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Mental Health Crisis · Sports Exchange

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Canadian everybody, I'll welcome to another edition of a Sports Exchange. My name
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is Scott Morgan, Rot the Motor City and Madmouth. Read the title,
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folks, this is a very serious thing that we're going to talk about called
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mental health crisis. Pretty much the whole show will be exactly that, and
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then everybody will have their own party shop mental health or no mental health included.
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But meanwhile, this is something we do have to address. So with
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that said, I want to welcome through Katie, glad to have you back
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on. Thanks, glad to be back. George Khorn, Hi, Scott,
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Hi, everyone, good to be back with you. And last but
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not leaves, jv ellisbody do it? Glad to be here. Oh great,
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great crew, and I know that we'll put everything we've gotten into this
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show like we do every other one. And what's going on. Joshua Door.
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Glad to have you on here as well. He's a regular and we're
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always pleased to have Joshua anytime we can get on. So all right,
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with that said, Okay, let's get right to it. The golf world
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has been rocked with the passing of two time PGA winner Grayson Murray at that
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age thirty due to a suicide. I'm going to give you my personal comments
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on this one first, and then I'm gonna take it around the horn.
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First of all, suicide affects everyone, not limited to men in their forties
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and sixties. Okay, like a moron that I used to work with that
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resides in cal Three, Alberta. Okay. And when I say that this
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moron is more is a moron because when I went on one of his shows,
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I called him out on it. Not that he and I didn't care,
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because I'm not dealing with the moron. Okay, But let's keep in
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mind that if we go back in the past. Okay. Now, I
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know there's many other incidents related to this, but once upon a time,
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Freddie Prince Sr. Committed suicide at the age of twenty two due to a
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gunshot to the head. This is not between forties and sixties, folks.
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That happens to anybody, any age and any gender. With that said,
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okay, all I can say about Grayson Murray it's just really really sad to
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see a guy at age thirty who to me, was starting to gain a
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little bit of traction in his golf career, but it ended so suddenly,
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and that is an absolute shame. It really is. Now. I don't
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know whether golf has the type of programs where team sports do, where you
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give, you have the support based on or not you know to get help.
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So I'm not going to go out there, but let me start off
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with Kandy Eblane, what are your thoughts about the unfortunate tragedy of Grace and
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Murray. Well, first of all, rest in peace and condolences to everybody
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on the tour, his family, his fiancee, and anybody that was close
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to him. But kudos to his parents for coming out when we learned of
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his death on Saturday. I believe it was Sunday. His parents came out
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and his parents said, you know what, he took his own life.
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But we know now that he rests peacefully. And I guess that must have
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been hard because for a parent to come out with a statement about their kid
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and about taking his own life. It also brings an awareness that I think
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all of us need to know. All of us need to be aware of
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signs of how we can help people. Right now. It is mental health
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awareness. I believe the month of May is mental health awareness. At least
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it is for our company, and so I can say our company has been
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sending out emails, sending out things that tell us as employees that they have
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added mental health awareness and a program so that if we need help, we
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can go out there and get so many sessions for free. And I years
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ago, this was a taboo subject. Nobody talked about it, nobody wanted
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to talk about it even though it was happening. And so I guess I'm
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just while I'm pleased that we're talking about it and that we're bringing more awareness
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to it, it's just so sad that people are still feeling that depressed,
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that down and still taking their life. Yeah, that's true. We need
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more, we need more help out there. I mean, let's face it,
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I hate to say this because this is going to sound cold of me,
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but to a certain extent, I'd rather them hurt themselves than some of
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these mass murderers that go out and shoot everybody knowing that their fate is going
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to be either death or life in prison. But the state of the mental
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health of lots of individuals right is bad. And the first step is to
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know that you have a problem and admit you have a problem, and to
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have friends and family that can help you through it. All right, Joshua,
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I couldn't agree with you more of that. It's very sad, especially
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when it seemed like he was starting out to get on the right path,
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no doubt about it. So but that said, we'll turn over to Joe.
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What are It's tough to talk about, but you yeah, we have
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to do it. No, I mean, we spoke about this yesterday at
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Sidelines Sports. It's always said when you see anybody take their life, and
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you know, it's a shame that in this day and age, there are
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people that don't realize that there's always somebody there that they can reach out to,
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whether it be you know, I said last night, reach out to
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any of us. If you know we can't help you, We'll find where
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you need to go. Dave de Rocher has a lot of training, knows
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a lot of people in the space. You know, we're not going to
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think any less of you because you feel a certain way. We all go
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through our own problems. But two things I always want to say to anyone
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that you know is ever thinking like that. One, it could always be
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worse. As bad as it may see, it could always be worse.
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There's somebody that has it worse than you right now, you know it may
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not be needing to take or say wow, you know, well he's worse
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to me, so I'm okay. You still might not be okay, but
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you know you could get through it. And secondly, there's always somebody that
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cares, you know, reach out to myself, any of the hosts of
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Sideline Sports. I'm sure anybody here wouldn't mind if that was the case.
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Reach out to us. Well. If we might not be able to help
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people, we'll get you in the right direction. We don't ever want to
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see this because you know, you're not only you're hurting yourself, you're hurting
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your family and friends and all the people that care about you. And it's
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a shame that you know, this poor young man and the prom of his
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life, you know, playing a game that he loved, he was successful
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at it, and he felt that, you know, he just couldn't do
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it anymore for whatever reason. And you know, I get condulences to his
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family, his friends, his people in the game, in the golf world,
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you know, just anybody that do them. And you know, it's
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a great point that Kate's bringing up here, you know, with least with
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social media. You know, social media, it's tough because people could just
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say anything on social media that they don't They're not in your face, they're
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behind the screen anywhere from twenty feet to hundreds of miles away, thousands of
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miles, So people don't care about what they say because there's no repercussion sometimes,
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you know. And is that a correlation, I don't know, But
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all I can say is there are people that care about everybody. You may
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not realize it, your head may be cloudy because you're going through something.
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Just reach out to somebody, because we don't want your family or you going
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through that. You know. That's really all I got to say on it.
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All right, let me go out there before I turn over to George
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Aikorn and introduce Kate to everybody else. She's my young student of the University
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of Alabama that I'm taking under my wing. She's a very intelligent young lady,
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and obviously she reached out to me through Spencer Thompson for the National Sports
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Media Association asked me to see if I can mentor. And I'm going to
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tell you you're going to be seeing Kate in a not so distant future.
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On some shows, So watch out for Kate Hson. She to me is
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a rising star and I like mentoring people. But really intrigues me about Kate
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is she's so coachable, and not only that, she's an exceptional writer too,
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you know, and she's majoring in obviously wants to be involved with sports
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media. So folks get used to Kate Hison. This young lady is going
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to be on more and more broadcast as time goes on. And I'm proud
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of everything that she's hobbled so far. But let me tell you some the
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upside with Kate is this unbelievably amazing. So just want everybody know that tonight
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is Kate's coming out party, and Kate, I'm proud of you, young
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lady, but we have a one or to work on, all right,
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Kennedy put earlier comment up there. Okay, I also think because of teens,
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are these sensitized making it easier for teens aspirer beyond street Kate. Let
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me tell you that's an understatement for sure. You know, we got to
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get Kate to realize a great mind steak alike. Learn that acronym Kate GMTA
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Okay, great mind stak alike. Thank you for the kind words, or
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you'll have plenty more, but no, thank you for the great comments that
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you've added to this show, Kate, especially on a very very important topic.
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All right, George, GoAhead. Yeah, this is a very tough,
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tough subject. Of course. It's very difficult to talk about. My
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uncle Albert's committed suicide quite a long time ago when I was quite young,
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and then my cousin Joey did it, probably about I don't know, fifteen
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twenty years ago maybe, so I've been touched by it two times, both
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from my uncle and one of my cousins. And it's never pleasant. It's
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never easy. It's a very difficult thing to talk to and to, you
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know, see your relatives at the funeral home under these circumstances is extremely difficult,
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and it just seems like everything is just piling on and confronting people more
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nowadays. You know, we got veterans coming back from the war, the
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different wars that are very frustrated with their life. Many of them lost limbs
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or parts of their mental PDSD, you know, as from the bombings and
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the bombs that they had to disconnect or whatever the word is, you know,
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Anyways, all the people that have served in the armed forces that's gone
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up greatly are young people. It's skyrocketed too high. And like you said,
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Scott, it happens at any age. And I was just shocked like
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everybody was when I heard the news. But what I like to do is
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I like to just if you see any of these signs, and this won't
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take long. I just want to use one more two minutes of my time
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to tell you that if you see a friend withdrawing from people and activities,
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if you see that he or she senses that hopelessness has set in, or
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does this friend or relatives say goodbyes and really with a sense of finality.
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They could be obsessed with death, dramatic changes in their mood or their behavior.
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Giving away possessions is another telltale sign. And like you guys said,
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you know, seek the help. Seek help. There's mental health professionals around
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us in everything. There's a suicide prevention hotline. Doesn't cost anything to call
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get the help that you need. I know we need more help. Big
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cities need more help. How many times we've seen hostage situations and family shootings
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where the police chief has to come out and say this was a case of
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mental help. This was a case of he didn't get the help or she
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the help they needed. So it is an epidemic. Epidemic. It is
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serious and we need to all pitch in and help it and help people out.
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Thank you. Well, you know, let me tell you when I
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lost my step grandfather, Sydney Jacobs to it. He was age sixty seven.
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That took us all off guard. But again you have to understand that
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when you're dealing with this thing, I'm learning more and more about it as
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well, and you know that's a reality. And when I alluded to this
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stupid, outright idiotic individual at the top of the show that had to gall
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to limit it to just forties, fifties and sixties and men. You want
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to talk about the word delusional, this particular individual takes delusional to a different
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level. But the reason why I say it isn't to take a personal shot
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at him. But the main thing is everybody can be subjected to this whole
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thing, not just a specific gender as well as an age group. I
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just mentioned Freddie Prince earlier. The guy was twenty two. I used to
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watch She Go and the man many years ago was my favorite show, drowing
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up as a kid. Don't worry Kate and Joshua, I know you run
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around for Chico and the Man. Maybe one of those classic TV shows will
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probably show it to you. And by the way, Joshua, I don't
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know where your other cronies are, but Kate is in the chat room.
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Okay, so tell them to get out their high horses and talk about this
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important subject and realize that we have a rising star in this chat room.
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My promoter, I make don K I'll promote her like don King promote boxing.
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Okay, now I'm darn well probably, but no, suicide isn't limited
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to just a specific age group. Okay, it's to me. It happens
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to everybody. And I'm not a you admit this many many years ago.
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I've run into points where I've dealt with depression situations. But obviously I'm talking
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to you folks. So but it isn't easy. And like Joe was mentioning
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earlier, go out to anybody that you feel he can talk to because it's
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important. But you know, I'm here. The person out here, at
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some point he either hasn't contemplated or attempted it because it's such a I view
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mental health crisis as a disease, and that's exactly what it is. All
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right, let's come back to the chat room with Joshua Door. Okay,
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you've seen more and more players in the NHL utilized I holp. They offer
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not sure if that tour has anything to do for the players. Well,
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Joshua, I just made mention of the fact that I'm not sure what the
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tour does with the players at all. I'm not and I think a lot
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of the major leagues will probably go ahead and do that. Candy, have
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something you want to say, I do. There was a study in twenty
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nineteen approximately forty six points six million people we're living with mental illness in the
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United States. That's one in every five adults will be living with a mental
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health condition at some point in their lives. And then they were they talk
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about professional athletes. Up to thirty five percent of athletes, elite athletes suffer
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from a mental health crisis. Some have spoken up, obviously, people like
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Michael Phelps have spoken up. Simone Biles. She withdrew due to her wanting
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to get her mind right before she competed, and look at she's still competing.
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At a very very very high level. There's help out there, you
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just need to seek it. And like Ayb said really eloquently, if there
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is anybody that is watching this show tonight and has an issue or is depressed
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and wants to talk up to anybody, you can email us at self floor
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attribute at gmail dot com, no questions asked, and we will help and
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do whatever we can. Or Sideline Sports, any one of us would help
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you and find the resources that we would need. If we can't help ourselves,
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we would find you resources to help you. Well, Katie, that
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is a great segue, It really really is. So why why don't you
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go ahead let everybody know more about what's going on with us here and then
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we'll transition over to the next one. Go ahead, Candy, I'll tell
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you you know. I saw coach John bonamego today. This is the best
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tact he's ever had since he's been with me, And I was afraid that
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we were going to run overtime in the show. You talk about people that
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Well, you know, Kate, you got some fans out here.
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Joshua dor says, welcome to the Jack good stuff, okay, and rocket
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scientists are saying, hey, what's going on? Well, I have a
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feeling. Kate's probably still around a little bit. But one thing about her
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is she does like to absorb a lot and that's what she pretty much does.
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So I don't think you've seen the last year if you have show up
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on time there rocket scientists, all right, because you know when this show
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starts. But let's talk about the segue to it and last year La Rams
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quarterback stats and Bennett Okay took a year off after being burned out after leading
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the Georgia Bulldogs to a national championship. Then he had to get ready for
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the pro process and he's fortunate that he had to support though from general manager
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Let's need and Sean McVay, and he's ready to compete. This is a
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good story because we just went from one extreme other with with Grayson Murray to
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now sets at Bennett, who I think eventually with the Rams will be the
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heir apparent to Matt new Stafford. They have Jimmy Garoppolo in the quarterback room
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as well. But this is good. This is what we need to see
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more of where the team gave him his entire their entire support, came back
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is ready to go. In college athletes, what they do is one day,
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especially if you win a national championship, there's not a lot of downtime
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for them. They have to get ready for the pros, especially if they're
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ready to go, and then they're being drafted and all that business. So
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this is a good story, It really really is. And I hope Stetson
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Bennett has an excellent career. And the irony is between him and Matthew Stafford.
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They're both former Georgia Bulldogs. All right, you know what, George,
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go ahead? Yeah, I mute George, Yeah, George, unless
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we have a silent movie here. Good. I'm glad the new button's gone.
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Well, it's interesting that this came up because mental health, as we
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said earlier, just as important as physical health, and if he did not
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feel ready or up to the challenge and had to sit out, I know
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a year is a long time to set out, but hey, look he's
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got a lot of football left in him, as the saying goes for Stetson,
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and I think it's really to his advantage, and obviously he needed the
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time off. I mean, you know, we got Austin Meadows. I
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mean, people, Austin Meadows was obtained by the Detroit Tigers, and that
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poor fellow's gone through so much mental health issues and now he's not even on
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the Tigers unfortunately had to cut their ties with him. And I hope and
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pray for Austin that he can someday get back to the big leagues, but
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more importantly, that he can have his family and his loved ones surrounding him
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with the support he needs. But yeah, I mean it. You know,
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he is a good question. Come, I think you've got good qualities
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and everything. I think he's going to be a good quarterback in the NFL.
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And like you said, Scott, hopefully the heir apparent to Stafford,
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who is obviously getting up in age. But no, I I give him.
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You know, I'm glad that it worked out for him, especially the
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Rams. Obviously they're they're talented coaching staff and medical staff and and everything that
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this young man needed to try to, like you said, take a break
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away from all the all the activities and obviously the great years he had at
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Georgia. But I'm all, I'm behind him. I still think he's got
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a great future as well with the Rams in the NFL. All right,
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back to the chatroom, Okay, there you go. Rocket Scientists, and
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josh you feel better. Kate's in here, so I don't want to get
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into hockey. I'm a big time Rangers guy, although I will admit I
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do like all teams from the original SAX. I have to admit that.
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But let's keep it rolling. There, there he is, that's going to
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be the most likely story. I'm a Canadians, so I've I'll put that
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one back up. I like this. I'm a Canadians, so I've been
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bitter about the lack of Canadian teams whinning Stanley cup. We that, Joshua,
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you know she's not happy that the Canadian teams ever want Stanley cups.
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We'll see whether the Infanton Oilers could break that. I know we're talking about
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this, but you know what, I do have her responsibility to go to
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the chat room and address different things here. So with that said, okay,
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there you go. What's up Rocket time? You're talking to Kate and
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Katie rocket Science. I do well. I love when you do the business
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office. There you go, Candy. All right, let's keep it rolling.
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Okay, So now Kate says, I'm a huge Oilers fan, so
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I am banking on a good game tonight. It's not the oilers I have
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to give it to. It's the stars unfortunately. Okay, seems to be
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my nickname now, Joe, don't you love this? I mean, I'm
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telling you this is these people not even though we're talking about some serious stuff
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here. At least we could say that to me. We could see new
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fans talking about a sport and I might actually have a hockey partying shot later.
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So that keep it rolling, Candy, and we'll see we can keep
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it up there, all right, keep it people can read it if you're
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watching on the software trevyr YouTube channel. And if you can't, well,
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I'll read the most ones I need Northern there. Whatever Scott thinks I'm ready,
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or they want to know when she's gonna come on, josh Yeah,
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he thinks you're ready. You know, you know, Joshua, you have
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to take it a little bit of time when you're developing young talent and bring
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them on when they're ready to go. All right, Now, back to
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we talked about Stetson Bennett show. What happened in LA was good, okay,
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and we need a lot more teams that have the same Piluffy. The
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Tigers were very patient with us and Meadows for sure, not like they got
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rid of them once they found out about it, but at some point or
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another, you know, they had they have to find the best roster that
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they have on and go with that. Joe, go ahead, I know
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you've been patiently waiting, So listen. Stetson Bettett had some issues with alcohol.
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He got arrested prior to the combined I'm pretty sure he was right after
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the season, you know, and he was going through some things and he
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did what was best for him and the organization back to him. And you
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have to give a lot of credit to both sides and that the player Stetson
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Betted and the organization because a lot of times in sports, you know,
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guys don't take the time for themselves and don't say, okay, I need
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to reset it, figure out why I'm having these issues or why what's causing
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this problem. They just try and deal with it because the moniker is,
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you know, tough enough, you know, fight it out, be a
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man. We we hear all that stuff in sports, and sometimes you need
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time, you need to figure it out, you need a professional to help
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you. There's nothing wrong with that. This young man did it. I
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hope he's passed whatever problems he had, you know, I mean, if
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he unfortunately is suffering from alcoholism, it's a lifelong problem. So hopefully he's
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strong enough to get through it. You know, there'll be days that'll be
27:26
extremely hard, but you know he's ready to go back on the field.
27:30
And I give the RAMS a lot of credit for sticking by him and give
27:33
it him that opportunity because he has a lot of talent, and you know,
27:37
nobody does something for nothing. They obviously saw that he can help their
27:41
organization, so I'm sure that's part of the reason they did it. But
27:45
at the same time, you know, we got to commend them for doing
27:48
that. So I think from both sides, this is a phenomenal story,
27:52
and I wish the kid of the best of luck. Yeah, no,
27:53
Joe, I agree with you. That's one of the reasons why I incorporated
27:57
it tonight. We obviously know there's some tough stories that were forced to deal
28:02
with, but then when you find one like this, you have to be
28:04
able to see one side and the other. And that's why I believe that
28:10
Stetson Bennett at the criteria of what I wanted of the message, I wanted
28:14
to convey to everybody else. Okay, Katy, go ahead. He started
28:18
his career as a walk on to Georgia. He transferred to Jones College,
28:26
and then he transferred back to Georgia, where he won consecutive national championships in
28:32
twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two. Joining A. J. Mccerron and
28:37
Tommy Fraser, is the only quarterbacks to win consecutive NC two A national championships.
28:45
He then, early, as Joe was saying, January twenty eighth of
28:49
twenty twenty three, he was arrested on public intoxicate intoxication. Kudos for him
29:00
forgetting help, Kudos for him. Let's face it, when you go and
29:07
you go on to the NFL, you are handed a pretty big contract,
29:12
nothing like you've ever seen before. And so to say I'm going to pause
29:18
and I need to take care of me and my mental health in order to
29:22
be able to perform at the best level I can. You got to give
29:27
this kid credit because that is amazing. Because most people want to make as
29:33
much money as they can as early as they can, specially someone in his
29:40
position. But for the team then to back you up. JB again,
29:45
kudos you were right on point. Kudos for the team for giving him the
29:52
time he needs to get his mental status, his mental health back in check,
29:59
or the time time off that he whatever he asked, the time off
30:02
that he needs. Okay, there are too many bad stories that we hear
30:10
about NFL players doing this, doing that that. Kudos to him for taking
30:15
the time to get the help that he needs so his problems don't get bigger,
30:23
get worse anything else happens. Okay, Joe, gonna ask to do
30:29
something you haven't done before. You know what that is. I want you
30:30
to recate. I want you to recate comments. Kate, this is a
30:36
good one, and then you have first correct answer and then we'll, if
30:37
we feel need, will contribute. It's great to see that, especially in
30:42
contrast the backlash of old biles received fans. Often you asked athletes as in
30:48
humane or in humid So organizations backing athletes is essentially keeping them safe. Well,
30:56
what do you think, Jill, So, I support some old biles
31:02
and taking time off, and you know she needed to get herself to the
31:07
right mental place she was in, right, I was all with her until
31:12
the power aid commercial and until I see all that money from power Aid donated
31:18
to a mental health organization. She's a fraud, That's all I'm gonna say,
31:23
you know, because she went and she made money off pauses power and
31:30
power Rate is just as wrong with it. So until I see all proceeds
31:33
from that donated to a mental health organization, Power Rated, some old Biles
31:38
or nothing but frauds to me. And you know what, we appreciate your
31:42
direct to honesty about it, Joe, because that's what this is all about.
31:47
Every time we do one of these shows, folks every opinion, whether
31:51
it's controversial or not. To me, it's important that all of these get
31:56
addressed. And for Joe, I'm proud of you for making that comment.
32:00
And you know what, You're going to fall into the g MTA as well,
32:04
at least as far as me and your concerned. Now we'll see whether
32:07
or not Candy buys into that, if I buy into what what Kate does,
32:14
asked or did Joe not turn you into a Simone Pile fan? I
32:20
mean, I'm I understand that I'm still a Simone Biles fan because I think
32:27
again, none of us have walked in her shoes, none of us have
32:31
none of us know the pressure that she was that she's under. Yes,
32:37
I do I have an issue with her making money off this, Yes,
32:45
But I also say that it's getting a message out there and the messages,
32:52
you know. So let's face it, sports is a business and that's what
33:00
she is. She's an entertainer, now does she she entertains by her gymnastics.
33:05
There are lots of other how should I say that athletes that have promoted
33:10
things in different ways that I don't agree with necessarily? So do I agree
33:15
with that? No? But hurt bringing up any kind of awareness is also
33:22
good. I don't know what do you think, George Well, I don't
33:29
know enough about it to make that kind of comment, But I appreciate JB's
33:32
honesty and that's how he feels about it. But I do applaud her.
33:37
I mean, you look at the situation where she was on a world platform.
33:43
We're not talking about just a single game of a single season or I'm
33:50
not just sing anything. It happened, but you know, it wasn't a
33:52
weekend golf tournament. I mean, we're talking about the biggest platform in the
33:55
world, and that's the Olympics, and this happened to her in front of
34:00
all the cameras of the world. It was incredibly open and everybody could see
34:08
the things, not behind the scenes, but obviously see the problems she was
34:13
encountering practicing and trying to warm up and be in the right mental state of
34:17
mind. So that young lady went through a lot. And I do give
34:22
her credit, you know, because she could have just said that's it for
34:25
me. And here she is again, obviously qualifying for the United States team
34:30
to play in the twenty four Olympics in Paris, France, and she's at
34:37
that high level. Again, what she does with her money and what she
34:40
does with her income, I'm not going to weigh in on that, But
34:45
the fact of the matter is is that I do believe she has a kind
34:49
heart. I do believe she has and wants to see people that have these
34:53
crises resolved and have been to better mental awareness. Give off credit for that
35:00
as well. Quick, yeah, go ahead, So okay, in a
35:06
situation where she walked away last time due to you know, whatever she was
35:12
going through mentally, again I support it completely. What happens she makes the
35:16
Olympic team this year and she does the same thing. What happens with that?
35:24
How does everyone feel about that, because I mean, when you look
35:27
at something like that happening a second time and there's no there's no nothing saying
35:31
that it will happen a second time. But would that affect your opinion because
35:37
at the same time, if it does happen, and I hope it does
35:39
it because don't want to see EDNY athlete go through something like that, but
35:44
there's always that possibility. Say, say it does happen a second time,
35:49
where do we say that, you know, you cost someone else an opportunity
35:52
that worked really hard to be there, you know. So it's weird in
35:57
that situation because I truly totally support order up until the commercial, and that's
36:01
separate because she still had the right to sit out. I don't question that.
36:07
You've got to be the right frame of buy to compete. So I'm
36:10
all for her on that. But if it happens a second of which it
36:15
could, because you know, unfortunately, if she's not getting whatever, not
36:21
going through whatever process, you know what, hypothetically, if it happened a
36:27
second time, how would we look at her? Well, you know,
36:30
I'll answer that this way. Number one, I believe you'd have a little
36:32
bit less sympathy the second time. You know, usually when things happen the
36:37
first time is like an alert or a warning, you know what I mean.
36:40
But if you see it again. To me, I've always view people
36:45
like if you see it again and it'll learn. I think the credibility is
36:49
questioned to some degree. I really do. Now, Again that's just my
36:52
opinion, But I don't know. You know, the Olympics to me is
36:58
a dream for a lot of people, and you know, I realize there's
37:00
a lot of pressure there. But I don't know. If I see it
37:05
again, I have to wonder about a credibility to some extent, Like so
37:09
can I say that. Power Aid has launched a new campaign focusing on supporting
37:14
athletes mental and physical health in time for the twenty twenty four Summer Olympics in
37:19
Paris, with the help of gymnasts Simone Biles and other athletes competing in Paris
37:27
Games. Now, what power Aid is going to do is alongside the campaign,
37:34
Power Aid will create a beastpoke Olympic Village experience, enabling athletes to prepare
37:43
mentally and physically for competition and life following the Olympic Games. This space will
37:50
include respite, physical recovery, innovative virtual visualization practices, and safe spaces for
37:59
conversation around mental health. So they're going to do more for these athletes.
38:06
And you know, if you go back to Joshua in the in the chat,
38:12
he actually said that Biles was sexually assaulted by her trainer as well,
38:16
and he's sure that that took a huge toll on her. And let's face
38:21
it, we can Kate at Atkinson again is talking about the entire gymnastics world
38:27
was affected by Larry Nasser and their policies. And she was a highly competitive
38:31
gymnast and watched the entire sport shift after those events. And you know what's
38:37
amazing. It's amazing too. I also posted one of Kate's stories on Twitter
38:43
as well as Facebook, and she talked about gymnastics and how you can watch
38:46
college gymnastics. That was a great article. Go ahead, Candy continued,
38:51
I was just reading over. Don't think anyone else can judge her actions besides
38:57
herself. I am sure it was difficult to leave the Olympics. The USA
39:00
team needs consistency. Her problem was not only mental but also physical. She
39:06
needs to be an alternate until she is feeling one hundred percent in both areas
39:09
for her own safety and for the team. I would believe her as firmly
39:15
the second time as I did the first, but that would lead me to
39:17
question her and her coach's decision making, and then we start talking about hockey.
39:24
So right now we're still talking about all right, let me go back
39:28
to George. Did you have a chance to comment on this shit or not?
39:32
Well, I don't want to predict one way or the other. Obviously
39:36
I can understand people's concerns, and obviously she is taking up a roster spot.
39:43
It's not as easy as you say, Kate. You know, there's
39:45
no taxi squad that you bring to the summer Olympic Games that you have to
39:50
go through procedures to get an exemption if somebody's out injured and things like that.
39:54
So you just can't. You can't just say, Okay, we're going
39:58
to bring Susie here from the University of Iowa to be our fill in.
40:02
But that being said, yes, a lot of circumstances and we all know
40:08
what this creep nasaer did and the stuff that went on, and it really
40:13
has impacted mostly the young ladies in this sport. So I hope it doesn't
40:16
happen again with her in Paris. I know, but I don't have a
40:22
crystal ball. I can't predict that. I'm still standing up and supporting her
40:25
all the way as I am every athlete on the USA team. All right,
40:30
Josh, Now let me go back to what Kate mentioned earlier. Okay,
40:32
I know you'd like to push issues a little bit, so let me
40:36
make sure it's very, very clear. Okay, Kate's done a really good
40:39
job or just painting in the chat room. And I got her to this
40:42
point because I want to break her in easily. But she'll come on when
40:46
I feel she's ready. But I don't believe, Joe. I don't know
40:50
how you do this a sideline to break anybody in sooner than necessary. I
40:54
want to make sure that it's an easy climb all the way. So,
40:58
Josh, I'll say it one last time. I hate to talk along these
41:00
lines of being too authoritative. Okay, she'll come on when she's when I
41:06
feel she's ready. But she's done a marvelous job in the chat room.
41:08
So appreciate the interaction, Josh, that you're having for in the chat room,
41:14
because she's making some incredible points for dog check concern. You'll get your
41:17
dog check for the night, but really, you know, don check on
41:21
the night where we're talking about mental health. I get it, but somehow
41:24
maybe I don't get it all right, he wants to view George to go
41:28
ahead and make a prediction for the Eastern Conference Finals. Do it real quickening
41:34
standpoint. I'm still going with the Rangers, but it's gonna be seven games.
41:37
It's one of the best series I've ever seen. Overtime, overtime,
41:42
overtime, and I that's who I'm going with. And I'm still picking Dallas
41:46
to win out in the West. Okay, well that's fair. I mean
41:52
again, you know, we're talking about an original six team, and I
41:55
think the Panthers are definitely poised to probably take that step to year. But
42:00
we'll see. You know, you play sixteen, you don't play eight when
42:04
we were growing up in the days of the Red Wings. And of course
42:07
Josh will tell you got money on the stars. But wouldn't be too mad
42:09
if the It wouldn't be too mad if the oilers. One Kate would like
42:15
it. You know, you'll get on her good side for that same here,
42:17
and I hate the star of my entire so not ever. Just we
42:22
got some stars people out there. I think Kate is more ready than I
42:25
was. Well, maybe sheold, but you know I have final say when
42:30
they come on, and when she comes on, she's going to be dynamite.
42:32
So let's put that to rest. Josh, be thankful that all you
42:36
guys have an opportunity to interact with her. But more importantly, when you
42:39
see the way she writes in the chat room, her articles are every bit
42:44
as good as that. All right, let's stay on one more topic pertaining
42:47
to this, and then we'll stay on golf. Okay. At LPGA star
42:52
Lexi Thompson is retiring from pro golf at the end of the twenty twenty four
42:57
season. She's twenty nine and is set to make her eighteenth straight started this
43:01
week's US Woman's Opening. She's been in the spotlight since two thousand and seven
43:07
as a twelve year old Vina. Her game has been in decline and hasn't
43:14
won a tournament since twenty nineteen, ranked fifty fourth in the world. Okay,
43:20
again, another young lady or another young person to be ready to end
43:28
their career at the age of thirty. Now, George I will say this,
43:30
when we were watching tennis many many years ago, Okay, I remember
43:35
Tracy Austin and Andrea Jeger got off to exceptional starts, but then they were
43:40
done by twenty twenty five. So you know, we're talking about Lexi another
43:46
golfer. So all right, Katie, give me your thoughts about Lexi Thompson.
43:54
So here's a female. She's actually a Choral Springs, Florida native.
44:04
She's been on the tour for what for how many years? Already eight?
44:10
She's twenty nine years old, is set to make her eighteenth straight start at
44:15
this week's US Women's Open. She was visually emotional during her press conference.
44:21
We're doing what we love. We're trying the best every single day, Thompson
44:25
explained about the difficult parts of being a professional athlete. We're not perfect,
44:31
we're humans. Words hurt, and it's sometimes and it's hard to overcome sometimes.
44:40
I think with social media and everybody being able to say what they want,
44:47
that sometimes we don't realize how our words can affect, especially pro athletes.
44:54
So I'm guessing somebody said, oh, she hasn't won, and how
44:59
long she's washed up? She's no longer good whatever whatever it is, those
45:06
you're talking about a person, and I and I think we sometimes forget that,
45:10
you know, we we think these sports stars, no matter how quickly
45:15
they rise to fame or whatever, that we put them on these pedestals,
45:20
right, and that they're like they can't do any wrong. And you know
45:24
what, there's still people inside, and you're not always going to perform at
45:29
your best. You're not always going to be at your best, you know.
45:32
And who knows where her mindset is now? You know, you watch,
45:39
let's face it, you let's look at the MLB season. It's how
45:45
long, it's one hundred and sixty two games? How many times do batters
45:49
go in get batting slumps? Right? And people are talking about, you
45:53
know, and what do they need to do to get back in the game.
45:57
Well, the same could be about golfer, like what does they need
46:00
to do to get back into to being their best? And maybe their best
46:05
is behind them and maybe she's admitting, you know what, maybe it's time
46:08
for me to try something else. And that's okay, you know when we're
46:15
talking about it. She's only twenty nine years old, she's got she's been
46:19
on the golf course and she was twelve years old. I mean, can
46:22
you imagine what kind of pressure that was for a twelve year old, for
46:27
a fourteen sixteen I mean, I can't imagine that kind of pressure back then,
46:32
and what kind of pressure everybody put on her? Right, you know
46:37
what, I agree, Joshua. She can just chill and enjoy retirement.
46:42
She's she's made how much money? Right, And Joshua makes another valid point
46:46
hef to ignore the haters as well. Yeah, Joshua, I couldn't agree
46:50
with you more on both those comments. But sometimes it's hard. You have
46:55
to have a strong mind. It sounds like she was strong enough, has
46:59
a strong I'm to make this decision, So anything else you want to add
47:01
to it can nope, all right, George, Well, she hasn't been
47:09
a factor unfortunately for the last several years. As we pointed out, and
47:15
as Joshua pointed out on the golf Lady's Golf Tour is very competitive. The
47:20
Asian golfers have just taken over that tour in the last few years. They've
47:24
really done well. Of the young ladies that came over and played, or
47:29
some of them have moved obviously to the United States, they have us citizenship.
47:34
But they've been really dominating over the last few years. And now you
47:37
have a young lady, as was mentioned Corda that she's done a great job
47:43
this year on the tour. I don't really follow the tour like I used
47:45
to. My sister Pam was really into it a long time, and Pam
47:50
and I would go up to Lansing, Michigan to watch the Oldsmobile Classic,
47:54
which was an LPGA tour stop. And we were blessed to have the Ladies
48:00
Professional Golf Association Championship a few times at Indian Indian Creek here in Detroit Lake
48:08
Orient. But the others being said, she started out, like Candy said,
48:15
at a very young age. We think about Michael Jackson and when he
48:20
started out with all those older brothers, okay, and he missed that whole
48:24
time of his life. And this is what entertainers do. I know,
48:29
I know, I'm not making anything up here. Scott talked about the very
48:32
unfortunate Freddie Prinz. I mean, you know, by age twenty and all
48:36
that, I mean the pressure on these kids to perform in the entertainment industry,
48:42
the music industry, of the sports industry. So I do applaud her.
48:45
I do applaud the fact that she says, now I'm not at that
48:50
level any longer. And if she doesn't find the joy in the game or
48:52
she's not winning anymore, she has every right in the world to step back
48:58
and say, hey, I want to do something else in my life.
49:00
So hats off to hats off to her, Alexi, and I hope that
49:05
you're successful, Joshua, I might want to read this one here. Then
49:08
on a golf course. You're right, her whole life. She was homeschooled,
49:12
so she can focus on golf very young age. She grew up by
49:16
your aunt and uncle. Wow, I saw her on the course when maybe
49:20
she was eight. Okay, interesting the thanks and now mect to Kate.
49:28
Yes, athletes are human, and fans forget to see that they already struggle
49:31
immensely with identity issues when underperforming. So when you had constant comments and spectators,
49:38
it is impossible. A very good statement there, Kate, very nice
49:44
well said. All right, turn over to JB. All right, So,
49:49
just to Kate's last comment, there's a fine line. Fans have the
49:54
right to do and comment as as long as it's not a personal attack.
50:01
Once it becomes a personal attack. It's too far. That's where it needs
50:05
to stop. But comments, you know, if someone's not playing well,
50:09
there's ways to say it. That's perfectly fine. Yes, athletes are human.
50:15
I agree completely. This young woman started when she was twelve, as
50:21
in the LPGA, that's seventeen years. She's only twenty nine right now.
50:25
She's had enough, you know, seventeen year career as a professional. It's
50:30
a long career in any sport, and you know, the travel and everything.
50:36
She just wants to have a regular life. I'm sure she's made a
50:38
lot of money. She may not have been competitive the last few years.
50:42
I don't watch the LPGA very much, so I don't know, you know,
50:46
what she's done recently and when she was good previously. But you know,
50:52
I'm sure if she was decent at one point, she made a decent
50:54
amount of money. If she was smart enough to have the sources to put
51:00
the money away, she'll be fine the rest of her life. She can
51:04
enjoy her retirement. And who knows, she's only twenty nine. Maybe the
51:09
year or two after she stops she may want to go back out there.
51:13
Thirty one is not old for golf, you know, so she could change
51:17
her mind if the itch comes back that she wants to get back on the
51:21
course and she finds something that maybe brings her that excitement back to the game,
51:25
and if she does it, more power to her. Let her enjoy
51:29
her life. She's been doing it for seventeen years. She doesn't owe anything
51:32
to anybody. It's her decision. And listen, that's great. As far
51:37
as the stuff on social media, I get it. It sucks. Our
51:42
society is horrible with that, you know, But at the same time,
51:47
you kind of have to take a step back. You know. When I
51:52
first started doing this, you know, there was a comment someone told me
51:57
and I kept it to I've always kept it as a things. If someone
52:00
takes the time to say something negative to you, that means you've made it.
52:06
Because they have they're taking their time to attack you. That means that
52:09
you've made an impact in their life. So you know what, You've already
52:14
won. And I get it's really hard to look at that and you get
52:16
beat out because you want to win because you're an athlete. I want to
52:20
win everything I do, and I'm not a professional athlete, so I'm sure
52:22
LEXI wants to win. You know, but if they're taking the time to
52:27
comment about you, you've won. You know, you're you're in their mind,
52:30
so you've already made that impact. So but that's just how I feel
52:36
about it. All right. Well, you know what, Number one,
52:38
We all know we can blame social media for a lot of it because with
52:43
me, social media is a love hate relationship. It's what you'll get out
52:45
of what you want. Me personally, when I go on Twitter slash ax,
52:51
I like to go out there and promote content so they can learn.
52:53
Every now and then, I'll answer or reply with a positive thank you very
52:58
much, appreciate you, and all that kind of stuff. Other people a
53:00
bit more vindictive than that. So yeah, social media is a part of
53:04
it. But the main thing is, Joe, you made several good points
53:07
during the whole thing. Thirty one isn't the worst thing in the world.
53:10
She took a year or two off, So what you know, I mean,
53:14
golf is golf. Now, let me tell you a little bit about
53:15
my past LPGA experience. I've nearly had covered a lot of golf, but
53:20
when I was in Florida back in the eighties, I worked for a weekly
53:23
newspaper and they had me write a story on Kathy Reynolds. I don't know,
53:28
I fin anybody knows who she is, but she was one of the
53:30
most gorgeous golfers on the planet. And I asked my head her, why
53:34
would She's a very attractive woman and maybe she could change the fortunes of the
53:42
tour. Is okay, whatever you want to do, Danny, I mean,
53:44
it's your bob, I'll do it. And then she was asking me
53:47
why I wanted to talk to her because she didn't have any success. Well,
53:51
you know who knows down the road whether you will, but you know,
53:55
we're certainly looking to interview a different type of golfer, and you know,
53:59
we chosen you, and she was really polite about it. I just
54:01
want to know why, because she wasn't competitive. But my all time favorite
54:06
goal for that I ever interviewed on the LPGA circuit as a woman by the
54:10
name of Beth Daniel. For a lot of people that know Beth Daniel is
54:16
look her up. She had an incredible amount of success and you know what,
54:22
she's a legend in my mind. All right, back to the chat
54:24
room, okay, because we you can still continue to go out there.
54:29
Joe did you read the comment, Yes, athletes are human? Forget to
54:32
see that or not? Or was that one that wont? If not,
54:36
we'll put it up there again for those of you just joining us here in
54:38
the Sports Exchange, and I'll read it. So yes, all right,
54:44
well now we can't oh did we? Okay? Okay? All Joshua Door
54:49
said she made fourteen million on course earnings sponsorship, probably way more than that
54:54
she had been paid by Whoma Red Bull. It wouldn't be surprised. Okay,
54:58
keep them going, Robert Ordell, thanks a lot for joining us.
55:01
They are a human, but they put themselves into public eye and make more
55:05
money than most people. Snippet these very low. That's an interesting perspective.
55:08
I like it, okay, Kate Achison, Kate Hison. I am all
55:14
for calling out athletes, coaches, or any public figure, but there's a
55:16
fine line that is often crossed, no doubt about that. And let's keep
55:22
true that that's true. JB. Okay, there you go. You've spent
55:25
on a lot of good ones. Let's keep going. It's heating up.
55:31
Okay, we'll keep it going. I agree, Robert, Okay, very
55:35
good. So now you've got a perspective on all of these things in terms
55:38
of Lexi Thompson. Now we're going to get away from the mental health and
55:44
we're going to talk about the worst kept secret on the planet became a reality
55:49
as charges against Scottie Scheffler that been dropped. Unfortunately, he has jail photos
55:54
to show for it. But you know what, this is a black eye
55:58
on Louisville all long, and they just wanted to get this thing put away
56:02
so that they don't have to worry about being judged over an incident like this,
56:07
knowing that there was some wrong doing. The camera wasn't involved there,
56:10
So all right, you know what, Joe, what are your thoughts about
56:14
Scottie Scheffler. Yeah, we spoke about this last week. It's pretty sad
56:19
to me that the Louisville Police Department decided to drop the charges in an agreement
56:24
that there would be no litigation audit. If you felt that you should have
56:29
dropped the charges, dropped the charges, don't do it and make a deal
56:32
that he won't have h won't press. We'll go ahead and sue you.
56:39
If you were wrong, you were wrong, face up to it. If
56:43
you were right, don't drop the charges. Obviously we're wrong because you already
56:46
made the deal. So Joshua JB was on the cop all right, whatever.
56:53
I don't know what to take of that, so I'm just saying I
56:55
put it up there and that's the end of that, all right, George,
57:00
Well, this is an interesting situation because the prosecutor decided that we're not
57:06
going to charge them. And one of the fatal mistakes here, and I
57:09
hate to use that word, but one of the bad mistakes was the cop
57:13
didn't even put his camera on. His body camera that is now used in
57:19
so many cases across America was not turned on. So the Louisville policeman made
57:25
a big mistake by that. And then I don't appreciate that comment that that
57:30
one cop made on the air, as the Sports Illustrated guy that was around
57:37
Scotty that morning at six am captured it. He goes, you want to
57:43
talk to him, go to jail. He's in jail, And I thought
57:46
that was totally unprofessional by that one cop to say that too. The spectator
57:52
or he could have been he didn't know if there was Scotty's brother, could
57:54
have been Scotty's caddy. Well, he was a reporter from Sports illustrated or
58:00
excuse me, ESPN and he was following Scotty around. But again there were
58:05
mistakes that were made. All of this was a sad commentary, and I
58:09
and Scotty probably wishes he wouldn't have done some stuff either. But I'm glad
58:14
the prosecutor stepped up and said that there's gonna be no charges at all.
58:19
I don't know about an agreement or anything else that JB talked about. I
58:22
haven't read enough detail on that, so I can't speak to that, but
58:24
I am glad that the prosecutor and Louisville said no. All right, Katy,
58:30
what I want you to do as I as to read Roberts and Joshua's
58:32
comments and then you can chime in on this. Is he not being charged
58:37
because it's legit or because he is a white Yeah, the cop made a
58:52
fool out of himself in his department, Robert video and audio came out.
58:57
He's being charged because it was nonsense situation, nothing happened, So let me
59:02
me address this, okay. So, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell asked a
59:07
judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffler who was not required to
59:13
be in the courtroom. The prosecutor said his team reviewed the case in a
59:17
thorough and expeditious manner. Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office
59:25
cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against mister Scheffler. O'Connell
59:32
said during the hearing that lasted less than ten minutes. Mister Scheffler's characterization that
59:38
this was a month a big misunderstanding, is collaborated by the evidence. Scheffler's
59:46
attorney, Steve Roman, said, the golfer is happy it's over and obviously
59:52
he didn't do anything wrong. He was charged with a felony for assaulting a
59:55
police officer with his vehicle, along with three misdemeanors. During the hearing,
1:00:02
prosecutor O'Connell said the findings of his office review of the case led him to
1:00:09
request the dismissal of the charges. That evidence we reviewed supports the conclusion that
1:00:16
Detective Gillis was concerned for public safety at the scene when he initiated contact with
1:00:23
mister Scheffler. However, mister Scheffler's actions and the evidence surrounding their exchange during
1:00:31
this misunderstanding do not satisfy the elements of any criminal offenses. Okay, so
1:00:44
I get it. It was blown out of situation. The situation was blown
1:00:47
out of proportion. It should never have come down to this. How much
1:00:52
money did we just waste on all of that? Right? That the sad
1:01:00
part of it, and the people and the reputation of the cop and the
1:01:07
reputation of Scotti Scheffler, that's just well, well, what about the reputation
1:01:12
of the Louisville Police Department. Do you think the pga' is gonna want to
1:01:15
go back there after this debacle? I don't think so, at least not
1:01:19
anytime soon. And I commenced Scotty Scheffler that he had a competitive tournament despite
1:01:25
all the distractions. I really really do. I mean, think about it.
1:01:30
The guy, you know, for he ended up going in jail for
1:01:34
a little bit, goes back out there, stretches his like its even competitive,
1:01:38
you know to begin was so, you know, I think this is
1:01:40
really bad looked on Louisville. How many times have we seen police situations turned
1:01:46
bad? So you knew the chargers had to get dropped. He really did.
1:01:51
And the longer it dragged out, the worst it would end up getting
1:01:54
in You know again, how many times have we seen faulty police work caused
1:02:00
a lot of problems and indeed it back by it again, So you know,
1:02:05
I'm glad it's out of the way. I feel bad for Scottie Scheffler
1:02:07
that he had to deal with something like this, but he's a bigger person
1:02:13
because of it, and I'm glad that he can just put it behind him.
1:02:16
Sorry. With that said, we're going to go to our parting shots.
1:02:20
What we're going to do in this segment is everybody has a chance to
1:02:22
have one, no rebuttals, okay, and then we'll wrap it up tonight.
1:02:27
I want to thank Kate Hison, Robert Ordell, and Joshua Door for
1:02:30
being active in the chat room and Rocket Scientists as well for the time that
1:02:36
he was in here as well. So, Kenny, why don't you start
1:02:38
off with your parting shots? So I'm glad that you just said it the
1:02:44
holl you did because you originally said we can only have one, but you
1:02:47
said parting shots, So I am going to take the time to have two.
1:02:52
The first one is my happy parting shot, and that is Minnesota wins
1:02:58
the inaugural Walt Cup over Boston. Minnesota claimed the first Walter Cup with a
1:03:04
three to zero win over Boston and Wednesday's winner take all Game five. The
1:03:08
team's victory concludes the inaugural season of the Professional Women's Hockey League, which began
1:03:15
play on January first. So kudos to Minnesota for winning the Walter Cup inaugural
1:03:23
season. My second one is not it's a sad parting shot, So rip
1:03:34
to one of my former employees who passed away on Saturday. But also any
1:03:40
of you have heard, any of you have heard there was a natural gas
1:03:45
leak that happened in Youngstown, Ohio yesterday and it happened at the Chase Bank
1:03:52
and one twenty seven year old male employee lost his life. There are seven
1:04:00
others that are injured for a natural gas league. Rip to both of my
1:04:06
former co workers that lost their lives either yesterday or over the weekend. Okay,
1:04:13
I'm going to go to Josh's comment real quick. Another cop getting famous
1:04:16
for all the wrong reason's huge over abuse of power. Yeah you know what
1:04:20
That's happened a lot. I could I see you're playing Josh, all right,
1:04:24
George parting shot, Well, my parting shot is going to be kind
1:04:30
of on a sad note too. I was obviously shocked, like a lot
1:04:32
of us were. I guess I had lost track that he had cancer,
1:04:36
But losing Bill Walton Hall of Famer at age seventy one really really was like
1:04:43
a slap in the face to me. As Scott and I have been covering
1:04:46
sports for over forty years, as you guys know, and we saw Bill
1:04:49
Walton play, We saw those tough battles. He went up against the Pistons
1:04:55
several times. Of course he was a Boston Celtic, and of course he
1:04:58
wanted with Portland. And the guy was just down to earth. He was
1:05:02
just himself, a bit odd to some people, a bit strange, a
1:05:08
bit eccentric. Jason Bendetti, the voice of formerly the voice of the White
1:05:14
Sox, now that he tried Tigers, very good friend of his, and
1:05:18
in fact he stepped into the broadcast booths several times in Chicago, that being
1:05:23
Bill Walton, and again ESPN. He did great work there, So big
1:05:29
fella, we're going to miss you. John Wooden molded you, help mold
1:05:32
you to buddy, And what a great life and a great career you had,
1:05:38
Over and out and rest in Peace, Bill Walton, Joe. So,
1:05:44
the NCAA has power five conferences have made an agreement to start revenue sharing
1:05:50
with their athletes. So this was a response to not having any control over
1:05:57
how the NIL money was used. Again, this is another one of those
1:06:00
things where the agreement will, if it's approved, any athletes from twenty sixteen
1:06:08
to the president will get money and they have to agree to give up their
1:06:14
litigation rights because there's a couple of the lawsuits going on involving this. I
1:06:18
find it fascinating that we went from the last I would say seven years ago,
1:06:24
where college athletes were not paid at all, to now where the NCAA
1:06:30
and the power conferences are going to divide the money. And I want to
1:06:32
see how it gets divided, because there's more than football and basketball in these
1:06:36
campuses. You know, You've got golf teams, you got bowling teams,
1:06:42
you got women's gymnastics, women's softball, which is popular, baseball, you
1:06:45
know, I want to see how all those money gets distributed, because you
1:06:48
can't just give the top two. You got to give all your athletes if
1:06:53
you're going to do it properly. Excellent point, by the way, I'm
1:06:57
glad. Reggie Bush says Candy took too sarting shots. I'm getting me another
1:07:01
one. I didn't think of either. I'm glad Bridgie but got his Higland
1:07:04
Trophy back. That's all I can say, because he shouldn't have lost it
1:07:08
in the birth place. All right. Well, My only parting shot and
1:07:12
actually is kudos to the Seattle krak And for hiring Stanley Cup winning coach Dan
1:07:15
Fielsma, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to that championship. I was hoping the
1:07:23
Red Wings would actually hire the fifty three year old. He spent the last
1:07:27
two seasons with their AHL club, compiling a ninety four, thirty two and
1:07:31
eighteen mark. But here's the thing that could really be interesting if it takes
1:07:36
place. His assistant Jessica Campbell is a candidate to be the NHL's first assistant
1:07:44
coach. Boy, that would be unbelievable if we could see that. You
1:07:47
want to talk about breakthroughs. It was great that the NBA did it when
1:07:53
Greg Popovich run on Becky Hammond. But if Jessica Campbell is an assistant coach
1:07:59
to Dan Bilesma and a good hire by Ron Francis, who you know,
1:08:03
Dave Haxtell did not do that bad of a job. He really didn't.
1:08:08
So you know, as far as I'm concerned, Dave Hackstell, I do
1:08:12
believe we'll get another job at some point, and I really do. But
1:08:15
to me, the Dan Bilesma hire is an absolute home run. If you
1:08:20
bring in Jess, that to me is icing on the cake. And Robert,
1:08:25
okay, cracking is my team takes to the shout out. You're very
1:08:28
welcome, Robert, as much as I thank you for being on here anyway.
1:08:31
But Dan Bilesma is a home run higher for Seattle, and again I
1:08:36
wish the Red Wings would have gotten although I will say Newsy alone has done
1:08:41
a pretty good job, so you can't question the Red Wings higher. But
1:08:44
Siandle's going to make out like a bandit with the Bilesma hire. But that
1:08:47
said, that concludes this edition to the Sports Exchange. But we're not done
1:08:51
yet. Everyone's going to have a chance to get a hold of We'll let
1:08:55
him know how to get a hold of them. And I want a special
1:08:57
thanks Robert Ortel, Joshua Door and again kh Ancients in mad He this is
1:09:01
her coming out party tonight, So she'll be appearing on more and more shows
1:09:06
as time goes along. So Kate, wonderful job coming out to night.
1:09:11
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worked diligently to do the same as well. So that's off to everybody that
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participated in the chat room. Much appreciated. All right, well that said
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1:10:34
shouldn't say wonderful, it's serious. But need a topic of mental health today.
1:10:39
So all right, two more things we have to get up in the
1:10:43
chat room. Kate is Candy two point oho knows her stuff. Now there
1:10:46
you go here, Kate, I told you that when you come on the
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Honored by that comparison. That's good. As I said, you're a break
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So so again, I'm glad we spent a little extra time tonight with
1:14:31
this crew here talking about something that I don't feel gets addressed enough. So
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we hope that if you don't get it the first time, that you don't
1:14:40
mind listening again and again until you're satisfied that you got what you wanted to
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get out of this content. Because you know, what life is more than
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just us talking sports. We're all human beings. Is worthy of what we
1:14:51
are, and we can't lose sight of putting things in perspective about what happens
1:14:59
to us or what happens close to us. I'll tell you what in closing,
1:15:04
suicide is something that you know what, It affects everybody. I'm not
1:15:12
going to be labor the point of age groups anymore. I think I made
1:15:15
my point earlier in the show. But it affects everybody at any age,
1:15:19
with any gender. And I hope and praying you know that we all have
1:15:24
our moments where we're considering it. I get it. But the main thing
1:15:28
is is, folks, there are helplines out there, so if you really
1:15:31
do need help, then by all means, look them up and I'm sure
1:15:35
you can find somebody that we'll be able to talk to you, especially in
1:15:39
some of your darkest moments. Really do. And you know, for me,
1:15:45
when I produce these shows, I have to make some tough calls about
1:15:48
what I want on and what I don't want on because of timing. But
1:15:54
this is one that was a no brainer, and I'm glad we brought up
1:15:57
numerous examples on each side of the coin so that you see it both ways.
1:16:02
But you know, we want to just let everybody out there, okay
1:16:06
that we love all you people and don't ever forget it. We appreciate your
1:16:11
loyalty to us, and if there's any way that we can be loyal to
1:16:15
you, we'll do that. And Robert Wardell, yeah, my friend committed
1:16:17
suicide two years ago. Help is important, which I jumped in earlier.
1:16:20
But you know what, Robert, I'll bet your friend probably looking at your
1:16:24
comment right now and is saying thanks a lot for bringing it up. Robert
1:16:29
and Katy if you can get that up real quickly before we close it out.
1:16:33
Your friend is smiling down on you, Robert that you even brought it
1:16:36
up here on the show. So we love everybody out there, and we
1:16:41
hope not not only you enjoy your shows, but we're your friends too,
1:16:45
and that to me is very very important. And Candy put it out there
1:16:47
called ninet eighty eight is your number if you need help. So great show
1:16:54
tonight by three of the best. And that's not me but Candy, Joe
1:17:00
and George so on behalf of Candie, b jb Ellis and George Record.
1:17:04
My name is Scott Morgan Roth the Motor City manamouth. Thank you for joining
1:17:08
us on this edition of the Sports Exchange, and next Wednesday, hopefully a
1:17:13
little bit bit more of an upbeat broadcast. But meanwhile, hopefully you can
1:17:15
learn something and gain something out of this. So good night everybody, and
1:17:19
we will see you next Wednesday night. Have a great week by now