September 23, 2025 • 35 mins
Earnest ‘EJ’ Christian discusses how society has gotten way too sensitive, why he’s pissed at ESPN and WWE, Top 5: NFL Week 3 Takeaways, Adele and/or Taylor Swift being considered for the Super Bowl halftime show and a Jimmy Kimmel update.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (01:09):
Hers.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Your podcast coming to you.
Speaker 6 (01:12):
According to this Tuesday, September twenty third, twenty twenty five,
just after noon, the kids are home from school today.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
It's a holiday.
Speaker 6 (01:20):
I don't know what the hell's today, but the kids
are not in school today and apparently not in school
next Friday. Also to like all these damn days off already,
like bro back back in my day. That's like all
Man on the Long Guy. But back in my day,
my black ass in the school almost every day. It
was very few holidays we had back in the day,
Like we had like opposite the usual Christmas, you know, Thanksgiving,
you know, a random and by the way, it was
(01:42):
random teacher planning day and all that. But we never
I mean, my kids are home way more than usual
from school due to whatever whatever it is. I don't
know these made up holidays now, I don't know what
the plus going on, bro, Like seriously, but home today.
And so I'm gonna We're gona records podcast quick, and
(02:03):
I'm gonna go take a month to go skating again.
This podcast steak a subscribe to on any podcast catcher
on the audio side, as such as Google, Pod, Apple Music, uh, Spotify.
You know, I almost always say stitch to radio, even
though I already know Stitcher's out of business.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
What's wrong with me? Bro? What is wrong with me?
Of course?
Speaker 6 (02:24):
On the video side, guys, especially this if you got YouTube,
I'm sorry about the YouTube now YouTube page at YouTube
dot com, Forward slash at Ernest Christian or speaking Earn
speak pod pod right, that's that's that's the number gonna
change it like last year. Also, if you want to
close to the show, TikTok at Earn Free Pod as
well as Instagram and at Earn Speak Pod. But I
(02:46):
have to get something off my chest before we get
to some of these things. For example, I ain't pissed
off with w E and ESPN. I'll tell you what
in the.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Second my Week three takeaway from the NFL. It was
a wacky week. And get in the NFL.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Rumors about a possible adele or and or Taylor Swift
performing at this year's this upcoming Super Hot Time Show.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
I gotta say about that. And then we have a
Jimmy Kimmel update on.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
That saga of Jimmy Kimble, who got suspended from ABC
last week for his comments about the Trolly Kirk situation.
There's been an update as of yesterday. We'll get to
that in just a second. But I gotta tell you
and this is the more personal personal situation that while
I'm reacting to this, but this really is an overwaulgent
generalization of society today. I'm not someone that's in this
(03:37):
toxic masculine thing and I people live your life, do
you want to do? And that's not harmor anybody. I
was paying your bills. You don't affect me my bills,
and I don't care, don't harm anybody. Okay, bro, But
I think society has gotten completely soft. People are just soft.
People don't want to have conversations anymore. People are just
(04:00):
want to This is the this is the problem I
having with people today. In today's society, people want to
be heard but don't want to hear. Let me say
that again, because you guys can understand what I said there.
People want to be heard, but those same person who
wants to be heard people be heard, also don't want
(04:20):
to hear. So they're willing to put out what they
want to put out. Okay, social media, any any form
of a platform. But when it comes to just having
the conversation, we're not attacking him.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
People can't. They can't hack it. They just can't hack it.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
So I had a situation with a follower on Instagram,
No not, no longer followed anymore, a mutual follower.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
We weren't friends at all. We don't really know each
other honestly, we just we mutual follow on Instagram.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
And this person put out a thing a face on Instagram.
A uh some story that's a story on there, and
it was a video of I think it was, uh,
the carry as a carry out. The dude from CNN came,
remember's name, I'm not my hands. I'm really like trying
(05:14):
to get through this thing. But he was interviewing Hillary
Clinton and Hillary you know, talking about you know, Hillary Clinton,
about you know, the Jolie.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Kirch situation, censorship and all that, oh that goes stuff.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Whatever, Jimmy kimmeldo that, and the person put a comment
attached to the video of saying, you know this is
why you know you know this.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
This kind of you know not I guess I'm forbade
of opposite, but basically.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Being critical of the left and what they've done and
the Democratic Party as a whole. And and this person
is I guess a lefty, was a left d Now
she's kind of like in the middle.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Whatever, Messa, this is a female one of.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Her record And for the record, I'm I was not
disagree with her at all what she was saying, but
I added to the conversation saying that you know, let me,
you know what, let me look up the entire conversation
here so I can get more context.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Here all right. I found that the I'm gonna read this.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
For Batim so because because it gets uh, you know,
it gets more in the weeds there. So I basically
respond to her saying that I don't have an issue.
I don't think most people had to issue an issue
him geting shit can which about Jimmy Kimmel getting canned
from the from ABC Disney, which why we'll cover that
in the second.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You know, on the show Pie Frank got tough.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
Jimmy kill sucked, probably the worst late night host in
the history of television. Everyone, everyone's has to do whether
the government interfere in this, which looks like in fact,
the administration did apply pressure. If you believe in the constitution.
For Batim, that should bother you, she replies, his views sucked.
It did bother me when a man got killed because
they did anent opinion and the government had nothing to
do with that. It bothers me that someone not in
(06:44):
politics can make laws or get rid of them, was
to target someone and then eventually killed. So no, that
this doesn't bother me. Like I said, you are free speech.
You have to free speech. You are not free of consequences,
and that is what sim m Kimmel's example up. Don't
disagree again. The only try I said in this was
that as long as the government was not involved with
by the way we're seeing, obviously she's wrong. The government
(07:06):
wasn't involved because the FCC is the arm of the government. Okay,
Brendan Carr is the arm of the Trump administration. So
you can't sit there and say that.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So she's wrong.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
For the record, she's in her feelings, she continues. Jerry
Kimbal based on based all of his politics. Okay, Jimmy
Kimble based all of his questions on politics, brought.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Trump mimstra into the nightly routine. That's weird.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
He lost his viewership because probably more than half of Republicans.
It's not anyone's fault that many people like yourself believe
what the liberal meta feed you. And that's what the
issue is. And if you believe in the constitution, that
shou bothering you hold on the liberal media. And you
know you know me first off, So first off, most
of my algorithm, first off is actually skewed to the right. Actually,
(07:48):
be honestly, quite frankly, this is my total here, and
I spelled her like you know you know basically say
my you know, the kimbl din't do any favors by
addressing it in the first place.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
It was idiotic. Free speech, yes, but you're putting stuff
in across rooms giving the climate.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Like he has to read a fucking room. Also, I
responded to she probably got offended by this. I said,
it's low in fear of assume I believe in the
middle liberal media and what they feed me. I'm not
even a liberal and fan. Most my social media algorithm
swing concervat me for be honest, she gets to the
feelings because and look again, I'm having a conversation.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
We're not debating. We don't even debating anything. We're having
a conversation, you know.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
And what I'm saying is that that's unfair to say
that Lily feeding me as though you know what my
algorithm looks like, or what I listen to, what I watch.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
And by the way, you know, the head of the FCC,
Brendan Carr, was on a.
Speaker 6 (08:36):
Conservative uh show, Benny Johnson's show. In fact, who's a
massive mag of supporter, massive Trump guy. So you're fucking
wrong on that one, She continues, bro I'm not debating
this if what I post bothers you kyling delete me again?
Who's the posting bother me? I like, just I'm actually
agreeing with you. That's the thing you're looking for to
(08:58):
fight for sake of fighting. You know, I'm looking for opinions.
I don't know you, and I'm actually nor do I
care about what your viewpoints are? Okay, fine, but do
you post your things so you need again people want
to be heard but don't want people to hear back
from them. She's an example of this. Okay, if you
are approached in an unbiased way, if you're posted in
an unbiased way without attacking what I'm posting, constantly thinking
(09:20):
I'm wrong, then maybe I be open to having a
mature conversation again. Who said you're wrong? Who said you're wrong?
Nobody said you're wrong. We're having a conversation. In fact,
I'm actually agreeing with you. You know what I'm saying.
You're the last thought in my head. But based on
everything you have responded to my post, you definitely more liberal.
You clearly don't know me, because if you know my
(09:42):
people who in my life, they'll people people accuse me
of being a mag of guy. So you don't know
who the hell I am staying in your fucking lane,
and that's fine.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Good for you.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Someone know who's also little cut what you want. And
then she we don't follow each other because she can't
have a conversation.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
She's soft. She's soft.
Speaker 6 (09:59):
I'm gonna call her out, but you're soft, bottom line.
And again, we're just having a conversation about what's going on.
I'm not attacking you. I'm I mean, I'm not even
debating you. That's the thing that got and to me,
it's it's it's it's an example of people today who
want to be heard but don't want to hear from people. Okay,
(10:20):
we're having a conversation. I'm not even saying you're wrong.
In fact, i'm agreeing with you're saying. I'm just giving
you a little more insight about what I heard. And
now what's been pretty much confirmed that yes, and again
she was wrong.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
And that's the worst part. She's wrong. She's sold her feelings.
Speaker 6 (10:35):
And I followed her a little while, you know, I
supposed because she's kind of like in this like whole
bubble now where people who are lefty and out little
more to the right, whatever want to call it, or
become more, you know, And I get why they hate
the Democrats because of what they resent now and how
they operate whatnot. And she's not wrong about that, but
she's using her anger to justify logic that makes little
(10:57):
sense when I'm having a.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Debate with you.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Don't change if I'm telling you that A the ahead
of the FCC brand and Carr was on a show,
which is true, who's also works in the administration, which
is true. Honors said and he said himself that we
are going to apply pressure for Disney to do something
or we'll do somebody. That's proof that, in fact, in fact,
that administration applusan pressure.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Okay, My only issue with this is my only only issue.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
With this situation with Kimball, and we get to that
later on the show, is the fact that the government
got involved. Other than that, I can give a fuck.
I really can give a fuck with Jimmy Kimble. You
guys know, I can't stand him. I've done show, I've
done Samson's show for many years. On Jimmy Kimble, I
can't stand him, motherfucker.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I just can't. He's not funny.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
He's to me, the worst late nine talk host in
history of the lit shows again.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
We'll get to Kimmel later on.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
I got beef from him with the situation anyway, so
people will soft and you know whatever, my beef ESPN
W So the ESPN era kicked off with we this
past weekend. Recal Losa was a uh uh on W
programming and I was not able to watch it, and
(12:07):
ESPN pretty much lied to me. They said, like, if
you have ESPN already in your service, you're fined. You'll
be able able to watch wresclepals A feeling that's not
true because I have ESPN and I wasn't able to
watch it. Appearently I had had to had to. I
had to get the app, had to get the other app.
And I guess why I'm not paying three dollars. I'm
not doing it.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
They lied to me.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
So now I've got now I got being a decision.
I won't forward, you know, as to do I start
paying for wrest for for the ESPN three dollars extra
a month additional now just to watch the pls. Because
I don't need ESPN as a whole, because I get
everything else already. Okay, the only thing that I'm missing
is now barely is w W content now on the
(12:48):
pl E and the PL's then putting on every month. Okay,
I'll tell you what. This is a cross room. This
could be the cross room moment here where people start
to push back. Now, okay, we've been talking about this
on the show. We talked about on False count about
the fact that w E has been making a lot
of moves in the last year or so and pretending
to what it was increased prices, what is moving Wesselemania
(13:11):
from Vegas to well, from from New Orleans to Vegas
for next year and then newing that what the following
Esselemanian in two years from you know, to Saudi Arabia,
basically aliening fans, you know what I'm saying. And then
you have the situation now with with this and and
you know, the moon appeals off a peacock, which I get. Capitalism,
get it. They're gona find it the best deal possible.
They found it in ESPN. Okay, but now that we're
(13:33):
not going to pay more access to all of this,
and here's the thing, they're not hiding it.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
I keep telling you guys this you gotta pay for it.
You want to watch it, a pay for it? Bomb mine.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
But what is what is your breaking point?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
I might be reaching at breakpoint now. To be honest
with you, they're not hiding it.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
We've heard exactly say as such that they're not targeting
families in the same way Vincent Man did.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
We saw on the show last week Mark Shapeiro for TKO.
Speaker 6 (13:58):
They had a t k O one had the t
said that this man used to price shows for families
only to make it more affordable. They're not doing that,
and I mean they probably they said in so many words,
they're not doing that. They're trying to maximize every dollar possible,
okay for this company, which again that's their right. But
(14:21):
at the same time, I don't have to pay for it.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Okay, I don't pay for it, And so what is
the breaking point? Okay? Now?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
The word is that the reason why they're doing this
now is and costs the sky high and all these
moves they're making. The reason why it is this is
because supposedly to pay down debt, because remember the merger
between UFC and in W a couple years ago and
all the all things are doing, they're using the W
now as a way to pay down debt.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
So basically, what Essentially, what.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
They're doing is they're using w as a as a
ATM pretty much is what's happening here.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The're using w as an ATM. Okay.
Speaker 6 (14:56):
The problem is, and I'll keep saying this, the problem
is t k O does not know what a true
wrestling audience looks like.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
They see.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
This is the differ between Vince and a corporate company
like TKO. Vince at the end of the day, for
all the stuff all the Christs will give Vince mc
man through the years, from creative to beings, been a
scumback human being, all this stuff, Vince McMahon was a
wrestling promoter. Okay, he knows wrestling. Okay, he knows the business.
He knows what what the audience looks like. And I'm
(15:26):
how much they can afford to go to shows.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
TKO is not TKO does not give a shit. They're
they're a corporate board. Okay, They're disconnected from the wrestling audience. Okay,
wrestling audience, the arrest. The wrestling audience is a blue
collar audience, so they don't have as much discristioninating cash
in the same way that say, maybe other UFC fans.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I guess okay.
Speaker 6 (15:48):
And and on top of that, now everything's oversaturated wno everything,
there's so many TV shows. And again I'm okay with that,
because again you're making money. But what is the breaking point?
I feel like this ESPN thing. If this continues, this
could be breaking point where fans are pushing back. You
(16:09):
might start seeing ratings will down a little, a little lower.
You might start seeing they'll ticket sales drop. I don't know,
I don't know. I don't I can't speak very wresting
fan out there. I know what my breakupoint is. I
think we're about to approaching it now with me, because
I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
You guys know how frue I am.
Speaker 6 (16:25):
I don't like to spending money, Okay, I don't like
I don't like so many money, but don't I don't
like wasting money.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Okay, So now, okay, I give you.
Speaker 6 (16:32):
For example, let's say I gotta do I gotta do
this now, Okay, So I'll get inside baseball for example. Okay,
October is on the corner. Okay, so I repaid, I
REAPAYI for NFOL red zone NFL plus for a red
zone every week. So that's fourteen dollars fifty dollars a
month as is, which okay, I'm a quai evax, I
use it okay, and if I'm on and being around
(16:56):
the corner, I get lead pass lead pass last year,
I imagine that it's not gonna change price fifteen dollars
a month.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Add that to the docket. I'm a Miami Heat fan.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
I don't have cable, but you can have access to
the Heat games through fan dual Sports. Okay, that costs
twenty dollars a month. So now I'm adding another thirty
five dollars between the d nbat Mimi Heat. Well, I'm
I'm a hardcore fani of which I again, I watched
the game, so it's worth the buck to the Miami
Heat and also a lead pass. So that's forty five
(17:28):
dollars extra more month I be paying now for for
this stuff. Then you want me to pay for ESPN
discipline for next month on top of that, another thirty
dollars a month on something I don't need.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
And I'm paying solely for the plis that is it?
Speaker 6 (17:43):
Because I don't Because I don't everything else the ESDESPN
app gives I don't need.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I rehabit that that could be my breaking point.
Speaker 6 (17:53):
Okay, Now, the only thing that may stop that if
the rumors are true that ESPN is bidding for the
entire ir WWE library moving forward and shifting to ESPN.
That will get me because at least with that, I
watched that library over and over again. And if I
decide to cut Peacock, I can do so so I
can save money on the back end and say fifteen
(18:14):
maybe I mean paying a little more for the ESPN,
but I also that some on the cost by cutting
Peacock if I decide to do that. But I don't
know if I'll do that, because it's still contant there.
I do watch and again it's not that I can't
afford it. I could afford it. I'm still looking to
afford it.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
But again, I don't like wasting money bomb mine. I
don't care.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
I'm not being cheap. I'm just being frugal. Okay, bottom line.
So anyway, NFL weekstreeen the books. We had a great
game last night Lions and Lions and Ravens. Shocking, I
guess not too shocking, but for me with shocking, I
love Baltimore in that game. Detroit, you know, did a
job is a great for close game the roup Betroy
did a dinner thing. So as I've been doing for
(18:54):
the last couple weeks, I'm gonna go continue doing this.
I'm gonna give you my my top five takeaways for
Week three in the NFL. Uh this past week. First thing,
Number one, bro the Chiefs are cooked in twenty five. Now,
let me let me preface and saying this. They beat
the Giants down on Sunday Football the one and two.
I still think there'll be a playoff team because Andy Reid,
(19:17):
Pat Mahomes Uh, you know you have that talent. They're
gonna get guys back for she writes me back soon
where they should be healthy for you soon. He didn't
play in this past Sunday, it didn't matter. I think
the amc is week will get ten. In a second,
the Chiefs will be a playoff team this year, I think.
But I think there'll be a wildcard team, Okay. I
think the Charterers are the class got division now. Okay,
(19:38):
they're ready, The Chargers ready now are three and now
all through the wins are in that division, okay, including
including the Chiefs. Okay, So I think the Chiefs will
be in the conversation. But I think the Chiefs have
come way down to earth now. I would like I don't.
I don't even know if I consider the super co
ten or No, I don't know if I can like I.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Like I will.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
What I will say is this, I'll hold out hope
for one thing because of that quarterback, that coach, and
when they get healthier, let's see if that will be.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
The thing that changes things.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
If they're healthy, I will put them back in that
comments right right now. They're not comment right now, They're
not in that super conversation right now. Okay, right now,
my my top three teams are you know, Baltimore, Buffalo
and h Chargers for now. Second thing that I'll be
saying this right now, and again it's only Big three,
only three, So I'm not gonna over do this here.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
But what I will.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Say currently, the NFC right now is better than AFC
and deeper than AFC. So I went out with my
brother and my and of course our own Zach Degenerate
on Sadny night. Once I watched the Giants game at
the at Flannagans here, the local flann Agains here, bar
and grill, and we're having a conversation. My brother brought
this up actually, and he made a great point. He said,
(20:49):
he goes hot Take, I go, what's up?
Speaker 4 (20:51):
Hot Take?
Speaker 6 (20:53):
The NMC is better than AFC and deeper. And I'm like,
what you can't say that? You know, you see the
history that's couple of years and now. But then I
thought about it, and again we're working on a three
game sample. Here, I ran on the MC teams, ran
the AMC teams. He's right, if I if I, if
I'm using just a three game sample and against only
(21:14):
three game sample, okay? And I look at the best
teams NMC best do to AMC. And of the ones there,
which ones do you see contending for the chance to
go to Super Bowl? And again, you guys know when
I when I when I say contenders, I'm talking about
is okay? Do I see this team playing in that
conference's championship game? So there's multiple in in in a
(21:37):
in NFC, you have Philadelphia obviously the favorites to win
the whole thing. You have Green Bay it's not the
LOSC as Cleveland. You have Detroit, who this last two
weeks has really stepped up since through that Green Bay
in a week one.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
You have the Rams Okay, you have.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
Al still San Niners, though banged up, the three know
while banged up.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
Okay, that's five teams. I'll go temp By Buccaneers.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Absolutely tep By Buccaneers making me a feel has been
nothing short of amazing. Six teams and for now, while
not really impressive, but because they were in that game
last year, I will go Washington Commanders.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
So that's seven teams.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
I can see a scenario where they're playing in that
conference chamis Trup game in a Sam Frion game.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
Okay, seven teams.
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Let's go to AMC Buffalo easy, Josh Allen Company. Okay,
despite being one and two and that stupid ass loss
last night, still Baltimore.
Speaker 4 (22:37):
That's two.
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Okay, go down the conference col to three now, not
ready to put them there yet, great story. I've ready
put them there yet. At the Chargers is my third team.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
That's it.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
Another team in the conference right now I would consider again,
I hold out hope for the Chiefs. Colt's gotta see more.
Bengals have banged up. Steelers are not that good. There's
there's too many wonkye teams. Houston sucks now, Denver's over
over overrated as hell. Yeah, He's right, Danae's right now,
(23:12):
then the names. But again this is this is the
great thing about the NFL, and in week three one
to week four it's all about a puzzle. It's a puzzle.
So we'll see, all right. Speaking of the colf you
mentioned jar Thir takeaway, Bro. Daniel Jones the MVP right now,
if we're using the three game sample right now, Daniel
(23:33):
Jones is the m v P. Like I would go
Daniel Jones one, I probably go back a film of
two and Josh Allami three. D Daniel Jones have been phenomenal.
Three games in, He's the Colts have punted the ball
this year a total of one time.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
One time. Unbelievable. So again you know, it's it's, it's
it's sick.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
I saw a meme the other day that had a
Bryan Day ball looking outside and like a like a
like in a up upstairs and like something like I
don't know what Jail would call it, and it's a
picture of like two like things and it has Sakon
Barkley three and O and has Dane Joel three and
also riving with out the Ryan Day ball. So sick,
I mean, I'm look I'm proud of the guy. I'm
really proud of Daniel Jones obviously didn't work here and
(24:24):
is that a Giants problem?
Speaker 4 (24:25):
It might be. We'll see this again.
Speaker 6 (24:27):
I gotta see word oficles though, because you're you're not
the bills of the Ravens and not so because you're
the new kennel block. I'm not gonna anoint you in
the conversation three year weeks in, but with time, give
me to week eight before I started saying, oh okay,
if there's seven to one, they eight. No, but they
have the seven to one even six and two my
week eight, week nine, maybe I'll buy into them as
(24:49):
a contender, but for now no, But through three weeks
Daniel Jones MV pick all right, number four bro kickers
are about to get paid paid. I was just a
researcher the night I was again dinner with my brother
Might and Zach. It's about the kickers home, how valuable
they are to teams. And I think the highest salary
(25:10):
kicker in the league right now I think is Harrison
Bucker thinks making like somewhere in nable to like six
or seven dollars a year. YEA, A guy like Bed Aubrey,
who's not currently being paid anything for the time being,
is gonna it's gonna gonna crack that semillion dollars. I
can see a world right now, because I'm the importance
of kickers now especially, I see a world where probably
(25:32):
the next tell, next two three years, where at the
very least the top ranked kickers are getting paid somewhere
close to ten.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Million dollars a year.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
I can see that happening, okay, and which will which
will then rise the salaries of the kickers in the
middle and even in the bottom. Okay, because of the
importance of them. I think again, the top third kickers
are getting paid between a neighborhood of six to five
million dollars ye year. That numbers moving up with this
(26:02):
increase salary cap every year, increased revenue and the importance
of kickers. You know, you have these all these big games,
but then like your game is down to a kick
to a leg. Yeah, I see kickers getting paid a
shit ton of money in the next holding ten million
dollars within the next five years, without question. All right,
final thing, and this is actually breaking news. Jack's Dart's
(26:25):
time to start with decks Dart it's time to start
Jackson Dart and it's not a ross issue. The Giants
did this sloppy and if Brian they wants to save
his job at this point, now you gotta stop the
quarterback and break I say breaking news because just literally
three minutes ago they made they made the announcement that
brain dable, that brain day ball. Russe Wilson will be
getting benched and Jack's Dart will be starting quitting New
(26:48):
York Giants to Sunday against the Chargers.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
It's right move.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
It's right move and done against russ. It's just that
where the teams are now own three, you gotta see
what this kid is. It's time just to valuate him.
I thought maybe they would wait one more week because
the Charges are a great team chart great defense too. Also,
I thought, maybe you wait to week five it's the Saints,
but you know, I guess they're gonna mcnow now and
(27:13):
you'll try to save their season. So I agreed to
move you though I might have waited to a week
five week five to do it. But same time, it's time.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I'm gonna start. It's time to starting.
Speaker 6 (27:22):
So all right, come things, get out of here. So
this rumors now about Adele and or Taylor Swift possibly
playing at the Super Bowl halftime show this coming February.
So here's the latest on that. As of late this month,
there is a lot of speculation about who will perform
(27:44):
at the Super Bowl sixty halftime show in February of
twenty twenty six. Both Adele and Taylor Swift among the
top names being discussed along on mas Cyrus Here's the
Lakes reports. Adele, of course, of course, has been approached
about the gig because that the first time her name
has been connected to the Super Bowl. Previously stated that
she turned down the offer for the twenty seventeen show
because she felt it was wasn't about the music and
(28:06):
she couldn't dance. However, her recent public appearances and her
relationship with sports agent Rich Paul, which they're not relationship,
they're married, actually has fueled news speculation now. As for
Taylor Swift, she's a constant subject of sill halftime show rumors,
especially given her increased presence at NFL games to support
her fiance Travis Kelcey. ANIFAL commissioner Roger Goodell has even
(28:26):
commented Saint Swift is a quote special special talent and
would be welcome at any time, calling a potential performance
a maybe. However, a major fact for Swift is her
new album, The Lafe of the Showgirl, would have said
to be released on octob third this year and a
corresponding film. In the past, she probably turned out offers
due to a busy schedule with the aerostour and the
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re recording.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Of her albums.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
The NFL and Rock Nation, which produces the Halftimes Show,
has not made in official announcement yet. The performer performer
is typically announced in the fall, so the decisions, so
decisions should be made very soon. I think it's a
dell Adel's ray count Talented, Taylor Talenton whatever. I'm tired
of right now, of rap groups. I'm tired of pop
(29:12):
stars now. Nothing gets to the modist except but that's
all we've gotten for the last like ten years now,
maybe longer. I need to see a live band. You
ready know I'm moving for I want. I want Metallica
to do it. Obviously, metal makes more sense for me.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
Here's why.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Number one, there anything playing in Sanrancisco, that's where they're from.
Number two, it will it will actually fall in on
their forty five ye Universay, that'll be in a band.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
Okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 6 (29:34):
Okay, if you're going to Metallica at any point in
the career, now it's time doing Okay, they are, They're
still commercially relevant. But look, I get it. If you
want to Metallica, I get it. Do Green Day, do
a live band. I need someone I need I need
a live band from Once. Okay, again, nothing against the ushers.
(29:55):
Usher's amazing, and you know it's not a lot of
pop music, but that's all we have gotten for the
last ten years now is rappers and pop stars. Okay,
I'm sorry, but I feel like we have now evolved
of society where no hell have fucking sleep talking playing
for crownd a Loud. I don't even like I might
(30:16):
even into them yet, but they're popular. But I mean,
there's so much other artists you can do. I am
I saying not do Taylor or not Doingdell, but do
him next year that the next two years they'll be
up for a long time.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
Like give me give me a live band for once, bro,
give me a live band for once, bro? Like seriously, anyway, all.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Right, final thing for got here and we kind of
touched early on the show, the whole Jimmy Kimmel thing.
There is an update on that too, as he was
to spend it last week. The last update is that
the show is returning tonight on air after a week
long suspension. The suspension was initially announced as indefinite, was
a result of comments Kimmel made about the death of
conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The key events in the saga
(30:57):
are shirts number one kim Moll's comment during his mom
laws on September fifteen, to the long second one my
screen here, Sorry about that, Sorry about that, guys, his mom.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Fifteen fifteen and sixteen.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
Kimo criticized what he called a maga gang for definitely
going trying to trying to characterize the accuse killer, Charlie
Kirk as something other than a supporter of the movement
in terms of backlash and pressure. This led to immediate
and intense backlash from conservative figures, including the FCC chairman
Brendan Carr, which again, I just said that early in
the podcasts went my friend here who didn't understand that,
(31:37):
who called remarks truly sick and threatened regulatory action against
Disney and ABC again Brendan Carr part of the government.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Okay, the government did get involved.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
Stop two biggest affiliates, owners Next Star and Sinclair, announced
they will stop airing Jimmy Kimmel's Live on their stations.
Under pressure of both regulars and affiliate partners, Disney owned
ABC suspend did Kimmell's show in definitely signing ill time
and instance of comments. After a week of behind the
scenes discussions, ABC announced yesterday that they will return the
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show on Tuesday. But now while the show's returning, the
controversy has become a broad up national debate on free
speech and media censorship. Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars
signed on an open letter from the American Civil Liberties
Union depending to Kimmel's right to free speech, so affiliates
such a Saint Care Saint Clair rather indicated that they
will continue to air.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
News programming in Kimbole's time slot. It's that of the show. Yes,
that's the thing.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
Saint Clair has announced that even though Disney is returned
to show, that they will be airing everything but Jimmy
Kimble tonight and beyond unless they get an apology.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
And whatnot from Jimmy Kimble and whatnot. Now does that happen?
We shall see. I don't know.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
Again, I don't believe what Kimmell said was wrong or
or out of pocket to where will warrant it the suspension.
At the same time, he was an idiot for even
touching on it in the first place. And this is
the thing of people will understand who else? This is
one we ana Jimmy Kimle here. It's not just you
(33:11):
losing your job. When Jimmy Coo loses his job, it's
him and dozens upon dozens of other employees that work
under him on the show loser's job as well too.
So when Jemmy Cole decides to take action and talk
about these things, he needs to understand that he's taking
the weight of not just himself, but his writers and
his producers and airlesson between that involved in that show.
(33:34):
All right, But again the government did get involved because
FCC did say as such.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
So again I was right about that. And again I
don't like Jimmy Kimble. I think he sucks. He's not
funny at all. I never found him funny. The Man
show sucked, okay.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
Some things, some things he didn't pass was deplorable okay,
but I will defend his right free speech also too.
And what happened here was the garment got involved. Okay,
that was my only issue at the situation. Okay, Now
does Kimmel issue issue apology? Does Sinclair a Love the
show back back on their air waves? We shall see.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
But then this may open up another another debate. Now.
Speaker 6 (34:13):
But whether or not people in those sin Clear territories
push back now on that and now they give Sinclair
to business now because of them restricting their their TV
rights and whatnot, I don't know, man, We'll see.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
It's a pretty wacky time here in society, but it
is what it is. So anyway, that is it for me.
Speaker 6 (34:33):
On this day dated September twenty third, two thousand and
twenty five, I am on x at e J Christian seven.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
Look out for all the content come up this week.
Speaker 6 (34:44):
Got a lot of good shows coming this week on
including an announcement I'll be making on this on this
show on the Friday episode of the podcast I'm on
x at e J Christian seven erst pod of course,
on YouTube, on TikTok, on yeah ig, Instagram, which I
gotta be update a little more often. But until the
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next episode. We will talk soon. God bless y'all and
see you
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According to this Tuesday, September twenty third, twenty twenty five,
just after noon, the kids are home from school today.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
It's a holiday.
Speaker 6 (01:20):
I don't know what the hell's today, but the kids
are not in school today and apparently not in school
next Friday. Also to like all these damn days off already,
like bro back back in my day. That's like all
Man on the Long Guy. But back in my day,
my black ass in the school almost every day. It
was very few holidays we had back in the day,
Like we had like opposite the usual Christmas, you know, Thanksgiving,
you know, a random and by the way, it was
(01:42):
random teacher planning day and all that. But we never
I mean, my kids are home way more than usual
from school due to whatever whatever it is. I don't
know these made up holidays now, I don't know what
the plus going on, bro, Like seriously, but home today.
And so I'm gonna We're gona records podcast quick, and
(02:03):
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Speaker 4 (02:21):
What's wrong with me? Bro? What is wrong with me?
Of course?
Speaker 6 (02:24):
On the video side, guys, especially this if you got YouTube,
I'm sorry about the YouTube now YouTube page at YouTube
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(02:46):
have to get something off my chest before we get
to some of these things. For example, I ain't pissed
off with w E and ESPN. I'll tell you what
in the.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Second my Week three takeaway from the NFL. It was
a wacky week. And get in the NFL.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Rumors about a possible adele or and or Taylor Swift
performing at this year's this upcoming Super Hot Time Show.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
I gotta say about that. And then we have a
Jimmy Kimmel update on.
Speaker 6 (03:13):
That saga of Jimmy Kimble, who got suspended from ABC
last week for his comments about the Trolly Kirk situation.
There's been an update as of yesterday. We'll get to
that in just a second. But I gotta tell you
and this is the more personal personal situation that while
I'm reacting to this, but this really is an overwaulgent
generalization of society today. I'm not someone that's in this
(03:37):
toxic masculine thing and I people live your life, do
you want to do? And that's not harmor anybody. I
was paying your bills. You don't affect me my bills,
and I don't care, don't harm anybody. Okay, bro, But
I think society has gotten completely soft. People are just soft.
People don't want to have conversations anymore. People are just
(04:00):
want to This is the this is the problem I
having with people today. In today's society, people want to
be heard but don't want to hear. Let me say
that again, because you guys can understand what I said there.
People want to be heard, but those same person who
wants to be heard people be heard, also don't want
(04:20):
to hear. So they're willing to put out what they
want to put out. Okay, social media, any any form
of a platform. But when it comes to just having
the conversation, we're not attacking him.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
People can't. They can't hack it. They just can't hack it.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
So I had a situation with a follower on Instagram,
No not, no longer followed anymore, a mutual follower.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
We weren't friends at all. We don't really know each
other honestly, we just we mutual follow on Instagram.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
And this person put out a thing a face on Instagram.
A uh some story that's a story on there, and
it was a video of I think it was, uh,
the carry as a carry out. The dude from CNN came,
remember's name, I'm not my hands. I'm really like trying
(05:14):
to get through this thing. But he was interviewing Hillary
Clinton and Hillary you know, talking about you know, Hillary Clinton,
about you know, the Jolie.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Kirch situation, censorship and all that, oh that goes stuff.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Whatever, Jimmy kimmeldo that, and the person put a comment
attached to the video of saying, you know this is
why you know you know this.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
This kind of you know not I guess I'm forbade
of opposite, but basically.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Being critical of the left and what they've done and
the Democratic Party as a whole. And and this person
is I guess a lefty, was a left d Now
she's kind of like in the middle.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Whatever, Messa, this is a female one of.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Her record And for the record, I'm I was not
disagree with her at all what she was saying, but
I added to the conversation saying that you know, let me,
you know what, let me look up the entire conversation
here so I can get more context.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Here all right. I found that the I'm gonna read this.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
For Batim so because because it gets uh, you know,
it gets more in the weeds there. So I basically
respond to her saying that I don't have an issue.
I don't think most people had to issue an issue
him geting shit can which about Jimmy Kimmel getting canned
from the from ABC Disney, which why we'll cover that
in the second.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You know, on the show Pie Frank got tough.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
Jimmy kill sucked, probably the worst late night host in
the history of television. Everyone, everyone's has to do whether
the government interfere in this, which looks like in fact,
the administration did apply pressure. If you believe in the constitution.
For Batim, that should bother you, she replies, his views sucked.
It did bother me when a man got killed because
they did anent opinion and the government had nothing to
do with that. It bothers me that someone not in
(06:44):
politics can make laws or get rid of them, was
to target someone and then eventually killed. So no, that
this doesn't bother me. Like I said, you are free speech.
You have to free speech. You are not free of consequences,
and that is what sim m Kimmel's example up. Don't
disagree again. The only try I said in this was
that as long as the government was not involved with
by the way we're seeing, obviously she's wrong. The government
(07:06):
wasn't involved because the FCC is the arm of the government. Okay,
Brendan Carr is the arm of the Trump administration. So
you can't sit there and say that.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So she's wrong.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
For the record, she's in her feelings, she continues. Jerry
Kimbal based on based all of his politics. Okay, Jimmy
Kimble based all of his questions on politics, brought.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Trump mimstra into the nightly routine. That's weird.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
He lost his viewership because probably more than half of Republicans.
It's not anyone's fault that many people like yourself believe
what the liberal meta feed you. And that's what the
issue is. And if you believe in the constitution, that
shou bothering you hold on the liberal media. And you
know you know me first off, So first off, most
of my algorithm, first off is actually skewed to the right. Actually,
(07:48):
be honestly, quite frankly, this is my total here, and
I spelled her like you know you know basically say
my you know, the kimbl din't do any favors by
addressing it in the first place.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
It was idiotic. Free speech, yes, but you're putting stuff
in across rooms giving the climate.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Like he has to read a fucking room. Also, I
responded to she probably got offended by this. I said,
it's low in fear of assume I believe in the
middle liberal media and what they feed me. I'm not
even a liberal and fan. Most my social media algorithm
swing concervat me for be honest, she gets to the
feelings because and look again, I'm having a conversation.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
We're not debating. We don't even debating anything. We're having
a conversation, you know.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
And what I'm saying is that that's unfair to say
that Lily feeding me as though you know what my
algorithm looks like, or what I listen to, what I watch.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
And by the way, you know, the head of the FCC,
Brendan Carr, was on a.
Speaker 6 (08:36):
Conservative uh show, Benny Johnson's show. In fact, who's a
massive mag of supporter, massive Trump guy. So you're fucking
wrong on that one, She continues, bro I'm not debating
this if what I post bothers you kyling delete me again?
Who's the posting bother me? I like, just I'm actually
agreeing with you. That's the thing you're looking for to
(08:58):
fight for sake of fighting. You know, I'm looking for opinions.
I don't know you, and I'm actually nor do I
care about what your viewpoints are? Okay, fine, but do
you post your things so you need again people want
to be heard but don't want people to hear back
from them. She's an example of this. Okay, if you
are approached in an unbiased way, if you're posted in
an unbiased way without attacking what I'm posting, constantly thinking
(09:20):
I'm wrong, then maybe I be open to having a
mature conversation again. Who said you're wrong? Who said you're wrong?
Nobody said you're wrong. We're having a conversation. In fact,
I'm actually agreeing with you. You know what I'm saying.
You're the last thought in my head. But based on
everything you have responded to my post, you definitely more liberal.
You clearly don't know me, because if you know my
(09:42):
people who in my life, they'll people people accuse me
of being a mag of guy. So you don't know
who the hell I am staying in your fucking lane,
and that's fine.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Good for you.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Someone know who's also little cut what you want. And
then she we don't follow each other because she can't
have a conversation.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
She's soft. She's soft.
Speaker 6 (09:59):
I'm gonna call her out, but you're soft, bottom line.
And again, we're just having a conversation about what's going on.
I'm not attacking you. I'm I mean, I'm not even
debating you. That's the thing that got and to me,
it's it's it's it's an example of people today who
want to be heard but don't want to hear from people. Okay,
(10:20):
we're having a conversation. I'm not even saying you're wrong.
In fact, i'm agreeing with you're saying. I'm just giving
you a little more insight about what I heard. And
now what's been pretty much confirmed that yes, and again
she was wrong.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
And that's the worst part. She's wrong. She's sold her feelings.
Speaker 6 (10:35):
And I followed her a little while, you know, I
supposed because she's kind of like in this like whole
bubble now where people who are lefty and out little
more to the right, whatever want to call it, or
become more, you know, And I get why they hate
the Democrats because of what they resent now and how
they operate whatnot. And she's not wrong about that, but
she's using her anger to justify logic that makes little
(10:57):
sense when I'm having a.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Debate with you.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Don't change if I'm telling you that A the ahead
of the FCC brand and Carr was on a show,
which is true, who's also works in the administration, which
is true. Honors said and he said himself that we
are going to apply pressure for Disney to do something
or we'll do somebody. That's proof that, in fact, in fact,
that administration applusan pressure.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Okay, My only issue with this is my only only issue.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
With this situation with Kimball, and we get to that
later on the show, is the fact that the government
got involved. Other than that, I can give a fuck.
I really can give a fuck with Jimmy Kimble. You
guys know, I can't stand him. I've done show, I've
done Samson's show for many years. On Jimmy Kimble, I
can't stand him, motherfucker.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I just can't. He's not funny.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
He's to me, the worst late nine talk host in
history of the lit shows again.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
We'll get to Kimmel later on.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
I got beef from him with the situation anyway, so
people will soft and you know whatever, my beef ESPN
W So the ESPN era kicked off with we this
past weekend. Recal Losa was a uh uh on W
programming and I was not able to watch it, and
(12:07):
ESPN pretty much lied to me. They said, like, if
you have ESPN already in your service, you're fined. You'll
be able able to watch wresclepals A feeling that's not
true because I have ESPN and I wasn't able to
watch it. Appearently I had had to had to. I
had to get the app, had to get the other app.
And I guess why I'm not paying three dollars. I'm
not doing it.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
They lied to me.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
So now I've got now I got being a decision.
I won't forward, you know, as to do I start
paying for wrest for for the ESPN three dollars extra
a month additional now just to watch the pls. Because
I don't need ESPN as a whole, because I get
everything else already. Okay, the only thing that I'm missing
is now barely is w W content now on the
(12:48):
pl E and the PL's then putting on every month. Okay,
I'll tell you what. This is a cross room. This
could be the cross room moment here where people start
to push back. Now, okay, we've been talking about this
on the show. We talked about on False count about
the fact that w E has been making a lot
of moves in the last year or so and pretending
to what it was increased prices, what is moving Wesselemania
(13:11):
from Vegas to well, from from New Orleans to Vegas
for next year and then newing that what the following
Esselemanian in two years from you know, to Saudi Arabia,
basically aliening fans, you know what I'm saying. And then
you have the situation now with with this and and
you know, the moon appeals off a peacock, which I get. Capitalism,
get it. They're gona find it the best deal possible.
They found it in ESPN. Okay, but now that we're
(13:33):
not going to pay more access to all of this,
and here's the thing, they're not hiding it.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
I keep telling you guys this you gotta pay for it.
You want to watch it, a pay for it? Bomb mine.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
But what is what is your breaking point?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
I might be reaching at breakpoint now. To be honest
with you, they're not hiding it.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
We've heard exactly say as such that they're not targeting
families in the same way Vincent Man did.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
We saw on the show last week Mark Shapeiro for TKO.
Speaker 6 (13:58):
They had a t k O one had the t
said that this man used to price shows for families
only to make it more affordable. They're not doing that,
and I mean they probably they said in so many words,
they're not doing that. They're trying to maximize every dollar possible,
okay for this company, which again that's their right. But
(14:21):
at the same time, I don't have to pay for it.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Okay, I don't pay for it, And so what is
the breaking point? Okay? Now?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
The word is that the reason why they're doing this
now is and costs the sky high and all these
moves they're making. The reason why it is this is
because supposedly to pay down debt, because remember the merger
between UFC and in W a couple years ago and
all the all things are doing, they're using the W
now as a way to pay down debt.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
So basically, what Essentially, what.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
They're doing is they're using w as a as a
ATM pretty much is what's happening here.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The're using w as an ATM. Okay.
Speaker 6 (14:56):
The problem is, and I'll keep saying this, the problem
is t k O does not know what a true
wrestling audience looks like.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
They see.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
This is the differ between Vince and a corporate company
like TKO. Vince at the end of the day, for
all the stuff all the Christs will give Vince mc
man through the years, from creative to beings, been a
scumback human being, all this stuff, Vince McMahon was a
wrestling promoter. Okay, he knows wrestling. Okay, he knows the business.
He knows what what the audience looks like. And I'm
(15:26):
how much they can afford to go to shows.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
TKO is not TKO does not give a shit. They're
they're a corporate board. Okay, They're disconnected from the wrestling audience. Okay,
wrestling audience, the arrest. The wrestling audience is a blue
collar audience, so they don't have as much discristioninating cash
in the same way that say, maybe other UFC fans.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I guess okay.
Speaker 6 (15:48):
And and on top of that, now everything's oversaturated wno everything,
there's so many TV shows. And again I'm okay with that,
because again you're making money. But what is the breaking point?
I feel like this ESPN thing. If this continues, this
could be breaking point where fans are pushing back. You
(16:09):
might start seeing ratings will down a little, a little lower.
You might start seeing they'll ticket sales drop. I don't know,
I don't know. I don't I can't speak very wresting
fan out there. I know what my breakupoint is. I
think we're about to approaching it now with me, because
I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
You guys know how frue I am.
Speaker 6 (16:25):
I don't like to spending money, Okay, I don't like
I don't like so many money, but don't I don't
like wasting money.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Okay, So now, okay, I give you.
Speaker 6 (16:32):
For example, let's say I gotta do I gotta do
this now, Okay, So I'll get inside baseball for example. Okay,
October is on the corner. Okay, so I repaid, I
REAPAYI for NFOL red zone NFL plus for a red
zone every week. So that's fourteen dollars fifty dollars a
month as is, which okay, I'm a quai evax, I
use it okay, and if I'm on and being around
(16:56):
the corner, I get lead pass lead pass last year,
I imagine that it's not gonna change price fifteen dollars
a month.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Add that to the docket. I'm a Miami Heat fan.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
I don't have cable, but you can have access to
the Heat games through fan dual Sports. Okay, that costs
twenty dollars a month. So now I'm adding another thirty
five dollars between the d nbat Mimi Heat. Well, I'm
I'm a hardcore fani of which I again, I watched
the game, so it's worth the buck to the Miami
Heat and also a lead pass. So that's forty five
(17:28):
dollars extra more month I be paying now for for
this stuff. Then you want me to pay for ESPN
discipline for next month on top of that, another thirty
dollars a month on something I don't need.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
And I'm paying solely for the plis that is it?
Speaker 6 (17:43):
Because I don't Because I don't everything else the ESDESPN
app gives I don't need.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I rehabit that that could be my breaking point.
Speaker 6 (17:53):
Okay, Now, the only thing that may stop that if
the rumors are true that ESPN is bidding for the
entire ir WWE library moving forward and shifting to ESPN.
That will get me because at least with that, I
watched that library over and over again. And if I
decide to cut Peacock, I can do so so I
can save money on the back end and say fifteen
(18:14):
maybe I mean paying a little more for the ESPN,
but I also that some on the cost by cutting
Peacock if I decide to do that. But I don't
know if I'll do that, because it's still contant there.
I do watch and again it's not that I can't
afford it. I could afford it. I'm still looking to
afford it.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
But again, I don't like wasting money bomb mine. I
don't care.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
I'm not being cheap. I'm just being frugal. Okay, bottom line.
So anyway, NFL weekstreeen the books. We had a great
game last night Lions and Lions and Ravens. Shocking, I
guess not too shocking, but for me with shocking, I
love Baltimore in that game. Detroit, you know, did a
job is a great for close game the roup Betroy
did a dinner thing. So as I've been doing for
(18:54):
the last couple weeks, I'm gonna go continue doing this.
I'm gonna give you my my top five takeaways for
Week three in the NFL. Uh this past week. First thing,
Number one, bro the Chiefs are cooked in twenty five. Now,
let me let me preface and saying this. They beat
the Giants down on Sunday Football the one and two.
I still think there'll be a playoff team because Andy Reid,
(19:17):
Pat Mahomes Uh, you know you have that talent. They're
gonna get guys back for she writes me back soon
where they should be healthy for you soon. He didn't
play in this past Sunday, it didn't matter. I think
the amc is week will get ten. In a second,
the Chiefs will be a playoff team this year, I think.
But I think there'll be a wildcard team, Okay. I
think the Charterers are the class got division now. Okay,
(19:38):
they're ready, The Chargers ready now are three and now
all through the wins are in that division, okay, including
including the Chiefs. Okay, So I think the Chiefs will
be in the conversation. But I think the Chiefs have
come way down to earth now. I would like I don't.
I don't even know if I consider the super co
ten or No, I don't know if I can like I.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Like I will.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
What I will say is this, I'll hold out hope
for one thing because of that quarterback, that coach, and
when they get healthier, let's see if that will be.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
The thing that changes things.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
If they're healthy, I will put them back in that
comments right right now. They're not comment right now, They're
not in that super conversation right now. Okay, right now,
my my top three teams are you know, Baltimore, Buffalo
and h Chargers for now. Second thing that I'll be
saying this right now, and again it's only Big three,
only three, So I'm not gonna over do this here.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
But what I will.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Say currently, the NFC right now is better than AFC
and deeper than AFC. So I went out with my
brother and my and of course our own Zach Degenerate
on Sadny night. Once I watched the Giants game at
the at Flannagans here, the local flann Agains here, bar
and grill, and we're having a conversation. My brother brought
this up actually, and he made a great point. He said,
(20:49):
he goes hot Take, I go, what's up?
Speaker 4 (20:51):
Hot Take?
Speaker 6 (20:53):
The NMC is better than AFC and deeper. And I'm like,
what you can't say that? You know, you see the
history that's couple of years and now. But then I
thought about it, and again we're working on a three
game sample. Here, I ran on the MC teams, ran
the AMC teams. He's right, if I if I, if
I'm using just a three game sample and against only
(21:14):
three game sample, okay? And I look at the best
teams NMC best do to AMC. And of the ones there,
which ones do you see contending for the chance to
go to Super Bowl? And again, you guys know when
I when I when I say contenders, I'm talking about
is okay? Do I see this team playing in that
conference's championship game? So there's multiple in in in a
(21:37):
in NFC, you have Philadelphia obviously the favorites to win
the whole thing. You have Green Bay it's not the
LOSC as Cleveland. You have Detroit, who this last two
weeks has really stepped up since through that Green Bay
in a week one.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
You have the Rams Okay, you have.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
Al still San Niners, though banged up, the three know
while banged up.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
Okay, that's five teams. I'll go temp By Buccaneers.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Absolutely tep By Buccaneers making me a feel has been
nothing short of amazing. Six teams and for now, while
not really impressive, but because they were in that game
last year, I will go Washington Commanders.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
So that's seven teams.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
I can see a scenario where they're playing in that
conference chamis Trup game in a Sam Frion game.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
Okay, seven teams.
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Let's go to AMC Buffalo easy, Josh Allen Company. Okay,
despite being one and two and that stupid ass loss
last night, still Baltimore.
Speaker 4 (22:37):
That's two.
Speaker 6 (22:38):
Okay, go down the conference col to three now, not
ready to put them there yet, great story. I've ready
put them there yet. At the Chargers is my third team.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
That's it.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
Another team in the conference right now I would consider again,
I hold out hope for the Chiefs. Colt's gotta see more.
Bengals have banged up. Steelers are not that good. There's
there's too many wonkye teams. Houston sucks now, Denver's over
over overrated as hell. Yeah, He's right, Danae's right now,
(23:12):
then the names. But again this is this is the
great thing about the NFL, and in week three one
to week four it's all about a puzzle. It's a puzzle.
So we'll see, all right. Speaking of the colf you
mentioned jar Thir takeaway, Bro. Daniel Jones the MVP right now,
if we're using the three game sample right now, Daniel
(23:33):
Jones is the m v P. Like I would go
Daniel Jones one, I probably go back a film of
two and Josh Allami three. D Daniel Jones have been phenomenal.
Three games in, He's the Colts have punted the ball
this year a total of one time.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
One time. Unbelievable. So again you know, it's it's, it's
it's sick.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
I saw a meme the other day that had a
Bryan Day ball looking outside and like a like a
like in a up upstairs and like something like I
don't know what Jail would call it, and it's a
picture of like two like things and it has Sakon
Barkley three and O and has Dane Joel three and
also riving with out the Ryan Day ball. So sick,
I mean, I'm look I'm proud of the guy. I'm
really proud of Daniel Jones obviously didn't work here and
(24:24):
is that a Giants problem?
Speaker 4 (24:25):
It might be. We'll see this again.
Speaker 6 (24:27):
I gotta see word oficles though, because you're you're not
the bills of the Ravens and not so because you're
the new kennel block. I'm not gonna anoint you in
the conversation three year weeks in, but with time, give
me to week eight before I started saying, oh okay,
if there's seven to one, they eight. No, but they
have the seven to one even six and two my
week eight, week nine, maybe I'll buy into them as
(24:49):
a contender, but for now no, But through three weeks
Daniel Jones MV pick all right, number four bro kickers
are about to get paid paid. I was just a
researcher the night I was again dinner with my brother
Might and Zach. It's about the kickers home, how valuable
they are to teams. And I think the highest salary
(25:10):
kicker in the league right now I think is Harrison
Bucker thinks making like somewhere in nable to like six
or seven dollars a year. YEA, A guy like Bed Aubrey,
who's not currently being paid anything for the time being,
is gonna it's gonna gonna crack that semillion dollars. I
can see a world right now, because I'm the importance
of kickers now especially, I see a world where probably
(25:32):
the next tell, next two three years, where at the
very least the top ranked kickers are getting paid somewhere
close to ten.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Million dollars a year.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
I can see that happening, okay, and which will which
will then rise the salaries of the kickers in the
middle and even in the bottom. Okay, because of the
importance of them. I think again, the top third kickers
are getting paid between a neighborhood of six to five
million dollars ye year. That numbers moving up with this
(26:02):
increase salary cap every year, increased revenue and the importance
of kickers. You know, you have these all these big games,
but then like your game is down to a kick
to a leg. Yeah, I see kickers getting paid a
shit ton of money in the next holding ten million
dollars within the next five years, without question. All right,
final thing, and this is actually breaking news. Jack's Dart's
(26:25):
time to start with decks Dart it's time to start
Jackson Dart and it's not a ross issue. The Giants
did this sloppy and if Brian they wants to save
his job at this point, now you gotta stop the
quarterback and break I say breaking news because just literally
three minutes ago they made they made the announcement that
brain dable, that brain day ball. Russe Wilson will be
getting benched and Jack's Dart will be starting quitting New
(26:48):
York Giants to Sunday against the Chargers.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
It's right move.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
It's right move and done against russ. It's just that
where the teams are now own three, you gotta see
what this kid is. It's time just to valuate him.
I thought maybe they would wait one more week because
the Charges are a great team chart great defense too. Also,
I thought, maybe you wait to week five it's the Saints,
but you know, I guess they're gonna mcnow now and
(27:13):
you'll try to save their season. So I agreed to
move you though I might have waited to a week
five week five to do it. But same time, it's time.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I'm gonna start. It's time to starting.
Speaker 6 (27:22):
So all right, come things, get out of here. So
this rumors now about Adele and or Taylor Swift possibly
playing at the Super Bowl halftime show this coming February.
So here's the latest on that. As of late this month,
there is a lot of speculation about who will perform
(27:44):
at the Super Bowl sixty halftime show in February of
twenty twenty six. Both Adele and Taylor Swift among the
top names being discussed along on mas Cyrus Here's the
Lakes reports. Adele, of course, of course, has been approached
about the gig because that the first time her name
has been connected to the Super Bowl. Previously stated that
she turned down the offer for the twenty seventeen show
because she felt it was wasn't about the music and
(28:06):
she couldn't dance. However, her recent public appearances and her
relationship with sports agent Rich Paul, which they're not relationship,
they're married, actually has fueled news speculation now. As for
Taylor Swift, she's a constant subject of sill halftime show rumors,
especially given her increased presence at NFL games to support
her fiance Travis Kelcey. ANIFAL commissioner Roger Goodell has even
(28:26):
commented Saint Swift is a quote special special talent and
would be welcome at any time, calling a potential performance
a maybe. However, a major fact for Swift is her
new album, The Lafe of the Showgirl, would have said
to be released on octob third this year and a
corresponding film. In the past, she probably turned out offers
due to a busy schedule with the aerostour and the
(28:48):
re recording.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Of her albums.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
The NFL and Rock Nation, which produces the Halftimes Show,
has not made in official announcement yet. The performer performer
is typically announced in the fall, so the decisions, so
decisions should be made very soon. I think it's a
dell Adel's ray count Talented, Taylor Talenton whatever. I'm tired
of right now, of rap groups. I'm tired of pop
(29:12):
stars now. Nothing gets to the modist except but that's
all we've gotten for the last like ten years now,
maybe longer. I need to see a live band. You
ready know I'm moving for I want. I want Metallica
to do it. Obviously, metal makes more sense for me.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
Here's why.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Number one, there anything playing in Sanrancisco, that's where they're from.
Number two, it will it will actually fall in on
their forty five ye Universay, that'll be in a band.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
Okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 6 (29:34):
Okay, if you're going to Metallica at any point in
the career, now it's time doing Okay, they are, They're
still commercially relevant. But look, I get it. If you
want to Metallica, I get it. Do Green Day, do
a live band. I need someone I need I need
a live band from Once. Okay, again, nothing against the ushers.
(29:55):
Usher's amazing, and you know it's not a lot of
pop music, but that's all we have gotten for the
last ten years now is rappers and pop stars. Okay,
I'm sorry, but I feel like we have now evolved
of society where no hell have fucking sleep talking playing
for crownd a Loud. I don't even like I might
(30:16):
even into them yet, but they're popular. But I mean,
there's so much other artists you can do. I am
I saying not do Taylor or not Doingdell, but do
him next year that the next two years they'll be
up for a long time.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
Like give me give me a live band for once, bro,
give me a live band for once, bro? Like seriously, anyway, all.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Right, final thing for got here and we kind of
touched early on the show, the whole Jimmy Kimmel thing.
There is an update on that too, as he was
to spend it last week. The last update is that
the show is returning tonight on air after a week
long suspension. The suspension was initially announced as indefinite, was
a result of comments Kimmel made about the death of
conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The key events in the saga
(30:57):
are shirts number one kim Moll's comment during his mom
laws on September fifteen, to the long second one my
screen here, Sorry about that, Sorry about that, guys, his mom.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Fifteen fifteen and sixteen.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
Kimo criticized what he called a maga gang for definitely
going trying to trying to characterize the accuse killer, Charlie
Kirk as something other than a supporter of the movement
in terms of backlash and pressure. This led to immediate
and intense backlash from conservative figures, including the FCC chairman
Brendan Carr, which again, I just said that early in
the podcasts went my friend here who didn't understand that,
(31:37):
who called remarks truly sick and threatened regulatory action against
Disney and ABC again Brendan Carr part of the government.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Okay, the government did get involved.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
Stop two biggest affiliates, owners Next Star and Sinclair, announced
they will stop airing Jimmy Kimmel's Live on their stations.
Under pressure of both regulars and affiliate partners, Disney owned
ABC suspend did Kimmell's show in definitely signing ill time
and instance of comments. After a week of behind the
scenes discussions, ABC announced yesterday that they will return the
(32:08):
show on Tuesday. But now while the show's returning, the
controversy has become a broad up national debate on free
speech and media censorship. Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars
signed on an open letter from the American Civil Liberties
Union depending to Kimmel's right to free speech, so affiliates
such a Saint Care Saint Clair rather indicated that they
will continue to air.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
News programming in Kimbole's time slot. It's that of the show. Yes,
that's the thing.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
Saint Clair has announced that even though Disney is returned
to show, that they will be airing everything but Jimmy
Kimble tonight and beyond unless they get an apology.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
And whatnot from Jimmy Kimble and whatnot. Now does that happen?
We shall see. I don't know.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
Again, I don't believe what Kimmell said was wrong or
or out of pocket to where will warrant it the suspension.
At the same time, he was an idiot for even
touching on it in the first place. And this is
the thing of people will understand who else? This is
one we ana Jimmy Kimle here. It's not just you
(33:11):
losing your job. When Jimmy Coo loses his job, it's
him and dozens upon dozens of other employees that work
under him on the show loser's job as well too.
So when Jemmy Cole decides to take action and talk
about these things, he needs to understand that he's taking
the weight of not just himself, but his writers and
his producers and airlesson between that involved in that show.
(33:34):
All right, But again the government did get involved because
FCC did say as such.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
So again I was right about that. And again I
don't like Jimmy Kimble. I think he sucks. He's not
funny at all. I never found him funny. The Man
show sucked, okay.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
Some things, some things he didn't pass was deplorable okay,
but I will defend his right free speech also too.
And what happened here was the garment got involved. Okay,
that was my only issue at the situation. Okay, Now
does Kimmel issue issue apology? Does Sinclair a Love the
show back back on their air waves? We shall see.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
But then this may open up another another debate. Now.
Speaker 6 (34:13):
But whether or not people in those sin Clear territories
push back now on that and now they give Sinclair
to business now because of them restricting their their TV
rights and whatnot, I don't know, man, We'll see.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
It's a pretty wacky time here in society, but it
is what it is. So anyway, that is it for me.
Speaker 6 (34:33):
On this day dated September twenty third, two thousand and
twenty five, I am on x at e J Christian seven.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
Look out for all the content come up this week.
Speaker 6 (34:44):
Got a lot of good shows coming this week on
including an announcement I'll be making on this on this
show on the Friday episode of the podcast I'm on
x at e J Christian seven erst pod of course,
on YouTube, on TikTok, on yeah ig, Instagram, which I
gotta be update a little more often. But until the
(35:04):
next episode. We will talk soon. God bless y'all and
see you
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