going to translate to CBS. Speaker 2: The game is the game. Speaker 2: Lakers in the house. Speaker 2: Josh Pate just went through controversy for interviewing Trump for no sports reasons and his reasons why didn't help.

Speaker 2: Oh, he's one of those. Speaker 2: Oh, so he's MAGA. Speaker 2: Oh, okay. Speaker 2: I mean, that tracks. Speaker 2: College football and all that, that tracks. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 2: I mean, that isn't even more.

Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 2: So let's now take that information and let's take another step back. Speaker 2: Ryan Clark wants us to believe that his back and forth for Peter Schrager had nothing to do with the back and forth that they had. Speaker 2: Cool. I think he's full of shit. He's entitled to his opinion. Speaker 2: He obviously should know way more than I do, even though we walk the same halls at one point in time.

It's OK. Speaker 2: Peter Schrager is now going to get a daily talk show. Speaker 2: Now we have Josh Pate, who interviewed the president, now getting a show. Speaker 2: If Ryan Clark still doesn't want to believe that his back and forth with Peter Schrager had nothing to do with him being let go, Speaker 2: then he's ignoring what's right in front of him. Speaker 2: Ryan Clark was let go because he doesn't look the part Speaker 2: and he had beef with someone who does Speaker 2: bottom line Speaker 2: the network is showing you who they are Speaker 2: whether it's having that panel that we saw Speaker 2: whether it's this Speaker 2: or whether it's employing the guy who just interviewed the president Speaker 2: which in no way, shape, or form Speaker 2: is ever viewed as positive Speaker 2: unless you're a white male. Speaker 2: Most of the national media don't know ball Speaker 2: and the field exposed their knowledge Speaker 2: with YouTube podcasts Speaker 2: and guys who are scouts doing YouTube content, Speaker 2: not enough attention span. Speaker 2: I think there has to be a happy medium Speaker 2: there has to be a happy medium with that right Speaker 2: like again I'm not expecting Speaker 2: I'm not even expecting a YouTuber Speaker 2: you can't crunch enough film Speaker 2: you don't have access to the film Speaker 2: even though the NFL does a good job about Speaker 2: if you're willing to pay for access Speaker 2: you can pay to get game film Speaker 2: so if you want to immerse yourself Speaker 2: you can but it's still not to the degree Speaker 2: of what an NFL player has at their fingertips Speaker 2: so I do not expect a YouTuber Speaker 2: a podcaster Speaker 2: a dude on TikTok Speaker 2: I'm not expecting them to be able to Speaker 2: crunch or break everything down Speaker 2: to the nth degree Speaker 2: like a current or former player Speaker 2: I just want them to be convincing Speaker 2: that they know what the fuck they're talking about Speaker 2: that's all Speaker 1: you know what it is Speaker 1: this has been the Vsandy podcast Speaker 1: a podcast that is talking about sports and sports media Speaker 1: in addition to other things.

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