Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / BBT #14 Snippet | The Professionalism vs. Performance Conversation Sports Won't Have
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- Thomas: appropriate way. Malcolm: let me ask you this question. If you're a GM ⁓ you're looking at a draft, right? You have the most generational player of your lifetime. In one spot, you have another guy, he's cool, but he speaks really well, good manners, knows how to speak professionally and code switch versus a guy that is a dog on that field and the best player you've ever seen in your life. Which one are you taking with you, Vic? As a GM of a football franchise ⁓ made to win. Which one you pickin'? Thomas: I would take the dog because I know I can point and he'll just go fetch. No thought, no second thought. I point and he does. Malcolm: That's not it, bro. Like I said, a lot of these dudes, bro, they may not be the most professional, but it's like, a lot of them, they focus on ball, bro. They're so focused on trying to feed their family and make it out that other stuff can come after, bro. I ain't gonna lie, bro. If you're somebody who's kind of get stuff out the mud. Bro, they are not worried about trying to sound... Thomas: You can be a dog and still protect your intellectual property. Malcolm: Yeah but like what's more important to these guys though? Like they're working like what's more important to these guys? Like to the point they're they understand that Thomas: The point is money, need to protect your brand. Otherwise these leagues will cook you. Look at, bro, look at Henry Rugg's situation. Malcolm: Bro, you know what saying? These guys are making...Henry Ruggs is one thing bro, but that's just, that's a stupid, that's a stupid decision. That had nothing to do with like his, I mean that was a stupid decision. I these guys do stupid stuff every day in every league. But the thing is, it's not like, it's different now. It's not like how it was when we were growing. Bro, these dudes are making tens of millions of dollars in college, bro. Like this isn't like, they get this NFL money? It's way, it's more, but it's not like this is their first time getting money now, bro. And it's like for them, if my job is to play ball and I'm still getting money, bro, I don't think these dudes are worried about how they sound, bro. I've seen dudes come up there sound. Stupid, but hey, I'm looking at the screen, $50 million guaranteed. I'm sitting in my bed eating corn chips telling him, you got to talk. Who am I, bro? Thomas: I'm not saying that they need to speak properly and all that. I'm just saying you need to defend yourself. So when I say speak well, like when you're talking to people in positions, it's like when you go to your job, right? You're not going to talk to your boss or your boss's boss and be like, sup, sup, man. I'm here. I'm here. Do this. Throw that project my way. It's like you just, you have to know who to talk to, how to talk to people. It's not a matter of like sounding professional. It's just like you have to know. Malcolm: Nah, I agree. Thomas: time and place and carry yourself with some dignity. Malcolm: They do, but bro, realistically, many, how many, like bro, if you're playing like you're a Thomas: Those are life skills. It don't got nothing to do with football. It's like, do you, as a man, like how do you interact with people?