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Ashanti Plummer
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Az Fudd
Guaranteed Human.
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Debo
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Joe
Oh no.
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Debo
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Debo
hey, man. Jason Kelsey said he feels like the league is drifting away from Sundays being the most important day of the football week. He said it's an institution at this point, the NFL playing games on Sunday. With every day that we can keep adding in there, we're getting away from that just a little bit. And I worry that I think the game got big. One of the reasons it got so popular and big was because of all of the games. It was a. It was an event Sunday in the NFL. Sunday is the NFL, and everybody set their week apart to tune into their games that were happening on Sunday. And you're watching kind of all of them. Okay. He said only Tuesdays were spared. Only Tuesday were spared from the NFL calendar this year, with games slated to be held on the other six days of the week. Joe?
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Joe
Yes.
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Debo
What do you think it is? You. You agree with him? You disagree with him. What you think is being watered down. Like, what. What do you think this is?
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Joe
What? I. I want to have football any day that I can watch football. Like, any day possible. I would love to watch it. You know what I'm saying? Like, football, for sure. I understand what he's saying about Sundays is that's the day everybody knows football is. On Sundays, you can sit down, go to church after church, you can watch football all day. So that's the thing. I know what he's saying about respecting it on Sundays. The one thing is, for me is if I'm chilling at the house and I'm free, the one thing I want to watch is football. If there's a professional football game on, if Thursday, if it's a Monday, if it's a Wednesday, if it's a third, if it's Thanksgiving, if it's Christmas Eve, if it's New Year's Eve, it's Memorial Day. Any day that's possible, bro. I'm trying to watch football like, a thousand percent. Like, so I, I. And then the thing is with the streaming sites, how difficult they make it to watch football. Now, that's the part where I can understand where it's like, no, if you can find a legitimate spot to watch football on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, I want to watch football any day I can watch football. Making it difficult for me to watch football is something that's, you know, saying that's a whole nother topic. But Sunday, I love it that football, you know, every Sunday, Sundays is. Is. Is the day you get to watch football. But any day I can watch football, I want to watch it. So I can. I Can I feel them? But I want to watch football as much as I possibly can.
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Debo
Hey listen, this is what, this is what everybody is fell into to realize especially like guys like us that, that played the game or guys that are you know into like the, you know, the whole. What happens when you play too many games and you don't have a big enough roster and all that. Yeah, all this could be changed. You could change the roster. They could do a lot of things to expand, to be able to do more, play more games, all that other stuff. But thing it comes down to is it's a business first and foremost a business. Okay. Yeah. They aren't moving away from it being Sunday. That is the Sunday will still be the pivotal day. You'll have 50000 games on Sunday. But they every day from August to that first second week of February to be football. They want every day to be football. That's why you have all these expandings into these international games. They're expanding the international game sched schedule. They're going to more countries, they're having more games away. Why they want to maximize their business. Why they felt like they done maxed out of what they could do in the United States and you know what Euro spin, pound spin, all that spin.
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Joe
Okay.
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Debo
So they're like we need to, we don't feel like we can expand anymore here. We got to hit the other markets. And that's what they're doing right now. And I truly believe, dude, you give it time, they're going to have one or two teams in one of these foreign countries. And I believe that'll happen probably after the next collective bargaining agreement at some point. If they don't, as long as they go and do what they supposed to do as far as the NFLPA and make sure they don't do a deal before that 2030 timeframe. Because if they do a deal before that 2030 timeframe, it will not be in favor of the players because the NFL has too much going for them right now to even accept or take or allow anything to be taken away. Because you have that until then. It's not a good business decision by them. But the point is from August until February 1st, the first week of February, second week of February, that is supposed to be NFL football. Can't nobody jump into that. Man. You got to realize something, man. When you look at the, the, the, the, the revenue that's made if you take NBA and you take Major league Baseball and you put them two together, currently they're saying 12.1 billion, 11.3 billion. So you're talking about 23.4 billion, right? Yeah, the NFL makes 23 billion. They're just 400 million short of that. They're making almost more than any two NFL two more than any two professional sports in the United States combined together. More than that. Like Damn near. They're only 400, 000 short. It used to be more. They're only. Now it is, it's. It's a little less. It used to be more. Why? Because they were hitting all those market. Now they like, you know what? We done got to where we can get here. We got to hit these other markets. Like we got to go here. Like you got to go hit to this platform. You got to go live here, you got to go YouTube here, you got to go Netflix here, you got to go, you know, whatever it is here. Like we have to have a game here, there and all that so we can get all this revenue, generate all this money and make it to where, you know what, if you want to see this game or that game, whatever, you got to have this app. That app, okay. Which allows them to get. Which allows the like, dude, and when you go and you go to international, that's a whole nother revenue stream that they ain't even really tapped into yet. Like it's going to be a football season of every game. They lucky they ain't jumped on Tuesday yet. And the only reason I think they ain't jumped on Tuesday yet is because that's the normal off day. They probably trying to figure out some way to switch it around of how to do it so that you can have seven days a week of football stagger that thing, however, especially if they go and expand the rosters, get you more players, like a full, true practice squad and everything else, dude, this could jump easily to a 20 game, 21 game season with two bye weeks and blah, blah, blah. And now you done extended that thing. Now you go from, you know that, that, that maybe you start in July. Now maybe you go, go, go July and training camp start in June. You go all the way till, you know, end of February, beginning of March. Like they can't, hey, you can't get enough football. Can't nobody get enough football. Like they love fam's gonna be super happy. They get that.
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Joe
You're exactly right. And when we always keep talking about the same stuff, man, when we get on this about the games, it's a money grab, you know, it's about the dough. And we always get to talking about it, like. Like it's a business and people. When. When. Like, you gotta put it in there. And when you talk about money and making money in the owners and the TV deals and all of these different ads stuff. Yes. If they were to put their self in the same position as these owners, it. It's not. It's. It's a business. You're trying to make money. You're in the business of making money. Everybody on the show, everybody that talks, when you talk about people and you just remove yourself from like the sport
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Debo
of it and you put yourself. You got to put yourself in the position of the person that is thinking or trying to do what it is they're doing.
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Joe
We're trying to do that a thing and make money. When they put that in, they just like the grass, turf, the field. Like, when they put their self in the thing, like, why would they do that? They're not. They're trying to make money. When they put their self in that position, then they like. It just. It makes way more sense, you know what I'm saying? So with me sitting there like, dude, Netflix and the apps and the Hulu's, yes, this is all about Dove. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's good because we love the game. We love football, the little league of us. Like, when you plan as a child, all that stuff, it's cool. But when you get into the real business of it, these dudes are trying to make dough. When you the eyeballs, all that stuff, NFL is in this business of making money. So that. That, That's. That's where to get to that party. Thousands.
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Debo
Yeah. Yeah. Money in the power, baby. Money in the power. I ain't falling short because I got money in the power. Boy, you don't know nothing about that. That's old school, you. And yeah, you wouldn't know about that. That's okay. It's okay, man. It's okay. Jackson Dart hopes to make mature decisions when running the ball. He said that was one of like our.
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Malcolm Glebel
Hello. Hello, this is Malcolm Glebel from Smart talks with IBM. Today we're diving into a fascinating conversation with Stefano Pallard, head of fan development for Scuderia Ferrari hp.
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Stefano Pallard
Your pronunciation is. It's strongly American. It's more Scuderia Ferrari.
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Malcolm Glebel
I'm still working on rolling my R's, but what I was able to learn from Stefano was the importance of engaging the Tifosi, the Ferrari superfans in the digital age.
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Stefano Pallard
Ferrari fans and super fans want to be part of something, want to belong to something. So they want to be part of a community and ultimately they want to be part of a winning team.
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Malcolm Glebel
You've got Ferrari, which is a long history, design history, and now you're interacting in a kind of digital space. I'm curious how you balance those two traditions.
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Stefano Pallard
When it comes to fan engagement, it's really digital technology. And digital channels, are they enabled to create a deeper connection with our fans?
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Malcolm Glebel
To learn more about how Ferrari and IBM are using technology to build deeper connections with fans, visit IBM.com.
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Debo
All?
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Starbucks Announcer
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Az Fudd
What's up everyone? It's me, Az Fudd from FUD around and find out. Thanks everyone for all the positivity coming out of the draft. I am so blessed to have so many people that believe in and support me. My listeners, my friends and family and the whole GEICO team who put my family in a commercial with me that was so cool to See, the gecko even showed up wearing my jersey. Well, a smaller version of it. And my grandfather is a huge fan of the gecko. During my injury rehab, I was a little nervous about the future, but I've had so much support and so many people believing in me, and we came through it together. I know I'm leaving the bubble of college, headed to a new city, joining a new team. It's a lot of change all at once, but I don't feel like I'm alone. The way I feel about basketball is the way I feel about life. You help your team and your team helps you. So thank you again, everyone, whether you're on the GEICO team or just a fan wearing my team's jersey, thank you all so much for all the support.
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Debo
First meetings with quarterback Brian Callahan. You know, just pulling up my tape and just going over situationally like, you know, is it worth the risk here in this situation? That is what we talked about a ton, is just situationally just being smart. I just hate that time of not being out there with my teammates. So I obviously understand the most important thing is to be out there. You just grow and learn from things. I think I'm going to do a good job this year for sure. Joe, you think he gonna learn and grow or is he just, you know, he's just saying the right thing. You think he got hit?
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Joe
You keep getting, you keep getting hit upside your head and flying out of bounds and getting in that protocol. I mean, NFL is not, not for long. And I think I, hopefully, hopefully he's. Hopefully he understands, you know what I'm saying? The quarterback position, your best availability, your best ability is your availability.
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Debo
Yes, sir.
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Joe
You can't be out there and playing. Then you're not going to help your team. So I know you want to rah, rah, you want to get that extra yard, but at the end of the day for your team, you got to make that business decision and be able to slide. Like, we know you got hard. We know that you love the game, but if you gonna. If you're not out there, you can't help us. So for quarterback, that tough guy stuff, it's all good, but, like, for linebacker, it's different. When you're a quarterback, we need you, brother. Slide like, all that hard, all that stuff, like, we got you. We know you want to do it, but if Debo hits you in your head and you're not out there with us, then all that stuff is null and void. You know what I'm saying? So, please, Jackson Dart. We know you're. We know. We know that you want to be out there. We know that you're not. You're not scary. But slide like your. Your availability is going to be way more. You're going to help us out a whole lot more if you get on the ground.
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Debo
So, yes, I think. I think it was more of a. Or had been more of a learning experience for him, realizing that, you know, you could do those things in college, but everybody in the NFL is that dog in college that you can't do that against. Even though they may not be represented as, oh, this person is great. You don't get into the NFL by being average. You just. You just don't. Every. Every person in the NFL was the best player on a high school team, their college team, or at some point was the top in that, you know, whatever that may have been. And now they're here and it's not playing a game no more. Dude, I'm out here trying to feed my family. I'm trying to make generational wealth, and you getting an inch more, and this play is going to stop that. I'm going to do everything I can to put you down before you get that inch. So that. That fourth down now is a turnover on downs. It's not happening. So I think his knowledge of real life and plus and something else, like, you get into the league, like, you got to realize, like, yo, hey, if I'm running out on this person over here, this corner, he ain't a physical dude. He might push me out. But this dude over here, oh, he go try and he go try and lay the wood. Like, you got to know, like, you know what? I normally want to slide like a half step later, but now I see who's coming. Let me slide A full step, because I may slide a little too late, get caught. And now you do that. Head hit the ground, bounce off the turf. Now you sleep. They lost you for the game, and you lose your quarterback, Especially when you don't have a quality backup that could come in and at least, you know, come to the standard of what, you know, it was that that person or that quarterback was at. You're in trouble. So I think. I think he done. I think he done realize that it's a lot more. A lot more. There's a lot more safety. It's a lot safer to. To. To take care of you, to take care of yourself and. And not worry about being tough. Like, you got to be available, buddy. You can't go out here and just. Just get wild. You're trying to get an extra yard in the first quarter of a game that is tied up. No, the hell with that. The hell with that elimination game.
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Joe
Get out.
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Debo
Okay, let's go. It's gonna get you that first. That might get you. Yeah, okay, maybe. Yeah, but no.
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Joe
Super Bowl. Super Bowl. Die for that.
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Debo
Die for that. When it matters. When it matters, man. Florida's Governor, dude, Ron DeSantis, he signed a Senate Bill 58, also known as the Teddy Bridgewater act, into law on Friday. So the law allows head coaches of middle school and high school teams to spend up to $15,000 of their own funds and to help improve student athletes food, transportation, and recovery services. Bridgewater previously served as Miami Northwestern High School's football head coach, helping the team Finish with a12.2 record and capturing a Division 3A Florida high school Athletic association title. But he was suspended after admitting to paying for the team's expenses that were not being paid for by the school, including 700 per week for Uber rides, 1300 per week for athletic recovery service, and 2,200 per week for pre grain meals during the season. Joe, you like this? What do you think?
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Joe
This right here is kind of throwing me off?
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Debo
Why is it throwing you off?
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Joe
You hear me, Debo?
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Debo
Yeah, I hear you. You say it's throwing you off. Why is it throwing you off?
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Joe
Because. I think that what Teddy Bridgewater is doing is good. Like, I. I would. Why? Why wouldn't he? Why? Why. Why is it not a good thing?
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Debo
It is a good thing. He signed up.
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Joe
Why would they, like.
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Debo
Oh, well, that's why. Ron DeSantos.
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Joe
No, I'm saying I. This. It. I'm saying it is a good thing. But I'm saying, like, why at the beginning were they like, remember, they Were
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Debo
okay, what you're saying beforehand.
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Joe
Yeah.
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Debo
Okay. Yeah. Well, I think it's because I ain't gonna lie, dude. I'm kind of lost on why he was suspended beforehand. Because you got nli and kids now can use the NLI for high school, nil. Whatever it is for high school. Nli, Ally, Lia, whatever. In. In something. Nil. Money. They're getting money. And you can now get that in high school, right? Yes, college. So I think somebody was hating. It was probably one of the schools they beat that was hating. Yeah, but I'm. See, so. So here it is, Joe. This right here is one of those things that I actually love, you know?
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Joe
Oh, you love this?
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Debo
I love this. Joe.
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Joe
Love Joe. Me too.
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Debo
Because you have to realize, yo, like, a lot of these kids don't have access to money, like, to get a lot of these things. Or even, like he said he was doing Uber. Some kids don't even have the ability to get transportation to and from practice, dude, because the buses don't run after practice. You know what I'm saying? Nothing is going to get these kids back home once they're done with practice. So how do you do that? He can't take everybody home, so what is he doing? He's like, you know what? I'mma fine. I'm do what I got to do. I'm going to pay for Ubers to get you guys home. Okay? Okay. And I'm gonna do this because it's a great thing to do. Okay? So when it comes down to it, now he's doing the Ubers. Food. I want to be able to get my kids fed post game, pre game, you know what I'm saying? Like 9 2, 9 2. Listen here, man. This is what 92 feels like, okay? I think when you allow these kids to be able to do that, first off, it keeps them in sports because if they can't get to and from a lot of them, it's over with. They can't get to and from sports. They got to quit. So now you lose the ability to have them into these programs to. To understand and be in that structure, to have a possibility of having a mentor, you know, from. From. From the coaches that. That's coaching you. And then, you know, now you're building accountability, you know, discipline just from the work ethic that comes from. From playing, you know, football, hell, any, you know, competitive sport. So that's something that they would lose.
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Ashanti Plummer
And.
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Debo
And then, yo, bro, food, like, you gotta be able to feed the kids, man. You got a lot of These programs that are, you know, so heavily for education, which I understand school, this for education, but they don't understand the dynamics of what happens when you lose these athletic programs and these kids don't get these opportunities, because for some of these kids, man, this athletic program or this opportunity to play in this program is the only way they're going to have a chance to get to college, because they can't afford to get to college, and maybe they don't have the grades that are great enough to get them an athletic academic scholarship. So this is their way to go and be able to make money to. To be able to get an education so that they can go out and get into the world and be able to make money. Like, it's so much in between that, and then you have organizations and you have, you know, sponsors and people and that do extra to try and make up and supplement for that lack that these schools don't have. I mean, we had something here in Pittsburgh, you know, where, you know, we had one of our. Somebody that ended up giving, you know, a lot of money so that the. It was the city schools in Pittsburgh could keep their sports programs because they were going to lose them if they hadn't, you know, come up with, like, 2 or 3 million bucks. So you had somebody that stepped into the void and was like, yo, this is what needs to be done, because this is what sports have done for me. And it if without sports, I wouldn't be where I'm at now. And I don't think a lot of people understand that concept because they haven't been in that position where this is all I got, or I think this is all I got, or actually, it may be like, yo, this is the only way I'm gonna get to the level that I can be able to secure my future. And you need that sports program for that child to be able to do that 1,000%.
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Joe
And I think this is it.
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Fidelity Announcer
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Malcolm Glebel
Hello? Hello, this is Malcolm Glebel from Smart talks with IBM. Today we're diving into a fascinating conversation with Stefano Pallard, head of fan development for Scuderia Ferrari hp.
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Stefano Pallard
Your pronunciation is strongly American. It's more Scuderia Ferrari.
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Malcolm Glebel
I'm still working on rolling my R's, but what I was able to learn from Stefano was the importance of engaging the Tifosi, the Ferrari superfans in the digital age.
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Stefano Pallard
Ferrari fans and super fans want to be part of something, want to belong to something. So they want to be part of a community, and ultimately, they want to be part of A winning team.
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Malcolm Glebel
You've got Ferrari, which is a long history, design history. And now you're interacting in a kind of digital space. I'm curious how you balance those two traditions.
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Stefano Pallard
When it comes to fan engagement, it's really digital technology. And digital channels, are they enabled to create a deeper connection with our fans?
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Malcolm Glebel
To learn more about how Ferrari and IBM are using technology to build deeper connections with fans, visit IBM.com ferrari
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Starbucks Announcer
hey, what up, y'?
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Az Fudd
All?
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Starbucks Announcer
Summer moves like a great jam session. You start with one idea, one direction, and then it shifts. Somebody calls. Energy changes. You take a detour. That's the beauty of it for me. Summer's always been about discovery. New sounds, new places, new people, people, new ideas. You start one place, end up somewhere completely different, and somehow that's exactly where you're supposed to be. I've always had my spots along the way. Starbucks has been one of those constants. Before a session, on the way to a gig, and between conversations that turn into something bigger than you expected. It's part of that movement, part of that rhythm. The summer's got its own soundtrack, too. You can almost hear it without trying. Life's happening all around you. That feeling of staying open to whatever's next. Sometimes it's the smallest things that lock you into that moment. What you're holding, what you're sipping. The new Tropical Butterfly refresher from Starbucks. Guava and passion fruit flavors with mango, pineapple flavored pearls. Cold, colorful, alive. Feels like something made for the day that's still unfolding. And that's the thing. Sometimes one small stop changes the whole mood of your day. Start your summer rhythm with Starbucks. Try the new Tropical Butterfly refresher from Starbucks.
- [31:23]
Az Fudd
What's up, everyone? It's me, Az Fudd from Fudd around and find out. Thanks, everyone, for all the positivity coming out of the draft. I am so blessed to have so many people that believe in and support me. My listeners, my friends and family, and the whole Geico team who put my family in a commercial with me that was so cool to see. The Gekko even showed up wearing my jersey. Well, a smaller version of it. And my grandfather is a huge fan of the Gecko. During my injury rehab, I was a little nervous about the future, but I've had so much support and so many people believing in me, and we came through it together. I know I'm leaving the bubble of college, headed to a new city, joining a new team. It's a lot of change all at once, but I don't feel like I'm alone. The way I feel about basketball is the way I feel about life. You help your team and your team helps you. So thank you again everyone, whether you're on the GEICO team or just the fan wearing my team's jersey. Thank you all so much for all the support.
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Joe
me crazy because we need more Teddy Bridgewaters like people that don't understand that some a lot of kids don't have any other outlets. They don't have the help. They don't have the support. So when you do end up having somebody like Teddy that really going out there, really trying to feed into these kids, getting them Ubers home because they don't have transportation, trying to get them food, trying to give them just the bare minimum that can literally, like, just help them out because kids don't got it. You know what I'm saying? A lot of families, a lot of kids, a lot of people don't got it. So when somebody's really coming out of their pocket and they're getting punished to literally just try to help a kid, that's what, like, was throwing me off, that he's able his kids out. You know what I'm saying? Like, you should always be able to help somebody out. You having to write a rule to now give a coach access, letting him help somebody, you know what I'm saying? Like, no, no, you can't help them. Like, that's the thing that was throwing me off. Like, we're giving a rule now that's letting a coach be able to give somebody food or get him a. About like that. That. That was what it was. When I'm, like, trying to understand, like, what. Why is this an act for. For somebody to. To really, like, if you see somebody that needs help, if you can go help them, that they're letting you know you can't help them. What are you talking about?
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Debo
Right?
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Joe
Like, that didn't any sense to me. So, like, we need more Teddy Bridgewater. We need more people that can just be able, like, be normal. Being kind is a normal thing. Like, it's free to be. Like, if you can go help somebody out, do it. You know what I'm saying? So I'm just like, I love Teddy Bridgewater because that's. You love these people. I do, too.
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Debo
I love it.
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Joe
You just need to be happy. Like, just being normal. Like, that's what I'm saying. So I. Yeah, it just flustered me because. Yeah.
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Debo
Yeah. But, like, like, for me, it was something else that it did for me, like, you know, like, growing up. So when I went to. When I went to college, dude, you know, my parents came to every game. Like, they drove to every game, dude. Like, it was games where I was scared. I was scared to fly. So we had, like, two games where we had to fly, and I was like, yo, coach. I told my coach DPs. I'm like, yo, coach, if I got to fly, man, I ain't gonna lie to you. I ain't gonna be able to make it. So he let Me drive with my parents, you know, to two of the games. And then like my senior year, he wouldn't let me do it. He was like, dude, I can't let you do it. He's like, you're a captain, you gotta get on the plane, bro. I'm on that plane, bro. And I'm. I'm sweating bullets. My dad actually took me on a practice flight. So we went from, we went from Akron Canton to Baltimore. It's like a 30, 45 minute flight, bruh. I was so listening, Joe. I was so scared. It was a lady sitting in front of me, right? So I think my dad, dad was at the window seat. I was, I was, I was sitting like in the middle. And I don't know who else was here. I don't know who the hell it was, but it wasn't with us. So we flying and we get on the plane, right? And I'm already scared, nervous, running. I'm sitting in there and I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, lord Jesus, please, please. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't want to crash. You know what I'm saying? That's what I want to crash, right? So we go to take off, right? And when we go to take off, I don't feel it no more. But when that plane come off the ground, when the leg, when the wheels come off the ground, the plane do a little dip like that. Like, it do a little. I don't feel it no more because I didn't, I didn't gave all that up and I didn't put it in God's hands. It's no longer. What's gonna be, is gonna be, right? So I didn't gave that up, but it was a dip. And that was my big thing. I. I didn't have control, right? So it dips, dude. When it dipped, I hit the chair. Boom. Like that, right? It was a lady sitting in front of me, right? Oh, you knocked her, you know, I'm not done yet, Joe. I'm like, oh, Lord Jesus, please. And my dad like, boy, let that chair. I'm like, dad, he's like, I'm sorry, you know, he said, lady, I'm sorry, you know, I'm like, all right, whatever, right? So we get in the air, right? And it was cool. It's doing a little shaking, a little whatever. But I'm still, you know, I'm still holding on to it. I'm holding on to the, you know, to the two of the armrests now. Is Doing the, you know. And man, it did another, it did another little bop, right? So, you know, I did a little, little shake on the chair. But dude, the last one, it shook, shook, bruh. And I went to hit the chair and I missed. You know how the top of the head rest is here? I. I missed. I bopped her in her head, bro. Boom. She didn't even look back. She said, he too scared. Like, dude, I was, bro. I'm like, oh, we going down, bro. She did not look back, bro. Nothing. Nothing, bruh. I'm trying to tell you, bro, Sweating bullets, bro. I had to do a practice flight, bro. But anyway, I'm going to this point was my parents drove to every game. And in that process, I got to see something that I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have got to see if I wasn't playing sports, if I didn't have an opportunity in high school to get to college to play sports. And I saw my dad, and my dad would work 60 hours a week. That's minimum, okay? And he made it. My parents, they made it to every game that I played in, no matter where that game was, dude. And they drove when he got off work. If they had to leave, then they drove and they would be at my game by 12 o' clock on Saturday. That's love. Oh, yeah, that's love. Dedication. And it showed me some grind. It showed me work ethic. And then he'd be right back at work Monday morning, six o' clock for another 60 hour week. Like he did all that just to show me that, you know, what, what you doing, I'm going to be here for. And that showed me like, yo, if he can do this grind out, go and drive 10 hours to 10 hours back and still hit work and pop another 60 and do this every, every week, you know what I'm saying? It ain't nothing I can't do, you
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Joe
know, Bro, look at my face, bro. I'm sweating bullets.
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Debo
Why is you sweating, bro? Coming up out you Joe. The liquor. Coming up out you Joe, that lit.
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Joe
Coming up on me, Debo is I'm just, I'm struggling right now. Oh my goodness.
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Debo
Hey, man, tell the man, kick the air up, man.
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Joe
Bro, I got the AC booming on my face right now. I feel like, I feel like, you
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Debo
know, I'm gonna let you get up out of here, man. We got, we got one, we got one. We got one little super chat, man. We gonna get up out of here early, man. Actually, we were still on time a little bit. Yes, sir. We got Covenant Life right here.
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Joe
What cover to talk about.
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Debo
She said, Joe, I really hate seeing you down. Just like the word. You cannot serve, too. You can decide to be a Cleveland fan. So that there. So there you go. I don't like seeing you down. Just like the old song says. It's written all over your face.
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Joe
It's written all over my face. Covered it, I, I.
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Debo
Look, it's written all over your face. Hey, Joe, listen to me. Let me. You don't have to say a word.
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Joe
It's written all over my face.
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Debo
Hey, man, just smile. Smile, man.
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Joe
Smile, Smile.
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Debo
Hey, man, it's better than any word you ever heard, man.
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Joe
I'm, I'm. Look, I'm proud of myself that I made it on here today to take. To take this whooping. You just. You know what I'm saying?
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Debo
I was nice, Joe. I was nice, Joe.
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Joe
I appreciate you. You. You took it easy on me today. You know, it's been a long day. Yesterday was long. Today's long. Hopefully Friday, when I come on Friday, it's gonna be a better day, and we're gonna have a good old time. Because today I struggled today. Today was a struggle. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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Debo
But I appreciate you. I appreciate you, boy. Love you, man. Look here, man. We want to thank you guys for joining us on this episode of Debo and Joe. Please make sure you, like, subscribe and download the show. Joe.
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Joe
Guys, I will see y' all on Friday, and I will be in a much better vibe. I will be not sweating. And I will. I will. I will see y' all on Friday. That's. That's a fact.
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Debo
And we out.
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hey, it's Ashanti Plummer from Futaround and find out coming out of the draft, it's been a special time for us here at Futaround. I want to thank everyone from the fans to the sponsors, especially geico. Not just for supporting az, but for showing up where it matters, like the Business of Women's Sports Summit. That kind of thing really moves the needle. And now that AZ is starting a new life in Dallas, we don't know what next season is going to bring. But we know that we're all on the same team and it's been amazing to feel the love and support. So keep showing up for our girl. Show up for each other. Thanks to GEICO and our listeners.
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