Local Hour: The Brown Man Group (feat. The Dr. Seuss of Masturbation Jokes)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Local Hour: The Brown Man Group (feat. The Dr. Seuss of Masturbation Jokes)

Date: December 9, 2025

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami with a crew split between Miami and New York, this “Local Hour” of The Dan Le Batard Show dives into a rapid-fire mix of sports, pop-culture, office life, and the group’s signature comedic asides. The team covers the aftermath of a chaotic NFL game, deepens into the ongoing Notre Dame-ACC-CFP crisis, debates the Miami Heat’s trade prospects, and meanders into their infamous “hog first” etiquette bit — all studded with the show’s improvisational banter and irreverent analogies.

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1. NFL Follies and Alt-Broadcast Bingeing

Timestamps: 02:18 – 04:34

• Opening Banter:

  • The group is aghast at the previous night’s NFL game between the Eagles and Chargers, which devolved into a turnover-fest.
  • “What the hell was that football game last night?” – Amin Elhassan (02:18)
  • Eight turnovers, multiple on the same play, prompt wild reactions.

• Pop Culture Sidebar:

  • Conversation pivots to the proliferation of “alt-broadcasts” like those themed around “Monsters, Inc.” and “Monsters University,” and Hank Azaria’s obscure show "Hollywood Dog."
  • “They watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit and were like, yeah, we could do that.” – Mike Ryan (04:20)

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2. Office Holiday Parties: Nostalgia, Gratitude, and Realities

Timestamps: 07:00 – 09:50

• Dan’s Sincere Moment:

  • Dan Le Batard expresses gratitude to his colleagues for building Meadowlark Media despite media challenges:
  • “…I am proud to be with you guys here. I’m genuinely moved that even with the technical difficulties, we have two spaceships in New York and Miami…” – Dan (07:36)

• Holiday Parties: What’s Changed?

  • Pablo Torre playfully pushes back:
    • “I don’t think holiday parties show gratitude. I think they show a budget line item…” – Pablo (08:04)
  • Sampson and Zaslow reminisce about the pre-cancel-culture debauchery of team holiday parties and how those days are gone.

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3. Notre Dame, the ACC, and College Football Playoff Drama

Timestamps: 10:41 – 18:57; 21:14 – 25:54

• Notre Dame’s Outrage:

  • The crew laughs at the melodramatic reaction of Notre Dame and its athletic director after being left out of the CFP.
  • “When their AD goes on the Dan Patrick Show and says the ACC has done irreparable damage… And when asked if it’s fixable, he says, oh yeah, of course it’s fixable.” – Chris Cody (11:15)
  • Panel discusses Notre Dame’s unique position — not fully in the ACC for football, leveraging its status for TV revenue, and its AD’s failure to pick the real fight:
    • “If Notre Dame thinks it has the power to bring about change… go ahead and kill [the ACC]. Miami is well positioned if this conference were to dissolve.” – Mike Ryan (17:19)
  • Sampson calls Notre Dame’s public whining “a bit of a chicken shit presser.”

• Media and Perception:

  • Zaslow:
    • “I want kids today to understand why Notre Dame matters … they’re a character because they have an overinflated sense of self that’s also backed up by a truly impressive amount of national television money.” (13:50)
  • Tonal debate about the AD’s job — should he lobby the public or do business behind closed doors?

• Details of Notre Dame’s Complaint:

  • The crew mocks the pettiness of Notre Dame’s grievances — mainly about the ACC Network re-airing the Miami-Notre Dame game:
    • “This is disproportionate in reaction … It feels like coming home from a bad day at work and kicking the dog.” – Chris Cody (22:47)

• Insider Tidbits:

  • CFP committee members may have been “assigned” to re-watch the Miami-Notre Dame game.
  • Nick Saban’s comments on Notre Dame’s line play may have swayed opinions.

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4. “Hog First”: The Dr. Seuss of Masturbation Jokes

Timestamps: 25:59 – 31:33

• Podcast Trademark Segment:
  • The crew revisits Amin’s controversial etiquette for passing through tight aisles:
    • “What I said was … I’m coming through hog first.” – Amin Elhassan (27:18)
    • The team riffs endlessly on “hog” euphemisms for the penis, debating whether “hog,” “hammer,” “snake,” or “rooster” is the best or funniest slang.
    • “Now we’re doing Dr. Seuss of masturbation. He’s not an animal. Crank is not an animal.” – Chris Cody (30:51)
    • The segment is quintessential “Local Hour” — sophomoric, playful, and unfiltered.

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5. NBA: Heat Trade Prospects, Cup Money, and Rozier Controversy

Timestamps: 35:37 – 46:28

• Miami Heat’s Dilemma:

  • The group discusses trade rumors around Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant:
    • “The Giannis problem… there are so many suitors with more attractive pieces.” – Mike Ryan (39:21)
    • Amin explains why targeting Ja Morant might be easier — and why it may not help the Heat as much.

• NBA Cup Incentives:

  • They highlight the real stakes of the NBA Cup:
    • “…half a million dollars. So it’s real money that’s being played for in the NBA cup no matter how irrelevant people might think it is.” – Chris Cody (38:13)

• Terry Rozier Scandal:

  • In-depth discussion of how the ongoing FBI investigation into Terry Rozier’s gambling activities is hamstringing the Heat’s flexibility.
  • “The people I’ve talked to say that it’s not eligible to be traded until this thing is clarified… it’s really hampering the Heat’s ability to make a move.” – Mike Ryan (44:36)
  • The Heat were reportedly unaware of the ongoing investigation at the time of the trade, per ESPN sources (45:18).

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6. Miami vs. Texas A&M, Trash Talk, and College Football Culture

Timestamps: 35:37 – 37:54

• Bulletin Board Material:
  • Clip of Texas A&M’s Trey Zune dismissively saying Miami’s Reuben Bain “isn’t a threat” (36:23).
  • Group discusses the stupidity of providing motivation to a top pass rusher.
    • “Now you have motivated a guy that’s going to be a top five draft pick in the NFL draft … I was so happy to see Trey Zune III, please, single-cover him.” – Mike Ryan (37:23)

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7. Weather, New York/Miami Culture Shock, and “The Lord’s Start Time”

Timestamps: 42:13 – 44:36

• Florida vs. New York:
  • Dan rails against the cold, lamenting how New York never feels warm, even inside.
  • Zaslow: “Seasons are character building.” (43:07)
  • Pablo’s Florida nostalgia: “My blood is still thin … Florida right now is no picnic.” (43:09)
  • Group debates benefits of 6pm NBA tip-offs — Amin dubs it “The Lord’s start time.” (43:33)

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8. Notable Quotes and Moments

• “Thank God Dan’s not here.” – Chris Cody (05:16), reflecting the show’s self-awareness about chaos.
• “When I think of Amin and David Sampson, I immediately say … those are not possessors of hogs.” – Chris Cody (28:42), sparking laughter.
• “I go stub first.” – Pablo Torre (29:17), one-upping the ongoing bit.

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9. Timestamps for Key Segments

• NFL/Monsters Inc. banter: 02:18 – 04:34
• Dan’s gratitude/office party discourse: 07:00 – 09:50
• Notre Dame/ACC drama: 10:41 – 18:57
• “Hog First” segment: 25:59 – 31:33
• NBA Heat trades/Rozier investigation: 35:37 – 46:28
• Weather & city culture shock: 42:13 – 44:36

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Tone and Language

The episode is fast-paced and irreverent, blending serious sports analysis, industry-insider perspectives, candid emotion, and relentless locker-room banter. The crew, as usual, modulates between heartfelt reflection (Dan’s gratitude speech), in-the-know sports takes (Notre Dame, Heat trade situation), and comedic chaos ("hog first" bit, animal euphemisms). Their ability to veer from the economics of sports media to penis slang (with Seussian flair) is classic Le Batard Show.

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For listeners or readers who missed the episode, this hour embodies all facets of the show — unfiltered sports takes, team camaraderie, and the type of mischievous, off-color humor that keeps its fans tuning in.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[David Sampson]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Amin Elhassan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Amin Elhassan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Amin Elhassan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Amin Elhassan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Pablo Torre]

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[David Sampson]

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[Pablo Torre]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Amin Elhassan]

What the hell was that football game last night?

Oh, my God.

[Mike Ryan]

What the hell was that football game last night?

[Chris Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was Eagles. Chargers.

[Pablo Torre]

I mean.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, yeah, I know.

[Amin Elhassan]

What the hell was that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Just figure. Just finger.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Amin Elhassan]

Eight turnovers.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, too many turnovers. You can't win with that many turnovers.

[David Sampson]

What are you doing?

[Mike Ryan]

I'm just ending.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a good point, though. He's got a good point.

[David Sampson]

I don't know, man. Sully had a game, came away with four interceptions.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yo, I love the alt broadcasts, all right? My guy, Drew Carter is like the voice of the alt broadcast now. And I love Monsters, Inc. I mean, who. I mean, you know about Monsters, Inc.

[Pablo Torre]

Right?

[Mike Ryan]

Do I know about Monsters? You know, by the Monsters University.

[Amin Elhassan]

I do. I do not Prequel. It's. It's really good. But I prefer Monsters, Inc. To Monsters University.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm all about Monsters University.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, I love it.

[Mike Ryan]

I love it. And you got the one jerk comes through with the letterman jacket.

[Amin Elhassan]

You think it's better than Monsters, Inc.

[Mike Ryan]

I like it better.

[Amin Elhassan]

Monsters, Inc. Is so sweet, man. The little girl. You know, that all broadcast was so funny last night because they couldn't handle all the turnovers and, like, the interception and the fumble and the fumble and the like, there were like, three turnovers on one play. And, like, it was going bananas.

[Chris Cody]

You watched.

[Mike Ryan]

You had. You had that on.

[David Sampson]

Look at this organic banter. This feels nice. Let's have Hank Azaria walking into the studio in the middle of it.

[Amin Elhassan]

You know what? I do. That's a good question. I mean, because I won't just have the old broadcast. Like, I got to watch the actual. So I'll put the old broadcast on the small TV in the Zaslo mansion family room. You know, I'm saying, you know about that small tv.

[Mike Ryan]

I know all about the small tv. I want to point out that I also. I watched Hollywood Dog yesterday. That's the Hank Azaria show. That was your thoughts? I could see why I didn't get greenlit. Hank was great. Hank does this. He sounds a little like Duffman, a little bit like that. But you could see, like, the traces of other famous Hank Azaria voices coming in.

[David Sampson]

He's got, like, four main voices, and then the Rest are just like, offshoots.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, there's this voice right here. Yeah, yeah, but woof. I mean, who. No, it was just. The idea was, like, man, they. They watched who Framed Roger Rabbit? Like, yeah, we could do that. All right, that's it.

[David Sampson]

So this is the organic banter that will not exist with Dan Pablo and David Sampson in New York. Not wolf. Come on, like, let's not lower.

[Zaslow]

No, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm just saying, like, I don't think they're gonna have a Hollywood dog reference.

[David Sampson]

This is gonna be nice and smooth, and the audience is gonna.

[Mike Ryan]

Of course. Yes.

[Amin Elhassan]

And I gotta be honest with you. What's that buddy in the right corner there is freaking me out.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that Freddy Krueger?

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean, Jeremy looking like a burn victim over there.

[Mike Ryan]

He looks like Freddy Krueger without a hat or a sweat. Like a naked Freddy Krueger.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's what you are, right, Jeremy?

[Mike Ryan]

Naked Freddy Krueger?

[Zaslow]

What do you mean?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's gonna be a long show.

[David Sampson]

Yeah. I hate it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank God Dan's not here. Thank God Dan's not here.

[David Sampson]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.

We're off to a hot start. Dan's mic.

Microphone. In Dan's defense, he often doesn't have his microphone on in Miami. So I don't think this is so much a New York thing.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a Dan thing. Is that what you're saying?

[David Sampson]

I think it is a Dan thing. It happened once yesterday, and it turned out to be a Dan thing. This one's probably not a damn thing, but let's try it again. Dan, take it away. All right.

[Chris Cody]

Do you have accesses to the buttons over there? I don't have the things that I need. This is not my fault. I understand that Mike Ryan is very good at blaming others, but this one is not my fault. And because I don't have access to all the buttons, I was getting mad at the way that Amin was explaining the. Yes. And. Of the show. So can you just penalize him for me, please?

[Amin Elhassan]

Minor penalty.

[David Sampson]

Two minutes for explaining the show.

[Chris Cody]

Thank you. I appreciate it. We've got David Sampson here. He may or may not be able to hear you in Miami. Pablo just got here. He came running a bit late into everything that we're doing.

[Zaslow]

Very on time.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm here.

[Zaslow]

Hello. Show has started. I was here at the beginning.

[Pablo Torre]

You can't say you're on time and walk in during the open. That's not on time.

[Zaslow]

I believe that literally, that means that I was here. Before we had to be on microphone, there's.

[Chris Cody]

Hello.

[Zaslow]

Hello. Does this mean David can hear us now?

[Chris Cody]

I don't think that he can because he doesn't have headsets on. That's okay. We'll figure out this as we go. This is all sloppy by design. And because I'm in New York for the holiday party, I don't know how people feel about office holiday parties around here. I will say out loud to everyone listening to this that I'm very grateful to be in the presence of two close friends who has helped. Who have helped us build this into a profitable company that is a network that is a real thing in a collapsing media environment and country. And I am proud to be with you guys here. Like, I'm genuinely moved that even with the technical difficulties, we have two spaceships in New York and Miami. I was. My parents, okay, had their most difficult times in America in this city. Moved from this city to get to a warm place, to get away from the cold of this city that I feel in my feet as I walk around. And I'm here to express my gratitude through a holiday party that is meant to be a celebration of the things we've built during a difficult time because you two have a unique access to how difficult the last five years have been. So thank you.

[Pablo Torre]

I don't think holiday parties show gratitude.

[Zaslow]

Okay.

[Pablo Torre]

I think they show a budget line item. I think what you do during the course of the year and the things that you do with allocating resources to help people and put shows off the ground, I think that people want their boss to do that more than just, you know, some eggnog.

[Chris Cody]

But I am here to show gratitude. I have flown from a place that I never want to leave to a place that I usually don't want to go to in a cold I definitely never want to go to in order to show gratitude that for those who don't understand what Meadowlark is doing, Miami and everything it is that we have built over 20 years in Miami is funding all the things that represent growth here in New York. And you two are seismic examples of what that growth looks like because you have created within our business, two functioning businesses. And so I am here, the reason I've flown here is to express that gratitude through a office holiday party that I feel like everyone in America hates. The office holiday party. Do I have that wrong? Put on the poll, please. Juju at Lebitard show. Does everyone hate the office holiday party?

[Pablo Torre]

No. We threw some amazing holiday parties back before there was canceling going On.

[Zaslow]

Okay.

[Pablo Torre]

In Montreal and in Florida.

[Zaslow]

What does that mean?

[Pablo Torre]

Winners.

[Zaslow]

What does that mean? Like a pre cancellation David Sampson holiday party?

[Pablo Torre]

That means that you've got the president of the team or the GM of the team dancing on tables with employees who are at different levels of the organization. It means the booze is flowing. It means that people are. We're making sure that people are being picked up by rideshares. It wasn't ride shares back then. So we're making sure that people were getting home because it would get a pretty crazy.

[Zaslow]

Okay.

[Pablo Torre]

You just couldn't do that. The type of holiday parties. I'm not saying that we threw dwarfs against a little.

[Chris Cody]

Little people.

[Pablo Torre]

Little people. Thank you, Wolf of Wall Street. We didn't do. You can say dwarves, but it was close.

[Zaslow]

You.

[Chris Cody]

You are all.

[David Sampson]

I'll say the N word.

[Chris Cody]

I don't care. Okay, very good. Thank you for that.

[David Sampson]

There it is.

[Pablo Torre]

Whoa.

[Chris Cody]

You can't say we voted for this. Zaslow, can you please hit the accidental racism punishment button and get Mike Ryan out of the room? Even though I'm gonna need him shortly to talk about all of his binging recently.

[David Sampson]

Accidental racism. The Mexican not an accident.

[Chris Cody]

It's a good movie. Get him out of here.

[Zaslow]

We also call Brad Williams.

[Chris Cody]

He has been binging Notre Dame podcast the last couple of days. Can you guys please show.

Pablo that Notre Dame podcast live? Reacting to everything it is that happened on the selection day that pissed off Notre Dame so much. Would you do me the favor, Roy? Do you have that ready? Give me a thumbs up if you have that ready, please. All right. Play that, please.

[Amin Elhassan]

Certainly is going to be Miami or Notre dame.

[Chris Cody]

So number 10. No.

[Amin Elhassan]

Are you.

[Chris Cody]

Me?

[David Sampson]

Are you kidding me?

[Chris Cody]

All right, so he speaks for Notre Dame in its entirety. I want to. I want to ask David about the business of this. When Notre Dame when. When their ad goes on the Dan Patrick show and says that the ACC has done irreparable damage. Permanent damage. Permanent damage.

[Mike Ryan]

What?

[Chris Cody]

But when Dan Patrick asked, is it fixable? He says, oh, yeah, of course it's fixable. It doesn't suggest that it's permanent damage. What is the real business damage to the business relationship given that Notre Dame's not in the acc. They do share money when it comes to playing football games with each other. And the existence of Notre Dame creates money for the conference. But I didn't think the ACC did anything really. That was offensive to Notre Dame. And it was confusing to me that Notre Dame would be going after the ACC instead of the sec.

[Pablo Torre]

Well, those are two different concepts. So remember, Notre Dame is not in the ACC for football only, for purposes of pretty much the rest of the campus that are part of the ACC. But when it comes to the $4 million minimum that a conference makes for just being in the CFP, Miami getting in 4 million to the ACC, Notre Dame getting in 4 million to Notre Dame, that is a very big difference in terms of budget, in terms of what your take home actually is. So Notre Dame missing out actually hurt them significantly. Whereas when regular teams get in, they get a percentage of it, but they share it with other members of the conference. But every Notre Dame sport is acc, except football. And there is a relationship in football and that Notre Dame plays ACC opponents. But it's almost like a stepchild where you're a part of the family until you get right down to the end, and then there's separation.

[Chris Cody]

But some of this is pretty silly, right? Because the ACC is a great basketball conference, and Notre Dame's been okay at basketball. Notre Dame's moneymaker is football. They keep that money to themselves because they don't want to share it with the acc. Regardless, whatever it is you think the athletic director's job is in this circumstance, I believe it is to advocate on how it is that they've been wrong. But this whimpering has caused a great deal of Notre Dame backlash. The way this. I don't know the right way to do this, because we're in pretty unprecedented times when it comes to what it is that we're dealing with, with all the rules changing. They're trying to kind of figure this out as they go along. They're going to make all the mistakes, and they're going to be learning. I don't know how Notre Dame's AD is supposed to handle it, but the way he's handled it has made it so that Mike Wilbon is totally comfortable on PTI saying, I hate Notre Dame.

[Zaslow]

But isn't that the thing that people have been saying about Notre dame for, like, 40 years now? I think the joy of Notre Dame is that they are this. I was thinking about this the other day, like, I want kids. I want kids today to understand why Notre Dame matters in college football. And unfortunately, I think this is the best way to do it. Like, they're a brand, they're a. They're a character in this because they have an overinflated sense of self that is also backed up by a truly impressive amount of national television money that they've drawn from for decades. Can you explain to people how Big a deal. Notre Dame was like, I think we're getting a diluted version, but this is now letting them reassert why they're delusionally special.

[Chris Cody]

Notre Dame made college football matter in this country. Notre Dame created the religious zealotry that there is around sports by being the first of the champions with all of the. All of the players who mattered. But they haven't mattered like that in a long time. They parlayed that they a couple of times here and there. They have played for a championship, but they haven't mattered like that. That. This was Alabama before Alabama. This was winning all the time. This was, you know, back at a time when an army and Navy were, you know, respectable football programs and Notre Dame would drag them.

[Zaslow]

Well, it went from like Army, Navy to Catholics versus Convicts. I mean, that was, that was Miami, Notre Dame like that. What again, pre cancellation era, a name for. For a rivalry. But like, that's. It was an archetype. It was literal Jesus Christ Golden Dome vs. Mike Ryan and his gang of degenerates. Like, that's an incredible contrast for college football to have indulged in.

[Chris Cody]

I want to get to Mike Ryan in a second because he has been consuming mass consuming Notre Dame podcast. But is the AD's job in this circumstance because the way that he has done this, he is passionately supporting his program and I imagine he is giving voice to what a lot of their fans feel. But what he's doing is making all of America turn against the whimpering, even if he's right.

[Pablo Torre]

Yeah, I'm not sure that anyone has turned who wasn't already turned. So Notre, Dame, as Pablo said, they're an interesting situation where you love them or you hate them. I'm not sure that anyone who loved them now hates them or anyone who hated them hates them less because of what happened. So I don't view Notre Dame any differently than I did before. They were part of the CFP in all the rankings.

[Zaslow]

Then the question becomes, David, how would you handle this if you were trying to do this strategically? How would you lobby if you're Notre Dame? Because I'm like left to wonder, is there anything else they could be doing?

[Pablo Torre]

Yes, I would be doing stuff I wouldn't be doing on the Dan Patrick show. And that's not because I wouldn't be doing on our show either. That's not the athletic director. That's not. His job is to go out there and try to sway the pr.

[Chris Cody]

This is him introducing himself to America. A lot of people who are learning who this person is based on what he's giving voice to, but they'll forget.

[Pablo Torre]

About it in 20 minutes. So it's just not going to be effective in terms of lobbying to make Notre Dame. He already did the greatest job an AD can do and that this can never happen to them again. And I assume that you've been talking about this and Mike, it must make you insane to know that Notre Dame has a deal starting next year that if they're ranked in the top 12, they're in the CFP. I don't think that is a deal that nobody else has.

[David Sampson]

Yeah, I don't think it's super fair. I also think it was a previous AD that might have negotiated that deal. I'm curious to watch this presser as someone that's not entirely thrilled with the acc. If Notre Dame thinks it has the power to bring about change, if it thinks it can affect this conference as many of their fans think, that Notre Dame can kill the acc, I'll be happy. Yeah, go ahead and kill it. Miami is well positioned if if this conference were to dissolve. But this is also a bit of a chicken shit presser in that you did mention. Dan. I've sampled the entirety of all Notre Dame content out there and everyone's upset about the Alabama thing. No one can actually muster up an argument for Miami getting in over it. And the ACC thing is so superficial. They're honestly worried about a couple of tweets and the ACC network replaying a game as if they could have hidden it from the public. Jim Phillips had one interview where he refused to take a shot at Notre Dame and just touted Miami a revenue sharing football member of that conference. The real problem here is Greg Sankey is talking every day to Arkansas's ad, who just so happens to be the chair of the cfp. But will this AD for Notre Dame, Pete Bavaqua find the balls to go at the sec? I don't think so. He's picking the easy fight, one that's superficial, one that his entire base is not even that upset about. It's just locked on to this whole argument of them being left out. That's why they're upset. They got left out in favor of an Alabama team. And if you follow what the C, what the CFP said in terms of why they moved up ahead of Notre Dame. It doesn't make sense. The process was bad, but Pete's not going to pick up that fight because he knows where the power is.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris Cody]

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[David Sampson]

The biggest moments as they happen. For me, I cannot deal with spoilers.

[Pablo Torre]

So I need to see it live.

[David Sampson]

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[Chris Cody]

NASCAR, the MLB postseason, edge of your.

[Pablo Torre]

Seat plays, jaw dropping moments and that.

[David Sampson]

Rush like you're right there in the action. Sports are meant to be watched live.

[Chris Cody]

And you can do that with Fox One.

[David Sampson]

Fox One we live for live streaming now.

[Pablo Torre]

Don LeBatard oh, I like firing people, so I take the opportunity to fire whenever I possibly can because I can use it as a learning experience for them and try to help them out and try to point out what they did wrong. But in this case, the employee was enough levels below where I was that I did not do the firing, but I had it done within moments of discovery.

[Chris Cody]

I'm just.

Like firing people. It's just absurd. It's absurd stugats.

[Pablo Torre]

I'm talking about people who I fire, who deserve it, who have done something that actively requires me to fire them. It is my unadulterated pleasure to do so.

[Amin Elhassan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

David, why do you say now this is never going to happen again for Notre Dame?

[Pablo Torre]

Because what they're claiming is that they should not have switched places. And what's the purpose of the CFP rankings each week? And then if both teams didn't play, why was there a switch? If Alabama does it hurt Them. Does it not hurt them getting crushed by Georgia? I think 287 in the conference championship game. And they've just eliminated all of the guesswork that happens in the fraternity room where they're throwing darts at different faces and teams where if they are ranked in a certain place they get to stay in that ranking.

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean but, but, but.

I'm sorry, Dan. I was going to say like, okay, so they're ranked in a certain place and they'll still get in and that's top 12. Like so what if next year they're they fall number 13?

[David Sampson]

Yeah. There are guardrails. You could have had BYU ahead of them. We'll worry about that later. Right now it's just a lot of misplaced anger, Dan and them taking the easy fight and it's making Notre Dame fans happy. He's doing what they want and making a stink. That's what you do when you miss one of these. It' a little cowardly because the real issue here is Greg Sankey being. Being the master puppeteer and Notre Dame not at all wanting to pick that fight.

[Chris Cody]

I don't know if you guys understood what Mike was saying. I do not that they're mad about because the details on what Notre Dame appears to be mad about is that the ACC network, one of the details replayed the Miami Notre Dame game. Re aired the Miami Notre Dame game. What. What kind of thing is that to be angry about that the ACC.

Think.

[Pablo Torre]

That changed the committee. They got in there.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, did you catch that? I was legitimately trying to figure out what is he. So this, this is disproportionate in reaction. It feels like coming home from the bad day at work and kicking the dog. The ACC did nothing meaningful to these people. That had to do with Notre Dame not getting into this game. But if you're going to get indignant about the re airing of a game as a starting point on where your anger is, then your anger gets disqualified as totally unreason. I don't know Mike. What are the other things? Like a couple of tweets. There were. There was not. The ACC was not sending out in mass anyone in propaganda or in press releases. Miami should be in because of their head to head record against Notre Dame. That's not what was happening.

[David Sampson]

It was part of the graphic. But there weren't direct shots at Notre Dame. It was more arguing Miami's case. And Miami wasn't the only team that they were doing this with. I think the Notre Dame angle would be. They didn't just replay the game. They replayed the game eight times as like.

[Amin Elhassan]

Wouldn't it have been crazy? Okay, so there's one game that is at the center of all conversation. And then the network played the game. Wouldn't it have been crazy for them not to play the game for everyone to enjoy again and watch again and remember the thing that everyone is talking about? That's what Notre Dame.

[Chris Cody]

The committee was assigned to rewatch the game so that they could vote for Miami instead of Notre Dame. Having that game wasn't even as close as it looked.

[Pablo Torre]

I never heard that. You're saying there was an assignment. The committee sat in a room. Did they get like a ballroom in the hotel?

[Chris Cody]

No. Who runs it? Told everybody to re watch it before they voted.

[Pablo Torre]

You think they actually did?

[Chris Cody]

Well, he said they did. I don't know if he did or whether they did or not. He did assign it.

[Pablo Torre]

Why would anyone do that?

[David Sampson]

That's their job.

[Pablo Torre]

I wish I had that kind of time. Literally their job to watch a game again?

[David Sampson]

Yeah.

[Pablo Torre]

See who wins.

[David Sampson]

Yeah. To see how they see how good.

[Pablo Torre]

The offensive line was.

[David Sampson]

Well, this was why I studied that. This is why I felt good about my hand. Because happen to know that Nick Saban was going to argue about what happened in that game. And a lot of CFP committee members turned on their television, saw Nick Saban say, hey, I rewatched that game. Notre Dame got their asses kicked at the line of scrimmage.

[Mike Ryan]

All right.

[Zaslow]

Thank God for that three point loss for Notre Dame.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[David Sampson]

A game that they never led.

Such a bureaucrat.

[Dan Le Batard]

First drive in the second half.

[Chris Cody]

Find out about that. 16 plays.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Dan.

[Chris Cody]

There's a 16 play where I drive at the end of. At the beginning of the third. Third quarter. Can you guys please put the camera on Jeremy for a second? Because I. I am not a Stranger Things fan. I was told that this is a villain. This is Vecna. I thought he was doing something from the brown man group. I was not clear on what it is that. That he was doing. And so do you watch Stranger Things? Do any of you? Because it. It is a. It is a good costume.

[Zaslow]

I'm just sitting with Brown man group. Is that a. Is that a reference?

[Pablo Torre]

I wish he didn't go there.

[Chris Cody]

Blue man group. But I just made it the brown.

[Pablo Torre]

Let him cook.

[Zaslow]

Nice going, man.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, are you gonna do that all show? You're gonna do that all.

[David Sampson]

You gave me the opening. You went with Brown man group. I would never.

[Chris Cody]

We all made a noise.

[Pablo Torre]

I've only heard of the Situation between one of the actors and one of the actresses. I never watched the show. And I thought, and I will admit this, and I'm fine. I'm old. I thought Millie Bobby Brown was Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's child.

[Mike Ryan]

Me too.

[Dan Le Batard]

Had you seen her?

[Zaslow]

Her real name is Millie Bonnie brown, but she changed it to Millie Bobby brown as a stage name.

[Mike Ryan]

Culture vulture.

[Pablo Torre]

Wait a minute.

[Zaslow]

She changed her name to Bobby Brown and now she's a Bon jovi. So she is Millie Bonnie Bon Jovi. Millie.

[Chris Cody]

I have an objection here. That was not talked about enough on yesterday's show. I need a meme to explain himself Amin yesterday on the show, I believe I am quoting correctly when I said if people do not get up when he's trying to get through a crowded aisle, he will. I believe I'm quoting him correctly. Touch them with his hog is not what he said.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word quote because I never said I will touch them with my hog. What I said was.

[Amin Elhassan]

What you said was worse.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm coming through hog first.

[Pablo Torre]

So. So let me try to translate because amin we may do it the exact same way. When I'm annoyed at someone going into a middle seat in a row like at a play or a movie, I will face them where I'm front for front facing instead of tushy faces.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's wild.

[Mike Ryan]

But only. But they. Only if they don't stand up. If they stand up, then I will. I will go.

[Zaslow]

And you put your hands on their.

[Chris Cody]

Shoulders as you walk.

[Mike Ryan]

I could. You know what? I'm going to start doing that. That's a good idea.

[Chris Cody]

It's not a good idea. Hog first is not a good idea. Making a lot of eye contact while doing this is not a good idea.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan. It's only when they are too rude to do the common courtesy. Someone's walking through the aisle. Let me get up. Let me get up so you don't step on my feet. Let me get up so you don't climb over my legs. If you sit there as I'm coming through and you're like, well, I'm not moving. Guess what? You're getting up.

[Chris Cody]

You guys are giving yourself way too much credit here.

[Amin Elhassan]

Hog versus wild.

[Pablo Torre]

We add one more thing. I mean that I do. It's when someone doesn't move the drink from in front on the ground. If there's anything shrapnel related on purpose, I'm trying to pass through.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Pablo Torre]

And I have to step over it a little. Then I do Front facing.

[Chris Cody]

I'm with Chris Cody on this. You have been giving yourself too much credit. Because when I think of Amin and David Sampson, I immediately say. And it's almost the first thing I always think of. Of those are not possessors of hogs.

[Mike Ryan]

That's the first thing you think of, huh?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, almost the first thing.

[Amin Elhassan]

I mean, you know, about that hog.

[Chris Cody]

First thing.

[Mike Ryan]

Trying to find out.

[Chris Cody]

I'm just saying. As if it's hitting, like their knee. Right? Yeah. No, but the hog. The hog represents a girth. And there's a. There's a. There's something being represented by hog that I don't believe to be represented by anyone in our group.

[Pablo Torre]

I go stub first. There it is.

[Chris Cody]

That would be better.

[David Sampson]

That.

[Chris Cody]

That would be better. But I mean, you can't do that.

[Zaslow]

Why did we pick a hog? Yeah, why did we pick hog? For the animal. For. Let's give it a new animal euphemism.

[Pablo Torre]

The shape of a hot thickness of a hog. Right. You ever been to a clubhouse before?

Some Hawks.

[Chris Cody]

Why are you sharing that with everybody?

[Pablo Torre]

Because that's where the name came from, that the clubhouse.

[Zaslow]

Well, so hold on, just to recap this, because this is actually something I'm finding out for the first time.

[Chris Cody]

Time.

[Zaslow]

The reason why. And I guess I am also hagless by the extension of what the question I'm asking implies. You're saying that a bunch of these dudes. Penises look like literal hogs.

[Pablo Torre]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

I don't think that it's an optical thing. I think it's a thickness thing.

[Pablo Torre]

They don't have eyes.

[Chris Cody]

Thickness of an animal. I believe that's what's happening.

[Zaslow]

You guys prefer hammer?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't like hammer. That sounds.

[David Sampson]

I love a good hammer.

[Mike Ryan]

Hammer's too vulgar, too crude.

[Pablo Torre]

That's peonies. No, hammer.

[Chris Cody]

Hammer first.

[Pablo Torre]

You.

[Chris Cody]

You saying you go through hog first, though? It is. I'm with Chris Cody on the idea that that assigns a verbal confidence to you that I don't associate with you.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know what you guys are doing. Do you want me to pull my hog out on national tv?

[Chris Cody]

Just saying, when you're facing them, I don't think they're. I don't think I think of when I think of you.

[Mike Ryan]

Of course.

[Zaslow]

What happened to. What happened to snake?

[Chris Cody]

No.

[Zaslow]

Or rooster?

[David Sampson]

What? No, Rooster.

[Mike Ryan]

Rooster.

[David Sampson]

I like a good crank. Crank steak is good.

[Mike Ryan]

Only when you're yanking.

[David Sampson]

Yeah. And you could also crank it.

[Chris Cody]

No, wait. All right, now we're doing Dr. Seuss of masturbation. He's not an animal. Crank is not an animal. That's not. We need an animal. We don't. I'm glad that you like Crank and Hammer. We're doing animals here. And Pablo limped in with Rooster for some reason.

[Amin Elhassan]

Snake is decent.

[Chris Cody]

Rooster.

[David Sampson]

Well, you can't.

[Pablo Torre]

Didn't want to say.

[David Sampson]

We didn't want to say.

[Zaslow]

Yeah, there it is. Yeah.

[David Sampson]

Yeah. We've been told that people don't like that word.

[Mike Ryan]

Now we have standards.

[David Sampson]

I mean, it was the obvious one to take, but we can't say it. A rhino. Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Rhino. I don't know about that.

[Pablo Torre]

You can't find a white rhino anymore. They're now extinct.

[Chris Cody]

Rhino is thick. Rhino is thicker than a hog. And I believe it is that.

[Mike Ryan]

That.

[Chris Cody]

That's what we're doing with hog.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris Cody]

Promise.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Pablo Torre]

I swear.

[David Sampson]

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[Chris Cody]

Don LeBatard.

[David Sampson]

It sounds to me like everybody could.

[Chris Cody]

Use a hug, because a hug is.

[David Sampson]

Always the right size. Stugats. All I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee and.

[Chris Cody]

An entire cup of go to the pedal.

[Zaslow]

Don't Let him fool you. He said in the break that he's jittery.

[Amin Elhassan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the St. Gods.

[Chris Cody]

I go back to Notre Dame for a second because I want to play some sound of a Texas A and M offensive lineman. And this is something. His name is Trey Zoon and this is something that I would say is unwise because he is unimpressed with Reuben Bane. And you should be impressed with Ruben Bane if you've watched him unlike Pablo and the Notre Dame game. So let's hear the sound. Texas A and M is favorite in this game. I don't believe Texas A and M and Miami will be playing the same sport that Mississippi and Tulane will be playing when Mississippi and Tulane go in the playoffs. But I, I because I think that Miami and Texas A and M are a hell of a lot more close professional. But let's play this sound here on Reuben Bane and see how insulted Reuben Bane's going to be by this.

[David Sampson]

I haven't had the time to watch any film yet since it just got announced.

[Chris Cody]

But, you know, I don't think he'll be a threat that we need to.

[David Sampson]

Worry about too much.

[Chris Cody]

You know, we have great players, we.

[David Sampson]

Got a great offensive line, so we'll be able to handle them.

[Chris Cody]

What are you shaking your head about, David?

[Pablo Torre]

You don't want to create bullet board material as a coach or a GM of a team like that. You're just, you're furious. There's no reason for it.

[Chris Cody]

The reason is bravado. Right. The reason is it doesn't work.

[Pablo Torre]

It goes the other way mostly.

[Chris Cody]

But Texas A and M wouldn't have any reason to be afraid of Miami. Texas A and M is favored over Miami. Texas A and M has beaten everybody in their path and they are good enough to win the title.

[Pablo Torre]

So is Miami.

[David Sampson]

Yeah, they, they didn't beat everybody in their path and they've needed big comebacks. It's just not smart to do that to the nation's, I think, most feared pass rusher and a guy that maybe some have questioned his motivation at times. He was an absolute demon against Notre Dame and then he put out that IG story of his serial killer composition book where he was like Notre Dame. More like Notre Dick, which I was a big fan of. And he had Jeremiah Love's name on it and it looked crazy. And now you have motivated a guy that's going to be a top five draft pick in the NFL draft telling him that you're not worried about him. I was so happy to see Trey Zoon iii, please. Single.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cover him, please.

[David Sampson]

Yeah, you're not worried about him. Don't chip them. Don't chip, don't. Don't send another tight end over there because I know you love to run that kind of personnel. Go handle Reuben Bain man to man. Let's see how that works out.

[Chris Cody]

Trey.

I mean, I wanted to bring you in here on something and Zaslow too. As we talk about the NBA cup, are you guys familiar with, with the amount of money involved for players on the NBA Cup? Pablo, are you aware of what's the. So it's, it's 50,000 at the start, but if you get to the semis, each player under contract gets 106,000. If you get to the finals, it's 217,000. And then if you win the championship, it's half a million dollars. You get half a million dollars. So it's real money that's being played for in the NBA cup, no matter how irrelevant people might think it is. You got a 6pm start for the Heat tonight. And the thing I wanted to ask Amin about is, is Ja and Giannis are on the board for everybody right now before the trade deadline. And I would assume based on Pat Riley's history and what the window is for him that he will trade any of these players if he can get into the Giannis game. The Jaw game is a more difficult game and Mike Ryan was wondering before the show why wouldn't Miami try and get both of them and see if, if they would become the immediate favorites in the East. And then Parakeet Cortez yelled at him for about a half hour about not wanting job. Where are you on all this? I mean.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Mark Stein's reporting is that the Bucks keep telling everybody that Giannis is not available. They're not trying to trade him. But having said that, 29 teams keep sending, you know, feelers and teams never.

[Amin Elhassan]

Do that then end up trading the guy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, no, that's never happened before in the history of the game. The Giannis problem, or I should say problem, but difficulty if you're the Miami Heat, is that there are so many suitors with more attractive pieces that they can throw into a deal. I know Jake Fisher talked about any Miami Heat Giannis trade has to include Kell El Ware. That's not a, that's a non negotiable. But even with Kell Ware in there, you're still kind of falling short out of what some of these other teams can offer. I was talking to Zaz about This yesterday about Ja. If you're Miami, there might be an advantage while everyone is kind of stockpiling for Giannis. You might be able to get in there and get job for less than what it would be were he the marquee target.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah, especially because I think to means point, I think every team in the league would want to trade for Giannis. And every team in the league is willing to give up whatever Milwaukee wanted for Giannis. That's definitely not the case for Jaw, but I'm not a fan. Like, I don't think it gets the heat where they want to get to if they trade for John Morant. And on top of it, it. They got one of their, you know, advisers is. Is the guy who started to create this offense in Memphis last year, which led to jogging Taylor Jenkins fired. What are we doing?

[Chris Cody]

I mean, are you okay? Because off camera, it seems like you went hurtling out of the room coughing and blowing pay. Yeah. All right.

[Mike Ryan]

So.

[Chris Cody]

Tissue all over the place. Look at him. Look at him. Just broken. What's the matter with you? You sick?

[Mike Ryan]

I might have caught something over the weekend. It's actually better than it was yesterday. Yesterday was really bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's you good.

[Pablo Torre]

So wrong that he's there.

[Chris Cody]

So you're just coughing. So whatever we were doing during the pandemic to make sure that other people didn't get sick, we have now. We have now ignored that. We've got somebody on air coughing their way off camera in a way that can barely speak.

[Mike Ryan]

It's only a problem if the cameras and the mics are all focused on me for the waiting for me.

[Amin Elhassan]

Let's push in.

[Zaslow]

Let's push in on Amin, if you could.

[Chris Cody]

What are your thoughts here, David?

[Zaslow]

There it is.

[Pablo Torre]

I'm dealing with.

[David Sampson]

Stay there.

[Chris Cody]

Just keep going in on him. Just go. Get closer and closer. See the sickness in his eyes.

[Zaslow]

I want you blood vessels.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. See? See? Just get. Let's see if we can get that the audience on YouTube sick by just.

[Zaslow]

Looking at looks like how Notre Dame fans feel.

[Mike Ryan]

That's how.

[Chris Cody]

He would come at you hog first if you dared to not get up from your seat at the Broadway theater. David, I'm sorry I interrupted you.

[Pablo Torre]

I'm just hoping that it can't go through the wires because you sounded terrible yesterday, so I was reticent to come in today. You didn't sound like yourself. Are you sick?

[Chris Cody]

I am not sick. I'm fine. I do have a general problem, though. I don't think it's an official allergy or Sickness. I do have a problem with how cold the earth is here in New York. Every floor I walk into people keep saying to me because I wear too much clothes inside. They're like it's warm in here. Why are you still wearing clothes and like. Because every floor I'm stepping on, no matter how warm it is inside, isn't staying warm on the earth. You people are not. You are not able to warm the 20 degree earth that I'm standing on.

[Pablo Torre]

So what's your comment about global warming? Just not today, not here.

[Chris Cody]

Oh Dan doing denying. You're denying.

[Pablo Torre]

I'm saying that I'm trying. I want to make sure you're able to argue that point when someone responds to you because you're tend to lean more toward the. The world's.

[Chris Cody]

You guys don't like to him. David, for all the people who like seasonal changes, you guys do not like this weather. Am I wrong?

[Zaslow]

Seasons are character building.

[Pablo Torre]

I hate it. I miss Florida. My, my blood is still thin. I've been here for five years. I've been back and I'm still not. I hate it. But Florida right now is no picnic.

[Chris Cody]

What do you mean? It's 73 degrees right now. In, in Miami that is literally where you would have a picnic.

[Zaslow]

But the rest of it is.

[Chris Cody]

That is the. That's the temperature that you want a picnic at. How do you feel about the 6pm games as low 6pm start time tonight?

[Amin Elhassan]

I'm tempted to call it the Lord start time.

[Pablo Torre]

I knew it.

[Chris Cody]

Really?

[Pablo Torre]

He can go to bed then.

[Amin Elhassan]

The Lord's start time. I mean 6pm who's not watching? Who's not staying up for the very end of the game? Are you kidding? It's a pleasure. Tonight the game will be over at 8:30. I could still, you know get in an activity if I want before be bed.

[Chris Cody]

An. An activity. An activity before bed.

[Zaslow]

Maybe going to bed hog first.

Do we like bulge first better put it on.

[Chris Cody]

Yes, put it on. The poll at ler show. Would you be in favor of 6pm start times throughout sports and also is 6pm The Lord's start time? What's going on with Terry Rosier? Can you guys explain to me what's happening with this contract and the inability to trade this contract and you don't. You can' trade a contract that's under FBI investigation And what did Charlotte know and when did they know it? What is the most credible reporting on this meme?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, it really isn't clear as far as the reporting. The people I've talked To say that it's not eligible to be traded until this thing is clarified. Which kind of sucks for Miami because again, if the implication is that Charlotte knew, that means they were basically on disadvantage in acquiring him and placed under the same disadvantage in trying to divest of him. Especially because I don't think anyone at this point would acquire him for his basketball play if he were traded. It's because the money adds up and it makes sense. And it's easy for someone to say, oh, at the end of the year, it all comes off the books. So it is kind of a tough situation. But we don't have an official stance, I don't believe from the league as far as whether he's tradable or not.

[Amin Elhassan]

Yeah. So, Dan, yesterday, Tim Bontemps and Bobby Marks put out a piece on ESPN.com because he has to. It was the day that Terry Bougier, you know, pled not guilty in front of a judge yesterday. And in the story yesterday, sources told ESPN the Heat were not aware of the NBA's investigation when they traded for Rozier. Rozier, he did not appear in a playoff, single playoff game for Miami. The Hornets, when asked by ESPN whether they were aware of the league's investigation before the trade, declined to comment. Comment, Come on, like. And it's not just that the Heat don't have their pick for 2026 because they don't have their pick for 2026. They're also not allowed to trade their pick for 2027 because you can't trade back to back years. And the pick may not convey this year, it may convey in 27, which means they also can't trade 28. So, like, it's. It's really hampering the Heat's ability to be able to make a move. Move for a guy like John Morantz or for a guy like Giannis and Tetokounmpo. And the Hornets seemingly kept this information from Miami.

[Zaslow]

Yeah. Worth pointing out, like, blocks from here yesterday, Dan, all of the alleged participants in this gambling and betting and poker scheme, they were brought in. I mean, this is Terry Rogier and his attorney, who, by the way, they hired a Trump attorney because that's what you do when you're for the federal government. They're showing up and they're claiming, of course, innocence. But the big beef is exactly that question of what did you know and when did you know it? And the Heater saying, why are we the last to know pretty much everything.