<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, May twenty seven, twenty twenty six, you are listening

<v Speaker 1>to the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,

<v Speaker 1>Clint Daily, coming to you from Mahia City here in Denver, Colorado,

<v Speaker 1>and we are back for another week of talking sports

<v Speaker 1>with a dose.

<v Speaker 2>Of common sense. Hey, Happy Wednesday to you. I hope

<v Speaker 2>that you had a good Memorial Day weekend. I hope

<v Speaker 2>your week is going well.

<v Speaker 1>And that you, your family and your friends, everyone in

<v Speaker 1>your world is staying strong and healthy right now.

<v Speaker 2>And yes, we are back.

<v Speaker 1>To more of a regular format this week, or for

<v Speaker 1>a few weeks of like no current sports stories. We

<v Speaker 1>had a best of week and we had an interview

<v Speaker 1>last week with author Todd Smith, and I took some

<v Speaker 1>much needed vacation time. But speaking of Memorial Day weekend,

<v Speaker 1>I know we don't talk a ton about auto racing

<v Speaker 1>here on The Dose, but on Sunday, if you tuned

<v Speaker 1>in for the twenty twenty six Indiananapolis five hundred and

<v Speaker 1>that night the NASCAR Charlotte six hundred, hey, I'll just

<v Speaker 1>say you definitely.

<v Speaker 2>Got your money's worth.

<v Speaker 1>Now that might not mean much to people who don't

<v Speaker 1>follow auto racing at all, but this past weekend.

<v Speaker 2>Hey, it was a little bit heavier if you missed it.

<v Speaker 1>Last Thursday, veteran NASCAR driver Kyle Busch tragically passed away

<v Speaker 1>from severe pneumonia at the age of forty one. And

<v Speaker 1>I mean his death caught everyone by surprise, as he

<v Speaker 1>had actually just won a Truck Series race at Dover

<v Speaker 1>just a little over a week ago, and then finished

<v Speaker 1>in eighth place at Watkins Glenn in the NASCAR Cup Series. However,

<v Speaker 1>they say when you finished at Watkins Glenn, Bush actually

<v Speaker 1>radioed his crew near the end of the race asking

<v Speaker 1>a doctor.

<v Speaker 2>To give him a shot as he finished the race.

<v Speaker 1>Now, according to the television broadcast, Bush had been strugg

<v Speaker 1>with a sinus cold and then that ended up being

<v Speaker 1>exacerbated by the intense g forces and elevation changes at

<v Speaker 1>that New.

<v Speaker 2>York road course.

<v Speaker 1>They say Kyle Busch was actually coughing up blood and

<v Speaker 1>then his body progressed into sepsis.

<v Speaker 2>Well, the television ratings.

<v Speaker 1>Have not been great this year, but first up on

<v Speaker 1>Sunday we had the twenty twenty six Indy five hundred

<v Speaker 1>and that race was absolutely phenomenal.

<v Speaker 2>The race set a record for most.

<v Speaker 1>Lead changes with seventy it just kept flipping and at

<v Speaker 1>the finish Swedish driver Felix Rosenquist beat out David Malucas

<v Speaker 1>by an eyelash, recording the closest win in race history

<v Speaker 1>with a zero point zero two three second margin of victory.

<v Speaker 1>Now you might hear that, I think, big deal, it's

<v Speaker 1>race cars, who cares. But Indy's different. I mean, I

<v Speaker 1>want you to think about this for one second. The

<v Speaker 1>largest stadium in the United States is that the University

<v Speaker 1>of Michigan, and that holds around one hundred and seven thousand.

<v Speaker 1>They'll pack it full, they'll have some standing room only

<v Speaker 1>areas available, and they'll get up to around one hundred

<v Speaker 1>and ten thousand. Hey, huge, right. The biggest stadium on

<v Speaker 1>the planet is in North Korea, and they say that

<v Speaker 1>actually holds over one hundred and thirty thousand people. Massive stadium. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>that's cute. On Sunday the twenty twenty six Indianapolis five

<v Speaker 1>hundred had over three hundred and fifty thousand people standing

<v Speaker 1>up and screaming at once on that final lap. Hey, that,

<v Speaker 1>my friends, is why Indianapolis is the greatest spectacle on

<v Speaker 1>the planet. And then later that night it wasn't quite

<v Speaker 1>as good of a race, but Daniel Sworez won the

<v Speaker 1>Coca Cola six hundred.

<v Speaker 2>It was shortened by rain, which kind of muted it.

<v Speaker 1>A little bit, but it was still a highly competitive,

<v Speaker 1>very exciting race that would have made Kyle Busch very proud.

<v Speaker 2>I think a horrible.

<v Speaker 1>Tragedy followed by two highly entertaining races took place this

<v Speaker 1>Memorial weekend.

<v Speaker 2>Hate today on the dose. Like I said, we have.

<v Speaker 1>Been seeing some wild things taking place in the world

<v Speaker 1>of sports over the last week or so, but we

<v Speaker 1>haven't got a chance to comment on them. And you

<v Speaker 1>just know we're going to. We've got to address a

<v Speaker 1>few of those stories today. But let's start off in

<v Speaker 1>those NBA playoffs kids.

<v Speaker 2>The NBA, I'm.

<v Speaker 1>Just gonna say it, they've got some problems. TV ratings

<v Speaker 1>are not great. No matter what they keep trying to spin.

<v Speaker 1>They keep acting like, well, these are the best ratings

<v Speaker 1>we've had in the last five years. Yeah, the last

<v Speaker 1>five years have been the worst ever, So slow down

<v Speaker 1>on that.

<v Speaker 2>But here's the problem. Players hate playing.

<v Speaker 1>It has become a foul baiting, boring, lazy game that

<v Speaker 1>is not fun.

<v Speaker 2>For fans to watch.

<v Speaker 1>Want more evidence, check this out the NBA for their

<v Speaker 1>playoff crew hired Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, and Vince Carter

<v Speaker 1>to host their TV panel and tell us what it

<v Speaker 1>takes to win postseason games.

<v Speaker 2>Think about that for just one minute.

<v Speaker 1>Carmel Anpony, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter winning in the postseason.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's just fast forward past that.

<v Speaker 1>Over in the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks have

<v Speaker 1>been absolutely dominant.

<v Speaker 2>They are headed back to the NBA Finals. Check this out.

<v Speaker 1>Game one in the Conference Finals, the Knicks actually trailed

<v Speaker 1>the Cleveland Cavaliers ninety three to seventy one about midway

<v Speaker 1>through the fourth quarter. They made an insane comeback. They

<v Speaker 1>win the game in overtime. But since trailing the Cavs

<v Speaker 1>by twenty two in the fourth quarter in Game one,

<v Speaker 1>the Knicks outscored Cleveland by nearly one hundred points points literally,

<v Speaker 1>four hundred and four to three hundred and five. Now,

<v Speaker 1>has this been good Knicks or has this been bad Calfs?

<v Speaker 1>Because wow, do the Cavaliers hate each other so much

<v Speaker 1>they want to murder each other? James Harden he might

<v Speaker 1>hold the title of being the least clutch postseason player

<v Speaker 1>in the history of like ever. But I will say this,

<v Speaker 1>if you wanted a prime situation for Lebron James to

<v Speaker 1>return majestically to his hometown, hey, this is it. They

<v Speaker 1>completely collapsed. They look like they're going to be just

<v Speaker 1>in trash it mode. Hey, Lebron, go save your hometown team. Now,

<v Speaker 1>could that actually happen this offseason? I mean, the East

<v Speaker 1>would be a way easier path with Lebron. We know

<v Speaker 1>he likes that simple path, but I'm not sure I

<v Speaker 1>buy it. Look, Lebron thinks he's a Hollywood guy, and

<v Speaker 1>let's not forget this. He would have to take a

<v Speaker 1>pay cut go there. So I don't know that I

<v Speaker 1>really see that happening either way. The New York Knicks, hey,

<v Speaker 1>they are playing very well. Point Guard Jalen Brunson is

<v Speaker 1>just about as clutch as James Harden is not.

<v Speaker 2>But remember one thing, and I know this is kind

<v Speaker 2>of getting lost, and.

<v Speaker 1>Everyone's shocked the Knicks are there. Everyone's surprised the Knicks

<v Speaker 1>to there. I can't believe the Knicks to there. Shouldn't

<v Speaker 1>the Knicks be there? I mean, the Knicks should be there, right.

<v Speaker 1>They did go to the Conference finals last year came

<v Speaker 1>up just a little short, and the team that beat

<v Speaker 1>them is now hobbled with injuries. The Knicks are kind

<v Speaker 1>of supposed to be here. I know that's odd to say,

<v Speaker 1>but it is actually true. Now, can they keep playing

<v Speaker 1>that well when they get to the NBA Finals? I

<v Speaker 1>want to wait and see on that, But either way,

<v Speaker 1>the Knicks should be well rested because over in the West,

<v Speaker 1>the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder are in

<v Speaker 1>a knock down, drag out series tied two to two.

<v Speaker 1>They played a huge Game five last night, with the

<v Speaker 1>Thunder coming out on top at home. But either way,

<v Speaker 1>is this series over hardly? Hey, both teams are not

<v Speaker 1>a little bit banged up, but no one gives the

<v Speaker 1>Thunder problems quite like the Spurs. Also, brief side note,

<v Speaker 1>I know the Oklahoma City Thunder get every single call

<v Speaker 1>from NBA officials. And while everyone gets mad at Shay

<v Speaker 1>Gilles Alexander for all his flopping, let's be real clear

<v Speaker 1>about one thing.

<v Speaker 2>Get mad at the NBA. Get mad at.

<v Speaker 1>The officiating because they're the ones calling it. He just

<v Speaker 1>knows they're dumb enough to call it. I can't really

<v Speaker 1>blame him. My only problem with SGA is He's really

<v Speaker 1>tough for me to watch. That's painful. Having said that

<v Speaker 1>the league needs the Spurs to win this series, if

<v Speaker 1>we get an Oklahoma City Thunder versus New York Knicks

<v Speaker 1>NBA Finals, I don't think anybody's gonna watch it because

<v Speaker 1>no one wants to watch the Thunder. They are horrible

<v Speaker 1>to watch. If the Spurs make it, at least Victor

<v Speaker 1>webin Yama would bring some excitement to play the Knicks.

<v Speaker 1>If it's the Thunder, I don't know. I think they

<v Speaker 1>might tank those ratings yet again.

<v Speaker 2>Let's move over to the.

<v Speaker 1>NHL, where my Colorado Avalanche have melted down in historic

<v Speaker 1>fashion and the President's Trophy curse. Oh it's alive and well.

<v Speaker 1>The Avalanche claimed that President's Trophy with the best regular

<v Speaker 1>season record, but after beating the LA Kings and then

<v Speaker 1>the Minnesota Wild, they have been absolutely taken to the

<v Speaker 1>woodshed by the Vegas Golden Knights. Hey, Vegas has outclassed

<v Speaker 1>them in all phases, and now I have to wonder

<v Speaker 1>if Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar could be in some trouble.

<v Speaker 2>And I know that.

<v Speaker 1>Sounds insane because they did just post the best record

<v Speaker 1>in the league in the regular season. But this roster

<v Speaker 1>was built to win a title, and the Avalanche are

<v Speaker 1>underachieving in a huge, huge way. I'm not gonna say never,

<v Speaker 1>We've seen it happen before. Jared Bednar should probably sleep

<v Speaker 1>with one eye open. Over in the Eastern Conference, the

<v Speaker 1>Carolina Hurricanes are now five and zero in overtime this postseason.

<v Speaker 1>And get this, all five wins have come by a

<v Speaker 1>three to two score. The Hurricanes are the first team

<v Speaker 1>in NHL playoff history to win five consecutive overtime games

<v Speaker 1>in a single postseason by the same score. Absolutely insane.

<v Speaker 1>They just keep finding ways to win those overtime games.

<v Speaker 1>The Hurricanes took a two to one lead on Monday

<v Speaker 1>night in Game three against the Montreal Canadians. I don't know.

<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to count Montreal out.

<v Speaker 1>I think they can still get a win at home,

<v Speaker 1>and I think this might be headed to a Game

<v Speaker 1>seven and it will be anybody's guests as to who's

<v Speaker 1>going to come out on top and face Vegas in

<v Speaker 1>the Stanley Cup Finals.

<v Speaker 2>Okay, So, like I said, we've had a couple of weeks.

<v Speaker 1>Now we're here at the dose we had a best

<v Speaker 1>of We talked to an author last week that was phenomena.

<v Speaker 2>Actually really enjoyed that interview there. But we haven't.

<v Speaker 1>Talked a lot of like current events here on the

<v Speaker 1>Dose in a few weeks, and I wanted to make

<v Speaker 1>sure that we did do that a little bit. And

<v Speaker 1>let's start off in Major League Baseball.

<v Speaker 2>Ease up, lift your jaw up off the table.

<v Speaker 1>I know we haven't talked much Major League baseball just

<v Speaker 1>yet this season, but we are now around fifty games

<v Speaker 1>into that four hundred and thirty two game season or

<v Speaker 1>whatever it is, and to be honest, we're seeing some

<v Speaker 1>really odd things now. The question at this point, as usual,

<v Speaker 1>is how much of any of this do we actually believe?

<v Speaker 1>I personally am of the belief I don't believe anything

<v Speaker 1>until we get to the fourth of July and then

<v Speaker 1>things start to look more realistic, because right now, oh,

<v Speaker 1>we're seeing some crazy things. The Tampa Bay Rays lead

<v Speaker 1>the American League East, not the Yankees, not the Blue Jays,

<v Speaker 1>not even the Orioles. The Rays, now, they do seem

<v Speaker 1>to do this a few years even though they never

<v Speaker 1>spend any money. So it's a surprise, but it's not

<v Speaker 1>that big of a surprise. The Cleveland Guardians are on

<v Speaker 1>top of the AL Central despite barely spending any money

<v Speaker 1>on their payroll. I think they rank maybe like twenty

<v Speaker 1>eighth in payroll. They're not spending a dime. That actually

<v Speaker 1>also isn't that much of a surprise. But what this

<v Speaker 1>surprise me is that the Detroit Tigers are at the

<v Speaker 1>bottom of the standings in that division. Actually, that whole

<v Speaker 1>division is a mess. They're all barely around five hundred.

<v Speaker 1>The AL Central is an absolute disaster. In the AL West,

<v Speaker 1>You're not gonna believe this if you haven't been paying attention,

<v Speaker 1>But the Oakland A's are somehow on top, despite the

<v Speaker 1>fact I think they're actually trying to lose. Do you

<v Speaker 1>realize that the Oakland A's are currently playing their games

<v Speaker 1>in Sacramento, and yet the Sacramento A's or whatever you

<v Speaker 1>want to call them, are ahead of the Mariners, They're

<v Speaker 1>ahead of the Rangers, and they're ahead of the Astros.

<v Speaker 1>What in the world is going on in the AL West?

<v Speaker 1>This will all change, right, I think it will, but

<v Speaker 1>we'll see. Over in the National League, the Atlanta Breves

<v Speaker 1>are on top of the East. No surprise there, however,

<v Speaker 1>the New York Mets are once again underachieving and sitting

<v Speaker 1>in last place. Please remember, while we look at like

<v Speaker 1>the Cleveland Guardians who are barely spending money the Tampa

<v Speaker 1>Bay Rays spending no money, do you realize that for

<v Speaker 1>all the grief that the Los Angeles Dodgers take, and

<v Speaker 1>they deserve it because they spend money like crazy, the

<v Speaker 1>New York Mets are actually spending more money than the

<v Speaker 1>Dodgers on their payroll and yet they have nothing, nothing,

<v Speaker 1>whatsoever to show for it. The Milwaukee Brewers are on

<v Speaker 1>top of the NL Central again, and of course the

<v Speaker 1>LA Dodgers are on top of the NL West. But

<v Speaker 1>I want to see if these standings are going to

<v Speaker 1>hold up, because I have a feeling they're not. Right

<v Speaker 1>now early in the season. Yeah, midjor League baseball is

<v Speaker 1>absolutely drunk.

<v Speaker 2>Let's move over to the.

<v Speaker 1>And I'm gonna say something. It's gonna make me a

<v Speaker 1>little bit sad, but it's gonna give me hope because

<v Speaker 1>NFL training camps will be opening in another six weeks

<v Speaker 1>and it can't come soon enough. However, we did get

<v Speaker 1>some NFL news that we haven't touched on quite yet.

<v Speaker 2>Last week.

<v Speaker 1>The NFL eliminated a rule that allowed teams to protect

<v Speaker 1>two of their home games from international play. Now what

<v Speaker 1>does that mean, Well, it means that the league now

<v Speaker 1>has the scheduling flexibility to send any team's home matchup

<v Speaker 1>to a different country. Look, I realized the NFL just

<v Speaker 1>prints money, and they can charge whatever they want, and

<v Speaker 1>they can pretty much do whatever they want, and we

<v Speaker 1>just soak it all up. I'm just gonna say this, though,

<v Speaker 1>be careful, NFL, be careful sending games overseas, Be careful

<v Speaker 1>catering to everyone around the world. Because here's the thing,

<v Speaker 1>the rest that the world doesn'tcur nearly as much as

<v Speaker 1>we do. Don't forget about your fans sitting here at home.

<v Speaker 1>And don't think this can't dry up if you stop

<v Speaker 1>taking care of those fans, because it can.

<v Speaker 2>I know that sounds crazy, but go ahead and ask

<v Speaker 2>the NBA. Can it dry up? Yeah? I can't.

<v Speaker 1>The NFL also announced that the city of Nashville, Tennessee,

<v Speaker 1>is going to be hosting a Super Bowl.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that new stadium has been built.

<v Speaker 1>It actually looks pretty impressive, and they say that the

<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl will be held there following the twenty thirty season.

<v Speaker 1>I believe that would be Super Bowl sixty two. Now

<v Speaker 1>I don't have any inside information. I haven't heard this,

<v Speaker 1>but I'm assuming that Kid Rock will host that halftime show.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know, And I'm just hoping, honestly that the

<v Speaker 1>seats in that new stadium, and I'm just hoping they're

<v Speaker 1>going to be wide enough to hold the patrons that

<v Speaker 1>are going to be sitting in them from Nashville eating

<v Speaker 1>a barbecue, you know what I mean. One last bit

<v Speaker 1>of news to come out of the NFL. Pittsburgh Steelers

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Aaron Rodgers has emerged from his Ayahaska tent and

<v Speaker 1>announced that this is going to be his final season.

<v Speaker 2>You don't messed up, hey, Ron, I know, stop cheering.

<v Speaker 2>Put your flag down.

<v Speaker 1>Last season, Aaron Rodgers ranked well right around fifteenth overall

<v Speaker 1>In most every single quarterback rating, Aaron Rodgers was very

<v Speaker 1>middle of the pack, not great, not horrible, but that

<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh offense was kind of horrible to watch. But this season,

<v Speaker 1>remember that should be different, because this season Aaron Rodgers

<v Speaker 1>is going to be reunited with his former Packers head

<v Speaker 1>coach Mike McCarthy, with whom he did win that lone

<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl back in twenty ten. Hey, maybe they're going

<v Speaker 1>to bring back that magic and Mike McCarthy and Aaron

<v Speaker 1>Rodgers do it again sixteen years later.

<v Speaker 2>No, probably not, but the Steelers faithful.

<v Speaker 1>Hey, they're gonna tell themselves that it's possible, because honestly,

<v Speaker 1>when you look at that organization right now, Mike Tomlin

<v Speaker 1>is gone.

<v Speaker 2>What else do you even have?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's move over to some college sports and a few

<v Speaker 1>stories coming out of college sports that we have to

<v Speaker 1>make sure to touch on, because the college football off

<v Speaker 1>season's biggest stories they usually refer to, like that transfer portal,

<v Speaker 1>what coaches are changing, who's moving and going where, and

<v Speaker 1>then just kind of the layout of the coming season schedule.

<v Speaker 1>And never fear, in due time you will address all

<v Speaker 1>those things.

<v Speaker 2>I don't want to talk about.

<v Speaker 1>Them just yet because it's going to make me sad,

<v Speaker 1>but eventually we'll get to those things.

<v Speaker 2>However, this year, the college football off season, yeah, it's.

<v Speaker 1>Had a bit of a plot twist, I guess you'd say,

<v Speaker 1>because after the NCAA Division One Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee,

<v Speaker 1>held March, adopted what the special teams community has called

<v Speaker 1>a drastic rule change. The measure restricts player movement for

<v Speaker 1>two adjacent linemen on either side of the snapper on.

<v Speaker 2>I know it kind of sounds odd.

<v Speaker 1>But apparently this is getting big pushback from coaches in

<v Speaker 1>college football. However, those objections didn't stop the NCAA Football

<v Speaker 1>Rules Subcommittee. They are upholding that change, which was announced

<v Speaker 1>last week, and a person with knowledge of the vote

<v Speaker 1>came out and said, yeah, they made that change permanent.

<v Speaker 1>So now there's going to be very strict rules on punting.

<v Speaker 1>So you have to make sure you have two players

<v Speaker 1>on either side of the center. You can't have fifty

<v Speaker 1>gunners heading down the field. And you also have to

<v Speaker 1>report your jersey numbers, letting everyone know who is an

<v Speaker 1>offensive lineman and going to be blocking who's going to

<v Speaker 1>be the gunner heading down the field. That way we

<v Speaker 1>kind of know how to defend if there's a fake

<v Speaker 1>punt or whatever.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's kind of the big story. Now. I hear

<v Speaker 2>that and think most of its nonsense.

<v Speaker 1>But an unofficial survey conducted by NCAA Division One coaches

<v Speaker 1>with responses from special teams coordinators and head coaches provided

<v Speaker 1>to USA Today Sports showed a vote of sixty one

<v Speaker 1>to one of coaches who opposed this new rule. So

<v Speaker 1>no one was asking for the rule, no one wanted

<v Speaker 1>the rule, but the NCAA instituted the rule.

<v Speaker 2>Why, I honestly don't know. I'm not fully sure why they.

<v Speaker 1>Did this, and I'll be honest, I don't really know

<v Speaker 1>if it makes sense or not, but I know this.

<v Speaker 1>No one and I mean no one punts as much

<v Speaker 1>as the University of Iowa's head coach Kirk ference Now,

<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna trust Kirk Farrence's opinion on this because Kirk

<v Speaker 1>Farence actually considers a punt to be like a big

<v Speaker 1>offensive play in the Iowa offense. Well, Kirk Farnce is

<v Speaker 1>against this. That tells me all I need to know.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know why they put this in, but it

<v Speaker 1>kind of makes sense for the NC DOUBLEA when you

<v Speaker 1>think about it. Pay players transfer all you want to

<v Speaker 1>open transfer portal whenever you want to sign players, give

<v Speaker 1>them whatever they want. Yet your big focus is on

<v Speaker 1>the punt rules. Well done, NC DOUBLEA. You've proven once

<v Speaker 1>again to be the most inept entity in all of

<v Speaker 1>organized sports. Outstanding work there. You know, we also have

<v Speaker 1>a lawsuit in the world of college football. Not sure

<v Speaker 1>if you saw this, but at stake, Oh, there's a

<v Speaker 1>multi million dollar deal hanging in the balance. You see

<v Speaker 1>back in twenty twenty two. Now, Texas Tech quarterback Brendan

<v Speaker 1>Sorosby turns out he was doing a little sports betty.

<v Speaker 1>The NCUBLEA learned about it in recent months and they

<v Speaker 1>are investigating the matter now. Sorsby admits to betting on

<v Speaker 1>a number of things from Turkish basketball and Romanian soccer games,

<v Speaker 1>but he also admits that he did bet.

<v Speaker 2>On his own team. Hmm.

<v Speaker 1>Now, I've been saying for the past I don't know

<v Speaker 1>five years that all this legalized sports betting is going

<v Speaker 1>to eventually come home to roost. Well, here is just

<v Speaker 1>one example. So the NCAA says they are actually going

<v Speaker 1>to go to the map for this because you're not

<v Speaker 1>allowed to be betting, and you're certainly not allowed to

<v Speaker 1>be betting on your own team. Do you have any

<v Speaker 1>idea the ramifications of that you might have inside knowledge

<v Speaker 1>you might actually be shaving points, you're not allowed to

<v Speaker 1>do it.

<v Speaker 2>So what did Soresby do? Well?

<v Speaker 1>He immediately checked himself into a rehab center and says

<v Speaker 1>that he's planning on playing for the Texas Tech Red

<v Speaker 1>Raiders this fall. He says he was only betting on

<v Speaker 1>his own team as a way of staying connected.

<v Speaker 2>With the team.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, look, I'm gonna be very honest, it will not

<v Speaker 1>surprise me one bit if the NCUBA loses this lawsuit, because,

<v Speaker 1>like I said, the dumbest entity in all of sports

<v Speaker 1>and honestly, name the last thing the NCAA did win.

<v Speaker 1>Name the last time the nc double A actually showed

<v Speaker 1>they might have some teeth.

<v Speaker 2>I have no idea.

<v Speaker 1>Maybe like three years ago against Iowa States Hunter Deckers,

<v Speaker 1>but that feels like forever ago. They've just been losing

<v Speaker 1>and losing and losing. Here's the problem. Here's the bad

<v Speaker 1>news for Benden Sorosby. He may skate on this. He

<v Speaker 1>probably will.

<v Speaker 2>And yesterday the NCAA denied Soresby's reinstatement, but.

<v Speaker 1>Texas Tech said they're going to appeal that decision, so

<v Speaker 1>this isn't over. He may get to play this fall

<v Speaker 1>in Lubbock and get a run out of the tunnel

<v Speaker 1>and participate in college football for Texas Tech. And if

<v Speaker 1>he does, he's got to be feeling like a winner

<v Speaker 1>in this whole thing. Hey, I went out and gambled,

<v Speaker 1>and forget gambling on like NBA games or NFL games

<v Speaker 1>or something like that. I'm a degenerate enough. I was

<v Speaker 1>gambling on like Turkish horse racing or whatever. Oh and

<v Speaker 1>by the way, I was also.

<v Speaker 2>Gambling on my own team, and I got away with it.

<v Speaker 1>Pete rose Ain got nothing on me, Okay, fine, so

<v Speaker 1>he may skate on this.

<v Speaker 2>He make it to play.

<v Speaker 1>But here is where the system that has been without

<v Speaker 1>rule and without law for so long has failed this

<v Speaker 1>kid because the NFL isn't going to touch him. Forget

<v Speaker 1>the impropriety of the accusations. Forget that he was gambling

<v Speaker 1>on his own team. As the improper as that is,

<v Speaker 1>that's not the problem. The problem for the NFL teams

<v Speaker 1>is that they're going to look at Soreersby and say,

<v Speaker 1>this kid clearly doesn't have the common sense to not

<v Speaker 1>bet on.

<v Speaker 2>His own team. He clearly has some sort of brain damage.

<v Speaker 1>Alone has to have NFL teams going, yeah, this kid

<v Speaker 1>is just too dumb.

<v Speaker 2>We can't draft him. He's too stupid. Forget getting caught.

<v Speaker 1>It's not about the crime, it's about you were too

<v Speaker 1>dumb to not do that.

<v Speaker 2>That's like when these kids get popped for drugs. You know,

<v Speaker 2>when the drug test is, it just tells me you're stupid.

<v Speaker 2>Forget the ethics of it. You're just an idiot.

<v Speaker 1>Finishing off, Speaking of idiots and speaking of no epics whatsoever,

<v Speaker 1>let's finish off today in the world of college basketball,

<v Speaker 1>because I'm telling you right now, kids, you have to

<v Speaker 1>hear this one if you missed it. The LSU Tigers

<v Speaker 1>went out and hired head football coach Lane Kiffen this

<v Speaker 1>past offseason. Okay, great, we know Lane. Let's just say

<v Speaker 1>he glides when he walks. He's a little bit greasy.

<v Speaker 1>Then they went out and brought back basketball coach Will Wade.

<v Speaker 1>You remember Will Wade, right, He was at LSU for

<v Speaker 1>like five years from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty two.

<v Speaker 2>He won a few games. However, there was a problem.

<v Speaker 1>Will Wade was fired amid a number of recruiting violations. Well,

<v Speaker 1>we know that recruiting violations don't exist anymore. You want

<v Speaker 1>to back up a truck and just dump cash out

<v Speaker 1>a kid's house, go ahead. So the Tigers brought him back.

<v Speaker 1>And you have to see the class that Will Wade

<v Speaker 1>has signed. I'm gonna say some names. I'm probably gonna

<v Speaker 1>mispronounce him. I don't care. Here's the names that Will

<v Speaker 1>Wade has signed for the LSU basketball team. Yam Madar

<v Speaker 1>an Israeli player that was drafted by the Boston Celtics

<v Speaker 1>back in twenty twenty. He played a little Sunner League

<v Speaker 1>ball with the Celtics, but he mostly stayed playing pro

<v Speaker 1>ball in Israel. He is now at LSU to play collegiately.

<v Speaker 1>Huh Okay Silu Niang, Sure I butchered that. A player

<v Speaker 1>from Senegal. Well that was drafted last year by the

<v Speaker 1>Cleveland Cavaliers. He has been playing pro ball in Italy.

<v Speaker 2>Huh r J.

<v Speaker 1>Lewis is a three time college transfer who went undrafted

<v Speaker 1>in last year's draft, but signed a contract with the

<v Speaker 1>Utah Jazz. He was then traded to the Boston Celtics

<v Speaker 1>and did play for their G League team.

<v Speaker 2>Interesting singing a trend.

<v Speaker 1>Marcio Santos a EuroLeague player who also went undrafted but

<v Speaker 1>in the twenty twenty three NBA draft, But he played

<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three NBA Summer League ball with the Atlanta Hawks.

<v Speaker 2>And he appeared in five exhibition games with them. Huh.

<v Speaker 1>After the Summer league he went back to a EuroLeague

<v Speaker 1>and continued to play professionally. And last, but not least,

<v Speaker 1>we have Bryce Dessert. I'm sure I butcher that as well,

<v Speaker 1>a French player who has played four seasons of professional

<v Speaker 1>basketball in French leagues. Now, what do all of these

<v Speaker 1>players have in common aside from being like in their

<v Speaker 1>mid twenties, Will they have all already played professional basketball,

<v Speaker 1>and they are all currently ineligible to play collegiately. LSU

<v Speaker 1>and Will Wade are challenging that they plan on getting

<v Speaker 1>all five of these guys eligible to play for.

<v Speaker 2>The coming college basketball season.

<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you Will Wade is making an absolute mockery

<v Speaker 1>of college basketball. But hey, if the NCUBLEA allows it,

<v Speaker 1>that's just another nail in their coffin. That's just more

<v Speaker 1>proof of that they're stupid, and we know they're stupid.

<v Speaker 1>Here's hoping LSU gets hammered by the nc double A

<v Speaker 1>and has a garbage season, but I don't have much

<v Speaker 1>faith in that happening, my goodness.

<v Speaker 2>Coach Pete from Blue Chips has some questions about will

<v Speaker 2>Wade's ethics. He thinks this is filthy. What do we

<v Speaker 2>give them?

<v Speaker 1>What?

<v Speaker 2>Cars? Tractors?

<v Speaker 1>Give a kid a tractor, another kid would give a house,

<v Speaker 1>Then we give him a house, you know, bags of cash.

<v Speaker 2>I don't know what we gave these kids. You know

<v Speaker 2>they asked for things, we gave it to them.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know where college sports is heading, but it

<v Speaker 1>might not be a very good place if any of

<v Speaker 1>these five guys get to play.

<v Speaker 2>We can just throw all the rolls out of the window.

<v Speaker 2>It is just a free for all. Come play if

<v Speaker 2>you want to play.

<v Speaker 1>If you're a pro player, swing down, play a few

<v Speaker 1>games with your team and make a few extra bucks.

<v Speaker 2>Why not.

<v Speaker 1>The NCAA is an absolute sham the quicker we just

<v Speaker 1>get rid of it and just let the conferences govern themselves.

<v Speaker 2>The better it would make for a better product.

<v Speaker 1>Hey, next week on the Dose, the NBA finals will

<v Speaker 1>be set and the Stanley Cup finals should be set,

<v Speaker 1>and we will be bringing you our preview of what

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<v Speaker 1>all what is going on in the world of sports,

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<v Speaker 2>We absolutely love it when you do that. I'm say

<v Speaker 2>I think you, jes P could night do any of

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<v Speaker 1>Have a great week everybody, bags of cash. I don't

<v Speaker 1>know what we gave these kids, you know, they asked

<v Speaker 1>for things.

<v Speaker 2>We gave it to them.