July 19, 2024 • 38 mins
Chris and Rob debate whether Caitlin Clark is being selfish for skipping out on the WNBA All-Star Game, argue over the Chicago Fire’s controversial decision to reimburse their fans if Lionel Messi misses their upcoming game in August, tell us if the injury risk from playing for Team USA is worth it for Kevin Durant and take a trip out to Shekel City for Rob’s nightly bets.
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All right, Rob, the WNBA, this is their big weekend,
(03:31):
all Star weekend, right before the Olympics are set to begin.
And of course we know that the w NBA, because
of Caitlyn Clark mainly but also Angel Reese, has enjoyed.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
A surge.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
I won't even call it a resurgence.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I'll say a surge in viewership and popularity and things
like that. And tonight, you know, like the NBA does,
they've got their h skills competitions, and one of them,
of course, the three point shootout.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
But the star of the show.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Caitlyn Clark, declined the invitation to compete Rob in the
three point shootout. She's shooting thirty two point seven percent
from three. But I think that and this is to
take this for what it is. The shooting percentages in the.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
WNBA are much lower than the NBA.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
So don't you know that's not nearly as bad as
it would sound for an NBA player. So a lot
lot of top players shooting that or worse field goal percentage,
things like that. So you got a problem with this, Rob,
Kaitlyn Clark bound out.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Absolutely, I have a problem with this. It reeks Chris. Wow,
Caitlyn Clark is selfish. There's no other way in looking
at this. Here's the WNBA, Chris, you talked about it. Oh,
you know popular. Oh it's gotta hire profile. People are
talking about it. Even on the Odd Couple we had
(05:05):
a woman who covers the WNBA asking her questions. We've
never done in the six plus years we've done this show. Okay,
and here's an opportunity. You know what made Caitlin Clark
Chris capture the imaginations of a basketball fans all over
is because she's able to drop that three from anywhere
(05:26):
on the court, a logo three.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
She was shooting from long distance.
Speaker 6 (05:29):
My god, she's a female Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I gotta watch this woman. I've never seen it before.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
This wasn't your typical women's basketball that would put you
to sleep.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
And now here you are with a chance.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
To show your skills in this event for the league,
and you decide to bow out. No way, no, how
should this be cool with the WNBA?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Hey, why are you doing this?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Now?
Speaker 6 (06:03):
Keep the train rolling, Chris. Give people as much as
they want. Play the hits. Remember that, Chris, right when
we did debate embrace debates. Okay, play the hits. And
and now you're telling me I don't want to do that. No,
and I have a problem with it. It's an event
(06:26):
that she could possibly electrify, Chris, get more people, even
more eyeballs and stuff.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
And remember it's not just about you.
Speaker 6 (06:36):
When you become a professional athlete, Chris, go look at
some of these guys in other sports. This is your
moment to try to help sell the game.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Right.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Aaron Judges is a big Star. He was in the
home run Derby contest. Mookie best year was he not
this year? But I'm saying he has done.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Most of the stars weren't in it this year.
Speaker 6 (06:57):
Right, I'm doing But even like a bunch of you know,
but even like even like a Mookie Betts who's not
even a home run hit or Chris did it right,
I'm saying, these are opportunities to sell the game. I
remember at one point some people were like, uh, NBA
players or I think didn't want to go to the
All Star Game. No, you can't do that. That's when
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you sign up for this. This helped sell the game.
And I'm just saying she blew a golden opportunity. And
this is not the Olympics. This is totally different. She
gets paid by the WNBA. The WNBA needs Kaitlyn Clark.
And you know what she did. She turned a blind eye.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
To the league. And I think it's a mistake. Rob Parker,
stop it.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Get off your soap box, get off your high horse,
get off yourself righteous high horse.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Hasn't Kaitlyn Clark done enough? I mean, my goodness, the girl.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Is carrying a whole league on her back. And if
anybody wants to dispute that. Look at the numbers. Her
games double the rest of the league's games.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
As far as viewers attendance, she.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Has the highest rated games on every network the league
has ever been on. She is single handedly and people
don't like it. It's not to say she's the first
great player. She certainly is not. She's not even the
best player in the league right now, shout out to
Agia Wilson. But she is single handedly putting this league
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on the mainstream map. She is Angel Reese is playing
great and she's got a little storyline too.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
But don't get it twisted. I just said it.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
The ratings, the viewership, the attendance are shows Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Is carrying the league. And she has gone from her.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
N C double a season, n C double a tournament
straight into the WNBA. Now she's gonna, you know, get
her first break in darn near a year, it feels like.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
And on top.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Of all of the basketball and just carrying the league.
From a basketball standpoint, she is just for you know,
no no doing of her own, had her name thrown
into racial conversations, had her name thrown into conversations about sexuality,
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I mean, she has been every talked about at nauseum, women.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Athletes, non athletes, cassual fans, die hards.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
She had certainly more pressure and more of a burden
on her these last few months than any player in
the WNBA, for sure, And it's arguable any basketball player
in America. I say arguable because obviously the NBA is
such a bigger game, and you know, it's such so
(10:22):
much more popular, and we're talking about them every single day.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
So that's why I would.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
Say, you know, you might not want to go that far.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
But it's arguable because she's one player and she's got,
you know, carried this whole league. I'm with you, it'd
be nice if she was in it, but if she
needs a break for a night. I mean, on top
of all I said, Rob, you know that they when
they started the season, her team in the first few weeks,
first month of the season played like twice as many
(10:55):
games as some of the teams. They were they were just, hey,
this this is our new star. Put her on TV
every night.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Play them.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
They haven't played games every other night while the other
teams are resting. That's one reason Indiana fever playing better
now because they're starting to get normal breaks in between games,
and she will have tomorrow night in the All Star
Game against the best players in the world.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
I mean not even.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
This is to me, this is like bigger than a
typical All Star game because they're playing the Olympic team,
which just like in the Men, is a dream team,
and she's gonna be front and center.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
It'd be nice tonight if she was there.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
But the real selling point, the real thing everybody's gonna
tune into, is that game when she faces the best
players in the world on the they're all on the
same team, and Diana Tarassi, who you know, has made
amends and all that, but you know the little stuff,
you know, she going against her.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
So I just think that she's had so much on
her shoulders.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
I am certainly not gonna jump on her for her decide,
and I rather not.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
I don't feel I don't want to do it.
Speaker 6 (12:17):
I think you made my case about how important she's
been this year. And if my god, a three point
shooting contest, Chris, which is not like playing the game,
it's a skills competition. I don't know what it's gonna
take it. Twenty minutes, thirty twenty minutes to put up
some shots. You're not even playing basketball like you would
be playing a game. It's skill competition. It's easy to do.
(12:40):
It would have been great and everybody. I mean, I
ain't saying she's afraid of the pressure. I'm just saying
she can't take a night off.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Right, No, no, not this year? Stop? All right, that's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
There's no reason she can't take a night off.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Take a night off on Sunday a couple eight, seven,
seven ninety nine, or if she's not going to the Olympics, Chris,
she got month off.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
She needs it.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
She got a month on going hard. So she got
a month off what Chung basketball started. The other girls
weren't doing that.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
And you know how this works to the other thing,
too real quick, is that you know everybody.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Doesn't get to see the All Star Game.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
You might get either or so some people have tickets
for the skills competition tonight, or some people have tickets
for the game. Everybody's not going to both events. So
the people tonight who are hoping against.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Is not I mean, sorry, she can't be and she
heard It's just like you've said, Rob, it's not her responsibility.
All right, it's when when the people go to her
games they expected to play.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
That's her responsibility. They got a.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Whole league of and the several all star players that
the people can go watch tonight.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Whether she was in it tonight or not.
Speaker 4 (13:54):
I don't think it would matter one ioda in terms
of the popularity of the league.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Chris, this is.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Gonna be about tomorrow night's game. That's bigger than this
three point shootout.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Do you know what?
Speaker 6 (14:06):
This has had a huge impact at the front office
of the WNBA. I just called up the commission of
the WNBA about this whole situation, and this is what's
her response.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Eight seven seven ninety nine. Or if you can do
better than that, Rob Parker, commissioner. That WNBA's name, Pebble.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Eight seven seven. I know what's a woman, right, it's
a woman? Better be better woman? There you go eight
seven seven ninety nine on Fox.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You'll turn away here, Rob says Caitlin Clark's being selfish
for not competing in the three point shootout to night.
I say, my goodness, what does she need to make.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
The uniforms next year? You want her to design the uniforms?
Sow the uniforms measure everyone. I mean, what more do
you want her to do?
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conversation about Caitlyn Clark should she be participating tonight in.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
The three point shootout?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Like?
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Does she owe it to the league owe it to
the fans or are you with me? Rob thinks she
definitely should. I say, if she wants to take a
break tonight, she's earned it.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
She's carrying the league.
Speaker 6 (16:21):
Enough your thoughts, all right, Chris, let's kick it off
with Josh and Arizona.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Josh?
Speaker 6 (16:30):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Josh?
Speaker 9 (16:31):
Y'all?
Speaker 10 (16:31):
How y'all doing?
Speaker 11 (16:32):
Appreciate you'll having me on, No doubt, We're good.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Bro.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
I'm gonna go with Chris on this one. Love you, Rob,
but he's right, But I'm going for a different reason.
I think this is some pushback maybe from Kaitlyn, maybe
just you know, it's general. She doesn't want to do it,
but it's pushback that the w NBA has been the
way they've been treating her before she even got in,
the hate, the vitriol, the jealousy, and then when she's
(16:58):
in there, you know that schedule was crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Is it about that? Or is it about fans?
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Who cares about the league and the schedule making. It's
about the fans. Never lose sight of what is what
this is all about. It's about the fans. You can't
be mad to commission or whoever made the schedule, Like
you're leaving the fans, hanging them out to drive.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
That's the problem.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
I have to I think she's the reason they have
fans the whole time pretty much. So you know that
this should have been behind a barn and shot a
long time ago. I know that's graphic, but this is this,
this sport. It should been replaced with volleyball or something like.
She is giving the sport fans And if she doesn't
(17:42):
want to do the three point contest today for.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Whatever, it's twenty minutes.
Speaker 6 (17:46):
My god, it doesn't even as a skills competition. You're
not even playing.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
I think you're underplaying it, right.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
I mean, it's not any time you get out there
and you have to just throwing up shots.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
It's work, nic, it's work. It's work. Randy and Florida.
You're on a couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Randy?
You know what?
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I listen to you guys in traffic down here all
the time, and I and I your your callers drive
me insane with some of the comments. They say that
guy was funny. He is one hundred percent right. She's
the reason they have fans. I'm conflicted the fact that
I'm calling in about the w NBA two weeks out,
two weeks out from the Hall of Fame game on
(18:25):
the NFL. We're not talking about NFL. We're talking about
the NBA.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
But that's okay, that's a first for you, right calling
about the Anybody calls in about the Hall of Fame game?
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Really that too?
Speaker 9 (18:37):
Come on, the NFL is what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
We're almost I get that, but the Hall of Fame game? Really?
Speaker 9 (18:42):
Who NFL? It's NFL is back and we've been dying.
This is the dog days of summer.
Speaker 11 (18:47):
We all know it.
Speaker 9 (18:48):
But the thing is is, I'm conflicted. Is this a
worldwide wrestling type gig that they're all in on and
everybody's like, let's let's make her the bad guy. We're
gonna do whatever we can do. Or is this woman
a genius behind the scenes. I mean, they're moving facilities
to accommodate the fans at some of these cities. They're
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getting the private jets. Now this WNBA. The only reason
we talked about the WNBA in the pass was because
nobody was going there and they wanted the money that
the men were making and we're like, it's not happening.
You're not making you're not getting the fans, you're not
getting the publicity. Now one person has changed the entire
dynamics of the league. And it's almost like it's like
(19:31):
she's a genius behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Yeah, but she was a real genius.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
She could just continue that going on by going out
and having a special performance and a special night knocking
down threes or in the skill competition, that would be great.
Speaker 9 (19:46):
I completely disagree. I completely disagree because guess what this woman,
if she's behind the scenes, is doing us on her
own her future. Now, you want me to do this,
you want me to do that, you want me to
be in the Olympics, you want me to be on
the All Star You're gonna have to more. You're gonna
to pay me more than these other individuals.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
That that ain't happening.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Josh, that's that's I mean, Randy, that sounds good. That
ain't happen.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
I mean, she would be well within her right.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
But they're not doing that. That She could say all
she wants. You could stand up. You're talking about the
NFL players standing up all the time.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Said she could do it, but it ain't happening. They
don't have any money. They need her. They don't have
any money.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
They got enough to pay, they're paying them.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
They don't pay of course, they don't make any money. No,
but they making some money.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
She gonna lose million and they're gonna pay her. Why
she should do that? But she could, of course she
could have asked. But I don't mean she could.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
Like anybody can do anything they want. I mean she
would be well like justified.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
In doing the only problem is they don't have any money.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Losing fifty million this year. Truck or done. Boston. You're
on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
There?
Speaker 3 (20:57):
We go? There we go?
Speaker 10 (20:59):
Man, Thank you guys for taking my call. Great show,
great topic.
Speaker 9 (21:04):
I love you guys.
Speaker 10 (21:05):
You guys are the best.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Thank you, Bob.
Speaker 10 (21:07):
Thank you, Bob Parker. I'm going to agree with you
one hundred percent that she puts eyes.
Speaker 11 (21:15):
On the NBA.
Speaker 10 (21:16):
This is a fans game. Everything you say is I
think correct. However, Chris Brussard is one hundred and one percent.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Smarter.
Speaker 10 (21:28):
Hold on.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Something. There's a turn coming.
Speaker 10 (21:33):
Don well, no, no, no, no, no. She she has
been working her tailofs. Thank Christmas for the past year
and the pressure on her tonight, a twenty two year
old girl. She said, yeah, he's just you know, just
left her parents home, just came out into the world.
And every single night the pressure on her is immense.
(21:57):
And the pressure in a three.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Point can I stop you?
Speaker 6 (22:01):
Can I stop you? I want to say this to you.
She has no pressure. Pressure is having four kids and
not having enough money. Stop feeding them.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Okay, no, I'm calling.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Hoguall because every time a player, no no, no, no.
Every time if a player, you know, lost the big
game and went up to the podium after on game
seven and they blew it and they didn't play well,
and somebody and somebody asked them, well, gosh, how you're
gonna handle this over the summer, And they said, look,
(22:36):
I grew up.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
In the hood.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I was poor, I'm refrigerator was empty, and now I'm
making fifty million dollars a year.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I'm good. You would be the first.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
One, Rob Parker killing that person saying we know that
that's fine, but we're talking about the game.
Speaker 11 (22:54):
Gonna stop it.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Thank you, Trucker done, thank you, excellent call.
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All right, interesting story brewing in Chicago. Rob around soccer.
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Rob G kind of summarize what's going on over there.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Sure so.
Speaker 12 (23:49):
Messi is of course the biggest star on all of soccer,
not just here in the States.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
And as you guys know, are your big soccer fans.
Speaker 12 (23:56):
Oh yeah, he suffered a serious right ankle injury at
the Copa America last.
Speaker 6 (24:01):
Week at the Copa Copa America.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
As a result, his availability for an upcoming game later
this summer against Chicago is in question well. As a result,
the franchise there in Chicago, the Fire, announced on Friday
that they will provide compensation to fans if Messi is
unable to play in their game on August thirty first,
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If it turns out again that he does not play,
any person who buys a single match ticket between now
and August thirty first, the dame of the day of
the game, and if he doesn't play, will receive two
hundred and fifty dollars off two or more twenty twenty
five Chicago Fire season ticket memberships, or one hundred dollars
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off two or more single match tickets for their upcoming
game next season when Messi is back.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Rob, I don't.
Speaker 5 (24:58):
Like it because.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
And I know you talk a lot, and I'm in
agreement generally with you when you.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Talk about as a counter to low management.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
When a player is healthy and just you know, chooses
to sit out for whatever reads you know, just for
a day off or the team sits in for a
day off, then I'm with you in that fans. You know,
it'd be great if fans could get their money back
if they want.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
But this is just I mean, he's injured.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
This is not him being lazy, or this is not
even him you know, just taking a day off.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
This is a guy that's injured.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
We all know, the injuries are part of any of
these sports games, and.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
It's just a risk that the athletes take.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
And so if one of them can't play because he's injured,
I understand that that's kind.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Of the it's understood.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
It's the agreement, kind of the social agreement between fans
and these athletes. And so I don't rob I think
this sets a bad if they do it. It could
set a bad precedent in that now in I mean,
I'm not saying it may not. It probably wouldn't go
this far. But in any sport, what if the player's
(26:17):
hurt and now fans, you know, are all trying to
get their money back because he's hurt. Load management is different.
But I don't think this makes sense to me. I
love this the whole idea, Chris is. You're right, it's
different from the load management argument. But in this case,
Messi's such a big star and so many people were
(26:40):
dying to see him. They understand that they did buy
the tickets to go see this guy play, and he
had it. Unfortunately, he has an injury. There's a chance
that he won't play.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
So rather than screwing the fans over right, Chris By
just saying, oh too bad.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
You know, is that screwing the fans over there?
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 6 (27:00):
So what I'm saying from this standpoint, because you could
just say we're not giving you a refund because he's injured,
and that's how the business works. But if you do
you know, if you do this, you can use that
money to enhance and get season tickets, so you're not lost.
If the only reason you were going to go to
that Chicago soccer game Chris was to see Messy, right,
(27:23):
and now he's not going to play, I don't lose
my money. But I could buy tickets for I could
use that money on tickets for other games down the
road or next year, or season tickets or whatever it is,
so I don't feel like I've lost my money. That's
why I think it's a good idea for them to
entice people to maybe Chris who might not have season tickets,
(27:48):
invest that money rather than say, well, Messi's not playing,
I'm not gonna go and I'll just eat the two
hundred dollars or one hundred and fifty dollars whatever it
was that you paid for that ticket to see MESSI.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
So where would it is?
Speaker 4 (28:00):
What if next year you know, everybody wants to see
Lebron play. So if he doesn't go to a road
game or whatever, and to say he's hurt, it's not
or Anthony Davis, who obviously could get hurt, Kevin Durant,
all these Kawhi Leonard, all these injury prone players. If
they can't play on a road game or heck, a
home game, should the fans be able to go get
(28:23):
their money back.
Speaker 6 (28:24):
No, not in that situation. But this soccer team, they're
in a different play.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
He's in the league.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
No, I understand, it's not like he's just you know,
it's some exhibition.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
No, I you'll never get.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
A chance to see him. He's in the league. I
get that he'll be there again. I mean, but you know, presumably.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
But the soccer team knows that. That's why they sold out.
That's why the tickets were sold, was because people wanted
to see Messy live and in person. So rather than
have them well, you know, being mad or not showing
up or saying I've just lost the money or whatever.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
I just think it's a way to try to east
their season tickets, Chris by letting people.
Speaker 6 (29:02):
Use that monet. Well, I mean, everybody everybody just do Yeah,
everybody doesn't have to do it. And what I'm saying is,
I'm not saying to you, oh yeah, everybody's got to
do this now, not not at all.
Speaker 4 (29:15):
But precedent, you know how it works in this country.
Precedents are set, once a president is set, once something's
happened once.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
It doesn't always.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Have to, you know, turn into a trend or something,
but it often does.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Yeah, I don't. I don't think that it's automatic that other.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
But it could, you know, another team would be well
within their rights to do it.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
But it's a nice gesture. Fans could call, you know,
for it, but it's to me. To me, it's a
nice gesture.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
And it puts in the idea that, you know what,
I did buy the tickets for him. I'm not gonna
see what I really want, but I'm not going to
lose my money. I'll be able to turn it in
and for them, Chris say, you paid, you paid one
hundred and ten dollars for ticket.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
I'm just throwing out a price.
Speaker 6 (30:01):
You paid one hundred and ten dollars for the ticket,
and now you can buy season tickets and they're why
are we looking.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Out for those fans and not the fans of the
NBA or the NFL or Major League Baseball or what
have you.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Why do they get special treat.
Speaker 6 (30:17):
I think he's different because he doesn't come there that often.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
But he's in the league. No, I get it.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
But I mean with an NBA star, if they're in
a different conference, they come once a year. But in
the NFL sometimes you might not see a guy for three,
four or five years.
Speaker 6 (30:36):
Yeah, but the NBA, you play everywhere every year. This
guy just came to the United States, but he's joining
the league. No, I get it, but he's hurting, right.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
I'm sorry, I can't. There's no way that.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I'm always looking out for the little guy. I'm just
telling you, Yeah, well look out.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
No you're not, because you're not looking out for the
little guy in baseball or basketball, or football or boxing
any other sport. I mean, let's just you know, if
fans can get their money back because Messi's hurt, then
NBA fans should be able to get their money back
as Lebron's hurt or or STEP's hurt or whatever. All right,
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We got three baseball games. We're back in business. Baby.
Let's go with the Los Angeles Angels minus one and
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Speaker 4 (33:03):
You heard Steve de Segre saying earlier that Kevin Durant
is returning to Team USA. I guess he practiced today
and he will play in one of their next two
exhibition games as they prepare for the Olympics in Paris.
Do you have any issue you know Durant had the
cash strain, You have any issue with him you know playing?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (33:28):
I do, well, I just I don't understand it. I
really don't. It surprises me. And I know that all
the old guys got together and say, hey, let's do
this one less, let's win one for the Gipper and
all that kind of stuff. But Chris, really, Kevin Durant
has won gold medals three Okay, it ain't like he
never done it before. He owes the Phoenix Sun something
(33:52):
he already got hurt there remember that a non contact
injury at the layup line or whatever.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Yeah, that's exactly what it was, Chris. I mean like that.
We've seen the other injuries. He got hurt.
Speaker 6 (34:04):
He's been hurt everywhere. Why why I don't understand it, Chris.
If you had a clean bill of health, right and
you were playing along and get hurt and whatever, Okay,
you really want to do that, but you but you've
had these injuries happen for you, So why would you
risk it and have something bad happen.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
I don't get it.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
If I'm the owner of the suns, I'm upset, I'm frustrated.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
Yeah, I mean, look, I don't know the severity of
this injury. If it's just you know, if it was
just a little nick and you know they were overly
cautious and that's why I sat out so long, and it's.
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Really nothing serious, then I guess it's okay.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
I'm not just I'm not trying to keep and I
don't think you are either trying to keep guys out
of the Olympics.
Speaker 5 (34:59):
You know, when they're healthy. I don't care how old
they are. But if this is even rob even.
Speaker 4 (35:09):
Remotely like serious, if there's any chance, you know, like,
if this isn't one hundred percent, if it's ninety percent
and he's just going out there because he wants to
or they feel like they need him or whatever, then
he shouldn't be playing. Like and I know, you know,
like I said, you can always get injured. But if this,
(35:32):
if this is an injury where like I said, he's
just compromised and he's more likely to get injured again
because of it, then I'm with you one hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (35:44):
I just don't know the severity of this.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
They don't seem to be, you know, concerned, worried at all,
But I.
Speaker 5 (35:54):
Am largely with you. I just don't know.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
I'm not like it just because a guy got nicked
up in in warm practices. I'm not saying he can't
play in the Olympics, but they better make sure that
you know, he's one hundred percent because we don't need him.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
And that's not a shot against Kevin Durant.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We don't need Lebron, we don't need ste You could
take any one individual player off.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
This team and we'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (36:20):
So as great as Kevin Durant is, they could win
gold without him. Like you said, he's had this experience
three times, so I hear you, and.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
I just think that Rob, if.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
He gets hurt and he can't play for the Phoenix
Suns even part of the season, then that's that's gonna
be a horrible look and they're gonna really I think
going forward, they'd have to do things differently. Anybody that's like,
you know, hurt or even Rob, maybe even a guy
(36:55):
that's incredibly injury prone, like a Joe LMB, the Kawhi Leonard,
maybe even in Anthony Davis shouldn't be playing because the
paychecks are coming from the NBA, not Team USA.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
No doubt, I get it. I think it's a tough
pill to swallow.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
Chris, for a guy who's been banged up and has
had these injuries and whatnot, I just it just doesn't
It just feels weird to me.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
It really does, like like what is the I mean,
I guess, Rob, there you never if you never won career,
I get it.
Speaker 5 (37:30):
Yeah, And Kawhi was I guess one.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Because he hadn't had the experience. But even he bows out.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
Right, I mean I understand it can be a I'm
sure it's a thrill.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
You know, even if you've done it three times, it's
still awesome. And you know, I understand that you're playing
with the best players in the world.
Speaker 3 (37:49):
You're one of them, so I get it. But like
we always talk about, rob.
Speaker 4 (37:55):
It's a business. I mean, if you get hurt doing this.
I remember, remember when Paul George got hurt and and
you know, missed the season with the.
Speaker 3 (38:05):
Pacers and stuff. Yep, that's tough.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
Man on the NBA teams, and so I yeah, I
hear you. I just hope he doesn't go out there
and get hurt. I'm excited about seeing him because we
know he's gonna be great and now Team USA, which
I was looking great to begin with, is gonna look
even better.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
So I get it, but I.
Speaker 5 (38:28):
Just hope that that he stays healthy.
Speaker 3 (38:30):
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All right, Rob, the WNBA, this is their big weekend,
(03:31):
all Star weekend, right before the Olympics are set to begin.
And of course we know that the w NBA, because
of Caitlyn Clark mainly but also Angel Reese, has enjoyed.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
A surge.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
I won't even call it a resurgence.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I'll say a surge in viewership and popularity and things
like that. And tonight, you know, like the NBA does,
they've got their h skills competitions, and one of them,
of course, the three point shootout.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
But the star of the show.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Caitlyn Clark, declined the invitation to compete Rob in the
three point shootout. She's shooting thirty two point seven percent
from three. But I think that and this is to
take this for what it is. The shooting percentages in the.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
WNBA are much lower than the NBA.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
So don't you know that's not nearly as bad as
it would sound for an NBA player. So a lot
lot of top players shooting that or worse field goal percentage,
things like that. So you got a problem with this, Rob,
Kaitlyn Clark bound out.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Absolutely, I have a problem with this. It reeks Chris. Wow,
Caitlyn Clark is selfish. There's no other way in looking
at this. Here's the WNBA, Chris, you talked about it. Oh,
you know popular. Oh it's gotta hire profile. People are
talking about it. Even on the Odd Couple we had
(05:05):
a woman who covers the WNBA asking her questions. We've
never done in the six plus years we've done this show. Okay,
and here's an opportunity. You know what made Caitlin Clark
Chris capture the imaginations of a basketball fans all over
is because she's able to drop that three from anywhere
(05:26):
on the court, a logo three.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
She was shooting from long distance.
Speaker 6 (05:29):
My god, she's a female Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I gotta watch this woman. I've never seen it before.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
This wasn't your typical women's basketball that would put you
to sleep.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
And now here you are with a chance.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
To show your skills in this event for the league,
and you decide to bow out. No way, no, how
should this be cool with the WNBA?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Hey, why are you doing this?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Now?
Speaker 6 (06:03):
Keep the train rolling, Chris. Give people as much as
they want. Play the hits. Remember that, Chris, right when
we did debate embrace debates. Okay, play the hits. And
and now you're telling me I don't want to do that. No,
and I have a problem with it. It's an event
(06:26):
that she could possibly electrify, Chris, get more people, even
more eyeballs and stuff.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
And remember it's not just about you.
Speaker 6 (06:36):
When you become a professional athlete, Chris, go look at
some of these guys in other sports. This is your
moment to try to help sell the game.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Right.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Aaron Judges is a big Star. He was in the
home run Derby contest. Mookie best year was he not
this year? But I'm saying he has done.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Most of the stars weren't in it this year.
Speaker 6 (06:57):
Right, I'm doing But even like a bunch of you know,
but even like even like a Mookie Betts who's not
even a home run hit or Chris did it right,
I'm saying, these are opportunities to sell the game. I
remember at one point some people were like, uh, NBA
players or I think didn't want to go to the
All Star Game. No, you can't do that. That's when
(07:20):
you sign up for this. This helped sell the game.
And I'm just saying she blew a golden opportunity. And
this is not the Olympics. This is totally different. She
gets paid by the WNBA. The WNBA needs Kaitlyn Clark.
And you know what she did. She turned a blind eye.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
To the league. And I think it's a mistake. Rob Parker,
stop it.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Get off your soap box, get off your high horse,
get off yourself righteous high horse.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Hasn't Kaitlyn Clark done enough? I mean, my goodness, the girl.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Is carrying a whole league on her back. And if
anybody wants to dispute that. Look at the numbers. Her
games double the rest of the league's games.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
As far as viewers attendance, she.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Has the highest rated games on every network the league
has ever been on. She is single handedly and people
don't like it. It's not to say she's the first
great player. She certainly is not. She's not even the
best player in the league right now, shout out to
Agia Wilson. But she is single handedly putting this league
(08:43):
on the mainstream map. She is Angel Reese is playing
great and she's got a little storyline too.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
But don't get it twisted. I just said it.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
The ratings, the viewership, the attendance are shows Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Is carrying the league. And she has gone from her.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
N C double a season, n C double a tournament
straight into the WNBA. Now she's gonna, you know, get
her first break in darn near a year, it feels like.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
And on top.
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Of all of the basketball and just carrying the league.
From a basketball standpoint, she is just for you know,
no no doing of her own, had her name thrown
into racial conversations, had her name thrown into conversations about sexuality,
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I mean, she has been every talked about at nauseum, women.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Athletes, non athletes, cassual fans, die hards.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
She had certainly more pressure and more of a burden
on her these last few months than any player in
the WNBA, for sure, And it's arguable any basketball player
in America. I say arguable because obviously the NBA is
such a bigger game, and you know, it's such so
(10:22):
much more popular, and we're talking about them every single day.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
So that's why I would.
Speaker 5 (10:29):
Say, you know, you might not want to go that far.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
But it's arguable because she's one player and she's got,
you know, carried this whole league. I'm with you, it'd
be nice if she was in it, but if she
needs a break for a night. I mean, on top
of all I said, Rob, you know that they when
they started the season, her team in the first few weeks,
first month of the season played like twice as many
(10:55):
games as some of the teams. They were they were just, hey,
this this is our new star. Put her on TV
every night.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Play them.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
They haven't played games every other night while the other
teams are resting. That's one reason Indiana fever playing better
now because they're starting to get normal breaks in between games,
and she will have tomorrow night in the All Star
Game against the best players in the world.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
I mean not even.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
This is to me, this is like bigger than a
typical All Star game because they're playing the Olympic team,
which just like in the Men, is a dream team,
and she's gonna be front and center.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
It'd be nice tonight if she was there.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
But the real selling point, the real thing everybody's gonna
tune into, is that game when she faces the best
players in the world on the they're all on the
same team, and Diana Tarassi, who you know, has made
amends and all that, but you know the little stuff,
you know, she going against her.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
So I just think that she's had so much on
her shoulders.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
I am certainly not gonna jump on her for her decide,
and I rather not.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
I don't feel I don't want to do it.
Speaker 6 (12:17):
I think you made my case about how important she's
been this year. And if my god, a three point
shooting contest, Chris, which is not like playing the game,
it's a skills competition. I don't know what it's gonna
take it. Twenty minutes, thirty twenty minutes to put up
some shots. You're not even playing basketball like you would
be playing a game. It's skill competition. It's easy to do.
(12:40):
It would have been great and everybody. I mean, I
ain't saying she's afraid of the pressure. I'm just saying
she can't take a night off.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Right, No, no, not this year? Stop? All right, that's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (12:50):
There's no reason she can't take a night off.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Take a night off on Sunday a couple eight, seven,
seven ninety nine, or if she's not going to the Olympics, Chris,
she got month off.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
She needs it.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
She got a month on going hard. So she got
a month off what Chung basketball started. The other girls
weren't doing that.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
And you know how this works to the other thing,
too real quick, is that you know everybody.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Doesn't get to see the All Star Game.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
You might get either or so some people have tickets
for the skills competition tonight, or some people have tickets
for the game. Everybody's not going to both events. So
the people tonight who are hoping against.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Is not I mean, sorry, she can't be and she
heard It's just like you've said, Rob, it's not her responsibility.
All right, it's when when the people go to her
games they expected to play.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
That's her responsibility. They got a.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Whole league of and the several all star players that
the people can go watch tonight.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Whether she was in it tonight or not.
Speaker 4 (13:54):
I don't think it would matter one ioda in terms
of the popularity of the league.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Chris, this is.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Gonna be about tomorrow night's game. That's bigger than this
three point shootout.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Do you know what?
Speaker 6 (14:06):
This has had a huge impact at the front office
of the WNBA. I just called up the commission of
the WNBA about this whole situation, and this is what's
her response.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Eight seven seven ninety nine. Or if you can do
better than that, Rob Parker, commissioner. That WNBA's name, Pebble.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Eight seven seven. I know what's a woman, right, it's
a woman? Better be better woman? There you go eight
seven seven ninety nine on Fox.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You'll turn away here, Rob says Caitlin Clark's being selfish
for not competing in the three point shootout to night.
I say, my goodness, what does she need to make.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
The uniforms next year? You want her to design the uniforms?
Sow the uniforms measure everyone. I mean, what more do
you want her to do?
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conversation about Caitlyn Clark should she be participating tonight in.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
The three point shootout?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Like?
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Does she owe it to the league owe it to
the fans or are you with me? Rob thinks she
definitely should. I say, if she wants to take a
break tonight, she's earned it.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
She's carrying the league.
Speaker 6 (16:21):
Enough your thoughts, all right, Chris, let's kick it off
with Josh and Arizona.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Josh?
Speaker 6 (16:30):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Josh?
Speaker 9 (16:31):
Y'all?
Speaker 10 (16:31):
How y'all doing?
Speaker 11 (16:32):
Appreciate you'll having me on, No doubt, We're good.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Bro.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
I'm gonna go with Chris on this one. Love you, Rob,
but he's right, But I'm going for a different reason.
I think this is some pushback maybe from Kaitlyn, maybe
just you know, it's general. She doesn't want to do it,
but it's pushback that the w NBA has been the
way they've been treating her before she even got in,
the hate, the vitriol, the jealousy, and then when she's
(16:58):
in there, you know that schedule was crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Is it about that? Or is it about fans?
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Who cares about the league and the schedule making. It's
about the fans. Never lose sight of what is what
this is all about. It's about the fans. You can't
be mad to commission or whoever made the schedule, Like
you're leaving the fans, hanging them out to drive.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
That's the problem.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
I have to I think she's the reason they have
fans the whole time pretty much. So you know that
this should have been behind a barn and shot a
long time ago. I know that's graphic, but this is this,
this sport. It should been replaced with volleyball or something like.
She is giving the sport fans And if she doesn't
(17:42):
want to do the three point contest today for.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Whatever, it's twenty minutes.
Speaker 6 (17:46):
My god, it doesn't even as a skills competition. You're
not even playing.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
I think you're underplaying it, right.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
I mean, it's not any time you get out there
and you have to just throwing up shots.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
It's work, nic, it's work. It's work. Randy and Florida.
You're on a couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Randy?
You know what?
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I listen to you guys in traffic down here all
the time, and I and I your your callers drive
me insane with some of the comments. They say that
guy was funny. He is one hundred percent right. She's
the reason they have fans. I'm conflicted the fact that
I'm calling in about the w NBA two weeks out,
two weeks out from the Hall of Fame game on
(18:25):
the NFL. We're not talking about NFL. We're talking about
the NBA.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
But that's okay, that's a first for you, right calling
about the Anybody calls in about the Hall of Fame game?
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Really that too?
Speaker 9 (18:37):
Come on, the NFL is what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
We're almost I get that, but the Hall of Fame game? Really?
Speaker 9 (18:42):
Who NFL? It's NFL is back and we've been dying.
This is the dog days of summer.
Speaker 11 (18:47):
We all know it.
Speaker 9 (18:48):
But the thing is is, I'm conflicted. Is this a
worldwide wrestling type gig that they're all in on and
everybody's like, let's let's make her the bad guy. We're
gonna do whatever we can do. Or is this woman
a genius behind the scenes. I mean, they're moving facilities
to accommodate the fans at some of these cities. They're
(19:10):
getting the private jets. Now this WNBA. The only reason
we talked about the WNBA in the pass was because
nobody was going there and they wanted the money that
the men were making and we're like, it's not happening.
You're not making you're not getting the fans, you're not
getting the publicity. Now one person has changed the entire
dynamics of the league. And it's almost like it's like
(19:31):
she's a genius behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Yeah, but she was a real genius.
Speaker 6 (19:34):
She could just continue that going on by going out
and having a special performance and a special night knocking
down threes or in the skill competition, that would be great.
Speaker 9 (19:46):
I completely disagree. I completely disagree because guess what this woman,
if she's behind the scenes, is doing us on her
own her future. Now, you want me to do this,
you want me to do that, you want me to
be in the Olympics, you want me to be on
the All Star You're gonna have to more. You're gonna
to pay me more than these other individuals.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
That that ain't happening.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Josh, that's that's I mean, Randy, that sounds good. That
ain't happen.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
I mean, she would be well within her right.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
But they're not doing that. That She could say all
she wants. You could stand up. You're talking about the
NFL players standing up all the time.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Said she could do it, but it ain't happening. They
don't have any money. They need her. They don't have
any money.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
They got enough to pay, they're paying them.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
They don't pay of course, they don't make any money. No,
but they making some money.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
She gonna lose million and they're gonna pay her. Why
she should do that? But she could, of course she
could have asked. But I don't mean she could.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
Like anybody can do anything they want. I mean she
would be well like justified.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
In doing the only problem is they don't have any money.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Losing fifty million this year. Truck or done. Boston. You're
on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
There?
Speaker 3 (20:57):
We go? There we go?
Speaker 10 (20:59):
Man, Thank you guys for taking my call. Great show,
great topic.
Speaker 9 (21:04):
I love you guys.
Speaker 10 (21:05):
You guys are the best.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Thank you, Bob.
Speaker 10 (21:07):
Thank you, Bob Parker. I'm going to agree with you
one hundred percent that she puts eyes.
Speaker 11 (21:15):
On the NBA.
Speaker 10 (21:16):
This is a fans game. Everything you say is I
think correct. However, Chris Brussard is one hundred and one percent.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Smarter.
Speaker 10 (21:28):
Hold on.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Something. There's a turn coming.
Speaker 10 (21:33):
Don well, no, no, no, no, no. She she has
been working her tailofs. Thank Christmas for the past year
and the pressure on her tonight, a twenty two year
old girl. She said, yeah, he's just you know, just
left her parents home, just came out into the world.
And every single night the pressure on her is immense.
(21:57):
And the pressure in a three.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Point can I stop you?
Speaker 6 (22:01):
Can I stop you? I want to say this to you.
She has no pressure. Pressure is having four kids and
not having enough money. Stop feeding them.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Okay, no, I'm calling.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Hoguall because every time a player, no no, no, no.
Every time if a player, you know, lost the big
game and went up to the podium after on game
seven and they blew it and they didn't play well,
and somebody and somebody asked them, well, gosh, how you're
gonna handle this over the summer, And they said, look,
(22:36):
I grew up.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
In the hood.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I was poor, I'm refrigerator was empty, and now I'm
making fifty million dollars a year.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I'm good. You would be the first.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
One, Rob Parker killing that person saying we know that
that's fine, but we're talking about the game.
Speaker 11 (22:54):
Gonna stop it.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Thank you, Trucker done, thank you, excellent call.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
All right, Roby, you might be getting what you want
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(23:45):
Rob G kind of summarize what's going on over there.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Sure so.
Speaker 12 (23:49):
Messi is of course the biggest star on all of soccer,
not just here in the States.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
And as you guys know, are your big soccer fans.
Speaker 12 (23:56):
Oh yeah, he suffered a serious right ankle injury at
the Copa America last.
Speaker 6 (24:01):
Week at the Copa Copa America.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
As a result, his availability for an upcoming game later
this summer against Chicago is in question well. As a result,
the franchise there in Chicago, the Fire, announced on Friday
that they will provide compensation to fans if Messi is
unable to play in their game on August thirty first,
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If it turns out again that he does not play,
any person who buys a single match ticket between now
and August thirty first, the dame of the day of
the game, and if he doesn't play, will receive two
hundred and fifty dollars off two or more twenty twenty
five Chicago Fire season ticket memberships, or one hundred dollars
(24:50):
off two or more single match tickets for their upcoming
game next season when Messi is back.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
Rob, I don't.
Speaker 5 (24:58):
Like it because.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
And I know you talk a lot, and I'm in
agreement generally with you when you.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Talk about as a counter to low management.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
When a player is healthy and just you know, chooses
to sit out for whatever reads you know, just for
a day off or the team sits in for a
day off, then I'm with you in that fans. You know,
it'd be great if fans could get their money back
if they want.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
But this is just I mean, he's injured.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
This is not him being lazy, or this is not
even him you know, just taking a day off.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
This is a guy that's injured.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
We all know, the injuries are part of any of
these sports games, and.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
It's just a risk that the athletes take.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
And so if one of them can't play because he's injured,
I understand that that's kind.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Of the it's understood.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
It's the agreement, kind of the social agreement between fans
and these athletes. And so I don't rob I think
this sets a bad if they do it. It could
set a bad precedent in that now in I mean,
I'm not saying it may not. It probably wouldn't go
this far. But in any sport, what if the player's
(26:17):
hurt and now fans, you know, are all trying to
get their money back because he's hurt. Load management is different.
But I don't think this makes sense to me. I
love this the whole idea, Chris is. You're right, it's
different from the load management argument. But in this case,
Messi's such a big star and so many people were
(26:40):
dying to see him. They understand that they did buy
the tickets to go see this guy play, and he
had it. Unfortunately, he has an injury. There's a chance
that he won't play.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
So rather than screwing the fans over right, Chris By
just saying, oh too bad.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
You know, is that screwing the fans over there?
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 6 (27:00):
So what I'm saying from this standpoint, because you could
just say we're not giving you a refund because he's injured,
and that's how the business works. But if you do
you know, if you do this, you can use that
money to enhance and get season tickets, so you're not lost.
If the only reason you were going to go to
that Chicago soccer game Chris was to see Messy, right,
(27:23):
and now he's not going to play, I don't lose
my money. But I could buy tickets for I could
use that money on tickets for other games down the
road or next year, or season tickets or whatever it is,
so I don't feel like I've lost my money. That's
why I think it's a good idea for them to
entice people to maybe Chris who might not have season tickets,
(27:48):
invest that money rather than say, well, Messi's not playing,
I'm not gonna go and I'll just eat the two
hundred dollars or one hundred and fifty dollars whatever it
was that you paid for that ticket to see MESSI.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
So where would it is?
Speaker 4 (28:00):
What if next year you know, everybody wants to see
Lebron play. So if he doesn't go to a road
game or whatever, and to say he's hurt, it's not
or Anthony Davis, who obviously could get hurt, Kevin Durant,
all these Kawhi Leonard, all these injury prone players. If
they can't play on a road game or heck, a
home game, should the fans be able to go get
(28:23):
their money back.
Speaker 6 (28:24):
No, not in that situation. But this soccer team, they're
in a different play.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
He's in the league.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
No, I understand, it's not like he's just you know,
it's some exhibition.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
No, I you'll never get.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
A chance to see him. He's in the league. I
get that he'll be there again. I mean, but you know, presumably.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
But the soccer team knows that. That's why they sold out.
That's why the tickets were sold, was because people wanted
to see Messy live and in person. So rather than
have them well, you know, being mad or not showing
up or saying I've just lost the money or whatever.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
I just think it's a way to try to east
their season tickets, Chris by letting people.
Speaker 6 (29:02):
Use that monet. Well, I mean, everybody everybody just do Yeah,
everybody doesn't have to do it. And what I'm saying is,
I'm not saying to you, oh yeah, everybody's got to
do this now, not not at all.
Speaker 4 (29:15):
But precedent, you know how it works in this country.
Precedents are set, once a president is set, once something's
happened once.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
It doesn't always.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Have to, you know, turn into a trend or something,
but it often does.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Yeah, I don't. I don't think that it's automatic that other.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
But it could, you know, another team would be well
within their rights to do it.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
But it's a nice gesture. Fans could call, you know,
for it, but it's to me. To me, it's a
nice gesture.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
And it puts in the idea that, you know what,
I did buy the tickets for him. I'm not gonna
see what I really want, but I'm not going to
lose my money. I'll be able to turn it in
and for them, Chris say, you paid, you paid one
hundred and ten dollars for ticket.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
I'm just throwing out a price.
Speaker 6 (30:01):
You paid one hundred and ten dollars for the ticket,
and now you can buy season tickets and they're why
are we looking.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Out for those fans and not the fans of the
NBA or the NFL or Major League Baseball or what
have you.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Why do they get special treat.
Speaker 6 (30:17):
I think he's different because he doesn't come there that often.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
But he's in the league. No, I get it.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
But I mean with an NBA star, if they're in
a different conference, they come once a year. But in
the NFL sometimes you might not see a guy for three,
four or five years.
Speaker 6 (30:36):
Yeah, but the NBA, you play everywhere every year. This
guy just came to the United States, but he's joining
the league. No, I get it, but he's hurting, right.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
I'm sorry, I can't. There's no way that.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I'm always looking out for the little guy. I'm just
telling you, Yeah, well look out.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
No you're not, because you're not looking out for the
little guy in baseball or basketball, or football or boxing
any other sport. I mean, let's just you know, if
fans can get their money back because Messi's hurt, then
NBA fans should be able to get their money back
as Lebron's hurt or or STEP's hurt or whatever. All right,
(31:13):
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Speaker 6 (32:05):
All right, here we go, Shekel City, West Coast Star.
We got three baseball games. We're back in business. Baby.
Let's go with the Los Angeles Angels minus one and
a half runs. They take on the Oakland A's in
the Bay Area at least for an hour the rest
of the season. So we got that. I'm going with
Seattle at home plus one and a half runs taking
(32:27):
on the Houston Astros. And last but not least, the
Los Angeles Dodgers taking on a surprise in Boston Red
Sox tonight in a Los Angeles I got the Dodgers
minus one and a half runs. So that is the
Dodgers minus one and a half runs, Seattle plus one
and a half runs, and my best bet the Angels
(32:50):
minus one and a half runs in Oakland. And remember,
Chris Broussard, I'm not telling you who to bet on.
I'm telling you who I bet on. All right, there,
you have it, all right, Rob.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
You heard Steve de Segre saying earlier that Kevin Durant
is returning to Team USA. I guess he practiced today
and he will play in one of their next two
exhibition games as they prepare for the Olympics in Paris.
Do you have any issue you know Durant had the
cash strain, You have any issue with him you know playing?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (33:28):
I do, well, I just I don't understand it. I
really don't. It surprises me. And I know that all
the old guys got together and say, hey, let's do
this one less, let's win one for the Gipper and
all that kind of stuff. But Chris, really, Kevin Durant
has won gold medals three Okay, it ain't like he
never done it before. He owes the Phoenix Sun something
(33:52):
he already got hurt there remember that a non contact
injury at the layup line or whatever.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Yeah, that's exactly what it was, Chris. I mean like that.
We've seen the other injuries. He got hurt.
Speaker 6 (34:04):
He's been hurt everywhere. Why why I don't understand it, Chris.
If you had a clean bill of health, right and
you were playing along and get hurt and whatever, Okay,
you really want to do that, but you but you've
had these injuries happen for you, So why would you
risk it and have something bad happen.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
I don't get it.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
If I'm the owner of the suns, I'm upset, I'm frustrated.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
Yeah, I mean, look, I don't know the severity of
this injury. If it's just you know, if it was
just a little nick and you know they were overly
cautious and that's why I sat out so long, and it's.
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Really nothing serious, then I guess it's okay.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
I'm not just I'm not trying to keep and I
don't think you are either trying to keep guys out
of the Olympics.
Speaker 5 (34:59):
You know, when they're healthy. I don't care how old
they are. But if this is even rob even.
Speaker 4 (35:09):
Remotely like serious, if there's any chance, you know, like,
if this isn't one hundred percent, if it's ninety percent
and he's just going out there because he wants to
or they feel like they need him or whatever, then
he shouldn't be playing. Like and I know, you know,
like I said, you can always get injured. But if this,
(35:32):
if this is an injury where like I said, he's
just compromised and he's more likely to get injured again
because of it, then I'm with you one hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (35:44):
I just don't know the severity of this.
Speaker 4 (35:47):
They don't seem to be, you know, concerned, worried at all,
But I.
Speaker 5 (35:54):
Am largely with you. I just don't know.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
I'm not like it just because a guy got nicked
up in in warm practices. I'm not saying he can't
play in the Olympics, but they better make sure that
you know, he's one hundred percent because we don't need him.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
And that's not a shot against Kevin Durant.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We don't need Lebron, we don't need ste You could
take any one individual player off.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
This team and we'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (36:20):
So as great as Kevin Durant is, they could win
gold without him. Like you said, he's had this experience
three times, so I hear you, and.
Speaker 3 (36:32):
I just think that Rob, if.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
He gets hurt and he can't play for the Phoenix
Suns even part of the season, then that's that's gonna
be a horrible look and they're gonna really I think
going forward, they'd have to do things differently. Anybody that's like,
you know, hurt or even Rob, maybe even a guy
(36:55):
that's incredibly injury prone, like a Joe LMB, the Kawhi Leonard,
maybe even in Anthony Davis shouldn't be playing because the
paychecks are coming from the NBA, not Team USA.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
No doubt, I get it. I think it's a tough
pill to swallow.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
Chris, for a guy who's been banged up and has
had these injuries and whatnot, I just it just doesn't
It just feels weird to me.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
It really does, like like what is the I mean,
I guess, Rob, there you never if you never won career,
I get it.
Speaker 5 (37:30):
Yeah, And Kawhi was I guess one.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Because he hadn't had the experience. But even he bows out.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
Right, I mean I understand it can be a I'm
sure it's a thrill.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
You know, even if you've done it three times, it's
still awesome. And you know, I understand that you're playing
with the best players in the world.
Speaker 3 (37:49):
You're one of them, so I get it. But like
we always talk about, rob.
Speaker 4 (37:55):
It's a business. I mean, if you get hurt doing this.
I remember, remember when Paul George got hurt and and
you know, missed the season with the.
Speaker 3 (38:05):
Pacers and stuff. Yep, that's tough.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
Man on the NBA teams, and so I yeah, I
hear you. I just hope he doesn't go out there
and get hurt. I'm excited about seeing him because we
know he's gonna be great and now Team USA, which
I was looking great to begin with, is gonna look
even better.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
So I get it, but I.
Speaker 5 (38:28):
Just hope that that he stays healthy.
Speaker 3 (38:30):
All Right, It's the odd couple.
Speaker 4 (38:32):
We got two hours left on the Funky Flashback Friday
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