This week our guest in NBA Insider Eric Wilson the host of The Sports Arena and he gives us the latest news on the player's choice to pause the playoffs. Moved by the videotaped shooting of Jacob Blake, earlier this week in Wisconsin, many professional athletes — some who had previously donned Black Lives Matter T-Shirts and knelt for the national anthem to protest racial injustice — made a more dramatic statement.
Other sports leagues, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the National Football League, Major League Soccer, the WNBA, and other stars in individual sports demanding an end to racial injustice quickly joined the NBA players.
We do a deep dive into where the things go from here and all indications are that they will push a strong get out to vote effort. They will also push forward with the help of the NBA some strong moves to seek racial justice reform.
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(00:20):
Everybody, and welcome to this editionof the Politically and Correct Podcast. I'm
Jim Williams. Your house now.As you know, we were going to
do our usual Friday roundup, specificallyon the Republican National Convention. We have
some great interviews that we're done duringthe RNC, and we also had some
(00:45):
leftovers from the DNC, specifically Secretaryformer Secretary of State John Kerry, Michigan
Governor Richard Whitmer, and last AngelisMayor Harry Garcetti all queued up for us,
(01:06):
along with Rick Scott and Ran Paulon the Republican side. However,
we pulled an audible and we decidedthat we needed to change it up because
of what is going on in theworld of sports, and what's going on
is moved by the videotape shooting ofJacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This
(01:34):
past week. Many professional athletes,some who had donned the Black Lives Matters
T shirt in the past or kneltbefore the national Anthem to protest racial injustice,
made more more dramatic moves this week. The NBA decided that we're not
(01:57):
going to play games on Wednesday orThursday, and they're in talk with the
league. At this point in time, they do expect to come back and
play basketball, possibly as soon astonight or over the weekend, but there
are a few things they need towant to get straight with ownership and they're
(02:20):
working with that right now. It'ssomething that Executive vice president Mike bast to
issue the statements that we are hopefulto resume games either tonight, Friday night,
or Saturday, and added to groupof players and representatives from the teams
are meeting in the bubble holding avideo conference with the league's front office and
(02:44):
union officials in hopes to getting thenext steps finished. Major League Baseball seven
games for postponed Thursday, the dayafter three were called off. Basically,
there's a goal at this point intime to get them back on the field
again. Sometime over the weekend.Nine NFL teams canceled their practices believe you
(03:07):
said the issue, you know,to start the season. On the tenth
of September, the NHL announced Thursdaythey was postponing two days of playoff games,
which of course would be Thursday,last night, and tonight. Golf
the PGA Tour, which is atthe Olympic in Chicago, which is only
(03:30):
about one hundred miles south of Kenosha, is scheduled to go off as usual.
The LPGA, which is in Arkansas, again they will play as usual.
Tennis Nao Miyasaka will play in theWestern Southern Open semifinals, a day
(03:51):
after she threatened to withdraw from thatevent but was told that they would hold
that semifinal spot off, so shewill actually play that semifinal after setting one
match out. The w NBA hasset games for this weekend in Bradenton,
(04:15):
and right now, we don't weexpect that they'll follow the lead of whatever
happens with the National Basketball Association MajorLeague Soccer. Five of the six scheduled
matches Wednesday were postponed. Players betweenNashville, Nashville and Orlando said that they
had taken the field in preparation fortheir game before the decision was made.
(04:39):
The MLS has no game scheduled forThursday or Friday, so again sports will
get back to to playing. Butright now, entertainment is not what is
on their mind. It is basicallyracial just and they're using their bully pulpit
(05:03):
to call to the attention of Americathat they are tired and tired of entertaining
people without people understanding the impact.Lebron James, arguably the most powerful person
(05:27):
in sports at this point in time, said we are scared as black people
in America, said James, blackmen, black women, black kids,
we are terrified, something that wasechoed by some of the other star athletes
throughout the sports world, both blackand white. There's a show of solidarity
(05:49):
here. This is a teammate issue, and it's become an issue on the
eve of last night's taking to theWhite House lawn when President Trump accepted his
party's nominations. So with sixty sixdays left to go before the November third
(06:15):
election, things are starting to clarify. And I think that the folks in
sports, specifically the NBA, havedecided, you know what, we need
to make certain people understand just howimportant this issue is. And we're going
(06:35):
to use our social media and ourpositions of power to get our point across.
And I think that's the point we'reall taken. So now this all
began on Wednesday afternoon, five o'clockthe Milwaukee Bucks. We're supposed to play
(07:00):
the Orlando Magic in Game five oftheir I'm sorry, gave six I should
say, of their playoff series.And frankly, if you're a Bucks then
it was going to be probably anearly exit for Orlando, and the Bucks
were moving on well. Obviously theevents that happened in Kenosha have triggered the
(07:26):
Bucks to choose not to play onWednesday. Now, this all came down
relatively quickly, and we are veryfortunate that our guests is Eric Wilson.
Now, Eric is a veteran ofcovering the National Basketball Association, and as
(07:49):
fate would have it, our manEric was scheduled to cover the Orlando game
against Milwaukee. And Eric, youknow, I got to say, my
friend, first of all, thanksfor coming. Second, it had to
be a little surreal. I mean, obviously you're now covering an event in
(08:13):
a bit of a bubble situation.It's COVID nineteen. You're not specifically you're
in Orlando, but you're not specificallyin the building. How did this all
come down? So let's talk methrough what happened when you got up on
Wednesday and how this whole thing proceededthroughout the day. Uh, you know,
(08:37):
I think I take it back towhen I go back to March twelfth,
where I was when I when Ifound out that the NBA had stopped
play to due to COVID, right, and it was one of those for
health and safety reasons. This iswhat was going to happen now, you
(09:01):
know, between March twelfth and yesterday, you know, of course, we
had the killing of George Floyd,which heightened and made people kind of stand
up and take notice to what's reallygoing on in this country outside of being
entertained by athletes. And so whenyesterday happened, you know, for me,
(09:24):
it was just all of that allover again, but it was intensified
because this was not due to avirus. This was due to even after
being brought to light that there isa true problem, it comes amongst all
(09:48):
people. These things are still happening, and they're still happening to black people,
to minorities, men, women,And so it's one of those where
athletes were like, Okay, asyou so eloquently pointed out, we're not
going to entertain We're not just goingto keep the ball moving, We're not
(10:11):
just going to shut up in dribblesnow, We're going to take an impact.
Happy to see that it not onlyhappens within the NBA, but as
you said, the w NBA,major League Baseball, major League Soccer,
you know, hockey as well,NHL. We were going across all sports,
(10:31):
even so much as the young ladyand I apologize for not remembering her
game righting, that player has decidedthat she is not going to play because
of what's going on in this country. Yeah, Namasaka, who's a Grand
Slam champion, He's not playing inher semifinal match, which were scheduled to
(10:54):
go off yesterday afternoon. The ATP, which is a men's tour for those
of you who are not tennis fanatics, and the WTA, Um, the
women's tour have put a pause andthey are not moving forward on any of
the other events until they sit downand have a chat about it. Um,
(11:18):
we'll go from there. Uh.Just before we started the podcast this
afternoon, Eric, um by,don't you tell us what Adam broke to
the Adam Schefter from ESPN. So, yes, Adam Schefter did break moments
before we started this here today thatthe NBA players have decided to resume the
(11:43):
playoffs. This is per Adam Schefter. Someone sources tell ESPN, so go
on, but yes, but undoubtedlyno one in the NBA and professional sporce
is going to be shut up.And I really think, well, no,
(12:05):
and I don't think that's going tohappen. And I think what we're
going to see even more moving forwardis questions are going to continually be about
the problems that exist in this countryas opposed to, well, you scre
twenty undred and three assists, whatwas working for you. I think the
questions are are going to be morefocused around what is being done to combat
(12:31):
this problem? What what organizations areare you working with to help not only
keep this message going, but bethe voice or the voiceless and help impact
that real chain that there needs tobe. Talking with Eric Wilson, the
host of the Sports Arena, Ericum, obviously you're going to go back
(12:58):
to covering the NBAUM as they finishthe playoffs through the bubble Um. You
just shed some light on what youthink is going to happen. I agree
that it's not going to be ahappy zoom conference where you sit down and
talk to the guys about, youknow, how did the Clippers do with
(13:20):
the you know, with their withrunning three point guards on the on the
offense instead of you know, postingup. Uh, it's a whole different
situation now, and the conversations,as you say, I believe, I
agree with you, they're going tobe steered to a more socially conscious topics.
(13:45):
Yeah, so I mean going backinto it. You know, people's
mindset has got to change. Ofcourse, there are there are going to
be those people who are writers andyou know, um, you know,
radio personalities, media personalities, socialmedia personalities who are going to want to
provide some form of here is whathappened, let's give a breakdown. But
(14:07):
I really truly believe that that conversationmaybe about fifteen to twenty percent of what
these players talk about moving forward.Of course it's going to be about the
game. But I really don't thinkthat players and athletes and even coaches,
I don't think they're going to shutout the narrative. I think they're gonna
(14:31):
want to talk about these things toshow that they are in Solida parity any
across all leagues about what needs tobe done in order for there to be
that change, in order for thereto be a new narrative. Because right
now, what is happening, whatis being put in front of us on
(14:54):
television, on social media. Youknow, you cannot escape this, You
cannot get away from this. Thisis no longer getting swept under the rug.
And I think athletes themselves have agreat platform to use because all eyes
are going to be on them now. I think nothing will say from the
quote entertainment value that it does bringto us, because yes, gives us
(15:16):
a break from a routine. Butwhen evidence of things in horrific manner are
also being put in front of ourfaces on a daily basis. This is
why sports and politics and world lifehave all integrated themselves because at the end
(15:41):
of the day, forget what ourprofession is, forget what our skin color
is, forget what our sakes ranks, gender, sexual orientation, religious,
whatever it is. We are allhuman beings. And when you get down
to the very nuts and bolts,and as I said, my mom and
has told me the knitting of it, it is one human being killing another
(16:04):
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I've always tried to explain to peopleis that owners in sports tend to be
very conservative. So when you haveyesterday the ownership groups throughout sports, the
(22:30):
NBA, Major League Baseball, MajorLeague Soccer, etc. Saying that they
stand behind their teams, that includesin Orlando, the DeVos family, and
of course a member that ownership groupis Betsy Devas, who is a cabinet
member of you know, the presidentPresident Trump administration. So my point is
(22:57):
that this when people say they're onlyathletes, they're only you know, speaking
to a to their followers, thepeople who pay the bills. The owners
who are standing with these people,these fantastic athletes are not a bunch of
(23:23):
liberals, folks. I don't thinkanybody, by any stretch of any imagination
we've ever called the Divorce family liberal. And I'm not throwing shade on the
Divos family. I applaud them forstanding by their team. I'm just saying
that, you know, you can'tdismiss what's going on in sports because the
(23:45):
ownership groups who are supporting these youknow, these boycotts and these you know,
decisions to not play are not justyou know, liberal owners they're conserve
owners. They're owners who care aboutwhat goes on in their communication, and
I think they should actually be givensome credit for for at least not being
(24:11):
combative. Yeah. No, Ido agree with you. I've always said
this. It doesn't matter to mewhat's your political preferences or way, the
way you swing one way or theother, that makes the difference. The
thing is that you have a voiceand you get out there and vote.
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Now, when you have a businessor an organization, just as much the
people in the organization depend on theownership and the organization itself. It is
a true two way street. SoI am of the mindset of like you,
I respect the decision that the ownershiphas made and allowing players and coaches
(25:02):
and people basically to make their decisionsbased on how they feel and not say
to them, well, you can'tdo that. It has to be this
way based on what our values areand how we feel, because that to
(25:25):
me is taking away in person.So again, I don't care which side
of defense you're on. Sure,I prefer to know where certain things.
If I am in any way affiliatedwith you, know who you are,
what you do, your organization.You're breathing as long as we have that
(25:45):
understanding, then I am okay withit, and that at that time,
as long as I can make mydecisions that are I feel what is best
for me and that will not detrimentwhat you do, right that I feel
we can move forward together from yourlips to God's ears. Eric, Yeah,
(26:12):
that's yes. I think another pointthat needs to be made here is
that Adam Silver, who is thecommissioner in the National Basketball Association, who
learned from someone who I had greatrespect for and even co authored a book
(26:33):
about, David Stern. David andAdam share the ability to sit down and
give their players a platform. Ithink everything that Adam has done in his
(26:57):
role as the commissioner of basketball,where he has to be someone who obviously
represents the owners but at the sametime deals with the players association. And
this is me speaking on Eric.Okay, So if you've got if you've
(27:17):
got grief, friend, to sendit my way, not towards Eric.
Adam has done everything right that RogerGoodell in the NFL did wrong. And
thank god that commissioner Goodell, whoI respect, and at least he used
(27:40):
to speak to me. I'm hopinghe continues to but um anyway, Commissioner
Goodell, I think it's realized thatyou know that the tide is turned and
that this is an issue it canno longer be you know, it's it's
(28:00):
not a it's not a and thisis I think Eric, where things start
to break down. You can lovethe country, you can love the flag,
but that doesn't necessarily mean you loveeverything the country does. And so
it's not a binary choice you're eitherforrest or against us, because that's not
(28:23):
that doesn't work thout. It's notthat simple. Um. You know,
we're not in a nuanced world.Everything uh, everything does at the end
of the day. It takes moretime, effort, and and real courage
to sit down and try to workthese work through these issues. It's easy
(28:49):
to call up police battalion or ayou know, or a National Guard Italian
and say go to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Okay, that's simple. That's a
phone call. It's not far moredifficult to have the dialogues which we are
all trying to have at this pointin time, but not at the highest
(29:14):
possible level of the government. Ifthey seek not to what wish to have
this conversation, we can have thisconversation from now the health breage is over
and it's not going to make adifference exactly. So you know, that
was again all all. All ofyou who don't like it, find me
(29:36):
on Twitter usually do it JWMDDC,or you can email me either way.
I don't care. It is whatit is, folks. And Eric and
I here are just trying to takea look at at the ground, what's
going on in the ground here inthe last forty eight hours, and trying
(29:57):
to react and trying to go forward. Speaking of that, Eric, as
you go forward, what are yourthoughts about obviously the NBA season, where
the NFL's coming up. You're prettysoon there's gonna be some Major League Baseball
everybody's everybody. I think everybody,as you said earlier, is at a
(30:19):
point in time where we don't entertainyou, but we also absolutely you must
listen to what we're gonnaday and Ithink, yeah, we're gonna go forward
from that, and I don't thinkthat's gonna stop from now until at least
November. No, I agree,I agree the next You know, however,
(30:41):
many days sixty some hot days thatwe have until the election. For
those who counting thank you sixty eightdays. So yeah, the next sixty
eight days are going to be sokey, not just from a political standpoint
and not just from an athletics point, but the personal standpoint, because the
(31:04):
emphasis needs to be on one simplething, and that is voting right.
And very much like Jim anybody whoat ec Wilson seventy six on Twitter,
so always, I always say this, and I stand behind this. I
am not a hard man to find. But I'm also the man who was
willing to sit down with an individualwho may not share my ideas, my
(31:26):
views, my whatever, and havea conversation. I'm willing to sit down.
Let's educate each other as opposed totearing down each other. This is
what needs to happen moving forward.And my hope is that athletes who have
the platform, people who are ina position of power right can begin to
(31:52):
speak on these things and talk aboutthese things and make these have these people
conversations. If you will see tome, they're not uncomfortable. And I've
always reached out and talk to peopleand been said to people, I'm like,
listen, let's talk about it.Because I am just a person.
(32:15):
I've always been very inquisitive. I'vebeen waterline nosy, okay, but I've
also been very inquive. Yes,but I've also been an inquisitive person,
like help me understand, help mesee things through your lens, through your
eyes, you know, I youknow, I was taught this a long
(32:35):
time ago, as I'm sure mostpeople were. You know, you gotta
walk, You gotta walk a milein another man's shoes. And I've kind
of changed that if you will.And my saying is, know what's in
a person's heart before you throw shadeon them, before you cast any type
of negativity on the person, Knowwhat the person is about. And then
(32:58):
let's educate one another on well,why you feel this way and why I
feel this way. And at theend of the day, we still may
agree to disagree, but at leastwe both leave with the knowledge of knowing,
okay, based on prior experience,based on individual situations, based on
something that was a had a majoreffect on an individual, is the reason
(33:21):
why they choose this choice, whythey go down this world, why they
feel this way that they feel,And on along those same lines, the
same thing with me, you know, based on my history and my past
and what has happened to me.I may go a different direction than the
average person, but as long aswe understand that, I feel it's going
(33:45):
to enlighten us. Well. Ithink you're absolutely right, and I think
that I agree with you that thekey focus at this point in time is
on voting. Understand where you haveto, you know, because in the
(34:06):
age of COVID, you know,voting situations change. Will expects early vote
starting very soon, and of coursemail and Vote makes certain that you fill
out those forms exactly correctly so thatyour vote counts. And you know,
(34:27):
if you know, it's funny tosay because it sometimes ends up sounding cliche,
and that is that I honestly believe, and I've been covering this stuff
now since nineteen seventy six, thatthis is the single biggest election of my
(34:47):
lifetime. And I truly believe that, And I think people need to get
out and vote, because you know, you can't say that you really put
(35:07):
it the old fashion weight. Youcan't complain if you didn't vote, because
that didn't take ye you did nottake part in the process. And so
don't scream at me that that thesystem isn't working if you didn't at least
participate in the system, all right, one one, yeah, same page
(35:34):
all day long. With that,I feel the exact same way. I
say that all the time. Iused to say that all the time when
I was bar attending and people wouldcome in and complain, and I would
ask them, did you vote?Yes? Okay, well then let's talk
about it. But anybody someone wouldsay to me, I didn't vote okay,
then you don't. You can't sayanything in my opinion, No,
If you did not take the timeto make sure you're voice is heard,
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know you're gonna be continue to coverthe NBA playoffs and beyond, So let's
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Everybody, and welcome to this editionof the Politically and Correct Podcast. I'm
Jim Williams. Your house now.As you know, we were going to
do our usual Friday roundup, specificallyon the Republican National Convention. We have
some great interviews that we're done duringthe RNC, and we also had some
(00:45):
leftovers from the DNC, specifically Secretaryformer Secretary of State John Kerry, Michigan
Governor Richard Whitmer, and last AngelisMayor Harry Garcetti all queued up for us,
(01:06):
along with Rick Scott and Ran Paulon the Republican side. However,
we pulled an audible and we decidedthat we needed to change it up because
of what is going on in theworld of sports, and what's going on
is moved by the videotape shooting ofJacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This
(01:34):
past week. Many professional athletes,some who had donned the Black Lives Matters
T shirt in the past or kneltbefore the national Anthem to protest racial injustice,
made more more dramatic moves this week. The NBA decided that we're not
(01:57):
going to play games on Wednesday orThursday, and they're in talk with the
league. At this point in time, they do expect to come back and
play basketball, possibly as soon astonight or over the weekend, but there
are a few things they need towant to get straight with ownership and they're
(02:20):
working with that right now. It'ssomething that Executive vice president Mike bast to
issue the statements that we are hopefulto resume games either tonight, Friday night,
or Saturday, and added to groupof players and representatives from the teams
are meeting in the bubble holding avideo conference with the league's front office and
(02:44):
union officials in hopes to getting thenext steps finished. Major League Baseball seven
games for postponed Thursday, the dayafter three were called off. Basically,
there's a goal at this point intime to get them back on the field
again. Sometime over the weekend.Nine NFL teams canceled their practices believe you
(03:07):
said the issue, you know,to start the season. On the tenth
of September, the NHL announced Thursdaythey was postponing two days of playoff games,
which of course would be Thursday,last night, and tonight. Golf
the PGA Tour, which is atthe Olympic in Chicago, which is only
(03:30):
about one hundred miles south of Kenosha, is scheduled to go off as usual.
The LPGA, which is in Arkansas, again they will play as usual.
Tennis Nao Miyasaka will play in theWestern Southern Open semifinals, a day
(03:51):
after she threatened to withdraw from thatevent but was told that they would hold
that semifinal spot off, so shewill actually play that semifinal after setting one
match out. The w NBA hasset games for this weekend in Bradenton,
(04:15):
and right now, we don't weexpect that they'll follow the lead of whatever
happens with the National Basketball Association MajorLeague Soccer. Five of the six scheduled
matches Wednesday were postponed. Players betweenNashville, Nashville and Orlando said that they
had taken the field in preparation fortheir game before the decision was made.
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The MLS has no game scheduled forThursday or Friday, so again sports will
get back to to playing. Butright now, entertainment is not what is
on their mind. It is basicallyracial just and they're using their bully pulpit
(05:03):
to call to the attention of Americathat they are tired and tired of entertaining
people without people understanding the impact.Lebron James, arguably the most powerful person
(05:27):
in sports at this point in time, said we are scared as black people
in America, said James, blackmen, black women, black kids,
we are terrified, something that wasechoed by some of the other star athletes
throughout the sports world, both blackand white. There's a show of solidarity
(05:49):
here. This is a teammate issue, and it's become an issue on the
eve of last night's taking to theWhite House lawn when President Trump accepted his
party's nominations. So with sixty sixdays left to go before the November third
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election, things are starting to clarify. And I think that the folks in
sports, specifically the NBA, havedecided, you know what, we need
to make certain people understand just howimportant this issue is. And we're going
(06:35):
to use our social media and ourpositions of power to get our point across.
And I think that's the point we'reall taken. So now this all
began on Wednesday afternoon, five o'clockthe Milwaukee Bucks. We're supposed to play
(07:00):
the Orlando Magic in Game five oftheir I'm sorry, gave six I should
say, of their playoff series.And frankly, if you're a Bucks then
it was going to be probably anearly exit for Orlando, and the Bucks
were moving on well. Obviously theevents that happened in Kenosha have triggered the
(07:26):
Bucks to choose not to play onWednesday. Now, this all came down
relatively quickly, and we are veryfortunate that our guests is Eric Wilson.
Now, Eric is a veteran ofcovering the National Basketball Association, and as
(07:49):
fate would have it, our manEric was scheduled to cover the Orlando game
against Milwaukee. And Eric, youknow, I got to say, my
friend, first of all, thanksfor coming. Second, it had to
be a little surreal. I mean, obviously you're now covering an event in
(08:13):
a bit of a bubble situation.It's COVID nineteen. You're not specifically you're
in Orlando, but you're not specificallyin the building. How did this all
come down? So let's talk methrough what happened when you got up on
Wednesday and how this whole thing proceededthroughout the day. Uh, you know,
(08:37):
I think I take it back towhen I go back to March twelfth,
where I was when I when Ifound out that the NBA had stopped
play to due to COVID, right, and it was one of those for
health and safety reasons. This iswhat was going to happen now, you
(09:01):
know, between March twelfth and yesterday, you know, of course, we
had the killing of George Floyd,which heightened and made people kind of stand
up and take notice to what's reallygoing on in this country outside of being
entertained by athletes. And so whenyesterday happened, you know, for me,
(09:24):
it was just all of that allover again, but it was intensified
because this was not due to avirus. This was due to even after
being brought to light that there isa true problem, it comes amongst all
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people. These things are still happening, and they're still happening to black people,
to minorities, men, women,And so it's one of those where
athletes were like, Okay, asyou so eloquently pointed out, we're not
going to entertain We're not just goingto keep the ball moving, We're not
(10:11):
just going to shut up in dribblesnow, We're going to take an impact.
Happy to see that it not onlyhappens within the NBA, but as
you said, the w NBA,major League Baseball, major League Soccer,
you know, hockey as well,NHL. We were going across all sports,
(10:31):
even so much as the young ladyand I apologize for not remembering her
game righting, that player has decidedthat she is not going to play because
of what's going on in this country. Yeah, Namasaka, who's a Grand
Slam champion, He's not playing inher semifinal match, which were scheduled to
(10:54):
go off yesterday afternoon. The ATP, which is a men's tour for those
of you who are not tennis fanatics, and the WTA, Um, the
women's tour have put a pause andthey are not moving forward on any of
the other events until they sit downand have a chat about it. Um,
(11:18):
we'll go from there. Uh.Just before we started the podcast this
afternoon, Eric, um by,don't you tell us what Adam broke to
the Adam Schefter from ESPN. So, yes, Adam Schefter did break moments
before we started this here today thatthe NBA players have decided to resume the
(11:43):
playoffs. This is per Adam Schefter. Someone sources tell ESPN, so go
on, but yes, but undoubtedlyno one in the NBA and professional sporce
is going to be shut up.And I really think, well, no,
(12:05):
and I don't think that's going tohappen. And I think what we're
going to see even more moving forwardis questions are going to continually be about
the problems that exist in this countryas opposed to, well, you scre
twenty undred and three assists, whatwas working for you. I think the
questions are are going to be morefocused around what is being done to combat
(12:31):
this problem? What what organizations areare you working with to help not only
keep this message going, but bethe voice or the voiceless and help impact
that real chain that there needs tobe. Talking with Eric Wilson, the
host of the Sports Arena, Ericum, obviously you're going to go back
(12:58):
to covering the NBAUM as they finishthe playoffs through the bubble Um. You
just shed some light on what youthink is going to happen. I agree
that it's not going to be ahappy zoom conference where you sit down and
talk to the guys about, youknow, how did the Clippers do with
(13:20):
the you know, with their withrunning three point guards on the on the
offense instead of you know, postingup. Uh, it's a whole different
situation now, and the conversations,as you say, I believe, I
agree with you, they're going tobe steered to a more socially conscious topics.
(13:45):
Yeah, so I mean going backinto it. You know, people's
mindset has got to change. Ofcourse, there are there are going to
be those people who are writers andyou know, um, you know,
radio personalities, media personalities, socialmedia personalities who are going to want to
provide some form of here is whathappened, let's give a breakdown. But
(14:07):
I really truly believe that that conversationmaybe about fifteen to twenty percent of what
these players talk about moving forward.Of course it's going to be about the
game. But I really don't thinkthat players and athletes and even coaches,
I don't think they're going to shutout the narrative. I think they're gonna
(14:31):
want to talk about these things toshow that they are in Solida parity any
across all leagues about what needs tobe done in order for there to be
that change, in order for thereto be a new narrative. Because right
now, what is happening, whatis being put in front of us on
(14:54):
television, on social media. Youknow, you cannot escape this, You
cannot get away from this. Thisis no longer getting swept under the rug.
And I think athletes themselves have agreat platform to use because all eyes
are going to be on them now. I think nothing will say from the
quote entertainment value that it does bringto us, because yes, gives us
(15:16):
a break from a routine. Butwhen evidence of things in horrific manner are
also being put in front of ourfaces on a daily basis. This is
why sports and politics and world lifehave all integrated themselves because at the end
(15:41):
of the day, forget what ourprofession is, forget what our skin color
is, forget what our sakes ranks, gender, sexual orientation, religious,
whatever it is. We are allhuman beings. And when you get down
to the very nuts and bolts,and as I said, my mom and
has told me the knitting of it, it is one human being killing another
(16:04):
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one of the things of covering sportsand politics for forty years. That
(22:10):
I've always tried to explain to peopleis that owners in sports tend to be
very conservative. So when you haveyesterday the ownership groups throughout sports, the
(22:30):
NBA, Major League Baseball, MajorLeague Soccer, etc. Saying that they
stand behind their teams, that includesin Orlando, the DeVos family, and
of course a member that ownership groupis Betsy Devas, who is a cabinet
member of you know, the presidentPresident Trump administration. So my point is
(22:57):
that this when people say they're onlyathletes, they're only you know, speaking
to a to their followers, thepeople who pay the bills. The owners
who are standing with these people,these fantastic athletes are not a bunch of
(23:23):
liberals, folks. I don't thinkanybody, by any stretch of any imagination
we've ever called the Divorce family liberal. And I'm not throwing shade on the
Divos family. I applaud them forstanding by their team. I'm just saying
that, you know, you can'tdismiss what's going on in sports because the
(23:45):
ownership groups who are supporting these youknow, these boycotts and these you know,
decisions to not play are not justyou know, liberal owners they're conserve
owners. They're owners who care aboutwhat goes on in their communication, and
I think they should actually be givensome credit for for at least not being
(24:11):
combative. Yeah. No, Ido agree with you. I've always said
this. It doesn't matter to mewhat's your political preferences or way, the
way you swing one way or theother, that makes the difference. The
thing is that you have a voiceand you get out there and vote.
(24:33):
Now, when you have a businessor an organization, just as much the
people in the organization depend on theownership and the organization itself. It is
a true two way street. SoI am of the mindset of like you,
I respect the decision that the ownershiphas made and allowing players and coaches
(25:02):
and people basically to make their decisionsbased on how they feel and not say
to them, well, you can'tdo that. It has to be this
way based on what our values areand how we feel, because that to
(25:25):
me is taking away in person.So again, I don't care which side
of defense you're on. Sure,I prefer to know where certain things.
If I am in any way affiliatedwith you, know who you are,
what you do, your organization.You're breathing as long as we have that
(25:45):
understanding, then I am okay withit, and that at that time,
as long as I can make mydecisions that are I feel what is best
for me and that will not detrimentwhat you do, right that I feel
we can move forward together from yourlips to God's ears. Eric, Yeah,
(26:12):
that's yes. I think another pointthat needs to be made here is
that Adam Silver, who is thecommissioner in the National Basketball Association, who
learned from someone who I had greatrespect for and even co authored a book
(26:33):
about, David Stern. David andAdam share the ability to sit down and
give their players a platform. Ithink everything that Adam has done in his
(26:57):
role as the commissioner of basketball,where he has to be someone who obviously
represents the owners but at the sametime deals with the players association. And
this is me speaking on Eric.Okay, So if you've got if you've
(27:17):
got grief, friend, to sendit my way, not towards Eric.
Adam has done everything right that RogerGoodell in the NFL did wrong. And
thank god that commissioner Goodell, whoI respect, and at least he used
(27:40):
to speak to me. I'm hopinghe continues to but um anyway, Commissioner
Goodell, I think it's realized thatyou know that the tide is turned and
that this is an issue it canno longer be you know, it's it's
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not a it's not a and thisis I think Eric, where things start
to break down. You can lovethe country, you can love the flag,
but that doesn't necessarily mean you loveeverything the country does. And so
it's not a binary choice you're eitherforrest or against us, because that's not
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that doesn't work thout. It's notthat simple. Um. You know,
we're not in a nuanced world.Everything uh, everything does at the end
of the day. It takes moretime, effort, and and real courage
to sit down and try to workthese work through these issues. It's easy
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to call up police battalion or ayou know, or a National Guard Italian
and say go to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Okay, that's simple. That's a
phone call. It's not far moredifficult to have the dialogues which we are
all trying to have at this pointin time, but not at the highest
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possible level of the government. Ifthey seek not to what wish to have
this conversation, we can have thisconversation from now the health breage is over
and it's not going to make adifference exactly. So you know, that
was again all all. All ofyou who don't like it, find me
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on Twitter usually do it JWMDDC,or you can email me either way.
I don't care. It is whatit is, folks. And Eric and
I here are just trying to takea look at at the ground, what's
going on in the ground here inthe last forty eight hours, and trying
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to react and trying to go forward. Speaking of that, Eric, as
you go forward, what are yourthoughts about obviously the NBA season, where
the NFL's coming up. You're prettysoon there's gonna be some Major League Baseball
everybody's everybody. I think everybody,as you said earlier, is at a
(30:19):
point in time where we don't entertainyou, but we also absolutely you must
listen to what we're gonnaday and Ithink, yeah, we're gonna go forward
from that, and I don't thinkthat's gonna stop from now until at least
November. No, I agree,I agree the next You know, however,
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many days sixty some hot days thatwe have until the election. For
those who counting thank you sixty eightdays. So yeah, the next sixty
eight days are going to be sokey, not just from a political standpoint
and not just from an athletics point, but the personal standpoint, because the
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emphasis needs to be on one simplething, and that is voting right.
And very much like Jim anybody whoat ec Wilson seventy six on Twitter,
so always, I always say this, and I stand behind this. I
am not a hard man to find. But I'm also the man who was
willing to sit down with an individualwho may not share my ideas, my
(31:26):
views, my whatever, and havea conversation. I'm willing to sit down.
Let's educate each other as opposed totearing down each other. This is
what needs to happen moving forward.And my hope is that athletes who have
the platform, people who are ina position of power right can begin to
(31:52):
speak on these things and talk aboutthese things and make these have these people
conversations. If you will see tome, they're not uncomfortable. And I've
always reached out and talk to peopleand been said to people, I'm like,
listen, let's talk about it.Because I am just a person.
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I've always been very inquisitive. I'vebeen waterline nosy, okay, but I've
also been very inquive. Yes,but I've also been an inquisitive person,
like help me understand, help mesee things through your lens, through your
eyes, you know, I youknow, I was taught this a long
(32:35):
time ago, as I'm sure mostpeople were. You know, you gotta
walk, You gotta walk a milein another man's shoes. And I've kind
of changed that if you will.And my saying is, know what's in
a person's heart before you throw shadeon them, before you cast any type
of negativity on the person, Knowwhat the person is about. And then
(32:58):
let's educate one another on well,why you feel this way and why I
feel this way. And at theend of the day, we still may
agree to disagree, but at leastwe both leave with the knowledge of knowing,
okay, based on prior experience,based on individual situations, based on
something that was a had a majoreffect on an individual, is the reason
(33:21):
why they choose this choice, whythey go down this world, why they
feel this way that they feel,And on along those same lines, the
same thing with me, you know, based on my history and my past
and what has happened to me.I may go a different direction than the
average person, but as long aswe understand that, I feel it's going
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to enlighten us. Well. Ithink you're absolutely right, and I think
that I agree with you that thekey focus at this point in time is
on voting. Understand where you haveto, you know, because in the
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age of COVID, you know,voting situations change. Will expects early vote
starting very soon, and of coursemail and Vote makes certain that you fill
out those forms exactly correctly so thatyour vote counts. And you know,
(34:27):
if you know, it's funny tosay because it sometimes ends up sounding cliche,
and that is that I honestly believe, and I've been covering this stuff
now since nineteen seventy six, thatthis is the single biggest election of my
(34:47):
lifetime. And I truly believe that, And I think people need to get
out and vote, because you know, you can't say that you really put
(35:07):
it the old fashion weight. Youcan't complain if you didn't vote, because
that didn't take ye you did nottake part in the process. And so
don't scream at me that that thesystem isn't working if you didn't at least
participate in the system, all right, one one, yeah, same page
(35:34):
all day long. With that,I feel the exact same way. I
say that all the time. Iused to say that all the time when
I was bar attending and people wouldcome in and complain, and I would
ask them, did you vote?Yes? Okay, well then let's talk
about it. But anybody someone wouldsay to me, I didn't vote okay,
then you don't. You can't sayanything in my opinion, No,
If you did not take the timeto make sure you're voice is heard,
(36:01):
then I feel exactly the same way. Well, Eric, I'll tell you
what, buddy, I greatly appreciateyou jumping on such short notice. I
know you're gonna be continue to coverthe NBA playoffs and beyond, So let's
let's give you an opportunity to tellpeople how they can follow you, see
(36:24):
your work and enjoy Eric Wilson asmuch as I do. Well, Jim,
thank you again for having me.You want to really appreciate it.
Eric Wilson, Um, you knowmy show was called The Sports Amina.
I am live every Saturday at elevenam on my Facebook page. If you
Facebook Eric Wilson or Facebook Eric Hand L three that Harry Nancy Larry three.
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It'll be in the showbox probably willmake sure that everybody gets it awesome.
And then my Twitter and Instagram areboth at ec Wilson seven. Special
thanks to our guest Eric Wilson,who joined this today. Eric, of
course, is the host of thewildly popular show The Sports Arena. Check
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and things are getting hot and heated. Folks got to say we are going
(44:21):
to do a mash up. Wehad intended on doing, as they said
earlier, some deep dive on whathappened at the r nc We have some
great guests, Senator Rick Scott fromthe state of Florida, as well as
former Republican presidential candidate Ran de Paul, the Republican senator from the state of
(44:49):
Kentucky. We'll also join us.We have some leftovers from the d NCYS
interviews you didn't here but will inthe next podcast, and that of course
would be former Secretary of State JohnKerry, Presidents Governor of the state of
Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and theLos Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. Okay,
(45:10):
so they're going to be coming nexttime in a big mashup, and no
doubt that we will have much muchmore on what's going on in the arena
with sports and and social justice andracial justice. So we're not gonna let
that one pass either. So we'regoing to keep on top of it all
(45:34):
over the weekend. Heads up,folks, just something that people look out
for. We expect that Mark Meadowsand Steve Manushan from the Trump administration will
restart conversations with Speaker the House,Nancy Pelosi. Their goal is to get
a stimulus package done, hopefully notlong after Labor Day. We expect that
(46:00):
if they can come to some sortof agreement, it is likely that the
Senate will return and vote on it, but at this point in time,
there's a long way to go beforewe get there. There will be money
included in the stimulus bill for thePost Office as well, which is of
(46:20):
course something very very important to do. So all that is hanging upending over
the weekend. We will be backwith a new podcast, probably on Tuesday,
detailing what's going on in those negotiations, and if something does break well,
they will do a mini podcast justto give you an idea what's coming
(46:40):
up and what happened over the weekend. So if there's something breaks over the
weekend and then look for something onMonday or Tuesday. If not, by
all means, we're going to haveat least two podcasts for you next week,
okay, so keep a look outfor those. Special thanks to our
buddy Very Quillon who joined us.By all means, check out his show,
(47:05):
which airs tomorrow on Facebook. It'sone of the top shows on Facebook.
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For everybody here at the Politically andCorrect Podcast. I'm Jim Williams saying,
have a wonderful and safe weekend,and we will get to you next week
with a lot of very very interestingstuff. Folks. It's gonna be a
(48:13):
bumpy rise, so get those seatbelts tightened. And you know what,
we got one last weekend of Augustbefore we turn the page into September.
Take this weekend, get some rest, connect with the family, and just
enjoy yourself. Folks. Alright,alright, see you next week. Take
care if bye bye
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