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"AJ Perez Dishes on Brian Davis" Episode 59 · DMV Mess Hall

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Hi folks. This rig dog walker the d.o.c.
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This is John Connor. I'm and you're listening to the
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mess hall with rally captain and tail gate 10.
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What's going on rally? How you doing, man?
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Yo, Ted, I'm doing good, man. I mean it's Tuesday.
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The weather is beautiful outside.
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We've got commanders football. That's semi back.
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Well, what else could I ask for? Let's get it.
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Man, I know one thing I can ask for.
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Where'd you get that shirt man? I haven't seen that one.
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Is that a rally special? No, it's not a rally special but
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I mean I just got to look for it.
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It's there, it's there. I can't tell anybody you saw my
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secrets but I have to give you the same props.
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I like the black and white my brother.
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This is the Sean Taylor helmet for those wondering, you got to
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check it out. On our YouTube page youtube.com
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slash at DMV mess hall. You can find all of our episodes
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there. But I was at the team store
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because I went out of town and I got to film a TV show.
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I'll have details on that later on this fall.
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Nice nice. And I want to find some new
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gear. So I'm walking around the team
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store and I got this way beforehand but I want to find
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something to rock that I could have for the show because they
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got rules on what you can wear couldn't have the NFL logo and
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some other stuff like that, which to me I think is
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ridiculous but it is what it is. But Thing I saw they had nothing
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in my sighs man. I finally had a John Allen black
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commanders Jersey. All they had was a small to
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medium, you know, they had new polos mediums and double xl's
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XXX sells it was just so frustrating walking around, and
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I'm seeing what you're rocking right now.
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You definitely didn't get that from the team store.
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Do not trying to blow up your spot.
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Because I do like that, man. I would definitely rock that
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out. Yeah, yeah.
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Well, you can get it online, man.
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I mean, that's where it is. Okay.
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You know, I'll texture, I'll figure it out later on.
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I mean, you always got some customized stuff.
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I like that up. Baseball jersey.
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You had last year, you know, and I was actually are curious.
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You were at the Defenders game, this past weekend.
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I missed it. Yes.
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Flying back from New Orleans and I was watching it on the plane,
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not the same at all, but I was looking for you in the stands
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Marianne. I didn't get a chance.
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A chance to see you. I wasn't Defenders game because
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it was sold out and on TV lease streaming it it sounded loud
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man, and I don't remember the last time.
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FedEx, was that loud? It was loud.
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And probably the Giants game is probably went in there that loud
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with it when we plead for everyone to come to FedEx for
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the playoff bound or playoff atmosphere that we had against
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the Giants. I gotta tell you, man.
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How do you feel? Is just a nice Stadium.
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You know, even though it's for soccer, I mean, it's got a dual
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purpose as you can see the football and soccer and and the
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fans showed up and they showed out and it's weird going to a
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game when you're not necessarily the rally Captain, if you will.
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Okay. It's just you just being just a
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average person now. I mean, thank God for the show
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and thank God for being such a Big fan that I am with the
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Commander's that we are that people recognize you and people
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reckon up to you and say, hey rally captain, no W.
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No, I'll fit, no, no nothing. And I'm like, nah, man.
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I'm just, I'm just a normal fan today, brother.
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You know, I don't take on the Persona until, you know, it's
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actually filled time for game time for the Commander's but it
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was it was good to see everybody.
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Oh, a matter of fact, I see the picture that we're at the The
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gentleman took and it was just awesome Vibe, man.
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It really was. It's fun out there, man.
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I mean, I went couple games earlier this season, I just
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picked up my tickets for the playoff game that they've got
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coming up. I think it's worth April 30th.
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So hoping to see a bunch of commanders, / Redskins /
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Defenders fans out there. I was just shocked that you
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don't have a big old Shield chain hanging around your neck
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or you just saving that for the playoff game.
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Hey brother, let me say, he let me tell you something that you
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like to donate for that II. By all means.
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I will rock one, but I'm a little tapped out, man.
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You know, we got a lot of things that are coming out of pipe
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here. As far as team travel as far as
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my travel is s key events travel.
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I mean, so there's a lot of stuff going on down the pipe.
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That I mean II can't spend all my money on everything, you
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know. So, I didn't get a rally cap and
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go fund me and you guys can help.
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Aha. Yeah, speaking of tapped out, I
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was worried because, you know, we just got back from New
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Orleans, the wife. And I spend way too much money
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out there were eating and drinking in New Orleans and
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hanging out. Five days in New Orleans is
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three days too, many my opinion but it was a blast other than
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I'm not a fan of Bourbon Street. I mean it just smells like
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straight piss. Yeah, I hate to say it but it
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just and it just so And the second and last day we were,
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there it rained about an inch and I think they need that a lot
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because they walked around it, clean the streets out, man.
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I actually wasn't too bad after the fact but in the middle of
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the day, just walk in and you just get like a stench of it
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reminded me of being in the Philippines.
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No, it's third world country growing up out there and hanging
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out and sewer systems are exactly the best out there and
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just walking around downtown middle of the day.
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No joke. 2:00 in the afternoon guy just whips it out and just
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goes right on a garbage can right on Bourbon Street.
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So it was definitely got a show that I wasn't looking for and a
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lot of good food though. It was fun.
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Definitely not as much fun as you had though at the Defenders
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game. It's a trade-off though, bro.
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And down in New Orleans. It's a trade-off.
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You know, you are going to get good food, you couldn't get good
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P. I guess got some amazing food
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and I put a couple of recommendations out there.
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And I'm not going to name names but someone recommended I go to
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this one place and I looked it up on Yelp and it had four and a
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half stars. And I don't know if our server
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was pissed but we sat down and I had to do a live hit with Fox 5
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back in, d.c. Friday, morning to talk about
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what we're going to talk about here in a minute.
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You got to sell the team and we ordered some stuff.
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It got to the table and it was just cold and the bin.
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Yeah, you could have used as a throwing star, I mean, it was
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just bad and I don't know if that was them just being mad
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that I had to step away and do that stuff or whatever else.
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But for the most part, everything was delicious and I
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can't wait to tell everyone when I'm allowed to tell everyone
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what I was doing when I was out there, but it'll be a good time.
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Once you actually get to catch up on that, though, my fingers
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are definitely crossed waiting to hear what you had going on
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in. Alarms besides eating good food.
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Oh yeah. And you know, we got a hopefully
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be there. I think they said it in might be
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2025 when they end up hosting the Super Bowl out there so
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maybe comes 125 we can take a joint trip out there and rock
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some burgundy and gold. Hopefully it's burgundy and gold
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because I saw your Tweet to the junks this morning saying that
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better. Not take that away from us.
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Oh brother don't you. Now they talk about the a lot of
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things that you know. So here we are going back
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through this. Again, when they were talking
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about the whole rebranding of the commanders and reap are
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making the new name for watching football team to the commanders.
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And we talked about that before. As far as don't mess with the
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colors. I don't care what anybody did.
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I don't care. The Tampa Bay went from their
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orange to their to the more red looking good.
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I don't care about that, I am a Washington Redskins football
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team. Now commanders fan, which is
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burgundy and gold and I'm not trying to I want the key here,
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that's not burgundy and gold but seriously you want to lose more
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fans. I mean, that's the name is gone.
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So we lost our fans with that. All right, we lost a lot of fans
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because the whole name change, we got it, you mess with the
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color and I think you're going to lose some more people and
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they won't come back. If they won't come back, I
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respect about that this morning. And for those that don't know me
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and there's a A Groundswell of commanders fans or maybe not
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commanders fans, maybe Redskins fans washing and football team
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fans that want another Rebrand that want a completely new name
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and potentially want new jerseys and new colors in.
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I can't say I'll be gone but I'll lose part of my emotional
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connection with the team. If they take burgundy and gold
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away from us and cakes on there was talking about, it's like the
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Raiders being sold in Black. It's what you associated with
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the Steelers being black and gold, those are just their
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colors. And yes, we've had three names
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in way too many years and I hope to God not forth, but you take
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the cake. Dollars away from us, you will
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lose a large portion of this fan base, that will only come back
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if you consistently win. And it came out last Thursday
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Sportacus, I think was the first reported that Josh Harris.
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Mitchell rails, Magic Johnson, had a formal bid of six point.
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Oh, five billion dollars to buy the team.
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So where were you, when you heard it?
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I mean, my phone I where I was actually on set filming the TV
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show and I gave the wife, the phone and it was blowing up
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Non-Stop. And I'm glad I didn't have it on
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me because they would've been pissed because I had it on
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vibrate, or which has been going off in the pocket the entire
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time. But where were you, when you
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heard the news? So last week on my bicycle and
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You know, I got everything hooked up to my headset, bone
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conductor headphones. So I can hear the ambient noise,
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outside noise and my phone is going crazy and I'm in the
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middle of this ride and I'm pushing like at 14 miles an hour
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and my photos. But is this true have you heard
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and and and and I really couldn't comment because let's
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face it man. I'm I'm getting my right on bro.
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It's so the first one that came through I thought you know you
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Thought it was a joke because you get so many spoof, you know,
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new owner emails or texts or Instagram messages, or whatever
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have you. And so I looked at it and I
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kept, right? I just didn't pay any attention
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to it because my mind just wasn't on that and then another
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came in and then another came in and then another, and some
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saying, well, maybe there's some legitimacy to this thing.
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Oh my goodness, but the group that I was Is riding with, not
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to say. They don't care about Commander
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stuff but we hit a ride, we're going to ride.
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You know what I mean? So I had to, I had to shelve my
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feelings for a minute and get my breathing back down so that I
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keep up with them. But then once the ride was over
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with, I just couldn't believe it.
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And the young lady from 7 news, I think he may be whatever you
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do with dear, I'll tell him Olivia.
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Sent me a text. Jump on.
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So yeah, same saying but and I said, sorry I'm I'm here, I am.
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Now you're not supposed to drive and text so here it is to
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imagine me trying to ride a bicycle in text.
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Oh brother, it's not a pretty sight.
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So go to thought I was DUI, big-time.
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So and I said I'm sorry, I'm in the middle of this ride.
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I just I can't do it, you know. And so but later on I can and so
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she understood I'm sure you know she doesn't get turned down very
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often but unfortunately I had to turn her down because I was in
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the middle of them arrived, so but it was it was just amazing
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news and I'm still surprised realistic.
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Really? I am that.
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That we taken two steps forward in this, many steps for process.
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Yeah, I know if you're listening to this right now, it's Tuesday,
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April, 18th at 4:52. And we actually have AJ Perez
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from front office Sports joining us later on in the Pod to talk
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about you know all the Commander's news and the sale
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but Terms of a tentative agreement with the Harris group
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have come to life and it's a non-exclusive bid on the team.
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So what that means is someone else can come in later on
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offering more money and they can potentially then bit on the team
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and when the team so Darren Haynes a buddy of yours came out
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with a story on Friday. Fast forward, the sports,
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junkies, rewind us a little bit. Actually came out with the same
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story. I want to say almost a month
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prior that, Brian Davis. Let's see.
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Brian Davis, is a former basketball player for Duke.
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He submitted a bid of a full cash offer of seven billion
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dollars a billion dollars, more than Josh Harris.
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Mitchell rails and Magic Johnson, mmm.
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Now, we knew about this, we didn't talk about it but, you
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know, the junkies brought it up because there was really no
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validity in this bid in my eyes and a lot of other people's
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eyes. Reason being the NFL has rules
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and going down those rules. The lead investor has to have 30
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percent equity, stake in the purchase.
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So that means Brian Davis. If he's going to do this, it's
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seven billion has to have two point. 1 billion dollars.
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Liquid Brian Davis is not a billionaire.
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He is a business man that has had some bad business.
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Dealings over his time. This is all public knowledge,
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not trying to slander. The gentleman, he played for the
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Timberwolves, he won a championship with Duke but
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reading a couple Articles out there, and we'll have Edge a
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Perez. And talk about here in a little
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bit. This guy seems like a shyster
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that's tailgate Ted's opinion, not putting that out there for
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rally, anything else, but he's from New Jersey, moved to DC
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area. Went to Bladensburg High School
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actually right down, the road from me, but from a business
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perspective, he and Christian Laettner had a lot of dealings,
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he and Christian played basketball together at Duke, so
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they I did a lot of Investments, they tried to buy the Memphis
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Grizzlies and actually took a loan out from Scottie Pippen.
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Well, apparently, the loan failed to materialize, Scotty
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sued them to recover his money and Scotty only got back half of
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the loan. Mmm, that's just one deal that
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they screwed up Sean and invested with them in their
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company. And Sean didn't get the equity,
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he invested in, and actually put a tweet out about it.
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Talking about it and Sean invested three million with them
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and then ended up suing them for four million and got that money
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back. So there's a lot of different
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dealings with these guys over the years to the point of
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Christian Laettner ended up going back and suing, the be TV
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company that he had started because he was filing bankruptcy
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and there was just a lot of stuff going on that they needed
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to do to pay back all these different loans.
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So, They're saying he has a 7 billion dollar, cash offer that.
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And let me go back to the article here.
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According to the documents Davis is going to offer up 1 billion
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dollars to Snyder within 24 hours.
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And the six billion in addition will be sent seven days later.
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Well, Davis is also saying he's going to indemnify Dan Snyder so
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he won't be held liable for any legal stuff that happens down
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the road. Now, I'll tell you why.
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I don't think this is going to happen.
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Number one, as he just have 30% of seven billion.
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He's just he's not on anybody's list for billionaire list and he
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sold equity in his intellectual property recently.
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Apparently that's got him a large valuation for his company
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that people have been having a hard time to find any details
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about. And the NFL has to go through
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and that anyone that's going to buy a team.
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Where's the money from the NFL does not allow foreign assets.
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I'll like the NBA to own stakes in the company.
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On top of that, the group can't have more than 25 people in it.
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No private Equity, firms, public, corporations, or
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Sovereign, wealth funds can own any share.
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So I appreciate Darren Haynes coming out with us because it
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was a story, but then you have all these commanders fans that
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are talking. Oh whoa, slow your roll.
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Don't worry Josh Harris. It might not be him anymore.
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You now got this other guy coming through Brian Davis and
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these unnamed investors What do you think?
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Well I think that what he's doing is as Judge, Judy would
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say he's puffing, he's doing a lot of puffing basically to make
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himself look bigger than what he is.
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Also, they don't know supposedly where this money's coming from,
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but I think AJ, I heard him talking about it on, on the
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junks that or Brian Mitchell that looks like his funding is
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coming from the Israelis, like the lived.
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Golf tour stuff. So if that's the case, you know,
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that's a no-go. So it was a good 15 minutes of
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fame while it lasted. So move on and and and go to the
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next Griff's. If you actually I shouldn't say
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that but go on to your next business adventure because it's
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not going to happen here. And clearly I think that getting
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back to the more realistic aspect of things rails Magic
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Johnson and They're the ones who pretty much are going to be the
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FrontRunner in this. Unless, once again, our Boy
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comes through, but he said, he's not going to touch it.
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So let's go ahead and get this thing done.
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Let's that these eyes crossed his T's and have this parade and
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be done with it. I'm ready to wear their and
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those wondering a board meeting Jeff Bezos.
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Just saying he doesn't want to touch a team but let's go to
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that a.j. Perez interview.
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So So you can hear what he has to say about Brian Davis and the
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sale of the commanders and potentially rebranding the
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franchise from the Commander's to who knows what?
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Well, I want to welcome AJ Perez from front office, Sports back
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to the mess hall AJ. You can find him at by AJ Perez
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on Twitter has been all over the cell to washing commanders.
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Amongst the bunch of other stuff on his timeline age.
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A lot of our listeners have been texting tweeting dming
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Questions. What's going on with this whole
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Brian Davis news is this realistic or is Josh Harris?
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Really, the only viable better at this point I still looks like
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Josh Harris is kind of inches away from from taking the team.
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I'm getting the official announcement from cider but you
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know this whole report that came out of Darren Haynes on Friday
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before that the junkies in back in back in March it, you know,
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the AIA questions I kind of just ignored it for a while and
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Darren Darren Hayes report Friday.
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Early intrigued me. And I wanted to start and begin
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to see what I could find. It didn't, like, I talked to
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some people around Davis's, Camp didn't get a lot of details out
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of it, but I did find some llc's that were created in end of
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January, 8 of them, you know, that's very kind of strange.
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So I, they're still, you know, I have a lot of questions.
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A lot of its upon Allah everybody else does, you know?
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I have, you know, we traced it, it looks if it's real.
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It looks like the Middle East. Davis's Camp, says Israel.
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And, and what am I? The sources said Could be Saudi
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Arabia money but I've covered live golf litigation and all the
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stuff around live golf and how they've tried Albedo launched
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their rival League to the PGA Tour extensively.
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So, you know, nobody, none of my sources on that end had gotten
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back to me and have you had verified that, you know, the R&D
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funding Brian Davis. So we're left with looking at
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his past history of faylene's business developments and also,
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because developments that, you know, that, like purple Network
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reported like in a lot of city where that looks like they know
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that nothing's happened. You know, he was about 30
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million dollars in debt from the, from one, North Carolina
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development. And, you know, you had a,
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basically sell as settle with that and sell, sell his sell out
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there, probably on the lost. So it's, you know, he, his
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people talk a good game, it's just, you know, there's
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basically said, well, show it to Bank of America, whose hoop
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dance at her hired to do the sale and their hand and wolf,
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and will provide information Bank of America.
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And the NFL basic, we're not going to tell you basis.
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What is what we're with, what I was left with.
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So earlier in February, the Washington Post came out with an
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article talking about how the NFL might loosen their
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restrictions around ownership because they're having a hard
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time as franchisors are selling for more and more money to find
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a person that has sent of that, initial purchase upfront, liquid
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and none of that has been loose. So that stipulation is still
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there, is there a chance that if this bid is Real and he has
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seven billion in cash that that could be loosened.
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And if that were the case, what would need to happen for that
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rule too. For the most part go away.
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Yeah. The last owners meetings about a
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month ago I was trying to figure that out you know there's not a
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lot of appetite to change up, 30% rule right now among
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ownership. There are some others that do
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but looks like there's not enough to to change animal
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Constitution and bylaws but their looks more likely that
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they'll be open to cry. A bit Equity investment directly
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like the NBA and other leaks, you know, there that something
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is not allowed right now. You.
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It's now it's just individuals. Not about corporations, not not
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private Equity, not anything else.
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So there's, you know, they could see that, but that's kind of
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more to get if you own a team. Now, to get value out of it by
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selling into selling a 5 or 10% chunk to private equity for
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Army. Know.
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That's, that's more of that. And they would be best part of
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ownership, you know, the potential new ownership going
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forward. If I know if any other team
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comes on the market, the 30% rule seems like, you know, that
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you You know, it's very, you know, it's we're talking right
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now. If one point eight billion
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dollars, Josh Harris has to come up with personally, I guess
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would be a two point something for, for, for Brian Davis.
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It is did Israel on, so it's a lot of money and it even if
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you're super, super, super rich. And you even if you're liking
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the top 10, 20, wealthiest people in America, you know, you
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still have to move money around, no one keeps that much money.
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Liquid u mean it, that's why this process takes a long time.
24:07
It's not just, you know, having to be Betty that you're worth
24:09
that, it's having to move that money around if it's Looking
24:12
like you're going to be chosen as the winning bidder and that's
24:15
the process takes time. You know, you have to divest
24:17
either stocks and real estate. Anything else you have that you
24:20
know, non liquid assets to actually come up with that
24:22
number. But that's why, you know, I
24:25
reported back in November when this all started one of my one
24:27
of my banker sources told the, you know, with the NFL's running
24:30
running out running out of billionaires, really they are.
24:32
I mean, there's the people who are interested in buying a team
24:34
who want to go through his scrutiny who want to go through,
24:37
you know, and then want to own an NFL team, which is an awesome
24:40
thing to do. Because you know, that The
24:42
valuations have just gone up up and up and oh, so so far, I
24:46
mean, 08:00, you know that. But when Davis, when density
24:49
bought the team and I took it took many years for that for
24:52
the, for the next team to sell for more than a hundred million
24:54
dollars. It's but we're now at, you know,
24:56
every single time comes for sale, looks like this, you know,
24:59
they're going to get one, most one and a half billion dollars,
25:01
more, our dancers and get 1/2 million dollars more than what
25:05
then wiped, what the Broncos sold for less than a year ago.
25:08
It's just it's we're talking insane numbers.
25:11
And And the reason for that really is having the 50% Rule.
25:15
And having the debt guidelines, they don't want to have an owner
25:17
come in two and then go and then go cheap on them.
25:20
They don't want to especially a team that needs a new stadium.
25:23
That's a last thing they want. We're going back to the Davis.
25:25
Been one of the interesting things like, you know, that his
25:27
people told me is that they just want to refurbish, FedEx want to
25:30
spend a billion dollars doing that.
25:32
And I'm, I was like, really, I mean, that's like, you know,
25:36
I've heard building a stadium next to FedEx, a brand new
25:38
facility in which it could be a little more straightforward,
25:40
especially merciful. You trying to get RFK which
25:42
would be Congress to act and then you know, DEC 22 during no
25:48
environmental impact reports and everything else, but that's it.
25:50
But then we have Virginia, you know somewhere else in Maryland.
25:53
But yeah. It's the whole just reaffirming
25:55
FedEx. Yeah.
25:55
You can't really it's it was. What when Jack Kent Cooke built
25:59
it and open 97 it was already outdated.
26:02
It was it was already you know he built a tuna 50 million
26:04
dollars. Obviously we have pipes failing
26:06
everything else. You can blame cider for not you
26:09
know, doing you know, not fixing, maybe making it as
26:11
Welcoming all, he's really, they done is just tarp over seats.
26:15
It seems like it. That's the idea.
26:16
So, you know, they didn't really develop anything around it.
26:19
Brian Davis, has people say they want to build like a more like
26:22
built around their build, like a makes use and stuff.
26:25
But you know, that that's this. That was that was shocking.
26:28
I think, I think, I think fans. Yeah.
26:30
That's probably really want RFK, but they've definitely want a
26:33
new stadium somewhere. Oh, definitely, I mean, being a
26:36
season ticket holder. I would love to go back to RFK.
26:38
But as a DC residents, not moving very far from that side.
26:41
I know that the people that live there and Council are not in
26:45
agreement with the mayor, so getting it there there's a lot
26:47
of different things. There's like talk for affordable
26:49
housing. They want their, they want more
26:52
Park land, they want you want things.
26:53
That's not going to be NFL stadium or, you know, 9/10 times
26:56
a year. They're going to have events and
26:57
if it's to be a dome stadium, you know, they're going to which
27:00
is, which is the plan, which was Snyder's plan, which I'm sure
27:02
the next owner will, you know, will actually kind of take up
27:05
and agree with, you know better. They gonna have concerts are
27:07
going to have other sports coming in, you know, FedEx is
27:10
sits there, you know, there are concerts there.
27:12
You know, but it seems like more preferable.
27:13
So, you're going to Baltimore to one of the Stadium's there or
27:16
are Nats park for, for those kind of concerts these days, you
27:19
know, they, you know, they missed that it missed out on
27:21
holding the World Cup at FedEx, you know, there's, but there's
27:25
going to be, you know, there's there's going to be a lot more
27:28
events than then, you know, we're at FedEx.
27:32
So that's another, another thing, and in the column where,
27:35
you know, especially with the residents there now, kind of not
27:38
being in favor of the, you know, even having an NFL games are
27:41
Other events definitely. Definitely, what do you know?
27:44
We're joined by with AJ Perez, preferred off of sports and it
27:49
doesn't seem to me that the Brian Davis bid is realistic and
27:54
you're a lot of people out there that are claiming.
27:57
Well, let's see what happens, but as far as I'm concerned,
28:01
it's Josh Harris or bus at this point.
28:04
And the only thing that I personally care about a lot of
28:06
our listeners care about is what is this going to end?
28:09
And when the agreement came to terms, As with the Walton,
28:13
family from Walmart and the Broncos.
28:14
I think that was June 7th of 2022.
28:18
And the NFL owners did not actually agree to it until
28:23
August 9th, right around that. Yeah, pretty much about two
28:26
months. And we're seeing here, that all
28:29
of the information was given over to the NFL, on the bid that
28:34
the owners must look. We are going to vote on it until
28:37
May 22nd the next owners meeting.
28:39
Does that mean we have to wait another two months.
28:41
Potentially after that for wedding or will the wedding be
28:45
done before the owners actually meet to talk about it?
28:48
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out. It kind of Josh Harris is trying
28:50
to get ahead of the game and try to, you know, share information
28:52
to Spur that along to make a vote.
28:54
At the May 22nd owners meetings at all, be covering possible.
28:58
There's still a chance. I think they're, you know, Josh
29:00
Harris is a known quantity. Josh Harris went through the
29:02
process with the Broncos, granted, he didn't really get
29:05
fed by the NFL, but it in, you know, like Rob Walton did, but,
29:09
you know, there's, you know, I think there's an urgent.
29:11
Outside chance. At least that that there could
29:13
be a vote then, but it has to be have to have an official
29:16
announcement soon if that's going to be the case.
29:19
Because you do get ill, Ashley, it gets the application and he
29:23
could choose to investigator them, sit out, or shoot someone
29:25
in, and a lot of us to investigate before it goes over
29:28
the finance committee that doesn't typically happen.
29:30
But, you know, usually it just got on looked at him like, all
29:32
right, we're good finance committee to hear.
29:34
They make a recommendation. And then, after that reports
29:36
done, they scheduled a vote. Now, there was a two-week gap
29:39
between when dat The finance committee for Rob Walton, when
29:44
they, they gave the recommendation and then they
29:46
scheduled a vote. So, there was a two-week Gap,
29:49
you know, also that, that was part of the two months.
29:51
It was like spacely five, six weeks of the finance committee
29:54
doing their thing and, and and then they scheduled a boat the
29:58
schedule. It was a special meeting, so
30:00
maybe there's a little more little more.
30:02
If I cut that part out, if they can get it done in about four
30:05
weeks. But has to be done soon, if
30:07
that's going to be the case. That sounds good.
30:10
I know everyone here is waiting on pins and needles for this to
30:13
become official and we had the original owners meetings this
30:17
past quarter as kind of a dates or hope that it was in be done
30:21
by then. And obviously now May 22nd is
30:23
the next day and I believe if it doesn't happen at 22nd.
30:27
The next scheduled owners meeting is not until October but
30:30
they can call a special being like they did with the self
30:32
Broncos. Ya, thank ya that station.
30:35
Yeah. Yeah, so they all play in and do
30:46
it. It's like, you know, but it
30:50
seems like they're meeting in person.
30:53
So that could take some time to schedule to make sure every
30:56
owner, or at least a large portion of the owners at least
31:00
24 hours. Okay.
31:01
That actually fly into it, you will one event and I don't want
31:04
once we get there, it's almost impossible that the NFL owners
31:08
of both down Body. So Bank of America would look
31:10
foolish and started would be back to square one.
31:12
So once it gets you know once it gets the NFL fan should feel
31:15
confident that you know, we're you know, for Discord, eight
31:18
weeks, let's say before the before you know, their Dan
31:21
Snyder are The Damp side of error is actually over.
31:24
So start applying for the parade?
31:25
Permanence four to eight weeks after everything gets announced
31:29
at that point? Yeah.
31:30
Is there a GoFundMe for the parade?
31:31
I heard so I heard rumors of that last week and I'm like,
31:34
yeah, yeah, yeah, this permits done, and where you going to
31:36
hold of that? I mean, okay.
31:39
Be kind of boring if you guys didn't hear.
31:42
Yeah, I think going down the toll road and wouldn't have the
31:45
same thing. Anyway, yeah, but now there's a
31:48
now there's a metro stop here. Now is true.
31:53
That is true. And edgy.
31:54
Last question I have for you, a lot of fans to me seem to care
31:58
more about a Rebrand than anything at this point, and a
32:04
lot of other sports Publications, have been talking
32:07
about the NFL, Rule of having to wait 5 years between rebrands.
32:12
Now what are the odds that regardless of the new owner is
32:16
they decide or can apply for an exemption for that Rebrand rule?
32:21
Do you see the Commander's rebranding with the Harris group
32:25
or whoever it may be at that point?
32:27
Yeah, Brian Davis really should have just hopped on this and
32:29
said, yeah, we're going to, we're going to we're going to
32:30
call the Red Wolves. I bought the IP.
32:32
I bought the, I bought the trademark now.
32:34
See that? That was one way for Brian
32:36
Davis. Actually get his his stance care
32:38
way too much about this. I mean, I think should the
32:40
gender parity be getting a new owner in I mean, it's like they
32:44
were, you know, they yes, Josh Harris could apply for an
32:47
exemption and they could change it to your name.
32:49
But you have, he has so much the next ownership groups have so
32:51
much work to do. I mean, there's so many things
32:53
that revenues are so far down and they're going to be, you
32:56
know, granted things will become yelled a lot Rosier than you
32:58
owner, but there's still a lot of work.
33:00
It, you have to, you have to figure out, you know, we saw the
33:02
nflpa report means Ashbury needs to be refurbished in some way
33:06
and maybe an Annex or something that interim because depends on.
33:09
Because the next Stadium could have, you know, practice
33:11
facility and headquarters. The can work goes, but that's a
33:14
long term thing you need to make fixes.
33:17
Now, you have to make decisions on, you know, even even in the
33:21
reviewing, coaches reviewing front office, we're being the
33:23
entire organization where the name is kind of like yeah the
33:26
names the name. But first you got to change
33:29
everything around the team first.
33:30
I mean if you want it's I understand the name wasn't
33:33
popular I don't you know, I'm not it's I don't, I did, you
33:37
know, there is. But you know, it's theirs and
33:40
and it does it link back to cider.
33:42
Polly think that has Snyder's, you know, fingerprints on it.
33:45
Fans want change? No, I think down the road.
33:47
Yeah, I think it'd be considered, I'd but nobody had
33:49
talked to you. Even that even Brian Davis has
33:51
people have mentioned a name change as a priority.
33:54
So during our investigative reporting between the Apostle
33:57
Obelisk group and Harris. Mitchell rails.
34:00
No one's really come up with rebranding has been a priority.
34:03
Yeah. Yeah.
34:04
Oh yeah. But we've seen the kind of
34:05
reports of Harris's group reaching out about our the RFK
34:08
night and doing things that really need to be done.
34:11
You know, a name is a name. Umm, you know, I think maybe
34:13
going back to Washington pulse in which any my life would be,
34:17
would be fine. But, you know, there's there's
34:19
there's trademarks water to a want a lot of money for those
34:21
names and it's a graph you can you can mount a US patent
34:24
office, our Patent Trademark Office patent and trademark
34:27
office fight to get that name or you just buy it for a lot of
34:30
money. But you know that because all
34:33
the names that people, the fans want or owned and you have to,
34:36
you have to figure their fight for it legally or or, or
34:40
actually pay somebody off to get it.
34:42
So that's so that's and even the next think fans are gonna have a
34:45
problem. Oh, well, I don't like this, I
34:47
don't like that. You can't please everybody, I
34:49
think, what's so like I just don't understand that, you know,
34:52
I'm a Dodger fan. I mean you could there's any
34:54
trolleys that the dodging l.a. Now there's there's there's no
34:57
streetcars be a little subway system but you know, it's not
35:01
just the Lakers family likes, there are in La.
35:03
I mean there's it doesn't make any say, it's never.
35:06
It's like okay commanders aren't the you know the most glorious
35:08
glorious name in the history of sports, but they're a lot of
35:10
stupid sports teams names out there.
35:12
And I think it just, but those aren't Associated Dan Snyder, so
35:15
that II get that. So, but I think the priority
35:18
think for fans in, for the next ownership group is be like, see,
35:20
just if you do figure, it figure things out.
35:22
See, what needs to be fixed? And I can low on the priority
35:25
list would be if I was if if someone gave me 50 billion
35:28
dollars for my IP, I've no idea what I would sell it would not
35:32
any. I would focus on that not the
35:34
team name and bit couple years down the road.
35:36
Yes because it you know you don't read you don't want to
35:39
rush a Rebrand. The Guardians did that and I
35:41
guess you could say the Commander's did.
35:43
Because the Guardians got sued because they took a team name
35:46
that was actually a roller roller derby team and got sued
35:49
had to settle for that. It was a cover that you don't
35:52
want, you know, you just it's they're very complicated but
35:55
never be a fan boat, Mision all those names.
35:57
The team is not going to do a fan boat you know?
35:59
Will Josh Harris, spend a million two million dollars
36:01
getting four or five different names to fans to vote on and
36:05
then we'll I mean that's just it's a very hard process and it
36:08
gets harder as time goes on because Maureen, I'll give you.
36:10
Look at the names of some that some of the Stars.
36:12
Art ups and others I'll watch the South Park episode memory.
36:15
Yeah, look at the South Park episode with it with the with,
36:18
with Dan Snyder about about naming stuff.
36:20
Go watch that yo-yo and that's basically what we're at.
36:23
You know, you can't all the good names are owned by somebody and
36:27
you have to end that. It's a long process.
36:30
No, I'm right there with AJ. I really appreciate you taking
36:32
the time today. You're one of the busiest people
36:35
out there that I know and I know you probably have another
36:38
interview you to jump on after this.
36:39
So you for taking the time to listen to the TV mess hall and
36:42
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36:44
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36:47
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37:09
That's awesome. Thank you.
37:10
I appreciate you taking the time.
37:12
I said I'll be back. All right, appreciate AJ Perez
37:15
for joining rally and Iraq. We recorded that earlier rally
37:19
wasn't able to actually join but really appreciate AJ taking the
37:22
time because that guy is all over everywhere.
37:27
I mean, every time I check Twitter, he jumping on whether
37:30
it's with a grant and Danny or be and JP or the junks or Kevin
37:35
Sheehan mean he's been all over there.
37:37
So for those out there make sure you follow by AJ Perez on
37:41
Twitter. If you want the latest and in my
37:44
opinion, most accurate news in regards to the sale of the
37:48
commanders. And it was nice to hear AJ, say
37:51
that from our priority perspective, talking to people
37:57
that have been in the trenches regarding the sale and the
38:01
Apostle, ovilus group, The Harris group, and the other
38:04
groups bidding that rebranding, the team was not a priority for
38:10
them, and I know, A lot of commanders last Redskins
38:14
whatever fans out there. They want us to Rebrand.
38:17
But in my opinion, I want to hear a three to Five-Year Plan
38:22
on. How are they going to make us
38:25
competitive again? What are we going to do to stop
38:29
being in the basement of the NFC east and how we're going to
38:33
improve The Fan Experience at FedEx?
38:37
And where is our new home? Going to be?
38:40
That's what I care about. I don't give a damn Damn, about
38:43
a name at this point. In time, I am tired of changing
38:46
it. I just want to start talking
38:48
about football and us actually getting our money's worth, when
38:51
we're out there on game day. What about you, man?
38:56
Well I have to Echo the same thing.
39:00
I want to know, maybe not tomorrow where the state is
39:06
going to be. But at least let me know.
39:10
What were you forecasted to? Because by now?
39:13
No one knows. That's that's, that's be honest.
39:16
He can take over tomorrow and a reporter.
39:18
Could say, hey, so what do you want to stay tuned to be and
39:22
Obviously the correct answer and I'm going to say correct because
39:27
I feel as though my fingers on the pulse with everybody else we
39:31
wanted our okay what do we do? We know that.
39:37
No you know we keep hearing Virginia don't freeze Loudon,
39:41
back at FedEx, whatever happened, we don't know.
39:44
So I'm not necessarily concerned about that just yet but what I
39:50
am concerned about is What are you going to do for as you said,
39:54
Fan Experience, what are you going to do?
39:57
As far as pricing is concerned because now it's your baby.
40:03
If your baby you got it and be Mitch always says the fans want
40:09
to feel as though we're getting something, even though we may
40:12
not be, what are you gonna do for us?
40:15
Because from my understanding the phones at the tickets, Sales
40:22
office have been ringing off the hook.
40:26
Oh yeah, I'm getting tweets from different people saying, I'll
40:29
see you this fall. I get my tickets before hand.
40:32
I can't wait to be back and yeah, you know, it was I'd say
40:37
that's maybe one of the top 10 hardest jobs in the u.s. is
40:42
selling Washington football tickets, not anymore, not
40:46
anymore, but before it was well, yeah, toughest jobs to try and
40:50
sell watching football tickets at One point, the sales team for
40:54
sweets reached out to me to talk about potentially helping them
40:57
sell sweets said, sorry, I appreciate you, reaching out,
41:02
but no, it's not a good deal to buy sweets at a game there.
41:06
I've got boxes all over the DMV and buying one at FedEx, is a
41:11
bad deal. I mean, you heard stories about
41:13
how Snyder had one of his assistants pour milk, in the
41:18
suite of the learners, A couple of days before they come in so
41:22
it would smell like sour milk when you walked in, I mean, just
41:25
stuff like that. Makes you say, why am I going to
41:27
invest money in that? But yeah, now hearing that fans
41:31
are coming back man. And I just, I can't wait to this
41:35
fall. I don't want to fast-forward,
41:36
because I want to enjoy OTAs and many Gap and the process.
41:41
But I'm just envisioning this fall.
41:44
And one thing I want to send out there is I want to ask her
41:47
listeners. Are you going to be at that
41:49
first game or you could be other tailgating and I also want to
41:53
know how are you going to celebrate?
41:55
What are you planning on doing to celebrate when the ink is
41:58
dry? The sale of this team?
42:01
And I asked AJ brought it up, you know the Denver Broncos sold
42:07
or they had tentative terms on June 7th it took them two months
42:13
later to have the deal final. So I think it was sport ago,
42:19
they reported that the deals of the Harris.
42:23
Bid went to the NFL to look at. This is not official yet.
42:28
They're just looking at the NFL, then is going to look at the
42:33
terms and basically Redline anything they don't like and
42:37
send it back to the Harris group.
42:40
First draft stuff. Exactly.
42:43
This is common in contract. Negotiations are going back and
42:46
forth we'll talk Being six billion dollars.
42:48
Yeah. So at that point in time, Harris
42:51
group signs off, doesn't sign off.
42:53
Then they're going to send the official submission to the
42:59
eighth member NFL, finance committee to do their review.
43:04
So the thing that I don't want to say concerns me but I want
43:07
fans to know is the Broncos were sold to one person the Walton
43:13
group me and the owner of Walmart the That family that
43:18
took 2 months. We're talking Josh Harris who is
43:23
a part owner of the Steelers so he has been vetted.
43:26
Partially we're talking Mitchell rails who has a ton of money.
43:31
I get it but he still has to get better Magic Johnson ton of
43:35
money. Still has to get vetted and
43:37
there are Rumblings out there that there are other minority
43:41
owners that are all still going to have to get vetted.
43:45
So I'm going to tell our listeners.
43:48
Let's just enjoy the ride. It is happening and don't freak
43:53
out. If it doesn't happen May 22nd
43:56
because the NFL wants to make sure that all the money is
44:01
legit. So maybe you know, they'll have
44:06
to call another special meeting like they did when the Broncos
44:08
sold, but it is going to be here.
44:11
And when that day comes, I'm not gonna lie, man.
44:15
I'm going to cry because I never thought I'd live to see this
44:18
day. I really didn't, I thought would
44:20
be stuck with that little guy for the rest of our lives, and
44:24
have to lock box our way into winning.
44:27
Like we have been in the past 23 years.
44:31
Oh, wow, bro. See you, when you say that it
44:34
makes me get emotional because Hmm II, never thought it would
44:41
happen either. He's a very young man and we
44:45
know how NFL owners are owners of a sports franchise are once
44:49
they're in, they deep seat, their claws and, and they don't
44:54
get away from it, unless something.
44:56
Agreed, yours has happened. Well, obviously, we've had 24
45:00
years of Egregious activity and the time has come like you I
45:09
have my seatbelt buckled. I'm not going anywhere.
45:14
This is like the beginning of the roller coaster ride when you
45:18
put that bar over yourself and you're headed up that you're
45:23
headed up that first drop. And most of the time that first
45:27
drop is the most iconic drop on a roller coaster, but that's
45:30
where we are. We were in our seat, the bar has
45:33
come over us and we are starting to go up and we are now kind of
45:38
looking out at the park preparing ourselves for that
45:42
first initial drop And like you when it happens, look out.
45:49
Even when I did the interview with Olivia, on ABC 7, I
45:53
legitimately I had Goose Bumps man just hearing it and just
45:59
talking about it with other fans and it killed me not to be in
46:02
town when the news came out because a lot of people got
46:06
together old ox and they were selling the by day and beer.
46:10
If anybody has an extra can I would love one.
46:13
I know rally would love 12. Definitely is a sold-out man in
46:16
an hour and a half of that. Beer and they're doing
46:21
pre-orders now. So you can order it and I think
46:24
you can pick it up sometime in May, but just to be at the bar
46:30
and in that scene and just I know I'll probably get arrested
46:35
if this happens. But when the ink is dry, we got
46:39
to get together a FedEx and just get out there and celebrate and
46:43
yeah, pop some bottles together. Have a cigar.
46:47
If we can't have an open alcohol.
46:49
Container No in public but something just be together when
46:53
the done bro. Oh yeah, definitely and I know
46:57
we're almost there. Don't freak out everybody.
47:00
If this goes a little bit longer than we hoped but it's like you
47:05
know when you're growing up and maybe your Grandma's making your
47:08
favorite dish, whatever it is, and you can just smell it all
47:12
day and you're hanging out with your friends and you're asking
47:16
her isn't ready yet. Is it ready yet?
47:17
Because you're just sitting there smelling it.
47:19
You're sitting on the couch playing video games, whatever it
47:21
may be, and you just can't wait to taste it.
47:24
That's what this is for me. It brings up that memory and I
47:29
can't wait for this to all be done and what the future holds
47:34
for us because we're not going to win right away.
47:37
We've got a lot of work to do but it's the start of healing
47:41
this fan base and actually getting a chance to talk about
47:45
football for a change instead of all this off the field drama.
47:49
And Dan says, you know, Charles gasparini, put that tweet out
47:53
there saying, you know, I went from 800 million to six billion.
47:58
Stuck it Well, sorry, Dan, you're not going to be
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remembered for that. You're gonna be remembered for
48:04
killing this franchise and putting it on life, support for
48:08
so long. And I can't wait to be a part of
48:12
the fan base. That helps brings it back to
48:14
life again. So, you know, sort of talking
48:18
about Dan obviously. When I heard the news, I made a
48:21
video of a picture that I took with me and Dan and I got
48:27
criticized for posting a picture.
48:30
With myself and Dan Schneider. And, but the music was so long
48:35
for well, I beat his anger by and people just couldn't get
48:38
past. The fact that I was saying
48:40
goodbye, you know, that's what I was doing.
48:44
I was saying goodbye, but people all they saw was me and Dan and
48:48
they're like, how dare you? You're a traitor type of thing.
48:51
I'm like, wait a minute guys, that you're not listening to the
48:54
song. You know, there's a long
48:56
farewell auf, wiedersehen goodbye.
48:57
I bid you adieu. You know, he's He's gone or he's
49:01
on his way out and I don't even think he's even Stateside dude,
49:05
I think I think he's overseas. You know, they talk about how he
49:10
kind of made the mass Exodus and nothing is in the office.
49:14
Nothing is there. So you know, And I tell people
49:20
all the time. You are allowed to have your own
49:24
opinion. You shouldn't be Ram, brought it
49:28
because you have your own opinion, just chalk it up and
49:32
say, okay and Let It Go but we can't do that for whatever
49:35
reason. We just we just can't do it man
49:38
or dropped me off man. I mean yeah John Klein was on
49:41
with the junks and I was listening to his interview but I
49:45
missed the beginning part of because I'm in New Orleans, I'm
49:48
streaming it, you know, I'm an hour behind everyone.
49:51
Here. So I think when he was on it was
49:53
seven, it was I think maybe 6:00 a.m. for me and the wife was not
49:57
happy that we're on vacation and I set an alarm to listen to
50:00
Sports Talk. So that's a story for another
50:03
day. But John during the interview
50:05
talked about the reburn that, you know, we brought up with AJ.
50:09
Well, the rule in the NFL is a NFL team, has to wait, five,
50:14
five years before they re Brand New Jersey's come out with a new
50:20
jersey style. So that five-year mark would
50:23
say, okay. Hey, that rule would be the same
50:25
thing for the team and you would have thought that I told people
50:31
that the commanders were moving to Germany, or we were losing
50:35
our franchise, the vitriol that came out of that and I was just
50:39
happy to hear that, maybe we can take a temporary pause on
50:45
changing. This thing again, maybe let's
50:47
focus on the stuff that matters like AJ was talking about before
50:51
We focus on the stuff that doesn't matter to Fan Experience
50:56
and in between the hashes. But no, everyone was yelling and
51:01
screaming. I can't believe you like this
51:03
name, this and that we need to get rid of it.
51:05
It's the last Bastion of Dan. I was on the Fox 5 and my man
51:09
Easy Street said the same thing. We got to change this name right
51:12
away, that's the first thing and he's he's my man but I had to
51:16
disagree with him and I felt bad because we were on live TV.
51:19
Well my easy. Nah man I just I'm over it.
51:22
Let's wait and focus on the other stuff before and they made
51:26
a joke because you just don't want that gear.
51:29
You're wearing right now to be a collector's item and have to buy
51:32
them stops, that's a portion of it.
51:36
But I will buy new gear if the name changes sure will but your
51:41
will is let's just focus on the stuff that matters.
51:45
Let's not change. The name is not.
51:47
It isn't, it's not gonna help us win?
51:49
No, it's not. And it's not going back to
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Redskins. I'm sorry people.
51:54
My God, please stop. That is.
51:56
Well, it's I just, I don't, I don't get it man, to me.
52:01
I would love to know the people that want it rebranded, if
52:05
they're the red wolves crowd, because I'd be willing to bet
52:09
that a gigantic portion of them, are the Red Wolves crowd.
52:12
That is just stop, but her that didn't happen.
52:15
But you know what? Who knows.
52:17
But Dan. According to the Dan Snyder
52:20
yacht track. His jet is now back in Geneva,
52:24
Switzerland, so saying he's probably not Stateside credit.
52:27
He might not be on this jet, but his jet is in Switzerland right
52:30
now and this was as of April 17th.
52:34
It was in d.c. quickly and now it's back overseas.
52:38
So think you're right man, I don't think he's here.
52:41
They cleaned all their stuff out of FedEx.
52:43
They haven't been around there. The facility isn't the same to
52:47
them? Just let's just get rid of this
52:50
guy. And start talking football for a
52:52
change, and speaking of which OTAs Phase 1 happened, this past
52:58
Monday, were you shocked? Or did you expect to see Chase
53:04
young actually show up for OTAs this season?
53:08
I expected him to be there and for one reason, and one reason
53:12
only he's kind of on the hot seat and when it's like, when
53:19
you're a kid and you get something wrong, And you try to
53:23
do extra chores to make up for your wrongdoing.
53:27
That's what it kind of reminds me of not chases, a grown man,
53:29
we know that. But but he also he's smart.
53:32
And the fact that he knows that hey I really didn't play as well
53:37
as I could have early on. And then when I got back, I made
53:42
a made a splash. But the fact is he knows that
53:48
he's on the hot seat, if you will or He's maybe his seat
53:52
isn't hot. How about this?
53:54
It's it's lukewarm, but he knows at this point, he needs to do
53:58
everything right to get back in The Graces of a his teammates,
54:03
the coaching staff, because he's got a big contract that he's
54:08
trying to play for. And he's trying to work for and
54:11
not to say that you don't want to leave.
54:13
But if you could stay here and make your money, of course you
54:16
want to do that. So I think that's what the big
54:19
deal is right now. He's got to do everything right
54:22
to make sure that he's still in play, because the last thing you
54:26
want is to come out in the first couple rounds and be moved on.
54:32
You don't you don't want that. Yeah, it's a stigma that he'll
54:36
carry for the rest of his NFL career and they are voluntary
54:41
OTAs. So you don't have to be there
54:44
and it was a big deal last season when he didn't show up,
54:47
no, he was off training with he was Von Miller.
54:51
And doing other stuff. I didn't come to team facility
54:53
Well day. One Chase was there.
54:56
The media is not allowed to be at Phase 1 of OTAs I believe and
55:01
I think this Thursday Martin Mayhew is going to give a
55:05
presser for the media. So that's why you're not seeing
55:08
any pictures out there any videos unless it was put out by
55:12
the Commander's. Now the team did do a video
55:14
saying welcome back boys and they showed Chase.
55:18
They showed Terror they showed Oh, Joe Hahn and Curtis Samuel
55:22
other guys out there so you kind of get a chance to see what's
55:25
going on but Phase 1 and this is from the Commander's website
55:29
consists of the first two weeks of the program with activities,
55:32
limited to meanings strength and conditioning and physical
55:36
rehabilitation only. So not a big deal but you
55:40
obviously want guys to be there and be around meetings and it's
55:45
also the first time that Eric be enemy is officially allowed to
55:50
talk to his guy. Guys, about football.
55:52
No, I'm sure Evie's got a burner account and he's texting Sam,
55:56
how to get a haircut and, you know, hey, this is what's going
56:00
on with the offense. But it's the first time coaches
56:03
can actually talk ball with these guys, so you want them to
56:06
be there and for Chase the team has until May 2nd to exercise
56:12
his fifth year option. And NFL money isn't guaranteed
56:17
but, you know, he wants to have that option in that money in his
56:21
pocket because they're saying well he can use it as motivation
56:26
to try and ball out like doron did and earn that paycheck.
56:29
Well the team has an exercise the option yet so they're
56:32
gambling and I think they're right now in the wrong.
56:36
I think they should exercise this option because you can get
56:40
Chase locked up. I want to say this for 18
56:42
million if he does ball out you're going to have to pay him
56:46
over 20 million to try and keep them and that's saying if you
56:51
don't tag him so there's a lot of stuff going on but who wasn't
56:55
there that I was kind of surprised was Montes.
56:58
Sweat sweat did not go. The team's volunteer work out
57:01
this morning. Not related to contract
57:04
according to Nick Avala but he did go to the team meeting and
57:07
will be in position meetings, so curious why he wasn't there, not
57:12
that big a deal. Deal in the grand scheme.
57:16
But you know, just kind of makes you wonder.
57:18
What was going on? Well, the good thing is I you
57:23
said Eric was there and he can talk football with the guys.
57:28
That's always a positive because I think for the first time,
57:32
they'll be able to hear and and physically be able to see
57:38
Concepts that he's wants to talk about and Implement.
57:42
So that's always a good thing my test.
57:46
Hey, He was there. He wasn't there for the first
57:53
part but he was there so we'll work it out.
57:58
Yeah this is what happens. Yeah it is knows where he
58:01
stands. Everybody is more concerned
58:03
about right now was Chase going to do.
58:06
And test could be situation where he's like dang I've been
58:12
here all this time and now all you guys is focuses just on my
58:17
man versus you know What about me?
58:21
You know, he's so he could be feeling some kind of wait for a
58:24
minute, you know? Yeah, he definitely could be but
58:27
the good news is. There's a lot of days eventually
58:31
fans are going to get to go to OTAs.
58:34
We're going to get to go to mini camp.
58:36
The team is part of a perk for being a gold member had a sign
58:39
up so you can meet all the rookies I think during their
58:43
session OTAs after the draft. I think that's full now.
58:46
But they're taking a wait list and I've got no doubt that will
58:50
get out to OTAs. Once it comes, I'll be there
58:54
Phase 2. It's of the next three weeks of
58:56
the program. On field workouts, may include
58:59
individual or group instruction and drills, as well as perfect
59:03
play drills and drills. And plays with offensive players
59:06
lining up across from offensive players and defensive players
59:10
lining up across from defensive players.
59:12
It sounds unbelievably boring, but I can't wait to be out in
59:17
Ashburn with a bunch of bug spray on a my little fan to try
59:22
and, you know, stay cool out there and actually watch
59:25
Football and phase 3. If fans don't remember, is when
59:29
they can do seven and on 79, on seven and eleven eleven would no
59:34
contact. But the team actually got in
59:36
trouble last year because of a couple of hits and guys go into
59:39
the ground. So you do get a chance to see
59:42
some stuff. So when does he beget to give
59:45
the players A playbook? It wouldn't surprise me if
59:48
that's something they got now. I mean, you're having meetings,
59:52
you're installing things. And that's yeah.
59:54
What was frustrating to me when you've got guys holding out?
59:57
Now, you're laying that foundation for the upcoming
1:00:00
season, right? You got to lay that Foundation
1:00:04
from day one, and yes, it's voluntary, but more.
1:00:08
So, it's voluntold you should be there.
1:00:12
And when Trent Williams missed it, I didn't care the guys are
1:00:16
all. All-Pro but sorry.
1:00:19
The only All-Pro we have on our team, I think was Jeremy Reese.
1:00:23
I can't think of anyone else. I was an all pro.
1:00:25
I know Jeremy was on the Pro Bowl.
1:00:28
And on top of that, Jeremy actually signed a new contract
1:00:32
will actually extended his contract tender, and he's
1:00:36
getting paid 2.6 million dollars.
1:00:40
So he's going from a undrafted. Rookie to this team and now he
1:00:45
signed his original round tender at 2.6 million dollars.
1:00:49
So couldn't be happier for that guy and goes to show you.
1:00:54
You work hard and you get rewarded.
1:00:56
And I have a feeling that he'll do well this year and hilly make
1:01:02
more money. Yeah, and I'm hoping that this
1:01:07
is the sign of negotiations to start happening with other guys
1:01:11
like potentially Montes. To rap, like, cam curl before
1:01:16
his dad, tweet something out again and says something dumb on
1:01:19
Twitter. As I mean, someone should have
1:01:22
his account locked up, but, you know, they negotiated these
1:01:26
things last time before the draft draft is just next week.
1:01:30
It's so hard to believe that we haven't had football for four
1:01:34
months and the draft is here and it's going to be telling on what
1:01:38
these guys want to do based upon who we end up taking those first
1:01:42
couple rounds. Yeah, you're right.
1:01:44
You're right. And I look forward to her
1:01:47
brother. I hate the fact that I'm not
1:01:49
going to be in Kansas City, but hey, work calls.
1:01:53
So I gotta do my thing at the job but I know what is my bread,
1:02:00
but I will be watching it so and I will be looking for everyone
1:02:04
who made the trip out to Kansas City on the television and
1:02:08
waving at you guys from afar. Yeah, I was in the Inner Circle
1:02:13
during covid 21. So the inner circle is all those
1:02:17
fans that are out there hanging out and we did a virtual Inner
1:02:20
Circle where I had to make a fake man cave, in my townhouse
1:02:24
downstairs, and sit there for hours, waiting for the NFL to
1:02:28
come back and cut to us. So they could show commanders
1:02:31
fans, cheering on a zoom screen. What?
1:02:33
I'm hoping, one day, I can get out there in person and actually
1:02:37
be there for the draft, just like some of our friends are
1:02:40
going to be Week after next week at home.
1:02:43
Well let's just plan on next year doing it man.
1:02:45
Let's just do it. I'm down there.
1:02:47
I'm regardless of what we're going to be called I'll be down
1:02:50
there next year. Look through this.
1:02:52
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