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Chiefs’ Dynasty Reawakening, Penix Named Falcons’ QB, and the Case for Grass + Retractable Roofs · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. So, you know, I like a villain and
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs, Chiefs are back, baby. The dynasty continues.
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  Speaker 2: And listen, I am not a Chiefs fan, but as
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  Speaker 2: I have said, I like a dynasty.
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  Speaker 1: It is good for the game. It is good for fans.
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  Speaker 1: It is good for media. It's great for the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's great for narratives. And the Chiefs not only look
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  Speaker 1: like their old selves again, but the new additions are
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  Speaker 1: putting in work as well. So they outlasted the Colts
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  Speaker 1: in a really, really good game. Kansas City is now 2-0.
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  Speaker 1: And Andy Reid's group is the last team that you
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  Speaker 1: want to see if you are building. The Chiefs upgraded
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  Speaker 1: trio of Travis Kelsey, Patrick Mahomes, and Kenneth Walker III
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  Speaker 1: all hit their marks.
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  Speaker 2: Which are going to be tough to beat.
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes threw for over 300 yards and three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey had 100 yards and a touchdown, and Walker ran
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  Speaker 1: it efficiently for over 100 yards for the second consecutive
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  Speaker 1: game in a Chiefs uniform, and the defense did enough
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  Speaker 1: for the Chiefs to get the win.
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  Speaker 2: I have been trying to tell y'all, this is the
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  Speaker 2: dynasty reawakening. I love it. I love dynasties.
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  Speaker 1: The league needs it, and it looks like the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: are back. Patrick Mahomes is back. He's back playing with
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  Speaker 1: that ease, that step-aside shovel pass thing that he does
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  Speaker 1: where he's really not that fast, but somehow he's elusive.
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  Speaker 1: I love to see it. And listen, I'm not glazing here.
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  Speaker 1: He's just the best and it's fun to watch. And
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  Speaker 1: even though I am not a Chiefs fan, I love
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  Speaker 1: having someone to root against and I love that the
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  Speaker 1: league has someone to root against.
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  Speaker 2: And listen, I want to see the best do what
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  Speaker 2: they do. So for the Colts, great fight.
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  Speaker 1: No shame in going 0-2 to the Ravens and Chiefs. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they don't want to hear that, but I think this
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  Speaker 1: is a great start for the Chiefs and their next
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  Speaker 1: Two games are at Miami and at Las Vegas and
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  Speaker 1: then a bye. So they could be cruising into their
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  Speaker 1: very early bye week. The Colts have Houston, Washington, which
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  Speaker 1: is in London, and then at Pittsburgh. So from the
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  Speaker 1: top of the league to a much less glamorous situation,
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  Speaker 1: which we've talked about a lot in Atlanta, the Falcons
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  Speaker 1: have been quarterbacked this season by Cooper Rush, a nine-year
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  Speaker 1: vet with 16 career starts, and Jack Strand, an undrafted rookie.
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  Speaker 1: So it doesn't surprise anyone that Atlanta is 0-2 and
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  Speaker 1: is the lowest scoring team in the league through the
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  Speaker 1: first two weeks. But relief may be on the way
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  Speaker 1: as the Falcons announced that Michael Penix will make his
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  Speaker 1: season debut on Thursday night against the Packers. He's been
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  Speaker 1: rehabbing a knee injury that knocked him out last season
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  Speaker 1: and kept him on the sideline for training camp and
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  Speaker 1: most of the preseason.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Tua is.
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  Speaker 1: Also injured, multiple injuries through training camp in the preseason,
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  Speaker 1: which is why he hasn't been able to start the season.
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  Speaker 1: He was supposed to be the relief for that situation.
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  Speaker 1: Rush is also dealing with injuries and back spasms. So
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  Speaker 1: this has been a disaster. I am rooting for Michael Penix.
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  Speaker 1: I hope that he can come in and continue to develop.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a tough situation for him to be
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  Speaker 1: in with all these injuries. I imagine that they're having
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  Speaker 1: him back a little earlier than they want to. He's
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  Speaker 1: only had 12 starts over the two seasons, so he's
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  Speaker 1: trying to build chemistry with a lot of elite weapons
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  Speaker 1: that Atlanta has. I'd love to see Bajon Robinson and
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  Speaker 1: Drake London and Kyle Pitts have big numbers, but part
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  Speaker 1: of that is a functioning offense, which they haven't been
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  Speaker 1: able to get going because no one has been available
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  Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. So hopefully Michael Penix steps in
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  Speaker 1: and is able to write this ship, but it's looking,
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  Speaker 1: it's looking like the Dolphins and the Falcons are going
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  Speaker 1: to be fighting for that first pick. Maybe a little
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  Speaker 1: early to say that, but it's been a rough go.
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  Speaker 2: To start for Atlanta. All right.
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  Speaker 1: So I wanted to talk about this because this ruffled
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  Speaker 1: a few feathers on threads the other night. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't really know why, because I feel like the facts
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  Speaker 1: are on my side. But I am a fan of
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  Speaker 1: either dome or retractable roofs on stadiums.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's better for the product. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: better for the fan.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's not that anyone cares, but better for
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  Speaker 1: whoever owns the facility because you can use it.
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  Speaker 2: Year round and you can potentially get a Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's better for everyone in the grand
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  Speaker 1: scheme of things to have a stadium that is not
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  Speaker 1: open air. But obviously the players want to play on
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  Speaker 1: turf because they do not want to play on turf
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  Speaker 1: because it is a constant conversation about how unsafe it
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  Speaker 1: is and how many injuries it causes. They want to
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  Speaker 1: play on real grass. I am not about to argue
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  Speaker 1: with professional athletes about what they prefer. They want to
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  Speaker 1: play on real grass. They think it's better for injuries.
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  Speaker 1: The statistics seem to support that. All of the fields
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  Speaker 1: should be real grass. Well, this weekend was an example
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  Speaker 1: of two of these things happening. There was a huge
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  Speaker 1: delay in the Tampa Bay game, which was utterly ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: There was two minutes left in the Tampa Bay Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: Browns game. Hours of delay over lightning. Can't finish two
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  Speaker 1: minutes of an NFL game. The other thing that happened
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  Speaker 1: was cleats were melting on the turf in Tennessee because
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  Speaker 1: the temperature on the field reached 157 degrees, according to
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  Speaker 1: the game broadcast. Nashville was under a heat warning for
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  Speaker 1: Sunday's game, a heat index of 105 degrees at kickoff
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  Speaker 1: at noon. And inside the bowl of the stadium, the
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  Speaker 1: surface of the artificial turf was hotter. And Eagles tackle
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Mailata sums up the situation saying, I've never thought
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  Speaker 1: about how hot a stadium can be if it's turf.
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  Speaker 1: The heat just sits there and bounces up to you.
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  Speaker 1: The union has to bring it up. This is why
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  Speaker 1: we want all grass fields to create a standard of
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  Speaker 1: play in the league. If we're not putting players in
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  Speaker 1: dangerous situations, we don't have to. Multiple players said that
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  Speaker 1: their shoes melted, which is absolutely insane. And Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: said it was hot as shit. Everyone was hot as shit.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't play a snap and I had to get
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  Speaker 1: an IV. So I appreciate how much the players fought
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  Speaker 1: through the game because it wasn't easy. So where this
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  Speaker 1: game was played was built in 1999, Nissan Stadium. It's
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  Speaker 1: being replaced with an indoor stadium set to open next season.
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  Speaker 1: That would be the 11th enclosed stadium with only five
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  Speaker 1: of those stadiums having retractable roofs. I am a hundred
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  Speaker 1: percent with the players grass over turf. It's very silly
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  Speaker 1: that there isn't a standard of play. As my lot
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  Speaker 1: of said, all of the fields should be grass. This
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  Speaker 1: is a billion dollar product. The players are saying that
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  Speaker 1: it's better for them. They're saying that it's safer. You
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  Speaker 1: have to listen to the players in this situation. And
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  Speaker 1: as a league, you have to have standards.
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  Speaker 2: For your fields. Duh. So all of the fields should
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  Speaker 2: be grass fields.
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  Speaker 1: However, I also feel that all of the fields, all
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  Speaker 1: of the stadiums, if you are building a new stadium,
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  Speaker 1: they should be at the very least a retractable roof
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  Speaker 1: or an indoor stadium. Now, everyone started freaking out. Football
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  Speaker 1: is about to snow. You have to play outside. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to play outside because we literally have
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  Speaker 1: stadiums that are indoor in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Many of them. They're continuing to build them.
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  Speaker 1: So somebody smart is on my side because that is
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  Speaker 1: what's happening. You don't have to have an outdoor stadium,
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  Speaker 1: or there wouldn't be any indoor stadiums. AT & T
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  Speaker 1: Stadium is a great example of that. Jerry Jones, pretty smart,
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  Speaker 1: pretty rich guy, opened that in 2009, and he has
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  Speaker 1: been making money there since forever. Now, obviously, as a fan,
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  Speaker 1: you don't care about the owner making money, but you
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  Speaker 1: might care about having a Super Bowl in your town.
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  Speaker 1: You might care about being able to have a Final
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  Speaker 1: Four there. You might be able to go to concerts
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  Speaker 1: throughout the year and also go and enjoy a game
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  Speaker 1: without having to be battered by the elements or have
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  Speaker 1: a game delay or dig out your seat in the snow. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo fans were coming for me and I appreciate it. Like,
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  Speaker 1: it's your thing that you love the snow and sure.
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  Speaker 1: Hate to bring up the point that even though you
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  Speaker 1: guys are really cold and there's a lot of snow
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  Speaker 1: up there, you have.
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  Speaker 2: No Super Bowls.
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  Speaker 1: So it has not translated into to a Super Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: playing in the absolute freezing cold. Now, the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: game is not.
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  Speaker 2: Played anywhere cold anymore, right?
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  Speaker 1: They don't play anywhere where the weather is going to
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  Speaker 1: be an element of the game and that there's going
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  Speaker 1: to be conditions. That's why it's always played either inside
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  Speaker 1: or in a warmer climate, because obviously the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: has become much bigger than just the game itself.
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  Speaker 2: But also you got.
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  Speaker 1: To have the most the top one percent athletes in
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  Speaker 1: the world, a game that is worth billions of dollars
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  Speaker 1: played in ideal conditions. OK, I'm not saying it needs
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  Speaker 1: to be 72 and sunny, but I am saying that
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  Speaker 1: you should be able to function without having to sit
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  Speaker 1: in front of a heater blowing in your face or
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  Speaker 1: having air blowed on.
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  Speaker 2: You because it's so hot, i.e. Miami.
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  Speaker 1: You should be able, if it is going to be
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  Speaker 1: extreme conditions, like in Nashville, like in Tampa this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: have a retractable roof so that you can continue the
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  Speaker 1: game without disruption. It's absolutely crazy to me. And this
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  Speaker 1: is not some Miami bias. Okay, do cold weather teams
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  Speaker 1: have advantage over Miami in the winter? Yeah, that's one team.
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  Speaker 1: It's not stopped Tampa Bay from winning Super Bowls. So
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  Speaker 1: I don't get it. Chicago is willing to leave the
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  Speaker 1: city and the state to pursue getting a domed stadium.
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  Speaker 1: And Chicago talks all the time about the advantage of
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  Speaker 1: that weather. And look what happened this weekend with Caleb Williams.
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  Speaker 1: Five roof dome teams and warm weather teams have won
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl since 2000. Five NFL cities with the
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  Speaker 1: most extreme cold weather, according to the Weather Channel, Buffalo,
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  Speaker 1: Green Bay, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, which I grew up in. and
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  Speaker 1: have spent plenty of time in freezing cold snow games.
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  Speaker 1: And Chicago have won Super Bowls over that same time.
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  Speaker 1: So 11 teams play in 10 stadiums that are covered.
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  Speaker 1: Six outdoor teams have announced fully financed plans to shift
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  Speaker 1: into enclosed buildings, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Washington, Denver, and Casey. And
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  Speaker 1: that's not counting the Bears who are just looking for
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  Speaker 1: financing for it. So the business implications of this are obvious.
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  Speaker 1: Year-round climate control.
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  Speaker 2: You can host major events. There are the.
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  Speaker 1: Ability to have Final Fours there, the ability to have
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowls, the ability to have concerts.
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  Speaker 2: I get it, right? Like Buffalo is not trying to
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  Speaker 2: go inside. That's fine.
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  Speaker 1: But the idea that it's so far-fetched, like I'm a
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  Speaker 1: mad woman, that.
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  Speaker 2: This game should be played at the very least.
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  Speaker 1: On fields that are grass and that have retractable roofs
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  Speaker 1: so that when there is extreme weather, extreme weather, which
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  Speaker 1: I think we can all agree on a standard, you
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  Speaker 1: can close the roof. I don't think that they should
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  Speaker 1: all be domes. But you should have the ability to
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  Speaker 1: control the climate when it is extreme so that the
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  Speaker 1: best players in the world can perform. I know that
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  Speaker 1: there's this nostalgia with snow and I'm biased. I hate
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  Speaker 1: the snow, okay? I want one cute weekend in the
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  Speaker 1: mountains and that's all for me, right? I've lived in
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  Speaker 1: warm weather climates for the last 20 years. However, while
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  Speaker 1: it looks cute and it's a great story, those players
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  Speaker 1: are not performing at their peak ability.
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  Speaker 2: They aren't. Now, if you're fans and you don't care,
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  Speaker 2: you want to sit in the snow, that's on you.
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  Speaker 1: But what I am talking about is the ability to
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  Speaker 1: watch the best players in the world perform at a
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  Speaker 1: standard that is across the league. That's just me. The
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  Speaker 1: game has grown and it should be preserved in that way.
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  Speaker 1: That's my opinion. And obviously some other people are agreeing
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  Speaker 1: with me.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, the cold weather.
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  Speaker 1: People and the snow people are going to be mad
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  Speaker 1: and that's fine.
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  Speaker 2: It's just my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: That I think You should have the best players in
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  Speaker 1: the world playing on grass fields and you shouldn't have
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  Speaker 1: to stop a game with two minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Left for four hours for lightning. Seems silly. Cleats shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be melting on the field. Just my opinion. Anyway, thanks
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