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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So Florida State became the first school to get fined
for storming the field by the ACC. That's a new
policy that they've adapted, but other leagues have had this
in place for quite some time. And I get it.
You want to keep people safe, and you never really
know what can happen. I think, I guess we've been
overall pretty lucky when it comes to no real major
situations developing when fans run on the field after a game.
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But if I was in charge of the financial I guess,
just life of an athletic department, I would I would
tell whoever's in charge of facilities all that stuff to
make sure that they do whatever they can to cause.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Twenty five thousand dollars fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Fine, it may not be a whole lot of money
in the grand scheme of things to these athletic departments,
but you're counting every penny now. With just the ever
changing world of college athletics where you now have to
share revenue, you got to find ways to make more money.
I mean, twenty million dollars now owed every year that
didn't used to be owed. I mean, there's not many
schools out there that that that's not going to be
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something very noticeable for them. All Right, it's six o
six here a Kentucky. It's morning News. Thank you for
joining us here on a Wednesday morning. I've got some
good news to share, a positive story from JCPS. I
feel like at times we don't do that enough, and
sometimes it's really just because the things that aren't great
not positive. Of course they make the news, right, But
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I think this is awesome. I did not realize this
until right before school started, because I'm not at a
point where I need to worry about it just yet.
My kids don't have cell phones. They're still very young.
But there's a new House bill that that requires all.
It's not just JCPS, by the way, it's the state
of Kentucky where you have to have some type of
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system in place to a policy essentially that prohibits students
from using their cell phones, tablets, headphones, basically any electronic
device during instructional time.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
So there aren't there.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I'm sure every school system has their own way of
doing it, but there are some clearly defined expectations as
far as what this is. And I didn't even think
about it, right, I mean, when I was in school
we had cell phones, but it really wasn't a thing
until I was finishing public school, where it was pretty
common for students to have a cell phone. Now, I
feel like every kid in high school, freshman the senior
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probably has a cell phone. I mean, I don't know
that for certain, but it wouldn't shock me. So even
if we did all have cell phones back then, they
weren't smartphones, meaning you couldn't do a whole lot other
than text. That, of course, can be distracting. But if
you had a cell phone on you and the teachers
saw it when I was in school, they would take
it from you like it was just a no. It
was a no, nigga at a different time. We're talking
twenty plus years ago. So it wasn't like I mean, you,
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I guess you could have them, like they weren't They
weren't searching you for them. But if you had it
out during class, you would lose it and your parent
would have to come and get.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
It after school.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And honestly, a lot of kids you know didn't have them,
just because again, it was still a relatively new thing
at that time. So now that I realized that cell phones,
of course have are now what we spend way too
much time on I could see it being a huge
issue in school with students to where this new policy
that is now required by the state, it makes total sense,
and in JCPS they're seeing some good results. So librarians
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across JCPS report a noticeable surge in students checking out
books from the library compared to last year. PRP their
high school PRP High School, their students have already checked
out twelve hundred plus books since school started. That's nearly
half of a typical year's total. So WKY our partners
did a story and one of the seniors at the
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school says that after they locked up his phone or
I guess he locked up his phone. I'm not sure
how it works. I guess you can have it on,
you just can't use it. But bored him, pushed him
to reading, and he's glad.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
He did. Think about how.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Many kids might go read books just because they really
don't have any other anything to keep them interested because
they can't be on their phones. So district wide schools
like Crosby Middle School report double the checkouts. Other middle
schools are seeing nearly triple Wagner High School reports nearly
triple and that can't do anything but help. I don't
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know where we're going to see truly a real big
difference in you know, the education system. I wouldn't know.
But this can't be a bad thing, right, So that's good.
Right Again, the state is what led to this being
a thing, and I'm glad they did because honestly.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Without this, without this bill.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I mean, I'm sure any school system JCPS could could
try to implement something, but parents would push back. If
I can't reach my kid, that's an issue. Another example
that I just think at times when you consider just
how much we lack enough teachers. I mean it's probably
not everywhere, of course, but there's a teacher shortage everywhere
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in America, and that's an issue. Right, That's a really
important position for society. And when it comes to it
not being as attractive of a career to pursue, or
maybe it becomes a career path that you did choose
and you get out of it. I'm sure everybody's situation
is different. There's a variety of factors at play. But
I can't help but think that parents are a big problem.
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And that's not to say that people are bad parents,
it's just we've evolved as a society, and I just
think that alone has just led to if your teacher,
you got to just love doing it, because I'm sure
there's a lot that you put up with that has
you wondering at times is it worth it? Should I
do something else? Please don't, though, because we need you,
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We need good teachers. I think the last time I
checked out a book was in high school. To be
honest with you, I don't remember going to the library.
I've been to the libraries, and of course I had
to use books for other things college and whatnot.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But as far as like, hey, I'm gonna go check
out this book.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
At the library because I want to read it, I
think the last time I did it was in high school,
so long long ago.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
All right, let's do this.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
We'll get a update of trackick in weather, and we'll
also get another sports update coming your way to up
fifteen minutes right here on Who's Radio be forty Whas.
Despite the various age differences that we have within our
team here, I feel like ding dong ditching was probably
somewhat of a thing for all of us, meaning myself, John,
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John and Scott, and looking back, I feel like it
was harmless, but also now that I'm older, and I
would not want somebody doing that to me as a homeowner. Yeah,
it was pretty stupid, and I guess it can be
harmless or it could be really dangerous because you really
never know who's house you're going to pull this prank on.
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And there's a national story, of course, getting a lot
of attention where an eleven year old boy was fatally
shot doing the ding Dong ditch prank in Houston. Forty
two year old Gonzalo Leon Junior shot and killed this
eleven year old kid, and the video from the child's
phone captured everything and the gunfire, and obviously this individual,
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a former Army veteran, Leon was found with twenty plus
firearms and grenades. He faces a murder charge and is
expected to appear in court, I believe today. So again,
you never know whose door you're knocking on. You never
know what they're going through, what their situation is, if
they're looking for an opportunity to maybe open fire, because
that's just how they're wired.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
You just don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So again, an eleven year old kid dead and now
in Louisville, this apparently is and again this is to me,
this is an old, old prank. I mean, I feel
like this. I'm sure it's been called something different throughout
with different eras, different generations and whatnot, but it's now
a new TikTok thing where you're seeing kids go do this.
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And there is a resident here in Louisville to talk
to our partners over a WKY that she says that
around two hundred teens recently left a house party, ran
through yards, violently kicked her door, and it left over
one thousand dollars in damage.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
And this person, as you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Could expect, said that they're terrified for their for their family,
and obviously you just I'm thinking of of the fear
from all levels. Right, it could put fear in the
homeowner if somebody's trying to kick their door, and or
if they're just knocking on it and running.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean, I'll be honest with.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You, if it's if it's if it's an unexpected visit,
which most people coming to my door would be very unexpected,
because if somebody's coming to my house, I usually know
who it is. But if it's at late hours or
middle of the night, I mean I'm gonna have not
fear where I'm gonna go load up and get a
gun and just prepare for war. But you just don't know,
and I mean especially in today's climate. So it's it's
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it's a dangerous situation that homeowners feel and they may
have to take action because they're just thinking the worst,
understandably so. And then of course it's a you know,
you're putting yourself in danger if you're if you're a
knucklehead kid out there, you know, you probably think you're
having some some harmless fun. But this took me back
when I saw this story nationally, and of course reading
the local connection here, I think back to like things were.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Different back in my day.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I sound like an old man, but I mean now
doing it, I mean I would. I mean if I
heard of a kid doing it now, maybe it's just maturity,
But now that I'm older, I'm like, yeah, that's really
foolish because you just don't know what could happen. You
better not do it. What do you get out of it?
As a kid, I'm thinking, Okay, it's playful, but I
don't know. I will not be shocked if kids continue
to do this, and we see maybe not situations quite
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as tragic as this when we're an eleven year old
kid in Texas was killed. But yeah, I mean, what
do you get out of it if you're a kid.
And I say that knowing that I was a dumb
kid and did it myself. So anyhow, if you're a parent, grandparent,
advise your kids. It ain't worth find something else to
get your to get your entertainment out of because kicking
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somebody's door, knocking on somebody's door and running. I mean again,
I feel like I'm a hypocrite because we'd never kicked
anybody's door. But I remember, I said, probably, I don't know,
third grade knocking on one of our neighbors doors. It
was like seven o'clock at night, and we ran and
they knew what we were doing and they played along.
Times are different now, people aren't playing along, I don't
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think anymore. I mean maybe they would, but I wouldn't.
I wouldn't risk it, that's for sure. All right, we've
got trafficking weather updates on the way. Also, we've got
a other sports update coming. You were right here on
news RADIOA forty whs. Thank you very much, John Shannon.
It is six thirty four here at news Radio eight
forty whas Happy hump Day. So it feels like a Tuesday,
but it's not. It's a good thing, right. It means
(10:36):
we've got a weekend closer than maybe you realize at
times throughout the day. So good stuff, all right.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
So this is.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Something I'm a little bit late to, but I do
find it not so surprising in the grand scheme of things.
The Athletic they are owned by, I believe, the Wall
Street Journal and it's a I guess for those unfamiliar
with the Athletic, they went many years ago and snatched
up a lot of columnists, journalists that cover sports that
(11:06):
I guess maybe we're looking for an exit strategy because
of the newspaper industry's struggles. And they do good work,
but they still rely on the subscription based and it's
not the only platform out there when it comes to
really any news or information, sports, politics, whatever. There are
still outlets that you have to pay a subscription in
order to read their work. So anyways, the Athletic apparently
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they've done this before, and I'm again I'm just I'm
a little bit late here, but they have an annual
hope meter, and what that is is it is a
survey that they have that sees every fan base in
college football or I guess they try to get respondents
from everyone meeting representation from every program out there to
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see how their fans feel. Right, Are they optimistic? Do
they feel like they're you know, their team's going to
be good this year? And in the annual Hopometer where
they pulled over twelve thousand college football fans. Really, this
is the realization that there's a huge divide here locally
because Louisville fans are the most optimistic fan base in
the country, while Kentucky fans are ranked dead last. So Louisville,
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along with SMU and Utah, is one of only three
programs that got one hundred percent optimism among the fans
that they asked. I don't know how many that they asked,
but nonetheless, any louis fan that was asked said that
they're one hundred percent optimistic. That doesn't mean that they
believe they're going to win the national championship. It just
means they feel good, they're optimistic about where the program is.
Understandably so, now Kentucky, only eleven percent of UK fans
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feel optimistic, and they are the lowest among power for schools. So,
if you are a Kentucky fan and you watched your
team against a good Toledo team on Saturday, meaning good
for who they are, do you feel more optimistic or
less optimistic? My guess this would be you probably feel
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about the same or maybe you feel a little bit worse.
Quarterback play, yikes, Obviously, some boneheaded mistakes that allowed Toledo
to stay in the game. And Toledo's Toledo again, they
deserve to be recognized as a team that of that
level G five. They're in the MACY, they're pretty they're
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pretty good. They may win their league, right, but you
are in the SEC and you're gonna have to play
many teams that are a lot better than Toledo. And
you got to wonder, was that performance on Saturday was
it close to being good enough to beat the other
good teams on your schedule, like the Ole Miss Rebels
that are coming to town on Saturday, a top top
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twenty team. I don't know where they're ranked. Actually I
know they're up there, right. I mean, Lan Kiffin's got
some momentum, and of course he's got revenge on his
mind because Kentucky that was the only sec win they
got last year.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
I believe I could be wrong. I don't think they.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, So anyways, eleven percent fans feel optimistic. I wouldn't
be shocked if you could find some that feel worse,
some that feel the same, and maybe some feel better
because the defense did look pretty good and they've got
some good running backs. But what would really feel demoralizing
if I was a Kentucky fan, would be they they
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could and I didn't see it, just to know for
sure if it's going to happen, but they could be
substantially better than they were a year ago. But man,
how many wins is that going to produce? Because they
just have such a tough schedule, I mean, and that's
probably not changing at any point. So Indiana, this was this,
of course was before they played their opener on Saturday.
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IU ninety eight percent of IU fans feel optimistic heading
into year two.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And I don't know what Indiana fans, I mean if
you feel if you don't feel optimistic, it could literally
just be somebody saying, I like where we are, I
just don't think we're going to be as good as
last year. Maybe that would identify you as being not
optimistic because I don't know how if you can't get
optimistic after Indiana football making the College Football Playoff, which again,
it still seems like my head's about to explode by
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saying that, because it can't be real life, but it is.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
It's real.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
If you are an optimistic at this point, what's going
to do it for you? I mean? Who?
Speaker 2 (15:17):
What fan is that? John A resident? Who's you're here?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Man?
Speaker 2 (15:21):
You is it?
Speaker 3 (15:21):
And so here's the thing. Indiana football is always let
down after having good years. And I know last year
was an anomaly in all the right ways for Indiana,
But when Indiana had their twenty twenty kind of fluke
of a year with Tom allen or, they went and
sinks it two and beat some good programs. The following
year they went to and ten. So that kind of
still lingers in the back of some people's minds, myself included. Now,
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I don't think they'll have that level of a drop
off this year, but it's still it's still something that
Indiana football fans specifically think about.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
I feel like I got the sense that the reaction
from Saturday was pretty pretty.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Blog pretty who hum, Yeah, a blow of disappointment, especially
because I mean, you gave up two seventy plus seventy
five plus yard quarterback runs. Now, maybe that means that
they're the ode Us. QB's just really fast and you know,
somebody tough to stop. But also the bigger issue for Indiana,
I feel like was the fact that they couldn't punch
it in the inz and on offense. That's something they
did not struggle with last year.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Yeah, And I who knows if it means that they've
got some issues.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
We'll see.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
They're gonna be challenged, of course when they get to
that big ten schedule, and of course they'll be challenged
this week more so than they were in Week one.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
But the fact that Indiana fans can can win still
be in the top twenty five, and there's some that
kind of feel a little bit of disappointment that signs that.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You're that you're you're doing something.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, for sure, I'm still exciting and I think that
they're still going to be good this year. I don't
know if they're college football playoff level good, but I
think I think eight wins would be the floor, which
is something crazy to think about this.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You know, for Indiana, it still doesn't seem real, but
it is real, and I'm happy for you.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
My friend. Never thought we'd be here, but here we are,
all right.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
What I want to get to coming up next, I
want to talk about a collaboration between Uber eats and
Best Buy. Not something I saw coming, but I get it.
It makes sense. We'll talk about that. And with more
violent crime taking place from juveniles here in Louisville, the
conversation about are we going to get a juvenile attention
center in Louisville at some point?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Is the state going to get the ball rolling here?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
That conversation's not going anywhere, especially when you consider that
these type of stories, even overnight last night, they continue
to happen. So we'll get to that in a lot
more right here on News Radio eight forty WHS. Happy
hump Day, Thank you for joining us here on News
Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with You, Coffee and Company,
Kentucky and This Morning News. Happy to have the full
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crew in the house today. So Uber Eats and Best
Buy have collaborated, and I feel like this is more
of a beneficial thing for Best Buy than Uber Eats,
but I'm sure in a way it's mutually beneficial or
the partnership wouldn't happen. But you can now get certain electronics, headphones,
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gaming gear, small appliances, and other items delivered to you
that you purchased from best Buy, but it'll be delivered
with the Uber Eats app.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
So this is a new service.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Over eight hundred best Buy stores are participating, and this
is something best Buy is not super new to because
they've also teamed up previously. And I don't know if
these partnerships are still in place, but best Buy's previously
teamed up with door Dash and Instacart, making it part
of clearly I guess their bigger strategy to rival the
convenience of Amazon and other online specific companies. So I
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don't I can't think of a time where I I mean,
I just think over time. I guess their hope is
that people it just becomes muscle memory right where they
just think, Okay, I need this, let me pull out
Uber Eats or door Dash because I need a new
pair of headphones for my Xbox or something like that.
But I will give them credit because you know best Buy,
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if you think about where they were twenty five thirty
years ago compared to now, I mean think about how
much things have changed in society to where they just
don't seem as necessary. I mean, of all the things
that really just stand out to me in the last
fifteen to twenty years in regards to just how rapidly
we grow from a technological standpoint here in the world,
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not just in America, of course, everywhere, is that Best
Buy doesn't sell CDs anymore. That's what I think of
when I think of best Buy still, and I don't
think they've sold CDs in a decade, because who buy
CDs anymore. You don't even get vehicles made with CD players,
So it makes total sense. And I think removing them
is a sign that they early on knew that.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
They've got it.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
They got it, they got to switch it up, they
got to adapt if they want to survive. And I
think these partnerships with these companies is another example of
at least they're aware of the ever changing situation and
they're trying their best to maintain relevance. In fact, when
I go to I haven't looked in a while, but
going to Walmart and seeing CDs still for sale is
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just a wild visual because it hits me then, oh yeah,
this seems odd do we go back in time? Wasn't
that long ago we purchased CDs compact discs to listen
to music. But when I see it as I'm walking down,
you know, walking through Walmart, I see they've got a
setup for them, I'm thinking, we do we? Is it
nineteen seventy four, which again CDs weren't even used then.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I mean, it's just we.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I'm sure the rate of advancement when it comes to technology,
it's probably been rather consistent throughout the years. It's just
I'm seeing, you know, as I get older, I'm now
realizing things that were new and techie when I was
young now it's now. I mean, it just seems archaic
to an extent. So yeah, I think this again. I
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can't knock them for try and don't know if it's
gonna it's gonna necessarily work out, but yeah, best Buy.
I mean there's now things though that they've probably I
had to when we went to to Destined for vacation
last month, I had left my laptop cable at home,
and I have a pretty standard laptop cable. It wasn't
like I have a specific one that you can't get
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anywhere else. And I went to see if Best Buy
had it in the store, because there's one that's there,
and they had one, I could order it and they
would ship it to the store and I could go
pick it up, which is what I did.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
It was still convenient.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I think I waited a day rather than just going
to the store day of and getting it. But I
didn't realized that a lot of the stuff they don't
even keep it in the store anymore because and again
I and yes, that may be that may be inconvenient
to a customer, like, hey, I need it now, Why
can't I come here and purchase it?
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Why can I buy it from you? But you don't
have it?
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Well, it's because they're making changes everywhere, I mean them
buying a bunch of them, having them on the shelves
sitting empty. Probably they don't sell enough of them so
that the demand for somebody to walk up and grab
it when they need it is not as strong as
the convenience that people have to just say, hey, I'm
not going to go to the Best Buy out as
order on Amazon. So they're trying. And I do miss
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the days of just walking around Best Buy. You can
still see some pretty cool stuff there, but it clearly
is a lot different now than it used to be.
All right, let's get to a quick update of traffick
in weather, and then we will have another sports update
coming your way as well. It is six point fifty
one here at news Radio eight forty whas
So Florida State became the first school to get fined
for storming the field by the ACC. That's a new
policy that they've adapted, but other leagues have had this
in place for quite some time. And I get it.
You want to keep people safe, and you never really
know what can happen. I think, I guess we've been
overall pretty lucky when it comes to no real major
situations developing when fans run on the field after a game.
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But if I was in charge of the financial I guess,
just life of an athletic department, I would I would
tell whoever's in charge of facilities all that stuff to
make sure that they do whatever they can to cause.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Twenty five thousand dollars fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Fine, it may not be a whole lot of money
in the grand scheme of things to these athletic departments,
but you're counting every penny now. With just the ever
changing world of college athletics where you now have to
share revenue, you got to find ways to make more money.
I mean, twenty million dollars now owed every year that
didn't used to be owed. I mean, there's not many
schools out there that that that's not going to be
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something very noticeable for them. All Right, it's six o
six here a Kentucky. It's morning News. Thank you for
joining us here on a Wednesday morning. I've got some
good news to share, a positive story from JCPS. I
feel like at times we don't do that enough, and
sometimes it's really just because the things that aren't great
not positive. Of course they make the news, right, But
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I think this is awesome. I did not realize this
until right before school started, because I'm not at a
point where I need to worry about it just yet.
My kids don't have cell phones. They're still very young.
But there's a new House bill that that requires all.
It's not just JCPS, by the way, it's the state
of Kentucky where you have to have some type of
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system in place to a policy essentially that prohibits students
from using their cell phones, tablets, headphones, basically any electronic
device during instructional time.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
So there aren't there.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I'm sure every school system has their own way of
doing it, but there are some clearly defined expectations as
far as what this is. And I didn't even think
about it, right, I mean, when I was in school
we had cell phones, but it really wasn't a thing
until I was finishing public school, where it was pretty
common for students to have a cell phone. Now, I
feel like every kid in high school, freshman the senior
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probably has a cell phone. I mean, I don't know
that for certain, but it wouldn't shock me. So even
if we did all have cell phones back then, they
weren't smartphones, meaning you couldn't do a whole lot other
than text. That, of course, can be distracting. But if
you had a cell phone on you and the teachers
saw it when I was in school, they would take
it from you like it was just a no. It
was a no, nigga at a different time. We're talking
twenty plus years ago. So it wasn't like I mean, you,
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I guess you could have them, like they weren't They
weren't searching you for them. But if you had it
out during class, you would lose it and your parent
would have to come and get.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
It after school.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And honestly, a lot of kids you know didn't have them,
just because again, it was still a relatively new thing
at that time. So now that I realized that cell phones,
of course have are now what we spend way too
much time on I could see it being a huge
issue in school with students to where this new policy
that is now required by the state, it makes total sense,
and in JCPS they're seeing some good results. So librarians
(03:21):
across JCPS report a noticeable surge in students checking out
books from the library compared to last year. PRP their
high school PRP High School, their students have already checked
out twelve hundred plus books since school started. That's nearly
half of a typical year's total. So WKY our partners
did a story and one of the seniors at the
(03:42):
school says that after they locked up his phone or
I guess he locked up his phone. I'm not sure
how it works. I guess you can have it on,
you just can't use it. But bored him, pushed him
to reading, and he's glad.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
He did. Think about how.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Many kids might go read books just because they really
don't have any other anything to keep them interested because
they can't be on their phones. So district wide schools
like Crosby Middle School report double the checkouts. Other middle
schools are seeing nearly triple Wagner High School reports nearly
triple and that can't do anything but help. I don't
(04:14):
know where we're going to see truly a real big
difference in you know, the education system. I wouldn't know.
But this can't be a bad thing, right, So that's good.
Right Again, the state is what led to this being
a thing, and I'm glad they did because honestly.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Without this, without this bill.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I mean, I'm sure any school system JCPS could could
try to implement something, but parents would push back. If
I can't reach my kid, that's an issue. Another example
that I just think at times when you consider just
how much we lack enough teachers. I mean it's probably
not everywhere, of course, but there's a teacher shortage everywhere
(04:55):
in America, and that's an issue. Right, That's a really
important position for society. And when it comes to it
not being as attractive of a career to pursue, or
maybe it becomes a career path that you did choose
and you get out of it. I'm sure everybody's situation
is different. There's a variety of factors at play. But
I can't help but think that parents are a big problem.
(05:17):
And that's not to say that people are bad parents,
it's just we've evolved as a society, and I just
think that alone has just led to if your teacher,
you got to just love doing it, because I'm sure
there's a lot that you put up with that has
you wondering at times is it worth it? Should I
do something else? Please don't, though, because we need you,
(05:39):
We need good teachers. I think the last time I
checked out a book was in high school. To be
honest with you, I don't remember going to the library.
I've been to the libraries, and of course I had
to use books for other things college and whatnot.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But as far as like, hey, I'm gonna go check
out this book.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
At the library because I want to read it, I
think the last time I did it was in high school,
so long long ago.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
All right, let's do this.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
We'll get a update of trackick in weather, and we'll
also get another sports update coming your way to up
fifteen minutes right here on Who's Radio be forty Whas.
Despite the various age differences that we have within our
team here, I feel like ding dong ditching was probably
somewhat of a thing for all of us, meaning myself, John,
(06:23):
John and Scott, and looking back, I feel like it
was harmless, but also now that I'm older, and I
would not want somebody doing that to me as a homeowner. Yeah,
it was pretty stupid, and I guess it can be
harmless or it could be really dangerous because you really
never know who's house you're going to pull this prank on.
(06:44):
And there's a national story, of course, getting a lot
of attention where an eleven year old boy was fatally
shot doing the ding Dong ditch prank in Houston. Forty
two year old Gonzalo Leon Junior shot and killed this
eleven year old kid, and the video from the child's
phone captured everything and the gunfire, and obviously this individual,
(07:09):
a former Army veteran, Leon was found with twenty plus
firearms and grenades. He faces a murder charge and is
expected to appear in court, I believe today. So again,
you never know whose door you're knocking on. You never
know what they're going through, what their situation is, if
they're looking for an opportunity to maybe open fire, because
that's just how they're wired.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
You just don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So again, an eleven year old kid dead and now
in Louisville, this apparently is and again this is to me,
this is an old, old prank. I mean, I feel
like this. I'm sure it's been called something different throughout
with different eras, different generations and whatnot, but it's now
a new TikTok thing where you're seeing kids go do this.
(07:51):
And there is a resident here in Louisville to talk
to our partners over a WKY that she says that
around two hundred teens recently left a house party, ran
through yards, violently kicked her door, and it left over
one thousand dollars in damage.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
And this person, as you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Could expect, said that they're terrified for their for their family,
and obviously you just I'm thinking of of the fear
from all levels. Right, it could put fear in the
homeowner if somebody's trying to kick their door, and or
if they're just knocking on it and running.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean, I'll be honest with.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You, if it's if it's if it's an unexpected visit,
which most people coming to my door would be very unexpected,
because if somebody's coming to my house, I usually know
who it is. But if it's at late hours or
middle of the night, I mean I'm gonna have not
fear where I'm gonna go load up and get a
gun and just prepare for war. But you just don't know,
and I mean especially in today's climate. So it's it's
(08:43):
it's a dangerous situation that homeowners feel and they may
have to take action because they're just thinking the worst,
understandably so. And then of course it's a you know,
you're putting yourself in danger if you're if you're a
knucklehead kid out there, you know, you probably think you're
having some some harmless fun. But this took me back
when I saw this story nationally, and of course reading
the local connection here, I think back to like things were.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Different back in my day.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I sound like an old man, but I mean now
doing it, I mean I would. I mean if I
heard of a kid doing it now, maybe it's just maturity,
But now that I'm older, I'm like, yeah, that's really
foolish because you just don't know what could happen. You
better not do it. What do you get out of it?
As a kid, I'm thinking, Okay, it's playful, but I
don't know. I will not be shocked if kids continue
to do this, and we see maybe not situations quite
(09:31):
as tragic as this when we're an eleven year old
kid in Texas was killed. But yeah, I mean, what
do you get out of it if you're a kid.
And I say that knowing that I was a dumb
kid and did it myself. So anyhow, if you're a parent, grandparent,
advise your kids. It ain't worth find something else to
get your to get your entertainment out of because kicking
(09:51):
somebody's door, knocking on somebody's door and running. I mean again,
I feel like I'm a hypocrite because we'd never kicked
anybody's door. But I remember, I said, probably, I don't know,
third grade knocking on one of our neighbors doors. It
was like seven o'clock at night, and we ran and
they knew what we were doing and they played along.
Times are different now, people aren't playing along, I don't
(10:13):
think anymore. I mean maybe they would, but I wouldn't.
I wouldn't risk it, that's for sure. All right, we've
got trafficking weather updates on the way. Also, we've got
a other sports update coming. You were right here on
news RADIOA forty whs. Thank you very much, John Shannon.
It is six thirty four here at news Radio eight
forty whas Happy hump Day. So it feels like a Tuesday,
but it's not. It's a good thing, right. It means
(10:36):
we've got a weekend closer than maybe you realize at
times throughout the day. So good stuff, all right.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
So this is.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Something I'm a little bit late to, but I do
find it not so surprising in the grand scheme of things.
The Athletic they are owned by, I believe, the Wall
Street Journal and it's a I guess for those unfamiliar
with the Athletic, they went many years ago and snatched
up a lot of columnists, journalists that cover sports that
(11:06):
I guess maybe we're looking for an exit strategy because
of the newspaper industry's struggles. And they do good work,
but they still rely on the subscription based and it's
not the only platform out there when it comes to
really any news or information, sports, politics, whatever. There are
still outlets that you have to pay a subscription in
order to read their work. So anyways, the Athletic apparently
(11:29):
they've done this before, and I'm again I'm just I'm
a little bit late here, but they have an annual
hope meter, and what that is is it is a
survey that they have that sees every fan base in
college football or I guess they try to get respondents
from everyone meeting representation from every program out there to
(11:55):
see how their fans feel. Right, Are they optimistic? Do
they feel like they're you know, their team's going to
be good this year? And in the annual Hopometer where
they pulled over twelve thousand college football fans. Really, this
is the realization that there's a huge divide here locally
because Louisville fans are the most optimistic fan base in
the country, while Kentucky fans are ranked dead last. So Louisville,
(12:18):
along with SMU and Utah, is one of only three
programs that got one hundred percent optimism among the fans
that they asked. I don't know how many that they asked,
but nonetheless, any louis fan that was asked said that
they're one hundred percent optimistic. That doesn't mean that they
believe they're going to win the national championship. It just
means they feel good, they're optimistic about where the program is.
Understandably so, now Kentucky, only eleven percent of UK fans
(12:41):
feel optimistic, and they are the lowest among power for schools. So,
if you are a Kentucky fan and you watched your
team against a good Toledo team on Saturday, meaning good
for who they are, do you feel more optimistic or
less optimistic? My guess this would be you probably feel
(13:01):
about the same or maybe you feel a little bit worse.
Quarterback play, yikes, Obviously, some boneheaded mistakes that allowed Toledo
to stay in the game. And Toledo's Toledo again, they
deserve to be recognized as a team that of that
level G five. They're in the MACY, they're pretty they're
(13:25):
pretty good. They may win their league, right, but you
are in the SEC and you're gonna have to play
many teams that are a lot better than Toledo. And
you got to wonder, was that performance on Saturday was
it close to being good enough to beat the other
good teams on your schedule, like the Ole Miss Rebels
that are coming to town on Saturday, a top top
(13:45):
twenty team. I don't know where they're ranked. Actually I
know they're up there, right. I mean, Lan Kiffin's got
some momentum, and of course he's got revenge on his
mind because Kentucky that was the only sec win they
got last year.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
I believe I could be wrong. I don't think they.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, So anyways, eleven percent fans feel optimistic. I wouldn't
be shocked if you could find some that feel worse,
some that feel the same, and maybe some feel better
because the defense did look pretty good and they've got
some good running backs. But what would really feel demoralizing
if I was a Kentucky fan, would be they they
(14:22):
could and I didn't see it, just to know for
sure if it's going to happen, but they could be
substantially better than they were a year ago. But man,
how many wins is that going to produce? Because they
just have such a tough schedule, I mean, and that's
probably not changing at any point. So Indiana, this was this,
of course was before they played their opener on Saturday.
(14:42):
IU ninety eight percent of IU fans feel optimistic heading
into year two.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And I don't know what Indiana fans, I mean if
you feel if you don't feel optimistic, it could literally
just be somebody saying, I like where we are, I
just don't think we're going to be as good as
last year. Maybe that would identify you as being not
optimistic because I don't know how if you can't get
optimistic after Indiana football making the College Football Playoff, which again,
it still seems like my head's about to explode by
(15:10):
saying that, because it can't be real life, but it is.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
It's real.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
If you are an optimistic at this point, what's going
to do it for you? I mean? Who?
Speaker 2 (15:17):
What fan is that? John A resident? Who's you're here?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Man?
Speaker 2 (15:21):
You is it?
Speaker 3 (15:21):
And so here's the thing. Indiana football is always let
down after having good years. And I know last year
was an anomaly in all the right ways for Indiana,
But when Indiana had their twenty twenty kind of fluke
of a year with Tom allen or, they went and
sinks it two and beat some good programs. The following
year they went to and ten. So that kind of
still lingers in the back of some people's minds, myself included. Now,
(15:43):
I don't think they'll have that level of a drop
off this year, but it's still it's still something that
Indiana football fans specifically think about.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
I feel like I got the sense that the reaction
from Saturday was pretty pretty.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Blog pretty who hum, Yeah, a blow of disappointment, especially
because I mean, you gave up two seventy plus seventy
five plus yard quarterback runs. Now, maybe that means that
they're the ode Us. QB's just really fast and you know,
somebody tough to stop. But also the bigger issue for Indiana,
I feel like was the fact that they couldn't punch
it in the inz and on offense. That's something they
did not struggle with last year.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Yeah, And I who knows if it means that they've
got some issues.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
We'll see.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
They're gonna be challenged, of course when they get to
that big ten schedule, and of course they'll be challenged
this week more so than they were in Week one.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
But the fact that Indiana fans can can win still
be in the top twenty five, and there's some that
kind of feel a little bit of disappointment that signs that.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You're that you're you're doing something.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, for sure, I'm still exciting and I think that
they're still going to be good this year. I don't
know if they're college football playoff level good, but I
think I think eight wins would be the floor, which
is something crazy to think about this.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You know, for Indiana, it still doesn't seem real, but
it is real, and I'm happy for you.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
My friend. Never thought we'd be here, but here we are,
all right.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
What I want to get to coming up next, I
want to talk about a collaboration between Uber eats and
Best Buy. Not something I saw coming, but I get it.
It makes sense. We'll talk about that. And with more
violent crime taking place from juveniles here in Louisville, the
conversation about are we going to get a juvenile attention
center in Louisville at some point?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Is the state going to get the ball rolling here?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
That conversation's not going anywhere, especially when you consider that
these type of stories, even overnight last night, they continue
to happen. So we'll get to that in a lot
more right here on News Radio eight forty WHS. Happy
hump Day, Thank you for joining us here on News
Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with You, Coffee and Company,
Kentucky and This Morning News. Happy to have the full
(17:36):
crew in the house today. So Uber Eats and Best
Buy have collaborated, and I feel like this is more
of a beneficial thing for Best Buy than Uber Eats,
but I'm sure in a way it's mutually beneficial or
the partnership wouldn't happen. But you can now get certain electronics, headphones,
(17:56):
gaming gear, small appliances, and other items delivered to you
that you purchased from best Buy, but it'll be delivered
with the Uber Eats app.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
So this is a new service.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Over eight hundred best Buy stores are participating, and this
is something best Buy is not super new to because
they've also teamed up previously. And I don't know if
these partnerships are still in place, but best Buy's previously
teamed up with door Dash and Instacart, making it part
of clearly I guess their bigger strategy to rival the
convenience of Amazon and other online specific companies. So I
(18:32):
don't I can't think of a time where I I mean,
I just think over time. I guess their hope is
that people it just becomes muscle memory right where they
just think, Okay, I need this, let me pull out
Uber Eats or door Dash because I need a new
pair of headphones for my Xbox or something like that.
But I will give them credit because you know best Buy,
(18:52):
if you think about where they were twenty five thirty
years ago compared to now, I mean think about how
much things have changed in society to where they just
don't seem as necessary. I mean, of all the things
that really just stand out to me in the last
fifteen to twenty years in regards to just how rapidly
we grow from a technological standpoint here in the world,
(19:16):
not just in America, of course, everywhere, is that Best
Buy doesn't sell CDs anymore. That's what I think of
when I think of best Buy still, and I don't
think they've sold CDs in a decade, because who buy
CDs anymore. You don't even get vehicles made with CD players,
So it makes total sense. And I think removing them
is a sign that they early on knew that.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
They've got it.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
They got it, they got to switch it up, they
got to adapt if they want to survive. And I
think these partnerships with these companies is another example of
at least they're aware of the ever changing situation and
they're trying their best to maintain relevance. In fact, when
I go to I haven't looked in a while, but
going to Walmart and seeing CDs still for sale is
(20:02):
just a wild visual because it hits me then, oh yeah,
this seems odd do we go back in time? Wasn't
that long ago we purchased CDs compact discs to listen
to music. But when I see it as I'm walking down,
you know, walking through Walmart, I see they've got a
setup for them, I'm thinking, we do we? Is it
nineteen seventy four, which again CDs weren't even used then.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I mean, it's just we.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I'm sure the rate of advancement when it comes to technology,
it's probably been rather consistent throughout the years. It's just
I'm seeing, you know, as I get older, I'm now
realizing things that were new and techie when I was
young now it's now. I mean, it just seems archaic
to an extent. So yeah, I think this again. I
(20:44):
can't knock them for try and don't know if it's
gonna it's gonna necessarily work out, but yeah, best Buy.
I mean there's now things though that they've probably I
had to when we went to to Destined for vacation
last month, I had left my laptop cable at home,
and I have a pretty standard laptop cable. It wasn't
like I have a specific one that you can't get
(21:05):
anywhere else. And I went to see if Best Buy
had it in the store, because there's one that's there,
and they had one, I could order it and they
would ship it to the store and I could go
pick it up, which is what I did.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
It was still convenient.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I think I waited a day rather than just going
to the store day of and getting it. But I
didn't realized that a lot of the stuff they don't
even keep it in the store anymore because and again
I and yes, that may be that may be inconvenient
to a customer, like, hey, I need it now, Why
can't I come here and purchase it?
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Why can I buy it from you? But you don't
have it?
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Well, it's because they're making changes everywhere, I mean them
buying a bunch of them, having them on the shelves
sitting empty. Probably they don't sell enough of them so
that the demand for somebody to walk up and grab
it when they need it is not as strong as
the convenience that people have to just say, hey, I'm
not going to go to the Best Buy out as
order on Amazon. So they're trying. And I do miss
(21:59):
the days of just walking around Best Buy. You can
still see some pretty cool stuff there, but it clearly
is a lot different now than it used to be.
All right, let's get to a quick update of traffick
in weather, and then we will have another sports update
coming your way as well. It is six point fifty
one here at news Radio eight forty whas
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