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Matt Iseman · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: You're on with Mario Lopez. What's up, you're on with
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  Speaker 1: Mario Lopez. Joining me right now, you know him as
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  Speaker 1: the host of American Ninja Warrior, actor, comic, and Emmy
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  Speaker 1: Award winning host, Matt Iceman. What's going on, Matt?
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  Speaker 2: You know, just hanging out, man. Excited. I'm at home.
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  Speaker 2: I'm spending the day with my eight month old son. Oh, congratulations.
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  Speaker 2: Hoping to see if I can get him in the
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  Speaker 2: ring like your boy. I've seen him kicking some butt, Mario.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, my little guy. That's right. Is that your first?
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  Speaker 2: My first, yeah, I waited.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you did. You sure did wait.
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: The question is, will he be out of diapers before
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  Speaker 2: I'm in them, Mario?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. No, you know, there's something, I had him
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  Speaker 1: a little later myself. And you're a little more patient, right?
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  Speaker 1: A little more secure. Would you get your act going
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  Speaker 1: on and stuff? But the energy thing, bro, that's the
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  Speaker 1: only thing.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a zombie. My wife is worse. It's incredible. We just,
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  Speaker 2: we're contemplating giving him like Ambien and some whiskey going,
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  Speaker 2: just sleep. Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 1: That's the key right there. That's awesome. What a blessing.
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  Speaker 1: And congrats, man. New show coming September 14th, front office
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  Speaker 1: sports tonight. And this sports show is going beyond the highlights, right?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so essentially we're talking about the business of sport.
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  Speaker 2: And Mario, I think it's something you've seen too, where
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  Speaker 2: sports are one of the few things we experience together anymore.
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  Speaker 2: And because of that, I think it's starting to drive
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the conversations. I mean, we're seeing it
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  Speaker 2: with college football coming back in. Everyone's excited about this.
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  Speaker 2: NIL about these pro players coming back in Lane Kiffin
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  Speaker 2: has become this incredible villain we're seeing what's going on
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  Speaker 2: in the WNBA and with uh you know the issue
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  Speaker 2: of of what sport you should be playing in based
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  Speaker 2: on your gender and so I think there are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of conversations that are happening right now because of
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  Speaker 2: sports and around sports and we we're going to be having.
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  Speaker 1: Them I love it. And it's a nightly show, Monday
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  Speaker 1: through Friday?
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  Speaker 2: Five nights a week, my man. This is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: sports never stops. It never takes the day off. We're
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  Speaker 2: taking the weekends off, but we'll be there five nights
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  Speaker 2: of the week.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you, man. Where can we check it out?
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  Speaker 2: So you check it out. FrontOfficeSports.com has a channel locator.
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  Speaker 2: For those who are in L.A., it's on Fox 11
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  Speaker 2: at 11 p.m. Nice. So for some people, it can
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  Speaker 2: be earlier. For some people, it can be a little later.
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  Speaker 2: But set your DVR for Front Office Sports tonight. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And since we're in college football season right now, what
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts on NIL, Transport Porter? Transfer Portal. Pardon me.
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  Speaker 1: Let me get that clean. The NIL. Transfer Portal. The
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  Speaker 1: Lane Kevin thing is fascinating at LSU. So, I think
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  Speaker 1: I'm in the minority. So, correct me if I'm wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Certain kids tried out for the Bengals, right? A professional team.
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  Speaker 2: A professional team, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't make the team, correct? They didn't play one down, correct?
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  Speaker 2: They never made it to, right. They haven't made it
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  Speaker 2: to preseason or regular season.
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  Speaker 1: Got it. They never made one down. And they want
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  Speaker 1: to go back now and play in college. See, I
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  Speaker 1: have no problem with that. I don't know why. Had
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  Speaker 1: they played one down, Matt, one down, that's different.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're seeing that with the NBA. Guys who
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  Speaker 2: did play in the pros are going back in college.
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  Speaker 1: But with pro football.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: So am I in the minority?
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  Speaker 2: No, I agree with you. I'm actually in favor of
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  Speaker 2: the players. But I don't think everyone's getting the full
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  Speaker 2: story because the reason they went to the pros is
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  Speaker 2: the NCAA said they were initiating a new rule that
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  Speaker 2: said you have five years, five seasons of eligibility to
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  Speaker 2: complete once you start in college. But they didn't apply
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  Speaker 2: it for this class that would have been seniors this year.
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  Speaker 2: So the NCAA told them, you can't play college. So
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  Speaker 2: what did they do? They said, our only option is
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  Speaker 2: to go to the pros. Then a court case overturned it.
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  Speaker 2: Their eligibility was restored. And these players said, listen, we'll
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  Speaker 2: walk away from the pro sports. We want to go
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  Speaker 2: back to college and we want to play. So when
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  Speaker 2: I look at it that way, honestly, I think all
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  Speaker 2: the issues that the NCAA is having is by their
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  Speaker 2: own hand.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on with NIL? What's going on with Lane
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  Speaker 2: Kiffin with his mobility and with, you know, trying to
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  Speaker 2: get these players back? Really, the court case itself, it
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  Speaker 2: all stems from questionable decisions with the NCAA. And then
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  Speaker 2: on the biggest week when we have this game, Michigan
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  Speaker 2: is going up against Western Michigan. And I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if you saw this. There was a Hail Mary at
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  Speaker 2: the end. Clock expired. Game over. But wait, there was
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  Speaker 2: an extra second on the clock that nobody could see.
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  Speaker 2: And listen, I'm sure there are a lot of explanations,
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  Speaker 2: but what do we all think? It's rigged. That's what
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  Speaker 2: we think. And honestly, it feels like college sports is
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  Speaker 2: entering a new level of the wild, wild west. And
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  Speaker 2: Mario is as someone who loves the sport and loves
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  Speaker 2: watching it. I got to say, I'm entertained by it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know the whole thing is fascinating. And of course,
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  Speaker 1: the NFL is kicking off this week. Two questions. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think about my Chargers? Honestly, how they're going
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  Speaker 1: to fare this year and who ends up in the
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl?
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  Speaker 2: So, first of all, I have to say in full disclosure,
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  Speaker 2: I'm a Broncos fan, so I am predisposed to hate
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  Speaker 2: your Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: Are you from Denver?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I am.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: Having said that, though, I love Justin Herbert, and I
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  Speaker 2: love Harbaugh, and I really love Mike McDaniels as the
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  Speaker 2: offensive coordinator. Yes. I think they're going to be a
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  Speaker 2: special team, and I think they're going to be a problem.
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  Speaker 2: I think the AFC West is loaded. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Broncos are going to be good. Last year, we had
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  Speaker 2: some luck. I think the Raiders, I don't know. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be serviceable. And the Chiefs, you just
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  Speaker 2: can't count out Mahomes.
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  Speaker 1: No, you can't.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I think the Chargers are going to be great.
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  Speaker 2: As for who gets there, I have no idea this year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I really feel like there's so many variables
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  Speaker 2: in there that I like the Chargers as kind of
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  Speaker 2: a dark horse team. Could the Chiefs come back? I
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  Speaker 2: think they're a little old. I don't think the Patriots
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  Speaker 2: are going to get back there. I like the Broncos.
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  Speaker 2: On the NFC, the Rams look loaded. And I know
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  Speaker 2: if you're a Chargers fan, that's got to kill you that–
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  Speaker 2: the team that shares your stadium is, is one. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're the team. Yeah, right. I know, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: it still hurts when it's like, it's their house, whose
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  Speaker 2: house Rams house. They even say that Mario. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like they're saying it.
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  Speaker 1: I've been to both teams and it's crazy. Cause here
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  Speaker 1: in LA and I think they're still the minority, both
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  Speaker 1: the Rams and the chargers. And my thinking, my logic
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  Speaker 1: is like my, my brother-in-law, My wife's from Pittsburgh and
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  Speaker 1: huge Steelers fans. They always mark a day in the
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  Speaker 1: calendar to go travel, to go see a team. And
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  Speaker 1: a lot of teams do that. So I think most
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  Speaker 1: of those teams do that to LA because it's nice.
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  Speaker 1: The weather's good. So they get inundated with these fans
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  Speaker 1: from out of town and you end up being the minority.
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  Speaker 1: You're not going to take a trip like that to Cincinnati. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan, the Niners coach said he's, he's bummed because
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  Speaker 2: they're playing the Rams in Australia. And he's like, this sucks.
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  Speaker 2: Cause usually when we play in SoFi stadium, it's a
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  Speaker 2: home game for us.
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  Speaker 1: It is. It is. That's what I'm saying. But that's
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  Speaker 1: every team, every team with both the Rams and the Chargers.
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  Speaker 2: It's, It's tough, Mario. I think L.A. gets a tough
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  Speaker 2: rap for sports. And when you saw the crowds at
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  Speaker 2: USC for their first two games and when you see
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  Speaker 2: a Rams game that feels like a home game for
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  Speaker 2: the Niners, you know, the thing of L.A. people being
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  Speaker 2: I think part of the problem is like I'm still
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  Speaker 2: a Broncos fan. Yeah, I've lived here for 27 years,
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  Speaker 2: but that's my team.
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  Speaker 1: No, exactly. You can't. No, I get it. I get it.
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  Speaker 1: And then, of course, American Ninja Warrior. I know you
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  Speaker 1: all rapped about a week ago. Are you going to
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  Speaker 1: keep it going, though, with my buddy Akbar and Zuri?
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're going to keep going until the wheels
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  Speaker 2: come off. In 2028, in the LA Olympics, ninja is
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  Speaker 2: going to be a part of it in the modern pentathlon.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: It's replacing equestrian. So we're going to have ninja-type obstacles
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  Speaker 2: in the Olympics. And so... We certainly want to keep
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  Speaker 2: going until then. I think there's a good chance. It's crazy, Mario,
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  Speaker 2: seeing how kids are growing up now, not as football
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  Speaker 2: players or gymnasts or something. They're growing up as ninja warriors,
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  Speaker 2: and they're so good.
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  Speaker 1: I know. It's unbelievable. I see them. It's really impressive.
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  Speaker 2: I've got hopes for my kid. He's eight months old.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. I'm hoping he has better balance than
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  Speaker 2: his old man does.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure he's going to be all right. Everyone, listen,
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  Speaker 1: check out your local listings for Matt's new show, Front
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  Speaker 1: Office Sports, tonight. I'm going to be checking it out. Matt,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for stopping by, brother.
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  Speaker 2: Nice talking to you. Mario, always a pleasure, bud. You're
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  Speaker 2: the ageless wonder, dude. You look great. Thanks, buddy. We'll
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  Speaker 2: talk later. Thanks, man.