#BecauseMiami: Sports Hustles

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: #BecauseMiami: Sports Hustles
Date: September 12, 2025
Theme: Sports Hustles, Miami Politics, and Local Corruption

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Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this “Because Miami” episode dives into the tangled web of sports, politics, and business in South Florida. Hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, joined by regulars and guests, dissect recent scandals involving misused community perks at Marlins Park and the much-debated public subsidies for FIFA/World Cup events. The episode features a deep-dive discussion with former Marlins president David Sampson and an exposé/interview with Norberto Menendez (founder of Life Wallet) and his attorney, Scott Diamond—fresh off a $12 million lawsuit win against Miami attorney/entrepreneur John Ruiz.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Marlins Park MVP Suite Scandal

• Context: Recent Miami Herald report exposed Miami officials using a luxury suite at Marlins Park (meant for charities/public use) for their own enjoyment—particularly for high-demand games.
• Players Involved: Mayor Francis Suarez, City Manager Art Noriega, Commissioner Ralph Rosado.
• How the Deal Was Made:
  • Dan brings in David Sampson (former Marlins president), pressing him about the “community benefit” suite.
  • Sampson reveals the deal-making process, the specifics in the operating agreement, and how city officials prioritized perks over true public benefit.
  • Quote (David Sampson, 04:37):
    “It actually is just page 32 of an operating agreement and it’s under community benefit obligations. This was just part of the negotiation … it specifically says that this suite is for public and/or charity use. And public use means the commissioners.”
• Negotiation Dynamics:
  • “This whole section 7 took up so much of my time … weeks and months … because these were the things that meant the most to the commissioners. Like, alright, what do we get?” (David Sampson, 06:12)

Notable Moment

• Dan: “Who the hell would negotiate some kind of bullshit deal like this? Oh, hey, look, it’s David Sampson, the former president of the Florida/Miami Marlins who negotiated this deal…” (03:53)

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2. Public Money for FIFA / World Cup vs County Budget Crisis

• Issue: Miami-Dade’s $400M budget deficit juxtaposed with public subsidies (over $60M) handed to FIFA and Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross for World Cup events at Hard Rock Stadium.
• Dan Le Batard: Calls out the absurdity and political sleight-of-hand:
  • “It’s really just our bucket. They’re all our buckets. It’s just the taxpayer money buckets.” (13:15)
• David Sampson explains: Different “buckets” of money (tourism taxes vs general fund), asserting they can raise incentives for events but not roll those funds back to cover deficits due to state law (11:33–12:56).
• Quote:
  • “You can cross the streams, but you can’t cross the buckets.” (Mike, 13:29)

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3. The Life Wallet-John Ruiz Lawsuit: Exposing Local Tech and NIL Drama

• Background: John Ruiz, high-profile attorney, became infamous for splashy NIL deals with Miami Hurricanes athletes and dubious business ventures. Menendez, a software engineer, sued Ruiz for non-payment after selling him his Life Wallet platform’s IP and won $12 million.
• Featured Guests: Norberto Menendez (Life Wallet founder) & attorney Scott Diamond.
• Key Takeaways:
  • Ruiz hyped up Life Wallet as his “revolutionary” tech, but actual innovation came from Menendez.
  • The acquisition agreement was a verbal “gentleman’s agreement”—Ruiz never paid.
  • The lawsuit centered on breach of contract; jury sided fully with Menendez.
  • Quote (Scott Diamond, 19:38):
    “Ruiz bought the stuff and never paid for it. We ended up suing for essentially that breach of contract. And the jury agreed … they gave us every penny we asked for.”
• Personal Drama:
  • Menendez describes a hostile confrontation with Ruiz in a meeting:
    Quote, (Norberto Menendez, 23:00):
    “He walked towards me … and he says, you know, I could fuck you up real bad. And I looked at him and said, ‘You probably can.’ And then he repeated it … and I said, ‘OK, stop. I don’t like it. I’m leaving.’ And I left the meeting.”
  • The entire exchange is met with the show’s trademark irreverent humor, with Brittany Brave adding:
    • “The only thing that John Ruiz looks like he could fuck up is a box of croquetas.” (24:04)

Collecting the Judgment:

• What’s next?:
  • Diamond explains the slow process of collecting a big civil judgment:
    “We’ll have our judgment, and then we’ll start to collect on it … there’s a lot of creditors out there. We’re not the only ones. So … that’s phase two.” (24:58)
  • Brittany Brave offers to join as “muscle”:
    • “I really want to be a part of phase two. So if you guys need backup…” (25:25)
  • Show wraps with hosts quipping about the power of the names “Diamond” and “Brave” in legal fights.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Miami Political Corruption:

  • Dan: “You know what they say. I want either less corruption or more of an opportunity to participate in it.” (13:15)

• On Marlins Suite Negotiation:

  • David Sampson: “These were the things that meant the most to the commissioners. Like, alright, what do we get? And you’re seeing it manifested … they get to go to a Yankee game. Yippee ki yay.” (06:12)

• On Ruiz and Intimidation:

  • Norberto Menendez: “He walked towards me … and he says, you know, I could fuck you up real bad.” (23:00)
  • Brittany Brave: “The only thing that John Ruiz looks like he could fuck up is a box of croquetas.” (24:04)

• On Collecting a Judgment:

  • Scott Diamond: “We’ll find out what there is … start showing up with sheriffs in tow. That’s phase two.” (24:58)
  • Brittany Brave: “I really want to be a part of phase two. So if you guys need backup…” (25:25)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Luxury Box Scandal / David Sampson Interview: 02:43 – 13:32
• World Cup Subsidies / County Budget: 10:06 – 13:32
• Life Wallet Lawsuit with Menendez & Diamond: 17:47 – 26:26
  • Menendez’s story (intimidation): 22:41 – 23:49
  • Collecting the judgment (phase two): 24:58 – 25:30

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Tone & Style

• Wry, irreverent, and biting—Miami’s local politics and business corruption are tackled head-on, leavened with jokes and playful banter.
• The show doesn’t shy away from expletives or calling out characters by name.
• Brittany Brave’s comedic interjections keep the mood lively, even as serious issues are dissected.

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Conclusion

A quintessential “Because Miami” installment—equal parts investigative, comedic, and outraged—this episode unpacks the never-ending cycle of political self-dealing and sports-business hustles that define South Florida’s scene. For listeners who crave an insider’s guide to city corruption, public grift, and the wild personalities navigating Miami’s sports, tech, and political landscape, this episode delivers both substance and a ton of laughs.

For full context, key legal insights, plus rapid-fire Miami jokes and jabs at local officials, listen to the segments listed by timestamp above.

Transcript

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[Brittany Brave]

That's rude. I obviously own multiple copies of this jumpsuit.

[Host]

Me. Like, me too. My closet is like Batman's closet. It's just like black shirts.

[Brittany Brave]

Like, I wear the same thing every day. I like looking like a small lesbian plumber. That's really.

[Host]

It's kind of.

[Brittany Brave]

It's a me. Mario. Okay, I'm sorry.

[Host]

I was trying to come up with the pun for that. For this, like, Super Mario lesbian.

[Brittany Brave]

Listen, I'm gonna be honest with you. Baby Gap was having a sale and your girl cleaned up. That's it. That's it.

[Host]

That's it. That's why she's been here the entire week. No one noticed her. She's just so small, so petite, so small. Stu Gotts has just been sitting on you this whole time?

[Brittany Brave]

Consensually.

[Host]

We can say that now. Speaking of little people, we are joined now by David Sampson.

[Brittany Brave]

What an intro.

[Host]

The Miami Herald discovered last week that the Miami Mafia has hijacked a Marlins park luxury box known as an MVP suite. That is suite 18, I believe that was meant for public or charity use as their own private playground. So when the city of Miami and Miami Dade county commissioners negotiated what was then the Worst sports welfare deal in history. In 2009, agreeing to spend probably over $2.2 billion in taxpayer money to finance Marlins park, the team agreed to provide this skybucks as a community benefit for local nonprofit and community organizations. Instead, the city of Miami mobsters have used it as an executive perk, according to the Miami Herald, lavishing themselves, their friends, their cronies with free game tickets, including that franchise history making sweep against the Yankees.

[Brittany Brave]

I mean, being a criminal is really stressful. So they're really going to need this suite to kind of decompress and keep out all of their antics, right?

[Host]

Listen, yes, even just trying to play devil's advocate, even, even criminals need a place.

[Brittany Brave]

Exactly.

[Host]

Criminals need to relax. But you've got Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, AKA you've got City Manager Art Manuel Noriega, the general, and you've got Ralph Rosado, the newly elected commissioner, who one of his first votes, by the way, was to cancel the election in November. He's already found the time to steal Yankees tickets from the city and charitable organizations. Now I'm trying to figure out who the hell would negotiate some kind of bullshit deal like this. Oh, hey, look, it's David Sampson, the former president of the Florida slash Miami Marlins who negotiated this deal. Was this sweet a bribe, David? What were you, were you trying to close the deal here? What was this community perk here?

[David Sampson]

It actually is just page 32 of an operating agreement and it's under community benefit obligations. So this was just part of the negotiation and you characterized it wrong. These are public documents that I just happen to have, believe it or not, with me in a bound book that you get when you do stadium deals or any sort of deals. So this is. These are the signed, executed copies that are available in public. But I should point out that the suite, it was asked for immediately during the negotiation by the city and the county negotiators. And we were willing to give them the use of a suite, and they wanted it to stay to say. And it specifically says that this suite is for public and. Or charity use. And public use means the commissioners. And there's actually a specific way to determine whether the suite will be used by the commissioners or for charity. Because we agreed, because I was in a good mood that particular Wednesday, that when it was used for charity, we'd put food in the suite, but when it was used by the commissioners, they would have to pay for food in the suite. And it's all right here in section 7.3.

[Mike]

You show down, David.

[Host]

I am Miami. So sports so they have to cater for themselves. But what was this something you were like, okay, if this is what I need to get it done. Quid pro, bro. Take your sweet. Was this something you were anxious to give up?

[David Sampson]

It's very common. When we did our projections, assuming a sold out stadium didn't happen, assuming every suite would get sold didn't happen, we calculated that one suite would not be a revenue generating suite. And when the stadium was designed, we knew that was going to happen. Just like when we calculated how much we'd make with outfield wall signage, we knew that the city and county would get part of the outfield wall. You actually hire a company to calculate what your revenue can be in a ballpark. It turned out not to be the case, but you calculate what it can be. And so we knew exactly what we were giving as part of this. But it was a very highly negotiated provision. This whole section 7 took up so much of my time. We're not talking hours, we're talking weeks and months in order to get this done. Because these were the things that meant the most to the commissioners. Like, all right, what do we get? And you're seeing it manifested that they get to go to a Yankee game. Yippee ki yay.

[Host]

I'm going to. I'm going to set aside for a moment the fact that you said your projections said that you were going to sell all of the sweets. What kind of. The hell kind of projection was that?

[David Sampson]

So listen, there's three types of projections that you have to give to baseball. There's a downside case, a base case, and an upside case. The upside case, of course, is selling all your inventory. The downside case is what I can sort of see from where we are. And the base case is what you expect to happen.

[Host]

So let's talk about this negotiation you said that took up so many weeks and months of your life on this deal. Clearly the interest was more on the, quote, public use rather than the.

[David Sampson]

And.

[Host]

Or charity. Charity use. Is that right?

[David Sampson]

Yeah. I love where your head's at, because I didn't care. You have to keep in mind that I just wanted to get the provision negotiated and how they allocated it during the course of the term of the lease, the 38 years. It really was of no relevance to me because they have the right to choose as they want. And we had it very specifically how they would do it. And we talked about what they would do for home games. For Jewel events for opening day was a big thing. Opening day is split between the county and the city. But the other 80 games, it's 40 that the county controls and 40 that the city controls. I remember the negotiation clear as day. Because the county didn't want to give the city anything. The city wanted the whole thing. And we ended up settling at 40. 40 and them going together to opening day.

[Brittany Brave]

Wow, I'm exhausted even hearing this.

[David Sampson]

That's one little paragraph of a book that's, you know, like the size of. This is the book size right there. I don't know if you can see it.

[Brittany Brave]

Do you bring this with you everywhere you go? If only for self protection. If you're like walking down downtown Miami, walking papers, Right.

[David Sampson]

So I use that. Yeah. So I used to actually carry around all of the agreements during the negotiation. Because you never knew when you'd get a call from somebody. Sure. In the. So I always had it with me. Now that it's finished, it's neatly on a shelf behind me on the set of Nothing Personal.

[Host]

So I'd have to think that this didn't surprise you. But when this report came out in the Miami Herald about Francis Suarez saying, how can I help myself, I guess this not only did not shock you, but this was consistent with the use that you recall negotiating back in 09.

[David Sampson]

Yeah, it was. To me, it was a big nothing burger. I love the fact that you attacked it. I love that it got news. But this is the stadium open in 2012, for crying out loud. And it's not like the agreements are undercover. They're literally available in public. All Pablo Torre has to do is like, read them and anyone can find out anything. So now when I read the article, I. It was. It was literally nothing.

[Co-host]

Right.

[Host]

But how is Pablo catching strays? And because of my Hemi right now.

[Mike]

Oh, he's got to find out.

[David Sampson]

You know, he finds out stuff. Oh, and this one's easy to find out because it's literally in public.

[Host]

You're right. I'm the one who fucks around to be fair. And it's Pablo that finds out. Dave, before we go, I have to ask you about this. This budget year brings extraordinary challenges. Miami Dade County's mayor is looking for hundreds of millions of dollars in savings as her team crafts the budget for next fiscal year. Daniela Levine Cava unveiled her proposed budget today. The general fund. The cost of operating the county is $3.4 billion. There's an approximate $400 million deficit. The county funds things like the sheriff's office, the county fire department, transportation, parks and other core services. While dealing with the. Voted in favor of Giving FIFA millions of dollars to bring World cup matches to hard Rock Stadium. $46 million is the amount that everybody's been talking about that the Miami Dade county is going to be subsidizing the corrupt billionaires at FIFA to have the World cup here. Actually didn't even, this was after the fact they already got the World Cup. This wasn't like a quid pro quo to be fair. But it's actually more than that because prior to this years ago, Steven Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the stadium of course at World cup will be taking place in, down here in Miami. He negotiated to increase the incentive that he for bringing in a World cup to 15 million. So when we keep saying 46 million, that's way low. The, the subsidy that the, the broke ass taxpayers of Miami Dade are responsible for is well over $60 million for FIFA and World Cup. And we have a $402 million budget deficit this year.

[David Sampson]

David, It's a little bit of apples to oranges because the money that's being used to pay Steve Ross, that comes out of a totally different bucket. And you can't cross the buckets and you can take that up in Tallahassee if you want, but that's, that's the law. So the budget shortfall can't be made up by some sort of change in what money is used. The tourist money that's used for events or for convention centers or for sports facilities or part of the deal for the heat, the Dolphins, the Marlins, etc. It really is all separate buckets. And so in order to get the shortfall done, what, what this county does is they look at all the different ways that they can cut items in the budget, knowing there's certain, what's called fixed expenses. And the deal with Steve Ross, it's a fixed expense. There is nothing they can do about it. They can't change it, they can't open it. And in terms of voting for FIFA, what you don't want to do is have an event in your community that all of a sudden is not properly budgeted for or funded because then it can actually impact other parts of your budget if it goes full fire Festival. So this is pretty common when there's sort of extra money that's attached to big jewel events that you get.

[Host]

But they voted to increase the amount of money, the subsidy that Steven Ross is getting. When you say they can't change it, they can't take it back, they increase.

[Brittany Brave]

Tick and change in their favor.

[Host]

Right, I understand. They could, they could make it higher. They can't make it lower.

[David Sampson]

That's exactly right.

[Host]

That's exactly right.

[Brittany Brave]

How convenient is that?

[David Sampson]

Oh, well, listen, it's all. It's all done by voting. This is not like Steve Ross or Infantino called up and said, hey, you know, do this or else. It's all part of the negotiations that take place when you're awarded a World Cup. It's. It's a complicated thing when you get a jewel event like that.

[Brittany Brave]

Personally, I'm annoyed because I'm not really a big soccer fan.

[Host]

So on a personal level, you know what they say. I want either less corruption or more of an opportunity to participate in it. And I love how there's different buckets. It's really just our bucket. They're all our buckets. It's just the taxpayer money buckets. Yeah, you.

[Mike]

You can cross the streams, but you can't cross the buckets.

[Host]

I love this town. David Proverb. David Sampson. Thank you.

[David Sampson]

Thank you.

[Host]

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[David Sampson]

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[David Sampson]

Knife designed some very revolutionary technology. The latest one saves lives, which is basically a platform where individuals. Individuals can store all of their medical.

[Norberto Menendez]

Records and if they wanted to add.

[David Sampson]

Their DNA and when they have any medical emergency, the EMS has all of your information right now that doesn't exist.

[Norberto Menendez]

This revolutionizes medicine. We have a system called Life Wallet.

[David Sampson]

With biometrics, we can register patients before.

[Norberto Menendez]

They go to the doctor.

[Host]

Those are the dulcet tones of former Miami hurricanes. Nil. Sugar daddy John H. Ruiz, who we have been talking about on this program for some years who went public with this shady spac, a special purpose acquisition company that almost immediately crashed. At one point they had threatened to actually delist the company because it was trading like a penny stock. It has rebounded now to like two, two dollars and change somewhere around there. But it's really just kind of this law firm that the SEC has been investigating for a number of years due to all kinds of shadiness, including some alleged financial improprieties, possibly some alleged fraud or misrepresentation of what the company is.

[Brittany Brave]

And what it not even being a company at all.

[Host]

It is, it is definitely a company. The question is, what the hell does it do do? And for a while, he actually changed the name of the company because, you know, any going concern, the first thing they do is they rebrand, they change the name.

[Brittany Brave]

I think we have a term for that. It's called an alias.

[Host]

So, yes, and so they called it Life Wallet. And you heard in that clip that he claims that he designed. Well, the term he used is he described as he designed this technology. And joining us now on the program is Norberto Menendez, the man who designed that technology, as I understand it, the founder of Life Wallet, a software engineer who just sued John ruiz and won $12 million.

[Brittany Brave]

Hell yeah.

[Host]

And we are also joined by his attorney, Scott diamond, who won that case. Obviously a pretty good attorney if you just won $12 million. Scott, what exactly happened here? What was the lawsuit about and what was this victory about? And when do we get paid?

[Co-host]

Well, if you can answer that second question, I'd appreciate it. I can tell you the, the case was basically a contract dispute. Right. Mr. Menendez was approached by John Ruiz to sell his technology, including the name Life Wallet you were just referencing, in addition to some other information and other technology and software platforms. And so basically, Ruiz bought the stuff and never paid for it. And we ended up suing for essentially that breach of contract. And the jury agreed that that was the deal and that they never paid us what they owed us and they gave us every penny we asked for.

[Host]

Norberto, you heard John Ruiz in that clip saying he designed this technology. Did John Ruiz design this technology?

[Norberto Menendez]

The technology of the biometrics is something that we had designed before and that we had built before. It, it's, it's something that took us a bit of time to, to develop because it worked on, on iOS, it worked on Android. So that component is something that we had designed in the past.

[Host]

And he acquired it. He offered to buy it from you. What was the deal that you guys made that the jury found, in fact, that you guys made?

[Norberto Menendez]

We had a. An oral agreement which was referred to as a gentleman's agreement that included the purchase of our intellectual property. We had a health. A health care platform that we had developed over five or six years. And he purchased those, those assets.

[Brittany Brave]

So he purchased them without paying for them. Like, did he tell you he. I just confused that he, like, put this on Klarna so he could do it in payments.

[Host]

A shitty deal you made there.

[Co-host]

Well, that's a problem and a difficulty with an oral contract. But at the end of the day, the jury listened to both guys testify and we explained what we said the deal was and they agreed. And so the outcome was that he was supposed to pay us where he promised to pay us back in 2021.

[Brittany Brave]

Can I just say, I already trust hearing the word biometrics from both of these men than I ever did from John Ruiz.

[Host]

We have biometric technology. I wasn't entirely sure if he knew what that.

[Brittany Brave]

It's how I feel when I go on dates in Brickell and I ask guys what they do for a living and they're like, biometric.

[David Sampson]

We have biometric technology that saves lives.

[Brittany Brave]

It's going to be amazing. It's forever. Let's get a bottle. Let's celebrate. We only live once.

[Mike]

And they call you bro.

[Brittany Brave]

Yeah.

[Host]

Wolo. They say Wolo wallow.

[Brittany Brave]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

So $12 million. Was that what the deal was? That was what the, the oral agreement was for. That's why that amount?

[Co-host]

Correct. That's what we asked for. The jury gave us every penny.

[Host]

How did this go bad. Norby, I remember reading some details about a meeting that you had with John Ruiz where shit got dark.

[Norberto Menendez]

Yes, basically, essentially how the agreement went bad is that payment never came for the ip.

[Co-host]

But he's talking about the meeting. It's unusual for, as a lawyer to be able to use the word in a pleading that you file. And it's even more unusual to be able to say it during your jury argument. But basically that was the quote from John Ruiz. That's what everyone admitted that he said to Norb and sort of got in his face in a meeting and that's why Norb eventually left the company.

[Host]

But what did he say? What did John Ruiz say to it? So right in Norm's face, we were.

[Norberto Menendez]

In a meeting and talking about figuring out some solutions to connecting to other the data of other departments.

[David Sampson]

And.

[Norberto Menendez]

Basically we got to a point where John was explaining how to do it. And I told him, we know how to do it. The problem is, is that we need additional people to do some things that needed to be done for certain technologies that we were working on. And then he looked at me aggressively and he said, he. He wore. He walked towards me. I was sitting down in a meeting with 15, 20 people, and then he walked towards me and he says, you know, I could you up real bad. And I looked at him and I said, you probably can. And then he said, you know, he repeated, I could you up real bad, and if you don't like it. And then I said, okay, stop. I don't like it. And I'm leaving. And I left the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at that point.

[Mike]

And that was my last day.

[Host]

This was like a professional environment with, like you said, 20 some odd people in the room.

[Norberto Menendez]

Well, you could call it professional, but it was. It was an executive meeting, basically.

[Host]

Okay, yeah, yeah.

[Brittany Brave]

The only thing that John Ruiz looks like he could up is a box of croquetas. Can I just.

[Host]

We have biometric technology also, by the way. If this guy came up to like, he sounds like a muppet, like you feel like being threatened by, like I could you.

[Brittany Brave]

He was out of breath on the way over.

[Mike]

All right, all right. The F bombs. All right, let's do that. Let's not do that anymore.

[Host]

He had to walk. He had to walk all the way around the table.

[Brittany Brave]

Yeah. He doesn't look like a picture of.

[Host]

Elsa, by the way.

[Brittany Brave]

Call me next time he says that to you. I got you. Believe it. I'm scrappy.

[Host]

Like, you're like a shalaya and a half high. You're like.

[Brittany Brave]

It's called Napoleon complex. I'd stay far away from it.

[Mike]

Yeah, she's crappy.

[Host]

So you had this judgment. 12 million bucks again. It's. It's on paper for the moment. How do you turn that paper into a bank transfer here? Do you take life wallet coin? Has John Ruiz launched a. Some sort of cryptocurrency now? What. What are next steps here, Scott?

[Co-host]

Well, we're still getting it reduced to a judgment. There's post trial motions and this and that, but eventually it will be and we'll have our judgment, and then we'll start to collect on it, and we'll find out what there is there. There. You know, there's a lot of creditors out there. We're not the only ones. So these assets may be encumbered, but we won't find out till we, you know, start showing up with with sheriffs in tow. And that's. That's phase two.

[Host]

Yes. This is the. Grab him by the ankles, turn them upside down and shake the pockets.

[Brittany Brave]

Shake the change out of him. I really want to be a part of phase two. So if you guys need backup, can.

[Host]

Stand on my shoulders and we'll be about the right height.

[Brittany Brave]

We'll be about five feet tall.

[Host]

We'll be about. Oh, come on. Five, six will be like five six. I think you on my shoulders there.

[Mike]

Still be taller than you.

[Brittany Brave]

Or how guys say 5, 7 in the right lighting and angle.

[Host]

Yeah. But by the way, and I think the real takeaway from this is like hire the lawyer whose name is Diamond. Right. I mean, holy shit.

[David Sampson]

Right?

[Host]

I mean, and get a girl.

[Brittany Brave]

And get a girl in phase two whose last name is Brave.

[David Sampson]

That's.

[Host]

You want to get that money, you hire diamond, right? Get me. That's any like, get me Scott Diamond. That's the kind of name we should.

[Brittany Brave]

Go into business together. And it should. We should just claim get money. Diamond and Brave.

[Host]

Let me see if that URL is taken. I know already. I just want to say that.

[Mike]

Remix.

[Co-host]

I think that's our whole tone.

[Host]

No, that is your ringtone, dude. Roberto Menendez. Scott diamond, congratulations and good luck to you from here.

[Co-host]

Thanks, guys. I see you all.

[Norberto Menendez]

Thank you very much.

[Host]

Brittany Brave, thanks so much for being here again. And y' all gotta Google Britney Brave. Indiegogo or Indiegogo muchacha.

[Brittany Brave]

Or Indiegogo. Britney Brave. Or if you just scream into your computer, I want to send a small woman money for her documentary. I believe if you do it three.

[Host]

Times and click your heels and Beetlejuice to show up. I believe you'll get a lot of different documentaries if you actually just say that.

[Brittany Brave]

Generally speaking, you'll get a whole bunch of content.

[Host]

Or go to Instagram at Britney Brave. And you'll also find everything you need there to support the cause here of broke ass comedians in Miami.

[Brittany Brave]

Trying to make Miami entire movies about the past, present and future of their comedy scene.

[Host]

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[Mike]

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[David Sampson]

Oh yeah. Fishtail palms.

[Mike]

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[David Sampson]

I know, but it was so cold in my hand.

[Mike]

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[David Sampson]

Hell yeah, we fist bumped.

[Mike]

Whether it's we we actually really did. Whether it's that touchdown didn't make a.

[Host]

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[Mike]

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[David Sampson]

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[Mike]

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