May 6, 2026 • 41 mins
On this Wednesday edition of 2 Pros & A Cup Of Joe, Jonas Knox & LaVar Arrington recap the NFL Playoffs with the Lakers getting crushed by the Thunder. Plus, the guys discuss the NFL refs and the NFL closing in on a potential deal, congratulate a new trademark on the show, we have a Stefon Diggs edition of ICYMI, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Two Pros and a Cup of Joe, Fox Sports Radio,
LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you here coming up on
this Wednesday edition. Of course, we're gonna have the usuals.
We've got another edition of in case you missed it,
our midweek Awards. Petros Papadega is going to stop by
and we've got the leftovers. We're also going to talk
NBA playoffs. Can anybody beat OKC? Maybe it's one team
out East, and we'll have a conversation about some of
(00:20):
the rules in place for one player that somebody in
the league is not thrilled with. We're also going to
have a discussion about trademarks and bacon all in one day.
We'll get a conversation going about what the hell's going
on with the Dallas Cowboys and was this a subtle
dig at Micah Parsons, the NFL and the Referees Associations
are getting close on a deal, and the latest on
(00:43):
Mike Rabele and Diana Rossini. It's all yours coming up
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(01:21):
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Speaker 2 (02:03):
What up Sticks Good morning, Good morning everyone, up Sticks City. Yeah,
it's big day man, Big time was really excited about
that came through.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Now, what was the I mean, how much can you
get into it?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
I mean, well, you mean, I mean I finally have
the trademark for for Stick City, and it's a it's
only for clothing and products like that in that that category,
but it opens up the conversation for for expansion of
it now and people just can't run around, like how
(02:40):
Penn State owns linebacker you, and people seem to think
that they can just run around and use it loosely, like, oh,
we're linebacker you, or this is the new linebacker you. Like,
there is no such thing as a new linebacker you.
Penn State owns linebacker you. So I saw somebody, right,
and it's funny because it's just I guess coincidentally enough,
(03:03):
I saw somebody write I wonder will James Franklin starts
Stick City at Virginia Tech. I mean, because some people
really believe that, you know, Michael Parsons is the original
like stick City. So it's interesting. I start thinking, I'm like, well,
(03:23):
that's that. That will certainly be a quite an honor
to have started something that could actually end up being
something that is debated.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
What what is the true Stick City?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Like, you know, who knows that that could possibly happen
at some point. But you're gonna have to pay me.
You're gonna have to pay me to use it. I mean,
what kind of a pain in the ass is the process? Like,
it's just long, It's just long. And then I had,
you know, obviously, I explained to you guys why you
(03:56):
guys hadn't gotten your cases of brusks at and and
then there's always people that are going to pop up
and and rightfully, so business is business. So there there
was a company that that popped up that you know,
we're sending cease and desists letters, and I guess they
were doing they do a variation, they do a Stick
(04:18):
City Brew and and so that's still been a thing.
It's still kind of a thing. So probably will change
that because it's in the beer and beer part of it.
And I'm not you know, that's not that's not my
main thing. Can I give you one Levar's lagger?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
What about that?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, I just don't want my I don't want my
name like I'm not you know, I'm not. I'm not
really I'm not into that. I'm not into my name
being on something like I'll sign it or something, but
I'm not. That's that's to insinuate, like I'm really like,
I'm not important enough to sell beers like that. But
Stick City the brand it is, you know, especially in Pennsylvania. Yeah,
(05:04):
so I just thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
That's a pain in the ass of a process. It is,
and it is you know, you knew you were off
to a good start. When you got that bacon slid over,
he bro like.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I told you stack of cash if he wants to,
If he wants to prepare me the meats and you
bring him in.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I'll give you the cat.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
We could get this thing going, man, And I don't
think it's illegal, like it ain't like you're a mutile
or anything like that. But if you want to bring
me to meats, bruh, Like uh.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So for people out of where my brother smokes meat.
He smokes try tip ribs, all sorts of stuff and
he's fantastic at it and he just does it out
of his backyard and it's very old school process and
he hasn't done bacon in a while, so he prepped
his own bacon, did his own bacon. And I told Labar,
(05:54):
I was like, I'm not that big of a bacon fan.
I just never have been, and this stuff is fantastic.
So I brought him a stack like it looked like
a stack of cash, and I just slid it over
the taible yesterday and he took it home.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I was on some like throw it away type action too,
like I'm like, man, why you bring me this?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Like I'm gonna throw it away. That's weird gift.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Yeah, like some bacon like man if thter that joint
on my ninja.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
He saw fire brom hey, bro, you saw what Well,
it was almost gone.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
But so I made a hole of flat pan of
cheesy eggs, like it was a whole flat pan of it, right,
and I let it cook through, put some more cheese
on it.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Then I'm a ninja.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It some some keto bread for Trish and some bagels
for me, and pen took that out, hit it with
the mayo, put a piece of cheese on. It started
melting because the bread was hot still. And then I
cut the egg into threes and then folded it and
put it on there, and then I foieled it up
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like you get at like a deli.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh man, oh man.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
And then when I realized that the bacon not only
was smoked and it was thick meat by the way.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
It was, he thought I was making a crank joke.
Real thick That was real thick meat, right, it's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But when I figured out it had maple syrup on it.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
It was like it was next level. Yeah, I don't
even know what he does to. I didn't even want
to know it was. It was. It was next level. Yeah,
he does for my at my brother's restaurant because he
works there too. He does all the try tip, He
smokes all the try tip at home. He does all
that and brings it in. That's how they do their
try tip sliders and try tips sandwich.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I feel like he smoked it, but he had to
have marinated it in syrup. Like I'm guaranteeing you it
was marinated in some type of syrup. And let me
tell you something. It bruh. That joy was especially the
(08:04):
way I cook. You know, it had to be the
way somebody could have messed it up. They could have
They could have went too far, They could have made
it too crispy, they could have went not far enough.
It could have not been cooked enough to have that
like feel to it. And then the way the eggs
were prepared, and the way that it was all like put
together so perfectly and then wrapped up so it had
the time to like kind of you know, join together,
(08:27):
like become really one, like like really a team before
it got ate up.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
It was a very enjoyable breakfast. So thank you to
your family saw that meat deal go down in there yesterday.
I was wondering what you thought that you thought that
was some coke. I thought, ya yo, it looked just
like some yayoi.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
I don't mean to, you know, air out my grievances
and you know, Pola, you know who. But I do
want to say that this is the second time that
you have brought in food.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
You brought it into Molly's.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
And I didn't get any but that detail that we
had before you got it. I know that I love
food and I would these things that you know you
speak of.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
And needs the thick meat give me. Here's also the
Here's also what went into that decision. You are inundated
with gifts constantly here that is not I feel left out.
LeVar and I are like kids at a birthday party
who get the little baggy of stuff because the other
spoiled kid is getting all the gifts for the birthday.
(09:32):
You you do, you do? You do? Yeah is on
the TV right now. Listen.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I don't want I don't, I don't want to distract
from the show. But let me tell you something. Marshawn
Lynch is a hell of it. He's like doing a
hell of a job. Yeah, he really isn't natural. Yeah,
I mean he's probably put the work in to do it,
but he's a killer on the show.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
I will, I will bring in more. I just wasn't
there wasn't uh, there was specifically made for him. I
wanted to make sure LeVar got his cut first, and then.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
The bacon was specifically made for yours, truly, thank you
very much.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Don't worry. I will, I will supply the uh, the gifts.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
And if and if meat comes in here from Jonas,
it's always going to be mine. That's right, all right,
That's that's reserved for me. Jonas's meat is going to
always go home with LeVar.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
You need to make that. I can't even judge us
in today's climate, drop, so pick your words wisely. All right. So,
speaking of speaking of meats, you bet, speaking of meat,
speaking of meats, there wasn't a lot left on the
bone last night in the NBA. I'll just say this.
I think both those games last night played out exactly.
(10:45):
I think most people felt they were going to play out.
Detroit was going to take care of business in Game
one against Cleveland, learned their lesson a little bit against Orlando,
suffered a scare almost collapsed and gagged away the number
one seed knees to an eight seed, but also from
the state point of Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers.
(11:06):
What you saw last night was for the first time
all year, SGA scored under twenty points. Right, It hadn't
happened since last playoffs, and still not even close, not
even close. And JJ Reddick made the point in a
press scrum and said, we're talking about one of the
(11:26):
all time great teams, and that's really what we're talking about.
And that's why I looked at whatever happened in the
opening round of the Western Conference, even whatever happening is
in the Eastern Conference. Barring injuries, which is a real
thing that happens obviously in the NBA playoffs, we've already
seen it play into a come and to effect here
early on this year. Barring injury, nobody's competing with OKCE
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other than maybe San Antonio, and we don't even know
if they're going to get past Minnesota, who's banged up.
There's a significant diffy friends between them and everybody else
in the league.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
They look good, it was competitive for a little bit.
I would throw the knicks in there. Really, Yes, I'm
gonna tell you why. I'm gonna tell you why Kylie
hangs out on the sidelines.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Maybe that's it. Yeah, maybe that's it. I don't work.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Listen, you got Carl Anthony Towns. He's a big man
that plays like a little man.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
All right.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
That that is a style matchup that could favor the
Knicks if they go up against if it turns out
to be the Knicks versus the OKC, because that would
be Chet Holmgrim that would have that that duty. And
they're both outside outside inside guys. They're not true big men.
(12:49):
I was I was thinking about last night. I was like, man,
not only is Luka Doncic not in the game because
of his hamstring, but it would probably be a matchup
problem for Luca in that game. It's going to be
Hoger and Chet Holgren. Is the difference in this series.
They didn't have an answer for Chet. And that's why
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Sga didn't have to do as much as he usually does,
is because the lanes were open for Chet Holgerm. So
now you'd have to assume JJ Reddick is going to
look at the film, He's going to see that they're
going to have to figure out how to collapse on
chet Holmgren, They're gonna have to look at him in
the back door cuts. It opens up the whole entire
unlocks the entire offense, and Sga only has to be
(13:34):
a facilitator. He doesn't have to be a score and
that can be just as effective in obviously getting to
a victory. So the next game, you'd have to assume
that that's going to change. They're going to put more
attention on chet holmegirl. But I start thinking, it's like, man,
you get rid of Anthony Davis to bring in Luka Doncic.
Luka Dantach isn't even playing Anthony Davis like a big
(13:59):
cat is a matchup problem for chet Holngern, Like he
would give him problems on the defensive side of the floor,
athletic enough to kind of d him up, but would
be too physical, most likely to hand him on the
offensive side of the court.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
And I was like, man, this.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Would be a perfect It'd be a perfect way for
Austin Reeves to be able to who he's not had
success against this OKC team, but it would unlock the
offense for him. Lebron James is still playing out a
high level, which is crazy. I mean he made you
could see it trying to get away, and then they
put him back in and he started like bringing him back,
(14:39):
like the intensity level went up, the execution went went up.
He made them better. He still makes guys better on
the team. They just don't have enough, No, they just
don't have enough. And then I started thinking a little
bit like, wait, hold on, Anthony Davis would be right
where Luka Doncic is right now if he was on
the team and the trade had never happened. So it's
(15:02):
almost like what would have happened with Anthony Davis, even
though I think they would have had more of an
opportunity to match up better with Okay, see, Anthony Davis
will probably be oh.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah, probably be right where Lucat is right now.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So it's almost like it's almost like they're playing the
type of series that they would have played regardless.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Yeah, if you could just borrow him for you know,
four or five games, I mean, there'd be no issues whatsoever,
and just say listen, we'll let you We'll let you
hold on to Luca for you know, for two weeks
and then everything. So and by the way, I just
want to point this out Luca's not coming back, So
that's let's go ahead and and get rid of that
illusion that everybody's living in. Even if he does, how
effective are you going to be? And I just I
(15:43):
just think that. And but this was so Lebron James
did talk afterwards, and this just sounds like somebody who
is who's come to terms with the reality that hey man, surprise,
we surprised everybody in the first round, but the second
round we've got some problems against a really, really good team.
Here was who Petros likes the King? Post game last night?
(16:05):
Where do you think the offensive issues are coming from?
Right now? Obviously have a great issues coming from. Yeah, yeah,
we have got averaged thirty seven in the game. What
do you have thirty five this year? Thirty three and
a half? Yea, what do you love? What do you
what are you asking? Okay, well I'm asking. I mean,
like you guys, there's the issues right there. Are We're
(16:25):
playing against the number one defensive team in the NBA.
When you play against the world.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Champions, you having a guy that averages thirty four.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
If that's special? Yeah, So no Luca and no dance
and you don't have that again. That's his point is, yeah,
we're talking about you know, because they're they're mentioning, you know, offensively.
What's the problem. He's all right, Well, so basically we're
missing Luca, who averaged thirty three and a half a game,
and we're going against the best defense in the league.
You have no chance. It's just there's there's no chance.
(16:59):
What the old Rod Piper quote, don't throw rocks at
a guy who's got a machine gun. You got no
you got no shot. So I just.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Austin, Austin Reeves is having the worst playoff run of
his career. He has to do something to level up
in this series, like the y'all's up top like he needs.
It needs to be an up top. It needs to
be an up top for this series. I don't think
(17:28):
the series is going to be as simple as what
it sounds. Yes, this is a very talented OKAC team. Yes,
they they showed that they had the ability to adapt
and pull away from the Lakers after it kind of started,
you know, kind of tight. But this Lakers team, even
(17:50):
with that being said, not having Luca on the court,
this Laker team still had Hotchimore and can can do more.
I Aiden eighton Geiting. He could do more. He has
to do more. You have guys on this team, Marcus Smart,
he was trying. He getting knocked down a couple of
(18:12):
big threes, but he he. I mean, they all have
to pitch in and do more. They have enough talent.
I think it'll be over in five the way that
it looked last night.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Oh I got it done in three. Dang is it
best at what? Is it best out of seven? We
don't need to go through all that, So just cancel
game four. Yeah, we don't need to do it. Let's day. Yeah,
let's let's move this along. I mean, I don't know
that it makes it to seven.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I don't know that it makes it to seven, but
I do think that the Lakers could potentially make it
uncomfortable for okay See. Like okay See, I believe has
yet to lose a playoff game. I think they're undefeated
in the playoffs, so they're playing some serious basketball. And
(19:07):
it's interesting because I think that where we're at right now,
the only team that is intriguing enough to me to
say that they will they will give okay See problems
is the Knicks. I do not think it's san Antonio.
I do not think that it's the Minnesota Timberwolves. I
(19:30):
do not think it's the seventy six ers. I do
not think it's the Cavaliers. I like Detroit. Kate Cunningham
is a very very good story. He's a baller. You
saw they took him out.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
The Cavs came back, made it a game, tied it up,
They put Kate back in, score goes back away. They
end up losing the game. Detroit isn't intriguing, an intriguing team,
but I don't think that they're ready to deal with
a an OKC team. I think it's it's the Knicks.
(20:04):
You got Brunson. Brunson can can offset SGA like he can't.
Oh yeah, Brunson's a beast. Brunson is and and if
he continues to play the way that he played in
Game one, Brunson's a beast. If Carl Anthony Towns doesn't
get twinkletoes and and gets comfortable living outside of the key,
(20:29):
dancing around the three point arc and actually does some
of it, like the cuts or the getting the ball
and aggressively going straight to the hole and dunking and
finishing at the realm they have with Bridges and and
and all the other supporting cast on that team, they
have enough gifted talented players to match up well and
(20:53):
possibly potentially even have advantages on the other positions outside
of the main superstar Our positions.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
To be able to deal with Oka. See.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I think that, that, to me, will be the best
matchup that you could possibly have because I don't think
I like san Antonio. I just don't think san Antonio
is ready yet. And the Timberwolves they're shorthanded, and who
knows how they feel. I mean, they could be if
all things given, if everybody's healthy and they're in the
(21:24):
right right frame of mind, the Timberwolves could give Okac
a real run at it, and that could be a potential.
But I don't know. I think it's the Nixon and
Oka see if you ask me, well.
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Speaker 2 (23:02):
Oh, Billy Ocean. Oh, he looks like one of the
characters off of House of Dragons too.
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Sounds like like a marine biologist. He's got like some
uh some sea mammals and captivity somewhere he shouldn't. He's
a solid looking dude. Man, You ever see him. He's
like a tiger king with scuba gear.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
He's got all white dreads, all white beard like kind
of fire. Really yeah, and he's got a dope voice.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Man. Good for Billy Ocean. By the way, it is
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(24:54):
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first can come and go, and we got nothing to
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(25:15):
They were offloading some of these replacement refs to be
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(25:37):
season next year and you want to bitch and moan
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So congratulations to the NFL and the Referees Association for
getting it done. Dam job, it's a damn good job, guys.
(26:03):
It just makes sense.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
You don't want it to go down the lane of
their being Hey, referees lockout. It doesn't work out for
the league. It's just not a good look for the
league to have any type of mishaps. Where they're at currently,
like their trajectory is too high.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Business is booming to booming, and.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
There's just too much success and you can't you can't
allow for any part of the cast members. It be
like it'd be like the equivalent of trying to replace
the main characters on Friends, you know what I mean,
or you know, the main characters on whatever it may
(26:51):
may be a successful show that you like. They are
a part of the on camera persona and cast that
makes the game go. I mean maybe it's the worst
kept or the best kept secret. I don't know which
one it falls under for people. But the referees have
(27:12):
always added that extra element of They are always a
major part of every game storyline.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Yeah, because they're the villain. Like you know, like sometimes
you don't have a good guy or a bad guy
when the teams are competing, but at least you got
to no, you know, you have somebody that at best
fifty percent of the people watching the game is going,
I cannot stand there you go, cannot stand there you go.
So they're necessary evil.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
They are they're necessary evil, and and so it's just
it's good for both.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Get it done.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
I believe when you look at it, I guess the
details of what it was is they they went up
they wanted a pay raise, right, and I think they
went up six what is it?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I lost it.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I think they went up like something like six point
up on here in a minute.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
But I mean, I guess the point of it all
is is that.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Hold on, hold on, money fight yep, six point four
five percent per year over six years.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Which goes up, which, by the way, let's just let's
be honest. You have people feel about referees and say, well,
it's gotten worse. The officiating has gotten worse. They're missing
calls and they need to be corrected by you know,
Dean Blandino and others when it come the Union wants
it to be up to ten percent. Okay with that,
With as much money that's coming into the league now,
they also deserve a little bit of a bump, right,
(28:37):
everybody involved in the league deserves a little bit of
the bump, right, if there's that much coming into the
league now. And we've talked about these TV deals and whatnot,
and all you know, player salaries are going up, the
minimum salaries are going up, coaches salaries are going up.
All of that. Well, the referees, to your point, are
a part of the show as well. They deserve a
(28:58):
little bit of a bump, but not like that. And
here's what else people aren't gonna like. We can sit
and nitpick two or three calls that are screwed up
a game, and all of that is fair, and some
calls are way worse screw ups than others. But for
the most part, these guys are getting the calls right
ninety five ninety six percent of the time, maybe more.
(29:21):
They do do a pretty good job. And I think
what sort of was playing into their favor is that
we actually have seen what it looks like when you
have somebody who's not them do the job, and it was, hey, debacle.
It's awful. And if you want, and I know people
don't want to think that this has as much of
(29:41):
a say on all this stuff, if you want to
have gambling be a part of all this, you got
a bunch of paranoid people who already think everything is
slanted against them. Make sure everything at least is on
the up and up. Make sure they're doing a good
enough job that you can't claim will the league screwed us?
Screwed up my bet because they got replacement officials here
(30:02):
because they wanted to shortchange the guys who were actually
somewhat decent at the job when the labor disagreement was
going on back in May. So at least we get
that done.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
It should be noted that most union deals are at
three to five percent raise as you go up per year.
Ten percent is that's a big ask it's not even
that's double three times what a standard union movement is.
(30:35):
I think it also should be noted that the league
NFL referees were highlighting that they wanted to be paid
and compensated like other referees and other sports like the MLB,
like the NBA. But I think there also has to
be the pushback on that discussion point that there are
(30:58):
a lot more games being being refed in those other
leagues than in the National Football League. So it's like,
kind of where do you find your balance on this topic?
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Right?
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Do you side with the NFL ref saying what you
just said, Like you're generating so much money, we should
have more, we should have more, Like okay, we don't.
We don't ref as many games as these other referees,
but we should be compensated just like them. You're the
biggest game because we're the biggest game, or you fall
(31:31):
on the side of it, and it's like listen, man,
they accepted six point four five percent raise yearly to
what it is that you're doing. Three to five is
pretty standard and union deals like you only do it
for six months out of the year. Take the deal,
(31:55):
Like take the deal, don't don't ruin what you guys
have going on by trying to chase, you know, chase
the end of a rainbow. Yeah, So, I mean, I
think if everybody is sensible here, the referees, I know
you would like to be compensated the same way way. Hell,
football players would like to be compensated the same way
(32:18):
as the other sports as well, but they're not either.
So I think at some point you gotta you gotta
understand where your wins, where they exist, and where a
total loss exists. So I think this is the right move.
I think it's the right thing to do. But it's
a good it's a good exercise, right, don't get too comfortable.
(32:39):
It's a good exercise for both sides to say we
know our value, but these owners are going to say
we know our value too.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
So you got a battle of values that.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Are taking place, and seems as though that it's going
to work out.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
You know how, because it's been around long enough now
to where you can sort of predict reactions. Like so
if you follow the UFC and we're actually just having
this conversation yesterday the day before that, there used to
be a time when you would watch the UFC when
it was anything goes. You'd have lightweights fighting heavyweights. It
(33:13):
was sumos versus Yes, you see one and two. And
I remember getting it when I was a kid with
my older brothers and they would we would watch it
and it was like fourteen bucks on pay per views,
you know, it was super cheap. And so it would
just be anything and you would see I mean, groin shots, headkicks,
(33:34):
any type of elbow you wanted to throw. They would
cave guys faces in and that was just part of
the deal. And it was tournament style where you'd have
to come back and fight again later that night. And
so there was this moment in a UFC fight years
later where all of a sudden, the guy had, you know,
another fighter in the clinch where he had his head
(33:54):
down and the crowd started Chance started yelling me, and
it was sort of this, Wow, we've come so far
in this sport that now people know what move should
come next because they've watched so much fighting. I've seen
it happens now and it's and it's wild to watch
because you go back to the barbarian type right it
(34:16):
was back in they many but it's kind of it's
kind of the same thing with social media, where now
you know and can predict what move is going to
come next, and I'd like to predict and call my
shot here. Okay, there's going to be a call misted
early in the NFL season, and there's going to be
some Jay off who goes to social media and says,
(34:40):
and we gave these guys a raise. These are the
guys that were arguing for more and they still can't
get the call right. So I'm telling you, even though
this is good news, because as you said earlier, it's
the officials and they're the consistent bad guy with all
of this, They're still going to get aired out on
social media. They're still going to get complaints from fans.
(35:01):
It's still gonna happen. No matter what the labor agreement was,
It's gonna happen, Maximus. It's like that you can predict.
That's how far we've come on social media. You can
tell from sports fans what's gonna what's gonna get them outraged,
One that'll get them outraged, one guaranteed, and we paid
you guys are glad. They glad they are haggled for
(35:23):
new money and a new deal here in this league.
They're still putcher in calls.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
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Speaker 1 (37:01):
In case you missed it, bar, In case you missed this,
this is why an all time headline, Stefan Diggs was
found not guilty of assaulting and strangling his private chef.
So congratulations to Stefan Diggs for not strangling or assaulting
(37:23):
his private chef. Congrats, my god, congrats. What the f
man it is? I'm seeing that headline going really so,
you know, listen, there was a lot of claims made,
(37:46):
but you know they I think it took about an
hour they deliberated and realized. Yeah, uh, that's that a
little two day trial. And so after the trial ended,
one of his lawyers, Mitch Schuster, issued a statement, quote,
we have taken these allegations seriously from day one, and
(38:07):
that's exactly why we were eager for facts to come
to light through the legal process. Fame and financial success
shouldn't strip someone of their presumption of innocence, but too
often it does exactly that, and unfortunately, as is the
case with the unfounded claims, the damage starts the moment
and accusation is filed long before any facts are examined.
(38:29):
Professional athletes have a target on their back. When someone
sees a uniform and a contract, they see leverage, they
see a settlement, and they're counting on that pressure in
the court of public opinion to drive a default decision
to settle, regardless of the facts of the matter. The
evidence was shown that we've maintained from day one, mister
Diggs was wrongly accused, and this case represents exactly the
(38:51):
kind of opportunistic targeting of players that they can face
the moment they step off the field. End quote from
Stefan Diggs and his lawyers, which let's that's the man.
A lot of people jump the gun. They see the stories,
they see the details, and in a lot of cases
when it turns out that they are incorrect, the not
(39:12):
guilty verdict gets a fraction of the coverage. Then the
initial file and the initial claim does not saying it
always happens, but in a lot of ways that does happen,
so at least in this case when it comes to
Stefon Diggs, he has been found not guilty of strangling
and assaulting as private chef. So there's that for all
(39:34):
time headlines. Speaking of all time headlines, we were in
San Francisco for the Super Bowl. Yes, we saw a
lot out there. We saw a lot out there now
being here in southern California, we also see a lot
of these coyotes, So LeVar get a whiff of this. Okay? This,
according to the Associated Press, a lone coyote stunned by
(39:59):
all of and others when it paddled its way to
remote Alcatraz Island earlier this year, a former federal prison
in the San Francisco base surrounded by swift, choppy waters,
notorious for thwarting prisoners escapes at the time. Biolog just
guess the coyote swam from from San Francisco, which is
a little over one one mile from the fortress. But
(40:21):
it turns out the male coyote actually made an even
longer swim from nearby Angel Island two miles away. So
when you see these rat bastards roaming around the streets,
and I see them a lot, just know that if
you try and jump in the pool to get away
from them, you're not safe. They're either, Okay. The size
(40:44):
that is a that's why these things run around and
they're I think they're found in every single state, and
some of these are bigger than others that have been
eaten really well. But it seems like there's more and
more and now apparently they can hop in the water
and get to where they need to go. Kind of
a a crazy situation there. So I know you deal
with bears and all sorts of stuff and skunks, but
(41:06):
if you see a coyote, you just know you're next
to the ocean. You're not safe, Okay. I just want
to make that aware.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
So they don't they don't suffer from hypothermia.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
They don't. They don't get too cold. And it made
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Speaker 2 (02:03):
What up Sticks Good morning, Good morning everyone, up Sticks City. Yeah,
it's big day man, Big time was really excited about
that came through.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Now, what was the I mean, how much can you
get into it?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
I mean, well, you mean, I mean I finally have
the trademark for for Stick City, and it's a it's
only for clothing and products like that in that that category,
but it opens up the conversation for for expansion of
it now and people just can't run around, like how
(02:40):
Penn State owns linebacker you, and people seem to think
that they can just run around and use it loosely, like, oh,
we're linebacker you, or this is the new linebacker you. Like,
there is no such thing as a new linebacker you.
Penn State owns linebacker you. So I saw somebody, right,
and it's funny because it's just I guess coincidentally enough,
(03:03):
I saw somebody write I wonder will James Franklin starts
Stick City at Virginia Tech. I mean, because some people
really believe that, you know, Michael Parsons is the original
like stick City. So it's interesting. I start thinking, I'm like, well,
(03:23):
that's that. That will certainly be a quite an honor
to have started something that could actually end up being
something that is debated.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
What what is the true Stick City?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Like, you know, who knows that that could possibly happen
at some point. But you're gonna have to pay me.
You're gonna have to pay me to use it. I mean,
what kind of a pain in the ass is the process? Like,
it's just long, It's just long. And then I had,
you know, obviously, I explained to you guys why you
(03:56):
guys hadn't gotten your cases of brusks at and and
then there's always people that are going to pop up
and and rightfully, so business is business. So there there
was a company that that popped up that you know,
we're sending cease and desists letters, and I guess they
were doing they do a variation, they do a Stick
(04:18):
City Brew and and so that's still been a thing.
It's still kind of a thing. So probably will change
that because it's in the beer and beer part of it.
And I'm not you know, that's not that's not my
main thing. Can I give you one Levar's lagger?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
What about that?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, I just don't want my I don't want my
name like I'm not you know, I'm not. I'm not
really I'm not into that. I'm not into my name
being on something like I'll sign it or something, but
I'm not. That's that's to insinuate, like I'm really like,
I'm not important enough to sell beers like that. But
Stick City the brand it is, you know, especially in Pennsylvania. Yeah,
(05:04):
so I just thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
That's a pain in the ass of a process. It is,
and it is you know, you knew you were off
to a good start. When you got that bacon slid over,
he bro like.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I told you stack of cash if he wants to,
If he wants to prepare me the meats and you
bring him in.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I'll give you the cat.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
We could get this thing going, man, And I don't
think it's illegal, like it ain't like you're a mutile
or anything like that. But if you want to bring
me to meats, bruh, Like uh.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So for people out of where my brother smokes meat.
He smokes try tip ribs, all sorts of stuff and
he's fantastic at it and he just does it out
of his backyard and it's very old school process and
he hasn't done bacon in a while, so he prepped
his own bacon, did his own bacon. And I told Labar,
(05:54):
I was like, I'm not that big of a bacon fan.
I just never have been, and this stuff is fantastic.
So I brought him a stack like it looked like
a stack of cash, and I just slid it over
the taible yesterday and he took it home.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I was on some like throw it away type action too,
like I'm like, man, why you bring me this?
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Like I'm gonna throw it away. That's weird gift.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Yeah, like some bacon like man if thter that joint
on my ninja.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
He saw fire brom hey, bro, you saw what Well,
it was almost gone.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
But so I made a hole of flat pan of
cheesy eggs, like it was a whole flat pan of it, right,
and I let it cook through, put some more cheese
on it.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Then I'm a ninja.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It some some keto bread for Trish and some bagels
for me, and pen took that out, hit it with
the mayo, put a piece of cheese on. It started
melting because the bread was hot still. And then I
cut the egg into threes and then folded it and
put it on there, and then I foieled it up
(07:01):
like you get at like a deli.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh man, oh man.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
And then when I realized that the bacon not only
was smoked and it was thick meat by the way.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
It was, he thought I was making a crank joke.
Real thick That was real thick meat, right, it's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But when I figured out it had maple syrup on it.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
It was like it was next level. Yeah, I don't
even know what he does to. I didn't even want
to know it was. It was. It was next level. Yeah,
he does for my at my brother's restaurant because he
works there too. He does all the try tip, He
smokes all the try tip at home. He does all
that and brings it in. That's how they do their
try tip sliders and try tips sandwich.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I feel like he smoked it, but he had to
have marinated it in syrup. Like I'm guaranteeing you it
was marinated in some type of syrup. And let me
tell you something. It bruh. That joy was especially the
(08:04):
way I cook. You know, it had to be the
way somebody could have messed it up. They could have
They could have went too far, They could have made
it too crispy, they could have went not far enough.
It could have not been cooked enough to have that
like feel to it. And then the way the eggs
were prepared, and the way that it was all like put
together so perfectly and then wrapped up so it had
the time to like kind of you know, join together,
(08:27):
like become really one, like like really a team before
it got ate up.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
It was a very enjoyable breakfast. So thank you to
your family saw that meat deal go down in there yesterday.
I was wondering what you thought that you thought that
was some coke. I thought, ya yo, it looked just
like some yayoi.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
I don't mean to, you know, air out my grievances
and you know, Pola, you know who. But I do
want to say that this is the second time that
you have brought in food.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
You brought it into Molly's.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
And I didn't get any but that detail that we
had before you got it. I know that I love
food and I would these things that you know you
speak of.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
And needs the thick meat give me. Here's also the
Here's also what went into that decision. You are inundated
with gifts constantly here that is not I feel left out.
LeVar and I are like kids at a birthday party
who get the little baggy of stuff because the other
spoiled kid is getting all the gifts for the birthday.
(09:32):
You you do, you do? You do? Yeah is on
the TV right now. Listen.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I don't want I don't, I don't want to distract
from the show. But let me tell you something. Marshawn
Lynch is a hell of it. He's like doing a
hell of a job. Yeah, he really isn't natural. Yeah,
I mean he's probably put the work in to do it,
but he's a killer on the show.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
I will, I will bring in more. I just wasn't
there wasn't uh, there was specifically made for him. I
wanted to make sure LeVar got his cut first, and then.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
The bacon was specifically made for yours, truly, thank you
very much.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Don't worry. I will, I will supply the uh, the gifts.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
And if and if meat comes in here from Jonas,
it's always going to be mine. That's right, all right,
That's that's reserved for me. Jonas's meat is going to
always go home with LeVar.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
You need to make that. I can't even judge us
in today's climate, drop, so pick your words wisely. All right. So,
speaking of speaking of meats, you bet, speaking of meat,
speaking of meats, there wasn't a lot left on the
bone last night in the NBA. I'll just say this.
I think both those games last night played out exactly.
(10:45):
I think most people felt they were going to play out.
Detroit was going to take care of business in Game
one against Cleveland, learned their lesson a little bit against Orlando,
suffered a scare almost collapsed and gagged away the number
one seed knees to an eight seed, but also from
the state point of Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers.
(11:06):
What you saw last night was for the first time
all year, SGA scored under twenty points. Right, It hadn't
happened since last playoffs, and still not even close, not
even close. And JJ Reddick made the point in a
press scrum and said, we're talking about one of the
(11:26):
all time great teams, and that's really what we're talking about.
And that's why I looked at whatever happened in the
opening round of the Western Conference, even whatever happening is
in the Eastern Conference. Barring injuries, which is a real
thing that happens obviously in the NBA playoffs, we've already
seen it play into a come and to effect here
early on this year. Barring injury, nobody's competing with OKCE
(11:51):
other than maybe San Antonio, and we don't even know
if they're going to get past Minnesota, who's banged up.
There's a significant diffy friends between them and everybody else
in the league.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
They look good, it was competitive for a little bit.
I would throw the knicks in there. Really, Yes, I'm
gonna tell you why. I'm gonna tell you why Kylie
hangs out on the sidelines.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Maybe that's it. Yeah, maybe that's it. I don't work.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Listen, you got Carl Anthony Towns. He's a big man
that plays like a little man.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
All right.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
That that is a style matchup that could favor the
Knicks if they go up against if it turns out
to be the Knicks versus the OKC, because that would
be Chet Holmgrim that would have that that duty. And
they're both outside outside inside guys. They're not true big men.
(12:49):
I was I was thinking about last night. I was like, man,
not only is Luka Doncic not in the game because
of his hamstring, but it would probably be a matchup
problem for Luca in that game. It's going to be
Hoger and Chet Holgren. Is the difference in this series.
They didn't have an answer for Chet. And that's why
(13:11):
Sga didn't have to do as much as he usually does,
is because the lanes were open for Chet Holgerm. So
now you'd have to assume JJ Reddick is going to
look at the film, He's going to see that they're
going to have to figure out how to collapse on
chet Holmgren, They're gonna have to look at him in
the back door cuts. It opens up the whole entire
unlocks the entire offense, and Sga only has to be
(13:34):
a facilitator. He doesn't have to be a score and
that can be just as effective in obviously getting to
a victory. So the next game, you'd have to assume
that that's going to change. They're going to put more
attention on chet holmegirl. But I start thinking, it's like, man,
you get rid of Anthony Davis to bring in Luka Doncic.
Luka Dantach isn't even playing Anthony Davis like a big
(13:59):
cat is a matchup problem for chet Holngern, Like he
would give him problems on the defensive side of the floor,
athletic enough to kind of d him up, but would
be too physical, most likely to hand him on the
offensive side of the court.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
And I was like, man, this.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Would be a perfect It'd be a perfect way for
Austin Reeves to be able to who he's not had
success against this OKC team, but it would unlock the
offense for him. Lebron James is still playing out a
high level, which is crazy. I mean he made you
could see it trying to get away, and then they
put him back in and he started like bringing him back,
(14:39):
like the intensity level went up, the execution went went up.
He made them better. He still makes guys better on
the team. They just don't have enough, No, they just
don't have enough. And then I started thinking a little
bit like, wait, hold on, Anthony Davis would be right
where Luka Doncic is right now if he was on
the team and the trade had never happened. So it's
(15:02):
almost like what would have happened with Anthony Davis, even
though I think they would have had more of an
opportunity to match up better with Okay, see, Anthony Davis
will probably be oh.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah, probably be right where Lucat is right now.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So it's almost like it's almost like they're playing the
type of series that they would have played regardless.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Yeah, if you could just borrow him for you know,
four or five games, I mean, there'd be no issues whatsoever,
and just say listen, we'll let you We'll let you
hold on to Luca for you know, for two weeks
and then everything. So and by the way, I just
want to point this out Luca's not coming back, So
that's let's go ahead and and get rid of that
illusion that everybody's living in. Even if he does, how
effective are you going to be? And I just I
(15:43):
just think that. And but this was so Lebron James
did talk afterwards, and this just sounds like somebody who
is who's come to terms with the reality that hey man, surprise,
we surprised everybody in the first round, but the second
round we've got some problems against a really, really good team.
Here was who Petros likes the King? Post game last night?
(16:05):
Where do you think the offensive issues are coming from?
Right now? Obviously have a great issues coming from. Yeah, yeah,
we have got averaged thirty seven in the game. What
do you have thirty five this year? Thirty three and
a half? Yea, what do you love? What do you
what are you asking? Okay, well I'm asking. I mean,
like you guys, there's the issues right there. Are We're
(16:25):
playing against the number one defensive team in the NBA.
When you play against the world.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Champions, you having a guy that averages thirty four.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
If that's special? Yeah, So no Luca and no dance
and you don't have that again. That's his point is, yeah,
we're talking about you know, because they're they're mentioning, you know, offensively.
What's the problem. He's all right, Well, so basically we're
missing Luca, who averaged thirty three and a half a game,
and we're going against the best defense in the league.
You have no chance. It's just there's there's no chance.
(16:59):
What the old Rod Piper quote, don't throw rocks at
a guy who's got a machine gun. You got no
you got no shot. So I just.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Austin, Austin Reeves is having the worst playoff run of
his career. He has to do something to level up
in this series, like the y'all's up top like he needs.
It needs to be an up top. It needs to
be an up top for this series. I don't think
(17:28):
the series is going to be as simple as what
it sounds. Yes, this is a very talented OKAC team. Yes,
they they showed that they had the ability to adapt
and pull away from the Lakers after it kind of started,
you know, kind of tight. But this Lakers team, even
(17:50):
with that being said, not having Luca on the court,
this Laker team still had Hotchimore and can can do more.
I Aiden eighton Geiting. He could do more. He has
to do more. You have guys on this team, Marcus Smart,
he was trying. He getting knocked down a couple of
(18:12):
big threes, but he he. I mean, they all have
to pitch in and do more. They have enough talent.
I think it'll be over in five the way that
it looked last night.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Oh I got it done in three. Dang is it
best at what? Is it best out of seven? We
don't need to go through all that, So just cancel
game four. Yeah, we don't need to do it. Let's day. Yeah,
let's let's move this along. I mean, I don't know
that it makes it to seven.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I don't know that it makes it to seven, but
I do think that the Lakers could potentially make it
uncomfortable for okay See. Like okay See, I believe has
yet to lose a playoff game. I think they're undefeated
in the playoffs, so they're playing some serious basketball. And
(19:07):
it's interesting because I think that where we're at right now,
the only team that is intriguing enough to me to
say that they will they will give okay See problems
is the Knicks. I do not think it's san Antonio.
I do not think that it's the Minnesota Timberwolves. I
(19:30):
do not think it's the seventy six ers. I do
not think it's the Cavaliers. I like Detroit. Kate Cunningham
is a very very good story. He's a baller. You
saw they took him out.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
The Cavs came back, made it a game, tied it up,
They put Kate back in, score goes back away. They
end up losing the game. Detroit isn't intriguing, an intriguing team,
but I don't think that they're ready to deal with
a an OKC team. I think it's it's the Knicks.
(20:04):
You got Brunson. Brunson can can offset SGA like he can't.
Oh yeah, Brunson's a beast. Brunson is and and if
he continues to play the way that he played in
Game one, Brunson's a beast. If Carl Anthony Towns doesn't
get twinkletoes and and gets comfortable living outside of the key,
(20:29):
dancing around the three point arc and actually does some
of it, like the cuts or the getting the ball
and aggressively going straight to the hole and dunking and
finishing at the realm they have with Bridges and and
and all the other supporting cast on that team, they
have enough gifted talented players to match up well and
(20:53):
possibly potentially even have advantages on the other positions outside
of the main superstar Our positions.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
To be able to deal with Oka. See.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I think that, that, to me, will be the best
matchup that you could possibly have because I don't think
I like san Antonio. I just don't think san Antonio
is ready yet. And the Timberwolves they're shorthanded, and who
knows how they feel. I mean, they could be if
all things given, if everybody's healthy and they're in the
(21:24):
right right frame of mind, the Timberwolves could give Okac
a real run at it, and that could be a potential.
But I don't know. I think it's the Nixon and
Oka see if you ask me, well.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
We'll see. We'll see if they can get it done.
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here on FSR.
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Speaker 1 (22:58):
He's an underrated artist. Man.
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Oh, Billy Ocean. Oh, he looks like one of the
characters off of House of Dragons too.
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Sounds like like a marine biologist. He's got like some
uh some sea mammals and captivity somewhere he shouldn't. He's
a solid looking dude. Man, You ever see him. He's
like a tiger king with scuba gear.
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He's got all white dreads, all white beard like kind
of fire. Really yeah, and he's got a dope voice.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Man. Good for Billy Ocean. By the way, it is
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good news. We got some good news in the NFL
because while everybody's out there trying to pass along all
the all the bad stuff, we've got the good news
for you that the negotiations between the league and its
Referees Association have progressed far enough that a ratification vote
(24:54):
has been scheduled for Thursday night. So it appears that
while May thirty first was the deadline for the NFL's
Referees Association CBA agreement and labor agreement, that May thirty
first can come and go, and we got nothing to
worry about replacement officials. They've been putting stuff out there.
(25:15):
They were offloading some of these replacement refs to be
on site for potentially training camps and whatnot, to get
some work in. But nonetheless, it looks like we're getting
close to coming to terms on a deal Thursday, they'll
have the vote and that'll be tomorrow and next thing
you know, we are off and running with nothing to
worry about. And so when people go into the NFL
(25:37):
season next year and you want to bitch and moan
and complain because they got the call wrong, at least
you know and can feel better about the fact that
at least they're making probably more money now. And it's
the same guys who were butchering the calls last year.
So congratulations to the NFL and the Referees Association for
getting it done. Dam job, it's a damn good job, guys.
(26:03):
It just makes sense.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
You don't want it to go down the lane of
their being Hey, referees lockout. It doesn't work out for
the league. It's just not a good look for the
league to have any type of mishaps. Where they're at currently,
like their trajectory is too high.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Business is booming to booming, and.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
There's just too much success and you can't you can't
allow for any part of the cast members. It be
like it'd be like the equivalent of trying to replace
the main characters on Friends, you know what I mean,
or you know, the main characters on whatever it may
(26:51):
may be a successful show that you like. They are
a part of the on camera persona and cast that
makes the game go. I mean maybe it's the worst
kept or the best kept secret. I don't know which
one it falls under for people. But the referees have
(27:12):
always added that extra element of They are always a
major part of every game storyline.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Yeah, because they're the villain. Like you know, like sometimes
you don't have a good guy or a bad guy
when the teams are competing, but at least you got
to no, you know, you have somebody that at best
fifty percent of the people watching the game is going,
I cannot stand there you go, cannot stand there you go.
So they're necessary evil.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
They are they're necessary evil, and and so it's just
it's good for both.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Get it done.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
I believe when you look at it, I guess the
details of what it was is they they went up
they wanted a pay raise, right, and I think they
went up six what is it?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I lost it.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I think they went up like something like six point
up on here in a minute.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
But I mean, I guess the point of it all
is is that.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Hold on, hold on, money fight yep, six point four
five percent per year over six years.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Which goes up, which, by the way, let's just let's
be honest. You have people feel about referees and say, well,
it's gotten worse. The officiating has gotten worse. They're missing
calls and they need to be corrected by you know,
Dean Blandino and others when it come the Union wants
it to be up to ten percent. Okay with that,
With as much money that's coming into the league now,
they also deserve a little bit of a bump, right,
(28:37):
everybody involved in the league deserves a little bit of
the bump, right, if there's that much coming into the
league now. And we've talked about these TV deals and whatnot,
and all you know, player salaries are going up, the
minimum salaries are going up, coaches salaries are going up.
All of that. Well, the referees, to your point, are
a part of the show as well. They deserve a
(28:58):
little bit of a bump, but not like that. And
here's what else people aren't gonna like. We can sit
and nitpick two or three calls that are screwed up
a game, and all of that is fair, and some
calls are way worse screw ups than others. But for
the most part, these guys are getting the calls right
ninety five ninety six percent of the time, maybe more.
(29:21):
They do do a pretty good job. And I think
what sort of was playing into their favor is that
we actually have seen what it looks like when you
have somebody who's not them do the job, and it was, hey, debacle.
It's awful. And if you want, and I know people
don't want to think that this has as much of
(29:41):
a say on all this stuff, if you want to
have gambling be a part of all this, you got
a bunch of paranoid people who already think everything is
slanted against them. Make sure everything at least is on
the up and up. Make sure they're doing a good
enough job that you can't claim will the league screwed us?
Screwed up my bet because they got replacement officials here
(30:02):
because they wanted to shortchange the guys who were actually
somewhat decent at the job when the labor disagreement was
going on back in May. So at least we get
that done.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
It should be noted that most union deals are at
three to five percent raise as you go up per year.
Ten percent is that's a big ask it's not even
that's double three times what a standard union movement is.
(30:35):
I think it also should be noted that the league
NFL referees were highlighting that they wanted to be paid
and compensated like other referees and other sports like the MLB,
like the NBA. But I think there also has to
be the pushback on that discussion point that there are
(30:58):
a lot more games being being refed in those other
leagues than in the National Football League. So it's like,
kind of where do you find your balance on this topic?
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Right?
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Do you side with the NFL ref saying what you
just said, Like you're generating so much money, we should
have more, we should have more, Like okay, we don't.
We don't ref as many games as these other referees,
but we should be compensated just like them. You're the
biggest game because we're the biggest game, or you fall
(31:31):
on the side of it, and it's like listen, man,
they accepted six point four five percent raise yearly to
what it is that you're doing. Three to five is
pretty standard and union deals like you only do it
for six months out of the year. Take the deal,
(31:55):
Like take the deal, don't don't ruin what you guys
have going on by trying to chase, you know, chase
the end of a rainbow. Yeah, So, I mean, I
think if everybody is sensible here, the referees, I know
you would like to be compensated the same way way. Hell,
football players would like to be compensated the same way
(32:18):
as the other sports as well, but they're not either.
So I think at some point you gotta you gotta
understand where your wins, where they exist, and where a
total loss exists. So I think this is the right move.
I think it's the right thing to do. But it's
a good it's a good exercise, right, don't get too comfortable.
(32:39):
It's a good exercise for both sides to say we
know our value, but these owners are going to say
we know our value too.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
So you got a battle of values that.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Are taking place, and seems as though that it's going
to work out.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
You know how, because it's been around long enough now
to where you can sort of predict reactions. Like so
if you follow the UFC and we're actually just having
this conversation yesterday the day before that, there used to
be a time when you would watch the UFC when
it was anything goes. You'd have lightweights fighting heavyweights. It
(33:13):
was sumos versus Yes, you see one and two. And
I remember getting it when I was a kid with
my older brothers and they would we would watch it
and it was like fourteen bucks on pay per views,
you know, it was super cheap. And so it would
just be anything and you would see I mean, groin shots, headkicks,
(33:34):
any type of elbow you wanted to throw. They would
cave guys faces in and that was just part of
the deal. And it was tournament style where you'd have
to come back and fight again later that night. And
so there was this moment in a UFC fight years
later where all of a sudden, the guy had, you know,
another fighter in the clinch where he had his head
(33:54):
down and the crowd started Chance started yelling me, and
it was sort of this, Wow, we've come so far
in this sport that now people know what move should
come next because they've watched so much fighting. I've seen
it happens now and it's and it's wild to watch
because you go back to the barbarian type right it
(34:16):
was back in they many but it's kind of it's
kind of the same thing with social media, where now
you know and can predict what move is going to
come next, and I'd like to predict and call my
shot here. Okay, there's going to be a call misted
early in the NFL season, and there's going to be
some Jay off who goes to social media and says,
(34:40):
and we gave these guys a raise. These are the
guys that were arguing for more and they still can't
get the call right. So I'm telling you, even though
this is good news, because as you said earlier, it's
the officials and they're the consistent bad guy with all
of this, They're still going to get aired out on
social media. They're still going to get complaints from fans.
(35:01):
It's still gonna happen. No matter what the labor agreement was,
It's gonna happen, Maximus. It's like that you can predict.
That's how far we've come on social media. You can
tell from sports fans what's gonna what's gonna get them outraged,
One that'll get them outraged, one guaranteed, and we paid
you guys are glad. They glad they are haggled for
(35:23):
new money and a new deal here in this league.
They're still putcher in calls.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
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(35:56):
the NFL that we've seen in a long time, and
that's yours here at FSR.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Be sure to catch live editions of Two Pros and
a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington, and
Jonas Knox weekdays at six am Eastern three am Pacific
on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
But you're right, you know, oh nance a little better.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Come home. It's Two Pros and a Coach Joe here
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little over ten minutes from now, somebody feels very very
good about where they stand in the NFL following a
blockbuster move. We'll get into that for you right here
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Speaker 4 (36:55):
Sometimes you can't get to everything in the world of
sports or entertainment. Good thing that guys here to bring you.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
In case you missed it, bar, In case you missed this,
this is why an all time headline, Stefan Diggs was
found not guilty of assaulting and strangling his private chef.
So congratulations to Stefan Diggs for not strangling or assaulting
(37:23):
his private chef. Congrats, my god, congrats. What the f
man it is? I'm seeing that headline going really so,
you know, listen, there was a lot of claims made,
(37:46):
but you know they I think it took about an
hour they deliberated and realized. Yeah, uh, that's that a
little two day trial. And so after the trial ended,
one of his lawyers, Mitch Schuster, issued a statement, quote,
we have taken these allegations seriously from day one, and
(38:07):
that's exactly why we were eager for facts to come
to light through the legal process. Fame and financial success
shouldn't strip someone of their presumption of innocence, but too
often it does exactly that, and unfortunately, as is the
case with the unfounded claims, the damage starts the moment
and accusation is filed long before any facts are examined.
(38:29):
Professional athletes have a target on their back. When someone
sees a uniform and a contract, they see leverage, they
see a settlement, and they're counting on that pressure in
the court of public opinion to drive a default decision
to settle, regardless of the facts of the matter. The
evidence was shown that we've maintained from day one, mister
Diggs was wrongly accused, and this case represents exactly the
(38:51):
kind of opportunistic targeting of players that they can face
the moment they step off the field. End quote from
Stefan Diggs and his lawyers, which let's that's the man.
A lot of people jump the gun. They see the stories,
they see the details, and in a lot of cases
when it turns out that they are incorrect, the not
(39:12):
guilty verdict gets a fraction of the coverage. Then the
initial file and the initial claim does not saying it
always happens, but in a lot of ways that does happen,
so at least in this case when it comes to
Stefon Diggs, he has been found not guilty of strangling
and assaulting as private chef. So there's that for all
(39:34):
time headlines. Speaking of all time headlines, we were in
San Francisco for the Super Bowl. Yes, we saw a
lot out there. We saw a lot out there now
being here in southern California, we also see a lot
of these coyotes, So LeVar get a whiff of this. Okay? This,
according to the Associated Press, a lone coyote stunned by
(39:59):
all of and others when it paddled its way to
remote Alcatraz Island earlier this year, a former federal prison
in the San Francisco base surrounded by swift, choppy waters,
notorious for thwarting prisoners escapes at the time. Biolog just
guess the coyote swam from from San Francisco, which is
a little over one one mile from the fortress. But
(40:21):
it turns out the male coyote actually made an even
longer swim from nearby Angel Island two miles away. So
when you see these rat bastards roaming around the streets,
and I see them a lot, just know that if
you try and jump in the pool to get away
from them, you're not safe. They're either, Okay. The size
(40:44):
that is a that's why these things run around and
they're I think they're found in every single state, and
some of these are bigger than others that have been
eaten really well. But it seems like there's more and
more and now apparently they can hop in the water
and get to where they need to go. Kind of
a a crazy situation there. So I know you deal
with bears and all sorts of stuff and skunks, but
(41:06):
if you see a coyote, you just know you're next
to the ocean. You're not safe, Okay. I just want
to make that aware.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
So they don't they don't suffer from hypothermia.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
They don't. They don't get too cold. And it made
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