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Chris Lee and Jay Greeson share their thoughts on a variety of SEC football storylines. Topics include: The domino effect of the firing of Michigan's Sherrone Moore. Florida and Kentucky will get extended playoff looks for their next head coaches. What should they be looking for? With the potential looming Heisman snub of Diego Pavia on the horizon, who are the best SEC players since Peyton Manning never to win the statue? (Darren McFadden at Arkansas, Rex Grossman at Florida, Herschel Walker's freshman and sophomore seasons, Josh Heupel at Oklahoma, though they weren't in the SEC at the time… ) We'll take your questions, too. YEARLY CO Use promo code SE16KIT for a free sizing kit! https://yearlyco.com/ ROKFORM Use promo code SEC25 for 25% off! The world's strongest magnetic phone case! https://www.rokform.com/ JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP Join the "It Just Means More" tier for bonus videos and live streams! Join Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1w_TRbiB0yHCEb7r2IrBg/join FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/16Southeastern ADVERTISE WITH SOUTHEASTERN 16 Reach out to caroline.bellcow@gmail.com to find out how your product or service can be seen by over 200,000 unique viewers each month! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are heading down to the land of Stetsons and Tex-Mex as they take on the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels shove into the lasting memories of the 1975 playoffs, the Herschel Walker trade, and Randy Moss tearing it up in the 1998 Thanksgiving game. All of this and more is in Episode 67 of The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jimmy Johnson joins the show and talks about enjoying retired life before weighing in on the Miami Hurricanes' chances to make the College Football Playoff. He stresses that Miami must beat Pitt and avoid worrying about the rest of the country. Jimmy also praises the Rams' success, the Patriots' rebuild, and the play of Drake Maye while giving credit to Mike Vrabel. He discusses the America's Team documentary and laughs at the way the Herschel Walker trade was portrayed, joking that Jerry Jones always keeps the Cowboys in the headlines. Jimmy wraps by touching on the Bill Belichick–Jordon Hudson situation, calling the whole thing a “soap opera.”
The show opens with a look at the Heat's win as Thanksgiving week gets rolling. Jimmy Johnson joins the show to talk retired life and break down the Hurricanes' narrow path to the College Football Playoff, stressing the must-win trip to Pitt while weighing in on NFL storylines from the Rams and Patriots to Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel. He also shares his thoughts on the America's Team documentary, laughing about the portrayal of the Herschel Walker trade and calling the Belichick–Jordon Hudson situation a full-on “soap opera.” Joe and Dave Hyde close the hour by zeroing in on the Dolphins, questioning whether Tua's past injuries are causing him to play scared and breaking down Miami's quarterback concerns heading into a favorable stretch of the schedule.
This week's Wealth Formula Podcast is about the economics of sports—if you are a sports fan like me, you will love it. But before we get to that, I want to give you my two cents on one of the most important elements to financial success in anything: conviction. As I write this, Bitcoin sold off from a high of $126K to under $90K. Other cryptos have lost 50-90 percent of their value in the same time. It's been called a blood bath. Some are even saying it’s over for Bitcoin. I might even believe them if I hadn't seen the same story at least 5 times before over the past decade. True bitcoiners have tremendous belief in what bitcoin means to the world. Someone who bought $1,000 of Bitcoin in 2010 and simply refused to sell would now be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars. That is the reward for true conviction. The irony of this bitcoin cycle is that many of those individuals with high conviction are finally cashing in on the fruit of their patience. Almost every day, another wallet that hasn't been active since 2011 is selling off a billion dollars into the market into the hands of Wall Street and governments. That's why prices are tumbling. But don't be fooled into thinking that these buyers are the dumb money holding the bag. The story does not end here. Nor is the Bitcoin story a one-off either. History repeats itself as the story of investments unfolds over time. In December 1999, Amazon stock traded at $106. After the dot-com crash, it fell to $5.97. Every talking head had a eulogy written for the company. But if you were crazy enough to hold through the storm, your conviction paid off spectacularly: $10,000 invested in Amazon in 2001 is worth over $20 million today. Now, moving on to the topics of sports. One of my favorite examples of conviction is from 1920, when George Halas bought the Chicago Bears franchise for $100. The Halas family could've “taken profits” countless times. They lived through multiple depressions, a world war, a dozen recessions, five or six league restructurings, labor disputes, player strikes, and decades of bad seasons. Anybody else would've bailed. But they didn't, and today, the Chicago Bears are valued at over $6.3 billion. These stories have different time periods and different industries, but they all teach the same lesson: Conviction is one of the most profitable assets you can own. That's the message I want to leave you before we move into a perhaps more entertaining topic: the economics of professional sports. Most people think of sports in terms of touchdowns, rivalries, and Super Bowl rings. But the truth is… professional sports is one of the greatest wealth-creation machines in American history. Few people understand those engines better than our guest this week. He's one of the clearest, most respected voices in sports economics today, and he's going to break it all down for us: salary caps, streaming deals, and team valuations. If you are a sports fan, you are going to love this week's episode of Wealth Formula Podcast! Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI and may not be 100% accurate. If you notice any errors or corrections, please email us at phil@wealthformula.com. Donald Trump pretty much bankrupted the USFL by saying we’re gonna go head to head, uh, with the NFL instead of trying to build a a Spring Sports League. Welcome everybody. This is Buck Joffrey with the Wealth Formula podcast. Happy, uh, Thanksgiving week, uh, and uh, this week because it is a holiday week in, you know, football and all that kind of stuff that goes along with it. We’re gonna talk. About the economics of sports. And if you’re a sports fan like me, you’re gonna really like this. I really had fun with this interview actually. It was just like me asking a bunch of questions I always had. But anyway, before we get to that, I want to give you my 2 cents. One of the most important elements that I think there is give financial success in anything, and that is conviction. And I bring this up to you in part because Bitcoin sold off. Um, and well at least all the time, I’m recording this from a high of 126,000 and then it, it plunged actually below 90,000. And then of course, there were other cryptos that lost 50 to 90% of their value in the same time. Uh, yeah, it was a bit of a bloodbath. It’s been called a bloodbath and it is a blood bath. And of course, there are some who are declaring Bitcoin dead Again. Um, and you know what? I might even believe them if I hadn’t seen, uh, the same story, at least I’d say, I don’t know, maybe four or five times over the past I, eight years, nine years, whatever. True Bitcoiners though, have a tremendous belief in what Bitcoin means to the world and where this is headed. And some of them, well before I ever got in, right? I mean. That serious conviction because, you know, the people who were buying, you know, back in 2012, 13, I mean, this was completely outta nowhere, had no one’s, uh, no one’s support, nothing. In fact, in 2010, uh, you know, if, if you bought Bitcoin back then simply refuse to sell up until now, um, say you bought a thousand dollars of Bitcoin. You’d be sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars of Bitcoin, right? That’s the reward for true conviction. And those people, frankly deserve it. Because can you imagine if you just bought a thousand bucks or something and it was already up to a million, it was already up to 10 million and all the way up to 20 million, you still didn’t sell. I mean, I don’t even know if I could, I don’t know if I could do that. I don’t think I could. I mean, at some point I would be like, take the money and run. Right. Um. You know, it’s a funny thing though. The irony of this Bitcoin cycle that we have right now is that many of those individuals with, you know, super high conviction, um, the ones that were in way before any of us and before me, well, they’re actually, a lot of them are actually cashing out sort of the fruit of their patients. Right. Almost every day right now, you’re seeing a another wallet that’s been dormant since like 2011. And all of a sudden it sells. It’s something that has done nothing, but just sit there in storage, selling off a billion dollars into the market, probably, you know, started out as like 10 grand. Right? And where’s that money going? It’s going to the hands of Wall Street’s, going in the hands of, uh, governments. That’s actually the ironic part here. That’s why prices are tumbling. Because I think people are saying, well, gosh, we’re at a hundred grand. I’m sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars. I’m sitting on a billion dollars. Uh, I think it’s time to get out, right? But don’t be fooled, in my opinion, to think that these buyers are, uh, you know, they’re the dumb people holding the bag. I mean the, the people holding the bag, it’s Wall Street, right? They’re governments and reserves. And, uh, you know, big treasury companies, the story doesn’t end here. And the other thing is that Bitcoin story is not a one-off in history at all, right? In fact, you know, it, Bitcoin gets a lot of attention. But you even look at something like Amazon, right? December, 1999, Amazon stock trading at $106. Then the.com crash comes, and guess what? It fell down to $5 and 97 cents. That’s a Bitcoin like crash, right? And every talking had a eulogy written for the company. And if you were crazy enough to hold through that storm, your conviction paid off spectacularly. If you had $10,000 invested in Amazon in 2001, it’s worth over $20 million today. So anyway, that’s the point I have though. You know, it’s, the point is about conviction. Uh, and, and I’m not saying that you should just be dumb, buy something and be dumb about it, but especially on these asymmetric things where you think something could be really big, give yourself a time, a period, right? I mean. The only thing other than Bitcoin that I think I, I’m really interested in, in the crypto space is something called Solana. Solana is down like 50% from its ties, and I still think that, you know, when the dust settles, I think this is going to be something that’s gonna pay, pay off. Now if I were to watch it day by day, uh. It’s demoralizing, right? But, but I think the point is, if you have some conviction in something, give it some time. You know, say, I’m gonna watch this for at least five years if I can, if I don’t absolutely get into a situation where I need that money, which hopefully you don’t, because this is not where that kind of money belongs. Right? But give it some time and don’t look, there’s lots of noise, and, and, and then just give it some time and see what happens. Right? Now speaking of giving it some time, you know, a similar story in the sports arena in 1920, George Halas, I think it was Papa Bear, right? George Papa Bear. Halas bought the Chicago Bears franchise for a hundred bucks. Yep, a hundred bucks. Now the Halas family could have taken profits countless times, and they lived through lots of, uh, bad times. Depressions, uh, you know, world War, uh, a dozen recessions, five or six, uh, league restructurings, labor disputes, player strikes, decades of bad seasons. And maybe anybody else would’ve billed at some point if they’d made, you know, millions of dollars from the a hundred bucks. But they didn’t. And the Chicago Bears, as much as I don’t like the Chicago Bears, are valued over $6.3 billion. Now these stories, ultimately, they’re, you know, different time periods, different industries, but same lesson conviction, it’s one of the most profitable assets you can own or attributes at least. Maybe it’s not an asset, I don’t know. That’s a message I wanna leave you before we get into the topic of today, which is the economics of professional sports. Now, most people think of sports in terms of touchdowns, rivalries, super Bowl rings, all that kind of thing. But the truth is professional sports is one of the greatest wealth creation machines in American history, and few people understand those engines better than our guest this week. He’s one of the clearest, most respected voices of sports economics today. And he is gonna break it all down for us. We talk salary caps, streaming deals, team valuations. We talk about the Green Bay Packers and why they’re owned by the city of Green Bay instead of owners. 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It’s a refined strategy used by some of the wealthiest families in history, and it uses century old rock solid insurance companies as its backbone. Turbocharge your investments. Visit Wealth formula banking.com. Again, that’s wealth formula banking.com. Welcome back to the show everyone. Today. My guest on Wealth Formula podcast is, uh, Dr. Victor Matheson, professor of Economics and Accounting at College of Holy Cross. He’s a leading authority on sports economics, studying everything from the financial impact of mega events like the Olympics and World Cup, to the inner workings of professional sports leagues, lotteries, and public finance. Uh, welcome to the show. How are you? Well, thanks for having me. Great. Always happy to talk some sports economics. Oh gosh, this is interesting. I’m a huge, uh, I’m a huge sports fan, especially NFL and, uh, so, you know, instead of talking personal finance, you know, without, uh, without any, uh, uh, sports in it, this is definitely a, uh, welcome for me. So, um, well, vigor, let’s start, start with this, you know, um. Most of us who are big sports fans, you know, we’re really driven by the idea of the, the, you know, the, the emotion, the entertainment. Taking a step back from your perspective, how should we look at this whole ecosystem of sports as an economic system? Well, uh, first of all, it’s. It’s both bigger and smaller than, uh, than you would imagine. So if we think of the NFL, the NFL ha generat more revenue than any, uh, sports league in the world. Uh, this year it’ll come in somewhere around 22 ish billion dollars. Uh, that certainly seems like a lot of money. On the other hand, a Sherwin Williams paint store comes in at about that same sort of, uh, revenue, you know. On many podcasts talking about talking about paint, right? Um, if we talk worldwide, all the sports leagues all put together, uh, we’re talking about maybe a hundred billion or so, maybe 120 billion, roughly the same size as Johnson and Johnson. So, uh, you know, it’s a big industry. It’s a, you know, billions in with a B, but it’s also a tiny percentage of, of the total amount of economic. Being generated every year, and, and so we can easily get, uh, um, we can easily get ahead of ourselves and say, well, you know, uh, it’s the biggest company in the world, the NFL, it’s, it’s not even 500. Interesting. Um, so let’s talk a little bit about this, um, uh, how value is created in these leagues. So, so, you know, you said professional leagues are built on the economics of controlled scarcity. So talk a little bit about that, if you would, how this scarcity model drives value and, and, and protects, uh, uh, profitability. Right. So let’s compare, you know, let’s compare a Walmart. To the NFL, right? Uh, so Walmart takes a look at all these potential places that you could put a Walmart and they say, oh, this would be a good one. And a Walmart goes in. And now that Walmart’s generating economic impact and generating revenues for the, for the. For the company and all these sort of things. Now let’s look at the NFL, right? Uh, the NFL does the same thing. They said, Hey, uh, let’s look at Las Vegas. Would that be a good place for a, for a team? Uh, is is London gonna be a good place for a team? Uh, and they look at those. Uh, but here’s the deal. If Walmart looks at 50 places and says, Hey, these 35 would be good places. They’re not gonna just pick the best one for a franchise. They’re gonna put. Walmart’s in all of those, right? Uh, the NFL on the other hand, very specifically saying, you know, we actually don’t wanna put an NFL franchise in every place that we could, uh, make a profit in because we want to be in the, in a world where there are fewer NFL franchises than there are cities that want them, and that generates demand for this. Um, Walmart can’t do that because if Walmart doesn’t put in a franchise somewhere, uh, you know, Target’s gonna come in instead. Uh, that’s not gonna happen in the NFL, uh, because there’s no other competitor to that. So they can actually restrict the number of franchises they have, which means that every franchise is selling at a, a super premium price. These are, you know, at the lowest end, we’re talking five, six, $7 billion franchises. Now, uh, they could sell multiple new expansion franchises, but they choose not to. To maximize the value of those existing franchises. It’s been a while actually since the NFL expanded, um, the league. And I’m curious, what are, you know, what is it that drives them ultimately to do that? I mean, again, you just mentioned there’s this whole scarcity issue. I mean, what do you think are sort of the limitations or sort of the. You know, the, the, the points at which they say, well, gosh, maybe we do move to London, or maybe we do that. Like, do you have a sense of that? Yeah. So a couple things they wanna do. So first of all, one of the big things that all of the leagues in the United States have done is they want to be a big enough league to make sure that they cover all of the good spots or most of the good spots for a team. You don’t wanna leave enough good team locations that a rival league could come and start to challenge you. Right? So thinking back to the 1950s, uh, one of the most important sports leagues ever to come about in the United States. Actually never even existed. And this league is what was called the Continental League. And the Continental League in the 1950s arose as a challenger to major league baseball. Major League baseball in the 1950s was exactly the same size as it was in 1901. It was 16 teams. But the United States had grown immensely and the league had started to move, you know, the Dodgers to LA and the Giants to San Francisco, but you still had huge amounts of the country uncovered by baseball. And so this Continental League came about as an idea saying, you know what? We can take on Major League Baseball by putting franchises in places that it doesn’t exist. They said, oh, here’s our new eight league team. And the way Major League Baseball responded to that is before continental baseball could even start, uh, start existing, it said, oh yeah, well we’re gonna put a team in Minneapolis. We’re gonna put a team in Houston. We’re gonna put teams in these Lee in these cities that the Continental Baseball Association was gonna go into. And therefore, uh, continental baseball never got into existence because Major League Baseball expanded into those locations and everyone has taken that, that hit. You need to be big enough to make sure that every place with a, a good chance at having a team, or at least most of them, uh, are covered so that there’s 8, 10, 12 cities out there, uh, a big enough footprint that you could have your own new league. Uh, do that. So, I mean, if you look at the NHL, if you look at NBA major league baseball, NFL, all about 30 teams. There’s about 30 or a few more big cities. But what’s very important is there’s not 10 or 12 big cities out there, uh, without NFL teams, without football teams that. A rival league could move into that space. You know, I’m curious when you, you brought up that Continental league in baseball. It reminds me when I was a kid of, uh, the United States football, like the USFL and all, they got all these, uh, players, like I remember Herschel Walker started there and, and there was a number of actually guys who ended up in the NFL and being big stars there. So they, they definitely, uh, started out pretty strong. What went wrong for the USFL? It’s so funny you say that. Uh, the answer is actually one big, uh, name. It’s actually Donald Trump. Yeah. So, so what USFL did is, is they noticed that their niche was, um, was the spring, right? We play college football, we pay play high school football, and we play the NFL in the fall, which means that, uh, people out there in the spring, there’s no football out there to be had. The USFL said, you know, we could move into this market. So first of all, we’re gonna move into the spring where there’s not a rival. Second of all, we’re gonna take at least some cities where there’s not active, um, football teams either places like Birmingham, right? Uh, so any case, uh, what happened there is the USFL. Kind of got a little, its ego kind of got ahead of itself and it said, Hey, now that we’ve established ourselves in the spring, we do have some big stars like, uh, uh, Herschel Walker, like Doug Flutie, uh, some of these others. We’re gonna try to take the, uh, take the NFL on, uh, head to head and we’re gonna move from the spring to the fall. And the other thing they did that was very important is they filed a lawsuit against, uh, the NFL, saying that the NFL was engaging in antitrust activity that was keeping this rival league down. It was, uh, keeping them off TV by using their market power with some of the broadcasters. It was using its market power with stadiums to keep these teams out. And so they took him to court, and I think the, the hope was that there would have to be a settlement and that settlement would result in the USFL merging with the NFL. And the owners of the big teams in the USFL would kind of get a backdoor into the NFL this way. As it turns out, the court, in fact did find in favor of the USFL. Uh, they said yes, the NFL is engaging in illegal antitrust activity, but they also said. You guys are insane. Uh, going against the NFL in the fall, there was no way you’re gonna make it. So even though the NFL was found guilty, the jury only awarded $1 of damages. Uh, technically in antitrust cases, that’s tripled. So they actually were awarded $3 in damages and the league basically folded the next day. They won their lawsuit, but they folded the next day. But of course, the owner that had most. Most importantly pushed the league to go head to head against the NFL was the owner of the new, uh, New Jersey team, the Generals New Jersey Generals. Right? And it was Donald J. Trump. Donald Trump. Uh, so Donald Trump pretty much bankrupted the USFL. By, uh, by saying we’re gonna go head to head, uh, with the NFL instead of trying to build a, a Spring Sports League. Now, to be fair to Donald Trump, which I don’t necessarily want to be, but to be fair to him, um, there’s no guarantee that the USFL would’ve made it as a spring league either, but I think anyone, again, a jury looking at this said there was just no chance of that league, uh, surviving against, uh, the NFL. If you try to go head to head in the poll. Just, just outta curiosity, uh, you know, there, when you talk about Trump, I know like he’s had an interest in, you know, professional football teams for a long time where he did, at least, there’s a certain politics that goes into buying an NFL team as well, right? Right. So the NFL is a partnership. Yeah. Which means that they can choose who they decide to partner with. And, uh, the presumption was, uh, in the 1980s when Donald Trump was trying to become an NFL owner that Donald Trump, uh, neither had the money, nor had the friendships among other NFL player, uh, NFL owners, uh, to get into that very exclusive club. And so again, he was able to get into the USFL because it was a much lower buy-in, in terms of, of cost. The USFL owners couldn’t be as picky about who they wanted as fellow partners, and again, I think Donald Trump saw the USFL as a way to potentially get into the NFL through the back door through this lawsuit, and, and by moving directly in the, in the fall because the jury just didn’t find that, that there was any plan. By which the USFL teams could have ever become profitable, uh, going head to head in the fall against the NFL. Let’s talk a little bit about sort of valuations, because what’s interesting is, you know, you’ve talked about scarcity and, you know, the way that the leagues have manipulated, uh, that to make sure that there, you know, the values continue to grow, but at some point in the last 30, 40 years, the numbers just really skyrocketed, right? Where these football teams, you know. It wasn’t a straight line in terms of how much they were worth. What, what went into that massive inflection of, uh, of, of valuation? So, first of all, I think you’re exactly right. There has been this massive inflection. Uh, so I’ve been teaching sports economics since the 1990s and, and the 1990s were kind of at the end of an era where this was really one of the sames back in the seventies, eighties, and even as late as the early nineties, that if you wanna become a millionaire. Start out a multimillionaire and then buy a sports team because it was a, it was just a, uh, a dumpster fire that you could just burn up cash without any hope of any sort of real return. And that changed in probably the late eighties, early nineties. That really changed, uh, a couple things. Change that, uh, first of all. By the nineties and certainly by the two thousands, um, most of the big professional sports in the United States had solved lots of their labor relation problems with the, with the athletes. So there was always this question about, uh, you know, do athletes have the ability to bargain with other teams? Are they able to get free agent, uh, agency, are teams going to be constantly fighting and, and spending every dollar that they can down to the point of bankruptcy to buy that superstar team? And what happened again in the nineties, starting in the eighties through the nineties and the two thousands is pretty much leagues have, uh, agreed to a world where. We’re gonna limit the amount of spending, uh, that we’re gonna do on players so that we’re not all bankrupting each other, bidding for players. In order to get the players to go along with that, we come to an agreement that we’re gonna share basically half the money with the players. And that’s exactly how the NHL works, the NBA works and the NFL works. Major League Baseball is not like that yet. And we may see not this season, but the next one, um, them trying to finally join ranks with the other, uh, with the other leagues. Uh, the question is whether we’re gonna see that happen without a gigantic, uh, work stoppage that. You know, some people who are pessimistic think we’re, we may not have baseball at all in 2027. 2026 is fine, but 20, 27 may, may fall. So as soon as like your costs are all covered up, that you know that everyone is kind of playing on a level playing field. Once we know that we don’t have to worry about bankrupting ourselves. We are only paying players, what we’re bringing in as revenue. All of a sudden, this is a fairly safe investment in a way that it never was prior to, you know, this all dying down. Couple other things going on here as well is, of course, the country’s gotten bigger. We have gotten bigger, but without adding additional, many additional franchises, which means, uh, those, those tickets are becoming increasingly expensive. We’ve gotten richer in a, in a skewed fashion, so that, uh, that of course the rich have gotten richer, a lot faster than the poor have. But of course, going to a baseball game, especially with those luxury boxes and things like this, is, uh, an activity that is reserved for the wealthy. And as the wealthy have gotten more, uh, uh, have gotten, you know, increasingly rich, uh, that means that. You know, businesses like Major League Baseball in the NFL that cater to the upper class, uh, do disproportionately well. And the last thing, and I’m sure you’ve talked about, uh, this before, is on your show, obviously you can have, um, you can have investments that are irrational as long as you think there’s someone later that’s irrational, that you can, you can hand it off to, right? This is, this is all the Greater fool theory. Uh, although I don’t think necessarily in this case, the, the owners are fools, but. Sports teams are a toy of billionaires that you say, well, look, I, I am, I’m a Mark Cuban. I’ve made billions of dollars. Now I want to spend some of my, my money on a, a fun asset. You know, you and I might collect a baseball cards. Mark Cuban might collect baseball teams, right? Uh, so, uh, in a world you might be willing to overpay because you wanna be a sports soldier and you wanna rub elbows with. You know, KA Leonard, you wanna rub elbows with, uh, with, with Shhe Tani. Um, and you may be willing to overpay for that asset, but guess what? 20 years down the way, there’s still gonna be another billionaire who wants to rub elbows with that next generation of superstars. And so you’re fairly sure that the next time when it comes to sell your franchise, there will be another person who’s willing to pay a premium for that asset as well. So again, as we’ve gotten more billionaires, more billionaire wealth, um, this is something that, uh, you know, has attracted folks like Steve Ballmer to, to part with, with big money. And, uh, again, as billionaire assets have grown, uh, the ability and the desire to buy these teams has grown as well. I would think a major driver of the value. Is also coming from, um, the, the media sources, uh, that are changing, right? Where, I mean, I remember, you know, again, being a kid and there was this, you know, there was Monday night football and it was on NBC and. And that, that’s how it worked. But now there’s like bidding for these things and you’ve got Amazon, uh, doing Thursday night football, which is a little weird. Um, and you know, you sometimes you have, uh, uh, you have games on Peacock. What’s going on with that? How does it affect the economics? Uh, and ultimately, like where is this headed? So, uh, in a, in a league like the NFL, uh, over 60% of all revenues that they generate is media revenue, right? Because most of us aren’t going to games every day, uh, too expensive for us, or too time consuming or all sorts of other things. But, uh, lots of us tune in on tv. So we’re talking about, uh, well over $10 billion of annual media contracts with the NFL. Um, and those numbers have been going up, uh, at least in part because you have media companies, uh, in a pretty competitive environment bidding against one another for these things. Now, one of the things about, again, things like the NFL or the NBA is it allows broadcasters or other types of TV networks to bring in customers in a way that their regular programming doesn’t. So a, a company may actually be willing to overpay for the NFL, kind of as a way to get people to buy all of your other products. A famous example from early days, uh, is, is Fox, right? So in the old days there were three big networks. So old days, I’m talking, you know, 1970s, there were the three big networks, right? There was A, B, CNB, C, and CBS, and they all competed against one another. And then in the 1980s, this rival network came up and this is Fox. And they wanted to get into all these markets nationwide. Well, how do you make sure that a. A local station decides to pick up the Fox programming. So for example, I grew up in Denver and Denver had a, had a, an independent channel that, you know, played reruns and all sorts of other things, and, and so they have a broadcast license already. Fox goes up to them and says, Hey, would you like to carry our regular programming? And, and that, that channel said, well, I don’t really think so. We’re doing fine showing Gilligan’s Island and Love Boat and things like this, and we don’t need, uh, an entire set of your programming. We’re doing just fine, as as it is. Uh, so Fox couldn’t get a foothold in that Denver market. So what Fox does is they buy rights to the NFL. All of a sudden now they go back and say, Hey, we’ve got all this Fox programming, we’ve got the Simpsons, and we’ve got, I don’t know, uh, you know, uh, you know, these early, these early Fox programming. But, um, they say, but we also have the NFL. You can’t, you can’t turn down the NFL. And then all of a sudden that existing affiliate says, okay, all right, we’ll add the whole line of Fox programming because you’re right, we can’t turn down having the NFL. So what, what basically happens here is the NFL serves as this kind of must stock item. And uh, you know, Fox was willing to overpay for the NFL because now they’re gonna get everyone to be able to buy the Simpsons and everything else they were offering at the same time. Uh, and so media rights have gone much, have gone up much faster. And we see this all over the place, right? How do you get people to buy. Amazon Prime. Well, let’s say that’s the only way you get to watch, uh, football on Thursday nights. How do you get people to buy, you know, apple tv? You offer major league soccer games as part of their package, right? Uh, and so this is how you kinda legitimize yourself as an actual, real, uh, you know, quote real media company is by offering some, uh, live. Live sports. And that gets people who would not otherwise buy Netflix or Amazon Prime or Apple, uh, to actually purchase those because again, they’re offering this secondary item. Then presumably that in turn drives up the value of of the NFL and you know, they’re bringing in a lot more money because they’ve got not just the three major networks bidding on them, but they’ve got all sorts of big companies with deep pockets. Willing to, you know, increase their, their, their revenue is and, and that sort of snowballs. Is that, is that fair? No, and that’s exactly right. And, and for as much as I talk about, you know, that billionaire who wants the an NFL team or an NDA team as a. Prestige asset. Uh, they’re also concerned about having it as an actual functioning asset as well. So I’m willing to pay, you know, a lot more, even if I’m willing to pay a premium. That premium is based on a fundamental value in the first place. And how do you drive that fundamental value? You drive that fundamental value by maximizing the revenue you generate through things like media contracts, and by maximizing. And by minimizing your costs, by making sure that your labor costs aren’t gonna run away with you, uh, because again, hopefully you, uh, most of the leagues have solved kind of their long-term labor, uh, their labor strife between them and the players within each league. There is also some different rules, and specifically, again, being a big NFL fan, I love the fact that the NFL has a salary cap and profit sharing for each team. ’cause it makes for a much more competitive league, basically, you know, for people who don’t know what that means, essentially each team can pay, has a salary cap of how much they can pay players for a given year. But not all of the leagues have that. Uh, I don’t really follow the other ones. I, I’m not sure who has it, who doesn’t, but I know that, like in baseball, I don’t think they have that. And it creates a situation where you’ve got the Dodgers or the Yankees in, in, in the World Series. More often than not, and you know, you’re not getting the smaller teams usually. No. So you’re exactly right. So the NFL has what’s called a, uh, a salary cap, and it’s actually got what’s called a hard cap. So they’re actually quite serious about this, and there are very few exceptions that can be made to go over this cap. Uh, this cap is based on the total amount of revenue that’s being generated by the league. Uh, and again, the cap basically is the way that they make sure that they share. A fair proportion of the money with the players. Uh, what’s also important is they also have a floor. So the, the cap this year is about 225 million, if I remember right, but the floor is about 200 million. So every team in the league basically is spending the same amount on labor this season, which makes for a very even playing field. And we know that some teams are gonna lose and some teams are gonna win. And it seems like the Browns and the, and the jets never win. And it seems like other teams always do. But what’s important about that is it’s not just because they’re in a big city, that they have these gigantic revenue advantages and that they can buy a championship. It really is, you know, who is smartest with their money, who’s smartest with your coaching, who’s lucky with the draft and things like this. And, uh, that makes for a very nice thing here. What’s also super important is the NFL has a gigantic amount of revenue sharing, and the reason for this is every single game you watch on TV is part of a contract that’s being sold by the league, not the team. And because of that, the league is generating all these, all this revenue, and then is equally distributing that money to each of the individual teams. So a, a team playing in little tiny Green Bay is generating exactly the same amount of media revenue as the New York Giants. Or the LA Rams. So that’s really nice. Uh, again, gigantic amounts of, uh, again, even revenue sharing to all the participants. As a matter of fact, of all of the businesses in the United States, the NFL is probably the single most socialist company. In the United States. So this Great American pastime is wildly socialist when it comes to how they distribute their, their income. So what incentivizes a team to be better and to win Then from the ownership standpoint, if there’s revenue sharing, is it just at the, the other sources of income that come, like advertising, things like that. I’m, I’m just curious, like if there’s so much revenue sharing, what is it that drives a team to, you know, try to be better from the ownership standpoint? So first of all is that being bad doesn’t help you, right? This isn’t major league baseball, so we’re gonna go the o. The other extreme, at least for a US sport, is major League baseball. No, uh, salary cap there at all. So you can pay, uh, players as much as you want, although there is what’s called a luxury tax. So as you, as your, uh, salary, your total payroll gets too big, you start getting, uh, uh, paying penalties to the league, which is then redistributed to the poor teams in the league. That being said, you can spend as much as you want. So yeah, the Dodgers, they spent somewhere, uh, by some accounts somewhere around $400 million this year on talent, including, you know, gigantic contracts to folks like Shhe, Tani, right? Um, but there’s also no minimum either. So if you’re a team that decides, hey, we’re not even gonna bother to try to compete this year, uh, you are the. I don’t know to, if I should call them the Oakland A or the Las Vegas a a or the Sacramento A or the Traveling through the desert, sort of a for a while. Um, but, you know, this is a team that made a decision not to compete and had a, had a tiny payroll. Uh, other teams have decided to do this, and the, and the NFL you could decide that you didn’t wanna win. But it wouldn’t save you any money because again, not only is there a salary cap, there’s a salary floor. So if I have to pay $225 million each year anyway, I might as well try to win with that 225 million. Uh, ’cause I don’t have a choice to just collect my paycheck and hire, you know, the Minnesota Gophers for $20 million, uh, for my, for my team this year. ’cause that’s not an option. Right. Um, one of the things I wanted to just kind of, uh, drill down a little bit on is the model of the Green Bay Packers. As you um mentioned, it’s a tiny little town, northern Wisconsin. Uh, not much going on there. I’ve, I’ve been there myself for a game. It is unique in that it is owned, not by billionaires, but it’s owned essentially as by the fans. How, how does that work? And, and I guess the question is like, why, why aren’t other teams modeled that way? So other teams are not modeled that way because the NFL does not want other teams to be modeled that way, nor do any of the other, uh, major leagues out there. Uh, it’s not good for the NFL for a couple reasons. Uh, first of all. They have to open their books. If it’s a public company and they don’t like to open their books, um, you also don’t have a face for that, uh, league in a way that, that a person couldn’t, couldn’t be in there, uh, pouring extra money in as a kind of a, an, an angel investor. Uh, on top of that, uh, you can’t threaten to relocate to another city unless you get taxpayer subsidized. Um, you know, uh, stadiums and things because it’s a publicly owned team and we know that, that those public owners will not ever decide to move that team out. How did they get that status in the first place? That’s an interesting story, and it’s a story that’s not unique to. The Packers, but it is fairly unique to the United States. So, uh, in the rest of the world, this type of ownership model actually is fairly common. Um, teams that your, you know, listeners would’ve heard of, like Barcelona, like Al Madrid, these are club owned teams. Um, there is not an owner there. They are owned by the fans themselves, and they’re in the business of. Trying to stay in business every year while winning as many games as possible. Uh, there is, they’re not trying to win trophies for a, a Steinbrenner or a Mark Cuban. They’re trying to win, uh, trophies for that fan base. That literally, again, the, the season ticket holders are those owners. Um, the NFL itself, you know, was, was a very hard Scrabble league for a long time. It started in 1920, uh, and between 1920 and 1935. Roughly 55 teams played at least one season in the NFL. And of those 55 teams, basically all but about six of them, had gone outta business or relocated at some point in here. Uh, this is why actually we got such a socialist, uh, uh, business model here is because the owners of the big teams, the owners of the bears. Uh, the owners of the Giants, uh, they said, look, you know, this league isn’t gonna work if we can’t actually find someone to play. And yeah, we’re making money here, but we’re not gonna continue making money if we can’t find other teams that are gonna work in this league. So they said, Hey, we are gonna be very generous. We’re gonna make sure that, that we share our revenues with the people, uh, the other people in our league. We would rather have a small piece of a big pie, uh, than a big piece of a pie that is tiny or disappears completely. Uh, so that’s why we ended up with this, uh, revenue sharing. And of course they were very open to any sort of model that kept stable teams around, including a model where rather than some rich owner in, in Green Bay owns that team. Instead, it’s a municipally owned team. As long as that team had stability and conform long-term rivalries and can afford to put forward a product that’s gonna, that’s gonna work on a, you know, on an NFL field to make a competitive product, they were happy to kind of do whatever they needed to do because again, this was a, this was a really tough league to be in. For the first roughly 20 years with, you know, a lot more successes. There’s been a lot of talk, uh, I know about private equity entering the, uh, the NFL. Tell us, give us a little bit of an understanding of that. I mean, obviously, I, I kind of think of these owners in these buying groups as private equity already, so what’s the big deal? Is the point. So in most sports leagues have already allow private equity and already allow ownership groups with multiple owners, uh, to, to own teams. So again, uh, you know, the, the Red Sox, they have multiple owners of, of that team. Uh, again, Celtics, same sort of thing. Um, but in the NFL we have required basically one owner, right? So this is a, a person. That owns the team and is the face of the team and is this controlling majority owner, uh, they’re going to explicitly allow external people unrelated to the ownership group, to own pieces of NFL teams here. Uh, and I think the, the real issue here, uh, has to do with, uh, there are some franchises in the NFL where the owners are asset rich, but cash poor. I’m thinking actually, for example, the Bears. So the bears are still owned by the same group. Who bought the Bears back in 1920 ish. Right? So this, you know, the, the same family, the Halas, uh, have owned this team for a hundred years. Uh, by this point, you know, little pieces of the team have been handed down to all the cousins and the grandkids and the great grandkids and this sort of folks. Uh, so, uh, you know, I think in total there’s something like 86 different owners of the, of the Bears now, but they’re all part of that original ownership group that everyone. You know, has inherited a little, a little share here. Now mind you, you know, one 86th of the, uh, of the bears is like a hundred million dollars. You know, the bears are probably an $8 billion franchise. And so that’s a hundred million dollars of assets that each one of these grandkids has just because, you know, their grandfather made a smart, uh, smart investment a hundred years ago. Um, but it doesn’t mean that they can live the lifestyle of a person with a hundred million dollars. Because they’re not allowed to sell their share to anyone because private equity was never allowed. And the amount of money that that team is actually generating in terms of annual operating profits isn’t super high. So you’ve got a world where you’re wildly rich, but you can’t really do a lot with those riches. So you know, this is a team that would be prime for the idea of, well, let’s sell off 20% of this. 20% of the team is gonna be maybe a couple billion dollars. And, and then we will just share that basically it’s a big Christmas present to each one of these, uh, these kids here. And again, the, the thing here is that’s $2 billion in cash that each of these small minority owners gets rather than, you know, an asset that they can’t actually use. To buy a yacht in Monaco. Right? And so that’s giving these kids, or the, you know, these minority owners an option to basically, uh, you know, get liquidity for their ownership. And, and that’s the big difference, right? And of course the other thing is, is there are lots of wildly rich people who would like to be an owner of a team in a way that you could do that 20 or 30 years ago by being just a, you know, just a multimillionaire or a multi, multi multimillionaire. That was enough. Uh. You know, you can be a billionaire nowadays and not have nearly what it needs to become an owner in one of these big groups. So, uh, you know, if we think about, uh, Arod, right? Arod bought, uh, the Timberwolves, uh, in the NDA, um. But he couldn’t do it alone despite the fact that he was, uh, you know, for 10 years the highest paid athlete in the world, you know, signed the single biggest contract, uh, in the history of professional sports, uh, when he did so. Uh, and even a guy with that sort of money doesn’t have enough money to buy a sports franchise. So, uh, I think the NFL is, you know, looking down the, the road to a, a world where. Someone wants to sell, but there’s not that many folks with $10 billion out there. And so the idea that we were gonna keep a, a world where there’s gonna be one single owner forever, uh, you know that that’s a pretty small pool of people in a world where you’re thinking about selling franchises at $10 billion. But if we allow these to be sold private equity wise. Then people can live their dream of being a sports owner, you know, for a mere couple billion dollars. And of course, that increases the pool of, of potential people by a lot. You know, you, you mentioned, um, during, just a minute ago in, in passing that these teams don’t actually necessarily throw off a lot of cash. They’re not, you know, they’re not super profitable. It’s not like a bunch of money’s being distributed to owners. Uh, can you talk a little bit about that? I, I didn’t know that actually. Sure. So a bunch of these teams in, in fact, in terms of operating revenue, don’t actually generate gigantic amounts of, of money every year. Uh, again, taking an an NFL team, so an NFL team is gonna generate, you know, somewhere around $500 million, maybe six or $700 million a year, but you’re already competing about 250 million of that to, uh, to the players. So half of that revenue coming in automatically is going to the players. If you built yourself a new stadium anytime recently, obviously you could have big payments on that. Uh, there’s other operating expenses associated with that. Um, in, in a world where you’re not the NFL, but you’re a world like, uh, major League baseball, where. You have much more variability in your, in your player costs year to year and more variability in your revenue. Uh, you could easily end up with years where you’ve got negative cash flow or at least negative profits, and, uh, and that means that you need, you need to be able to weather that. And so of course that’s one of the reasons, for example, why the NFL, you know, wouldn’t just take anyone as an owner, you need to be for sure rich enough to, uh, to weather both the ups and the downs. Again, if you borrowed any money to, uh, to purchase the team, uh, that’s obviously a big, uh, big interest payment there as well. So you could easily have teams again, depending how the owner purchased that, that are not kicking out gigantic amounts of cash on a year to year basis. One of the things that I’ve been hearing about, I don’t really know how this would work, is the, is of private equity moving into potentially like college sports. So we’ve seen some changes in, uh, for example, in college football where now these players can legally get paid. So it’s, it’s starting to look more and more like a professional. Uh, professional league. So how would that work if you’ve got private money essentially buying, uh, the sports teams of an individual university? Or maybe I’m not, maybe that’s not exactly what’s happening, but that’s kind of the impression I got. So first of all, that is exactly what could be happening and, and what people are talking about. Uh, I am deeply skeptical that this is a good idea for the institutions involved. Um. So basically it works exactly like any other sort of, uh, sports franchise, right? Uh, basically you would have an owner, uh, you know, let’s call him Mark Cuban, although he’s not, you know, he’s, he’s not talking about doing this. But imagine Mark Cuban decided he wants to buy, uh, Ohio State, right? Uh, so he comes up with a a billion dollars hands over a billion dollars to Ohio State. And now Mark Cuban is the recipient of any revenues being generated by the Ohio State, uh, program here. Um, and so this works like, just like anything else, right? So this is, this is basically, um, a person like bringing money in, in exchange for a piece of the action. Uh, the reason I’m highly skeptical about this because. Uh, remember the name of your university is very, very strongly tied with the name of your athletic program, right? So, you know, the Ohio State University is the name of both the educational program as well as the, uh, you know, the sports teams, right? And so, uh, one of the reasons that that schools have sports teams in the first place. Is as a method of advertising for their other things, right? So they, they use spectator sports to bring in the students to, uh, bring in, uh, actually, you know, public taxpayer money, all sorts of things. Um, and of course if the school controls the money from the, uh, you know, controls the athletic program as well as the academic program, then we can presume that the interests of the athletic program and the academic program are aligned. As soon as you’ve sold off your, your athletic program to an external, uh, you know, an external buyer, then you have every reason to believe that the incentives of that athletic program, the incentives of the. Academic program are no longer aligned in, in a way that is useful. Um, for example, you could have that, that equity person say, you know what? I’m gonna make money no matter what, and I’m just gonna tank all of our programs because I’m gonna generate more revenue by spending less. And that’s what maximizes my profit. But that may very well harm the academic side. And so if you allow, you know, private equity to come in and they have any control. Over that, uh, athletic program, you basically outsourced an extremely important part of your business while still meaning that your business in the athletics is, is importantly tied to the other parts of your business that you haven’t outsourced. And, uh, that makes me deeply concerned for anyone who would consider going down this route. Is, is that likely to happen, do you think? I don’t think anyone who makes predictions about college sport to this point, uh, can, can do that with any certainty at all. It’s fascinating stuff. Um, and one last question I guess for you, which is, you know, we talk about like people who own teams, uh, being, you know, multi-billionaires. Um. Is there any way that fans can still get a stake if they’re just simple millionaires? Is that just not something that’s po un unless you’re live in Green Bay, I guess, is that pretty much non-existent? So it depends what you’re interested in doing, right? So if you’re a mere multimillionaire, uh, you’re not gonna become an NFL owner. You’re not gonna become an NDO owner. Right. Mm-hmm. Um, if you’re very famous and a multimillionaire, you might be able to come into an ownership group because they want you as the face of the organization. Right. Um, one example of this was George W. Bush who came in with a very tiny ownership stake, uh, when, uh, he bought the Texas Rangers and he owned about. 2% of that, that team. But he was the face of that because he was the son of the president. Right. Uh, and, and then when the Rangers did well, uh, you know, he, he made a fortune doing that as well. So, um, the answer is generally no. But as long as your heart isn’t wedded to the NFL or NBA, there are certainly options that you can come into. Right. Um, we have seen. One tier down, uh, buying into things like the WNBA or the, uh, NWSL in women’s soccer or, uh, or women’s basketball. Uh, even that’s become pricey nowadays. These are a hundred million dollar franchises now these days. Or you can take chances with lower level, essentially minor league, uh, soccer in the United States or, uh, elsewhere, uh, in, in the world. And I think you know where we’re going here. So if you’re a merely. Multimillionaire, uh, and you’re a, a famous, uh, movie star or two, you could put your money in and buy a football or soccer team in Wales, uh, called Reim. Right? And of course, that’s exactly what Ryan Reynolds did. And Malaney and, uh, you know, they did not have anywhere close to NFL money despite being famous guys, you know, big movie stars, you know, you know, tens of millions of dollars in, uh, in money. They’re nowhere close to being NFL owner money. Guess what they were wreck some owner money and, uh, they get all the fun and excitement of being an owner without needing to be a billionaire. Interesting. Well, listen, uh, I, I appreciate all your time and, uh, it’s, it’s fun for me personally as a sports fan to see how this stuff works. Um, do you have a site where you write, do you have people curious about this stuff or, or how can they learn more? So how people can learn more is, uh, is there is some fun sports economic stuff out there. Uh, the classic, uh, book in sports economics is of course Moneyball by Michael Lewis, who of course is a great writer about all things finance and, and people who are interested in, in general interest books about, you know, all sorts of things related from to the tech boom to, uh, obviously the financial crisis of the two thousands to. His early days in, in junk bonds in the 1980s. Uh, Michael Lewis is one of the, one of the great writers out there. Um, uh, other fun books by colleagues of mine, uh, omics by Stephan Semanski is, is a fun one. Uh, and, uh, you know, you can catch up, uh, with some, uh, some. Other podcasts that, uh, that follow these sort of things, including Freakonomics has often things on sports that are, that are fun as well. Uh, unfortunately if you wanna, you know, hear from me, it’s all textbook stuff and then I’ll have to give you a grade. And so probably that. Uh, but again, it, it’s a great time to be a fan of sports and of economics ’cause there’s just so much good stuff out there. Thanks so much for being on the program today. Again, my pleasure. You make a lot of money, but are still worried about retirement. Maybe you didn’t start earning until your thirties. Now you’re trying to catch up. Meanwhile, you’ve got a mortgage, a private school to pay for, and you feel like you’re getting further and further behind. 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Ed Werder's authoritative voice on all things Dallas Cowboys brings three decades of perspective to our deep dive into the franchise's most pressing issues. The veteran reporter, who began covering America's Team in 1989, doesn't mince words about the controversial Micah Parsons trade: "Almost nothing the Cowboys can do can justify trading Micah Parsons." Werder compares this move to the historic Herschel Walker deal but notes a crucial difference—Parsons is entering his prime at 26, while Walker was further along in his career.The conversation shifts to a fascinating exploration of Jerry Jones' true motivations. Does the owner define success as Super Bowl victories or simply keeping the Cowboys at the center of the NFL conversation? Warder suggests the latter might be true, noting that while Jones claims he'd "write any check" for another championship, he refuses to make the one sacrifice that might matter most—relinquishing his general manager role. "He'll never do that," Warder states definitively.We dive into the Netflix docuseries "America's Team," where Werder features prominently, sharing firsthand accounts of the dynasty years. He reveals the inside story of how he broke the news of Jimmy Johnson's firing after Jones personally told him, "I'm going to fire that MF-er." Thirty years later, the Jones-Johnson relationship remains fractured, with neither man having fully moved past their bitter split. Werder also provides sobering insights into Troy Aikman's playing career, revealing the quarterback suffered so many concussions he sometimes couldn't remember playing entire games—a stark reminder of how NFL player safety has evolved.For Cowboys fans wondering what to expect this season, Werder offers a measured assessment of the team's prospects without Parsons, projecting around nine wins given their challenging schedule. His encyclopedic knowledge of the franchise brings historical context to current challenges, delivered with the candor and insight that has made him a trusted voice in sports journalism for decades.The Try That in a Small Town Podcast is powered by e|spaces! Redefining Coworking - Exceptional Office Space for Every BusinessAt e|spaces, we offer more than just office space - we provide premium private offices designed for focus and growth. Located in the heart of Music Row, our fully furnished offices, private suites, meeting rooms and podcast studio give you the perfect space to work, create and connect. Ready to elevate your business? Book a tour today at espaces.comFrom the Patriot Mobile studios:Don't get fooled by other cellular providers pretending to share your values or have the same coverage. They don't and they can't!Go to PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/SMALLTOWN or call 972-PATRIOTRight now, get a FREE MONTH when you use the offer code SMALLTOWN.Original BrandsOriginal brands is starting a new era and American domestic premium beer, American made, American owned, Original glory.Join the movement at www.drinkoriginalbrands.comFollow/Rate/Share at www.trythatinasmalltown.com -Browse the merch: https://trythatinasmalltown.com/collections/all -For advertising inquiries, email info@trythatinasmalltown.comThe Try That In A Small Town Podcast is produced by Jim McCarthy and www.ItsYourShow.co
FBI releases photos of a person of interest in the shooting death of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk and asks the public for help in identifying him. FBI also gives an update on the evidence recovered so far, including the suspected firearm used; President Donald Trump announces he will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom; House & Senate Democratic Leaders are asked about President Trump blaming the shooting on the 'radical left'; solemn ceremonies on this 24th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks at Ground Zero in New York City, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; Gen. Christopher Mahoney, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair nominee, is asked at his Senate confirmation hearing about handling a potential order from President Trump to deploy more U.S. troops to more U.S. cities to fight crime; Senate Republicans unilaterally change the rules to make it easier to confirm President Trump's nominees; bipartisan group of Senators introduce a bill to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children; Herschel Walker, former professional football star & Republican nominee for U.S. Senator, testifies at his Senate hearing as nominee for U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Micah Parsons is ours, and the NFC is officially on notice! In this wild After Dark episode, we dive into the blockbuster trade that sent shockwaves through the league, with callers hyped, coping rivals exposed, and zero filter on the drama. From debunking the "Herschel Walker" nonsense to celebrating our new speed demon front seven, it's all raw excitement and savage takes. Callers roast the Khalil Mack and Herschel Walker trade comparisons, proving Parsons is a game-changer for a young, stacked roster. Deep dives on Parsons' elite stats versus Kenny Clark's, plus why run defense haters are full of copium. Hype for the defense's potential with Gary, Van Ness, and Parsons unleashing chaos—could this be our fastest front ever? Bonus rants on Chiefs hate, locker room vibes, and why Dallas fans are in denial about losing their star. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Smash that subscribe button, drop a rating, and hit us up on social with your takes—we're just getting started on this Parsons era. #GoPackGo #MicahParsons #PackersDefense #AfterDarkVibes To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast
Micah Parsons is ours, and the NFC is officially on notice! In this wild After Dark episode, we dive into the blockbuster trade that sent shockwaves through the league, with callers hyped, coping rivals exposed, and zero filter on the drama. From debunking the "Herschel Walker" nonsense to celebrating our new speed demon front seven, it's all raw excitement and savage takes. Callers roast the Khalil Mack and Herschel Walker trade comparisons, proving Parsons is a game-changer for a young, stacked roster. Deep dives on Parsons' elite stats versus Kenny Clark's, plus why run defense haters are full of copium. Hype for the defense's potential with Gary, Van Ness, and Parsons unleashing chaos—could this be our fastest front ever? Bonus rants on Chiefs hate, locker room vibes, and why Dallas fans are in denial about losing their star. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Smash that subscribe button, drop a rating, and hit us up on social with your takes—we're just getting started on this Parsons era. #GoPackGo #MicahParsons #PackersDefense #AfterDarkVibes To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast
Ben Maller talks about Jerry Jones comparing the Micah Parsons trade to the infamous 1989 trade of Herschel Walker to the Vikings, the Jets GM implying that Justin Fields can follow the Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold path, Lame Jokes of the Week, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with two big opening night college football wins. The Gophers handled Buffalo 23-10, with QB Drake Lindsey looking the part. And St. Thomas won 35-13 over a team to which it lost 64-0 a year ago. Plus a blockbuster NFL trade involving the Packers. 15:00: Strib Varsity's Joe Christensen joins Rand to talk more about his recent story on Moorhead athletics. 26:00: The Lynx let one get away.
EP - 41 “D-Mills”This week, The Slanted Attic Experience welcomes Richmond native D-Mills for an engaging conversation on college sports, pro-athlete paydays, and the music-fueled stories that keep life exciting. From March Madness trends to the evolving landscape of NIL deals, Tyler and D-Mills unpack where tradition meets the modern game and whether college sports are losing their identity.Guest Panel:D-MillsMeet D-Mills – a Richmond native whose life revolves around live music, the rhythm of conversation, and the competitive edge of sports analytics. Whether he's dissecting March Madness brackets, analyzing contracts in the NBA, or reliving his latest jam band trip, Daniel brings a mix of insight, humor, and curiosity. Golf may be his humbling hobby, but it's where he finds laughter and the occasional miracle shot. Always searching for the next great story, he thrives on connecting passion with play, whether on stage, on the course, or right here in the attic.Topics Covered:1. Intro2. March Madness – Sweet Sixteen preview and early results3. Fewer upsets this year and trends toward higher seeds4. ACC struggles and UVA's new coaching hire5. The fall of Tony Bennett and coaching transitions6. Virginia Tech and the evolving NCAA football landscape7. NIL and transfer portal – loyalty vs. opportunity8. Are college sports losing their way?9. Transfer portal decisions after coaching changes10. Combating NIL and transfer portal chaos as small-market programs11. Wild West comparisons and massive payouts in college sports12. Revenue sharing – good or bad?13. Federal court rulings and the current transfer portal rules14. Golf and Masters 2025 odds and favorites15. 2015 vs. 2019 Masters champion dinner spreads16. WAR (Wins Above Replacement) and its impact in baseball17. Rising salaries in the NBA and NFL – sustainability and strategy18. Jayden Daniels and potential $90 million per year deals19. Percentage-based contracts and small-market challenges20. NFL outlook – Commanders, Steelers, and classic trades21. The Herschel Walker trade and Cowboys dynasty legacy22. Richmond's new amphitheater and surge-priced live shows23. Widespread Panic and jam band adventures24. Austin trip stories and bachelor party highlights25. Riding Amtrak and finding art in the journey26. Book club talk and reading recs27. Outro and D-Mills' final thoughtsCatch new episodes of The Slanted Attic Experience every other Monday at 10:30 AM EST with occasional surprise drops that keep the attic conversation fresh and unpredictable. Whether you're into sports, music, or the perfect mix of both, each episode delivers authentic stories, expert takes, and plenty of laughs. Explore past episodes and bonus content at: https://dot.cards/slantedattic
In this riveting episode of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive headfirst into one of the most legendary—and misunderstood—moments in NFL history: the Herschel Walker trade. Sparked by a moment in Episode 3 of Netflix's America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, the crew unpacks the real story behind the trade that built a dynasty and left the Vikings holding the bag.Skin goes full football detective, questioning the narrative presented in the docuseries and digging into the actual mechanics of the trade. Did Jimmy Johnson really bait the Vikings into giving up a treasure trove of picks? Was Isaac Holt just a throw-in, or a key contributor? And how did the Cowboys end up with all those first- and second-round picks?
Send JD a text message and be heard!DANIEL JONES QB. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. @companyadjace @robparker1980 wishes @danieljones3 the best with the @colts but he doesn't want him anywhere near his @nygiants ever again. @dangerusswilson @jaboowins & @jaxsondart can hold down the fort. @paddy_bailey & HTJ talked @mets @steelers & @anthonyrichardson needs a change of scenery. Agree with Paddy @nyjets could take a flyer on him. @nyquil_inthe_flesh @kevdu_theman @rho212 @michaelbucht87_ @brianbarnaby @thomaswdonovan @bmtlive07 & @call_me_tca_prez talked @apnews all-time #allamerican team. Tough to narrow down the list. Great debate. Agree on @timtebow at #quarterback #herschelwalker at #runningback for me. @vinceyoung10 won greatest #cfb game for @texasfootball IMO. @dallascowboys dynasty series on @netflix no offense @daniel_orbe23 @anthonyyacc & @i_need_a_sports_iv they haven't been relevant since 1995. #jerryjones ego thinks the world revolves around him. All sports. One podcast. (even hockey) PODCAST LINK ON ITUNES: http://bit.ly/JDTSPODCAST
In this laugh-out-loud, emotionally raw, and wildly unpredictable episode of The Ben and Skin Show, the crew—Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—dives headfirst into everything from sleep disorders and narcolepsy to rattlesnake fatalities and raccoon pool parties. Ben's battle with sleep apnea turns into a hilarious therapy session, complete with melatonin overdoses, coffee tanker interventions, and KT's narcolepsy being declared “contagious.”The Netflix docuseries “The Gambler and His Cowboys” gets a deep dive, with the team breaking down Episode 2's focus on Troy Aikman, Jimmy Johnson, and the infamous Herschel Walker trade. The drama, the dysfunction, and the aquarium bonding—it's all here.Charles Haley's legendary madness is revisited, including his infamous GM desk moment and his role in shaping the Cowboys' dynasty.Wildlife News brings a Darwin Award-worthy tale of a man who picked up a rattlesnake… and paid the ultimate price.Hollywood Shuffle introduces a new prank you'll want to steal—courtesy of Nathan Fielder and a dollop of mayonnaise.Sneaky Pete's closure sparks nostalgia and pool-peeing confessions.
Auburn will retire Cam Newton's jersey number this season, an honor for a quarterback who delivered one of the greatest individual seasons in college football history, complete with a national championship. Newton's got company in the conversation for single-season greatness. On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams reminisce about some of the most stellar individual seasons they've witnessed. Adams dials up the wayback machine with memories of Archie Manning, Herschel Walker and Barry Sanders. Toppmeyer highlights seasons supplied by Newton, Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel and Joe Burrow. With hype for Texas quarterback Arch Manning at a crescendo, can he produce on par with some of those past greats? Adams knows this: He'd rather have Manning starting in Texas' season opener against Ohio State than Quinn Ewers. Later in the episode, the hosts weigh in on Joey Aguilar winning Tennessee's starting quarterback job and what that means for the Vols. For more from Toppmeyer and Adams, sign up for the SEC Unfiltered newsletter, delivered free to your email inbox.
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In this episode, we draft our all-time Georgia Football Dream Teams in a five-round format featuring quarterback, running back, receiver, defense, and kicker. Each pick sparks debate as we build rosters from legends like Herschel Walker, Brock Bowers, and the 2021 defense. We also reflect on key moments in Georgia history, underrated players, and what made each pick special. At the end, we share our thoughts on the upcoming 2025 season and how this year's team could produce future legends of its own. We hope you enjoy this episode and, as always, GO DAWGS! TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:57 - Guest Intro00:04:44 - Ground Rules00:10:14 - ROUND 100:24:22 - ROUND 200:44:18 - ROUND 301:15:20 - ROUND 401:17:39 - ROUND 501:31:16 - Our Dream Teams01:35:16 - Will's Outlook01:38:53 - Baylor's Outlook01:44:11 - Signing Off SUPPORT OUR PODCAST: For just $5/month, you can support our podcast & unlock exclusive perks. Visit https://www.patreon.com/rowsixty & join today! CONNECT WITH US:Patreon: patreon.com/rowsixtyFacebook: facebook.com/rowsixtyInstagram: instagram.com/rowsixty/TikTok: tiktok.com/@rowsixtyYouTube: youtube.com/rowsixtyWebsite: rowsixty.comStore: rowsixty.com/storeVisit: peachstatepride.com
Send us a textWe dive into a monthly hybrid of fictional and non-fictional stories that compel our host to rant about everything from cheating scandals to adult toy buyers and loud talkers in public.• Exploration of cheating in unlikely places including grandmaster chess and professional fishing tournaments• Examination of Hans Niemann's chess scandal with computer move matching rates higher than legends like Bobby Fischer• Revelation of fishing tournament cheaters using lead weights to double their fish weights for prize money• Commentary on the dangerous driving habits on Interstate 275 in Tampa-St. Petersburg• Analysis of the growing "kidult" market with companies creating adult-focused toys worth 14% of industry sales• Observations about people using "outside voices" in public spaces, especially when using technology• Discussion of Herschel Walker's Senate campaign controversies and contradictions• Celebration of NASA's DART mission successfully changing an asteroid's trajectory 7 million miles from EarthSupport the showSpotify Apple podcastsAmazon Music all other streaming services
2:30 Country Star John Rich Shocks Trump with Vaccine Truth Bomb at Star-Studded Secret MeetingConservative Christian country star John Rich claims he got Trump to understand why people booed him when he boasted of Operation Warp Speed toxic injections. The reactions of Lindsey Graham and Herschel Walker, both at the meeting, are telling. And so are Trump's actions as both candidate, and on his return, President. 8:58 Fauci's Back: Scapegoat, Alibi, Psychopat “Depopulationist psychopath” Fauci claws his way back from the wilderness with dire fear mongering about bird flu mutating, bats brewing, and cackling about a deadly outbreak—blaming our “attitude toward science”! Fauci is the get-out-of-jail card for all the Covid tyranny as his fear theater conditions us for the next lockdown 20:45 Children's Health Defense Restates Their Principles as Founder RFKj Goes to the Dark Side on Measles & MMR CHD doubles down & drops a gauntlet: the vaccine's risks dwarf the disease, with autism, seizures, and meningitis in its wake This a test of the medical freedom movement's soul. Will CHD stand firm as RFKj sells his soul and children's health for power? 34:52 Trump's 104% Tariff Tantrum Ignites Global Chaos and Robot Wars Trump's jaw-dropping 104% tariff bomb dropped at midnight, plunging the world into economic mayhem. Trump says he holds all the cards but China is calling the bluff of the bankrupt casino owner And, Peter Navarro's “ChatGPT tariff math” gets roasted by Elon Musk. Will Navarro blame the nonsense formula on his imaginary friend that he quotes in his books? Reason makes the case that Trump and the American people would be better served by a sack of bricks than this econ conman. Then, Lutnick makes it clear — this is NOT about the American worker. You will be replaced by robots. It's billionaires and their corporations that Trump wants to bring in, not jobs. 1:09:31 Wag the DOGE: Trump's Trillion-Dollar Pentagon & Coming Iran WarPentagon budget leaps 12% as the national debt is set to skyrocket to $67 TRILLION in 10 years. Red ink is the color of MAGA now. 1:22:59 British Church Has Jesus Doing Wrestling Smackdowns Loaves & fishes? How about literal circus for today's church that feeds on entertainment? You won't believe the footage! Watch as a Jesus “lookalike” body-slams foes taking on 2 “wrestlers” with Kung-Fu Chi. This Jesus isn't turning the other cheek—proof the church is dead, and in its place a cabaret of idolatry1:35:28China's Communist godsUK Easter BanChristians Flee Minnesota Persecution for TennesseeTexas Battles Sharia City Invasion1:47:48 Market Meltdown and Where Does Gold Rush Trump is finally building a border wall except it's financial. Will all the king's men be able to put Humpty Dumpty together again after Trump pushed him off the wall? The stakes are priceless—privacy, freedom, and the future hang in the balance! 2:02:09 Germany's Gold: Trump's Tariff Tantrums Spark Global Trust CrisisTrump's erratic tariff tirades send shockwaves worldwide—now even Germany's scrambling to yank its 1,200 tons of gold from New York's Fed vault 2:11:43 Trump's Trillion-Dollar War Machine Poised to Strike IranCritics like Glenn Greenwald slam him as Bibi's butler, while the military-industrial complex—hello, Elon Musk's SpaceX—rakes in billions. This empire-building spree's bankrupting America and igniting global hate. Now drone strikes into Mexico are on the table with or without the country's cooperation 2:33:37 Trans Killer's Hate-Fueled Rampage Exposed by Kash Patel Document Dump The Tennessee Star has been fighting for info hidden by the Nashville Police and the FBI. Now Kash Patel unleashed Audrey Hale's 1,000-page manifesto—revealing a transgender shooter's seething hatred for white kids, women, and Christians Meanwhile the Supreme Court doubles down, rejecting challenges to New York's gun bans—leaving churches and schools as sitting ducks in “sensitive” zones. 2:43:12 Billionaires' Stadium Scam Busted: Lawmakers Slam Taxpayer Rip-OffDid you realize the billionaire grifters were also getting FEDERAL money for their grandiose sports complexes? Fed-up lawmakers are pulling the plug on a jaw-dropping $4.3 billion federal handout to filthy-rich sports tycoons 2:46:10 Panama War: Trump & China Lawfare Fight Trump pressure campaign sees Panama bringing criminal charges against Hong Kong giant, CK Hutchinson as China brings anti-trust charges against the company to stop the sale of ports around the Panama Canal From cozy 25-year renewals to sudden lawsuits, this is a high-stakes battle for control—and billions. Will Trump and BlackRock seize the prize, or will China's counterpunch sink the deal? You won't believe the twists! 2:53:59 Trump's Third-Term Delusion: Will He Shatter the Constitution for Power?His spellbinding grip on conservatives is flipping the script on everything they once stood for! Term limits? Out the window. Tax hikes? Cheered on. The New American sounds the alarm: Trump's flouting the 22nd Amendment's sacred guard against tyranny, eyeing loopholes like a VP switcheroo with JD Vance—except the Constitution's 12th Amendment slams that door shut.If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
2:30 Country Star John Rich Shocks Trump with Vaccine Truth Bomb at Star-Studded Secret MeetingConservative Christian country star John Rich claims he got Trump to understand why people booed him when he boasted of Operation Warp Speed toxic injections. The reactions of Lindsey Graham and Herschel Walker, both at the meeting, are telling. And so are Trump's actions as both candidate, and on his return, President. 8:58 Fauci's Back: Scapegoat, Alibi, Psychopat “Depopulationist psychopath” Fauci claws his way back from the wilderness with dire fear mongering about bird flu mutating, bats brewing, and cackling about a deadly outbreak—blaming our “attitude toward science”! Fauci is the get-out-of-jail card for all the Covid tyranny as his fear theater conditions us for the next lockdown 20:45 Children's Health Defense Restates Their Principles as Founder RFKj Goes to the Dark Side on Measles & MMR CHD doubles down & drops a gauntlet: the vaccine's risks dwarf the disease, with autism, seizures, and meningitis in its wake This a test of the medical freedom movement's soul. Will CHD stand firm as RFKj sells his soul and children's health for power? 34:52 Trump's 104% Tariff Tantrum Ignites Global Chaos and Robot Wars Trump's jaw-dropping 104% tariff bomb dropped at midnight, plunging the world into economic mayhem. Trump says he holds all the cards but China is calling the bluff of the bankrupt casino owner And, Peter Navarro's “ChatGPT tariff math” gets roasted by Elon Musk. Will Navarro blame the nonsense formula on his imaginary friend that he quotes in his books? Reason makes the case that Trump and the American people would be better served by a sack of bricks than this econ conman. Then, Lutnick makes it clear — this is NOT about the American worker. You will be replaced by robots. It's billionaires and their corporations that Trump wants to bring in, not jobs. 1:09:31 Wag the DOGE: Trump's Trillion-Dollar Pentagon & Coming Iran WarPentagon budget leaps 12% as the national debt is set to skyrocket to $67 TRILLION in 10 years. Red ink is the color of MAGA now. 1:22:59 British Church Has Jesus Doing Wrestling Smackdowns Loaves & fishes? How about literal circus for today's church that feeds on entertainment? You won't believe the footage! Watch as a Jesus “lookalike” body-slams foes taking on 2 “wrestlers” with Kung-Fu Chi. This Jesus isn't turning the other cheek—proof the church is dead, and in its place a cabaret of idolatry1:35:28China's Communist godsUK Easter BanChristians Flee Minnesota Persecution for TennesseeTexas Battles Sharia City Invasion1:47:48 Market Meltdown and Where Does Gold Rush Trump is finally building a border wall except it's financial. Will all the king's men be able to put Humpty Dumpty together again after Trump pushed him off the wall? The stakes are priceless—privacy, freedom, and the future hang in the balance! 2:02:09 Germany's Gold: Trump's Tariff Tantrums Spark Global Trust CrisisTrump's erratic tariff tirades send shockwaves worldwide—now even Germany's scrambling to yank its 1,200 tons of gold from New York's Fed vault 2:11:43 Trump's Trillion-Dollar War Machine Poised to Strike IranCritics like Glenn Greenwald slam him as Bibi's butler, while the military-industrial complex—hello, Elon Musk's SpaceX—rakes in billions. This empire-building spree's bankrupting America and igniting global hate. Now drone strikes into Mexico are on the table with or without the country's cooperation 2:33:37 Trans Killer's Hate-Fueled Rampage Exposed by Kash Patel Document Dump The Tennessee Star has been fighting for info hidden by the Nashville Police and the FBI. Now Kash Patel unleashed Audrey Hale's 1,000-page manifesto—revealing a transgender shooter's seething hatred for white kids, women, and Christians Meanwhile the Supreme Court doubles down, rejecting challenges to New York's gun bans—leaving churches and schools as sitting ducks in “sensitive” zones. 2:43:12 Billionaires' Stadium Scam Busted: Lawmakers Slam Taxpayer Rip-OffDid you realize the billionaire grifters were also getting FEDERAL money for their grandiose sports complexes? Fed-up lawmakers are pulling the plug on a jaw-dropping $4.3 billion federal handout to filthy-rich sports tycoons 2:46:10 Panama War: Trump & China Lawfare Fight Trump pressure campaign sees Panama bringing criminal charges against Hong Kong giant, CK Hutchinson as China brings anti-trust charges against the company to stop the sale of ports around the Panama Canal From cozy 25-year renewals to sudden lawsuits, this is a high-stakes battle for control—and billions. Will Trump and BlackRock seize the prize, or will China's counterpunch sink the deal? You won't believe the twists! 2:53:59 Trump's Third-Term Delusion: Will He Shatter the Constitution for Power?His spellbinding grip on conservatives is flipping the script on everything they once stood for! Term limits? Out the window. Tax hikes? Cheered on. The New American sounds the alarm: Trump's flouting the 22nd Amendment's sacred guard against tyranny, eyeing loopholes like a VP switcheroo with JD Vance—except the Constitution's 12th Amendment slams that door shut.If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
If you love college football, you know the voice of Todd Blackledge - today's guest on the Y-Option podcast, presented by our founding partner, 76.Growing up in Pennsylvania, a few things were constant: Friday night high school football, postgame pizza with the team, and Saturday afternoons in front of the TV watching college football. My friends and I dreamed of playing in massive stadiums at places like Pitt, Penn State, and Notre Dame. As life has unfolded and I've traveled the world, I've realized that wherever young athletes grow up, this ritual remains the same.The same was true for today's guest, Todd Blackledge - college football analyst for Big Ten Saturday Night on NBC and Peacock.I grew up watching highlights of Todd's career at Penn State, where he led his team to a National Championship over Herschel Walker's Georgia squad in the Sugar Bowl. Later, as a fan of the game, I came to recognize his voice every Saturday in the broadcast booth. I've admired his work for decades, and when I learned he had also worked alongside Ted Robinson, I knew he had come from the “School of Ted” - a mentor who has shaped so many of us in the craft of broadcasting.In our conversation, Todd reflects on:* When he first fell in love with football and how a conversation with the late Joe Paterno on a park bench helped him navigate early adversity in his college career.* His 30+ years in the booth, the evolution of the game, and the common thread that ties college football together amid constant change.* His take on the new-look Big Ten, now an 18-team powerhouse after its first season.* One of the most unforgettable finishes of the 2024 season—the wild, unpredictable ending between Ohio State and Oregon, a game he called alongside Noah Eagle in Eugene last fall.Finally, as I reflect on our conversation - and the many I've had with Todd over the years - one thing stands out: his humility. In a sport that's constantly evolving, he remains focused on celebrating the game, bringing passion and insight to every broadcast.I hope you enjoy today's conversation with NBC Sports college football analyst Todd Blackledge, presented by our founding partner, 76.As always, be sure to subscribe to the Y-Option newsletter at Y-Option.com for more insights into college football.Much love and stay steady, YogiThis episode is executive produced by Jim Thornby and edited by Victor RenThis podcast is a Best Coast Media productionY-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.y-option.com/subscribe
GDP Script/ Top Stories for March 4th Publish Date: March 4th From The BG AD Group Studio, Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Tuesday, March 4th and Happy Birthday to Herschel Walker ***03.04.25 - BIRTHDAY – HERCHEL WALKER*** I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are your top stories presented by KIA Mall of Georgia Dino Fest Returns To Stone Mountain Park Lawrenceville resident killed in North Dakota car accident Gwinnett Tech’s cybersecurity program continues to be in high demand All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: Kia MOG (07.14.22 KIA MOG) STORY 1: Dino Fest Returns To Stone Mountain Park Stone Mountain Park kicks off its weekend operations on March 8 with Dino Fest, a family-friendly celebration of all things dinosaurs. The event combines entertainment and education, featuring highlights like a Dinosaur-Themed Drone & Light Show with 250 drones, a Lighted Dino Parade with glowing dino-themed floats, and a "Pre-Historic Animals: Then & Now" exhibit showcasing modern animals descended from dinosaurs. Dino Fest runs on select dates through April 20, offering a unique, immersive experience for dinosaur enthusiasts and families alike. Visit Stone Mountain Park’s website for details. STORY 2: Lawrenceville resident killed in North Dakota car accident Nicholas Cooper, a 31-year-old Lawrenceville man, tragically died in a truck accident in rural North Dakota on Feb. 25. The truck flipped into Crosby Creek on a wet gravel road, and Cooper, the lone passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was in North Dakota for work. A funeral will be held Friday at Crowell Brothers Funeral Home in Peachtree Corners, with a viewing on Thursday. A Gwinnett Tech graduate with a passion for cars, gaming, and comics, Cooper was remembered for his infectious smile, warm heart, and love for life. STORY 3: Gwinnett Tech’s cybersecurity program continues to be in high demand Gwinnett Technical College’s Cybersecurity Program, led by Andrew Gurbaxani, is addressing the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals amid rising cyberattacks. Offering an associate’s degree, diploma, and certificates, the program boasts a 99% placement rate and has seen a 27% growth in graduates. With around 1,000 students enrolled, it’s the fastest-growing program in the Computer Sciences Division. Gurbaxani highlights the field’s explosive growth, with a projected 30% job increase over the next decade, driven by national security needs. Gwinnett Tech prepares students for this essential field, emphasizing employer-supported education and the critical role of cybersecurity in today’s world. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: STORY 4: 'Cue for a cause — Sip & Swine BBQ Festival ready for 10th year of raising funds for Gwinnett Children's Shelter The Sip & Swine BBQ Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary on March 7-8 at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, featuring over 100 BBQ competition teams and live music. The event, which attracts 20,000 attendees, benefits Home of Hope at Gwinnett Children’s Shelter, supporting homeless children and young mothers. Founded by Maureen Kornowa and Jim Lloyd, the festival has raised nearly $1 million for the nonprofit, funding essential services like food, housing, and counseling. With strong community support and a focus on giving back, Sip & Swine has become a beloved Gwinnett County tradition. STORY 5: Shiloh High student injures classmate, teacher with pocket knife during fight A fight at Shiloh High School on Monday escalated when a student used a pocket knife, injuring another student and a teacher who intervened. Both received medical attention but did not require hospital transport. The student responsible was arrested and faces criminal charges and severe school disciplinary action. Principal Cappy Douglass condemned the violence, emphasizing the school’s commitment to safety and urging parents and students to report threats via the GCPS Tips app or tip line. The school is taking steps to ensure such incidents are not repeated and reassured the community of its dedication to a safe learning environment. Break: Ingles Markets 6 ***Guide Weekly Health Minute*** 10.22.24 GUIDE HEALTH MINUTE_FINAL*** Break 4: Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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My guest is the legendary and beloved Loran Smith of the University of Georgia. Among other things, he tells stories of Larry Munson and talks about his friends, such as Butts, Tarkenton, Dooley, and Smart, and gives his unique perspective on the recruitment of Herschel Walker. He also talks about the dilemma of NIL. He also tells how he became the sideline reporter for UGA radio. This is good stuff.
Two Quants and a Financial Planner | Bridging the Worlds of Investing and Financial Planning
In this episode, Jack and Matt dive deep into their conversation with Jason Buck about building truly robust investment portfolios that can withstand any market environment. Moving beyond the typical "stocks only go up" mentality, they explore critical concepts like: The real difference between offense and defense in portfolio construction Why treating your portfolio as savings rather than a get-rich-quick scheme is crucial Understanding real vs. nominal returns and why this distinction matters more than ever The dangers of U.S. market exceptionalism and what we can learn from other markets' struggles How to think about portfolio construction like building a championship sports team The critical concept of ergodicity and why averages can be deceiving Using colorful analogies from the Dallas Cowboys' infamous Herschel Walker trade to Dennis Rodman's overlooked impact on the Chicago Bulls, this episode breaks down complex investment concepts into actionable insights. Perfect for investors wanting to move beyond basic diversification and build portfolios ready for whatever the future holds. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://excessreturnspod.com FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA CAPITAL https://www.valideacapital.com FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SUNPOINTE INVESTMENTS https://sunpointeinvestments.com/ FOLLOW JACK Twitter: https://twitter.com/practicalquant LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-forehand-8015094 FOLLOW JUSTIN Twitter: https://twitter.com/jjcarbonneau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcarbonneau FOLLOW MATT Twitter: https://twitter.com/cultishcreative LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-zeigler-a58a0a60/
Unapologetically patriotic, David Harris Jr. endeavors to help society discover what it truly means to keep America great. David Harris Jr. is an entrepreneur, author, and podcast host who delivers thought-provoking and engaging presentations that challenge audiences to pay attention to important political, social, and economic issues. Listeners appreciate his honest and relatable approach to topics focusing on the conservative culture and pro-life movement. Using his own life experiences and faith-based direction, he brings a passionate and unique message tailored to each event. David regularly serves as a guest speaker, panelist and keynote speaker at a variety of venues and functions across the country. He has shared the stage with many notable individuals, such as Kirk Cameron, Dinesh D'Souza, Candace Owens, and Charlie Kirk. He has interviewed guests on his show such as Herschel Walker, Ted Nugent, Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Matt Gaetz to name a few. His most recent interview with was with President Donald J Trump. Reaching millions of people through his social media channels, podcast show, and book, Why I Couldn't Stay Silent, David strives to break down the racial, political, and assumptive barriers that are currently causing division throughout our nation. Taking a stand for the Constitution and freedom of every American, he frequently appears as a guest on Fox, Fox & Friends, and several shows on the OAN Network and NewsMax networks.
MDJ Script 1-8-25.docx1 / 3MDJ Script/ Top Stories for January 8thPublish Date: January 8th Commercial:From the BG Ad Group Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast. Today is Wednesday, January 8th and Happy Birthday to Kenny Loggins I’m Dan Radcliffe and here are the stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia. 1. Winter Storm Expected Friday, Possible Icy Conditions and School Closings 2. Carter eulogized inside U.S. Capitol Rotunda 3. Residents Confront Austell Council Over New Leaf & Limb Fee All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe! BREAK: CU of GA (06.26.24 CU OF GA FREE CHECKING_REV_FINAL)STORY 1: Winter Storm Expected Friday, Possible Icy Conditions and School ClosingsCobb County is bracing for either snow or freezing rain on Friday, with an 80% chance of precipitation, potentially leading to icy roads and dangerous travel conditions. The National Weather Service indicates uncertainty about whether the area will see snow or freezing rain, with possible snow accumulation of 1-3 inches or 0.10 inches of ice. Governor Brian Kemp urges residents to stay informed and prepared. School closures are possible, with updates from local districts expected. Residents are advised to stay home, but if travel is necessary, they should drive cautiously and be prepared with items like cat litter for traction and blankets for warmth.STORY 2: Carter eulogized inside U.S. Capitol RotundaThe life of former President Jimmy Carter was celebrated in Washington, D.C., with a memorial service in the Capitol Rotunda. Political leaders praised his achievements both as president and in his extensive post-presidential work, including founding the Carter Center and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted his extraordinary legacy, while U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune commended his selfless service and dedication to good causes. Carter's casket, transported from Georgia, was honored with a military procession. He will lie in state until a national funeral service at the National Cathedral.STORY 3: Residents Confront Austell Council Over New Leaf & Limb FeeAustell residents and Councilwoman Meredith Adams are concerned about a new $15 monthly fee for leaf and limb pickup, introduced to address budget shortfalls after a proposed property tax increase was rejected. The fee, approved by the city council, funds yard waste removal and bulk trash pickup. Adams criticized the fee as a budget-balancing tactic, suggesting instead to cut the police department's 2 / 3budget, which has significantly increased. Residents have voiced opposition, arguing for a more equitable fee structure. Adams advocates for appointing a city manager to ensure departmental accountability and budget adherence.We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.799.6810 for more info. We’ll be right back Break: DRAKE (Drake Realty (Cobb County)STORY 4: Sworn into Second Term, Cupid Addresses CriticsCobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid was sworn in for her second term, reflecting on the challenges and partisan divisions faced by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. Despite opposition, Cupid is committed to addressing disparities within the county and driving change. She emphasized her dedication to progress, acknowledging the difficulties but expressing determination to move Cobb County forward. Cupid, who made history as the first Black person and woman to chair the county, celebrated her Guyanese heritage during the ceremony. Her family and community leaders praised her resilience and leadership, highlighting her commitment to service and faith.STORY 5: Geoff Duncan booted from Georgia Republican PartyFormer Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has been expelled from the Georgia Republican Party for endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The state GOP's executive committee unanimously passed a resolution citing Duncan's actions as forfeiting his Republican status. Duncan initially fell out of favor for not supporting former President Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. He later endorsed Biden and then Harris, actively campaigning for her. The resolution also accused him of opposing Republican candidates Burt Jones and Herschel Walker. Duncan criticized the party's focus, suggesting they address more pressing issues. The expulsion bars him from future Republican candidacies and party events.We’ll be back in a moment Break: DRAKE (Drake Realty (Cobb County)STORY 6: Kennesaw Parks & Recreation to Host Annual Book SwapKennesaw Parks & Recreation is hosting its annual Book Swap on January 25 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Ben Robertson Community Center. Residents can donate gently used books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records on January 23 and 24, receiving a ticket for each item to exchange during the swap. Items must be in good condition, and certain materials like magazines and VHS tapes are not 3 / 3accepted. Donations are capped at 75 books, 40 CDs, 40 DVDs, and 40 vinyl records. The event is free, and leftover items will be donated. Volunteers are needed for setup and organization.STORY 7: KSU Professor’s Animation Offers New Take on Climate ChangeAt Northlake Mall, visitors can experience "The Paper Ecosystem," an interactive artwork by Kennesaw State University assistant professor Jeremy Speed-Schwartz. This piece, part of the Atlanta Science Gallery's "Resilient Earth" exhibit, uses digital animation to simulate environmental effects based on the number of people in the room. The exhibit, running through April, explores themes of environmental degradation and preservation. Speed-Schwartz's work features nearly 90 stop-motion sequences, creating thousands of unique illustrations. He aims to inspire students to explore animation beyond traditional screens, with potential future installations on campus.Break: Ingles Markets 9Signoff- Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Marietta Daily Journal Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.mdjonline.comDid you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. 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What up, world? It's your boy E coming at you from the Nattering With E studios with another episode of the Nattering E Trades Podcast. As always, we are sponsored by Visionaries Global Media. You can find this and the rest of the Nattering With E Network on both Visionaries podcast channels and our own, where you get your podcasts. So, I hope you all had a good holiday break, I know mine was both refreshing and partially too long, as I missed making new episodes! When we last met, we discussed why some players benefit from trades while others do not. Today we'll be getting into our first of the major sports leagues the National Football League, as we examine some of the trades in league history that shocked us. Since there are quite a few, this will be an ongoing series for the next couple of months before we move on to another sports league. When it comes to lists, much like a new book, it's important to start at the beginning and see why we should turn the page. For that reason, the trade we'll be focusing on today comes from October 12, 1989, a day our listeners in Minnesota, or generally as Vikings fans would love to forget. While our Dallas Cowboys fans and listeners in Texas may say "Please go on with your story". It was on October 12, 1989, when the Dallas Cowboys in the midst of one of the worst seasons in franchise history, decided to deal beloved running back and star Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings, for 17 players and draft picks! Yes, you heard that correctly, 18 players and picks total moved around that day in October, which forever altered both franchises. The end result was that in the 6-year span between the 1989 mega trade and the end of the 1995 season, the Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls while the Minnesota Vikings came away with almost nothing. As always you can follow us on Instagram @NatteringE
Matt Davies - NY Newsday The two biggest stories in our opening list are Trump's campaign of intimidating the media, which seems to be working … and the apparent ascension of the world's richest man to the unelected position of Acting President-elect. Also as we recorded on Friday morning, we have: Congress in chaos as the Musk-Johnson budget bill dies a quick death, opening the door to Mike Johnson becoming the latest House Speaker to get ousted Tin-hat conspiracy theories fanning the flames in New Jersey, Trump trolls our neighbors to the north, and flips the bird to the Bahamas by naming Herschel Walker as the U.S. ambassador. The state House emulated the chaos of the U.S. House with the Speaker unable to even assemble a quorum for the last day of session, raising questions about Speaker Joe Tate's upcoming campaign for Detroit mayor The race for Michigan Democratic Party chair may over before it starts as Governor Whitmer endorses longtime ally Curtis Hertel Jr. In a rare moment of positive news, 120 Democrats in Congress are calling on President BIden to certify the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution – an amendment that originated with Michigan's glass-ceiling breaking Congresswoman Martha Griffiths. A majority of Americans oppose Trump's proposals to test democracy's limits Pretending he has an electoral mandate, Trump keeps making stuff up Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous THIS WEEK'S GUEST Even in presidential elections, 2 in 5 American citizens choose to sit things out. It's even worse in non-presidential election years. A veteran political consultant believes we can and should improve those numbers by embracing technology. In his book “Vote with Your Phone,” Bradley Tusk believes that allowing Americans to vote in elections from their phones would dramatically increase turnout, reduce extremism, and fix our broken politics. Beyond that, mobile voting will break down barriers that have made in-person and even mail voting inaccessible for countless Americans — younger voters, tribal voters, military voters, voters with disabilities, and many others. Tusk is currently the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners, the world's first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Earlier in his career, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg's 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state's budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber's first political advisor. =========================== This episode is sponsored in part by EPIC ▪ MRA, a full service survey research firm with expertise in • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management Mike Luckovich - Atlanta Constitution Journal
GDP Script/ Top Stories for December 20th Publish Date: December 20th From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Friday, December 20th and Happy Birthday to Dick Wolfe ***12.20.24 - BIRTHDAY – DICK WOLF*** I’m Keith Ippolito and here are your top stories presented by Gwinnett KIA Mall of Georgia. State to lift ban on new irrigation wells Jackson EMC Accepting Applications for $1,000 Walter Harrison Scholarship Georgia Power hiking rates next month All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: 07.14.22 KIA MOG STORY 1: State to lift ban on new irrigation wells Georgia is lifting a decade-long moratorium on new irrigation wells in Southwest Georgia, effective April 1. Governor Brian Kemp announced that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) will accept applications for groundwater withdrawal permits, requiring drought-related measures to protect water supplies in the Lower Flint and Chattahoochee river basins. The moratorium, imposed in 2012 due to drought, was partially eased last year. Extensive research and improved water tracking technology have now enabled the EPD to confidently lift the ban. This decision follows a legal victory over water allocation disputes with Florida and Alabama. STORY 2: Jackson EMC Accepting Applications for $1,000 Walter Harrison Scholarship Jackson Electric Membership Cooperative is accepting applications for the Walter Harrison Scholarship, offering $1,000 for students attending Georgia colleges or technical schools. Eligible applicants must be enrolled or accepted at accredited institutions and reside in a household served by Jackson EMC. Evaluation criteria include financial need, GPA, SAT scores, academic standing, honors, and community involvement. Applications, due by January 31, 2025, can be obtained from school counselors or online. Annually, 15 scholarships are awarded by Georgia's electric cooperatives, honoring Walter Harrison's legacy in the cooperative movement. Since 1985, over $281,500 has been awarded to 292 students. STORY 3: Georgia Power hiking rates next month Georgia's Public Service Commission approved a 3.5% rate increase for Georgia Power customers, raising average residential bills by $5.48 per month. This is part of a series of hikes over recent years, totaling over $40 in increases, partly due to new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle and rising fuel costs. Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald expressed concern about the timing, given recent decreases in food and gas prices, but ultimately supported the increase. Georgia Power's lawyer, Brandon Marzo, stated the hike is necessary due to ongoing investments. The new rates will start on January 1. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: 08.05.24 OBITS_FINAL STORY 4: GCPS art educators earn state honors Two educators from Gwinnett County Public Schools have been honored by the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) for their contributions to art education. Amber Arnold, a Fine Arts Instructional Coach, received the 2025 Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year Award, while Kelly Rollocks, an art instructor at Berkmar Middle School, was named the 2025 Outstanding Georgia Middle Art Educator of the Year. These awards recognize their exceptional service and commitment to visual arts education. The GAEA annually honors members nominated by peers and selected through a rigorous process, supporting art educators across Georgia. STORY 5: Hebron Christian Wins 1st State Football Championship Hebron Christian Academy's football team, under Coach Jonathan Gess, won their first state championship by defeating Prince Avenue Christian 56-28 in the Class AAA-A Private final. This victory marks a significant achievement in Gess's third year, following a previous loss to Prince Avenue. The Lions dominated with a strong ground game, led by quarterback Thomas Stallworth and running back Devon Caldwell. Hebron's defense also excelled, limiting Prince Avenue's offense. Gess, previously successful at Eagle’s Landing Christian, has rapidly transformed Hebron into a competitive program, promising more future successes. Break 3: STORY 6: AROUND TOWN: Gwinnettians Honored For Dedication To Preserving County's History This edition highlights several notable achievements in Gwinnett County. Five individuals and organizations were inducted into the Preservation Hall of Fame for their efforts in preserving the county's history. Commissioner Jasper Watkins III received the 2024 ASHP/ABHP Joint Leadership Award for his commitment to public health and health equity. State Sen. Nikki Merritt was elected chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, focusing on advocacy for minority communities. Additionally, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton celebrated the birth of its 10,000th baby, marking a significant milestone in its maternal care services. STORY 7: Trump names Herschel Walker to ambassador post President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Herschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and longtime friend, as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. Walker, who lost a 2022 Senate race to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been a prominent advocate for youth sports and previously served as co-chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Trump's nominations also include other Georgians like former Sen. David Perdue for ambassador to China and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for the Small Business Administration. These nominations require Senate confirmation, with Republicans set to control the Senate next month. Break 4: Ingles Markets 5 Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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GDP Script/ Top Stories for December 20th Publish Date: December 20th From the BG AD Group Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Friday, December 20th and Happy Birthday to Dick Wolfe ***12.20.24 - BIRTHDAY – DICK WOLF*** I’m Keith Ippolito and here are your top stories presented by Gwinnett KIA Mall of Georgia. State to lift ban on new irrigation wells Jackson EMC Accepting Applications for $1,000 Walter Harrison Scholarship Georgia Power hiking rates next month All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: 07.14.22 KIA MOG STORY 1: State to lift ban on new irrigation wells Georgia is lifting a decade-long moratorium on new irrigation wells in Southwest Georgia, effective April 1. Governor Brian Kemp announced that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) will accept applications for groundwater withdrawal permits, requiring drought-related measures to protect water supplies in the Lower Flint and Chattahoochee river basins. The moratorium, imposed in 2012 due to drought, was partially eased last year. Extensive research and improved water tracking technology have now enabled the EPD to confidently lift the ban. This decision follows a legal victory over water allocation disputes with Florida and Alabama. STORY 2: Jackson EMC Accepting Applications for $1,000 Walter Harrison Scholarship Jackson Electric Membership Cooperative is accepting applications for the Walter Harrison Scholarship, offering $1,000 for students attending Georgia colleges or technical schools. Eligible applicants must be enrolled or accepted at accredited institutions and reside in a household served by Jackson EMC. Evaluation criteria include financial need, GPA, SAT scores, academic standing, honors, and community involvement. Applications, due by January 31, 2025, can be obtained from school counselors or online. Annually, 15 scholarships are awarded by Georgia's electric cooperatives, honoring Walter Harrison's legacy in the cooperative movement. Since 1985, over $281,500 has been awarded to 292 students. STORY 3: Georgia Power hiking rates next month Georgia's Public Service Commission approved a 3.5% rate increase for Georgia Power customers, raising average residential bills by $5.48 per month. This is part of a series of hikes over recent years, totaling over $40 in increases, partly due to new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle and rising fuel costs. Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald expressed concern about the timing, given recent decreases in food and gas prices, but ultimately supported the increase. Georgia Power's lawyer, Brandon Marzo, stated the hike is necessary due to ongoing investments. The new rates will start on January 1. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We’ll be right back Break 2: 08.05.24 OBITS_FINAL STORY 4: GCPS art educators earn state honors Two educators from Gwinnett County Public Schools have been honored by the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) for their contributions to art education. Amber Arnold, a Fine Arts Instructional Coach, received the 2025 Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year Award, while Kelly Rollocks, an art instructor at Berkmar Middle School, was named the 2025 Outstanding Georgia Middle Art Educator of the Year. These awards recognize their exceptional service and commitment to visual arts education. The GAEA annually honors members nominated by peers and selected through a rigorous process, supporting art educators across Georgia. STORY 5: Hebron Christian Wins 1st State Football Championship Hebron Christian Academy's football team, under Coach Jonathan Gess, won their first state championship by defeating Prince Avenue Christian 56-28 in the Class AAA-A Private final. This victory marks a significant achievement in Gess's third year, following a previous loss to Prince Avenue. The Lions dominated with a strong ground game, led by quarterback Thomas Stallworth and running back Devon Caldwell. Hebron's defense also excelled, limiting Prince Avenue's offense. Gess, previously successful at Eagle’s Landing Christian, has rapidly transformed Hebron into a competitive program, promising more future successes. Break 3: STORY 6: AROUND TOWN: Gwinnettians Honored For Dedication To Preserving County's History This edition highlights several notable achievements in Gwinnett County. Five individuals and organizations were inducted into the Preservation Hall of Fame for their efforts in preserving the county's history. Commissioner Jasper Watkins III received the 2024 ASHP/ABHP Joint Leadership Award for his commitment to public health and health equity. State Sen. Nikki Merritt was elected chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, focusing on advocacy for minority communities. Additionally, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton celebrated the birth of its 10,000th baby, marking a significant milestone in its maternal care services. STORY 7: Trump names Herschel Walker to ambassador post President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Herschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and longtime friend, as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. Walker, who lost a 2022 Senate race to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been a prominent advocate for youth sports and previously served as co-chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Trump's nominations also include other Georgians like former Sen. David Perdue for ambassador to China and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for the Small Business Administration. These nominations require Senate confirmation, with Republicans set to control the Senate next month. Break 4: Ingles Markets 5 Signoff – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.gwinnettdailypost.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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Joy Reid leads this episode of the ReidOut with Trump's biggest political feat: convincing working class voters that he is on their side, despite his cabinet of billionaires saying otherwise. Plus, the continuation of the Trump retribution tour, this time with Republicans preparing a criminal investigation of Liz Cheney, after she dared to speak the truth about Trump. Also tonight, Joy and her guests discuss Trump picking one time Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker as the Ambassador to the Bahamas. All this and much more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.
12.18.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Elon Musk gov't shutdown, GOP targets Liz Cheney, Trump's Herschel Walker ambassador nod, House Ethics: Release Gaetz report #BlackStarNetwork partner: Fanbasehttps://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbase This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. You should read the Offering Circular (https://bit.ly/3VDPKjD) and Risks (https://bit.ly/3ZQzHl0) related to this offering before investing. Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox http://www.blackstarnetwork.com The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this hour of the show, Mark wraps up the discussion on budget airlines with Frontier's $299 'Go Wild Pass' and delves into the growing Mega Millions jackpot, now at $825 million. And a prior jackpot winner's bold claim of buying two winning tickets sparks debate.Mark also examines California's EPA-approved ban on new gas-powered car sales by 2035 and speculates on the Trump administration's potential response.The hour continues with a look at Trump's Cabinet picks, including Herschel Walker's appointment as Ambassador to the Bahamas, and vaccine mistrust's devastating effects, from measles epidemics in the Congo to polio vaccine controversies in the U.S.
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On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid delivers his third to last show of the year as we inch closer to the show's extended holiday vacation beginning next week. In news of the day, the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is indicted by a grand jury and is set to be extradited back to New York City by the end of the week, GOP rebels are reportedly plotting a mutiny against Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Kamala Harris delivers her first remarks since her concession speech after losing the Presidential election to Donald Trump, Doug Emhoff is still an especially "crappy Jew", Herschel Walker is named Trump's incoming Ambassador to the Bahamas, and Sid continues to look forward to tomorrow night's One Israel Fund Gala here in NYC. Frank Morano, Curtis Sliwa, Peter King, Sean Hannity, Elizabeth Pipko and Eve Harow join Sid on this hump day installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matt Gaetz will finally be exposed, Speaker Johnson pitches a raise for the House of Representatives, Herschel Walker heads to the Bahamas, What is the big murder story in America?, Three f'ng terms??!!!
At one point, Trump said he would put sports icon Herschel Walker in charge of missile shields. While Walker's new job, pending confirmation, seems much less complicated, critics are calling it an S-show. We'll tell you where Herschel might be headed on a long-term vacation. Presidential historian and political analyst John Rothmann will join us to talk politics. “It's the Planet, Stupid!” brings our eco-journalist Belinda Waymouth to the show to help us save the world. The Mark Thompson Show 12/18/24
Jon Decker joins the show to talk about Matt Gaetz and his report being released. Republicans target Liz Cheney/ Government funding bill would avert government shutdown / Trump nominates Herschel Walker for ambassador to Bahamas. Parenting w/ Justin Worsham – Parents feel pressured to overspend during the holidays/ how to reduce that stress.
In the 8 AM Hour: Julie Gunlock and Hans Von Spakovsky discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - LT. COL. TONY SHAFFER - a New York Times bestselling author and CIA trained intelligence operations officer - discussed the mysterious drones Department of Defense doubles down, says drones are not US military assets Nancy Pelosi fell in her ‘very high’ heels, then powered through pain for a photo with a broken hip, GOP Rep. McCaul says Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas Shock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO acceptable Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 / 8 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On today's special edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy record from the Georgia State Capitol, where the state's 16 Republican electors are casting their ballots for Donald Trump. The process cements Georgia's electoral votes and is expected to proceed smoothly—unlike the contentious events of four years ago. Before that, we sit down with Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King to discuss his political future and weigh in on the ongoing debate about insurance claims following the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Plus, a Georgia sports legend makes news for a different reason—Herschel Walker has finally donned his cap and gown, celebrating the completion of his college degree. Links to today's topics: Georgia Republicans will cast electoral votes for Trump in a changed political world Georgia's insurance chief is getting ready to challenge Jon Ossoff. That's if Brian Kemp doesn't Patricia Murphy: Way to go, Herschel Walker Have a question or comment for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 770-810-5297. We'll play back your question and answer it during the listener mailbag segment on next Friday's episode. Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also tell your smart speaker to “play Politically Georgia podcast.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's guest is Keith Elias, the Senior Director of Player Engagement for the NFL. He played for the New York Giants (1994-1996) and Indianapolis Colts (1998-1999) and is a graduate of Princeton University (1993). In this podcast, Keith shares his spiritual journey to faith in Jesus Christ and the special movie and book that impacted his decision. Keith details his current role of helping NFL players as they transition from the "Not For Long" league into their next stage of life. You will be encouraged as Keith shares about his faith and his desire to impact today's NFL players. Subscribe to the Post Game with Paul Golden podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.George McGovern (Athletes in Action NFL Chaplains): https://give.cru.org/2792156Josh Manson (NHL) Interview: https://postgamewithpaulgolden.buzzsprout.com/1660930/episodes/11397471-josh-manson-stanley-cup-championFellowship of Christian Athletes New Jersey: https://www.fcanj.org/Buy Paul Golden's new book, The Storm Before the Calm: How Ten Pro Athletes Found Peacer in Their Storms of Life https://store.foi.org/purchase/the-storm-before-the-calmSend us a textFor more information and to financially support the podcast, go to www.PaulGolden.org
SERIES 3 EPISODE 65: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Well what do you THINK this episode is about? There are plenty of polls, interior numbers, and tea leaves to read (see "Marist Poll," see Univision polls of Hispanics in Pennsylvania, see Harris outperforming Biden and Hillary in key demos). But if you want to know how this campaign is wrapping up it's way simpler. The Trump-Vance closing argument: misogyny and violence against women. Trump says Mike Tyson should step into the ring against her. And after a week of trying to deny their comedian's "garbage" remarks had anything to do with their campaign, then trying to turn "garbage" into a bloody shirt attack on their own supporters, the night before the election, the world's most smug sexist J.D. Vance undid all of that by calling her "trash." The public polls all look very good for Kamala Harris. The private polls the Trump people see? They must've decided their only chance is to get every last hateful white guy to vote for him - because nobody else is. B-Block (26:54) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Politico's "Who Won The Day?" is a new high in low. Kari Lake explains her polling is better because she mixes in A.I., and Herschel Walker endorsed Trump. Or did he? C-Block (33:45) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Solely because at times of stress it always gives me great joy to re-tell the story of how I met my friend the late actress Elizabeth Montgomery, and how she promptly pranked my parents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What do Mike Tyson, Lawrence Taylor, Darryl Strawberry and Herschel Walker have in common? They were Donald Trump's New York superstar allies in the 1980s — and they remain his time-warped avatars for Black American voters in 2024. Semafor political reporter Kadia Goba transports us from selling handbags at Trump Tower to receiving calls from these aging MAGA all-stars on a nostalgic, notorious and downright criminal journey toward interviewing Trump himself at Mar-a-Lago. Further reading: 'They see strength': The Black sports icons shaping Donald Trump's take on race, politics, and masculinity (Semafor) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What do Mike Tyson, Lawrence Taylor, Darryl Strawberry and Herschel Walker have in common? They were Donald Trump's New York superstar allies in the 1980s — and they remain his time-warped avatars for Black American voters in 2024. Semafor political reporter Kadia Goba transports us from selling handbags at Trump Tower to receiving calls from these aging MAGA all-stars on a nostalgic, notorious and downright criminal journey toward interviewing Trump himself at Mar-a-Lago. Further reading: 'They see strength': The Black sports icons shaping Donald Trump's take on race, politics, and masculinity (Semafor) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Guests: Rep. Dan Goldman, David Plouffe, Margie Omero, Ramin SetoodehThe first Trump crime wave is still being processed. Tonight: alarming new evidence that the next Trump crime wave will be worse. Then, move over Dr. Oz and Herschel Walker. Meet Donald Trump's new recruits to run your government. And the making of the myth of Donald Trump: a new stunning look at how the myth of Donald Trump was built, Apprentice by Apprentice. Want more of Chris? Download and subscribe to his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.
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