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Dan Patrick (2:37)

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. It's the Dan Patrick show here. Fox sports radio. Happy Fourth of July. It's LaVar Arrington. Jonas Knox in for Dan and the guys in fort. You can hang out with us as always on the iHeartRadio app. You can also find us on hundreds of affiliates all across the country. We are going to have you covered all the way up until noon Eastern Time, 9am Pacific here on this Fourth of July. So I hope everybody is safe out there. People aren't Even waiting till 4th of July these days to light off fireworks. I mean, they were all over the place in our neighborhood. I don't know.

Mila Kunis (3:16)

Were they really?

Dan Patrick (3:17)

Oh, yeah.

Mila Kunis (3:18)

I was sleep bruh.

Dan Patrick (3:19)

Assuming they were fireworks. But our neighbors maybe not.

Mila Kunis (3:22)

Maybe it was a house.

Dan Patrick (3:23)

Maybe just like every year, we're like, when are people not going to get it? You're not a pyro expert, okay? And when you light a fuse and it starts to creep up towards the firework that's about to explode, it's a roll the dice. And you just gotta hope that it doesn't tilt over or wind doesn't knock it over and then it's pointed right at you. But it just feels like a less than ideal proposition to, to want to partake in.

Mila Kunis (3:56)

So I'm not a chest thumper on things, but I have never, never touched a firework, ever lit one and, and set one off. Never done it. Not in my entire life.

Dan Patrick (4:10)

Not proud of it.

Mila Kunis (4:10)

But yeah, I have, I've never smoked a cigarette and I've never. And I have never, I have never set off a firework. Yep.

Dan Patrick (4:19)

No, no cigarette for me. But they used to do these, like, you light them and they would spin around on the ground like these little fireworks spinners. I remember we had a dog that used to go and try and eat them.

Mila Kunis (4:31)

Yeah. While they were on, I used a little, you know, the little dips that, that you, they were wrapped in the little white paper and you throw them and.

Dan Patrick (4:40)

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Mila Kunis (4:42)

And I've done that. It's about it.

Dan Patrick (4:45)

Those are fun to throw at people, right? But yeah, like this dog would see a firework spitting on the ground and go try and eat it. And then everyone's like, God, dogs are so smart. Yeah, that's smart. Dog's a moron. No wonder he didn't make it past eight.

Mila Kunis (5:01)

Technically, the dog is trying to save you, his, you know, the people he loves. So he's trying to get it and get it out of the way. It's you that the dog is sitting there like these dumb mother Efforts. I gotta go get this joint before it blows up everybody. So let me be the one that. That takes it for the team. To me, that's. That's kind of the.

Dan Patrick (5:22)

The. The line of thinking when I throw my dog a rib bone.

Mila Kunis (5:26)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (5:26)

It's not lit on fire and spinning around in the circle. Dog's a moron.

Mila Kunis (5:31)

He's not gonna eat it. Did he eat it?

Dan Patrick (5:33)

He ain't tried to.

Mila Kunis (5:35)

No. Yes. He bite it, walk it off away from the people, let it down, and then be done with it with a burnt mouth.

Dan Patrick (5:42)

Cute chew toy.

Mila Kunis (5:43)

Because you were not a considerate dog owner, and your dog knew that he was doing his duty or her duty, and you set her. You set it up. You set the dog up.

Dan Patrick (5:54)

That dog's an idiot. So. And I hope everybody.

Mila Kunis (5:59)

Silly ass dog.

Dan Patrick (6:00)

Yeah.

Mila Kunis (6:01)

I don't pet that dog. I'm gonna pet that dog. I'm gonna pet that dog.

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Mila Kunis (6:29)

So reads when we on this show.

Dan Patrick (6:31)

Here we go. Here we go.

Mila Kunis (6:34)

I want to go back. You hear me? I'm never going back.

Dan Patrick (6:41)

Your guy, Lavara, Demora Smith, the former NFLPA executive director, he's got a book coming out called Turf Wars.

Mila Kunis (6:49)

All right.

Dan Patrick (6:50)

Battle of the List. So the first. Damn. That was Lamar.

Mila Kunis (6:59)

That was John Gruden. I'm only quoting what John Gruden said.

Dan Patrick (7:07)

No, Ha. But demora Smith has a new book out called Turf wars, and.

Mila Kunis (7:17)

Of course he does.

Dan Patrick (7:18)

Well, there's a couple of interesting little tidbits from this book that have already been released because this book is set to come out in August, I believe.

Mila Kunis (7:25)

I mean, you got to release the interesting tidbits to sell the book. Right? Okay.

Dan Patrick (7:29)

And. And who would you. Who would you say if you sell a book, who would be the first name you'd want to.

Mila Kunis (7:35)

First name. If I'm the Morris Smith and I want to sell a book would be Roger Goodell.

Dan Patrick (7:44)

I'm talking about a player. If there was a player in the NFL that you knew would get some headlines?

Mila Kunis (7:48)

Oh, if it was a player, I'm either. I'm going with a quarterback.

Greg Rosenthal (7:53)

And.

Mila Kunis (7:54)

And I mean, the most you. I could say the easy decision would be Tom Brady, because that was during Tom Brady's time. You could throw Peyton Manning out there. But the, the media lightning rod has been Aaron Rod.

Dan Patrick (8:08)

That is. That is correct. That is correct. Aaron Rodgers featured first in one of these little.

Mila Kunis (8:14)

What do you say?

Dan Patrick (8:16)

From demora Smith's book? Quote, the God of Cheesehead Nation was isolated and dismissive. Smith writes regarding Rogers demeanor during a player meeting. He sat in the back row of the meeting room issuing loud sighs before standing for a dramatic exit. An incredible quarterback, to be sure, but an even more impressive antagonist. Smith also says this about Rogers. Quote, In August 2021, my phone chirped with a text from Aaron Rodgers. Can you call me at red? Could I not run into traffic? Instead, that from demora Smith talking about Aaron Rodgers. And I see that.

Mila Kunis (8:58)

So he doesn't, he doesn't have any love for Aaron Rodgers.

Dan Patrick (9:01)

I see that and I go, so this is the NFLPA executive director and one of, one of your star players. And then you've got J.C. treader, who reportedly threw Russell Wilson under the bus in discussing Russell Wilson's contract negotiations as that came out as part of the collusion evidence and testimony that was discovered a couple weeks ago. And they wonder why they lose every negotiation to the owners because the NFLPA can't even get it together amongst themselves. You got the executive director getting a call from one of the stars of the league saying, can I walk into traffic instead?

Mila Kunis (9:41)

That's crazy. And as you're leading the players. Yes, yes, it's crazy, man.

Dan Patrick (9:47)

JC Treader, part of the NFL PA and calls Russell Wilson the rhymes with wussy. Reportedly. When the discussions of the negotiations about Russell Wilson's attempt to get a guaranteed contract done from Denver came this like, this is why you lose every time to the owners because they're not on the same page. Nobody's on the same page.

Mila Kunis (10:15)

It's a lot of moving parts when you, you have, you know, associations and unions and stuff like that. I mean, no one is going to get what they want. I find it more interesting that he chose to singularly pinpoint one person in particular and chose to use that as, as a leaked line or a promoted line to go read his book. That doesn't make me want to read his book anymore. That doesn't make the Morris Smith a more interesting figure to want to learn or read about. I don't. I mean, again, you're, you're, you're saying what the conclusion already is. So you're basically putting a book out there that talks about how you failed the players. Is that what it's about? Maybe that should be the title. If you put out a title I failed the players when I let the nflpa. If you want to put that narrative out there, people probably read it because they're going to want to know why.

Dan Patrick (11:14)

I. I can remember Mark Schlerith. This was back in. I think it was 2017. DeMora Smith was sort of like making the rounds, telling everybody that there was going to be some changes, things were going to be different in the new CBA and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I remember Mark Schlier just basically saying something along the lines of, yeah, okay, what, what's. What are you going to get for the players? Less padded practices? Like, what do you. What are you going to get for the players? Because they've been hearing this song and dance for years. And the reason why Rogers was is because he was one of the guys that was standing up and pounding the table saying, dude, this deal doesn't work for us. We're getting the shaft in this deal. And you've got the guy who's supposed to be the executive director of the NFLPA who was making the rounds years in advance, telling everybody how they were going to do the right thing for. And a guy's calling you about things and wanting to have conversations and you're eye rolling him like, for what? Like this. Are you supposed to be on the same side? And that. That was part he. And then he talked about the collusion as well, too. This from Demor Smith's book, Turf wars, which. Which Savar would like to have edited. I failed the players.

Mila Kunis (12:28)

There you go.

Dan Patrick (12:29)

Turf Wars. The story about the story of how I failed the players.

Mila Kunis (12:32)

Yeah, that's so generic.

Dan Patrick (12:34)

Turf wars, the story about I failed you players.

Mila Kunis (12:38)

Talk about driving an unnecessary narrative home.

Dan Patrick (12:43)

The hell?

Mila Kunis (12:43)

Come on, Demorce, you do know you are a black man, right? You can't just be throwing stuff loosely out there like that. You got to be a little bit more strategic.

Dan Patrick (12:53)

What would you recommend?

Mila Kunis (12:54)

People love misdiagnosing things that. That are put out there. No, he's not a gang banger that I know of. He's not talking about Southeast.

Dan Patrick (13:08)

He's doing a signing in Compton. Yeah, on Tuesday.

Mila Kunis (13:12)

He ain't throwing up the Rolling 60s sign. I don't turf wars the F you talking about.

Dan Patrick (13:18)

Y' all got a problem here?

Mila Kunis (13:20)

We got problem.

Dan Patrick (13:21)

When you got problem.

Mila Kunis (13:24)

I'm from Chris Shaw mafia. Hey, man, Turf Wars. I seen you in no battles, bud. All I'm saying is, like, bro, make it make sense. If you want people to read your book, make it make sense. I've had one I had one exchange with, with the Morris. I thought he was, he was a fine dude to talk to, you know, good hearted guy, super smart, super intelligent dude. But I thought he was in over his head.

Dan Patrick (13:56)

The, the official title here. Yeah, Turf wars, the Fight for the Soul of America's Game.

Mila Kunis (14:05)

Yeah, that's a little dramatic. Yeah, that's a tad bit dramatic. Dramatic.

Dan Patrick (14:12)

Now on the occlusion case, this quote came out from Demora Smith in his book, there were people inside our building. Again, the former NFLPA executive director. There were people inside our building who thought it was a waste of time. But internally our office had evidence of collusion, including hearing from multiple sources that the league and teams were discussing their avoidance of fully guaranteed contracts. Sweet. It's nice to know that people inside the NFLPA building thought it was a waste of time. This is, am I crazy? This just makes it look even worse.

Mila Kunis (14:48)

Now if you're just, you know, you know what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say this because I think that this is a widely spread corporate type of. It could be prevalent amongst, amongst businesses. You build a company, the company has employees. Employee culture is employee culture. Company culture is company culture. When you get those employees and they make the amount of money that they make, generally speaking, very few people make a tremendously amount of a lot of money and what it is that they do, and some do make really good living. Regardless, if you're one that doesn't make that much money, you're probably working and hoping that your consistency, your availability and your cooperation is going to lead to you making more. You elevate. If you're already elevated, you don't want to lose that space. So more often than not, like one thing that I experienced, and I understand it as an older person that does business from the business side of things, not from the talent side or the employee side of it, is that in some cultures, and this existed in the nflpa, may still exist in the nflpa. When you hear somebody say it's a waste of time, the reason why it's a waste of time is not because you can't push to get the things done that you want to get done, get the things accomplished that you want to get accomplished. It's just no one is willing to stick their neck out to do it. Who's going to be the one if it doesn't go through or it doesn't work, it's something, there's fallout from it. Who's going to be the one that pays, pays the price for it? So when they see when I hear somebody say this is a waste of time to be here, it's because the people that need to step up and be the catalyst for it probably won't. The people who delegate it, that should have been the catalyst of stepping up to do it, that delegated to somebody else to do it. They like, why the hell I'm gonna do it? Why would I do it? Why would you want me to put myself into the situation and try to push this forward where that's not in my pay grade and if I do it and something goes wrong, I'm going to lose my job. More often than not, you'll find people, some people just don't even address it at all, like, ah, I'll get to that next week. Then you get to next week, something else comes up, I get to that next week. The corporate culture that I saw at the NFLPA is just a lot of like lip service, man. There are very few dudes like Nolan, Nolan Harrison, good dude. If he says he's going to do something, he's going to do that. My man.

Dan Patrick (17:26)

Carl. Carl. Carl.

Mila Kunis (17:28)

What's Carl's. Dang, I'm blanking on Carl's last name.

Dan Patrick (17:32)

Carl Lewis.

Mila Kunis (17:33)

No, not Carl Lewis.

Dan Patrick (17:36)

Carl. Carl. Carl. Carl.

Mila Kunis (17:37)

Come on. Carl Francis.

Dan Patrick (17:38)

Carl.

Mila Kunis (17:39)

Carl Francis. A long time dude at the NFL pa. If he says he's going to do it, he's going to do it. If you don't talk to competent people about the things that, that matter to you as a player, chances are you are getting the salesperson's pitch, which is manage expectation. Right under promise with the chances, the possibility, although slight, the possibility that you will deliver, you will over deliver, manage expectations. And that's what the NFL PA has always, to me, that's what it's always represented. Manage the expectation of the players. Make sure that you. Because, because here's the thing. Yes. Why you have to have it by law, they represent the player, they're going to have a job. But it's not necessary for you to be here to have the job. You are replaceable, you are expendable. And so knowing that the job security that you have is based upon trying to make everybody around you happy with doing the, the least of what you can do because that's not going to ruffle any feathers or shake any boats, anything like that, it is a very, very hard line to walk, especially if you are top of the people that are the decision makers for that union. So to me it's, it's like all lip service to me. To begin with, if I were to read his book, I'd be like, bro, he's, he's just sugarcoat and everything. It's a sugar coating of it. Because if you were to really get into the deep down guts and the bowels of what this stuff has really been and, and truly has been exchanged conversation wise, you'd end up like Gruden.

Dan Patrick (19:25)

You.

Mila Kunis (19:25)

You would end up like Gruden.

Dan Patrick (19:27)

Now, the New York Post did identify a couple of other quotes from Damor Smith's book on Roger Goodell. Demora Smith called Roger Goodell a cold, dark void. That sounds like my ex, to be honest with you. But again, that's. That's demora Smith's book. I'm not here to write his book and I'm not here to edit his book. But that is demora Smith calling Roger, of course, cold, dark boy.

Mila Kunis (19:53)

I gotta make sure I call out Andre Collins too, by the way, a longtime NFL PA Representative within. There are some really, really, really fine gu that are in there. There are some really, really fine people that, that are smart, that are able, are willing, and I've never seen any one of them elevated to being the one that calls the shots. It's kind of weird. Like, all the great names that I can think of that are part of the NFLPA have been a part of the nflpa. None of them have ever. Troy Vincent was a part of the NFL PA before he transitioned over to the NFL. I'm never seeing one of our most competent players that really, really believed in the, you know, helping and assisting our, our players, progressing them and pushing them forward. I've never really seen Gene Upshaw. Gene Upshaw, and he did a fairly good job. I, I won't, I don't have too much bad to say. He's. He made some mistakes. He did. He did some things that left the, you know, people to be desired. But Gene Upshaw got an opportunity. I don't see that happen very often. You don't see, like, where did the Morris Smith even come from? I don't even know. I mean, if you look it up, I mean, I'm sure it tells you the whole process, you know, all that stuff. But where do you even come from, man?

Dan Patrick (21:18)

Let's guess. I'll say Salt Lake City.

Mila Kunis (21:20)

You know, he was a lawyer. I mean, he lived in D.C. i mean, I'm. I'm gonna assume he's a lawyer, a powerful lawyer from some type of, of, you know, law firm. Boom, boom, boom. He understands lab laws really well and all that stuff. My whole thing is get, get experts that understand labor laws. Get, get. Why not follow the lead of other, other sports, the NBA, their union be kicking ass. Why not find those people, find those experts, figure out how to take the same type of approach and let players run the unions, let qualified players run these unions.

Dan Patrick (22:00)

Leah, demora Smith, is he a parts unknown guy like the old professional origin?

Mila Kunis (22:07)

Well, a little bit on his background.

Dan Patrick (22:08)

Born and raised in Washington D.C. he.

Mila Kunis (22:10)

Used to be.

Dan Patrick (22:13)

A litigation lawyer, trial.

Mila Kunis (22:15)

Lawyer and litigation partner for the U.S. attorney's office.

Dan Patrick (22:18)

Probably not a great win loss record there. Just, just.

Mila Kunis (22:20)

I would have thought he would have been like a, you know, a labor.

Dan Patrick (22:25)

A labor lawyer. But now DeMora Smith said this about Jerry Jones actually pretty funny. He said if Jerry Jones saw a dollar bill on the ground, I truly believe he'd stop and pick it up. According to Morris, which is actually pretty funny. Why? Well, because I can relate to that.

Mila Kunis (22:46)

I was about to say, if you saw a dollar on the ground, you wouldn't pick it up 100%. You know what's crazy? If I see a quarter on the ground, if I see a penny on the ground picking it. My dad, my mom taught me the value of a dollar. And, and my one thing that my. I used to tell my mom and dad, like, I'm gonna be a millionaire one day. I'm gonna be a millionaire one day. My dad be like, make a dollar. Make a dollar. Hey, buddy, make a dollar. It's great to have big dreams. Make a dollar. I took that to the bare minimum. If I see a penny on the ground, you know how many pennies, like there has to be a penny in every million dollars you make. $20 million. Jerry Jones is worth a billion dollars. You got to start with a penny before you get to that billion.

Dan Patrick (23:25)

You know, my wife gave me a hard time because we were getting. We were at the car wash and they had one of those fountains where you throw a penny into the fountain. And I put a snorkel on my son and fed him into the fountain to go get it change. And she's like, what are you doing? I was like, what do you mean? These are for Easter eggs. I'm coming out of pocket for that.

Mila Kunis (23:43)

I mean, I don't know about that. I think that's a little extreme. I'm not going co sign you on that. It's a little extreme.

Dan Patrick (23:49)

Just an idea for people who are.

Mila Kunis (23:50)

Looking to make a few feel bad for Drew, man.

Dan Patrick (23:55)

Me too. How did he do like a $18? That's great.

Mila Kunis (24:03)

How long was he under the water? Was, was he, was he splashing? Was he smiling? Like, how did he do?

Dan Patrick (24:09)

W. He's four and he doesn't know how to swim. So that was a little dicey trying.

Mila Kunis (24:13)

To, you know how to hold his water, you know how to hold his breath.

Dan Patrick (24:16)

I just kept, I kept reassuring him like, hey, if you get at least a dollar, the Loch Ness monster is not coming. So.

Mila Kunis (24:22)

So hopefully you cold blooded bro.

Dan Patrick (24:25)

Everything works out all right, well listen, it is the Dan Patrick show here on Fox Sports Radio. Levar Arrington, Jonas Kno and the guys on this edition of Black and Drag coming up next year. Though a Hall of Famer may have identified his career after football, you'll hear him right here on fsr. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick Show Podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 to noon Eastern or 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for the Dan Patrick show at foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR.

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Jackson takes it himself.

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Mila Kunis (31:02)

I want to see what, what calling.

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A game feels like. Oh, I've always, like, impersonated guys. They call the games and stuff like that growing up. And I don't know, I thought it would always be fun.

Mila Kunis (31:12)

Player names is where I. Yeah.

Dan Patrick (31:15)

So that was Travis Kelce explaining his potential interest in calling games. And in that clip, he also pointed out, you know, because they asked him, like, yeah, you know, Tom Brady salary and, and you know, what he's making at Fox, that's gotta be part of the intrigue. Like, if you could. First of all, he doesn't need to do anything post career. He's gonna be fine. But if he were to throw his name in the hat, he would be one of the most in demand players on the market to be a broadcaster. There is just with his name, with the popularity, whatever you thought of him as a player, the Taylor Swift association has increased his popularity and his notoriety. If you are a network, if you are somebody looking to hire a broadcaster calling games, Travis Kelsey is one of the first calls you would make.

Mila Kunis (32:07)

He's got a lot of personality. They do a great job of being able to connect to, to the audience that that's watching them. They understand their demographic and there, I mean, I always use the acronym. You know, I'm writing a book by the way. It's going to be called Knowing the Deal.

Dan Patrick (32:28)

I thought it was turf wars.

Mila Kunis (32:31)

Anyways, Knowing the Deal is something that the Kelsey brothers execute so masterfully. You look at what, what is what Jason's doing right now. I mean, he's crushing it with how he's doing things post, post career. And outside of like a little mishap of knocking a phone out of somebody's hand, I mean he'd really done everything perfectly and to, to the point of him knocking the phone out of somebody's hand. They're such relatable dudes that you feel like you can say or do anything when you're around them. And sometimes you might do a little too much and you might have said too much and it might end up being a disrespectful exchange and you know, he's still a badass dude, right? But when you look at these guys, man, the Kelsey's have the type of personality that drives entertainment. So that's why I brought up the book preface the book Know your demographic. That's your D in the acronym. Entertain your demographic. Give your, your, your demographic entertainment and give them an experience, right? And have love for what you do. That's knowing the deal. If you have those four elements involved with what you're doing and you understand those elements and you bring those elements to the table and you let that shine through who you are along with the established influence and, and amount of numbers of people that, that are really, really fans of, you know, Travis Kelsey. It's, it would be a no brainer. If he wants to put the time and the energy and the work into learning it and being able to talk about it. It would be a no brainer just for those simple facts that he has a great following, he's got a great reputation. He's shown that he can do a podcast, they run a successful podcast. He shows that he interviews well, he speaks well, and he brings an element of, of entertainment and he creates an experiment experience for the people who, who follow him every Single time he does, he plays in a game. Who. Or even when he cracks the microphone. So if he wants. That's what he wants to do is certainly something that he would probably. If he was putting the. If he puts the time and the work and the effort into to really learning how to be great at it, he could probably be really great at.

Dan Patrick (34:49)

I mean, he's like. He didn't even need it, if you think about it. And one of the things I mean, which.

Mila Kunis (34:54)

I mean, Tom Brady doesn't need it. Guys didn't.

Dan Patrick (34:57)

Didn't need it, but I mean, in the sense that they've gotten a head start on their broadcasting. I don't know.

Mila Kunis (35:04)

Very true.

Dan Patrick (35:04)

I don't know when you started down the path of broadcasting when you were a player, but the guys that are doing it while still playing have such an advantage. The key man, because you're in the world already, so you're. You're off and running in the second you decide to call it a career.

Mila Kunis (35:20)

Well, I'm. I'm fortunate that. That Doc Walker, who is. Is obviously a Redskins now known as the Commanders. He is one of the greatest sports personalities for the Washington football team. And I got to know him very quickly. You know, I bought my first home through his wife as a realtor. Just built an amazing relationship with him. You saw my relationship and my rapport with Brian Mitchell, those. Those guys. Brian was at the end of his career, but he was still doing media. I got with Doc Walker. I started doing appearances on the Coach Thompson and Doc Walker show. Imagine that, Mike. My baptism into doing sports media and being on. On a live show weekly was with coach John Thompson and with Doc Walker. So talk about two great personalities. One, a very, very strong personality and Coach Thompson, God rest his soul. And Doc has always been a guy that just shoots it straight and has a great way of communicating. And that was my intro into. Intro to an entry into doing media. I thought it was so cool because before then. And a lot of things have changed now in media, but before then, Jonas, I was more or less the guy that looked at it as your. Your paintbrush is really a limited paintbrush because of the distribution of your ideas, your thoughts, your feelings, whatever it may be. It was very limited. The. The writers and the reporters. That's why you see so many former reporters that have done so well in media, whether it be television and radio. They transition from just being writers because they were the ones that controlled the storylines, they controlled the narrative. So you're taking a guy that writes articles and different things like that. And you're putting them in front of a camera, you know, you're putting them in front of a microphone to talk on radio. Well, once athletes, I feel like once athletes started really understanding the power of media and the power of being able to communicate to their audience outside of just playing. Because for what it's worth, you know, the era I grew up in, you know, players were obscure. It was like crazy to see a player out or to even ever have an interaction with a player like that just wasn't what the times called for. I mean, players are so accessible now. You know, there's, there's so much interaction between players that, that kind of, that cartilage between fans and, and players or the, the idea of trusting what the media says versus trusting what the players, that's gone. You know, you have a direct entry point, you have a direct connection with the fan bases anymore. And so that's totally changed the way, you know, things are done. But as it applies to traditional media, of getting in front of a camera, calling a game, you know, or, or even doing a podcast where you're talking about the things that are going on, ongoing on in sports, this is as good a time, it's as great a time as any to, to be very prepared and, and really understand what the opportunities are that exist there where you're able to express yourself in a way that, you know, I expressed myself as a player that came off a certain type of way on the football field, but being able to express yourself as a person using your words and giving them ideas and giving them thoughts and different things like that, entirely different world, but it's a really, really cool place to be. So to your point, understanding what that represents and, and being able to kind of see if you fit in it and you integrate in it because some people don't, some people really don't and some people are able to really understand it and grasp it and the earlier you get the opportunity to learn it, as you mentioned, doing it while you're still an active player, you know, doing the NFL boot camps and doing the different, you know, PR schools and stuff like that. It definitely goes a long way in determining if to go into this type.

Dan Patrick (39:25)

Of industry and especially seeing the Kelsey's, it's not like these are the Mannings or two quarterbacks from a quarterback family. One's a tight end, one's an offensive lineman. It's, it's different.

Mila Kunis (39:35)

Two of the most under celebrated positions in all, of, all of football.

Dan Patrick (39:39)

And, and I look at it and I go, like, there was some talk that they've got this tight end you. That they put together, and I think it's him and Greg Olson and George Kittle that they put together and they track.

Mila Kunis (39:49)

You know, they.

Dan Patrick (39:50)

They have an event, and it's all the tight ends get together, and they were talking about how they're going to, you know, may it around and start taking it on the road because it's been so successful in Nashville. And it just furthers the point. And we've talked about this before, like, all of these shows, these documentaries about quarterbacks and, you know, they've got the latest one on Netflix. There's a gold mine in the NFL of personalities and characters that people probably don't even know about because they just. The quarterback is the celebrity, the quarterback's the star. Whether it would be defensive linemen, whether it would be linebackers, special teamers, offensive linemen, it just. You. Now that you've started to open up all the different possibilities that you laid out, whether it's podcasting, whether it's, you know, all these different shows that are out there, or, you know, just standard broadcasting for television networks, I think there's just. There's a chance here that you could present the stars of the game, not just for today, but the stars of the game that are going to carry the messaging for the league after their careers are over. And to see a center and a tight end, you know who. I mean, who. You don't ever see that.

Mila Kunis (41:09)

And their brothers.

Dan Patrick (41:10)

Yeah. To see those guys.

Mila Kunis (41:11)

So it's like, brother, superpower, activate. You know what I mean?

Dan Patrick (41:15)

Yeah. Everything's.

Mila Kunis (41:16)

They did the Campbell's commercial, they got mom involved like this. I mean, they've made it a family affair. And they're pretty. They're an astute family, man. I mean, they just. They get it. They just get it. And. And it's natural. I. I don't want to say it's natural because that's. That's a. That's taking away from the brilliance of. If they sit around and if they actually converse about, you know, these types of things. I know every day I talk to my kids about building your brands, like, for the brand. Like you hear Pat McAfee say, for the brand. I say it every day. Arrington is our brand. Whether your first name is different, Arrington is the brand. Learn how to speak. Be respectful to others. Always know that you get an opportunity to give somebody an experience. Every time somebody meets you and acknowledges you, you know, just. Just understanding, just. Just raw, fundamental, basic Things about how to handle yourself can lead to so many in your life. And that is what's more important than being able to spike a ball as. As a, you know, kill a ball as. As a volleyball player for Marley or doing flips and, and tucks and stuff for Layla as a cheerleader or Mammon and. And Kino playing, you know, football, like those things. It's great to be able to do things that garner the attention of what you're able to do. A talent, but the biggest talent that you will ever have, that all of us have, like everybody even listening to our show, we all have the opportunity to be able to impact somebody's life with the way we are as a person. And that, to me, is the most valuable talent that you could develop. That's the most valuable skill that any of us can develop, is being able to. To understand how important it is to be a person, you know, a person. Hey, how you doing? Great. I don't know who these people are that I see. During the course of a day. I went and I told you I was going to go have me a couple drinks. Yesterday I went, had a couple drinks. Yesterday, the bartender and I had a great conversation. The guy that came and sat next to me, we had a great little interaction, right? And it's like, hey, how you doing, man? Everything good? Oh, you look like you're busy. Got your laptop out. You cool? I'm great, man. Just trying to get it done. Great. You know what I mean? Hey, you want a beer? Get you a beer. Talking to the, to the, you know, the bartender, you know. Hey, how's it going for you? Oh, wonderful. All right, great. What a nice Long Island Iced Tea. Go figure. I order a Long Island Iced Tea. You know, you do a great job with your Long Island Iced Teas.

Dan Patrick (43:48)

Thank you.

Mila Kunis (43:49)

No problem, man. Appreciate you.

Dan Patrick (43:51)

You're.

Mila Kunis (43:51)

What's your name? Okay, get the name. Now I know your name. So when I come back to that place, the experience she gave me and the experience I reciprocated back to her, those things become monetizable. There's a value to it because now she knows me, we'll have a great interaction. My service is going to be great. I know her. We're going to have a great interaction. I know my service is going to be great and she's going to get compensated for it. That's life, man. Make it transactional. And I think the Kelsey's have done an excellent job of doing that.

Dan Patrick (44:22)

It is the herd or. Excuse me, not third. My apologies. Yeah, we did that yesterday. So listen well.

Mila Kunis (44:29)

When you're moving around so many times, stuff going on when we, when you're the only ones that's working the the station, you, you pop from show to show.

Dan Patrick (44:37)

Apologies. Let's clean that up. Lee, please. It is the Dan Patrick show here on Fox Sports Radio. LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox in for Dan and the guys coming up next here though, just what we needed in the world of sports. Just what we needed. We'll explain why right here at fsr. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app this July.

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Mila Kunis (52:36)

That's crazy, man.

Dan Patrick (52:38)

It's great. This is tremendous. I think this stuff is hilarious because.

Mila Kunis (52:44)

I just think there's too much of it. There's too many of the, like, there's too many of these stories that continue to surface. And I know you're into the whole gambling scene and how it impacts the game and how it makes you feel every time you bet and lose. But I just to me, at some point, why can't it become a non story based upon this one thought process of athletes actually not doing it? I mean, go figure, right? Like, that's just, it's just way too simple, way too easy a solution for it to be. You know what? I know the consequences of getting caught doing this, so I'm not going to do it. Just imagine if we lived in a.

Dan Patrick (53:22)

World where that existed, but we thought they had taken care of the steroid problem. Peds were out of sports guys piss.

Mila Kunis (53:30)

Hot still, still today.

Dan Patrick (53:32)

Still can't help themselves. Even all the testing and there's probably some that are doing it that aren't even testing positive.

Mila Kunis (53:38)

If you get caught gambling, God bless. Lord's will's been done, bro.

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