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From NFL Draft Controversies to Saquon Barkley's White House Visit · D-constructing Topics

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  What's going on, everybody, and welcome. Welcome to the Deconstructing Topic Podcast.
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  My name is David, and I'm your host of this legendary Deconstructing Topic Podcast. Hope we doing well.
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  And, you know, sometimes I tend to forget that I got this platform,
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  the PopBeam app platform where it lets me record, how can I say,
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  podcasts on my phones, on the fly, and I tend to kind of,
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  in a sense, forget that or at least underestimate that
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  so i'm like you know what ain't no excuse for
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  me to be talking about whatever it is what's
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  going on in this world on the fly whatever it is here we go we making it happen
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  and today we just got a couple of my two cents on what's going on a little bit
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  of the spot sport podcast in a sense and once again you already know this is
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  the legendary host david of the Deconstructing Topic podcast,
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  and we are getting on a little sports thing going on on my two cents on what
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  happened on this past week in the NFL National Football League, the draft,
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  and the Philadelphia Eagles White House visit where Saquon Barkley, for some reason,
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  was attacked a bit.
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  You know, he's a black man, black running back, one of the best players right now,
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  maybe arguably be the best football player right now
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  playing football at the moment overall running
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  back for the philadelphia eagles he used to play for
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  my team the new york giants i remember that and i
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  was kind of a little bit sad that he was traded how can i say to you not traded
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  i'll take it back he did not resign with the giants but you know what i was
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  happy for him sadly he went to the opposite team he went to the rivals philadelphia
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  eagles and be that year this year they became the Super Bowl championship.
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  We're going to be talking about Zach Ron Barkley.
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  We're going to be talking about the situation in the NFL draft.
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  The story of the weekend week with Shador Sanders.
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  Deion Sanders' son was playing quarterback for the Colorado,
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  Buffaloes in college and for some reason a lot of you know there's a lot of
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  opinions on the matter in regards to the situation his situation how he was
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  drafted what 5th round 144 by the Cleveland Browns from more people,
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  for more teams at Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Browns.
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  I don't even know what to say. I know a couple of people that have,
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  I think I might have met one person that has been a Cleveland Browns fan.
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  But if you're a Cleveland Browns fan, man, God bless you.
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  Because that team, you know, I always tell people, look, listen,
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  in life sometimes when you have this kind of pattern,
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  if you will, if you kind of set a culture in terms of the Cleveland Browns,
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  the culture of not winning, you know what I mean?
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  And, you know, even though the Cleveland Browns historically back in the 50s,
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  they had some great players like Jim Brown and Davis.
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  And, you know, they had a good quarterback, too, trying to think.
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  And then somewhere in the 80s, you know, there were contenders.
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  Think about these days with the Cleveland Browns is that they were our team.
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  And then the owner, are we talking about, I think, in the late 90s,
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  decided to move to Baltimore and became the Ravens. Think about these days in life.
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  That the Cleveland Browns, now they came back to the city, whatever it is.
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  Now they are the Browns from what they was before.
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  But I want you to think about this. When that owner, Art Modell,
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  decided to move the team to Baltimore.
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  That team in Baltimore, the same team that was in Cleveland that moved,
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  won a Super Bowl, like I think within two or three years of moving. Go figure that one out.
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  Ask how many times the Browns have won a Super Bowl.
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  Try again. So they drafted Shador, about Sanders. So let's start with the Shadour Sanders situation.
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  You know what I mean? I just wanted for people to kind of get an idea.
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  You already know you got to hit the like, subscribe, because me,
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  the Constructing Topic Podcast and my legendary people out there,
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  we got to be touching topics of all.
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  We'll be doing a little bit of all in the context of trying to educate people
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  and try to give people my opinion or my at least point of view.
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  You know, we don't hurt it all with with Shador Sanders being drafted in the fifth round.
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  There were people that had him. And to give you an idea for those people who
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  are new to my podcast, not too familiar with sports, a little bit familiar,
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  Shador Sanders quarterback, black quarterback.
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  And I'm going to be specific because one of the reasons why a lot of people
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  that were in the pro Shador Sanders camp who thought he was going to be a top
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  five pick. What does that mean?
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  You got top five pick first round, whatever it is. You could be worth millions, 20, 30, 40 million.
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  If you got jab in the later rounds, it doesn't mean that you're not good,
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  but the pace scale kind of changes in a sense.
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  And there were people that, hey, listen, they were surprised that he was not
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  drafted in the first round.
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  And then there were other quarterbacks. And my New York Giants said,
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  look, listen, I like Shador. I think he was a good player.
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  I think he has, like, that skill. I think he has the determination and the physical
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  presence of doing something, being a productive quarterback.
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  Whether he'll be a good quarterback, we don't know.
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  But I like the dude. And I thought that the New York Giants was like,
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  hey, you know, let's draft him. But the Giants drafted another quarterback by
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  the name of Jackson Dart from Mississippi.
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  So it's one of those situations where, in my opinion, in my opinion,
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  and I was going to say is this,
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  is that people and that one of the things is in my opinion is that we are doing
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  something incredible in terms of, OK, you know, the Giants do their thing.
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  But my thing is that people were using that, that, that black,
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  you know, the race card in regards to Shador.
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  And, and hey, listen, rightfully so, I done heard every single situation,
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  everything, that it was colluded, that the NFL owners, they want him.
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  There's people that feel like Shador Sanders, that was, that's, that was on his own.
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  You know, a brash, young black man, you know, people say they,
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  people don't, when I say people, a lot of people, especially the white owners.
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  Some of the white coaches, that doesn't seem appealing. Some people said,
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  you know, Deion Sanders coming out, talking about that, you know,
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  hey, my guy might not play for certain teams, you know, and if he gets drafted,
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  then we might pull what Eli Manning,
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  who played for the New York Giants did, where his father, when he was drafted
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  by the Chargers, they basically said, nah, we don't want to play with the Chargers.
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  He got drafted, traded for Phillip Rivers, when we drafted Phillip Rivers,
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  the New York Giants. Hey, the rest is history.
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  Phillip Rivers is a better quarterback stat-wise than Eli. You know what I mean?
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  But guess who got us the Super Bowls?
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  Guess who got us the Super Bowl? That is correct. Eli Manning. You know what I mean?
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  So with the situation we should do, hey, listen, again, I really enjoy watching the kid.
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  But everybody is, like, you know, giving a little of what they see.
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  You know, it's pointing the fingers at all that. And here's the way I see it, right?
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  Everybody's not yeah everybody's right in their in their own little way does
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  race car the race car absolutely because he's black brash absolutely because
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  he's deon santa's kid absolutely,
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  okay he might be a little bit overrated absolutely i'm saying
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  i like the kid i think he's a good player but if
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  people see that he was overrated because he was playing
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  with travis henry the heisman trophy went out there wide receiver hey hey but
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  i remember years ago a long time ago Back in like 20 years ago or so When the
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  NFL Network Which I'm a big NFL fan The NFL Network Which is the channel The
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  official channel of the NFL football,
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  When that channel came about And I was stabbing You know I'm a football fan
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  Wow you know Football 24-7 But in reality If you look at football 20 years ago
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  What do you think I'll be talking about again?
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  They're talking about football 24-7 That's great And you gotta keep in mind
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  The NFL is the number one watch sport in America. Super Bowl, by far.
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  Playoff Monday night, Sunday night, they have higher ratings than,
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  let's say, watch series, which is baseball, NBA finals, basketball.
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  Just to tell you how, where football in America, American football is the number one.
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  So basically, when the NFL Network came out, And I'm like, you know,
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  wow, like, okay, I get it. Then they're going to be talking football.
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  It is a football channel.
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  And I remember in the first couple of years, you know, you had a couple of live
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  shows here talking football, some old school games.
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  And I'm like, that's it? Like, you know, okay.
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  Then they may kind of like centralize the NFL draft as their thing.
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  You know what I mean? They did that, you know.
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  They were putting content. They were putting some work.
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  But there was one situation that changed the NFL network.
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  Because football, in terms of football, football, if you're talking about NFL
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  draft, a weekend thing, and you're talking about the NFL season,
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  which is what, from September to January,
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  early February, so we're talking about five, six months.
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  So think about this. How can you find the NFL appealing?
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  And there was a situation with Terrell Owens, one of the greatest wide receivers
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  of all time, one of the greatest athlete, oof, one of the best wide receivers in my time.
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  Absolutely. But when he was in the Philadelphia Eagles, there was a situation
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  that happened where there was this drama about him, supposedly,
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  I think, committing suicide or something like that.
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  I get something, depression, something to that effect. And I'm sorry if I'm
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  using the word, but I'm just trying to recollect here because there was some
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  situation there where there was a lot of drama.
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  And this is, keep in mind, this
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  was like during kind of like a spring time where there was no football.
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  But yet the NFL Network was on top of it, filming him. He was doing sit-ups
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  and this whole commotion.
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  And that's when you start to realize, and I get to the point to what I'm trying to say here.
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  The NFL Network needs drama. The NFL needs drama.
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  If you want to tune into the NFL Network 365 days a year, seven days a week
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  outside of football, you need drama.
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  You can wait for the NFL draft. You can wait for the free Asian season.
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  You need drama. You know what I'm saying?
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  And I think that ever since then, the NFL, for some reason, have, how can I say to you?
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  Do I feel like they created drama? Yes. Do I feel like they might have created
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  that situation with Theo so that you could tune into the NFL network now?
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  Like if it's a drama like you're watching now, absolutely.
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  Same thing with Shador. You want to watch the NFL draft Saturday,
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  Sunday, Friday, you know, besides the first round because of the situation we should do? Absolutely.
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  So I just want to keep people in mind and be aware of what's going on with that situation.
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  I always say, look, listen, in the world of a person like me who enjoys wrestling,
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  keep in mind, a lot of things are scripted. We think that it's not.
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  And yes, life do happen.
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  Life, things happen in life, whatever it is, spontaneous. Sure,
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  something comes up. Sure.
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  But sometimes when we are watching TV, remember what we're watching?
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  You're watching TV Remember what TV was made of,
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  TV, one of the reasons TV existed Is to entertain you,
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  Yes, we might have the news We might have reality shows We might have this But
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  let's be honest here When we tune into our TV When we turn on our TV It's to
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  be entertained For the most part,
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  It's to be entertained Some people might use TV Go and watch some educational
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  documentaries And so on,
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  whatever But for the most part It's to entertain you And when you consume and
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  tune on to the NFL Network with Shador Sanders, you will entertain.
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  Regardless of how you feel about the situation, we're entertaining.
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  Now we're going to jump into the situation with Saquon Barclay.
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  Tremendous play. I love that, dude.
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  Sadly, that the Giants, I get it. I get it. I'm not even going to touch on that story.
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  He used to play for the New York Giants, signed with the Philadelphia Eagles,
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  which is our rivals, same division.
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  Now, Saquon is a local kid. I think he was born in the Bronx,
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  whatever it is, New York, Philly. He went to Penn State, Pennsylvania.
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  So he's a local kid, you know, and he's still local.
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  So now in sports...
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  When you win a championship, when you win something big, you get invited to the White House.
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  You know, as time passes, you get invited to the White House.
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  Whether you Philadelphia Eagles, whatever team that won the NBA Finals.
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  You know, when it comes to baseball, Dodgers.
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  I'm not going to say whatever team won the NBA Finals. It was Boston Celtics. Let's get that right.
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  So, for some reason, we live in a world now because of the current situation,
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  the current president, Donald J.
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  Trump. who's, you know, highly questionable character.
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  But sadly, I want to say that, you know, the media or the liberal media who
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  portrays him as a racist, et cetera, it's like, wow, so he's racist.
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  The previous president, Joe Biden, who have had a history of racism,
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  he's not racist. You know, you get the point.
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  So the point is that you get invited to these White House celebrate and Sakron
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  Barclay said, hey, I'm going to play golf with the president.
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  I'm going to talk to the president, by all means.
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  Now, I'm not a fan of, how can I say it to you?
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  It's a tradition. I get it. I mean, due to my political, my history,
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  worldview, you know, I'll be hesitant to go to the White House.
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  But if I had the chance to go to the White House, no matter who's the president,
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  whether I agree with you or not, or whatever it is that my stance on the situation, I'll go.
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  Maybe I'll be talking to you directly. Hey, listen, I don't agree with that.
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  Hey, I don't agree with what's going on in Palestine about that. Let's talk about it.
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  Whatever it is, hey, listen, you get an invite to the White House if you have
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  a chance just to at least talk about certain things that we could work together by all means.
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  And that's the way I see anybody, anybody who, now if you're black and you're
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  like Sancombo and Barclay, you go to the White House, ah, you're a sellout.
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  But yet you're not a sellout when it comes to Joe Biden, but yet there are people
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  who have said, hey, Biden is racist.
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  See how this works? My thing is this, if you're going to use the same talking
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  point because you're not going to go to the White House like the Stephen Curry's
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  and certain players that say why they wouldn't go to the White House,
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  then use it with the same of Joe Biden's, that same attitude. Come on, man.
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  But just to tell you the propaganda that this country uses as they use TV to
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  entertain you and to divide you.
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  And I'm not with that program. I don't let that kind of dictate me.
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  I don't let, you know, those certain things. Listen, I love pro wrestling.
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  And I know that it's scripted. There's a good chance that I know who's going
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  to win. Sometimes I get surprised.
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  That's the same way I feel about politics and the same way I feel about a lot of things.
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  They manipulate you. And when Saquon Barkley said what he said,
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  he said it best. Hey, I golf with Trump. I golf with Obama.
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  I just want to talk about his foundation, what we could do, what kind of funds
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  he could get. because at the end, his foundation, whatever programs that he
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  has, is to help underprivileged communities.
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  One of my favorite wrestlers at the moment and of all time, CM Punk.
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  CM Punk, his political views, Free Palestine, that's his political view.
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  Not a fan of Donald Trump.
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  But supposedly somebody called him out because, you know, WWE have shown kind
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  of support for the Donald.
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  Many people out there and CM Punk said, hey, listen, I might work for a company
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  that supports somebody that I don't like that I think is a racist,
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  whatever the case, but guess what?
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  I make this company's feeding me and guess what I'm using? I'm using that money
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  to feed those people in need.
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  You know, sometimes, you know, we could meet people in the middle.
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  We could meet institutions in the middle because you don't want to sound like a hypocrite.
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  You don't want to sound like, hey, listen, and this is happening. It's a lie.
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  But we're in a situation where we find ourselves in a conundrum.
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  We're going to accept money from the people that are killing our family, right?
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  That happens a lot. You know, you get into politics, let me get donations from
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  people who affected, you know, my family.
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  But because I'm running, I need money, then I'm going to turn the other cheek around. You feel me?
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  That happens a lot. But sometimes you could find something of a middle. You feel me?
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  So with the situation with Barkley, no other difference.
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  I get some people why they're going after him. But hey, he stood at ground.
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  He ain't going to apologize. He shouldn't apologize.
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  And we shouldn't dictate. You shouldn't not let other people dictate what you
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  should or shouldn't do for the better of the community.
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  Hopefully, with the situation with Sanders, draft the fifth round,
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  he's like the fourth, fifth quarterback going to be in the Browns.
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  He's going to be a competition.
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  Hey, I hope the kid does good.
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  I hope that he finds this like a chip on his shoulder like Tom Brady,
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  even though Tom Brady was a much different quarterback because there wasn't
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  too much hype around Tom Brady or commotion.
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  So when he got drafted in the sixth, seventh round, whatever it is,
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  fifth round, whatever Tom Brady took that up on,
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  a chip on his shoulder, like oh you drafted 15 quarterbacks
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  and guess what he became the goal well
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  he's one of the greatest of all time winning championships like it was
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  nothing perhaps your door would do
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  the same and just put a chip on his shoulders and become
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  a legendary just like his father and even much better
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  but let's see what happens let's go deconstructing topic podcast we're making
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