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"Submit Testimony" episode 172 · DMV Mess Hall

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This is Will Montgomery, former Washington Redskins center.
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Y'all what's good, folks? This is Trey Johnson, the
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headbanger, y'all, and you're listening to Mess Hall with
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Rally Captain and Tailgate Ted. What's going on, Rally?
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Did you ever get that invite out to mandatory mini camp?
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No, I didn't. I was hoping maybe you might
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have gotten one. Did you?
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No, man, I think my invite might have been sent to Terry's house
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and since he was a no show, I never got it.
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So that that, that's my guess. I'm I'm kind of given the
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benefit of doubt, but Oh well. At this juncture, we can let
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Terry have everything he needs because he's going to remain a
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commander. So we we're not going to worry
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about that. You know, so many people are
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hitting me up. Oh, do you think it's going to
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happen? I said, listen, it's gonna
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happen. This is this isn't a football
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negotiation one O 1. Just give it time.
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You know, the guy has been a stellar guy for the team.
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Just relax guys. And I said, here's the other
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thing. So what happens if he doesn't?
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What can you do or not do Nothing.
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So just sit back, relax, alright?
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Just just just pump the brakes. So I was at a a Washington Gold
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event, right? Washington Gold is what they
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call it if you have a season ticket and they've got different
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business networks. So we got a lot of listeners
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that just aren't season ticket holders.
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They don't live local. They just go to every once in a
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while. So one of the events you can
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sign up for was a Meet the Legends event and it was at MGM
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National Harbor and you got to hang out at the harbor where the
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casino is. It was in one of the ballrooms
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and you got to get autographs. So these are the legends that
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were there. It was Fred was there.
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Smoot, for those who don't know Santana, you have Arac.
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PO was there. Mark Mosley was there.
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Pierre Garcon was there. Dexter Manley was supposed to be
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there, but he never made it. Something happened and Brian
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Mitchell was there. OK, cool.
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I've got pretty much all of those guys phone numbers in my
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cell phone other than Dexter and not, you know, didn't really
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want to go. I just I've done stuff with
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those guys off the, you know, outside of football and this and
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that and just different TV stuff.
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Actually did ATV thing with Dexter where we had to cook for
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Channel 9 long time ago. And then he shook my hand and I
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didn't think I'd be able to cook and hold a pair of tongs in a
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spatula. I mean it just the legends are
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true. Did you actually like to cook?
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No, he just liked to eat, man. We made In-n-out burgers and
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Dexter was there, and maybe that's what he was doing instead
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of being at the event. But the reason I bring the event
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up was it was my first time being back in front of our
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brothers and sisters, right? So that's why I went.
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I didn't go to take pictures or get autographs from any of the
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guys. I went to shoot the S with, you
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know, fellow Burgundy and Gold brethren.
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You're right. So that was freaking awesome.
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But I want to say the main two things people asked me were
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what's going on with Terry? Just like you said, are they
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going to sign them? Is he coming back and is RFK
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happening? If I had because they were
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giving out drink tickets so each person got 2 drink tickets.
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If I had a drink ticket from everybody that asked me that
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question, I would have had to get a black car to take my ass
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home because I would have been hammered.
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I mean, that's all anybody want to talk about?
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Well, hey man, I it is what it is.
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It's hot topic, very hot topic. And, and, and so, you know,
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thank you for everyone who listens.
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You know, you met, you said something a couple seconds ago
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and, and basically the people who, who are listen aren't
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season ticket holders. And so, you know, we we really
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do appreciate you guys listening because you know, your voice
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does matter in our ear. And so we do listen to you guys
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and so we greatly appreciate it. Just want to put that out there.
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So Speaking of listening, I I do know for a fact that the team
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listened and I got feedback about one of our podcast and it
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was the one called personal seat license.
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Those of you all that have not heard it, go back, give it a
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listen or watch the, the video kind of Instagram reel that we
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put up. Because guess who has been
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having focus groups about personal seat licenses
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specifically because of the backlash that they have been
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getting that some of our listeners have been calling the
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team about? So this so they weren't happy
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then it doesn't sound like. Oh no man, they were they were
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not happy the the Instagram reel got seen a ton.
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That was maybe one of our best. I guess I've most listened to
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pods or watch pods as well. And I was speaking to different
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fans there that are season ticket holders.
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Like, we had no idea about this PSL thing.
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And then they got asked to join a couple focus groups and those
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that remember the team got lambasted for doing focus groups
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when the name was changing, right?
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What do you want the name to be? And this and that, right?
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We're not going to listen to you.
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We're not going to listen to you, but we'll make you feel
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good and and make you think we're listening to you, OK?
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Part of me starting to wonder is that what this is going to be as
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well. We're not going to listen to
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you, but you know, we'll have you come in and the individual,
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I'm not going to say who it was just at a anonymity for them
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because I know the team is monitoring things.
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But they could not believe what they were hearing in regards to
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the PS LS and everything going on.
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And from my standpoint, I was just trying to make sure that
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they understood. And we appreciate you guys
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reaching out to them and voicing your opinion.
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PS LS are going to happen. Let's just be real.
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Yeah. We just want the option as fans
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to defer these payments as long as freaking possible without
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having to pay interest, right? The example we used during that
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pod was there are some Buffalo Bills season ticket holders that
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are getting charged $20,000 for two seats.
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So that's total with two years, 0% interest.
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So that's $800 a month they have to pay for two years for their
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PSL, right? We're asking you guys if you're
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going to these focus groups say, OK team, if you're going to make
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me pay $20,000, don't make it a two year plan, make it a A5 year
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plan, make it a 10 year plan with 0% interest, right?
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And if for whatever reason we can't pay it in year 6, let's
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just say it's a 10 year plan, then you just forfeit the rest
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of the money you put down, right.
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So I understand the team is financing it for us at 0%.
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But realistically you got 15 owners that are billionaires.
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OK, maybe some are just millionaires, but still you got
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fans that aren't that now have to come up with this cash and
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it's aggressive. I mean, Mark Seagraves was just
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on with B Mitch and Finley. And did you see he got kicked
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out of the the DC City Council closed meeting?
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Well, I mean, he walked in and they let him in.
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So I guess he realized who he was and said, oh, now you got to
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go. You got to go slim.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't, I don't know if they
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let him in, right. Let me see if I can actually
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just pull this up. So the DC City Council is
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there's a lot going on and we're going to talk about that here in
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a second just in regards to the stadium.
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I want to pull up this video because Mark is a freaking ball
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man. All right, here we go.
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We. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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This is a closed meeting that's canceled.
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Public can't come in while you're discussing hard.
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OK, You'll talk to us afterwards.
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So Mark's cameraman is behind him and he has his cell phone
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out and he just opens the door and you've got all these people
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sitting at a board room table like we're all in here.
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Who the Hell's walking in? Who invited you?
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If it's a closed meeting, lock the door right?
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Or have someone have someone stationed outside the door that
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says that it's a closed meeting. You know, someone with a badge,
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possibly a suit and a badge or or whatever you want to call
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those guy detective or somebody to let you know you just can't
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walk up in here, bro. But, but obviously he did.
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But you know, this is what's going to change from every
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meeting going forward. They will have someone outside
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of the door now, I guarantee it. So Speaking of meetings going
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forward, it is Tuesday the 17th and since June 10th, when Mark
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Seger's busted in there and our last show, a bunch of stuff has
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been coming out. They're talking about not
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meeting the proposed July 15th deadline to vote on this that
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the mayor basically says has to be done.
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So the DC Council members are saying that the approval is
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likely, but they need more time. So the mayor is saying that if
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you're doing this, you're sacrificing our exclusive seat
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at the table and a 2.7 billion in private investment.
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Bowser has wanted the council to approve the deal with the
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commanders as part of the council's fiscal year 2026
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budget process. And the commanders came back and
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made a statement once they heard this.
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So from the commander side of things, it it does not.
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It wasn't pretty from the commanders, right?
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So let's see here. You got some verbiage, some
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video footage, because I because I want to hear this.
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Per team spokesperson, we have been productively engaged in
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dialogue with Council members about this generational
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opportunity for DC and are committed to delivering an
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incredible home for our players and fans while creating a
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landmark venue that produces 10s of thousands of jobs and
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billions of dollars in new tax revenue.
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Throughout the process, we have been clear the Commanders need a
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new home by 20-30. Any delay will make us unable to
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deliver on that timeline, as well as prevent us from
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attracting major concert performers and international
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events such as the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup to DC.
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This is what's at stake for DC and its residents if the project
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is delayed. We are prepared to work with the
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council morning and night over the next six weeks to keep the
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stadium on schedule so we can deliver for DC's future.
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That, to me doesn't seem like the Commanders are willing to
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let the DC City Council slide on that July 15th deadline.
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Well, Ted, let's face it, man, each day that you're in limbo
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means another day delayed. And we already know that in
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order to get this thing kicked off the ground or once they do
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put a shovel in ground, that they're going to have to work,
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almost work 24/7 to really get this thing up and running in
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within the five years that they're talking about.
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I want to, I want to, I want to dive back a couple seconds.
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You know, this shouldn't be the whole PSL thing shouldn't be a
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secret. And I feel as though we're kind
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of operating in the dark a little bit.
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And what I mean by that is I would think that ownership would
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want to put out as much information as possible to let
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your season ticket members know exactly what they're up against.
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So that way you know, you know, you know, you have a product and
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you know, you have a fan base that wants that this product.
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So tell us, hey guys, this is what we're going to do.
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And like you said, give us some options, whether it's 10 years,
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five years, whatever the case may be, because it's no
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different than my Madrid trip, OK?
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I've seen trips to Madrid that costs and you've seen it up to
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$7000. Well, if the if the football
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season started hypothetically next month, you'd have a lot of
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people who wouldn't be able to go to this trip on this trip.
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So we have payment plans. So get all the information out.
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You guys have a ballpark idea of what it's going to be.
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So do it sooner than later so that you can have maximum
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participation of the fan base that you say you want.
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I don't see anything wrong with that.
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Let's not beat beat around the Bush and be behind closed doors.
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Let's talk about it. You want us to give you
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feedback, give us the feedback that we need to make a great
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decision to remain on board with the team.
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I hear you and I just I don't see that happening for two
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reasons. A Because RFK is not 100% lock
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so if they don't meet this deadline.
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It doesn't matter if it's RFK, any new stadium, even if even
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even if you tear down Northwest right now and build a new
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statement, is still going to have the same repercussions.
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1000% agree, but the dollar amount that you need to build in
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DC may be different than the dollar amount you build in
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Landover or build and Stafford or wherever the hell this thing
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is going to go. The fact that they're having
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these focus groups is, I think, kind of misguided on their part.
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No one, I don't care who you are, is going to be OK with the
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PSL. So what are you expecting to get
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out of this focus group? And that's believe they're never
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going to put you and me on one of these focus groups to get our
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opinion on this. So like, what do you think if
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you're the team, people are going to say, OK, yeah, charge
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me extra. Yeah, charge me extra for my
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tickets or the right to just buy my tickets.
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Then I still have to actually buy the ticket.
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And oh, by the way, unless I have a premium seat that I pay
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444 to. PS: Li don't have access to that
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concert that's coming or tickets for the World Cup that the team
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is butt hurt about not getting potentially here in DC.
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I mean, what are they actually hoping comes out of these focus
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groups? Well, it's something that my
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grandfather told me growing up as a kid, he says.
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Steven, you know, it's like a woman, a woman can can handle
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anything you throw at her as long as she knows what the truth
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is, may not like it, but she can handle it.
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We're fans. We may not like it, but we're
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going to handle it. Just let us know sooner than
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later, because what you don't want to do is you don't want
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people to turn their back on you.
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You know, we're in a good, we're in a good space right now.
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You know, this, this, this is like relationship one-on-one.
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We're in a good space right now. Just talk to us, communicate
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with this, you know, and, and let it be legitimate.
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That's all we ask. And I don't think anything is
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wrong with that. No, it's it's a solid ask.
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It's a legit ask and I I honestly don't know if they care
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about you not renewing your tickets, me not renewing my
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tickets. We are an individual.
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Season tickets are such small fish in the grand scheme of
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things. They're going to make their
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money off of the sweets and the big premium seats and those
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exclusive things from the lobbyists and the fat cats that
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are going to be expensing and buying season tickets as part of
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tax write offs to entertain people downtown.
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Your Joe Blow that has been a season ticket holder for 30
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years. You and me that have stuck this
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thing out forever, if we can't afford to go because we can't
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afford to PSL, they know we'll still grab a ticket here and
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there just to be there. But I don't think they're going
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to cry over the fact that you or me can't pony up the cash for
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PSL. It's just the nature of doing
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business in their eyes. It's just the nature of building
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a new stadium that they are quote UN quote, paying $2.7
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billion for. But in actuality, I'd love to
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know how much of that is going to be subsidized by PS LS.
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And the other part of this is the DC City Council wants to
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know what other options DC has if they don't build a stadium.
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So this is actually a video put out by Council member Zachary
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Parker. I'll play just a couple seconds
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of this because it's a 5 minute video.
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We are being asked now to vote on the commander's deal by July
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15th. That is a date exclusively and
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previously discussed and agreed to by the mayor and the
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commanders. Not only does that not align
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with the council's current budget voting process, which
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we're not slated to vote on the budget until the end of July, it
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would be unprecedented for the council to take merely weeks to
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vet a multibillion dollar deal, the largest in the district's
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history. While we took months and years
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on other projects, Audi Field, Nat Stadium, there's been
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discrepancies about the council's intentions and I want
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to make clear that the council has every intention to vote on
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this deal, to protect this deal and move it forward, in fact.
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So I'm going to stop it there, right?
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So they're saying that this is going to be voted on.
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It's just not going to be voted on by your timeline, Mayor
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Bowser, your timeline, Josh Harris, right?
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We're not going to work day and night, burn the midnight oil and
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sit down and not take our Juneteenth vacation, not take
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our July 4th vacation because you want us to get this done to
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make you happy. And Councilman Phil Mendesen,
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think he's a chair, came out and said that we are in fact,
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protecting the money in this. We're making sure that the money
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is going to be set aside, but we want to make sure that we look
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at this thing up, down, front, back, left, right, up, just all
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over the place, just to make sure that there is no hidden
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pieces. And I love to see how thick this
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thing is, right? But we're not operating on your
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timeline. You're operating on our timeline
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and take it or leave it. Wow.
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So basically, hey, look, we don't care that you're giving us
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2.7 billion. We don't care about that.
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We care about making sure that the IS are dot and the T's
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across buddy, you're not going to slip, you're not going to
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slip in something that says ownership gets 100% of of
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something or whatever have you. We, we want to make sure that
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that it all playing fields are fair for everybody.
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OK, I mean, on one aspect, I totally understand because the
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last thing you want to do is get in bed with somebody and the
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next thing you know, you know they have please.
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So when, when all you had to do is just look at them a little
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closer. So I I I understand that.
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On a business aspect of things, it's like, wow, you guys are was
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it, was it, was it the mobster? So you're breaking my ball.
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You know, you, you're hurting me over here.
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So it's, it's, it's a ownership is, is, is, it's a no win for
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them because you're not going to, it's obviously you're not
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going to push them any faster to, to get this done.
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So at some point in time, you know, you can, you can say what
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you want, but everybody's got to play by some type of rule.
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And so the rules are looks like they are winning on this one.
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It looks like, I mean, we don't know what what did happen in the
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next couple of weeks, but you know, they they could have an
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emergency if there's such a thing, an emergency meeting
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where they they burn the midnight oil, understanding the
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the severity of it for the city. Go ahead.
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Speaking of emergency meeting, the DC City Council is having a
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public hearing tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th.
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So if you guys are listening to this and you want to go, by all
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means go. But because of that, the
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commander sent this e-mail out to, I'm assuming it's the season
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ticket holders or people just on their list says we need your
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voice. Support the new stadium in RFK.
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Right now, local leaders are considering whether to approve a
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bold once in a generation investment in our city's future.
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The new commander stadium in RFK and we need your help.
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This isn't just about sports. I'm going to Fast forward
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through this saying public testimony is now being accepted
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for a hearing this Wednesday and the council needs to hear from
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you. You might have heard that the
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council wants to delay a vote in the stadium until this fall, a
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significant set back that could delay the opening of the stadium
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in 20-30. Submit your testimony, right?
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Let us know why this stadium means so much to you and why you
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support it. So they are asking fans to go
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here and I click on submit testimony and it actually sends
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me to the DC Council's website and it's showing just a bunch of
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stuff in the DC City Council, all their things.
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I have no idea how the hell you submit your testimony going
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through here, but yeah, it actually shows your deadline to
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testify and all this other stuff.
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Oh, and how to submit your testimony.
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So it's just I'm shocked. I also think that there there's
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there might be shaking in their boots a little bit that this
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thing just isn't going to get done by that July 15th deadline.
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And do you remember Lavar Arrington when he was here?
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Yeah. So Lavar had a basically a
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breakup with the team because he signed his nine year contract.
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So he signed a nine year deal and then said that the team
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omitted a $6.5 million bonus from the final contract.
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It was there in the earlier drafts, but in the final
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contract that he signed, it wasn't there.
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So I guess he didn't read it again.
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I guess his agent didn't read it again, but he filed A grievance
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with the NFNFLPAI don't remember how it panned out or whatever
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else happened. I just do remember that that
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basically killed his relationship with the team and
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he hasn't really come back since then to be a part of the
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franchise or anything whatever. I mean, to me he was overrated,
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didn't do anything here in Burgundy and goal other than and
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Troy even's career, which I do appreciate.
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But I don't blame the council for wanting to dot their IS
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cross their T's right? I mean, the budget got to them
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late and then now you are asking them to do things per a
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different time and they're used to.
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But I also see the team side where this is a historic amount
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of money that they're being given.
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So maybe work a little bit of overtime.
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You've worked overtime. I know I've had to work
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overtime. Right, yeah, I couldn't come to
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the meeting last week because I was working.
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So, you know, I miss out on a lot of stuff because I'm
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working, but hey, come on, guys, we need a little help here.
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So, so I understand that maybe if I no, I'm not going to say
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that. I'm not going to say that.
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I'll, I'll keep my thoughts to myself.
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But but, but you know, there's got to be obviously the team is,
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is, is, is is pushing and they're giving, they're giving,
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they're giving and they want the Congress people to do the same.
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Hey, give a little bit more that that that's all we can ask for.
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Just give a little bit more. So so we can get this thing done
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because in ultimately it, it's it, it will be a win win for the
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city, for the fans and ownership.
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So hopefully they can get it done.
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Yeah, I I think it's going to get done.
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Let me be clear. I it's not that I think that RF
25:18
KS at risk, but does this give the opportunity for Maryland to
25:23
all of a sudden say, hey, they're giving you 2.7, I'll
25:27
give you 2.75 and let tailgating happen.
25:30
You know, it's just different stuff like that.
25:33
So I'm, I'm not going to say never because we saw what
25:36
happened with Ted Leonsis looking like a fool out in
25:39
Virginia, you know, doing his whole press conference saying
25:42
it's going to go through but. That's, that's happened several
25:45
times in Virginia now. I mean, I think, I think about
25:49
where there's a in Alexandria, they wanted that stadium where
25:52
this where the, the, the subway or not subway, but the the
25:56
railway was and back in early, early night or late 90s and that
26:02
didn't happen. So then here we already Fast
26:05
forward to to, to Ted, it didn't happen.
26:08
And now here we are again. And what are what are the odds?
26:13
What are the odds that it it's not back at RFK, you had a bit
26:16
right now and to be at RFK at the site or to be back at
26:21
Northwest Stadium or someplace else, what the odds do you
26:23
think? I'd say 10% chance doesn't
26:25
happen. All right.
26:27
I think 90, it's happening at RFK and they're both just
26:32
playing hardball right now. The fact that the team is saying
26:34
and that Bowser saying that if we missed this deadline, then
26:38
we're at risk. Realistically, DC knows they've
26:41
got the best location. All right, DC's got the sexiest
26:45
spot for the stadium. When you want the backdrop, you
26:49
want it to be the Lincoln Memorial.
26:51
When you're doing B roll and you've got that aerial footage,
26:54
you don't want it to be no offense to row John.
26:57
You don't want to be Wegmans and that's why Wegmans.
26:59
I love that Wegmans right. You don't want to be a Royal
27:02
Farms gas station that the Goodyear blimp is looking
27:04
overhead. So I mean, the council knows
27:08
like, all right, well, you know, we got the land approved for
27:12
multi use by Congress, by the Senate and by the president,
27:17
regardless of your stadium. So we're going to do something
27:20
there. So let us look and see what
27:23
happens. I just, I hope ultimately that
27:27
cooler heads prevail and it's not just a bunch of politicians
27:31
blowing smoke up people's, you know what?
27:34
But it was a big focus of discussion when I was at the
27:37
event this past week. It was that and it was Terry.
27:40
And I wanted to make sure that our listeners that are not
27:43
local, that don't get Washington stuff 24/7 did get an update on
27:48
everything going on. Yeah, I appreciate it and I know
27:53
if I appreciate it, they appreciate it.
27:59
Like you said, hopefully cooler heads prevail as far as the
28:02
Terry contract and the stadium deal, Like you, I feel it's
28:07
going to get done. But man, if it doesn't, do you
28:12
realize the mayor can't continue to have egg on her face, bro,
28:16
You know, she, she, she just can't because because but here's
28:21
the other thing. At some point in time, you have
28:24
to stop saying it's a done deal. And here we are.
28:26
Because what, it hasn't been voted on, it's not done yet.
28:31
So what, you paraded it out there like it was and had
28:34
everybody saying yay, but all of a sudden, no, nae nae is what
28:39
they're saying. So just hold on and like I mean.
28:42
To play Welcome to DC during a press conference when they ain't
28:45
even back yet, right? I mean, I don't want to say the
28:49
balls on her because that's just not right, but damn man, if I'm
28:53
playing poker against her and if she's bluffing me, I'm probably
28:57
going to believe her every time. But she just had a straight ass
28:59
face sitting on that stage with that ownership and Rodger
29:02
Goodell. But if she shoves all in, I'm
29:04
following my cards. Had me fooled.
29:12
Yeah, I just the count and once again, I think it's going to
29:16
happen and the council's going to go through and we'll get the
29:18
football back in DC. But Speaking of football, the
29:22
team is on a break right now because they had mandatory mini
29:24
camp, right? And guess who did show that?
29:31
We weren't sure if they were going to be there because they
29:33
missed because they missed OTA's voluntary.
29:38
You talking about Lattimore? I'm talking about Marshawn
29:41
Lattimore, right? And there were some concerns
29:45
about how much of A participant he would be.
29:48
This is actually Dan Quinn talking about Lattimore's
29:50
basically status and everything he got to do during mini camp.
29:54
Dan, this may be in line with your customization for the work
29:58
at these guys. Is Marshawn a full participant
30:00
this week? He'll get a quite a bit, but
30:04
I'll see where it goes after today and do we need to see how
30:06
much tomorrow? But yeah, I would say full
30:08
participant going into it. What does that mean for
30:10
everybody? A little bit different then, but
30:12
yeah, there's no restrictions going in.
30:13
Got. You did you see any of the
30:18
reporters different clips or anything else like that of mini
30:21
camp since we couldn't be there? I mean, I saw Lattimore speaking
30:27
on why he wanted to come back and, and, and it's so weird.
30:32
I swear he listened to the podcast because everything that
30:35
I said, he basically said verbatim, you know, it's, it's a
30:40
pressure thing. You know, it brought him here to
30:43
to do certain things and, and, and here it is.
30:46
He's not living up to it in our eyes.
30:49
So he he brushed himself back a little bit faster than what he
30:52
should have. In a nutshell.
30:54
I actually I've got that clip right here.
30:56
Let the listeners hear from Marshawn's mouth.
31:00
Last year you battled some injuries.
31:02
How do you feel this year? Obviously look pretty good out
31:04
there right now. I feel good.
31:06
Just getting a full offseason to get healthy.
31:08
I feel great. You know, I've been working a
31:10
lot trying to keep my keep being a safe, you know, getting better
31:14
safe than I was obviously last year, you know, dealing with an
31:17
injury. So, you know, I feel good.
31:19
What type what type of difference do you just notice
31:21
the nuances of just being out there?
31:23
Anything specific that you really can feel a difference
31:25
compared to last year? Just the burst, you know, just
31:27
getting on my brakes and all that.
31:29
And I was dealing with Harrison, you know, that that take a lot
31:31
out of you, you know, and it take a long time to heal and I
31:34
was just trying to battle through that.
31:35
But now since I got a full, you know, offseason, I just feel
31:38
great. I feel explosive and all that.
31:40
So not really, not really. I feel a little timid, just not
31:48
like physically like, you know, not mentally like timid.
31:51
But I could tell in my game, when I watch film, I could tell
31:54
if I'm how I'm stepping, you know, I look timid, you know, in
31:57
my game. And now, you know, just being
31:59
out there for these past two days, I feel way better than I
32:01
did actually. Is it frustrating for you?
32:03
To be in a new spot and not feel like yourself, you feel like
32:06
you're. Depressed.
32:06
Yeah. Because I, I just wanted to
32:08
prove that, you know, they made the right decision, you know,
32:11
obviously. So I just want to get out there
32:13
and say what I can do. But you know, I was hurt, but I
32:16
don't want to make excuses. So I was out there.
32:18
So I was out there. If I was good enough to play,
32:21
you know, I can be evaluated on that.
32:23
So, you know, it is what it is. I just want to get out there
32:25
this year, you know, So what I can do.
32:28
So I owe you an apology because you were right.
32:31
You said he rushed himself back out there base because of the
32:34
public sentiment of them making the trade for him and wanting
32:38
him to, you know, just prove his worth.
32:41
And I didn't think the team would put him out there if he
32:43
wasn't ready. And maybe he just didn't tell
32:46
him, but you would think that the trainer's could tell that he
32:50
wasn't 100%. And if anything he hurt us more
32:53
than he helped us when he was out there.
32:55
He was a freaking liability. I remember freaking A.J.
32:57
Brown just abusing them all up and down the field and just
33:00
getting stupid penalties. I don't remember how many
33:01
penalties he got in that game, but it was just a ridiculous
33:04
amount. So to see and hear that he says
33:07
he's back, I do feel better about that because to me, the
33:12
questions we have this upcoming season are the secondary and can
33:19
we stop the run and get a pass rush, right?
33:22
When you lose Dante Fowler and all of a sudden John Allen's not
33:25
here and you're bringing Ken Law and all these other guys and you
33:28
trade it for Lattimore. Lattimore is basically the big
33:31
offseason signing that we made other than Tunsil, even though
33:34
we got him last year in the middle of the year, right?
33:36
He was just that big name that we acquired.
33:38
I think Ted out all this, what people need to understand is at
33:42
the end of the day, level heads will prevail.
33:45
And so, so many times we want to that instant fix, as we always
33:54
say. But sometimes, you know, instant
33:56
oatmeal isn't better than the oatmeal that's on the stove.
34:00
You know that microwave oatmeal sometimes doesn't taste as good
34:02
as on a stove. So just some my big sometimes.
34:07
So so my biggest thing is hey guys, just relax.
34:11
Just relax. We're going to be fine.
34:14
I agree with you. I think he's going to be OK.
34:16
I'm I'm happy that he is there. They've got a couple weeks off
34:22
that we've got training camp coming up.
34:24
I'm fingers crossed fans get to go to training camp.
34:27
I know last year we only got to go just a handful of times.
34:31
I know more and more teams are limiting the amount of practices
34:34
fans can go to. And if I'm not, I think the
34:39
Eagles only let fans go to one practice, right?
34:42
So eventually I think it's going to kind of be the norm because
34:45
they just don't want that distraction, but they still want
34:48
to have some type of fan interaction there.
34:49
So we'll see what happens. How concerned are you that
34:55
Terry's deal still not done yet and it's the middle of June?
35:00
Well, as I said before when we first started the pod, I'm not
35:04
concerned at all. He's had and and this is just
35:08
regurgitating what everyone else has said, but he's had a bunch
35:11
of mediocre quarterbacks and he still put up great numbers.
35:14
And now you mean to tell me he's had the team, the overall team
35:20
success was the best that we've had in years and you're just
35:26
going to let him go by the wayside?
35:27
No, that's not going to happen. They understand the importance
35:32
of having Terry or as far as the leadership, his catching
35:36
ability, his, his, his, his, his, his being a grown man, you
35:41
know, is is on and off the field, as they say.
35:45
So I'm not worried about it at all.
35:47
And if you remember a couple years back, he missed a couple
35:51
of practices because of the whole contract deal as well.
35:55
And that was the old regime and they gave him a deal.
35:58
This is a new regime we got, we have to say for lack of saying
36:02
it, I mean, we smarter people are in the building.
36:05
I mean, not to say that the the old people, older guys didn't
36:07
have a football acumen, but smarter people are in the
36:11
building with cooler heads, calmer heads.
36:13
Just like BC Council is looking over the contract, best believe
36:18
the commanders are looking over the contract to see what is
36:22
going to be beneficial for for them or the owners group as well
36:28
as Terry's concern. So I think that this is just as
36:33
I said before, just standard contract negotiations one O 1.
36:39
What do you think? I'm not concerned about it.
36:42
It was upsetting to see Noah Brown go out, Right.
36:46
And at a point, I guess it's good because the younger guys
36:49
are getting reps and not knowing the status of Noah, right.
36:56
This is actually, this is Dan Quinn talking about what
36:58
happened to Noah. But can you get update us on
37:00
Noah Brown? I have no update.
37:02
I know he's getting an MRI today, this afternoon.
37:05
So yeah, I don't want to speculate on what?
37:09
Yeah. MRI today.
37:10
Yeah. And then?
37:13
Wait a minute, I thought he was getting an MRI last week when
37:15
this when this happened? Yeah, this clip was from last
37:18
week. We still have no update on Noah
37:21
Brown. They.
37:22
Still have. Not talked about what happened
37:25
to him. Then that tells me it's it's, I
37:29
shouldn't say that, but on average, when you wait this
37:32
long, maybe, maybe, who knows? I'm not even playing against.
37:36
Yeah, I don't want to speculate. It's just weird and they don't.
37:39
Have any press? Conferences coming up, so there
37:42
is nothing for them to report on and say back to the media at
37:46
that point, what's going on. But it has been a week since
37:50
Noah got carted off the field and they did say he yelled in
37:55
pain when he was going off on the cart.
37:57
But listening to the Beltway football pod, they said it's
38:00
because the guy driving the golf cart hit a bump or something and
38:03
Noah yelled and shrieked in pain and then told the guy watch how
38:07
you're driving. So you know who knows?
38:10
I mean, I'm sure he definitely wasn't feeling good, but the
38:13
fact that we don't know how he's doing and he was a big part of
38:18
the offense. Granted, he did miss a decent
38:20
amount of the season last year after he got hurt with the
38:22
kidney problem, but you hate to see that happen to the guy.
38:27
And I think it was today Pro Football Focus came out with
38:30
their wide receiver quarterback combinations.
38:35
So within a 5 yard gap. Where do you think Terry and
38:43
Jaden land on that QB wide receiver list in rankings?
38:49
Out of the all 32 teams. Yeah.
38:56
I'm going to say 7. That's the final answer.
39:06
That's my final answer. All right, you got it.
39:12
They are 5th on the list. OK so actually sorry, 4th on the
39:18
list says here Jaden Daniels and Tara Mclaurin.
39:21
Daniels came in at #6 in PFF quarterback rankings for the
39:25
2025 season while Mclaurin cracked the top ten of the wide
39:28
receivers rankings. What puts this duo even higher
39:31
on the list as a collective is the fact that Daniels earned an
39:34
Elite 92.9 PFF passing grade when targeting Mclaurin and
39:40
Marcus Mariota earned an Elite 93.2 PFF passing grade when
39:44
targeting Mclaurin while Daniels was hurt.
39:47
So I'm wondering if Terry's agent is sending this to the
39:51
commanders and a you know, guys are guys are 4th on the list.
39:58
Number one was Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase, number 2 was Jalen
40:01
Hurts and A.J. Brown #3 was CJ Strata, Nico
40:05
Collins. So those are the only other
40:07
pairings that according to PFF are a better duo than the one
40:12
that we have here in DC. So.
40:16
I know it's going to get done. You know what's going to get
40:18
done, right? It's just a lot of fans have
40:21
anxiety right now with the fact that it's not.
40:23
And looking back in 2022, Terry signed his three-year extension
40:30
around July 5th, right? And he missed OTAs and mini camp
40:35
back then. And guess what?
40:36
He missed OTAs and mini camp this time.
40:38
So we'll see if history repeats itself and Terry does sign that
40:42
thing rather than July time frame.
40:45
But if he's not signed by training camp you going to start
40:49
to get worried. No, I'm even a little bit.
40:54
No, I'm not going to get worried at all because once again, it's
40:59
football holdout. It's 101 negotiations, man.
41:03
So right now he's so right now he's in basic 101, he's bought
41:06
it. If that happens, he's going to
41:07
take it up to to 102103. He's going he's going to take it
41:11
up a notch or two. But you got to do what you got
41:14
to do to secure your bag, you know, and he does hold the
41:21
pieces if he wants to play with us.
41:25
And the ownership isn't going to let it get that, get that bad.
41:28
They just aren't. They're going to.
41:29
I have faith that they're going to go ahead and get this thing
41:32
done. Don't know when, but I just have
41:35
a faith that they're going to get it done.
41:37
One last question, what gets done sooner, Terry's contract
41:41
extension or the City Council votes on RFK?
41:45
Terry's contract extension. Yeah, I think you're right.
41:48
I think the council is going to push this thing and screw it up
41:51
until later on this fall, later on the summer.
41:53
Because because here's the thing, I think what they're
41:57
trying to do is, and I could be wrong, this this is just rally
42:00
captain in in the years that I've lived my life, my this
42:04
short time on earth, the council sounds like they're saying, we
42:09
know you're billionaires. We, we know you're giving us
42:12
this money, but we're going to make you wait.
42:16
We're going to make you wait because we can do it.
42:21
And that's what I feel We we're going to give it to you, but
42:25
we're going to make you sweat a little bit before we give it to
42:29
you. I, I think you're spot on, man.
42:33
I, I think that's exactly what's happening.
42:35
And it also wouldn't surprise me if we start to hear stories and
42:40
we get closer to that July 15th deadline that anonymous sources
42:45
are talking about the team speaking with, you know, Wes
42:48
Moore and Maryland again, just to make the City Council score a
42:52
little bit, too. They have to, you can see right
42:55
now, they know that hey, look, I'll do anything for you, baby.
42:58
I'll do anything. And she's like, and and OK, so I
43:07
got all these other guys who want to do the exact same thing.
43:09
So, you know, I need I need a little bit more.
43:14
Show me some more, you know, one guy.
43:16
Well, I'll give you a Porsche. Well, I'll fly you to Brazil or
43:19
the Maldives. Well, OK, this guy here is going
43:21
to take me to Dubai. Well, now I got to step my game
43:25
up. All right, So I'm gonna put you
43:28
on the G5 instead of first class, So you see how it works?
43:32
I mean, that's just that's just how it is, man.
43:34
So you know, we we've all been there and on some level, maybe
43:39
not those levels, but in some level of our life, we've, we've
43:42
been there, we've all had to negotiate something.
43:45
So and this is no different. Well, hey, I hear the music
43:49
playing in the background was lets me know that we are coming
43:52
to a close on another episode of the DMV mess hall.
43:56
And we greatly appreciate you guys listening ownership.
43:59
We greatly appreciate you listening as well because it
44:03
takes a collective amount of people to understand what
44:08
everyone needs. Hey, you RIP it hard or you
44:14
don't RIP it at all. Rally Captain Tailgate Ted.
44:17
We'll see you in 2.