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Browns Name Deshaun Watson Week 1 Starter, WNBA Protest Stunt, and 49ers Owner Jed York Arrest · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Joy Taylor. Welcome to The Daily Play.
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: Well, things changed quickly in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Yesterday we talked about Deshaun Watson's response to Cleveland fans
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  Speaker 1: booing him at the first home preseason game. Left a
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  Speaker 1: pretty significant mess for Todd Monkin to clean up. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: was a bit of conversation for all of us in
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  Speaker 1: the media space. And despite all of that and everything
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  Speaker 1: that has happened with Deshaun Watson and Cleveland's up until
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  Speaker 1: this point, Monkin announced Watson as the Week one starter
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  Speaker 1: on Monday. He said, quote, we took in the full
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  Speaker 1: body of work over the course of the offseason, to
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  Speaker 1: training camp, to the game, to the joint practice, and
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  Speaker 1: ultimately felt like to start the season on the road,
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  Speaker 1: DeShawn gave us the best chance to move the ball
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  Speaker 1: and score points. Deshaun Watson said, I thought I was
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  Speaker 1: going to get a little different response, but.
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  Speaker 2: I think my notemotions got the best of me.
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  Speaker 1: My comments wasn't intending to go at any of the
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  Speaker 1: fans in the city because there's been a lot of
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  Speaker 1: great fans that have been supporting me, and I know
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  Speaker 1: the frustration.
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  Speaker 2: This organization has put.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of investment in coming to get me back
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and things haven't been going.
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  Speaker 2: In the right direction that we thought.
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  Speaker 1: It was a lot of injuries, a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: off I would classify as time off, but not putting
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  Speaker 1: the best football in my foot forward. I understand the frustration.
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  Speaker 1: I understand everything goes into that and moving forward, I
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  Speaker 1: just want to focus on football, making sure that I'm
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  Speaker 1: putting the best product out there, having the.
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  Speaker 2: Best ability because I thrive off energy.
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  Speaker 1: I thought off the energy of the fans, I thought
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  Speaker 1: off the energy of the community.
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  Speaker 2: I thrive off of all that stuff. I mean, this
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  Speaker 2: is a mess, but this.
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  Speaker 1: Is to be expected when it comes to the Cleveland Browns.
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  Speaker 2: He was going to be the starter.
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  Speaker 1: They were going to try to get any bit of
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  Speaker 1: production out of that deal.
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  Speaker 2: It's one of the worst deals in the history of sports.
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  Speaker 1: Two hundred and thirty million guaranteed plus I believe three
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  Speaker 1: first round picks for nineteen games of production, and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's pretty embarrassing.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think should Or has slammed the door shuts
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  Speaker 1: on being the starter for the team, but he certainly
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  Speaker 1: should have been in the number one position, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't feel like this was an actual quarterback competition. I
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  Speaker 1: think the money in the politics are playing a role
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  Speaker 1: in this. I do think it could undercut his confidence.
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  Speaker 1: I never liked him going to Cleveland anyway. I really
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  Speaker 1: don't like any quarterback going to Cleveland, if I'm being honest.
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  Speaker 1: But if you're gonna draft him and drag him through
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  Speaker 1: the mud with this ridiculous franchise, you know, I I
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  Speaker 1: just I honestly, I don't know how Cleveland France fans
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  Speaker 1: do it like it's it's so unserious, it's so disingenuous.
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  Speaker 2: There's no need to name him.
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  Speaker 1: The starter right now either, So I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: Watson has done to be named the start at this
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  Speaker 1: point other than them trying to.
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  Speaker 2: Justify the money and make the deal makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: He split first team revs with Shador through off season
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  Speaker 1: workouts in training camp. In the start against the Bears,
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  Speaker 1: he was eleven to fifteen FO one hundred and twenty
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  Speaker 1: six yards and he lost a fumble. He's a nine
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  Speaker 1: to ten record as the Browns starting quarterback, and his
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  Speaker 1: past two seasons as a starter have ended in injury.
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  Speaker 1: I really don't get other than the money, why you
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  Speaker 1: would do this, And because of that, this is what
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  Speaker 1: I expected to happen.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not really surprised.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I just held my tongue to see what
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  Speaker 1: the Browns were going to do if this truly was
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  Speaker 1: going to be a true competition. I hope they find
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  Speaker 1: another place for Shaudoor. I hope actually that Shaudor gets traded.
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  Speaker 1: I do hope that they do that, that they give
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  Speaker 1: him an opportunity to go somewhere and play where he
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  Speaker 1: gets a real opportunity and an opportunity to develop. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: going to Cleveland as a quarterback is you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: a pretty tough It's pretty tough though. This is not
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  Speaker 1: a good organization and they're not a winning organization and
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  Speaker 1: they haven't been that way for a very long time.
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  Speaker 1: And even in their moments of peaking around the corner
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  Speaker 1: at that with Baker, Baker's is still playing in the
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  Speaker 1: league and is not their franchise quarterback anymore. So it's
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  Speaker 1: just it's a constant reflection of bad choices, of you know,
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  Speaker 1: disingenuous statements from the front office from the ownership, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, I have a hard time believing that this
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  Speaker 1: is just Todd Monkins's decision because he's new and there's
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  Speaker 1: a ton of guaranteed money that is still needs to
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  Speaker 1: be paid to Deshaun Watson, and they've gotten essentially no.
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  Speaker 2: Positive production out of him.
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  Speaker 1: Even the statement really about him complaining about the fans
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  Speaker 1: just completely lacks all self awareness, which to me is
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  Speaker 1: a reflection of a lack of growth. Like, look, we
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  Speaker 1: know what happens. No one's even bringing that up anymore.
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  Speaker 1: You served your suspension, they made the move to get you, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: like we all know what happened.
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  Speaker 2: No one's even hammering on that anymore. You've brought no.
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  Speaker 1: Positive production to this team. You've played in nineteen games
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  Speaker 1: since twenty twenty two, you've won nine. The fans are
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  Speaker 1: entitled to be upset, like what are we talking about here?
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  Speaker 1: Just at some point there's got to be some accountability.
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  Speaker 1: And I understand that there are injuries, and nobody wants
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  Speaker 1: injuries for anybody, Okay, but you can't expect there to
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  Speaker 1: be positivity around your return, positivity or optimism or energy
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  Speaker 1: around your return when you have done absolutely nothing on
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  Speaker 1: the field worth talking about. And before that even happens,
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  Speaker 1: you came here in a midst of controversy and had
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  Speaker 1: to deal with that. So yeah, there's not gonna be
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  Speaker 1: positive energy around it. Go out and win games and
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  Speaker 1: then that will switch around. It's really that simple. It's
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  Speaker 1: up to you. It's in your hands, and now as
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  Speaker 1: the starter, it really is. And I think that there
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  Speaker 1: is an immense amount of pressure here, not just because
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  Speaker 1: of the money, but because you do have Strador Sanders, who,
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  Speaker 1: while is a bit of an unknown, he's still an unknown.
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  Speaker 2: He still could be good.
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  Speaker 1: And the potential of that, or the wondering of that,
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  Speaker 1: is added pressure to Deshaun Watson to go out and win.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're going to scold the fans that you're
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  Speaker 1: just adding to that what is expected of you. So
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  Speaker 1: we will see if this ends up being the right
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  Speaker 1: choice for them. So in the least surprising news, according
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  Speaker 1: to reports and as Canter and Roy S White, the
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  Speaker 1: newest girly pops on the Block, are not eligible to
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  Speaker 1: play in the WNBA, Canter pulled a stunt showing up
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  Speaker 1: to the Chicago Sky Game, antagonizing the players, trying to
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  Speaker 1: distract from the game on the floor. In the third quarter,
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  Speaker 1: Natasha Cloud scored a tough bucket in confronted can Answer,
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  Speaker 1: who walked towards the baseline. Security intervenes, and Cancer was
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  Speaker 1: removed from the arena. The former NBA player then went
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  Speaker 1: to Twitter to grandstand further, saying I just got kicked
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  Speaker 1: out of a WNBA game for supporting women.
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  Speaker 2: Let that sink in America.
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  Speaker 1: He also posted that he was being attacked while walking
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  Speaker 1: into the arena. No one touched him, people were yelling
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  Speaker 1: at him. You're in Chicago and you're antagonizing people. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think they're going to do through you? A
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  Speaker 1: welcome party? Cloud took the threads and said to every
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  Speaker 1: trans kid person, you're part of my community and tribe.
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  Speaker 1: You belong, your loved, you're seen, You're perfect as you are,
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  Speaker 1: and you always be protected by me. Having to have
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  Speaker 1: this conversation every single day is exhausting. So I can't
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  Speaker 1: imagine what the players and coaches are thinking and feeling.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're one of those people, it's like all
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  Speaker 2: they have to do is just decide what a woman is.
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  Speaker 1: No, they don't, And I'm really excited for the NBA
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  Speaker 1: to be back because I want the same energy for
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  Speaker 1: the NBA. I want you to ask Adam to define
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  Speaker 1: what a man is. I want you to ask Adam
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  Speaker 1: Silver if a trans man will be allowed to play
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  Speaker 1: in the NBA. I want you to show up at
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  Speaker 1: games in the NBA with a male human human male is?
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  Speaker 2: What is a man? Human male? I want you to
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  Speaker 2: do that.
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  Speaker 1: I want the same level of animosity that people have
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  Speaker 1: towards the WNBA to be exhibited towards the NBA because
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  Speaker 1: they are.
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  Speaker 2: A transmen as well. I'm so tired of this conversation.
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  Speaker 1: It is so stupid, it is so attention getting, it's
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  Speaker 1: so distracting from the real issues that are.
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  Speaker 2: Going on in the world. Nobody wants cancer there.
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  Speaker 1: Royce White probably wanted to join but can't fly because
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  Speaker 1: he's too afraid of airplanes. And the entire thing is
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  Speaker 1: just a total spectacle. It's embarrassing. Anyone that supports it
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  Speaker 1: is embarrassing. It's a non issue. There are no trans
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  Speaker 1: women trying to play in the WNBA.
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  Speaker 2: There are no.
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  Speaker 1: Trans kids trying to come up through the ranks to
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  Speaker 1: play in the WNBA.
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  Speaker 2: There's no one anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: There's no trans army coming for the WNBA, the same WNBA,
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  Speaker 1: by the way that most of you have been on
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  Speaker 1: the internet for years saying doesn't matter, nobody watches and
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  Speaker 1: that they shouldn't be paid real money.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really tired of.
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  Speaker 1: These hypocritical goofballs making this league that has worked so
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  Speaker 1: hard to get to a point where it is viable,
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  Speaker 1: making it about them.
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  Speaker 2: It's embarrassing, it's disgusting.
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  Speaker 1: Once again women are having to overcome straight men causing
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  Speaker 1: problems for them. What a shock that is what's happening here.
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  Speaker 1: No transgender woman has ever played in the WNBA. There
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  Speaker 1: are no current instances that require the league to review eligibility.
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  Speaker 1: There's no expectations of any rule alterations. It's a complete
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  Speaker 1: non issue. It's something that is made up. That is
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  Speaker 1: the flames are fans by bigotry and homophobia and misogyny,
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  Speaker 1: and anyone who agrees with this is in that camp.
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  Speaker 1: You are not about protecting women. It would show in
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  Speaker 1: everything that you do and say you do not care
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  Speaker 1: about women's sports. It would show in everything that you
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  Speaker 1: do and say this is fear mongering, nonsense, And it
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  Speaker 1: is exhausting to see these people take away from these
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  Speaker 1: women who are working very hard. You've got dildos being
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  Speaker 1: thrown on the court. It's just an absolute bleep show.
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  Speaker 1: It's a circus and it's men's fault. It's men's fault,
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  Speaker 1: it's not women's fault. Women didn't ask for this. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: Sophie Cunningham did, but the women as a whole, the
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  Speaker 1: league as a whole, did not ask for this, and
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  Speaker 1: they don't deserve it.
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  Speaker 2: And this constant.
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  Speaker 1: Bickering about what the WNBA needs to do. And this
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  Speaker 1: will all go away if you just say what a
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  Speaker 1: woman is. No, it won't because nobody. There's no trans
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  Speaker 1: woman trying to play anyway. So where did this come from?
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  Speaker 1: Ask yourself, why did this all of a sudden become
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  Speaker 1: a conversation if there's no trans women trying to play
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  Speaker 1: right now? And this is some this is something you're
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  Speaker 1: worried about in the twenty years.
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  Speaker 2: In the future.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, why are you so pressed about it right now?
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to heart your brain, But it's because
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  Speaker 1: you're being distracted by a problem that literally doesn't exist.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, championing someone like Ennis and Royce
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  Speaker 1: is a real reflection of who you think is cool.
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  Speaker 2: Really embarrassing.
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  Speaker 1: So San Francisco is in kind of a weird scandal.
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  Speaker 1: Their owner, Jed York, was arrested in a reported prostitution sting.
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  Speaker 1: He pled no contest to misdemeanor charges, played a small fine,
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  Speaker 1: and may have to do a couple of days in jail.
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  Speaker 2: In the future as part of a reported settlement in
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  Speaker 2: the case.
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  Speaker 1: He's been a reported he's been a majority owner of
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  Speaker 1: the Niners since twenty twenty four, but he's been the
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  Speaker 1: CEO since two thousand and eight. He's originally from Youngstown, Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: So according to an arrest report filed by the East
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  Speaker 1: Palestine Palstine Police Department, your York was arrested Sunday, and
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  Speaker 1: his attorney did not immediately respond to comments. The forty
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  Speaker 1: nine Ers said, as this legal matter which has been resolved,
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  Speaker 1: we would not be providing for the comment at this time,
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  Speaker 1: which is to be expected. The NFL said they're aware
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  Speaker 1: and they're reviewing reviewing the personal conduct policy.
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  Speaker 2: Look, you know, the details of it obviously are sallacious as.
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  Speaker 1: It's a you know, a prostitution ring and an NFL
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  Speaker 1: owner getting and CEO getting arrested is obviously always news,
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  Speaker 1: as when a player gets arrested. It is certainly news
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  Speaker 1: to the media, so I do think it matters.
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  Speaker 2: It's not necessarily a reflection of what's.
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  Speaker 1: Going on on the field, but it does kind of
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  Speaker 1: feel like this.
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  Speaker 2: May not be the year for the Niners. I am
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  Speaker 2: looking around the division and I.
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  Speaker 1: Think that it's a pretty tough division when you when
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at the Seahawks and the Rams. Obviously, the
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  Speaker 1: Niners have a lot of talent, but I don't they're
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  Speaker 1: all a bit older, they've been dealing with injuries and
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  Speaker 1: recovering from injuries. I don't know that this is the
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  Speaker 1: year for the Niners, and it's there's always turnover with
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  Speaker 1: playoff teams, so when you look kind of chalk at
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  Speaker 1: who you expect to be in the playoffs every single year,
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  Speaker 1: you would expect those teams. I don't think the Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: are going to take a major stepback. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: they're going to another super Bowl, but I do think
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  Speaker 1: that there's still going to be a really tough team,
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  Speaker 1: and the Rams obviously are a team that.
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  Speaker 2: Is expected to go to the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: So even within division, it's going to be really tough,
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, I just I don't think that the Niners
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  Speaker 1: have it this year.
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  Speaker 2: This doesn't really have a correlation to that, just a
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  Speaker 2: good way to see it up.
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  Speaker 1: But it does seem like it's like one incident from
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  Speaker 1: going off the rails, which for you know, a team
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  Speaker 1: that again is year after year very competitive and has
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  Speaker 1: a lot of talent and one of one of the
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  Speaker 1: best coaches in the league in Shanahan. But we will
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  Speaker 1: find out very soon how right I am about that.
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