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When the game is on the line… what’s the right move? · Off the Bench - London

• Off The Bench London (00:03.014) Cheers what a week tell me about it Hey What do you think of the new intro? That new intro is sick Took me forever. Yeah, man. Well, I mean it didn't take you as long as like intros realistically should because AI is pretty good for that Shout out to Sunno. Yeah Yeah, what's this on app for that on? Another podcast and now you think they should be an ad on our podcast. Yeah, yeah. It's a great marketing plan for them. Well, when they when an AI software has Timberland, who is a huge producer in the hip hop world, promoting them. True. And he's like one of the top three producers in my, actually, Tim, Scott Storch and Swiss Beats are my top and Just Place. But that's a different story. Producers, when you have one of them. advertising for, you know, the everyday person can make AI music. Come on. So the only problem is now is I have to report that I use AI on our podcast now. Oh, that's the thing. Yes. But you know, it is what it is. And then people look at it and be like, is a dirty AI podcast. We're a small team. Yeah. We don't have the same resources as lot of other people. So you mean we don't have producers that can make us a soundtrack for our and singers and whatever to make us a whole intro. What? That's crazy. We're spending time. Yeah, we're at the clubhouse. We'll invest. We'll invest. Well, I'm just kidding. We're not doing Yeah. You know, keep coming to 100 Kellogg's Lane, the clubhouse. Yeah. Kellogg. Rip it out. over there. know, support the Milky Way apparel, the clothing line. You know, all these things go a long way. The more you guys do, the better it is for us. So then we can grow and potentially build a team, build a marketing team. You know, speaking of crazy marketing promos, listening, did you see somebody won the 10 grand from here? What? I missed that. Yeah. Off The Bench London (02:22.57) I can't remember her name, but a girl won the 10 grand. You know what? Shout out to Clubhouse for actually holding up their end of the bargain and actually letting someone win 10 grand. What? Yeah, that's crazy. That's insane. Imagine coming here and being like, spend $10. And then boom, 10 grand. So if anyone's really good at golf, they're still doing it. There you go. There you go. And it is March break, so. If you are stressed out with your kids, obviously these episodes get pushed a little bit. you know what? Maybe because we're doing something special next week that I post this one a little early. We'll see. We'll see. Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to get too ahead of myself because I don't want to make promises I can't keep. I know because once we start getting ahead of ourselves, you're like, OK, now we got. Three episodes recorded, two episodes recorded. And then I might need to Special K to come on an episode to like help me span out everything normally again. Yeah. I think you'd like that too much though. He'll be back. guarantee it. He will be back. The fans have been asking it according to Special K. Fans have been asking for him to come back. Yeah. So. Him being the fan that's asking. But No, think bringing him back for like the NFL draft because I know he's got crazy opening season for the MLB yeah, that's true because I don't know shit about baseball. Yep. So there's MLB We do need to start getting more involved with the CFL Yeah. Yeah, I want to do a couple games this year. I was like Hamilton's right there and like my family's from Hamilton Another one is Calgary. Yeah, that's a little bit out of my, you know, weekend driving radius. True, true. But on the fun fact is, depending on the situation in the world, it's actually kind of affordable to travel within Canada. Yeah. So potentially seeing a game in Calgary is very doable now. Either it's Calgary or Edmonton, either or. Off The Bench London (04:42.089) Yeah, well, because you got people out there. Plus it's just, it's just so nice. Alberta is amazing. Yeah. Like if I had an opportunity to go to Alberta, would do it in a heart. Yeah, I know you would. That's just me. But yeah, another week, another episode. Yeah. How's Boston training going for you? It's going well. It's been, it's been a learning curve. Are you plateauing? No, no, I honestly. I think a lot of it now is like, I know a little bit more, but now it's focusing on like, okay, now I need to put more effort into head movement. need to put more, like, I'm trying to focus on like the defensive aspect of it. Cause after, after having that conversation with Heather a few weeks ago, even just like, cause obviously you can throw some power punches, but if you're not connecting and like say I'm throwing five big power punches and I'm connecting with them, but in between every time I hit them really well, they're getting me with like a handful of jabs in a couple, couple of shots and like, well, I'm losing on the scorecard. So focusing on not getting hit. Plus, you know, it's just better for yourself. True. Well, it's way more fun when you're not getting hit. True, true. I need this weather in London, Ontario to get better, though, and not have this chaotic. Oh, bring God. What is going on? It's supposed to be like minus or everyone will be seeing this later. But like tonight is supposed to feel like minus 20. Is it actually? Yeah. And I was hoping to get out the. It's going to be like. Off The Bench London (06:42.788) 10, minus 10 feels like minus 20 or something. Meanwhile, like, what, four days ago was like 12 degrees. Sunday night was 11. Just get out of hand. out of hand. a little. But yeah, another episode here again, episode 27. Man, the numbers keep coming up. Okay, so I was looking at our notes. I was like, what number are we on? Because it was a lot easier for me to mentally keep track when we were just like lined up with the weeks in the NFL season. And then once that ended, I'm just like, I don't know how to count. Episode 27. It's flying. Yes, like even just thinking about like our boxing Like we started that in January. Yep, and we are Like 10 weeks in I think yep something like that. Yeah, what's the month away almost? Hey, no, no month a bit month and a half. Yeah, because yeah, cuz it's a fights May 3rd May 3rd or May 9th May 3rd or May 9th. Yep. We'll see but Yeah Time flies. Hey, you know what they say, time flies when you party naked. Oh, all right. I thought you were going to say have fun, but time also flies when you're partying naked. That is something that one of our sponsors would definitely say from Pesquet Scenario. As his wife is giggling. Shout out to Pesquet Scenario. you know, let's be honest. Time flies when you party naked. All day. All day. All night. All day. All night. Now we're sounding like Joe Rogan. Showed it to anyone who gets that reference. Fair. Clearly you've listened to the right part. You're listening to the right podcast. Yeah, you have to be. Yeah. So, yeah, there's a few things I want to, you know, touch on today. Obviously, we don't have the guest on today. Change of pace. Yeah. And a huge shout out to our past guests. Coulter, who was on last week. Off The Bench London (08:51.492) Yeah, he was awesome. That was a fun episode. Fun fact, me knowing how to rearrange everything. My mic has to be in between us instead of on the outside. Oh, yeah. Because the way I had the mic set up last week, the audio was a little iffy. So I had to do a little bit of work to make that a lot better. Yeah. A little tweaking. So it's rough episode. feel better. So when we have a guest on, we're just going to be like, OK. The two mics are on your arm, the arms of your chair. Don't touch them. Don't touch them or you'll ruin everything. Just give them mad anxiety. Yeah. So the mics have to be in between us. So like, it'll be me, Mike, you, Mike. Yes. That's a lot of people on a podcast. Two mics, five people. Wow. I'm not, I'm not going in the direction that I could go in. But so yeah, but that episode was great. And then After that we had Heather, that was another great episode. And then after that we had Before that we yeah, before, not after. You know what I mean, you know what mean. You know we've been blessed with like some really great guests on the show. So I want to do a huge shout out to them and say hey thanks for taking the time to come to the clubhouse and joining us for a pint or whatever it was you had the time for a drink. Whatever tickles your fancy I suppose. know 650 pints at a or 650 drinks at clubhouse now. Yeah. And obviously, you know, you get the powerhouse viewer. So cheers to that. Look at us cheersing when my glass is actually full for once. Took long enough. Seriously, we just got to do that more in the beginning. I can always make the edits and then we, you know, just flip it back and I can be like, cheers at the end. I he was drinking his beer the whole entire time, but now it's magically full. Yeah. But you know. No, and then we'll end up like a Netflix show and have like cups you can't see through that so you can't tell how full it is so they can edit however they want. It's a point. It's a good point. Yeah. I'm not saying we should do that. I don't want to do that. Well, the first thing is actually getting sponsored by Netflix and that's Oh, yeah. I think that's we may be a tad bit from there. But Netflix, if you're listening, we know you're listening to everything. We know you got podcasts now. So that'd be kind of neat. Every bit counts. Yeah. Off The Bench London (11:18.047) And you know Netflix now I'm gonna say Disney and I'm gonna say Start local dream big Rogers TV Yeah, that's possibility. That's true. But okay, so last week Oh, think were you gonna mention that we're both finally wearing the Jordans at the same time? I wasn't gonna say it, But yeah, yeah. Right? It's nice. It's a good look. I don't know if that's on camera, but they're there. They exist. bottom. Look good. We're actually matching our logo. Yeah. Kinda. Kinda. I mean, I got the other ones that were pretty much the same as the logo. True, true, true. I just, I prefer low tops. don't know. I top all day. Yeah. well. But like, you know, the fresh prints. Yeah. All day. Air fresh. Hey shit, I still smell it thoughts on that for a boxing intro song What do you the fresh prince? know if could do that Honestly, like I'm kind of leading. Okay, the song that I'm kind of leaning towards for my intro is why can't we be friends? But but yeah like but with you walking out like a stone-cold killer, yeah Yeah, that's what I'm towards or you know, or I might AI it who knows I? May not Yeah, see, I feel like it's interesting because you kind of want to do that AI thing because it's so easy. It's too easy. But at the same time, it's cool and you have a song that everyone knows and everyone can hear the song, yeah. Instead of like... One of my friends was telling me I should come out to a Rick Ross and Skrillex song, Purple Lamborghinis. And I was listening to that song and I like... Off The Bench London (13:22.411) I used to listen to that song back in the day and that used to be like my hype song. Yeah. So like I agree. But the problem is like it's so hype that I'm not like in fighting mode. I almost want to go into like dance mode. Same thing. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, Fighting mode and dance mode are totally different. Well, it's a dance. haven't seen me, my buddy at music hall on a rave night. Like there's a reason why there is a difference. Right. I haven't seen anyone at music hall at a rave night. I haven't gone to a rave night. No, no one invites me to these things. Yeah, I can't dance. It's true. You got two left feet. Yeah, but but you know, I do. I always think it's hilarious because like I have I like actually have really good coordination with my feet. When it comes to kicking a ball. But like rhythm and like dancing wise, not so much. That doesn't make sense. I know, right? It doesn't. It really doesn't. Could be because you're a ginger. I'm not a ginger, but it's Just because I don't tan and have a little bit of it. My beard. Like, yeah, I'm sorry. No, man. When I was a kid, my my hair was like as wide as your shoes. Interesting. Yeah. So we see that stress. Yes. No, it changed clothes because of stress. I think. Yeah. Yours went the opposite way? Something like that. Yeah. It has nothing to do with age. But back to the concept of a walkout music, you know, and using AI, it kind of leads me into like what I of wanted to chat about. Kind of like ethical-ness. Right? because like you mean like cheating, trying to cheat the system? the system or, you know, it's not as genuine. It's not. Off The Bench London (15:27.343) Yeah. Like AI is really, really great, but it's also taking a lot out of like the concept, the hard work. It's true. Cause like you see so many people like you can just throw a couple of clever prompts into it and it spits out all of this. It's super helpful. But the problem is when people lean too much on it and everybody, I feel like everybody these days can sniff out an AI post if they see one. And the AI post and AI resume and you're like, know what I mean? All those stupid emojis on there. You see those and you're like, yup. No one uses that. At this rate, all those TikTok trends are probably AI. Well, yeah, I don't know. And then everyone's trying to copy. I'm still not on TikTok. We are, but we are. I've never seen it. I feel bad for the dating world, for everyone. posting up their information on an AI software and be like, how do I get more likes on my dating profile and what is working? And then AI spits out their profile and then see if it actually works. And then just like crucifies them and it's like, well, if you tried not looking like this, it would be better. Have you tried going to the gym once? No, like I, but with AI, there's so there's, there's so many benefits and like, but there's It's just making people lazy with benefits and disadvantages. Yeah But like as we're talking about ethics last week something huge happened Yeah, yeah. No, that was insane. I'm Insane when you look at it from like when you just see the highlight like there are the the headline. It's insane. Mm-hmm But then when you actually look at the box scores and how the game played out and all the shit like sorry the stuff behind the scenes, it paints a totally different picture. 100%. Okay. So what we're talking about is Bam Atabato. You're so bad with names. I know. Bam from Miami Heat. Last week, dropped 83 points. Yeah. As a Laker fan, I never want to see anyone beat Kobe's 81 points. Off The Bench London (17:51.382) Yeah, and like, and I didn't I didn't think it would ever happen. I never thought I knew we going to get close, but ethically, I thought most teams would not touch it. Yeah. You know what mean? Like, oh, someone got if he got to 80, it would have been fine if he tied it. I would have been fine. But breaking Kobe's record, I was just like, yeah, but I mean, I guess records are all meant to be broken. Understandable. And everybody wants the record. But then ethically when you look at the box score, you know that they were boosting his numbers. Oh, yeah, they were because what was it that was the magic or wizards? It was the magic. No, it was. What team was it? It was not the magic. No, it was a wizard. Yeah, it was the Houston Wizards. Sorry. Washington was. Yeah. Washington Wizards. Yes, because everyone's basically injured on that team. Yeah. And like the game was over so fast and like Why are you keeping it like Bam had like 43 points at the end of the first half. But what did he have for, I think he had 43 free throws and got like 35 points from free throws. Like yes, like that's crazy. Also putting up 48 points without free throws would be crazy, but like. At what point are you just like, okay, well, maybe like are the what refs blowing whistles on things that aren't necessarily don't need to be called? Are they calling soft calls? It's the refs, was both teams though. Yeah. Right. It got to that point where like they're just hocking it up to Bam and Bam's catching it and somebody's fouling him. Yeah. And then once they're in foul trouble, it's just like, okay, the plan is to just hock it to Bam. Well, okay, so you're like missing free throws on purpose so they can get the ball back to him. Yes, slowing the clock down so we can get to 83 points now. Yeah, like why why was Miami fouling at the end of the game when they're up by a bunch of points over 20 points by over 20 points so they can get the ball back so they can feed him to try and get him the record. Now the sentimental moment about it is he dropped 83 points on that day, right? March 10th. Off The Bench London (20:15.589) Five years ago on March 10th, his grandma passed away at the age of 83. So when you look at it from that perspective, it got to the point where it's like the concept of sports is larger than life. It's huge. Yeah. For everyone else in the world, you know, whether you're watching another game, I believe it was the Celtics playing that day and that was a huge game. Tatum was coming back. Yes. So Tatum was coming back. I think it was that game. Or it might be the before But Tatum don't so the Celtics are playing that was a huge game I want to say that something's you're playing. Okay, don't call me on that but Everyone switched off of that channel because well, maybe I think they were playing the Spurs. It might have been the Spurs. Yeah Yeah, you know what you're right it was a Spurs Everyone was switching off from the game of the week to go and watch BAM drop 83 points everyone in attendance everyone sleeper app and you know how sleeper works sleeper and that Sleepers get gets a little out of hand sometimes though. Like I really need to start turning those notifications off after the first quarter Bam dropped over 21 points and then sleepers going off and telling me Oh alert alert alert BAMs going off second quarter drops over 40. All right third quarter over 60. It was okay. Can you can you beat the record? Yeah, right So you have all that going on and like everyone's tuning in and seeing what's going on and Kobe's last game where he dropped 60 it was almost the exact same thing where both teams were just doing it for Kobe and feeding him and it was like this is your last game you know pad your stats. But when he dropped 81 it wasn't like that he was scoring to come back. Yes. Whereas it's different when you're just padding your stats from a massive lead. Yes. Plus, Kobe did it with only like, I think he had like 17 free throws. Yes. Versus like, significantly less free throws. And his shooting percentage was way higher. 100%, because he was trying to win a game. Yeah, he was trying to win a game, not trying to just curb stomp the Wizards into the dirt. But here's the other thing, it's like, when we were playing sports, Off The Bench London (22:44.75) and the team's beating you by 10 points, it's a team that's losing's job to try to stop you from scoring. Yeah. But at that game, they kind of just gave up. looked like both teams gave up. Well, one team gave up. The other one was just like, let's just pass the stats and go from there. And it's it's hard to see sports nowadays get to the point where it's like, it's spectacle or is it a competition? Well, that's the problem with the NBA, though, because like so many games you look at it you're like, it's meaningless. Yeah. Like it doesn't matter the only reason we're talking about is because they broke that record. The other thing I do find neat though because he's with Asia Wilson. Yes he is. And she has the record for the most points in a WNBA game. 63 points I believe. Yeah which is kind of neat that they're... or 53, one of the two. So they're gonna build a super athlete. Yeah she is pregnant. Is she pregnant right now? She's pregnant. Oh damn. I believe she is pregnant. yeah, so that's going to be a future Hall of Famer Hall of Famer regard like either way either or the huge individuals and well the way the WNBA is growing like because I know they're fighting over their contracts and stuff now. I think I saw like I the the players are fighting for like to get like 40 % of the gross revenue and then the association is fighting to give them 70 % of net. So like the players want 40 % of before expenses and you can't believe is like, no, you can have 70 % of the profit. Yeah. Which we all joke about, but the WNBA, so the players are going to end up owing money. Yes. But I'm not here to talk about politics yet. I know it's just all the numbers and politics and stuff, but like not here to talk. I'm not trying to get canceled. Off The Bench London (24:55.501) Not today. Maybe when we hit a hundred episodes, we'll try. Hey, I mean, I honestly I think it'd be fun to go to a WNBA game. 100 % I am down. Where's the closest WNBA? Toronto. They have a team? Toronto. Yeah, it starts this year. Okay, okay. Toronto Fever, I believe is the team name. Isn't Indiana Fever a thing already? Or is it Toronto Tempo? That sounds more right. It could be Toronto Tempo. Yeah. That would make some more sense. Yeah, but Toronto starting there. I believe it starts this year because I Someone came to the tasting room and told me that they got season tickets for For Toronto and got all the merch and all that already. really? Yeah, so but I wonder how much season tickets are but on that note Did you did see the other update that happened today? You mean Justin Fields is a wasn't gonna go into I wasn't I was going on to Canada's uniform. Oh, those are so sick. Those are dope. Oh my God. I would have minded doing an episode in those kits. Yeah. Like that, like I'll be posting the kits on our podcast. So you saw both? Yes. The white ones or the red ones? Sick. The black ones are dynamite. And that's my whole apparel. It's so nice and red with like the it comes like blood spatter, but it's so nice Like don't get me wrong team USA's jury. Okay. Yeah, they're just there striped jersey. Yeah, there's that's what I expect but team Canada Yo, Nike did know like no business coming out with these fire jerseys. They're sick. Well, I kind of want to see Mexico's now I feel like Mexicos are always pretty standard. If you're hosting though and yeah like USA is USA whatever I don't that's we'll leave that for another day but Team Canada and if Mexico's kids are like yeah we're gonna we're definitely gonna be talking a lot of World Cup once we get into that. That starts in June I think. so. soon. There's also all that drama with the yeah we won't talk about that this political Off The Bench London (27:13.896) Shenanigans, but they might let that might be the reason that Italy gets in Because Italy is the well, they're the top ranked team that isn't in yes, they had to play yeah They saw they're like a playoff thing, but so they could get in on their own merit still But they might just let them in before before that sure Which is kind of oh? Yeah, I guess Tottenham got a point. That's a good thing. They didn't win. We got a point. We tied. We are one step closer of not being relegated. I was so tempted to wear a Tottenham jersey to be like, we're still not in the champions. We're still not getting relegated. We still have a chance. But I'm not trying to get crucified online from every single Arsenal fan that I know is. like to subscribe on this podcast. They'll still crucify you. I know because I just said it. Yeah. At least there's no visual proof. It's great. I know how it feels to be a Toronto Maple Leafs fan with, you know, getting so close, except like that's one thing that I really do like about like the the soccer football promotion system over there. consequences? Yeah, because if your team sucks, you get relegated. If your team continues to play bad, you get relegated. And then when you win, you move up. And then that gives you the money. it's like how, like, Wrexham, it's insane what they've done. Because they dumped a bunch of money in, boosted it up and up and up. And they went from like, what was it, like, League four or five? Yeah. Like almost the bottom. Next year they're probably going be in the Well as of right now they'll be in the playoff to make it into the Premier League. In like seven years or something. With the documentary going on with the... Oh yeah. Everything is televised now with the two guys who have spirited this. The only thing I hate about those is because if you actually really like it... Off The Bench London (29:38.86) and watch it. It's the same thing with the F1 drive to survive. Because the show comes out a year later, if you actually watch them, you know exactly what's gonna happen. So there's no surprises. That's true. But it does deep dive in and you see a lot of like the behind the scenes footage. honestly, because at the beginning, watching that Welcome to Wrexham was crazy because you're not watching these lower league games and then all of sudden people are you're finding them online you're actually able to watch them so you start getting into it and getting into it yeah and I honestly think that came out at the perfect time because of like the whole tet lasso show blowing up and it's a I mean it's not the same thing but it's similar concept going back which is coming back and yeah Which I think that's gonna be sick. But just the fact that you can move up like that, it gives people that hope. like if, well it gives everyone a lot more motivation. Because you can't just tank for draft picks. Like there's no draft in soccer. There is, it's not the same. You go for a tryout. And then they go, yeah, we'll pay you. we have your, when you signed a contract with us, we have your rights for X amount of years. Players end up on loan, which is kind of cool that like teams can be like, okay, well, you're not getting the playing time with us. We're still paying you, but we're loaning you out to this, this other club for X amount, which is kind of cool. Like they're paying to retain their rights. And then sometimes players get called up. Sometimes players, they'll drop them and they'll just let them sign with the team they're on loan with. So it's kind of, it's a totally different dynamic. I kind of like it better though. But you have to have more teams to implement that in North America. Well, and that's exactly it. Like there's only so many top tier teams, but like imagine if... Off The Bench London (31:57.655) I don't know if the bottom team, because they have all these, what's the new one? The AFL that's coming up? Like the spring football? UFL. UFL. So with that coming up, imagine if a team doesn't play well and just gets relegated to a different league. I mean, they can't do that. No. because there's so much money involved. But like, it would be an interesting way to threaten players. or make players have to play. But then they would just refuse to play. It's too much. Yeah. Which is like, it's so that's the most frustrating part. Like all the load management and like contracts like right now, like this time of year. I this time of year, it's mostly players just signing or refusing to sign and then they just refuse to Philadelphia Eagles getting Dallas Goddard. Yeah. Who was one of the guys retired to? Yeah, but with free agency and people trying to sign everybody, financial Olympics that these teams go through to try and get all of their players signed and try to make all these contracts work because you're just spreading contracts over different years. and front loading, back loading contracts, players restructuring deals to make everything fit is insane. And you can tell, because obviously the team, this is the time of year when you see that Philly has such a good GM because they manage that salary cap so well. And then you have other teams that are just out to lunch and do weird stuff, but like. Off The Bench London (34:01.267) Like the Raiders just spent so much money and then had that trade not go through. So now they have to figure out something to do. whether it's restructuring deals. would restructure Basha Crosby because you just fixed your old line or your D line. Like true right now. But do you think he's going to be like, actually, you know what? I'll come back for less money. No, but as long as you're competing for a championship within the next two years, he's not retiring. No. So you can take an easy year to help your boy over there who just joined them. No, joined the Ravens. But um, just wanted to sack Joe Burrow. Yeah, that's going to be, it would have been sweet though if it was Max Crosby and Trey. Yeah, I don't think so with, with him, it's such a difference because like he's one of those players that like if he's all go and if he doesn't get it, he leaves that side of the defense exposed. All gas, no brakes. Yeah, so he's go, go, go. But if it's, if you just run it, he goes outside and you're like, cool. There's a giant hole. Yeah. Or like, like, so in that aspect, it's not ideal, but like as far as a just pass rusher, he's great. Depending on how injured he is throughout the year, but like, yeah, with the Raiders, I don't know. I. Raiders, well. The greasiest move they ever did was trading Geno Smith back to the Jets Yeah, that's so funny like the full circle now that he's he started his career in New York And now he's potentially gonna end his career as a jet. Yeah, I feel bad for him. But it is what it is That's that's that's life. Hey, they The Jets saw it saw him play for Vegas and we're like damn Off The Bench London (36:07.323) We could really use a number one. They all played Seattle and saw what happened there. They needed a player like the Seattle version of him. The Raider version. That wasn't his fault. No, they they well they need someone who can carry them to a number one pick. If you think so, yeah. Well, I mean there's been a lot of a lot of big moves right now, like Kyler Murray move into Minnesota. Justin Fielson. Did you see how little they're paying Kyler Murray though? Yeah, 1.3 million. Yeah. Yeah, you know, there's there's like a lot like more than you'd think of long snappers That are getting paid more than him, but he's still getting paid from the Cardinals. Yeah, right because he got released. Yeah, so Yeah, and then to what to the same thing with Tua. Yeah, it's it's funny like how these massive contracts just blow up in some teams faces But that's what I like I don't understand how like As soon as one player gets paid an insane amount, everyone else is like, that's the new benchmark. I'm not playing unless I get paid more than that guy. I'm like, you're not that good. everyone, well, you're supposed to always think that you're that good. Yeah. But like if one guy gets paid, if like you're getting paid 20 million and then all of a sudden Trevor Lawrence gets paid or Joe Burrow gets paid 55 million. then Trevor Lawrence is like, I want 55 million. Gets 55, I think Trevor Lawrence might've been first, but you know what I mean. I know what you mean. Like Josh Allen gets paid a shit ton. Yeah, but it's like, you gotta think of the salary cap also as like a dating app. Everyone thinks they're the best. Yeah. Right? Whether you have the accolades to show for it or not. And like, let's be honest, everyone's a pro bowler nowadays. Oh, so. if they're using the pro bowl as leveraged on how they get their contracts. Or, you know, these pro bowl appearances need asterisks. You know what I mean? Like, technically, what's the name? Should do Sanders. He's a pro bowler. He's a pro bowler. He can use that as reference. And I'm sure he will. And as long as you have an agent that will fight for you, you'll get whatever you want. You know what I mean? Now, takes people like us to be like, OK, Off The Bench London (38:32.378) We know it was a fudged up year because it was fan voting, but Oh, yeah, but like With but in 10 years, no one's gonna know that no everyone's gonna remember No one's gonna pay attention to the numbers like BAMS 83, but if but if he does step up and next year he's a pro bowler somehow and It's gonna hold more value and then he'll be like, oh he's a two-time pro bowler and they'll forget that one he shouldn't have been one but with all that I think it's Hilarious because like with the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl that just goes to show you like don't pay your quarterback so much Like you don't have to pay everyone like there's a reason that the Patriots were good for so long because Tom Brady was smart and he was like I'm gonna take a team-friendly deal I'm not gonna if I get paid 20 million less and take a bunch more incentives a bunch more endorsements I'm still gonna be making the same amount of money. Plus, when you win, you make more money. And when you take less, you can give your players more. Like, hey, we have 20 million more to spend on the O-line. Well, here's the crazy thing that I think of right now. It's like Kenneth Walker. Oh, God. He's on the Chiefs now. You know what I mean? Like, from winning a Super Bowl... Even during the parade trying to get a contract done because he wanted to stay in Seattle. Man, that was such a slap in the face to him. Yeah. Like Super Bowl MVP and you're not even getting re-signed. Yeah, and they're just like, yeah, he's already trying to it, trying to use that for leverage. Like jokingly, but like in front of him in his speed, like, just a bad luck. Well, we know they're not going to repeat. No, probably not. No, I feel like that's like we I hope not do what they did with cash Well, I feel like the thing is with the NFL when the team wins a Super Bowl target Everyone's like we want some of those guys So then as soon as free agency hits like the Bengals gotta got one of their guys. I Got a linebacker. Yes, you did was a linebacker CB No, we got a linebacker and then Off The Bench London (40:57.909) a safety from Kansas City. That's it. That's it. But it's everyone just goes after and tries to take all their players. Well, you know, because you want Super Bowl pretty great on your team. Yeah, exactly. So I still haven't heard the word of AJ Brown, but it's not. I hope he doesn't get traded, but the writing's on the wall. He's probably I have speculations where he's going to go. Obviously Patriots are one of them Right. what did I see? It was the Patriots that I saw and the other one was What the team is a number one Ravens God, I I would hate that right because He was their number one safe hours Yeah, that's not no there was another team. I someone was talking about him going to the Rams I was like, lord, they're like That is too many mouths to feed and he would be whining the whole time. Because you know, Puka is still going to get the same amount of touches. Yeah. then Devontae Adams is going to beat Devontae Adams. So AJ would have to be the third receiver. That's not happening. Yeah. But if he goes to Baltimore, he'll be the number one receiver because we know Zay Flowers is not the number one. Yeah. Pro Bowler, but not enough. So true. So true. The other thing that I also pay attention to is like I'm still waiting to see the update about Lamar Jackson And the reason why I say I'm like a lot of contacts is like At one point are you taking the consideration that it could be Lamar's time to go because he's not gonna be the one to get The ravens over the hump. I don't know. I feel like well, obviously they're gonna have him this year, but because last year was injury issues. Off The Bench London (42:57.426) But it's gonna be interesting to see what happens this year without Harbaugh. Without Harbaugh, but like, and I've been saying this to like you guys, is it's like when you got rid of your coach, you should have got rid of your coach. You didn't. Joe Burrow was injured. He's always injured. I understand that Joe Burrow is a future of this insanity bangles, but at some point your quarterback has to take responsibility for always being injured. Same with Lamar Jackson. Every time he's in the playoffs, the amount of fumbles he has, like in Buffalo, Josh Allen, the amount of times that in the playoffs, he's actually the one causing all these things because he's trying to be Superman. Well, yeah, I think that's one of the things that comes down to it. Because like, end of the day is the ball is in these players' hands every single play. Yes. And they're going to try and be the hero, right? Like, they're going to, like, Joe Burrow has a... And I guess Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen too. Josh Allen's just pretty, like really durable, but they put themselves in these situations that can have unfavorable outcomes. Like Joe Burroughs said before, he's like, if I'm at a fourth and long and I'm going for it and I throw it 25 yards, 30 yards down the field. What's the difference between like it's almost better if they if it's an interception? Yeah, I'm Because like thinking about it that way. Or like sometimes it's better to just take the sack. Yeah. So like that's why my Lamar Jackson likes to make sure his stats are padded. He doesn't throw it away because he wants his completion percentage to be higher up there. But that's my point right now. It's just like. sometimes having that superstar in the quarterback position is actually the reason why you're not winning. And I look at the two teams that were in the Super Bowl, know, Seattle and Patriots. No, that's what I mean. Like when you when you're not paying one guy a third of your salary, I don't know what was the I don't know what the NFL salary recap is off the top of my head, but I can't remember. But when you're not paying one player a gigantic chunk of your salary, like the Bengals have Off The Bench London (45:20.273) like three players that have half their salary. You can't win a Super Bowl. It makes it very difficult and you have to find and then to win with like that, you have to have the right draft picks. You have to be making those smart free agency moves, which they're we all know they're not making great picks. I really hope we get that one sunny kid though. The running back? No, he's a linebacker that runs like a 4-4. Yeah, but mmm. No, he's like a super athlete. I think it's sunny styles. Okay. Yeah, then he's like one of guys. Yeah, I know. He's like one of you guys. I can dream. But yeah. Yeah, realities. This is when's the NFL draft? is April end of April, I think. Something like that. Yeah, I've still got lots of time. The other one I find interesting. I know we don't talk about this very often. I don't know how much you know about F1. No. I have two friends that are huge in F1. Okay, so this year, or the last year, not last year, but the couple years before, Red Bull, Max Verstappen, destroying everybody, winning all these races. Obviously at... Like that year, Red Bull had by far a better car. Last year, McLaren ran away with everything. Like, Max made it close near the end, but end of the day, the only reason Max almost took the title was because McLaren was going 1-2 all year. And they were fighting over first place. But... because they had the by far better car. And this year, every year they changed all the like little tiny rules. when you're in races like that, everything's going so fast and it's like milliseconds that you're counting. And at those speeds, those little tiny fractions add up. like this year Mercedes cars, way better than everyone else. And they're just cleaning house. Okay, so I'm gonna backtrack a little. Off The Bench London (47:44.886) Can you break down NASCAR for me? Because when I view NASCAR. NASCAR I have no idea. Or sorry, F1. When you break down, I believe there's a standard, like a model car that every company needs to build. And they can't necessarily change their fenders or, you know, have a certain steel. No, they have, there's, it's insanely specific. but because it's so specific, they'll find tiny things that they can tweak. Like it says you're not allowed to have like, I don't know, like little specific things and those tiny details. To make your car more aerodynamic or to change the way the wind. Like if your wing is slightly different, like moves a little bit different, you'll be that much better. But then you'd think every company would be able to like... Because they all hide all their secrets. So then next year, the rules will change slightly to erase all of the bonuses that everyone found, like the loopholes that they found last year. And then they'll just create more loopholes. you, like, me personally, I would view it as just like, you have to submit your car in before it even races. They do. For the judges to like... Analyzed and then they can penalize who's did what X Y Z So in every car should be very similar It should be come down to an eye and muscle reflexing contest not a car they do but it's vacation Exactly, like that's how I view it me being the outside in because like obviously we're gonna talk about all types of sports and all that been like like for me is like horse racing makes more sense because That's based off a breed and you can't really modify a breed I guess you could. You know what I mean? But obviously the extensionality of that is going to be a lot more different compared to NASCAR. Yeah. Where everyone can make a car and it's not hard like for these types of companies, it's not hard for them to make another car. It's not all identical. That's the great because it's all these cars like they're just kind of one. Then there's no Off The Bench London (50:04.109) Exactly. Some teams are racing with a handicap. That's why you see the same teams at the top every time. The one interview I found hilarious though was Verstappen was saying how he's complaining about some of the new rules because now they have like an electric battery in it so they can have like an e-boost or something at certain times but like You only have so much charge and he's like, who is this Mario Kart? like, but they're doing these weird rules. So there's more passing in it because if I say, if I try and save my boost, like I'm using it just barely enough to get past you. is need for speed. Yeah, exactly. But you don't know when the other guy's going to use it. So it's just allowing for more movement. But he's like, what is this Mario Kart? And he's complaining about the cars being like, yeah, it's not fun when one team's always winning, which is hilarious coming from the guy who won like every race for an entire year. He's like, I wouldn't enjoy it if one person was winning. If I was winning all the time, you did enjoy it when you were winning all the time. Yeah, but it's usually what happens when, you know, when you're on top, you don't care when you're losing. It's like, that's not fair. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. When you're like, you're the one that's winning and it's like, it's like kids. Well, it's like cheese fans. Like when someone says, you're cheating. What's their response? Cry about it. Yeah. Or stop me. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But then when someone else is winning, they're like, they're doing, they're cheating. You know, it's good that we're talking about that because it is March break and all these kids are now off. man. Yeah. Kind of fitting. Any parents sitting at home, I'm sure you got some kids crying about something. Well, I think a lot of parents are trying to offload their kids this week. But it's just key. feel like March break is just about keeping your kids busy. Well, I feel bad for a lot of parents because March break always happens the same week as March break. So like parents can't even get drunk all day because they have to take care of their kids. What do you mean? March breaks happens the same time as March break. Sorry, March break and St. Patrick's Day. yeah. Right. Like parents can't get drunk on St. Patrick's Day. Off The Bench London (52:28.497) Sure they can, those are just kind of irresponsible. That's what grandparents are for. True, So, But, showed up to all those parents out there that are hanging out with their kids all week. I think the hardest part is trying to find things for the kids to do, because obviously your life doesn't slow down. Why do you have to find, like... You can't leave your eight-year-old home alone. Well, maybe yeah, no, I don't I don't know obviously I don't have kids laws nowadays Everyone's trying to find camps and all that. Yeah But I don't like I don't remember doing anything crazy Back in the day for much break. It was just I'm trying to think yeah, I don't know hanging on the street Oh, yeah, so much ball hockey Yeah, you know go play go play in the neighborhood Yeah, Final Fantasy 7 the best Final Fantasy ever Like that's never a Final Fantasy person. Yeah, that was a huge file. Well, I'm a Final Fantasy 7 and let's enjoy good person but Yeah, I'm not playing of course. I was playing video games at that age, know And now you're a tech guy that likes sports. That's what wall aspects of sports. Yeah Off The Bench London (53:56.929) Yeah. you know, think any, any other crazy news going on any takes you want to head us up with? Ooh. Off The Bench London (54:10.765) Well, you've been okay. So you've been following NBA now. 100%. Who you got for MVP right now? Off The Bench London (54:23.459) Okay, okay. I'm gonna break it down like this. I want back to back MVP champ SGA. Yeah. Bring it home to Canada. That too. I want him back to back due to the fact that if he for some reason wins it, it gets to the point where it's not all about stat stuffing wins. Wins should matter. Where it's like wins and team effort and being the MVP of a league slash a team wins it, not, you know, Joker with the most assists with the highest percentage or, you know, the next other person I could think of would have been Jalen Brown, where the clear number one was Tatum. Okay, but then Tatum went, see, Jalen Brown, when Tatum was gone, he basically willed the Celtics into being, what are they, like third? Second or third? Second? Second to the East? Obviously the East isn't as strong as the West right now. But like, the fact that everyone looked at it like, they're tanking here. And Jaylen Brown is literally just keeping them relevant and they're really, really good. It's the whole team. Yeah. But we know who the clear- He's elevated the team because he's like, no guys, we're not losing. Yeah. Everyone thinks we're going to tank. Let's not do it. No, like Jaylen Brown is- Leaps and bounds ahead of what I thought he was gonna be I knew like he was good Yeah, I didn't think he was like number one good But I think with Tatum Tatum just coming back Tatum's gonna obviously come back a little bit slower but like the fact that he's carrying the team and Tatum can just slide in and be a number two number three Like he doesn't need to be that guy off the hop true, but like that shows a lot for him to answer your question though My top three is Jalen Brown, SGA, and I have to say it, the alien, Victor Womanyana. Not Jokic? I can't. Victor, what Victor is doing this year, he's still too skinny for my liking. He's playing so good. He is doing things in a sturdier now in the league. Yeah. He is showing why he is going to be the face of the NBA moving forward. Off The Bench London (56:47.802) He's off of the media. The unfortunate thing is from Europe. Yeah. You know what I mean? And you the problem is when you want to look at like the face of the NBA, you kind of want. I think it's funny that all of the players you mentioned of the four the four people that were mentioned. Yes. Only one of them is American. Yes. Yes. Yes. It's kind of it kind of shows you how well it's growing as a global. Yeah. Yeah. Like. Well, you know kids like you meet kids these days and they're like I don't want to go play like maybe I wanted to try and play in the NBA but they you understand that that's not realistic but all these things are going on in in Europe and they're like I kind of want to go play basketball in Europe. Yeah. I kind of want to go do this over there because they're seeing it's good over there. So you're getting that competition. Well. That too, but it's also just the fact that you know, the level entry is a lot cheaper compared to the counterparts like hockey Yeah, you know, it's cheaper to play basketball Yeah, you just need a hoop cheaper to play soccer to degree now It's harder to get recognized because you need to join a club and you have to get exposure from a team outside of But I mean that's part of the reason that that I got into soccer as a kid I hockey is Insanely expensive like you need to get like even this the sticks now are ridiculous. They're like 200 bucks Yeah, but not more but you need about four to five a year because they keep breaking but you need you need the sticks you need especially when kids are growing you got to replace all their equipment I Sometimes as often as like two three times a year. Yeah, that's insane. Well if we're talking about skates alone That's five times a year because your feet keep growing. Yeah Off The Bench London (58:38.994) Like yes, you're like get things used and whatever, but at the same time you're like, you can't, you can't always get used things though. No, and those, cause everyone's growing out of their stuff. like, but even then it's still just expensive. Yeah. Like you got to, it's, and it's a lot of work, but like soccer, well, when's the last time you bought new soccer equipment? Two years. Two years ago. Shoes. Yeah. Yeah. That's one pair of shoes for probably like you got Even if you get like top tier shoes, you're like $300. The last time I had to buy- Or insanely expensive shoes. The last time I had to buy cleats was after I broke my ankle and they had to cut the cleats to get my- Oh, gross. Yeah, unfortunately. yeah, the level of entry, like if I ever have a kid, it's soccer, it's basketball, volleyball, it's gonna be golf. It's gonna be- Well, golf isn't cheap, but- The level of entry to get into- Disc golf. Disc golf is another huge one. Boxing is another huge one. Well, yeah, it's like we were saying, like everyone has the same equipment. So you're like, for soccer, I can't, I think I've had my shin pads for a long time. The biggest expense is the hotels. Yeah. Yeah. travel and tournaments and stuff, but like you don't necessarily need to do those. And now that I know how to camp, can camp for those. I remember doing that as a kid. like, we go to tournaments and like, you're like, no, we're just camping out. We're just doing like getting a campground. Yeah. And like that was so much fun. Yeah. And it was significantly less expensive. And like as a kid, we loved it. It was great. You know what mean? look at that. know, there's also like the way the world is also going, you know, who knows what the next sport is. Yeah. Flag football now is becoming huge. It's becoming so big. Pickleball is becoming huge. Babbiton's coming back. You know, there's so much more. I got to show my love for the esports. Esports are still huge. Like people are still going crazy over Starcraft. People are still going crazy over Overwatch. People are still like. Off The Bench London (01:00:52.633) Like, CSGO is still a huge thing. Like... You know what? You know what needs to become more mainstream? I'm listening. I've seen this a lot. I've seen it on TV and every time I see it on TV, I think it's amazing. Two things. One, BattleBots. That's sick. BattleBots, yo. But also, drone racing? Have you ever seen drone racing? Drone racing is insane. That's reason why I originally got a drone, is because of that. And then realized I got the wrong type of drone. Yeah. But those are so they're they're insane with like the VR headsets and the other flyer is like there's so many because everything's expanding so fast like imagine if in in London like basically across the street from here there's that the old. Or mix. Yeah. Imagine if they turn that into a drone racing thing. Like that'd be insane. But like. That's something that could happen. The other thing too is like I know we were talking like, you Also don't trust him landing drones places. Yeah, we won't talk about that The concept of the new arena golf game that they have. yeah, I Can't remember what it's called The newly that's with Serena Williams Sorry, this the William Twins William sisters Tiger Woods They have a huge investor that's not from Saudi Arabia that are all funding this. it's like at SoFi where it's like you hit a ball into the screen, you hit your middle into the screen, and then you're putting on real greens. And it changes the- Yeah, they can just adjust the turf. huge. Like change the way everything goes. Like that's insane. Like it's cool because like you can literally remake any course you want. And like that was always my problem with like golfing and simulators because you basically can't putt. True. Like you can pretend to putt but like putting is so hard because you're like trying to hit the screen and half the time it doesn't register. why you do the radius as five feet. So if you're within five feet it's doable. Yeah. Which is an automatic gimme. Off The Bench London (01:03:11.294) So yeah, yeah, which I mean, I can't putt from further than five feet away. sweet. We have a pest case in the area getting rid of bugs and also service delivering us beers. you're amazing. Thank you guys. We appreciate you. Also proud of you for not knocking anything over. Seriously though, happy March Break y'all. Off The Bench London (01:03:41.0) But yeah, I can't believe all the crazy new stuff that's going on. true. Hey, on a side track, side track. I only drink beer on Mondays. Yeah, that's my. Because that soccer tomorrow after a game, I drink my red wine. Right. And then I've been drinking a lot more non alcoholic beer because I'm in training mode. And on this note, this is also my segue to talk about. Shout out to our guest next week. Are we saying his name or do we leave it as a surprise? Yeah, we'll leave it as surprise. We're going to be at a new location next week. Yeah, so we'll not be at Clubhouse next week. We'll be off site for our guest next week. In his house. Something like that. Yeah, it's basically his house. His sanctuary. Right? So, you know, one day I'm drinking beer, the rest of the day, because we're bartenders. Yep. So when you say you're a bartender, you're basically an alcoholic. Hey, hey, hey, that's not true. It's not like a whole connoisseur. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you got to know what you're talking about. Right. I've worked with plenty of people that like either don't drink at all or are like younger and just getting like learning things. And you know what? It's really hard. to teach people when you're like, oh yeah, this tastes like this or like they'll ask like questions about like liquors and all this. And they're like, oh, I didn't realize how you don't realize how much you know until you're with someone that doesn't know. Yep. Yep. I know this is a sports podcast, but and now we're like segueing it off a little bit. I learned how to be a bartender. from a person who didn't drink at all. And his saving grace was his sense of smell. Yeah. Right. Oh yeah, I know. I can sniff most cocktails and tell you what's in it. Him teaching me that and how he was able to make amazing contacts with very high level complexity of drinks off of the scent. And then I learned how to make cocktails off of scent. Off The Bench London (01:06:08.283) but then was able to taste it to know where it was going. Yeah. was a huge leg up. And that's why, well, if it wasn't for him being a bartender, I wouldn't be a bartender. So that's why he was also in my wedding. so started to have do it right there. but you know, if it wasn't for him having to like pivot and learn how to, know, become a really good bartender by doing that, I wouldn't be where I am today. Now I am like slowly like I'm not saying I'm retiring, but I'm slowing down a little bit because yeah, but it's a well, mean obviously we're older. It's not the same as we used to be. It's the same time the month that you still know things like people like the younger kids like the younger generation these days, like they don't it's not the same. No, no, they're not like mocktails, non-alcoholic beers like there's so much more popular now. It is. It's crazy because my tails are getting to the point where they're exactly the same price. as a regular cocktail without the alcohol. I'm just like, I'm sorry if you want you want me to pay $12 for a thing of juice. That's weird for me. Like I'll go out and have a non alcoholic beer because I want the taste of the fizziness. Yeah, right. That's what I'm chasing. But when it comes to a mocktail, it's such a weird stigma, though. True. But when it it comes to a mocktail. It's just juice, it's juice and syrups. mixed together without the alcohol. But the problem is the alcohol is the binder. like, like good cocktails, the alcohol is the flavors. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. I can't make a good old fashioned with orange juice. You know what mean? Yeah, no kidding. Like, well, like one of the huge... You put orange juice in your old... No, no. What I'm saying is orange bitters. yeah. What I put in my... Yeah. In my old fashioned. Well, for me to make a mocktail version of an old fashioned, it's just orange juice. Yeah. Right? It's... or sparkling water and... Yeah. And splashing Yeah, it's not... Like, you know what I mean? Off The Bench London (01:08:24.174) that concept for me, then that's why like mocktails don't appeal to me. And they never will because I'll drink my ginger beer. Because I can just drink ginger beer for it and you can add a little bit syrup. Yeah, I'm not paying $12 for that. I know. But I will pay extra for a non alcoholic beer. Like a non alcoholic Guinness, it still has a fizziness. It just doesn't have the alcohol levels. Interesting. Yeah, I haven't had the non alcoholic Guinnesses, though. Right. The non-alcoholic beers, I feel complete still. Yeah, that's what I mean. It's such a weird stigma when you're just like... You wanna... It's like when you're at a party and you're just like... You feel weird if you're not drinking something. You're just like, I need to have something in my hand because it's just a... Social aspect. Yeah. Cause there's a lot of people that are just like, it's a hundred percent the social aspect of it. It's not about drinking, it's the social aspect of it. But there's a lot of people that are getting away from that. I know. Which is, it's also cool to see, cause a lot more people are just focusing just on their health. Yeah. Like, I mean, that's kind of why we're getting into boxing, doing all that. But like, now I focus on my creatine levels, my iron intake, like... My BCA is like I have zinc levels. Yeah, like I'm Particular the only thing I need now is for the weather to get better. So have you ever gone and got? Done. I got all the that stuff tested. No. you should I think I should Because there's a in London that you can do it for free. But like for me like it's a free thing And then they tell you if whether you know for sure Right now, like I need the weather to get better so I can bring up my bike so I can hit my 5k so I can have my man. I'm so excited for like I thought I thought the weather was going to be nicer. I live not too far from here. I'll be able to bike here whilst the weather's nice and that's my goal. Well, I wish I could. I'll have to have my wave drop off my equipment because I'm not bike with my equipment. Oh, yeah. Yeah, no. But or I'll just ask for a storage unit here or something. Yeah. Like there's hey, is there a corner I can hook this in? Yeah. Off The Bench London (01:10:38.377) But you know, overall, when I look at it, like the aspect of like health and all that, non-alcoholic beer is like the way to go. it's still like, mean, it's, I'm sure it's still not great for you, but it can't, it's not gonna be worse. Can't be worse. Cause when you boil it down, it is still not good for you as we drink. I'm going to pause this for a second.