Latest / Los Pickups Podcast / Episode 32 NFL's Commissioner Bad Guy List, WWE Roman Reigns Reign and Boxing
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- Los Pickups Main: Didn't see you there, my bad. What the fuck? I was sitting there all the time. I saw you there. Welcome to another episode. My booty's peeking. What? Well that's what we call it cold and thank you guys for tuning in once again to those pick ups podcast. We're coming to y'all from the Pacific Northwest. Giving you your weekly dose of you know your regular degenerisms, tisms, tiggle bitties and everything in between. lots of good stuff on the docket today. last episode we kinda turned in little bit as far as like the exciting part that is the NFL season that is gonna underway this week. This one, this episode, we got a f a lot of interesting topics that we wanna kinda go over and some of them I would say I don't wanna say controversial but they are ki sensitive topics and they definitely want you know, to proceed with caution, not with caution, but beh handle it delicately. and just overall I mean it's stuff we kinda wanna get out there. We we should shed light on, especially because it involves, you know, sports in general and but it also bleeds into real life and i it it's tough because, you know, we we have so much love and passion for these sports, that when things get kinda muddied with extracurricular activities that you never want to see yourself caught up in, you know, it it it it when it comes to, you know, painting a negative light on anybody, any fashion, it's it's just kinda tough to to process and It's all it's all speculative of course, but hopefully we can have a healthy conversation around it and wish th the best for everybody involved. but that being said, first thing I wanna talk about, good th a juicy topic in the NBA. a few episodes back, Kawhi Leonard caught himself up in well, Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers organization got themselves caught up in quite the scandal. basically circumventing his ridiculous contract basically trying to get him paid under the table through basically Dactronics which is a scoreboard company for those of you who don't know and another like interesting L L C that was again shoveling money on under the table too Kwai to circumvent his his his contract and apparently it was like his uncle that was dyballing it the whole thing or like controlling that whole I think it was the it was just an ugly thing altogether. any way you spin it there's no really positive thing about it. No they got got and they're they're gonna pay a hefty price for it. so let's just dive right into it. I think overall, it was quite a harsh punishment, but I mean you can't you can't really argue against it. The biggest thing that stuck that stood out was the five first round picks. Yeah, that that was pretty insane. That the that the Clippers had to give up. and thirty million dollars. And thirty million dollars that they had to pay the pay the league for this whole debacle. Five first round picks in any sport, is a huge deal because those are some very crucial and and vital assets to building a roster that's gonna be competitive you know for years to come. long story short, Kawhi basically cost them their future. And now they're gonna be scrapping and clawing to try and recoup whatever assets they can in the process. and only God knows what that looks like. Now on the flip side punishment for Kawhi, I think was pretty light. he didn't get suspended. He didn't get suspended. He just got a big f it wasn't even that big. For for for the contract that he got, he's only paying seven hundred thousand. I think it's be like I said, I think it wasn't him who knew about these deals, it was his it was his manager. I don't and business. I'm gonna do you one better. I don't think it was that. No. And and this is this is my speculation. I think he made a deal with the league and he ratted on these guys a and like threw them under the bus. And and that's why he got on some no no lie. No lie crazy. I I'm just saying it's like bro He might not be wrong though. But do you think that maybe the league just saw that it was more of the fault on the organizations at play than it was on the player? They they for sure I mean based on the ruling, yeah. itself got the brunt of the punishment. But like seven seven hundred thousand to a guy who was making over over a hundred million dollars in in his just in his couple contracts with the Clippers themselves, that's a slap on the wrist. You know what I mean? Yeah. But there's like a whole investigation I I read and it was saying that the investigation concluded that Leonard himself did not have direct knowledge of the salary cap circumvention. though he accepted penalties under collective bargaining agreements. Yeah. So I mean I get what you're saying is like maybe he did throw them under the bus, but it could it could be that maybe someone covered for his ass and like his uncle basically who is is his business manager. True. So he could have just thrown himself under the bus and said it was all on me and give Klo Kay a an out. Ooh, like a little shohe situation which Riley knows all too well. Yeah. Like his interpreter, right? His uncle was just interpreting for him. Yeah. Do you think that maybe all the deals? Do you think maybe it's a little bit poetic that Kawhi gets hit with something like this after being the first one to start this whole load management shit? That one's tough. Little bit of karma. It's hard to say because when he went down initially, th I mean, let's be real here. I we might not we This whole load conver load management conversation. If it wasn't for fucking Zaza Patulia, closing out all stupid and breaking his ankle. Right? Yeah. If you want to rewind back, you know, rewind the history clocks a little bit. That series between San Antonio and Golden State, Zaza Patoulia, dirty ass motherfucker, closes out on Kawhi Leonard on the three-point line. Easily could have avoided it, but he lands right underneath him. Kawhi Leonard. on him breaks his shit. That doesn't happen? I don't think we're having this conversation. As a matter of fact, I think he stays with San Antonio. Yeah. Yeah. Because the whole thing happened when like when he when he came back after the surgery or whatever, it it it's and now now it's a whole load management thing, he's holding out until he'll fe he until he feels right. Yeah. Until his body's good. Yeah. Right? And that's where the disconnect starts when and and and the the head start button between him and and the organization itself. It's like well when you I need a second opinion. Sure. You know what I mean? Do you not think that do you think it was Kauai cutting a deal or do you think the league just didn't want to lose one of its bases? I think it's both. Yeah. I mean, 'cause that's a lot of money lost in ticket sales. He's going to Toronto. Dude, that's a big ass draw for Toronto altogether. He he's history. He's he's the one who brought them a ship. Yeah. Well, do you want Drake the Kingpin of Toronto called a couple favors. Mob ties. You know what? That's not outlandish. No. That's pretty good. I I've I've been on a c on a conspiracy kick lately. Yeah. No, that shit's valid. Yeah. Hell yeah. I know, because I said it. Yeah. These are all the games. You are a credible source. As credible as it gets. Yeah. Drake's at all the games, dude. Huh? Drake's at all the games. Most of the games. Drake was there when Kawai brought that back. Yeah. Brought the ring. Right. Alright? Yeah. So I think We just cracked the case here. Let's call Drake. Lose pickups exclusive. Drake. Let's call Aubrey right now. Come on. Who? Aubrey. Aubrey? Aubrey Grand. Let me see if I can. shit. he he's on D and D. I'ma hit up Champagne Poppy on Instagram. Hold up. No, you just gotta look up his first and last name at gmail.com. That's that's all you gotta do. Yo Yo, what up? Yo Let me get you on this pod. Mm-hmm. I'm a little scared, I actually do think he's actually messing with it. He is. From the Little Pickups Instagram. Yeah, really. That hasn't updated that hasn't updated a logo. That hasn't updated logo. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, fuck yeah. Pretty dope. You should check out the Twitter dude. Look. Yo badass. Coming soon. Coming soon. To a social media near you. Bang bang. Yeah, that's crazy though. I mean it's own it's an unprecedented unprecedented situation. Yep. Right? and it seems like they're kind of shitting on the organization more than they are on Kawai. Yep. He's gonna play. He's gonna be fine. Yeah, he's gonna get traded. And funny enough, he's due for another extension, which is gonna be which he's gonna be pretty fat. Yeah. I mean he's probably gonna get paid thirty million seven hundred thousand dollars. I feel like the only downside to him like for him in general is gonna be his uncle. He's he's done. They even they submitted everything and he's done for this crazy. So and then cli I feel like the Clippers got the worst of it. They got hosed. Yeah. I mean you got a bunch of Clippers executives being w dealt a one year ban. Yeah. Including the owner season, including the owner. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't be a piece of shit. Yeah. Don't cut corners. Yeah. Don't cut corners. That's crazy. Or they'll get caught. hold on. Don't clip corners. Don't clip damn. I thought you were gonna go for it. My bad. Hey, the clippers got clipped. How about that? Yeah, dude. Wings got clipped. Wings got clipped. Yeah, the clippers is like a boat though. Clippers is a boat? Yeah. I like the Clippers old dog. Remember that one? With the basketball and the Clippers? I hate that logo. The old one? It's so ugly. You're tripping dog. You're tripping, dog. I'm not a fan. It makes me think of fucking Michael Olawakandy. Who? Yeah, that's a deep cut for you guys. Michael and Ocandy. Michael Otwo Candy. Why is that bad? Those are some bad teams. Shout out. We'll get you in the pot soon. Pay you in cap. Damn, that's crazy. Well, we'll see how it plays out. Pay you in capital? capil. I thought you said I'll pay your cap or whatever. I was like, that's crazy. What's next on the docket? So let's get this sensitive controversial s subject out of the way real fast. the NFL Commissioners exemplist grew quite a bit this this offseason. Back to the NFL. I mean, we don't we don't gotta go too too too into it. How many times did I say it too? Too many. but a couple notable names on there, you know, the big one being Josh Jacobs. From the fucking Packers. Uh-huh. Right? Yeah. Then you also got, you know, Jonathan Cooper. From the Denver Broncos. And then the last one, Terry and Arnold from Seattle Seahawks, actually. Hungry rival teams, baby. Riley pointed that out. might have done some homework whether would have put this together. NFL Commissioners exempt list or Los Picos Podcast Hate Watch list. One and the same. one and the same. Yes. no but in all seriousness, all these dudes got caught up in some shit. Did some shit that is deplorable. yeah. For those of you don't who don't know, listen in, it's all it's all domestic violence shit. Well one Google's got the police report. Yeah, if you I did talk about Terry and Ar Arnold's a while back. A while back on episode fourteenth. I found the episode. So you should go listen to that. Go listen to it. Yeah, so if you all if if you if you want more information, it's yeah in episode fourteenth. P i it's pretty it's unfortunate, it's bad, it's sad, but also it's intriguing because like some of this is the more you learn, the more you uncover, it's like holy shit. and It kinda goes back to the to the conversation we've had a few times where it's like, Okay, these guys these guys are have cash thrown at them, expectations through the roof, they play arguably the most dangerous game. So they actually still receive their full salary. Do you guys know that on the exempt list? Yes they do. Yeah. So and then yeah, so even though they're not playing even though they can't play or practice they can't play or practice. They can still go within meetings, on a regular basis and talk to teammates but they just can't really play or practice. And but the but that's the crazy part. They're still getting paid. Yeah, they're still getting paid. and I don't know. I mean I w I wanna pick you guys brains. What what what are your thoughts on the whole situation? What like is going on the I mean you would think going on the exempt list it would be like a a little more strict. A a big ass punishment. Well it should be but if you're still getting your salary. feel so bad. Now you've now you're not getting paid do anything. Yeah. Right. Mhm. You're just chillin' out. Theoretically. I mean I'm sure there's some other shit that goes into it. Like you th there there might be some court mandated like anger management issues, counseling, some type of shit. I don't know. Or they lose their sponsorships to exactly. But like overall, like it still it still is a an asterisk to it if you're still getting paid. Yeah. Yeah, there are game checks. Right. So you're not getting game checks. No. Right? Not that that makes it any better. At the core it's still an issue because they're still getting paid, nevertheless, right? Yeah. But it's tough because it's like I don't know, it's kind of akin to like the whole military situation, where it's like you put these people, you put guns in their hands, you train them to do a certain thing, you put them in these really hardcore violent situations, and then you just kind of release them into the wild again. into the wild of the United States of America, whatever. In in civilization, right? Yeah, and they then they become civilians. Yeah. So then you take these like sixteen year old kids, you take them to Alabama, you buy them cars, you give them all this money, you take them to these frat houses, show them all these college girls, all these rookie girls and And then so their their their heads start getting bigger, right? and so at a young age they're just not shown proper guidance because they're pumping money into their pockets. They're not sh they're not being coached, mentored, taught. Once they are being coached or mentored, they get plucked into the NFL and then that's a twenty one year old kid with a shit ton of money and a lot of influence and a lot of people trying to deceive them. So you kids in these situations with their backgrounds don't have proper Role models? Yeah. That's a recipe for disaster, so then it's like what is the NFL supposed to like attach a therapist to each person? Or make all these players go to like therapy? Where do you start? You know? Like, is is that the solution? Wh where where i and if so, where where does it start? 'Cause I mean, okay, now I mean we might get we might piss off some people by saying this, but like we we did just compare the NFL to military, which I'm sure is gonna annoy some people, but it it's I was just saying it was akin. Right, so No, I I I'm not talking they're soldiers. That's not a bad but that's not a bad comparison. I'm comparing it to a system that also doesn't have support. I'm not saying you're wrong for it. I I I think the comparison is valid. I mean y you're talking about a couple of different schemes, right? Mm-hmm. especially given the fact that one is that you have you live a life of luxury as opposed to you go to these you you you go to hell on earth and then when you get sent back it's like all right, figure it out. Yeah. With with with a with slap on the ass sometimes. It's like, Hey good job, good job kid. Yeah. Your country thinks you. Yeah. Right? country thinks you here's a house, but other benefits. Exactly. Exactly. which is but but the point is still there. There's no there's no guidance, no counseling. Therapy is a real thing. Like it just it just it just becomes like something that you kinda wanna emphasize and and and know that that's a resource out there for everybody. And and and if you don't want to go with that route, you know, if you have some 'cause I 'cause we all know there's there's a ton of stigma with mental health as it is. So all right, but I mean maybe we can frame it differently. What about, you know, I'm not saying this, but like what about a life coach or a mentor or something? You know what I mean? psychology like a financial literacy class or some shit. for as an example. Yeah. th think of it as like a twelve step program for for professional athletes. Like how how how to become, you know, a model citizen. Okay. So then we want to do that, but we also want to advocate for NIL deals. That's ki that's kind of like part of the equation, isn't it? It's already Well, you're an advocate for NIL deals. I am. Right. Yeah. But that's No, but the that that becomes part no it be it be the solution's in it already. Alright, cool, you get these NIL deals, but you gotta do this. They're making him do a job or work to to get that NIL dealt. It's part of the deal. Yeah. Yeah, no, I hear you. I hear ya. And and I'm not saying that's the the perfect solution 'cause I I'm sure there's plenty of flaws in that I in that train of thought as well. Yeah. Either way, I do think they need to be does need to be hardcore consequences. Yeah. You know, you can't be sending these teams to like see these kids in hospitals and shit and pop off and do some stupid shit like that. Yeah. It's not it's not a good look. It's already a stigma within NFL. I mean I don't really know how baseball is. Yeah. I mean excuse me, basketball. Other than they just get a bunch of baby mamas pregnant. Yeah. The same baby mom's pregnant. Yeah. Unfortunately. So it's like that's kind of their issue, you know. Yep. But I don't know how dem if domestic violence is a thing as much in basketball and maybe it's not because it's not as violent. No, there there there's some cases out there right now that peop that people got you know, got them in a tissue, you know, like Miles Bri Miles Bridges. Same dude. or not same dude but same situation. Yeah. Got into it with his lady. Dude dig and suspended. Yeah. And and that does need to be Dude, I wouldn't be mad if it's like half a season. No. You can't have that. No. Be more strict. Come on, bro. It's not that hard. Easy money, take away the game checks and half your season. Yeah. Because then you have half the season to make it up. Yeah. And be like a star model and learn and if you fuck up again shoulder half of the season. You're done. And like I understand it doesn't solely fall on the shoulders of the athlete themselves. It's like if you got somebody who's pressing you, pushing your buttons or whatever, we don't know we don't know what's being said or what's being done in those interactions. And I'm not I am not justifying anything. But like part of the part of the situation or part of the issue is like, alright, how did you get to get yourself in a situation to begin with? Yeah. This could have been avoided. I mean, like, why is Rasheed Rice still not wasn't ever on the exempt list and he fucked up so many times. Like, doing hit and runs, posting I think he posted with a gun at one point, but he was never at fault for anything. Maybe he got like a one game, two game suspension, but like that was it? That's all he gets? Yeah. He gets like a slap on the wrist and that's it. I mean you could also look at w what was the running back for the Browns and the Chiefs. Mm-hmm. Who's number twenty seven. He's got a deteriorated thing. Yeah. Kareem Hunt. Kareem Hunt, thank you. Kareem Hunt. He did the same thing as Josh Angles did. He was in a domestic dispute. And the But he faced the repercussions because he got dropped by the Chiefs. But that's because the team dropped him, which was good for the Chiefs. But it wasn't it wasn't like a leak signature. No, sure. But it wasn't like a punishment and he still played for the Browns for like another season. Yeah. Okay. Well then how about is plagued at this point with a bunch of like nonstop shit, right? Yeah. I swear this dude is still like on fucking Good Morning America or some shit being interviews of like like the ESPN is perpetuating it by n still giving them spotlight. Yeah. Still giving them the player interviews. Yeah. Like you can't be saying like with all that shit that's coming out unless th it goes to court and it gets acquitted or whatever, right? Right. It's like what the fuck's going on guy? Yeah, and if it is a situation where it's toxic 'cause sometimes it can be both sides that are toxic. Right. You know, and narratives get spun. Well then you're kind of a dumbass for staying in that situation. True. But that's also fair. Not saying domestic abuse victims are dumbasses for being in the situation. Everyone's different. But I think as if for somebody who has enough resources as an NFL player, you should have enough resources to be able to you can't afford to move away. Yeah. You know, which in some situations people can. They're stuck. They have nowhere else to go. You're an NFL player, you're making hella money. Yeah. Yeah, and I think and and I and I think I mentioned it before and and and I still stand by this. You you're Like you should just be doing really well the community, which I'm pretty sure these other players still go out with their community. But still like you need to be a positive influence when it comes to this. It all also like saying with Kareem Hunt, like does this make an exception for the other players to even copy what he did? Or like take place of what other pe what other people have done in the league? But I think it's also I n I understand I'm not disputing your point. Yeah. I just also want to throw out I'm not a huge fan of like you're an athlete, you have be a role model and do ship for your community. I and I I'm like I'm I'm a that you don't always have to be put on a pedestal. What's that? Big ass spider, all on the cubs. no. no. You got it? Get your ass down there. Did you get him? he's he crawled underneath, so shit. Brother. What's the I guess? Brother. Sorry. I don't know. I don't necessarily agree though that like you have to be, you know a role model. Uhhuh. You have to be an example for your community. Yeah. Feet up here. I just I don't want to. The spider was back there. It could have crawled up, dude. I kicked him down. Okay. I'm good. So So sorry guys, we we have a couple well I speak for myself, I'm I'm a bit of an arachnophobe, so I've a little little syrup. Arachnophobe? Yeah. what? Relax. So, any final thoughts? there it is. Where Get Got Dude, they're big out here in my gar in my undisclosed location. Yeah. And your fortress of solitude. No! Tottenham hotspurs. Not the hotspurs. They're not doing so well. It was fucking Tottenham. no. It it was Tottenham Hotspurs. Tottenham. Maybe that was a sign. No, I and j just to finish that that thought itself, and I agree with you. I'm not saying you gotta go out there and be fucking Mother Teresa or Bob Ross or some shit. You I just think we need more Nick Chubbs. No. Yeah, shout out Nick Chubb, a hundred percent. Keep to himself, play the game, yeah set you probably did community shit. Good go go make your money. Hand it out some turkeys. Do your thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, do a do a quick photo op. Go home. Yeah, yeah. That's it. Or be a Marshall Lynch. You know he was still thugging. Homeless Cameroon today. Yeah yeah. That's how he talked in the video. Shout out these mode. For real, for real. yeah, I I just hope like these guys serve serve as a cautionary tale to future generations and obviously these other guys, you know, coming into the league and stuff like that. 'cause yeah, this this has gotta stop. yeah, absolutely. we can do better. especially because, you know, we we we do admire and and respect these guys so much. I don't think it's too much to ask for them to just, you know, be decent people off the field and off the court. So but yeah. Like be decent people to your lady. Like it's Yeah. Absolutely. no, I I mean it's it's we we're we're we're in a society today that, you know, thankfully people are speaking up and we're trying to hold men more accountable to all the bullshit that they've they've we've done, you know, over the years. And I'm not like hating on, you know, my gender or anything. like that but let's be real. We we we should be doing better, a lot better. And you know, and what what's the expression? You y you gotta you gotta be the change that you wanna see. Yeah. Right? And it it starts with starts with us and Michael Jackson. I don't know, but shout out Michael Jackson. Made a whole song about it. Man in the mirror. Absolutely. Take a look at yourself and make a change. Change. Absolutely. Alright, shifting gears a little bit. Shifting gears a little bit. That's off two capals too. And that's off two capals. Clapples. Capital clapples. Just cap just cap and clap. Cap clap. Cap and clap. No. shifting gears a little bit. the WWE. Lots of stuff going on. Lots of excitement. we just had a couple PLEs. Lots of stuff. And the storylines and everything. Main thing I want to talk about right now is Monday Night Raw is coming to Mexico City. La Ciudad Mexico, El D. and We're gonna have it I'm I think it's gonna be a match for the ages. I really hope so. we got Roman Reigns, the OTC versus Penta and Cedomero for the World Heavyweight Championship. and it's gonna be fucking off the hook. I really am excited for the whole thing. Guess who Ernesto's going for? my gosh. so yes I am conflicted. For a multitude of reasons. I'm not. I know you're not, but you're fucking biased too. You're going for my country man. I mean it's like That's the bias I got. I'm biased for my flag? Huh? I'm biased for my flag. No, you hate Roman reigns. But you're not emphasizing my love for my country or you're using our country as a fucking shield. Mm-hmm. You're using the shield as a fucking shield. Damn, that's good. And if you and if you watch WWE, you saw what I fucking did there. Damn, you got me. Damn damn. All respects to Roman Reigns. Good athlete. Good good character. Good human being. Yeah, he is. I see what you're doing. Yeah he is. Yeah, he's a Niners fan, that's why he's a good person. He's a Niners fan, that's the only thing good about him. And apparently because he's like the nephew. Good good college football player too. Shout out Georgia Tech. If he was good he would have played in the Who's the person he's facing? You said Pinta? Pinta and Cinnamon. okay. has ties to the forty niners. Who also has ties to the forty niners. George Kittle tied in for the forty s the forty niners. Huge, huge Penta fan. dude he's got he he actually it does a settled Miedel set celebration whenever when most of the time when he scores he's got a plethora of celebrations himself. or when he catches the ball. that's every time. See me though. Settle mielo. Absolutely. It's gonna be off the hook. I'm excited. this is the first time in fifteen years that Monday Night Raw is gonna be live in Mexico, which I think is fucking dope. the the fan base, the love for the sport is is is is I think is at an all time high. I think it's kinda went in a bit of a lull, but in no small part, thanks to the tribal chief, it's back on upswing and the popularity is is is growing once again. since when? Before the pandemic? Six years ago. It was also kind of like not Before they put the belt back on him. In my opinion. I think it's cooler without the belt. actually finding to f like prove something instead of just like I really I really appreciate the energy and the enthusiasm you just said that with 'cause it really brought life to the to the episode. As you guess as as you brought that up. Benta wins in Mexico City, that shit is gonna go fucking nuclear. I agree. They need to just do it to create the moment. You wanna talk about pop? Yeah. Let's let's talk about pop. Because apparently nobody else nobody else gets more pop than Roman Reigns. Give it to Penta who's already proven as a main inventor, who's proven as a wrestler, who's paid his dues. Just give it to him. Even if he drops it, right? Let him drop it because fucking the Romo the Romans. The fucking Roman Reigns Roman Reigns, Tribal Chiefs, Blood Chief, Bloodline, Duke Lines over there. Jesus Christ. Because they can't fucking fight a s a a straight fight and then let him lose to that and then now he's beefing with them or some shit or whatever, right? But like that's a great story. But what's gonna happen? They're gonna use they're gonna use Mehiko and our people and the hype that we bring to a fucking stadium and they're just gonna have Roman fucking beat him again. Because that's all they ever fucking do. Can I say something? It took Cody Rhodes Please say something to be able to beat fucking Roman Reigns. help by the way. With help, by the way, with the whole fucking roster. Just drop it to Penta. Swear to God it you you would create a moment worth remembering. Rather than creating a moment smothered again yet with a fucking tribal chief. You're gonna you're gonna smear Penta's work if you let Roman Reigns win. Or you can solidify him as an actual player, an actual contender in the belt. Like that's my fucking problem is that everybody over here, right, in the WWE. Everyone it's Cody Rhodes, it's Roman Reigns, it's fucking Oba Femi, and it's Braun Breaker at this point. Nobody else is a standalone fucking adversary for anything. You need two or three of these motherfuckers to d equate a Roman Reigns. W What happens to the WWE when anybody can win any fucking night? Right? But no, we have to watch this motherfucker go two years before anybody even sniffs the fucking belt again. And we get fucking five appearances. Yes, he's fucking appearing more now. I'll give him that. I'll give him that, I suppose. But make everybody formidable. Make it so everybody has a chance to lose. Because then it's more fucking impressive when he wins. Other than he just fucking wins again because he's fucking the rock's little peepee. Right. Let Penta win in Mexico City. You would be creating a fucking pop worth remembering. I'm glad you had that. It's okay. So what I was gonna ask y yeah, ten minutes later, please. What I was gonna ask is that do any legends come back f like come back or surely come? to like Monday Night Raw? have they? No, they reserve that for like pay per views now. I I I I will say Do you think Ray Mysterio would ever come back? yeah, no Ray Mysterio is still on action. He actually just wrestled last night. did he? Yeah. Do you guys think he would make a surprise appearance? Well he's with Dominic. Well he's actually the commissioner of Fibra so he's he's around quite a bit. Okay. Yeah. Okay I didn't know that. I don't want I don't want him to come back I don't want him to come back in the as like a belt contender. Why not? Because he's too old. Dude Ageism. No, there's no there's no narrative to him. He's already done it all. He doesn't need to. He doesn't need that. He's already established with or without the belt, unlike some people. He's a hall of fame already. Unlike some people who need the belt to be anything. Okay. So that's why Fenta should win it. Because it would solidify him. No, let's smother another fucking legend. Send his ass back to Mexico because nobody gives a fucking son, Dominic? No, not yet. Not yet? He's still building himself up. He he's tryna he's still in his dad's shadow. He's a very Why not come out of the shadow in Mexic Mexico City? Not to be Roman, that's too big of a jump. He needs to work his way up. Yeah, and I I also think he should. It's too it's too quick. You want Totem to go against Barcelona in the fucking champions finals? Yeah. For you to get smacked. So dude, football's life. Football's football. Can't argue against that. Yeah. It's different. Like it's the the the wrestling wrestling is I I I don't even know if I like the I don't even know if I like saying this. It's like asking wr wrestling is formulaic. Yeah. Yeah. I I I will say that. 'cause 'cause that I mean it's just one of those things where like There are there are those who are born great and then there are those who have great disgust upon them. And I'll be the first one to say that admittedly Roman was probably one of those guys that had great disgust upon them. Which is why there's so much like even though he's got probably arguably the biggest draw in in the company right now, for a time being, people got annoyed. Like they they they like like very much like him. He's not the first one I've heard spout that bullshit about like he's he was forced on us, he was pushed on us, he's not good on the mic, lava. But the fact is he eventually became what he is, the tribal chief, that whole persona. He made that and his own and he's basically turned Turn negative into a very, very strong positive. and n and not I mean I I you can't argue with me on this. The the guy is a is w is the what are the what do the kids call it these days? He's w he's he's he are farms to the max. Like anytime he's he's on he's on screen or anything, people are locked in. Whether you hate him or you love him, you're locked in. It's it's insane. He he he he is a draw. And and and that's part of the part of the issue too. And and why I respect him so much is like, I mean, I'm not comparing myself, but I I I would love to be in Romans position. I have people either either A, they hate me, great. I'm And be over fucking you just had to go and fucking room. And before I mean before talking to you guys about like WWE and before really knowing about it or really getting into it, I knew Roman Reigns or I knew about Roman Reigns more than I did about other people, but I also knew about So I don't even know Penta and that's this is the first time I'm hearing him. And that's because they're fucking popular. Yeah. Yeah. It's also nepotism. Dominic has Rey Mysterio, so he's instantly gonna have a huge boost. Pentacame from Mexico. Dude, I mean Roman Reigns came from the whole Simone bloodline. You're talking Umaga, Rishiki, Dwayne Rajas. No, that instantly gives him a leg up in the conversation. You can have it, yeah, but you have to maintain. And and but the thing is, is they're maintaining. Okay. Like if you have somebody if you have somebody who gets the leg up with their nepotism okay she there is no bad example of somebody who used nepotism to like and didn't maintain. You're always watching them. So then so then the whole nepotism bullshit then you just gotta throw it out the fucking window then. No, it's because of that. If fucking Roman Reigns I can't I can't I mean I I don't understand what you w what you want then. 'Cause if if they got nepotism and they maintain, you you're mad at the fact that they're maintaining? Okay, my issue is that no, you are like the dude you're just You're consuming without fucking thinking. I Every the newest Jordans are the hottest shoe out there because everyone's buying them. That so they have to be the hottest shoe out there. That's not Hader like it. That's not it. Hader love it. I'm not looking at the design of the Jordan. But everybody loves the Jordan. So I gotta love the Jordan. Do you know what Jordan we're on right now? Do you know what Jordan we're on right now? Fucking thirty. No. We're on fucking forty-four. That's besides the fact that And you know what? Who are who what other shoes that are being bought? Anything everything before the twenty. Okay. That's legacy. Yeah, but you don't have to like the Jordan just because of that. I like the Jordan because I fucking like the Jordan. They're fly ass shoes. You're saying you like Roman Reigns because of the legacy. You're not liking Roman Reigns because of Roman Reigns because he was my god. So I think Benta should drop the belt. How do you think the narrative should play out? Honestly And if if it was up to me I'd do I'd drop the belt. I think Beta should get the belt. My bad as well. i if I if honestly if if if it's w worth exploring, like you said, if he actually takes down Goliath in Mexico, yeah, give it to him. He's gonna get the he he's gonna give it right back though. in at the next at at the next B L E. And I'm fine with that. And and okay. And that's perfect. I don't know if that's g if that's what they're gonna want. I th I think I think people might be scared. The creative. They might be scared i and and to think it might be too risky to do that. Why though, if he's such an aura farmer that he can just get it back whenever he wants. I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm t I'm talking for the creative people. But like if if if there's a reason for them not to do it, i i it would be that. The creatives are cowards. And and I On top of that, he just kinda proved our point. Until right now, he didn't know who the fuck Benth was. He's not a fan. He's not a wrestling fan, and he knows who Roman and Dominic are. Got me. Right? Okay, fine. Yeah. You you're you know what? You're right. I'm not asking. know I hate it. I not that I don't hate that you're right. I just hate what's going on. And I can't wait for the next chapter. I'll sit here and I'll stoop and I'll shut the fuck up. I hate it. That's fine. Dude, I in honestly. As soon as all these fucking Samoans stop having babies That's not gonna happen. If this just turns into Roman's nephew, Solo's nephew, it's the bloodline that the bloodlines lasted generations. Now Jimmy and Jay have both twins? Now that the Jimmy Jimmy JJ? Now it's JJ? Yeah. It's the ooz ooze. Jay s Jay's Q. I I'll commit arseny. I'll commit arseny. But also that's gonna be like twenty years down the road, so you got some time. I I equate the whole thing I think I'm gonna start watching AEW. That's cat. I equate the whole nepotism thing to like the r the rich parents thing. Like if you if you as somebody who has who's got it, you you got money as a parent, you've succeeded in life, there's nothing that your that your kids want or need in this life. you just help your kids get there? Yes. So then that shit applies to in wrestling or in sports. Hum how much nepotism is there in i in football? Yeah. You got the fucking Harbaugh brothers who are head coaches in the NFL. Yeah. I'm saying you're right. I'm just saying I hate it. I hate it as a you can bulb on the I'm a little scared. No no no. I just hate it as a product. I think it's a shitty product right now. I think no one's on equal footing. It's one dude clearly above the rest. And that's irritating. I mean that's that's an opinion. Yeah. No, because now like It's your opinion. sh yeah. Yeah. Well this is a podcast. Yeah. Are we not sharing opinions? No. My opinion is that I hate it. Ernesto's opinion is that He likes it. Ernesto is the truth of the narrative. Okay. And the truth of the narrative is that everyone loves it. I just don't. So I'm not gonna keep swimming against the s the the school here. But and the thing is, like I I I I like I like this right now. Ten years ago w when it was Brock Lesnar, I hated it. He w how how many times did he win the bow? How many times was he the beast that could have fucking beat him? No, I just think it's a bad product. I think like I'm not a fan of Sami Zayn, I'm not a fan of Kevin Owens, I'm not a fan of these. Don't get me starred on Kevin Owens. Because they're fans fat fucker. Like I can't sorry. No. It's because these are just fans of wrestling. They're not people creating they're not creating. They're regurgitating. Yeah. And they're just fans. It's like it's like a rapper who is a fan of rapping but it's not like don't it's like logic. He's a fan of rapping. I'm not a fan of logic though, because I don't think he creates he regurgitates. He's got great how long did it take for that shit to happen? Hey Bla hey Black Spider Man has probably my one favorite song ever. He's lucky that's a good ass song. He has that. so he's a great actor too. I will watch Roman when he's going against people I like but I won't Sir and that's fine. He's not for you. I'm just saying, yeah, I'll chill out. That's especially huh? I hate Rob Breaker. Yeah, I mean he's he's also just like a He he's a specimen of an athlete. I'm so he's just reheating Kurt Engel's nachos, which I totally fucking get. So is it the fucking Chad Gable. Chad Gable kinda won me over though. Yeah, I know. But Chad Gable as Chad Gable. Yeah. It's just a Kurt Engel knockoff. For sure. And that's my issue with the whole thing. And there's just nothing But what's what's the expression though? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yeah. So I think he I hope people I think he thinks it it's broke right now. So As long as No no no because that people are loving it. Yeah? Yeah. I'm just the bona fide hater. For those of you who watch WWE, please let us know. Email us. Don't. Shout out. I am the one out of ten people that don't like what's going on. Nine out of ten people love and are deep throating Roman Reigns. I just want them to Yeah like that. Why can't we have the fans you are there there's no need to say that. Why can't we have the viewers? You're just mad that you're taking it off the ass by Roman Reigns right now. We're social. We gotta have the viewers. Doesn't feel good, does it? I didn't say you were taking it. You were deep throating Roman Reigns and then you redirected it, pointed in the direction. Everybody and I me I'm in the majority, right? So like you think I'm stupid? I don't read between the fucking lines? Fuck you. How long have I known you? What lines are we talking about? How long how long have I known you? This think this motherfucker on to on top of being a hater who thinks I'm stupid. I don't think you're stupid. Are we all a little stupid? Yeah, really. Now we're still WWE wrestlers carrying this aura into outside. I alright, maybe maybe we'll find common ground on this. I I kinda hate it. Like into movies. Yeah. Yeah. I think if they do well. If they do well. I think for like the actors for the W W super. Like like like re like W D superstars carrying their name, their prestige onto the silver screen. Yeah. And I think The Rock is is the main culprit of the of my issue. He w he started off so well, like when he made the transition and then all of a sudden he oversaturated himself in the worst way. I kinda like it when wrestlers cameo as themselves. That's fun. Ready to rumble? Yeah. No. Dude, that that's a banger. It's I think it either came out in ninety nine or early two thousands. But you got a lot like the OGs like that that cameo in that as themselves. As themselves. Yeah, it was it was you got Sting, you got Goldberg, you had Diamond Dallas Page, a a movie night, we'll watch it with David you know who David Arquette is? No. god. I I'm dating myself right now. But no, because there was an episode of It's Always Sunny where Roddy Rat Nice. He was just like a like a drunk like homeless wrestler who like would wrestle like twenty bucks on a hot dog or some shit. And then he ends up like dying of alcoholism in that episode of Okay. But it's just funny when they do shit like that. But I don't know. I guess get your money how you can. Isn't fifty cent gonna be in there too? In what? He's gonna be in the next street fighter. He's not a wrestler though. No, but he's gonna be in the Yeah, fifty yeah. Yeah I thought he said fifty cent I processed ice cube. is gonna be in there. I don't hate it so long as they do well, you know? As long as they do well for sure. Well it does kind of fuck the K Fab cast. K Fab, yeah for sure. K Fab. Is it K Fab or K Fob? I thought it was K Fob. Well for those of you listening at at home, K Fab or K Fob is basically maintaining your person personality as a wrestler or WWE superstar. all the time. So when when you tweet on social media, when you interact with people, with fans in the real world, like you stay in character. I think it's easier to consume that shit after they're done. You know? Like when Connor McGregor did Roadhouse, he was already kinda done. And he's John Cena in his later movies. He's controversial in itself. John Cena in his later movies, you stepped away. He he he he's got he see and like you said, like it's nice when they're good movies. John Cena's had some pretty good movies, in my opinion. And then he did the peacemaker shit, but he had already kind of stepped away from wrestling. Peacemakers already made th that's probably his best work. outside of W W E, in my opinion. Well but and it's tough when you're like an aura farmer try to do anything other than just like play a badass. I'm really scared for Street Fighter 'cause I'm a huge Street Fighter fan. Roman Reigns, and you guys know I love Roman Reigns, motherfuckers not Akuma. First of all, Akuma is Japanese. Okay. And a j redhead, okay. does not have a beard. Now you got Redhead Japanese bearded guy. He's not bearded, that's my point. No, I'm saying where the fuck are you gonna find a redheaded Japanese bearded guy? Well f well, first of all, like are are you worried about authentication? No Well be because of how how how directly they're they're they're d they're made in the movie to mimic the actual game. Bro, have you seen any of the trailers? It looks the I didn't stay in the way 'cause I wanted to watch it. They've stayed they've stayed true to the game. Like w a Shoryukin. Yeah, I didn't want to see that shit 'cause I want to watch it in the movie. But but my point is, if they're gonna stay true to the character design, how does Roman Reigns make sense as Akuma? At the very least you got Cody Rhodes who steered into it and did the fucking guile hair with that weird ass brush head thing he's got going on. I think they wealthy like spam a subi or something. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. But I'm still hopeful, from the tr from the trailers and previews that I have seen, it it's either gonna be fucking epic or it's gonna be shit. There's no in between. I remember watching John Cena's twelve rounds or whatever, twelve shots or some shit. When it was like a military guy and they stole his wife. She was badass to me as a kid. Really? Yeah. I don't think I saw that. Th he's in John Cena's in a lot of movies now. I think he's funny as fuck. He's his funny movies? He's actually funny. Yeah. Like he's hilarious. That movie came out as like a WWE production. Right. When he was in the whole military angle. Yeah, yeah. And so he was like they kidnapped his wife and he had to like kind of go rogue like ex military on that. Like kind of rainbow. Yeah yeah. But I liked it, I thought it was cool, but I also was like twelve. Right. Some of his action movies are kinda like that in similar ways. I also think he's just a better actor than some folks because I remember watching I think they tried to do it with Ted D. Assy it didn't work. Valid. Valid. I don't know. I mean, I think, like you said, if if the movie does well, if the if the movie's well written and they actually have the chops as an actor, yeah, go for it. Yeah. But while you're collecting belts? No. Especially at this rate when you hear how much money they're making compared to how much they were. Yeah. Like come on dude. Yeah. Dedicate yourself to the craft. I agree. More so now than ever. For sure. Yeah, and and then I mean and like how it's been a I mean, yeah, he'll make like a cameo and WWE but The Rock has separated himself for quite a bit. from from that the W D yeah, he's the final boss, but how often do we see him? Probably it's probably just gonna be once, yeah. And it doesn't lead to anything is the issue. He's the final boss but isn't like the final boss to anything. He just has a name. Yeah. Like th he's n there's never been like a showdown since his battle with John Cena, I think. He just kinda s hits people with belts. Yeah. The Hollywood thing. Yeah. Right. True. But I don't know. I mean, it has this place. Some guys have s have had success, some other some guys have not. I feel like Jason Momo is just gonna be he's in everything now. It it's kinda weird. 'Cause like he's first of all, he's Aquaman. And then you have him as a villain for Supergirl. Right. I I actually like him as Lobo. So like but that but like both in DC. Yeah, both in DC. You can say it the same for Ryan Reynolds and being in Marvel and whatnot. But Right. Well and DC. To be fair, well Green Lanc you can't really count Green Lancer. Green Lancer was a shit movie. but I'm excited for the new Greenwich. But he's but he's but he but now you can't not see him as Deadpool. Yeah, yeah. Exactly. but he he rolled himself into that character very well. But the problem with Jason Momo I think is that DC hasn't put out any good movies since like the Dark Knight trilogy. Yeah. You didn't like Superman? And the first and the first Wonder Woman. I see I I do like the I do like the new Batman. No what? You didn't like Superman? with Cronin Croninworth the new guy? Yeah. I enjoyed it. I I did too. I liked it. Well I guess this Robert Patton's in Batman's problem No, that one was good. But like b but like now we're talking about like we're what, five movies in? Yeah. Right, as opposed to Marvel has a fuck ton of really good movies. Yeah. You know? Sorry, I I panned it off but I'm I'm saying that Jason Mamma is gonna be in Street Fighter. Yeah. Yeah, he he's he's playing Blanca. Yeah. Which I'm like he's gonna be in every freaking thing. Blanca doesn't have a fucking beard. Like that's again, semantics. But I I I'm tr I'm trying to keep true to the fucking story, right? To the character design. Yeah. What do you think of Andrew Schultz? I love Andrew Schultz as like yeah. he's a great com comedic. Like he's comedian? I I think he's funny. He he's kind of a putt as a person. but I mean he's but he is funny. He I mean he's Politics wasn't so great, but then he he told himself and told a lot of people that he fucked up about his politics. But No, yeah, and I mean that well we don't we're not gonna go down that radio. but but but him in Street Fighter is gonna be But again somewhat. You got this Andrew Schultz isn't that a Jewish name, Schultz? Yeah. Yeah. Come on, dude. Yeah. Come on. Like what the fuck are we doing? At least they got Ryu Ryu, right? Andrew Koji, who's Japanese. Or they actually used a sumo for that one too. So pr so good else to them. Did you watch the second Mortal Kombat yet? I did. I didn't think it was bad. It was better than the first one. They they finally they they finally got rid with the whole like what they call it, Arcana bullshit. That's not that's not lore accurate. I liked that they went they delved into the I still haven't seen this I They made it camp. They made it like not like goofy, but over exaggerated. You gotta realize it's based on a fucking video. They delved into it. And and I think Street Fighter is gonna do the same. I think it's gonna be a lot more a lighthearted and not and not so like gory. Yeah. Right? Yeah. but it's I I think there it like you said, can be. I th I think it's gonna that I'm hoping it works for that. I think it will. Graphically, I think graphics are the most important piece to it. Yeah. It's like you know, graphically, Scott Pugar vs. the world is really fun to watch. Love that movie. I don't know if you watch the live reac the live Speed Racer, that's really fun to watch. Yeah. If you haven't you should go back and watch it. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, maybe they they'll roll into their characters very well. Like it could Pretty important to some of these dudes that they're lords from skirt around that. Was it Andrew Shim? Come on. I don't know. His name is Dan Hibiki. Yeah. That that's as Japanese as it gets. He could he could be Nope. Yeah. For hi for his sake I hope he does well. But for his sake so rightly typically groups of people don't move somewhere, pretend to be them. I know s you may have the lines blurred a little bit, but that's not a normal thing for people to do. You can't know that. You can't go migrate from one area and then to another one and say you're from there. Wha what what are we you know. Sit the fuck down. Well, is Andrew Schultz gonna say that his great great grandma was Japanese? Is that what we're saying here? What's the next topic? Hey, Street Fighter, coming to UU in October. Jesus. Jesus. I hate him. No, you're you're too good of a juke joke to pass up. Ooh, that was almost easy. And he's worried about me. You're a dick genius. You are nice. Yeah. What what play? You could call me a dork since it's a whale's penis. Call a dorksucker. Cool. No, just no, I'll a whale sucker? No. No, you're a dork sucker. You're a dork sucker. Dork sucker? A dork sucker. A dorker? Dorker. You're a dorker. A sucker? She just says sucker. moving right along. let's talk about combat sports a little bit. well other combat sports. Yeah, boxing. Yeah, Ryan Garcia and Connor Ben. Remind me, is this a rematch? Nope. It's not a rematch. No. No, yeah it's gonna be really cool. This is for doesn't really make sense. No, it makes sense. Mexican Independence Day, fourteenth September. Mexican Independence Day is sixteenth of September. Fuck, sixteenth of September. There's always a fight. Yeah. Is it? Is there in September? No. I guess it's Sync with a Mayo mainly. But the sixteenth of Sept th generally there is a fight close to independence then. But people Cinco de Mayo there's always like a Mexican fight on Cinco de Mayo, but it kinda should be like around the sixteenth of September pretty much. But Cinco de Mayo's been commercialized and blah blah blah and yada yada yada. Anyways, on that weekend, I think Paramount if you Paramount you can stream it there for free. The Connor Ben versus Ryan Garcia fight, which I actually have something really funny to say too. And then the UFC has Noche UFC. Okay. In Las Vegas, but like Mexican themed. It's not gonna be like it the sphere. Right, right. Noche el El Sphere or some shit or whatever they call it. Yeah, okay. But it's it's a back to back kind of a thing going on that that they're doing. So that's gonna be really cool. I don't know who's fighting. I think it's like Diego Silva and Brandon Moreno or some shit in the UFC. But it was really funny with the Connor Ben and Ryan Garcia fight. I think what we wanted to delve into is was is Ryan Garcia the face of boxing. Yeah, or or still a household name in boxing. Yeah. Household name, yes. He went through a controversial rough patch where he said some pretty bad things. I think it's very important that we acknowledge those things and don't disregard them. I agree. I think it's also important that we maybe into why those things were coming out and I think he's is whoever's in his PR has done a very good job of hiding whatever that kid's gone through because he was on X saying some crazy shit and they attributed it to alcoholism. lot of people call him a cokehead and shit, but like you don't see videos of like Ryan Garcia doing coke or partying or anything like that. Which is crazy that those videos don't come up. Yeah. Considering everybody he parties with. Someone has to. Has to catch a sl Yeah. But they don't. Never. So then this leads me to believe he's just like getting fucked up in his penthouse. Yeah. Which is equally as dangerous. Yeah. Right. that being said, Ryan Garcia's a bit of a nosado. Yeah. Right. Doesn't speak much Spanish. I think he was trying to tell Conor Ben like the Waching at the Mother or some shit like that, right? China China's best. Yeah. Conor Ben spent some time in Spain. So he fucking ripped his ass in Spanish. Bad. And for and for those of you for those of you that don't know, so Spanish from Spain is the mother tongue, right? And Don't get me wrong, Mexican Spanish, you can say some pretty English shit. That's not a question. But something about Spanish from Spain gets you fucked up. Like, it's actually a a running joke. there's a particular insult that my my sister and I actually joke or joke around with or use as an insult from time to time. The expression is like, me cago en la muena de tomado. my god. What the fuck? And that's a literal translation is like I shit in your mother's mollush. So You know how deep in you gotta be Wait but You get up in there No, we use that as an insult to other people. I was about to say that didn't make any sense. Okay, thank you. I forget who this is, but it's actually Antonio Banderas arguing with this other dude in Spanish saying this saying this shit to each other and that's where we got it from. So whenever we want And so somebody we pull that one out. I'm gonna play the clip of Connor Ben and Ryan Garcia going at it 'cause it's fucking funny. Yeah, yeah. So and I don't think we'll get banned. And then he says Bish in English. He says Chupami Pito was his best was the best he could come up with. That is that is That is bad. I thought Hail Mary Good one to keep locked. not when someone's coming at you like that, you know. Nah. When somebody says Melapela's cabron you know that's it. I I mean yeah, you gotta you gotta say chupomipito bitch. Doesn't carry the same weight as Melapela cabrón. So Connor won him some some Mexican fans that time. Especially because Mexican fans can be pretty picky about who they back and Ryan Garcia isn't necessarily the best example of a Mexican American sometimes. He did not do himself any favors. and so I'm excited to watch it. Connor Ben is trying to make a name for himself. He's he's been in a couple wars now. but Ryan Garcia I'm a fan of Ryan Garcia boxing wise 'cause I think he's Unfortunately he's electric. Like this motherfucker is not technically sound at all. No. I wouldn't say he's top ten in anything. But bro, hit but when he connects his his that left hook. Lightning quick. Fuck. And this motherfucker's got personality. Yeah. You know? He he's got charisma. He's got charisma, he's got personality, and it's so fucking refreshing to see like somebody get hyped for putting somebody on his ass and he's just like cheering and shit. And alternatively, when he gets fucking rocked, like he fucking punches his gloves together, he just gets pissed, you know? He's it's kinda like watching a dumb fuck in there. But a dumb folk who's got the kiss of death and is left hook, you know? That's the left hook. I really like it. I enjoy watching them. Connor is a little bit more sound of a boxer. I think Connor's coming in smaller and this weight cut is a lot harder for him than Ryan Garcia. but they're fighting for the belt. One of the three belts in that weight class. I w I would say don't underestimate Connor Benn. No. He's trying to prove himself right now. He's he's really hungry for this. Ryan Garcia just might be talented. He's been leaning on his talent. He's incredibly skilled. Stretch that. He's incredibly talented. Yeah. He's not skilled enough to capitalize. He's skilled enough. He he's got talent. he's not fundamentally sound. Or tech or he's he's not a technician by any means. No, no, no. so if you want something to do this Saturday should be a lot of fun. I'm gonna be watching it. Yeah, absolutely. With the UFC. And then getting my body ready for Sunday n Sunday football. Sunday football. Yes Sunday. I cannot wait. Absolutely. I am Glock hard for football. Yes yeah. Brockhard, excuse me. Yes sir. Brockhard. Yeah. You two? Kirk O Bangs, baby. Kirkle Bangs. You you curked up? I'm kirked up, dude. He's cur he's curked out. getting frosty with with Caleb because he's the Iceman. I got nothing. Unfortunately RC is work in progress. Unfortunately RC is corny as foot. Beared down. Bear down. Yeah, you do you. Give him the helicopter wing. No, no, no, no, no. Final topic as we wrap up this episode. good good thing I think good things are happening for the Angels. this one's kinda kinda going back to baseball a little bit. kind of. So it's it's football and baseball. The LA Rams owner just purchased the Los Angeles Angels. I don't think it's finalized. It's a work in progress. It's a work in progress. It's going to. In twenty they said they haven't signed anything yet, but it's gonna be in like mid twenty twenty seven. If that is the case twenty twenty seven. Angels fans should be rejoicing. Yep. Because this guy is gonna do everything in his power to make fucking Angels relevant again and do not let another shoe Shohei Ohan Otani situation happen ever again. And it's like a record breaking of like four billion dollars. Something insane. And honestly, it's something so much it's such a big deal that players such as Mike Trout, who is the face of the franchise for the Angels right now, hasn't even said it's necessary. Necessary. Like the team needs a new life is what we'll say. don't quote me on that. But basically he he's signing off on the fact that it's time for new a new regime, if you will. I mean good for them, dude. and honestly, yeah, I mean the the Angels have kind of been like the kind of like the movie. Angels in the outfield. Again, I'm dating myself. Yeah. But like they unfortunately Charlie and i i isn't picking up the phone Yeah, it's I mean it so it's not gonna be mid season twenty twenty seven. I'm gonna correct myself. It's gonna become official in the first quarter of twenty twenty seven. Gotcha. So we're we're about what, a six six, seven months away from from it being time for spring training. Just in time for spring training. New team, new ownership, yeah, new life. I think this is great for the Angels. Yeah. New money. You already see what he does to the with the Rams with the franchise. An aggressive owner, which is maybe another aggressive owner getting into baseball, but with less fraud. So I think this is gonna help enhance the competition and hopefully shake up the ownership in baseball to start actually making some fucking moves and make your teams competitive. Right? I mean what's the point of making the playoffs if you get bounced out by a Shohei or you get bounced out by the Cubs? Right? You can make all these moves and make the playoffs for what? To lose against Super teams. So Angels owner, get in there, do some work, and Give those halos some life. Who knows, maybe the Angels buy Shohei again. I think Buy him back. That's not gonna happen. No, I know. Not buy him back, but maybe Shohei w will be open to close out the show in retirement with the Angels. You know what's crazy? Yeah. I don't know if we talked about this last time, but you know ultimately why we he did his day? 'Cause they didn't match him? Because they didn't want to pay him. Yeah. Yeah. Like like for real. He he even said, like, I'll I'll I'll take I'll I'll stay if you give me the same deals that the the same deal that the the Dodgers gave you. As a matter of fact, I'll take twenty million less in deferred money. Yeah. And still seven hundred million dollars. So that's the story for a lot of sports owners. Which is why I think maybe this is a turn of a revolution. I I in sports sports owner ownership. And I agree. I think this is just the latest of dumb fuckery that we've seen. I mean, shout out Dallas Mavericks. but like you got a generational talent and are and arguably Shohei Otani a a as far as like the magnitude of a the caliber of player that he is, is head and shoulders above Luka Dodgic. So what the fuck are we doing? We're talking about a perennial sa young candidate, a perennial MVP candidate. He's I'm gonna say it, he's probably the greatest baseball player ever. Right now. Yeah. Not just right now, but like ever. Like an and we're talking about like we've seen hundreds of years. Like bad the comparison, but we've seen like gods walk among us when it comes to baseball. Yeah. And he's better than those dudes. Yeah. And it's n it's insane. How do you let something like that go? Because you're not serious about being an owner. Because you're not serious about running a fucking franchise. Yeah. Doesn't make any sense. Kudos to them. Because They just maybe it it was just business for them. Right? But they just business. But they're they're making business off of fans' fervor and hope. Yeah. And now I think there are some fans who made a little bit of money who tryna wanna make some shit happen. Yeah. You know? Yeah. So I think it's teams like the Knicks. I don't think the teams I don't think the Knicks will ever have an owner who like will never want to get a championship for the Knicks. Yep. You know? And maybe it's just the cities. They fucking tried. Don't get me wrong. A and and as as somebody who who's who's watched the NBA for more than more than half of his life, the Knicks have tried. They just fucking failed. They did a bad job. Yeah. But they're trying. But they're trying. But they're fucking trying. But they're trying. That's what matters. You know? Yeah. So I think, you know as Much shit. Nah. some props but I decided to get it. Yeah. 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