The NFL: Non-Essential Football League

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That's all. Okay. I know I heard his voice, Chris,
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with some NFL. Malcolm Jenkins one of the most you know,
outspoken NFL players when it comes to social justice and
many things. You know, he was very strong on the
Drew Brees you know, when Drew Brees spoke about comparing
kneeling to disrespecting the flag, and Jenkins, who's his teammate
in New Orleans and was once before as well, really

(04:28):
was affected by that. Had a conversation with Drew and
said that was good. So he's outspoken and he did
not mince words today Rob on CNN when he talked
about the NFL's return here, he is the NBA is
a lot different than the NFL because they can actually
quarantine all of their players or whoever's going to participate,
where we have over two thousand players, even more coaches

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and staff. We can't do that, and so we will
end up being kind of on this trust system, where
the honor system, where we just have to hope that
guys are social distancing and things like that, and that
puts all of us at risk, not only you know,
us as players and who's in the building. But when
you go home to your families, you know, I have
parents that I don't want to get sick. And I
think until we get to the point where we have

(05:11):
protocols in place, and until we get to the place
as a country where we feel safe doing it, we
have to understand the football is a non essential business
and so we don't need to do it, and so
the risk, you know, has to be really eliminated before
we before I would feel comfortable we're going back rob
there you go, there you go. I'm gonna say, yeah,

(05:33):
I'm gonna say this, And I think, you know, he's
trying to be polite to the NBA, and you know,
it's not his sports. So I guess he's like, you know,
it's that's not us, not for me, right, say right,
they shouldn't be playing the NBA. Right. I think that's
what he didn't want to say so exactly, and I
respect that. I respect that, But but here's what I'm
gonna say. And I let me start this off with

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I'm not a doctor, I'm not an epidemiologist, and I
gotta be honest. It's hard to know what to believe.
It really is, because you know, everything has become so politicized,
and some people are talking about the coronavirus like it
is incredibly dangerous. Others are talking about it like it isn't,
and so it's kind of you got half the country.

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The country is split, it seems, so it's hard to
know what to believe. What I'll say is this, if
the virus is as dangerous and as serious as we
all were led to believe, starting in March, right when
the NBA with one player getting it, they shut down

(06:39):
the league and everybody else followed. If that was legitimate,
then why in the world are any of these sports
planning If that was legitimate, If those few months of
shut down that hindered the economy, that costs so many people, millions,
tens of millions of people jobs, If that was legitimate,

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why are they playing it? Basketball, football, baseball? Because you
stopped for Rudy Gobert one player, and then Donovan Mitchell
got it as well. But now you have every day
there's several players being reported to have coronavirus, and this

(07:24):
it's spiking in Florida where the NBA is going to play.
And that's all I'm saying Rob, I'm just like, that's
my point. If it's as serious as we've been led
to believe, You and I have not set foot in
Fox Sports radio or Fox Sports television studios since March
right now almost July. Christ, think about it. You were

(07:47):
quarantined after the cruise you went on because we thought
it was that serious. Right. All I'm saying is if
it's true, if it's legit, then none of these teams
should be playing, none of these sports should be playing.
And this is the thing I think people gotta understand.
This is our livelihood in our business. We want sports
to go on. Obviously we're dying for some games. So

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we're not sitting here as like this doesn't really affect us, Chris,
and it fully, it fully affects us, our job, our money,
our money. Like we're on now, I have to take furloughs,
less money. If and just say we were up for
a new contract, it would affect everything that we're doing.
It just would. So that's not where we're coming from

(08:32):
where people are thinking, oh this, guys don't even want
the games to come back. That's not the issue. I
think your point is well taken, is if it was
that serious, back then. Why now? And why now is financially,
it's that television money, the money at the end of
the rainbow. Chris, the regular season as much as it's okay,
but it's that playoff money that's sitting there. And remember

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in the playoffs, the players don't earn a salary. They
don't earn it. This is the bonanza, Chris. For the
owners is the postseason, right. That's why it's so relevant
to them and prevalent and the reason that they want
to go on. I mean, even if you look at
the NFL, I think it's kind of crazy that they

(09:20):
could today say that the Hall of Fame Game is canceled,
but camp is starting on time. What sense does that make?
It doesn't distance on the practice field in camp. I mean,
what are they're gonna have to have. Maybe they won't
tackle and hit each other, but they're gonna be in contact.
But eventually you have to, Chris, if you're playing football,

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So so what are you delaying? And that that's my point.
I don't know. Maybe maybe the Hall of Fame Game
is the guinea pig game to see after a game,
how many people weren't positive, Chris, and how many came
positive after that, and then you might be able to determine,
like say, if the day after the game they took

(10:03):
a test of everybody who participated and it went from
three people who were positive to eighty people or whatever
the number is, then we would have an idea. And
if it went from three people to six people, then
we could go, well, it wasn't that bad, you know
what I mean, Like, like, you make sense in that
I could see canceling the game if you also postpone

(10:25):
training camp, right, but you make play the game, see
what happens, and then you're gonna give it a termination
from there, right. And if a lot of people that
you play one game and you see and you're like, man,
it's spiked from we had zero every all the players
were negative and now were a day later or whatever
we tested and now seventy players have it. Okay, then

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we can't have football. I think we'd all agree on that.
I agree, and I say this the money you you're right,
and especially the NBA. The players basically got all their money.
They'll get a little bit more from the eight games
in the regular season, but they it does affect their
money for the future, and that's what the players are
looking at like, you know, if we don't play and

(11:10):
the capper really drops, then we're gonna lose money in
the future. It's gonna drop as it is or probably anyway,
but it would drop more if they didn't play, So
it does affect their money. But I thought, you know,
Ezekiel Elliott made a great point, rob and that he said,
it's it's not so much about us players, and praise

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the Lord that so far all of the professional athletes
who have gotten it right now, Von Miller had a
tough bout with it, but Ezekiel Elliott, Kevin durand Donovan Mitchell,
Rudy Gobert, you know, all of these guys that have
had it and more, it hasn't seemed to be that
tough for him. A lot of thematic right, it's fine,

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But the point is the families, and especially when you
look at the baseball players who will be at home
and the football players who won't be in a bubble.
What if they have a child with some type of
illness asthma or a respiratory illness like or your grandmother

(12:15):
or your mother lives with you, who's I haven't seen
my parents since the virus you know, since we went
on lockdown and I've been by their house. You know,
I've could have seen them because I've driven by their
house to in Ohio as I was making a trip.
But I purposely didn't see them because I didn't want
to put them in danger. And a lot of people

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are making no sacrifices, Rob and so, and you have to.
I mean, I mean, I know Laker fans are sick
with Avery Bradley, but but he has no choice. He
has a he has a son with a condition. He
can't take a chance. Chris. He wants to win a
championship as well as as anybody would right on a
really good team with a golden opportunity. But I think

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you know, if if you were to play and God
forbid something happened, you would never live it down, Chris.
I mean, you know you know this being a parent.
I'm not a parent, but uh, to lose a child
or whatever, and and maybe because you were negligent, oh no,
that would be hard to live with. Well. It's interesting
because when when Jason McIntyre was in for you, uh,

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we we talked about the coaches that are older. You know,
the sixty five n UP is like for lack of
a better you know, that's a vulnerable age, I guess
for this virus. So you're Alvin Gentry, Mike D'Antoni and
Grey Popovich. And I was saying, you know, if I'm D'Antoni,
I'm I don't. I don't know that I'm coaching because

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even if he were to win the championship, which I
don't think they would anyway, but even if he if
he were, it's not worth your life. No, And I
don't you know at that age, that's how serious something
like this could be. So I agree, I agree, you
don't have to really take a look at it, and
especially with the certain age categories and what's happened to people,

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you know, and not be trying to play hero because
this thing has not gone away. And you see the
numbers of surgeon in all these places. You just talked
about Florida, Chris, it's wildfire in Florida. I mean, people
got to really think about the whole bubble and playing
in Florida. I mean that doesn't seem nearly as appealing

(14:26):
as it did just a week or two ago. Well,
I remember that the people working at Disney are not
going to be in the bubble. It's only going to
be the player, so they're not gonna be, you know,
immune to what's going on outside of the bubble. So
look again, I like to leave it up to the
doctors and the epidemiologists, and many of them are concerned.

(14:49):
They're taking this spike seriously, and like I said, I
just go back to if what we did a few
months ago was really necessary, then I don't see why
why we're playing and right now, I mean, I get it,
it's the money, but I don't think it's worth it.
So let's throw it out to the listeners. Rob eight
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I like that. It was catchy, too bad. Like all
the blonde bombshells, they just kept changing too often because
they could never stick around, you know, didn't they only
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there and then I think there were two others after that. Okay,
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I didn't think. I didn't think the ropers were that funny.
I thought mister Furley was way funnier. Yeah, I agree, Yeah,
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kick it off with h Is that to Rye in Kansas?

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You're on the eye couple of Fox Sports Radio. Deveris,
I'm sorry, Deveris okay, not a problem. How you doing,
I'm doing great. Hey, glad to have you Backgroud longtime listeners.
With first and foremost, thank you for helping educate people
with what's all going on. I just wanted to say

(17:22):
thank you. Your different perspectives is very enlightening, and I
just wanted to make sure I took the time to
say thank you for your education. Thank thank You're very welcome,
and thank you for saying that, because it's a lot
I think part of the reason we were all, you know,
whites and blacks are kind of on different pages. We
have different perspectives on American history. Yeah, and that's a

(17:45):
big part of it, and so we we got to
talk these things out. So that's, uh, we appreciate you
saying that. Well, well again, thank you. What I wanted
to say was, as much God knows, I want sports
to come back, I miss it like craz There ain't
nothing on ev I've watched everything on Netflix. Right. However,

(18:06):
just in the town that I work in, yesterday we
had twenty two people, new cases, all in their twenties,
just social gatherings, going to a bar. So I'm thinking
of these twenty some of them younger basketball players, football players,
you know, college players, all these guys, and you know,

(18:27):
I get it. I get the financial aspect of it.
But just like you said earlier, Chris, if this is
as serious we don't know, they're still finding things out,
is it worth it? Right right, I'm with you. I'm
totally with you, and I'm just saying, Okay, if we
jumped the gun and didn't need to do all that,
you know, shutting down and social distancing, and it's not

(18:50):
that serious of Vanilla's okay. But if it is, if
what you did was legit, then I can't fathom why
we're going back to play of it, you know, beyond
the money DEBI thank you so much for the call
in the crime words Don in Maryland. You're on the
odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Don? Hi?
M I guess I wanted to follow up on the

(19:12):
call and also talk about college football in basketball yes, okay,
okay with COVID nineteen. Here's the difference. I am a lawyer.
I don't practice in court anymore. But that about the

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Final four, and that is the NCUBA had no insurance
and so and I bet that the various colleges, the conferences,
the bowl games have no insurance. So they're basically fourteen
college players, whether it be football, basketball, soccer, to go

(19:57):
back based the peer pressure, not not getting paid, not
and not like the pro players who are professionals making money,
who can assume the risk. And frankly, if I still
practice law, I'd been advertising on TV going, uh, if

(20:18):
you catch nineteen and you're a college player and it's
not and it's going to affect your junior year and
and or your pros, you know salary, Right, I'm here
to stay, I'm here and right help. There's there's some

(20:39):
talk that they're actually trying to get kids to sign waivers.
Would sign a wow, yeah, how I state they're signing
about the kids signing waivers, So you know how dangerous
it is, right because because they're protecting themselves legally. That's
why you sign a waiver, trying to protect yourself. What
about shack in Richmond, Virginia. You're in the bull Fox

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Sports Radio. What's up shot? What's going on? Uncle Chris
and Uncle Rob Listen. Man, it's just funny because like
the whole world is pretty much watching this country, and
like the fabric of the country's have been exposed. There's
nothing but hatred and greed. Like, how can you honestly,
at least for the NBA, I'm not even gonna get

(21:22):
on college, Like that's ridiculous. Look, the NBA, how can
you reasonably send all of those players down there with
all of these new cases popping up every day? And
even for college, like you won't even allow kids to
be on the campus, but you want to those guys
that go out there in the season, and you got
them signing waivers, Like it's ridiculous, man, Like, imagine if

(21:44):
one of these four athletes, you know, had some underlying
health conditioners they don't know about, get the back, and
then you're about six, that would be you know what
I mean, it happens right right, that's a great point
that and look it only we mentioned that so far
all of the athletes that have gotten it have gotten
over it, and all but Van Miller have really you know,

(22:04):
not even have any much trouble with it. But all
it takes is one rob that that's it, and people
will be screaming to the high heaven. What about Shoe
in Virginia. You're on the odd couple of Fox sportsuaty.
What's up Shoe? Hello, gentlemen, I hope you're both doing
well in terms of health and the spirit. Yes, thank you,

(22:25):
I'm good, I'm recharged, I feel great. How all right?
You sound great? You do? And I'm assuming, of course
your questions rhetorical as far as is a word that
we of course know it's not. You know, however, the
odds of dying do the COVID for someone below thirty five?
I think I heard today was less than dying by

(22:45):
being hit by a drunk driver. But still there's so
many unknowns here and here I'm going to repeat what
one person has said and been slammed. We're not going
to have an NBA season. And unfortunately at the smell
of football, oh boy, the football that's not going to
happen either. I wish you were now I'm a high
risk can Did you say you don't think we'll have

(23:06):
the NBA season? Yeah? No, We're not gonna have the NBA,
We're not going to have Major League Baseball, We're not
gonna have pro football. God, I wish I could say otherwise,
especially in the ladder. I'm just live and die for
pro football. And I'm a high risk person. I've had
subsist and survived it twice. I don't know, wow, but
I did. But I mean, I'm so high for an
emotional sports event. And I turned and I'm from Cleveland.

(23:29):
I turned on the drive that game. My god, Oh gosh,
what do you trying to do? What do you want?
I mean, what are you doing it? I hope you
turned it off minutes left. I watched that ball go
through Hairston's and almost when when Alway through to Jackson
sliding but Frank Many field. But anyway, I think I'll

(23:53):
end it this way. It's really sad, but it's not
going to happen. You know. We can talk about it
and be positive, but there's how many barriers, including one
two things. One, we don't know the long term effects
of COVID, right, don't right? And when you have it,
what's going to happen? I knew not to sets us
twice in God, I don't know how I lived through it,
but you know, the effect on my organs is now

(24:15):
very apparent. I want everybody to sit back and think this,
what is going on in these other countries, South Korea
playing baseball, Australian rules football. How have they come out
of it? We haven't had any Well, they shut down.
They shut down like you know, Rob, they shut it
down right like different than we did. I mean we

(24:36):
we some parts shut down more than others. Some people
just completely ignored it. So all right, before the show,
Rod Parker hit Dak Prescott with one of the worst
backhanded compliments I've ever heard. He'll share it with you next,
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foxsports Radio dot com and within the iHeart Radio app
search f SR to listen live. I mentioned that Dak Prescott,
you all know, beginning of the week on Monday, signs
the franchise tag thirty one point four million, which means
he will be there for training camp and he will
play this season. Now, they still have until July fifteenth

(25:20):
to come to an agreement on a long term deal,
but Rob does not think that's going to happen. And Chris,
I want you to bow down to me, because yes,
I want you to bow down to me, because I've
been telling you time and time again where you were
romanticizing about Dak Prescott. They're gonna get it deal. It's

(25:41):
not done. You know, premature. I'm not premature because if
they really believed they would get a deal done by
July fifteenth, he wouldn't have had to sign that. They
still had time, they could have waited. I don't believe
that they're on par And I've been telling you this
over and over and over again, that he's gonna end
up being Kirk Cousins, get the franchise tag twice and

(26:04):
then be on his way. The Cowboys aren't sold. Everybody,
all the quarterbacks in his class, draft class, all got
paid out, all got their money, and they still refuse
to sign this guy. He is Kirk Cousins. And you
know what, Chris, before you say another word, another word,

(26:24):
I want you to hear this. Nootevotevote throw the twent
on this. I'm right and you're wrong that that's what
we were waiting for. That I mean, furst of all,
it was just factually incorrect thein't in correct. You had

(26:47):
your moment and then you you blew it. You wasted it.
Now sit back and watch me drop bombs on your head.
Kirk Cousins did the washing. The Redskins offer Kirk Cousins
the biggest, the most expensive deal in NFL history? Did
they did? They offer to make him the highest paid

(27:09):
quarterback there? It ain't Chris No, not how you get
You had your movie and you blew it. No, I
didn't blow the Doallas Cowboys did not want, did not
believe in Dak Prescott. Then they wouldn't be offering him
the highest contract in NFL history for five years, then

(27:34):
an offering that for three, thenn't offering that for two
to let's see what he can do five years. They
know this is their guy. He's the one saying hold up,
I hold up, I don't want five, give me four
and I'll sign on the dotted line. So this is
him taking control. No, because he was the great it's

(27:56):
the greatest con quarterback. No, he would be a get it.
Why wouldn't you sign it? That heard in Game one?
He ever heard and he never never signed that contract.
He doesn't know that he is. It's ros the cap
is going to go up. It's not. Indeed, were sure
with COVID. He didn't know what's gonna happen with the NFL,

(28:20):
So you don't you think the reports are wrong? Then,
so they're not offering because I'm saying I don't believe
that that he wouldn't take it. What what lawyer, what
agent would tell you in the midst of what we're
having in this country, not knowing what the future of
pro sports and the money in pro sports is gonna

(28:42):
be done. If that was on the table and it
made him the highest paid quarterback, he would be a
fool not to sign it. So I don't buy that.
It doesn't you cannot Why why would you sign him
my contract with the chance of getting hurt? Because either way,
he's he's filthy rich. He's already making god knows how

(29:03):
much money off the court as off the field as
the Cowboys quarterback. He's going to make at least thirty
two million off this deal, and he's saying I'll play
four years and that's a hundred and twenty some odd
million dollars. So it's not like he's gonna be poor
that he's gonna have to go bankrupt if he doesn't
sign the five year deal, he's betting on himself. He said,

(29:27):
I want to get the free agency suitor. We just
saw in the last dance Scottie Pippen made a mistake
by signing the long term deal by Chris come that
cats just that the deal what he do paid quarterback?
That was heal? Would you churn down up the highest
paid quarterback If that's the case, it just tells you

(29:49):
if the Cowboys were serious about him, they would give in.
They Matthew seven with the Lions didn't even make the
play with a playoff game. They made him the highest
paid quarterback. He gladly signed on. Then there will look
if you want, they don't buy it. You want to
deny all the reports that all the reporters are putting

(30:11):
out there. I'm just so be it because you talking.
Are you gonna get done? You told me a deal
was gonna get done and told me it ain't done.
He signed a franchise tag. No, what does that mean?
Carson wentz on, Who don't even I don't think you
know what that means? Right? I know what it is
he has. What does it means? You have to get

(30:31):
a certain amount of money that's equal to the top
five contract. You're acting like it's a done deal. They're
still negotiating it. But but why don't you have to
say that fifteenth They didn't have to sign it. Come
if he doesn't sign on July fifteenth, didn't come and
say something. I'm even even. You cannot rap with your

(30:52):
leg between your legs long between my legs. Okay, yeah, whatever,
I'll try that. I'm not sure I can do it.
My goodness, Come on, man, you had a week off.
You can't come harder than this. Yeah, all right, whatever
you're saying this and this is it? That little white

(31:14):
who is that? That little whack whack song? You know what?
Alex hit it. This is music, Ry Parker. This is music.
It means something meaningful, true lyrics. Turn out here, tell
Chris to throw the taling No that who is that?

(31:40):
Who is that? You don't know? Who is that? That's from?
She got a dunk? You know that? What's his name?
She got a dunk? Yes, whatever his name. It's some
whack hip hop Alex hit it. This is music, Rob Parker.

(32:02):
I'm telling you it's true lyrics. This is public enemy
KRST one meaningful music that suites the soul. I'm not
talking about throwing in no town. I'm here. You thought
you'd come back after a week with that week take,
that's all you could come up with seven days. So

(32:23):
with that week day you were out here beating on
your chest. Oh they're gonna get a deal, Duncan day one. Dad,
Daki is an elite quarterback. He don't even have a deal.
They've signed. Every other quarter signed for thirty one minute.
They got Jeff uh Jered Golf got paid, Carson Wentz
got paid. Everybody got paid except for Dak Prescott. They

(32:43):
gave him at the same thing. He signed the same
deal that we saw where Kirk Cousins wind up being
out of Washington. How can they buy your cousins? That
actually worked out pretty good? Well when he got what's great?
We need a better take this year. We'll see what happens. Yeah, yeah, whatever.

(33:05):
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know I have a baseball podcast all Baseball called Inside

(34:11):
to Parker. It drops every Thursday, and it did this
morning today on the Herd podcast network also on Apple Podcasts.
So here's a preview of the podcast. Better to lead off,
it's getting runned. Keep them on. Robs Hot take on
the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Of all

(34:36):
teams that will benefit from this new sixty game twenty
twenty season, with presumably no fans, it's gonna be the
Houston Astros. Can you imagine if they sneak in and
when they're still one of the best teams in the
American League. Can you imagine after all that went on

(34:58):
with their cheating scanned that they somehow get their way
back in the playoffs and are able to compete. What
if they win the World Series? And even worse than
that is that they won't get the treatment that they
were supposed to get from fans all over Baseball America.
Who are gonna boot a hell out of the Astros
for cheating fans and cheating the game and cheating other teams?

(35:22):
Were there are scandal, They're cheating, stealing sign scandal. The
ho Houston Astros are dangerous team. They're not gonna just
fall by the wayside with all those good players. It
will be interesting to see. The only thing is how
other teams react to them. Will they be thrown at?

(35:43):
Will they be hit? Because it's such a short season,
you can't afford the miss games. I don't know if
they're gonna get that treatment, but the Astros when they
play will be must see TV. It'll be interesting to
see how it plays out. But I think they're gonna
get off scott free. There. It is inside the Parker

(36:10):
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(36:32):
you love baseball like I do, man, it's a fast
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It's a lot of fun. I enjoy doing it, and
the response so far has been great. And for people
who haven't heard my baseball take, just about how happy
I am. If somebody tells you that the baseball season,
if we have it, which I think we will, and

(36:55):
they try to bastardize it or pooh pooh it or
say it's not legit because it's only gonna be sixty games,
to hell with those people. They don't love the game
like we do. I'll take sixty games. In the pandemic.
The best we were gonna get if everything worked out,
would have been eighty two, and instead we're gonna get sixty.

(37:17):
The worst thing that could have happened is that we
got none. That we would have had eighteen months of
no baseball, that I would not be able to deal with.
And you know, we'll see what happens and how it
plays out. It definitely will be different. It will be fast,
it will be furious. I'll be watching every game, every
pitch two months. How can you not get involved in

(37:40):
that and be jacked up about the baseball season? I
know I am. I am thrilled that baseball's coming back.
My summer would not be completed. It's already jacked up
because you know me, every summer I love to go
around the ballparks, hang out with my friends all over
the country, eat chicken wings and burgers and hot dogs,

(38:02):
and knock down a couple of beers out A ball
game is nothing better. Remember my tour last year. I
went to Chicago and d C. And Atlanta and New York.
I was all over. So this year I won't be
able to do that, but I'll be able to watch
and enjoy it. So I hope you guys will embrace

(38:23):
this coming baseball season. Do not pooh pooh it. Do
not act like it's not legit. Given the circumstances of
where we are. It is as legit as it comes.
So I'm good with it. So um, rob G, I
wanted to jump in with you for a second. Is

(38:44):
he there? I'm here as I know. I know you
like base but you're not a big baseball fan. When
you hear people try to pooh pooh the season, are
you on that train or do you just understand where
we are in the pad? Now? I understand it. I'm
actually one of the people who thinks that the fact
that this season has been cut short the way it

(39:06):
has is actually kind of like a blessing in disguise
for baseball. And the reason being is there's a lot
of young people with really short attentions matchup. We're learning
about more and more every day, so when you can
speed up and then instead of it being a marathon,
it's a sprint. You know, even with the NBA season
next year, people don't have the same patience to sit

(39:27):
through a whole season or sit through an entire game
and really get into it. So the fact that you're
gonna condense it all into a short period of time,
I think it's gonna get a whole new audience. No,
there you go, that's a really good point. All right.
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(40:28):
talk coming up after that. So definitely want to keep
it locked for this whole hour. All right, let's go
to the NFL. Rob and Colin Kaepernick. He eat. Look,
he keeps getting in the news as he should. As
he should because again, if the NFL sincere about all
this apologizing and we're sorry we squelched the protest and

(40:54):
sawn and so forth, then a thirty two year old
Colin Kaepernick, who once not that long ago, led a
team to a Super Bowl who struggled with three different
head coaches, and that had a part to play in
his struggles. Can't get in the NFL. But a Nathan

(41:14):
Peterman who's got robs you, what is it like? Thirteen
interceptions to five complete? Something crazy? And other folk of
that ILK can get in, then something is wrong. Something
is very wrong, folks. But a lot of people now
are beginning to think that Kaepernick will indeed get into

(41:36):
the NFL. Here, just just to make sure I'm right, Okay,
Nathan Peterman rob he has twelve interceptions and three touchdowns
in his career. How is he even in the NFL?
I'm serious, Like, there's nobody else in this entire country
could throw a football course, Seriously, what is it about

(41:58):
Pete all that? Oh we gotta have him on our squad?
That's god awful. I don't know if anybody who has
ever started their career with twelve intescepters to three. If
you remember when they made the change in Buffalo, he
threw five intuscepters at halftime. I never heard of that. Unbelievable,
all right, So, but now, like I said, there seems

(42:21):
to be at least if you believe the reports, there
appears to be some momentum going for Kaepernick to be
in the league. NFL Network reporter Michael Silver said this
last night. There is some legitimate interest from at least
a couple of teams in Colin Kaepernick ownership has to
sign on. But I've talked to one head coach who

(42:43):
is absolutely interested. That's according to Silver. And then Jim Trotter,
also from the NFL Network, he said that he has
talked to or he's reporting that at least one NFL
general manager quote feels strongly that ka Nick will be
signed this upcoming season. So what do you think, Rob,

(43:04):
you think is gonna happen? I honestly do I really do,
Chris um, he's not too old. This is not a
stretch of getting Cock Kapepernick an opportunity in the NFL
just isn't. And I think that given what's what's happened,
what what people have seen going on, and to make

(43:24):
this wrong, Chris right, Yes, I think that that's the
part that the NFL. They've they've acknowledged that they made
a mistake, they've given money, they've done everything right that
like so far. But the one thing that they did
was they wrong the man who was trying to warn
us four years ago about what was going on in

(43:45):
the streets and these innocent, nameless, faceless people, Chris, who
were being killed unarmed by white police. This this is
what he was talking about. Ye And you could talk
about all the other stuff. Oh, you knowll he's an
activist now out and he doesn't care that he gets
paid by Nike to sell stuff and all this other stuff.

(44:05):
He's a football player. That's what he put all of
his heart and energy and Chris, that's the job that
he was doing when all this went down. He never
said he never wanted to play football. He always wanted
to play football. He's young enough. He might be thirty
two years old, but in football years, maybe he's twenty eight.

(44:26):
Because he hasn't getting the beating for the last four
years of his body and the told that it takes,
so he's not as old even as his age would indicate.
And we're you know, Tom Brady's about to start the
season as a forty three year old quarterback this fall,
and you're telling me a thirty two year old guy
can and you know what, we'll see what happens. Get

(44:49):
on a team, Chris, have an opportunity as a backup quarterback.
You don't know. Somebody gets hurt, they put somebody in
and before you know it, you haven't opportunity. So so
you don't know what did we see happened with Teddy Bridgewater?
Got heard, Chris didn't play, came back a couple of years, right,
Drew Brees got hurt. It was five and oh, I

(45:12):
think his record was right, didn't he win all five
games that they played or something like that? Clay five
and old and now and then he got a contract
this year and he's just starting quarterback right in Carolina.
So this is what I'm talking about, that it is doable,
it's not inconceivable. And if you remember Teddy Bridgewater had
a terrible injury with the Vikings, Chris, you remember his

(45:34):
teammates with Harris it was so bad. Well, let me
ask you this because George and I I brought this
up with him. Now, I want Kaepernick to get back
in the league. For I think it's a it's just
I think, you know, he deserves to be back in
the league because he unfairly had his career taken from

(45:55):
him because he stood up for American citizens, which never
should have happened. And I want him back in the
league because I believe he wants to play football. He's
never given any indication that he doesn't, and he's good
enough to still at least be in the league, even
if it's just as a backup. I will say this though,

(46:16):
and again, this isn't the most important thing. The most
important thing is what he wants. But I'm just saying
from a legacy perspective, I think it would be better
for him legacy wise if he never gets back in
the league versus if he gets in the league and

(46:38):
is a career backup or even gets to play and
just is not good at all. I think what's best
for his The best thing for his legacy would be
he gets back in the league, you know, maybe a
year from now, whereever gets his starting position back and
lights it up, you know, and becomes a star again.
That would be outside dandy, and I think a lot

(47:01):
of people would love to see that type of story
and that would be fantastic for his legacy. Outside of that, though,
I think it'd be better for his legacy he never
got in than if he got in never played again
because he was just a backup or you know, got
the starting job or got to play and wasn't very good.
What do you think about I think he's gonna be

(47:22):
good either way. I really do. Yeah, he does not
gonna be negative no matter what it's not. And even
if it doesn't work out Chris or whatever, then most
people would look at and say the league stripped him
of four years of playing and he could never regain
what he had, So there could be a real reason
why things didn't work out. If they don't, But what

(47:44):
if he does get an opportunity and and and he's
great back yeah and play. I mean, it's the most
awesome story. You want to talk about, a made made
for Hollywood kind of script that that would be the
ultimate Can you imagine that story? How and Hollywood would
be trying to make that movie? You know what it
would be, Rob it would be and people people get

(48:07):
mad when you throw this name out. It would be
like Muhammed Ali. It would be if he came back
and was like if he could regain the form he
had years you know when he led San Francisco to
the super Bowl, maybe even better. And again that's a
long shot, We get it. But if he did not,
maybe he's not quite Ali. But it's that type of story.

(48:29):
It is that type of story because you know, Ali
gave up his career to be true to his religion.
Kaepernick gave up his career to be true to his people,
his convictions. They both were trying to get back in
and they both sat out for three years. Now Ali

(48:50):
came back and regained the championship, you know, and and
Cap was never as good as Ali, you know, even
at his height. But if he could get back to
what he was, it would be a tremendous story. And Rob,
I gotta be honest. Look, he has to come back
as a backup. There's no doubt about it. That's what
he should be for initially, without question. But I'm not

(49:12):
I don't. I don't think it's a done deal that
he can't be a starter and a and an above
average starter again in this league. And look where the
league has gone. Look at the quarterbacks who are there,
Chris and what style of play that they're doing. I
don't know if some teams look at it and go
Lamar Jackson, Let's see Colin kaeper Nicconna. That's what he

(49:35):
was right, And I mean, he's doing the same exact
thing when when Ron Jewarskin went crazy about him, do
you know what I mean? So unless he's totally lost
his wheels or can't move, why can't he get back
into doing that style which NFL coaches now seem way
more receptive Chris than they did way back when Jim
harpag gave him a chance to do it. No, I

(49:57):
agree with you, and I think a legitimate question. And
I can't remember the player we had on who was
a former Kaepernick teammate, but you know we talked to
him about Marty. Yeah, yeah, Marcus CROMARTI right. We talked
to him about why Cap kind of fell off, you
know because again he you know, like you said, Ron Jaworski,
who is a legitimate and was a Super Bowl got

(50:22):
to the Super Bowl, all that legitimate, was a really
good analyst. I know people might mess with him because
he you know, he praised Cap and RG three and
all that, but Ron Jaworski knows his stuff, and so
what happened? And I thought Cromartie gave us a great
answer that a lot of people don't take into consideration.

(50:44):
Kaepernick had three different coaches his last three years. He
had Harball. Of course we had success under then he
had Jim tom Sula, who was a defensive terrible team five,
and then Chip Kelly, who's been it was even worse disaster.
They went two and fourteen. So that is something that

(51:06):
at least should enter the equation. I think Rob that
if Cap comes back, let's say hypothetically he were to
go to Seattle, he sits under Russell Wilson, he's throwing
the ball in practice, he regains his form. Eventually he's
a good soldier for a year, no no issues. Next year,

(51:27):
maybe he could get a job with a team, you know,
and have a shot to play. At thirty two, thirty
three years old, like you said, hasn't taken hits for
a while. Probably is mentally tougher than he ever was
as a younger guy, more mature than he ever was
as a younger guy, because you know, that's how we do.

(51:48):
We mature as we get older. I'm not I don't
think it's you know, out of the question to think
that he could actually be pretty good again. I agree,
And until you get out there, knock off the cobwebs.
I know, it's easy for people to just always say, oh,
you can't do it, or it's been too long or whatever.
I just I don't believe that. If physically, Chris, you're okay,

(52:12):
If it's not a health issue, that's that I would
I would buy into that. You know, if he was
seriously hurt and hadn't played for four years or something,
maybe I would buy into that. But he was not hurt.
Michael Vick was in jail for a few years, right,
all right, and he came back and Vic. Look, Vick
was was certainly more exciting, more ballyhood than than Kaepernick,

(52:38):
but he never led a team to the Super Bowl
like Cap did, right, and he had a chance to
win that Super Bowl, right exactly. If it wasn't for
the blackout or whatever that was, they might have won it.
But Vic came back and had his best season, was
better than ever that one year in Philly. And so

(53:00):
you know, I think it's possible. Again, I'm not predicting it.
I get it. He's gonna be rusty, he's gonna need
to be a backup initially. But let's see what these
callers think. Rob A seven seven ninety nine on Fox
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Here's what we want to know from you. Is it
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(53:22):
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and eligibility. All right, Ro, that was mama's family, Vicky Lawrence,
And that was a request from social media. I think
on Twitter and Chris, Vicky Lawrence. I don't do you
know who she is? Vicky Lawrence? Yeah, I remember I

(54:26):
didn't watch that. I remember she was originally on Carol
Burnette Show. Yeah. I used to watch the Carol Burnett
Show a lot. Yeah, and Vicky Lawrence was one of
the female leads. It was only Carol, Vicky and uh uh,
Harvey Corman and law Wagner. Those were the four on
the show. But anyway, who was the other guy? The
little guys that something like that? Don there was a

(54:53):
you you met other guys before me? Right, I know
I know what you know what I'm talking about, but
I can't think of his name. But okay, but anyway,
but anyway, Vicky Lawrence was on that show and back
on the in the day they used to do. That
was just like a spin off, like a little sits
a situation, a little sitcom inside of the Carol Burnett Show.

(55:15):
And that became Mama's Family. That's what I want to say.
Oh wow, yeah, I remember the show. Okay, all right,
let's get the car up ninety nine on Fox. That's right,
What do you can Kaepernick first, get back in the league.
In second? Can he be very good again? Y'll turn
the way in. All right, let's go with Let's start
with Tyler in Minneapolis, you're on the odd couple of
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tyler, how you guys doing.

(55:38):
Thanks for having me, yea, Sir, I just had a
couple of things to saying. I'm a Caucasian guy who's
from just south of Minneapolis there here. You know, it's
like Vikings are heavily involved in the community and stuff,
and they're always really good about giving back. And you know,
he's got Kendricks and Barr coming out and supporting the
cause and everything the way they are, And I just
what's a guy like a backup? We have a Sean
Mannion Cousins who is always shaky as himself. I just

(55:59):
don't understand. Oh, we lose it, we lose him. Losing
him sound like it was a good call, obviously he's
calling for maybe the Vikings could use him, could use
him like that, maybe they didn't need it, and considering
the George Floyd murder happened there right as Minneapolis, you know,
it would be a way of healing the community. Chris,
no doubt they have a need. It ain't like they're

(56:20):
just doing it just to do what they have a need.
And it will be a win all over the place
because I'm sure that the fan base it would be
embrace him. I agree with that, considering what's happened, Mark
and Sacramento. You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio.
What's up, Mark, what's going on? Gentlemen? Welcome back, Rob,

(56:41):
Thank you. Um. You know what, He's gonna get a chance.
You guys mentioned that Peterman and some of these quarterbacks.
He's gonna get a chance. And I was thinking about
all the quarterbacks that got hurt last year, from Drew
Brees to to Rossis Burger. He's going to shoot a chance.
I thought, all right, I don't I don't think you
can go full seasons anymore. But if he's in shape

(57:03):
and goes to the right coach, right team, I think
that dude can still win some big games. And I
might just even go to Baltimore. Their structure there, there's
a type of offense um that he could probably run.
And as far as I can turn, Jackson is is
uh Is is a lot like him, you know, in
the way he plays, so I clear similarities. It's right,

(57:26):
he's RG three, is still in Baltimore. He is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And look that that's would be one caveat to what
I said, like, I'm kind of surprised, Rob that RG
three has never been able to become a starter again idly,
I mean, and when you consider his rookie year, Chris, Yeah,

(57:46):
and he had opportunities and just you know, so maybe,
you know, I would have thought I would have bet,
especially with the way styles have changed, the style of
players changed, that he would have been able to regain
a starting position somewhere, but he hasn't. So you know,
maybe that would be a precursor to cap but we'll see. Yeah,
it is. That's a great point on the on RG

(58:10):
three is that he never got back there. It is
surprising because he got hurt after his first year, right,
so he should have been bounced back and two or
three years later had another shot somewhere. Jeremy uh in Minnesota,
you're on the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. Good evening,
I happening. Oh, I think there's definitely a room for

(58:31):
Kaepernick in the league. Um talking about his last year
with UM Chip Kelly as a coach and the record
they had. But you look at kaepernick completion percentage and
touchdown to an interception ratio, it was a standing and
he would definitely be. Maybe I have to sit this year,
but I don't see any reason why he could definitely
not be a starter gave in this league. Yeah, he's
still young enough. I mean and again young enough definitely yea.

(58:55):
How about Bill in California, you're on the odd couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, hey, Fellows, thanks for
taking my call. You know, Um, it's all good to
come down to weather or not. What was that we're losing? Yeah,
we lost you, Bill Man. How about Maurice in Texas.

(59:17):
You're in the eye couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Maurice? Hey,
Robin Chris. I want to let you guys know I'm
a big fan. Thank you, thank you. Are you welcome?
I thank you guys. US hit the nail on the
head today. Um, nor BC his last few years b
and misrepresentated in the media. Um. You know, the fact
that he had bad coaches, he was injured. Um that's

(59:39):
what contributed to the seasons not going as good as
they could have. And the fact that, uh, his last
season he actually had one of his better statistical years. UM.
I think he would be good if he do come back.
But it's two reasons why I feel like he shouldn't
um one is shouldn't come back? Wow, Okay, Yeah, the

(01:00:02):
NFL have proven that it's not a meritocracy. They don't
go off who's the best player. And it's a chance
that he could get get stuck in the backup role
and not actually be able to live all his potential.
And also with the coronavirus, you never know how that's
gonna turn out. And I could be real everything has
comeback as well. So no, that's interesting. I do that

(01:00:26):
is an interesting take, Chris, Yeah, I think it. Yeah,
I mean, if like thanks mos might not be the
year to come back, you know what I mean. But
but if he doesn't get back this year, I don't
know if he would get back. And it had be
four years away. Yeah, that just like once you start
to get too far removed, a lot has changed. I
don't know, rob G, did we have anymore? Because I

(01:00:47):
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(01:01:32):
Rodgers did not have a Pro Bowl season. Trying to
get me right. It's trolling or rolling, that's right, troller rolling,
robbing Chris and everybody else. Just case you your first
time hearing it, I'll break it down for you real quick.
If triv and Cristen don't like the story, you hear
the troll sound, oh man, hey hey hey, hey, hey

(01:01:53):
hey hey. And if they do hear the roll sounds,
they see me ruling. Coronavirus has clearly charged the world
as we know it, unless you're the NFL. Sure it
did the draft basically over zoom and all meetings so far.
I've been virtual but commercial arriding, Goodell said. Training camp
is still expected to begin on schedule, and players everywhere

(01:02:16):
have been working out kind of in secret, kind of
under the cameras of drones. There are talks of shortening
the preseason, but training camp books to start right on time. Rob,
Are you trolling or rolling the NFL starting training camp
on time? I'm trolling it, oh man, Hey, hey, hey, hey,

(01:02:36):
I don't understand today's news is probably what sealed it
for me. They've already canceled the Hall of Fame game
right at the at the Hall of Fame and Canon Ohio.
So if you're doing that, how could you say everything
else is on schedule. If everything was gonna be on schedule,
why would that game be canceled? I don't understand that.
So I think the NFL is not being legit and

(01:03:01):
really really isn't sure which way this thing is gonna go,
and are not just flying by the seat of that pan.
So I'm not I'm not feeling it. Yeah, I'm trolling
it as well. Oh many much of the same reasons
that Rob is. I mean, if you can't play the
game on that August sixth or whatever the date is,

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then how in the world can you start training camp
on July twenty eighth? And I agree, and I understand
teams having everything in place that if we can get
back we got everything ready to roll. But how in
the world do you start playing on starting July twenty
eighth again, when things are going the way they are
and so many players are testing positive. I guess you

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can look at it and think, Okay, if guys get
it and they they're asymptomatic, they get over it quickly.
Maybe it's better they get it now than during the season.
But some guys are gonna get it during the season.
A lot of guys would get it during the season.
It would be in possifore them. Oh my gosh, come on,
all it I mean, all it goes in the footballs

(01:04:05):
is a very opposite of social distancing, you know. So yeah,
I'm trolling it. Troller rolling odd. Couple of Fox Sports
Radio now ESPN came out with the list of the
best NFL teams of the decade, and they decided that
the twenty thirteen leading of Boom Seattle Seahawks were the
best team of the twenty ten. That's the team that

(01:04:27):
spanked the Broncos in the Super Bowl forty eight to three,
after a thirteen and three regular season record in which
they lost. They lost all three games by combining thirteen points.
Chris are you trolling our rolling the Legion of Boom
as the best team of the decade. I am rolling
with it. I'm rolling that Seattle is was that two

(01:04:48):
thirteen team was the best team of the decade. But
I am trolling the whole list by ESPN dot Com
because they didn't go. The list should only include Super
Bowl team winners. I'm sorry. You cannot be one of
the best teams or a top ten team of the
decade if you didn't close the deal. And I think

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they got, don't. They have the eighteen and old Patriots
number the second best. They can't be right, No, they got.
They got Seattle in there like four four the top
ten teams of the decade. We're Seattle? How they won
one Super Bowl. It's a horrible list. They got the
top team, right, but the list is ridiculous. I'm trolling

(01:05:31):
it as well. Oh man, hey, hey, hey hey. One
thing ESPN Chris doesn't do right is their list. They
get them right all the time, Am I right? Their
list are some of them they put out to the fans,
but still but they're bad. And this is another example,

(01:05:51):
And I think you're right. I'm not gonna have issue
with that. That Seahawks team that year with the legion
of Boom might get it, but some of the other ones,
like you gotta win a championship. I'm sorry period. That
Patriots team, uh to me to say that they're the
second best team in a decade when they average thirty
five points Chris and scored fourteen points in the Super

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Bowl and loss. Doesn't that take away from it? I
think it takes away from you gotta you gotta look.
If I'm just gonna honestly, if I'm ignoring super Bowls,
then I would say that would have to be the
best team. I mean eighteen you know, like you say it,
average thirty five points, had average thirty five points a game, right,
one of the best qbs, the best, one of the
best receivers, Condy Moss, everything, they had everything. And also

(01:06:36):
the best part about that team was that they were
very charitable because all those nineteen in those shirts went
to Haiti and to other third world countries. I'm sorry,
Oh God, speaking of your stand up, that's next week, right,
you shine out little stuff that that out throw that
in the trash now, that's not that can't be in there. Yeah,

(01:06:59):
big time troll on that one a couple trolling rolling
Fox Sports Radio. Now baseball is back, but we oh,
we have to changes, Rob. Now the National League will
have the d H when probably the weirdest change is
after the tenth inning the team will start with the
inning with the runner on second base. Now, obviously this

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will dramatically alter strategy and the tenth inning and beyond,
because you can score the goal ahead run or walk
off roll without having to record a base hit or
even having anyone reached base. So theoretically a pitcher could
retire all twenties having battered through nine innings, but if
the team doesn't score, he could get credit for both
a perfect game and a loss. If that scenario would
play out in the tenth Rob, are you trolling or rolling?

(01:07:43):
Baseball's newest tweet? I'm sorry, I'm gonna troll it. Oh man, Hey,
I just I understand what they're trying to do, Like
they did this when they had no more intentional walk
to just go to space. It happened so frequently, right,
but it doesn't happen enough, Chris to really speed up

(01:08:06):
the game. And the same thing to put a guy
on second base after the tenth inning and the tenth inning.
I just don't understand. If you wanted to say, after
the fourteenth or fifteenth inning, Chris, of extra innings, maybe
I would buy that. So you don't have a twenty
inning game, all right, but the tenth inning one, you know,
like one. You can't have one ending of extra letting

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every team get up the bat, you know what I mean,
before you call the game and put a guy on
second base. I can't get with it. And I hope
that this is just a one year this year and
not beyond twenty twenty. Right, Well, you make an interesting
point because it's not that both. So say the first
team that's at bat, does each team get in that bat?

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And that tend they have to get in that bat? Yeah,
so that's fair at least. I'm rolling with it, Martin,
I'm rolling all right, there we go, all right, Um,
I'm I'm rolling with the rules overall. I love the
universal DH forget all you purist out there. You didn't
want the expanded playoffs. That's great town. What time did

(01:09:13):
youati Cincinnati and there was no machine machine? Times have changed.
I like the long ball. I dig the long ball,
all right, It's not just chicks. I dig it too.
I want to see launch angles and all that. And look,
I get I understand why they're doing I understand why

(01:09:34):
they're putting the guy second because look, they're gonna be
playing every day, so we can't have fifteen, seventeen twenty
inning games. So I'm fine with it. You know, every
team will play by the same rules, so I'm I'm
I'm all right with it. Well, I'm rolling, Chris. Players

(01:10:00):
could play baseball, Pitchers need to hit. Natural league baseball
is more fun to watch. And Rob's who the Yankees.
I'm telling you, I grew up in it. I started
watching baseball in an American League count in Detroit, and
I enjoy watching natural league baseball better. Just flat out

(01:10:24):
I'm sorry, you know what. The game moves faster, Chris,
and because I guess, but the pictures and automatic out
all right, but that's the That's about it. It speeds
the game up. You do have those automatic outs, yeah,
but won an automatic out and the strategy of do

(01:10:44):
we pinch it for him and keep him in the
game or or or he has to come out of
the game. So a guy could be pitching a good
game and a close game and you might have to
take him out for pinch it because you got a
man on second. I don't want a strategy. If he's
pitching a good game, I want him in there. See
it's it's backwards all the way around. But Rob, g

(01:11:06):
write this one down, because this has got to be
the first time in the history of trolling and rolling
an odd couple that Rob Parker troll a baseball app.
That's right, you do it. He hated to do it too.
Somebody take that many When I wanted to the store,
they shot the gun on my head. I'm bad. That's

(01:11:28):
our man, Rod, that's our man, Martin Weiss. Thank you, brother,
We appreciate it. Trolling or rolling more I Couple coming
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(01:11:52):
All right, it's the I Couple. Where's the TV theme?
Show Business EB? Where's the hot tanks? Oh? I don't
know what alex Is knew. He must have some salad
he's been eating. Rob something like that. He lost track.
There's the things he'd be I know, you guys can
talk whenever needed, but sometimes technology doesn't always benefit when

(01:12:13):
you're trying to use. Okay, okay, it's not your fault.
Of course, I'm trying theme song Thursday here on the
Couple of Fox Sports Radio, and there we go, There
we go, There we go. I was just about to say,
it's time for shop talk, Robe, but if you want
to sing, go ahead. Your first day back. I'm not singing.
If you want to go ahead. If not, we'll move on.

(01:12:37):
What you play, hold on and if you threw a
part of it on invited everyone you knew you would see.
The biggest gift would be from me. And the car
attached would say, all right, Chris, that was for you.

(01:13:01):
Thanks for being a friend even when I'm not on. Yes,
all right, because you said that I'm gonna save this
little crack I had to myself save, hold on to it,
put it in your back pocket. That's right. It's time
for shop talk. Nobody ain't still been a bomb shop
you know that. Ain't nobody you're talking about whoever, whatever,

(01:13:22):
whatever you want, it's shop talk, that's right. It is
shop talk to the couple Fox Sports Rain. We do
this every single day forty five pm Eastern, we discussed
something to happen outside of the world of sports, and
today's topic comes to us courtesy of the movie industry.
I don't know if you guys heard about this. Michael Keaton,
who played Batman back in the eighty the original Batman,

(01:13:45):
that one technically the original, but sure no when they
started doing them, dare you. While he will be reprising
his role as a older version of Batman in the
upcoming Flash movie. Now, this could be a long term thing,
it could be a one off. We don't know yet,
but we do know that he's in serious talks to

(01:14:06):
become Batman again for the second time. So here's the question, guys, who,
in your opinion, is the greatest Batman of all time?
Rob Parker let Christmas saw It Go first because that's
his favorite show. That was my favorite superhero. It's Adam West. Really,

(01:14:28):
is this even a question? Adam West, the original Batman,
the one in the real batsuit, not all this, you know,
whatever they were wearing in the movies. He's got personality,
he's funny, he's got charm. He feet drops down the
bat pole into the bat Cave. He's not all muscle bound.

(01:14:53):
He looks like, yeah, every man got a little pudge
in the midsection. That's the best Batman. As as I
loved the original Chris like you, Michael Keaton, why with that? Yes,
that Batman and that Batman movie and the job if
you remember, Uh, he was phenomenal in that. He should

(01:15:17):
have done like the next three or four Batmans. He
should have kept doing it. I love that that version
of Batman. It was a little darker, not as campy
as Adam West. But I thought Michael Keaton nailed it.
He was really good in that Batman. And that's my field.
Whenever all the other Batman's come on, I don't even watch.
But if he comes on, the original one with Jack

(01:15:39):
Nicholson in it, Uh, that Batman right there is the
standard for all other Batman. I don't. Here's my problem.
Maybe it was because I saw it wasn't he and
mister mom and I remember what was the nitcom? He
was not a sitcom, but it was a show he
was a star of. Or you know, I never see

(01:16:00):
him as a tough guy, And I'm sorry, I just
couldn't get with Michael Keaton as a superhero of the
modern day guys. Christian Bale was the one most like
a tough guy to me, right, So that's that's why
I just couldn't go with Michael. I know you, I
know you wouldn't say Adam West because no, I would

(01:16:21):
not say Adam West. No. And I don't care if
Batman's a tough guy or not, because if you followed
the Batman slander on Twitter like I do, you realized
that Batman just a rich guy with a lot of toys.
So I think the key man could fight. No, watch
the originals how being robbing It was like Tyson and Mayweb.
None of that together, None of that. When it comes

(01:16:41):
to Batman. The key to a good Batman is how
you can play the rich d bag. And I don't
think no one did it better than George Clooney. George
George Clooney was good at playing that rich guy that
he really liked too much. I thought that was perfect.
Hot shots at Batman, the rich guy you didn't like
too much. He was nobody from Wayne. I liked him. No,

(01:17:05):
you didn't, you like Batman America, not like Bruce Wayne.
It wasn't called Bruce Wayne. It was called Batman. People Alex,
Where did they live? Alex? What do you got? This
is hands down an easy decision. Rob Christian Bale as
a cry baby. I could care less for him in
these news get a new role. I'm with you, hands down.
Michael Keaton was the best manman I've ever seen. And

(01:17:27):
here's the other thing, Jack Nicholas, that was in that
as the Joker, best movie whatever? It was great? A right?
That was both of them were both of them were great.
It was it was Michael Keaton is not a superhero.
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(01:18:10):
very special guest Willie t Ribs Rob one of the
African American drivers at IndyCar wasn't it And we'll be
joined by him. That should be a very interesting interview.
So name for him as Willie T Barbecue Ribs. Now,

(01:18:31):
please don't call him that. Please promise me that. Uh,
let's move on to the NFL. We'll get the driving
a little bit later. I guess you're gonna call him that, dude,
But anyway, Uh, let's go back to the NFL. Robin
Malcolm Jenkins wanted it more outspoken NFL players when it

(01:18:54):
comes to social justice and anything. He doesn't mince words.
And he was on CNN recently and Rob he just
flat out came out and said, look, with what's going
on in Florida, football is not any essential sport. It's
not any essential sport. And the cases are rising in Florida.

(01:19:19):
We don't know that much about this disease. We seem
to be learning new things every week or two. No vaccine,
he said, we don't need to be playing. And Rob,
my take is this and I look, I'm just trying
to decipher between all the noise. Like everybody else, I

(01:19:41):
don't exactly know what to believe. There's talk that some
people are overstating the danger of the virus and others
are understating it. And all I'm trying to say is
this If what started in March was legitimate, the NBA
shutting it down because one player, Rudy Gobert, got the virus,

(01:20:06):
every other sport following suit, shutting down the nation for
a couple of month or two. Yeah, a couple of
months has never been done. Unbelievable. You and I have
not set foot on Fox Sports television studios or Fox
Sports radio since March. If forty million now close to

(01:20:30):
fifty million people out of work, If all of this
rob was legitimate in the first place, then how in
the world are we playing any of these games. I
get it they're doing it for money, but the health
of the players and the public maybe more importantly, should
take precedent. That's why I applaud any player Chris who

(01:20:56):
is unwilling to play for health reasons. If you really
don't believe you can stay healthy and you have other
loved ones who could be compromised, Chris, you know, because
you're out there exposing yourself and too much contact, close
quarters contact. You talk about supposed to be six feet apart.

(01:21:16):
It's impossible to play sports for the most part and
be six feet apart. It's just not possible. So I
if players say hey, I got to opt out of
this because I can't do it, lik a Avery Bradley.
I respect that, I do understand it, but we notice
is a money grab. Owners, especially Chris players, don't get

(01:21:39):
paid in the playoffs. And I'm talking about NBA or
an NHL. You know, the idea of them coming back,
there's big money sitting there waiting for them, and they
want to recoup something nobody wants to the rest of
the season to be a wash. It would be catastrophic
financially for some people. If it doesn't, it would, and

(01:22:00):
it would trickle down to the players. It would because
if I, you know, if I if I lost, if
I'm an owner and I lost a ton of money
next year, it's hard for me to believe that You're
just gonna go out and act like nothing happened. No,
you can't, you won't, right, But you also be like,
maybe maybe I'm not gonna sign that free agent. I
don't know what's gonna happen. I took a bath in

(01:22:22):
twenty twenty, you know, and I don't know what's gonna happen.
What if that thing comes back. I just don't know yet.
So I'm saying Uh, it's it's it's the money that
motivates people, not about the health of the players or
as if they know for sure that they're gonna be
able to keep people healthy. It's just like the the
bubble in in Orlando. Chris with the NBA, I don't

(01:22:46):
know when some of these other players are bowed out.
Is this still a still a chance that uh uh,
Dwight Howard and Javelle McGee might bow out when they
were supposed to let the league know by yesterday, and
the only Laker that we heard was was Avery Bradley. Okay,
so right now it appears like they're playing. Okay because

(01:23:07):
they would but I guess. I mean, if a player
didn't want to play, I mean, I don't know what
would be to stop him. You know, you couldn't make
anybody pluy just I just can't not under these circumstances
and these situations, so money get you. We would love
to see sports man, I mean, my god, this was
gonna be a great NBA playoffs and still maybe if

(01:23:29):
if they did indeed play, But it just your up,
what your gut? Are they playing? What your god? I mean,
I know that they have every intention of playing right now.
But if these numbers keep rising, I don't know how
you justify it. I really don't. But right now, look,
the plan is to play and and it's and here's

(01:23:51):
the thing too, Rob because I've talked to some people.
They are, you know, people in the NBA office, people
that work for these teams. They're a livelihoods are at stake.
And I get that, you know, because at some point
the NBA, if they lose too much money, they're gonna
start making cuts people's jobs, which you never want to see.
We've already seen it all over these companies, Chris Yep

(01:24:14):
laying people off for along, people like there's no money
coming in. You can't pay out what you don't have
right right, So it's a tough situation. Hopefully they can't play,
but man, it seems like every day there are two
or three guys on different teams you know that coming
down with the virus. So we will see. But let's
stick with the NFL robe. But move here. While you

(01:24:37):
were on staycation, you probably saw the news Jamal Adams
demanding a trade. And we had Jamal on remember two
years ago at the Super Bowl, he was on the
couple good guy obviously a tremendous football player. But there
was an article in the Daily News Rob that said

(01:24:57):
one of the major reasons that Jamal Adams wants out
of New York is because he doesn't want to play
for Adam Gaze to head coach. And the article was scathing.
The article said that the players generally, the general feel
in the locker room is that the players don't respect

(01:25:19):
Adam Gaze, Jamal Adams and most other players. It said
that they believe he's unable to lead, that he lacks
support from the front office. And it said it's not
just players, it's players, coaches, members of the front office
who don't trust or believe in Adam Gaze. They said

(01:25:42):
he wasn't liked by his players in Miami. They said
that they feel like he's disingenuous and will point fingers
and throw other people under the bus to save himself.
I mean, this was all in the article, all according
to sources. They said he's awkward, he's a poor communicator
and we've seen that in the press conferences, and they

(01:26:05):
don't think he's fit to be a head coach. And Rob,
I think beyond all of that, which moniche Meta is
a good reporter, yep, and you know he's got his
sources and so this is what he wrote. He's plugged in, Ye,
he's plugged in. Rob. I think there is also this

(01:26:26):
feeling look the players and everyone is talked about the
lack of blackhead coaches and how a guy like an
Eric Binge me A Byron left, which they're not getting opportunities.
Matt Nagy, Doug Peterson did exactly what Eric Bienemy did
as offensive coordinators in Kansas City, Oh, except he won

(01:26:49):
a Super Bowl and they didn't, and he doesn't get
a look. And I think some of this too is
players looking at Adam Gaze and feeling like this is
what I'm talking about. Jim Cardwell gets fired after making
the four years in Detroit, and Matt Patricia has job

(01:27:11):
security there and hasn't made the playoffs, and Chris probably
wins in two years there, right, And if you remember
when when um Jim Cardwell was fired, it was Bob Quinnon,
the general manager, said nine wins wasn't good enough and
you know, getting knocked out in the playoffs, so he
was saying nine wins during one year wasn't good enough

(01:27:34):
for Jim Carwall but apparently Chris, it's good for two years,
I have a total of nine wins. Like you're talking
out of both sides of your mouth, which one is it?
If Jim Carwell's playoff appearance and nine wins in the
regular season wasn't good enough, how the world could Matt
Patricia be on three years when he's had two bad
years to start. It doesn't even make sense. I totally agree,

(01:27:56):
and I'm telling you, and I know it wasn't in
the article and know when has come out and said it.
But I'm just speculating. They're looking at Adam Gay saying
how this dude is thirty and thirty four in his career,
he's got twenty six double digit losses, He's had three
straight losing seasons. He's he's he's been affiliated with teams

(01:28:20):
in the NFL for seventeen years. He's got four winning
seasons in those seventeen years. Now All is a head coach,
but he's been a part of bad teams, and you
just wonder when the Jets hired him. I was flawed.
He's been called an offensive genius, but I don't know
because the quarterback whisperer and hasn't worked out. It hasn't

(01:28:43):
translated into wins because we talk about it all the time.
That's the only thing that really matters. How he got
a job. And the Jets should be ashamed of themselves.
You know why they watched this guy. He was in
their division. They watched this guy for years and he
wasn't great there. How in the world could you go
and go, yea, oh, yeah, we gotta have the guy.

(01:29:05):
I just had one good year in Miami. They were
ten and six his first year there. That was then
they fell off the next two years. And that's the answer.
And I really think players are looking at it like,
this is what we're talking about. Come on, what did
he do deserve it? Didn't They saw him for a
year and it apparently reinforced what they believed. And maybe

(01:29:29):
they didn't even believe that at the beginning, but then
they saw him for a year and said, no, this
is ridiculous. I really think that's a factor rob in
what is happening. And I mean that article. I was stunned.
I mean, I've watched Adam Gays. I didn't think they
were the best coach team by any stretch of the imagination,

(01:29:49):
but you do hear things like this guy's a great
offensive mind. How that's because Peyton Manning when Peyton Manning
was great in Denver. But really that's exactly what his
rep is off of that, even though he had a
stud quarterback. If you would have, if you would have,

(01:30:10):
That's what I'm saying exactly. And and but but once
they get those reps around and and you know the
good old boyd in network, Oh yeah, that guy's a genius,
you know. And we saw this, uh, you know even
with the Rams Chris Um with MS Sean McVay. Uh,
after after that that run to the Super Bowl, you

(01:30:31):
couldn't tell him anything. Anybody who was affiliated touched him,
had a cup of coffee in the sweet roll with him.
They were offering them jobs. No wait a minute, right
off of that, they win the Super Bowl. No, they
they scored three points. He was his offensive genius. Three
points on an eighty nine yard field goal. And they're

(01:30:52):
calling him an offensive genius. And I'll give Sean McVay
credit because his first few years with the Rams he
was spectat I mean, I'll give credit where it's due.
And I'm not gonna say he can't coach now he's
been undressed. Belichick undressed him in the super Bowl and
he hasn't recovered. But I'll give him a little time.

(01:31:13):
But like you said, that doesn't mean everybody that's been
on staff, which they is gonna be this great coach,
and certainly not Adam Gaze. I mean, he's proving it.
He struggled, and I think that's a factor in what

(01:31:34):
is going on. So look, if i'm the Jets, it's
too late to change right now. But you you this
could be his last season. If they don't get it done.
And if that article is true and the players don't
believe in him, I don't see how they're gonna have
a good year, Rob. I mean, if the players don't
believe in you, it doesn't sound like it. But I

(01:31:55):
just I just cannot get over Like I said, him
being hired Street always threw me. I just like, there's
nobody is there really nobody else Chris Country at three
hundred and thirty million people, and there's nobody else who
can coach an NFL team. It's shock, is my bob.
It's right, my boggling, no doubt, all right, eight seven

(01:32:17):
seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven nine ninety six,
sixty three sixty. Now here's the question. Listen, good, is
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fast getting his own autose own Rob. The other thing
about Gaze and Adams that is intriguing is that the

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Jets ended the season seven and two right. They started horribly,
came on at the end, and players still feel this way.
It is amazing when you think about that. Let's check
in and see what people think on this, Chris, But
I'm with you. I thought things were taking a turn
the other way because they I wouldn't have thought this
was the case. But if it is, you know, we'll see,

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all right, Mo and San Diego, you're on the odd
couple of Fox Sports Radio. What you got, Mo? You
know what? Thanks Chris and Rob. You know, players are
always complaining about their coach. Man. I'm from the old school,
where you just go out and do your job, you
know what I mean. It seems like every time it
turns around, players want what they want. They want music

(01:34:09):
on the field, they want to dance. But you know
what wins games. Well, I think the difference. I think
the difference is, you know, I don't know what level
you played up to, but assuming you didn't play pro, yeah,
in high school and college, you know the coach rules
and to some degree in the NFL, but you are

(01:34:31):
also dealing with grown men and they do need to
be treated a little bit differently. I think you're right.
Sometimes players are wrong and they just they want to
be prema donnas. But some they are also grown men,
and that's a factor, no, no doubt Chris and that,
and that's where the rub comes in. You know, you
could get away with that in high school and college

(01:34:52):
because you're running everything. Yep, and people really can't push back.
Uh eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox if you
want to, I'm in. What about Richard in West Virginia.
You're on the Odd Couple of Fox Sports Radio. What
you got, Richard? Well, the first thing, I'll just said
that real fast favorite all time sitcom you played at

(01:35:13):
the last hour, The Golden Girls. Really, I'm surprised this
is the first time you're saying this, rich rich Richard,
because you called in before you know? What's your favorite?
Who's your favorite character on that show? All of them written? Oh,
everyone of them. They all fit together. You couldn't find
four people that fit into a show as good as them.

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It's just tremendously written. It's just as funny as can be.
Maybe you got no going to Golden Girls cruise to
get to have a set up because and Richard, what
people don't understand is that the thing that nobody gets
is that you don't have to be an old woman
to appreciate the humor. Funny is funny. It doesn't matter

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who the characters are. That's how good that show. And
Richard is right, Chris, it is so well well written.
It's hilarious. All right, Richard, what's your point on the
football you talk about the Good Old Boys Network. I
don't think there could be a more perfect example of
Hugh Jackson. I mean, I think he was a coach
there for five years. The owner was saying that he

(01:36:21):
wanted to keep him for five years to give somebody
a chance, Like I when did he win two games
in five years? Unreal that that guy was even there
for two years, much less five years. That's just unbelievable.
Were talking about Hugh in Cleveland. He was the coach
of the Cleveland Browns. Yeah, he was there three I believe, Yeah,

(01:36:45):
it wasn't wait too long. I believe it was three Yeah,
three years. Yeah, I was gonna say, I don't think
it was five. All right? Rob, you you didn't get
to weigh in here. Um, but Bubba Wallace, you obviously
know what was going on. And they released NASCAR released
a picture today I saw of the noose. What's your

(01:37:07):
take on the whole thing? Um? I just think that
you know, there were already people who were ready to
push back and oh my god, you know, like it's
the worst thing in the world that they they supported
him and it was a it was something to open
up the door or whatever they tried to paint it.
As I saw the picture that looked like a news
to me, Chris, I know, it was definitely a noose. Yeah,

(01:37:29):
I mean, and I think when you only have one
black driver, and considering what went on with with the
banning of the Confederate flag, I think that that is
worth um sounding the alarm and letting people know that
it's not gonna be tolerated or allowed to happen. I'm sorry,
I just think that I don't think that they misstepped

(01:37:51):
and everybody was like so quick to push back. What
is that guy's name, the actor Jesse h Jesse Smilett.
Yeah you know, yeah, yeah, you know. Oh there's no,
it's not no, it's not because it's not it's not fake.
There's the picture now one and Jesse's smilet concocted a

(01:38:12):
story story, paid guys to come on. It's just come
but was Yeah, these were people that were waiting to
rip Bubba Wallace. And here's the thing, he was getting
death threats. Someone flew over the track with a Confederate flag.
There were fans outside of the track driving by with

(01:38:34):
Confederate flags. It had to be a tense atmosphere. And
then you see a noose and it was a noose. Now,
the only thing is it was there since October and
no one, you know, put it there as a prank
or a threat to Bubba Wallace. Thankfully, Like, honestly, I'm

(01:38:55):
glad it wasn't, you know, somebody putting it in there
to scare him or to send a message. We should
be thankful that that was the case. And I think
rob with NASCAR, it showed that they really are trying
to make a difference to change. Richard Petty had not
been at a race throughout the entire pandemic. I believe

(01:39:19):
he's eighty t is he eighty two years old? And
he came out to go walk up to, you know,
the track with Bubba Wallace. I think, okay, yeah, it
was in an overreaction in hindsight, I guess it was,
but when you look at what was going on, it

(01:39:39):
was reasonable to think that that, you know, if that
they and Bubba Wallace said, he told the dude, are
you sure are you the team member who found the news,
are you sure? And the guy looked at all the
other garages and none of them had a news, so
they they it wasn't like they are you know it

(01:40:00):
immediately went out there and started crying wolf. They did
their due diligence and you know, and I don't know
where we are like where we are now in the
country cry and the climate. I don't think that you
should take anything lightly. I really don't totally. And when
and bringing in the FBI or whatever, that's that's what
they do. That's what they're here for. Somebody's civil rights

(01:40:22):
are violated, Chris right, and you can find out that's
what the FBI's here. I just I don't I don't
understand the big as as if if they showed me
a picture and it was a string hanging down and
it had a hole in it or something, you know,
look like, then I would be like, Okay, maybe this
is like overdoing it right that picture I saw that

(01:40:44):
looked like a news to me. It's a noose And
the FBI admitted it's the news now again thankfully it
wasn't put up there as a threat. But it's a noose,
and I agree with you. Like when I first heard it,
I was thinking, okay, I was in picturing some small
you know, whole for something, you know, But no, that

(01:41:07):
was a legitimate noose. And so you know, we'll we'll
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Slash credit scorecard limitations apply, Willie. Welcome to the Odd Couple,
Willie t Ribbs. Great to have you on. What's going on?
Home players? Man? Man, it's it's it's great to have
you on, Willie. We we watched you from Afar and
I can't wait to hear your perspective on everything that's

(01:42:11):
going on in the world of NASCAR. You you raced
IndyCar NASCAR. You did just about everything there was to
do in auto racing. So from your great perspective, what
did you think about this whole situation with Bubba Wallace, uh,
and the way NASCAR handled it and all of that.

(01:42:34):
The truth will set us all free, that's my that
was my first thought. Uh, it just it was it
was too easy to happen. And I'm not saying it didn't,
but uh, you know, we got to clear the smell

(01:42:54):
and uh we the more we know, uh, and time
will tell. So you think it may have You are
you saying you question what the FBI was saying and
you think it really may have been a threat to
uh to Bubba. I don't know. Like I said, the

(01:43:15):
truth will set us all free. And eventually, how does
the rope hang for a month and no one just
everybody walked by it, right, you know? Is October? Yeah
that is yeah? Yeah, you know, yeah, yeah, that's that.
That's just a normal garage rope. Right. It just it

(01:43:37):
just didn't make sense and and uh, you know, well
something something's gonna somebody's going to uh squeal like a
pig with a gate on his head. What, well, what
do you make of and and uh, NASCAR banning the
Confederate flag, which was which is very bold and admire

(01:44:00):
but when you consider that they're going against their fan base,
this is not an easy lay up where most people
agree with it. These are the people who still love
that flag and fly that flag. What do you make
of NASCAR making such a move. Well, first of all,
the flag represents number one treason, Number two, the support

(01:44:22):
the support of slavery right and the ownership of slaves
to fight for that. That's what that flag means. And
you know, last dot least, it's a losing flag. You're
lost right right all right? So um, now you know
they're pulling it, you know, let's take it down. But

(01:44:45):
my question is if George Floyd was still alive, would
that flag still be flying? That's my question. That's a
good and NASCAR they're brilliant pr strategist. They you know,
Goodale better go down and take some lessons because they
are master spin artists. And there's nothing wrong with that.

(01:45:08):
You know, politicians do the same thing, but um, you
know it. Uh And Bubba Wallace to demand. You know,
Bubba's not Richard Petty. Now, if Richard said, okay, boys,
we got to fold that team up, you know and
put it away, Okay, I can understand. But Bubba demand,

(01:45:32):
you know, asking NASCAR, well, you know, we should ban
the flag inside the race tracks. NASCAR doesn't take advice
from drivers, and they don't take recommendations from team owners.
NASCAR does what NASCAR once. So is is uh? Bubba
not related to George a sacrificial lamb. Willie. Let me

(01:45:58):
ask you this, and my memory could be off, and
maybe if you remember this, Chris, you remember Furman Bisher,
the longtime columns an Atlanta Journal Constitution, Willie. I think
he wrote this about you. Tell me if I'm wrong
or not. I believe he wrote a lead to his
column about Willie t Ribbs. And if you could believe this,
Chris has made the paper in Atlanta. The lead to

(01:46:21):
his column was, when I was a kid, the only cat,
the only car that black black Eyes drove was a cab.
That was like the lead to a column about you.
Do you remember that, Willie. I've done a couple of
stories with Furman Bisher, and especially when I qualified for
the Indy five hundred nineteen ninety one. Um, I don't

(01:46:44):
remember that, but if if that's the truth, you know, uh,
you know, it's not called the truth that was that
was Chris. That was his lead. I remember someone sending
it to me and showing me the lead. And I
believe it was on Willie t Ribs. And uh, I'm
gonna try to find that story. But I just was

(01:47:05):
wondering if you remembered it? You you Oh, I'm sorry,
go ahead. I've been asked all day, Um, what how
do you feel about the news? And what how would
you have responded? I wouldn't have said a damn words.
I would have waited for the cat who hung it
to show up to get it. That's how I and

(01:47:28):
that's how I handled everything. I wouldn't have said anything.
And you know, and and here we are now. And
in those days, I got death dressed all the time, right,
I got and we didn't have uh cell phones or
internet then, but I got him in letters and I

(01:47:49):
got him in phone calls. And I believe it. I mean,
I thought it was sort of funny to read because
most of the letters they couldn't spell. I've gotten those
letters over the years that must trust me. How did
they could spell? But that's one word they could spell CTA.

(01:48:18):
How did the other drivers treat you in NASCAR? Because
you've been critical of your time in NASCAR. You talked
about it, and you just mentioned the death threats, But
how did the drivers treat you? And I know you've
compared NASCAR to IndyCar and how IndyCar was much better.
Talk about how the drivers in NASCAR treated you and

(01:48:39):
then why IndyCar was a much better experience for you.
There was a few drivers in NASCAR, and Bobby Allison
was one of the best. Bobby Allison, uh, Harry Gant, uh,
Michael Waltrip. They were just good people. But I hated
Tim Richmond. I hated him and uh and there were

(01:49:03):
some others in there that they made it clear, we
have nothing to say to you, really, we really don't
want you here. And that was the vibe, and I didn't.
It didn't affect me uh uh emotionally at all, um,
because I was looking for a fight. Anyway you want

(01:49:28):
you you want to take it to the next step,
we can do it. And they knew it. So I
never got the in word uh. Ever, in racing to
my face from another driver, and all the years, no one,
no drivers coming to my face and called me the
inn word, but saved. They might have been some dumb,

(01:49:50):
but they weren't plumb dumb because they knew, they knew
what the outcome was going to be, right right, what
was in the car. In cars a different level, Indy Car,
I had a great, a great experience. I didn't get
the corporate American did not support me in Indy Car

(01:50:11):
the way they supported the other drivers. But you know
there was Bobby Unser al answer, Junior, we are very
close to this day and just good human beings and
they knew what was being said and they there was
there was some that sort of shielded me. Now, Willie,

(01:50:33):
some people, including some African American drivers or people in racing,
felt like they were critical of you because you were outspoken?
Was that just? Do you feel like that was they?
They wanted you, as an African American to just kind
of quote unquote stay in your place and be happy
to be there and they didn't like you being at

(01:50:55):
outspoken or what do you think it was? The movie
Up which is on Netflix right now, about my career. Um,
there was it I was uppity. You know, a lot
of the black drivers might have thought I was up
to eat and they weren't. And they didn't have uh

(01:51:16):
the girts, and you know what girts are, right right right, Yeah,
they didn't. They didn't have the girts to be really tea.
Or maybe they felt, well, if I'd just grinned and
uh and be humble and bowed down, um, they'll they'll
let me raise. Now that's the oldest trick in the book,

(01:51:38):
you know, don't you. Uh, you stay humble and quiet
and and and subservient, and they're gonna brush you right
under the carpet. I knew that. Muhammad Ali taught me that.
And Ali was my biggest mentor uh as a sports figure.
You know. He told me, he said, you must uh

(01:52:01):
stand tall and you must not bow down. And and
I wasn't. Um. I wasn't any different than aj Ford
was right, No different, just different skin color. So I'm
not I wasn't going to be judged differently just because

(01:52:22):
I was an African American and I and I demanded
that respect. Willie, great stuff, man, We really yeah, we
appreciate the time. And then you get to call you
Willie barbecue ribs. But that's all right. We still enjoyed it.
It's it's gonna taste good, all right, Willie t Ribs,

(01:52:43):
legendary driver. We thank you man, thanks a lot. I Couple,
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(01:53:27):
It sounds a little I know it's not the Cosby Show.
It sounds a little like that. Right, What is that?
Do you know? Ron? I feel like I've heard it,
but I can't too but identify it. This is something
you told me to play today? Rom Oh wait a minute,
what I have? This must have been a request? Three?
Know what it is? Yes? That's not that New Cosby
like the latest Rock. This is when it was good.

(01:53:49):
That was good show. Char what was it he had
been in prison? In prison? Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Charles Dutton, Yeah,
Charles Dutton. I think it was. Yeah, that was a
good show. When when Fox first started, if you remember, Chris,
they had a lot of black shows on it. Well
they got at the black shows now too, do that? Yeah,

(01:54:12):
I mean Empire, that's right, but they've always had a
lot of black shows. Yeah, I remember that New York Undercover.
You remember that show, Yeah, twenty one drum Street Holly Robbins.
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah that was And Charles
doesn't learn how to act in prison, if I'm not mistaken, right,
I think so, yeah, yeah, that was a good one.

(01:54:33):
That was a good one. That was a request. That
was a request Rock. So we want to make sure
that if you do hit us up on a TV theme,
So on Thursday, we do try to get yours on there,
trying to block them up. Yeah, that's trying to get
a lot of variety. Yes, it's a lot of variety.
You and I will choose the same ones over and over.
We can't help him, but I like that that was good.

(01:54:56):
But it's good to have you back, man, And you know,
tomorrow we'll return to six minutes. We shouldn't tell him,
We shouldn't tell him the topic. Don't do it yet,
don't tell him the topic. Don't tell him to talk
all right, all right, this way they have something to
look forward to. But yeah, so obviously tomorrow's Friday, we'll
finish off the week and get back to it. But

(01:55:17):
it is good to be back. It was good to
take a breather, and I'm feeling good, um and uh
just excited that maybe we might have some baseball. I
don't know, Chris and July. I guess if we don't
have baseball and basketball in July, then I don't know
how we're gonna have football. So I really don't you know,
So this is really next month is gonna tell us

(01:55:38):
all we need to know? Yea, look, I think right now,
I mean it's all you know, full steam ahead, full
speed ahead. Um, but we'll see. We just gotta wait,
like like doctor Fauci said, you know, uh, the virus
will determine where we go from here, right, so let's
just wait and see. Everybody be safe. The Eye couple

(01:56:00):
back in full effect, and we will back back again tomorrow. Peace,

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