Jontay Porter Faces Lifetime Ban, Weekend Observations & A New Beef | The Dan Le Batard Show

We begin the hour with a deeper look at the Jontay Porter lifetime ban from the NBA following the investigation into his betting scandal and brief talk about Taylor Swift’s new album for the final segment of hour 1. Then hour 2 kicks off with Stugotz’s Weekend Observations coming off the first weekend of the NBA and NHL playoffs and heading into NFL Draft week. Then, Dan is curious who will get the rights to the NFL Draft after ESPN loses them this year, and Pat McAfee’s new weekly show with Bill Belichick. The show discusses how McAfee has created a comfortable environment where big names want to do weekly shows with him, as well as why people distrust the media. Then, Sal Licata and Brandon Tierney of WFAN have beef with “LeBaturd and Ugotz” after Stu turned down the program director job. Stugotz isn’t going to start beef with them, but he will end their careers.

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[0:00-7:21] Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban

[7:22-9:17] Tyler Glasnow is a “radar slut”

[9:18-12:40] Taylor Swift’s new album

[12:41-27:44] Stugotz’s Weekend Observations

[27:45-35:15] Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee show

[35:16-37:29] Russel Wilson’s first pitch

[37:30-40:58] NFL Draft appearances

[40:59-50:00] Growing feud with WFAN
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[Music] we didn’t talk very much at all around here stugots about jonte Porter’s lifetime ban for gambling a pretty brutal time for the porter family because uh another brother cin is getting six years in prison for a fatality in a drunk driving accident and once it is that it’s reported that you had in Colorado a gambling account that you were betting Millions on and you bet on your team to lose I think that that outside of crimes that result in prison sentences and the loss of your freedom I think it’s the greatest athlete crime that there can be it’s the reason you’re getting a lifetime ban and you don’t often see anything in the way of life time bands morally Sports considers this the worst of all the offenses to be betting against your team to be betting on your team to lose and so this is a name even though we were not familiar with Michael Porter having a basketball playing brother before this this is a name that you will remember associated with this particular crime because there aren’t that many lifetime bands ever in sports but also I believe it’s just the beginning of this St got because one of the things that I think and I wrote an article about this for ESPN the magazine many years ago it would make sense if you have people who are addicted to competition never mind gambling just addicted to competition it would make sense that a percentage of them would get addicted to needing action away from the 81 times a year they’re getting it for in this case 12 minutes a night on a basketball court that you would have a desire or a need to compete at all times in a way that would be compulsive it would make sense to me if this is just the beginning of this that they will like with Calvin Ridley they will give a severe punishment to make make sure that others in the future are warned that they can’t do it but it’s not the nature of addiction and compulsion to be able to control it when you’re somebody who has a a problem with uh addictive personality disorder or just need action away from things I think sugat you’ve noticed with young people in general there is a need for more stimuli there is just in general a need to get more from life than what you presently are doing at your job and in this case he was betting so much to got it’s not just millions of dollars which was a lot he was making so many bets that there was clearly a problem with how much he needed competition action well I don’t know about you guys but in this room we are of the consensus that perhaps if they threw out a potential lifetime ban for things like I don’t know sexual assault or domestic abuse or anything like that then maybe we’d take those crimes a lot more seriously but I think when you go to the competition a holic angle here and say you know that’s where the gambling problems come in I I think where people have a hard time believing or understanding this and this is even NBA players like your competition desire it’s like those are fulfilled by competing to make the NBA you have already accomplished a lifetime dream for so many other people and you’re going to risk it for what a couple hundred that’s why you got to the NBA for the money because there’s so many other ways to cheat for money and so the idea if you if you want this competition go ahead and compete for a starter spot my man go ahead and compete for something else to make you the best that you are and then see if you still have that itch to compete or to get you know the gambling those gambling of those bets off rather do you guys worry that the NBA was too strong too harsh with this penalty because you set a precedent here so whoever gambles on their own team team is going to get a lifetime ban Yiannis does it he’s getting a lifetime ban Porter I know but are you sure the NBA really wants to go down that road because who knows who’s doing this this president’s been set before though in other sports correct you can’t do this this is something that is uh everyone knows this this is not something that is allowed and the punishment is the heaviest and when you say morally what does this say about other crimes committed what it says is that those crimes these leagues don’t believe impact the Integrity of the product on the court or on the field the way that this one does they’re telling you what the most important thing is to them by the severity of the penalty and the answer to your question is yes if Giannis was betting like this he would never play again I don’t even think jont Porter has an impact on the result of the game I don’t think he is affecting the Integrity of the game when you’re just a guy who goes out there for 6 points5 rebounds and you’re betting the under so I don’t think this is like a slippery slope situation where you’re going to see a bunch of players doing this this was odd to me especially when you consider the family that he does come from and I don’t know you know how they handle their finances but his brother’s pretty rich and so the idea that you have to go and you know do illegal activity for a couple extra $100,000 just seemed awe I didn’t think it was the money I thought it was the action and when I’m reading about some of the reports I’m thinking to myself how much of a loser do you feel like when you’ve bet on your team to lose lose and it wins like how like when you’re headed home driving home with your private thoughts like how how much of an [ __ ] do you feel like when that’s what you’re driving home with like I thought I had inside information I’m on the inside if anyone should know I should know I can’t impact the result enough because I’m not playing enough can’t feel more like a loser than that spot it’s a bad spot it is it’s universally bad uh did you have any thoughts Izzy and I know this wasn’t the greatest game because Dallas uh God it was hard to watch how Dallas lost to the clippers but Mark cubin has said already he’s ready to call it that Luca donic is the best MAV ever that he is better than Dirk nitzki already I know stugis take win a championship he hasn’t won a championship well you had me out here saying I should defend well I said it but saying that you should defend Luca Sideways from the side cuz it’s the only way you can actually get a challenge on that shot but then they go and score 30 points in a half I did not think that was possible and so I’m not going to reverse my claim and say I don’t think he’s the best map ever because I do think offensively he’s more skilled than Dirk even though Dirk’s a slightly better shooter but that one game was pretty daming I wanted to read you guys a quote here from Tyler glass now I enjoyed watching him pitch for the Rays last year he’s with the Dodgers now and he admits who isn’t yes everybody’s with the Dodgers now and his quote is I’m a little radar [ __ ] heyo he loves looking up at the board and seeing 99 miles an hour 100 miles an hour does he care if he gets hit I I don’t think they put up a time on the board when you get hit I think the only time you’re seeing the time that’s put up saying if glass Now deals something that’s 100 miles hour and it goes out of the park does he care he says I’m a little radar [ __ ] and that suggests to me that he doesn’t care about anything other than hitting 99 on the radar everybody has their Kinks dude doesn’t matter if he hits a home run or not we’re all little radar [ __ ] whenever you drive past one of those little speed thingies and it gives you a smiley face if you’re going the right speed or a frowny face if you’re going too fast you’re always looking at that thing you get the smiley frowny face ones yeah you’ve never seen not in my neighborhood I don’t think I live in a nice enough neighborhood I to be fair have never seen a speed radar in Miami they just let you speed here yeah this is another State’s Izzy there’s a Mississippi State pitcher stugots who throws 99 milph right-handed and 95 miles hour left-handed come on it’s impossible it’s not impossible it’s a thing that’s happen so he’s getting lit up from both sides 99 and 95 isn’t that fast anymore I’ve told you this startled that the Oakland A’s have a little radar [ __ ] who looks up at the board and it’s 103 miles an hour focus on one arm man come on he should get Tommy John right now on both arms just get it on both arms right now premature Tommy John wow if he could space him out he could like pitch righty this year get the Tom TJ done yeah next year yeah little Switcheroo yeah do we have anyone here who was excited blindsided or curious about the fact that out of nowhere as a surprise a Taylor Swift double album made an appearance over the weekend and sold more than a million copies in the first 24 hours because um she’s the biggest thing in entertainment and I don’t know at this point outside of maybe a couple of soccer players how many people are more famous than her in the world it’s a fair question um I don’t listen to Taylor Swift’s music I I’m very like neutral leaning positive towards her in general but SS you’re set up something I’m getting the sense that people don’t like this album is that correct Chris Cody it’s a album I’m I’m about seven or eight songs in uh a couple catchy ones it’s not you know the first time you hear an album it takes me a while to like really decide how I feel about music sometimes so I’m kind of I know it’s not exciting to hear I’m kind of undecided is it because you’re thinking you’re waiting for the rest of the people to react and then think that way no it’s just like with music like I don’t like it takes me like four or five times listening to a song Sometimes to like really decide if I really like but you’re seven or eight songs in how many songs are there there’s like 30 that’s too many talking with Jeremy the other day like what’s the strategy nowadays cuz I would think that you break those up into two albums and you’re making more money but I guess now with algorithms and downloads you just want to throw 30 songs at them and hope a few catch wait you’re thinking put 11 away for another album for another day I was thinking that’s a he play I’m with you right but I think the strategy nowadays is the more songs you put up the better chance you got at the more streams the more downloads so it’s kind of like I’m I’m going to go ahead and guess that however Taylor Swift is doing it is probably the right way you think she’s a volume shooter she’s not going for like that is what she’s doing that is the strategy to volume shoot I mean 21 to 30 songs on an album that’s a volume shooter they all can’t be good it’s literally exactly what she’s doing I’m not saying they’re not all good they all I mean she’s a great songwriter but the key she’s hoping to get seven eight you’re not sure yet you’re saying I I haven’t listened to it I’m just this is I’ve read a couple reviews and I’m like huh these are not as nice as I was expecting apparently it’s the relationship before Travis that cuz this is like a heartbreak Al one right whoever that guy is I still don’t know was there a time people would sit down and just listen to albums when they came out yeah you get your vinyl record right Stu you listen to the a side and then you flip it and you listen to the B side and then your friends would come over better time you’d have people come over and that would be like your weekend well no I mean I would get like you know Mars Hotel Grateful Dead album I would put the whole thing on I’d listen to the entire thing it wasn’t 21 songs though like the dead they would put out 8 to 10 songs they knew their music was going to be good 20 minutes long still be hours long what’s the perfect number cuz I uh I was s someone here suggested that I should listen to Olivia Rodrigo and I decided to do that and then I found out that that wasn’t something that they actually liked same thing with Billy eyh like cougs played this prank on me where he’s like I love Billy eyh he’d really like Billy eyh so then I started listening and I was like three or four songs in and sending him like updates on how I felt about the Billy is songs he’s like I don’t actually like Billy ish so I wasting my time on that what a strange prank what kind of people work around that’s just weird what are we doing Juju put it on the poll please at lebit show does it take you four or five listens to decide whether you like music or [Music] not it is time for his two guyss to share his game notes no one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boys too weekend observations brought to you by Miller Light by through it Chris great taste just 96 calories available for delivery Dan we wait for it every year and knowing you the way I do I think you’ll agree it’s a top five week on the sports calendar a week where all the so-called experts will gather in Detroit to tell you everything they know about joal plug in play great wingspan a motor that never stops Mel Kyper Jr smoke screens and Dan just like that make no mistake about it draft week is back Motor City is Ish joal is phenomenal by the way if you say so Plug and Play oh yeah Motor City is where they should hold something like this given how often someone’s going to say he’s got a motor that doesn’t stop Dan you know what time it is in Milwaukee Dame time wellow you’re on it for Monday pretty good Dan the nicker boers you know what the H and Jason Hart stands for hustle it stands for hearts it’s Josh Josh called him Jason I just started watching that McBride kid is good Mitchell Robinson four blocks the blockness monster how do you get Josh Hart’s name wrong on your teamas was it because Jason baitman was at the game I think so oh well this is annoying right the celebrity is coming out here baitman looking like a werewolf like the New York celebrities coming out here this part I can do without sorry they had fans in the stands at their playoff game while everyone argued whether or or not the Nick should or shouldn’t get the number two seed you know what Tom thibo was doing I do not getting his team ready to play tibs the home teams getting Maxi sick he’s getting Maxi’s doubtful because he’s sick and Beads hurt and yes it’s happening I mean Jason heart the home teams went 14-0 this weekend in the NBA and the NHL hey playoffs we’re waiting let’s go how about we start a series Shay gilgas Alexander do it against the Nuggets SGA he’s not playing the Nuggets yet well I mean get there and then do it against them okay I mean he got a victory against an AC with no Zion Williamson stop singing and commercials that makes me want to throw my TV out of the window I like that commercial terrible Jeremy Tash tweeting quote Tyler hero is going to do the thing this postseason I could feel it in my bones unquote if the thing is being a mess on both ends of the Court then he’s most definitely doing the thing the praise is pouring in for Jeremy Tache somebody writes in I’m a lifelong Heat fan and Jeremy makes me hate being one someone else writes in I’ve always hated the Heat and Jeremy makes me feel proud of that fact the golfer that always has to play one last hole even if it means putting his headlights on his golf cart on so he can see the ball do me a favor get a life and call it a day go home aren’t you that guy yes I was playing with that guy last week and that guy said hey stick around I said I want to go home it’s dinner time he said no stick around I said why he said I need your headlights come on headlights on a golf cart huh yeah two Americas Anthony Edwards 33 points nine rebounds six assists Dan you know what the a in ant Edward stands for arrived awesome okay but what about do it against Denver no he doesn’t have to do it against Denver not yet okay well but because he’s not also playing Denver the same way that Shay gildas Alexander sh yeah okay unimpressive victory for sh all right just saying Minnesota impressive Victory agreed Durant Booker Bradley Beal deal Jesus what a waste it’s not good okay that’s all I have for it Bradley Beal is not good he’s okay not the real deal tough day for Heat fans tough weekend for Heat fans having to watch Tyler herro do that and Dame Lillard do that what could have been Salvador Perez doesn’t see black and orange when he plays the Orioles he just sees Red salvi Man United survive in advance Manu Houston Astros nine games under 500 Dusty Baker Hot Seat wait a second what Dusty’s not still there not their manager he’s not wow that explains everything bring him back who is the Astros manager you asked too many questions you don’t like the followup Dan it’s one of the first things that uh left in terms of sports knowledge when I started clearing out space baseball managers and numbers jersey numbers most famous Astros fan I got to look it up for you here Dar know that’s a good one I made that up DeAndre Jordan is a [Music] nugget the most famous Astros fan is Travis Scott Astro World congratulations to Father time for getting its first victory over LeBron James in the fourth quarter against Denver first Victory the Bruins have beat the Maple Leafs all five times they played them this year you of course know what the Bruins have right Dan their number yep the Leaf’s numbers they do proud of you man there’s nothing like Madison Square Garden in the playoffs the mecca sh Otani now having the most home runs by any japanese-born player in the Major League base history passing Hideki matsi Godzilla I only put that in there to say Godzilla to my Jewish friends Tariq Cohen Anthony Schwarz and of course AJ Dylan I wish you a happy Passover pesak the Festival of Lights Quadzilla if you’re wondering if Jackson holiday has done it in the majors yet he hasn’t 1 for 30 over rated the guy who takes his shoes off on the airplane just go yourself it’s not your house it’s not my house it’s not your house it’s not anyone’s house keep your shoes on I’m cramping I’m laughing too hard slow down stud sorry Matthew kachuck with a gold and an assist little bit of this little bit of that play IC Chucky what Drew holiday does doesn’t always show up in the box scores top five NBA players who what they do doesn’t always show up in the Box Score you certainly aren’t going to pick five current players you’re going to take five players for all time right yes number five Eric snow I mean nothing showed up in his box score but wins not really they went to the finals with Eric snow that’s right he’s not wrong he played a whole lot of other years where they didn’t make it to the finals it’s a good point Patrick Beverly P thank you that was number four number three George Hill what’s that face I he I mean it’s a good list so far is anybody still playing number two Shane Bader that’s the one I knew was going to be on the list Dan you knew that one was going to be on there and number one Bobby poris that man shows up all over the Box scare what are you talking about yeah but sometimes he doesn’t touche thank you here come the Phillies mookie bets being in the top five of the national league for average hits and RBI the Uki bets stands for MVP he’s so good they’re so good they’re 13 and 11 they should be ashamed of themselves a team that is that good where Betts might be their second or third best player even though he’s going to win the MVP they should be better 13 and 11 Braves lineup is still better than theirs the Dallas Mavericks missed 18 of 20 shots in the second quarter you know what they say right Dano you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take and apparently 90% of the shots you do take did you get that one D yeah stash this away and these something to ponder file are the Bucks better without Giannis oh come on no need to discuss now stash it away for a rainy day what do you mean oh come on Headline Dan Patrick reveals interest from potential successors for his show Dan let’s talk DP ice underrated thing put it on the poll JuJu at leard show is ice underrated have a drink with ice and then have one with without ice and tell me it’s not underrated the things you do while driving around the Midwest on a gummy in the passenger seat of a car top five underrated things number five Michael Jordan’s passing number four Michael Jordan’s work ethic number three Michael Jordan’s Defense number two Michael Jordan mid-range game these are just all of the underrated things in the world yes ice and then these things okay number one Michael Jordan Dan the metropolitans Michael Jordan is underrated oh he is yeah okay you want a NASCAR race this weekend I he’s underrated you don’t think that he is no I think that proves it congratulations to the Rams who for the first time since 2016 have a first round pick that’s nuts they were all in we made a big deal they were all in they won the championship they were all in remember the C and Caleb Martin stands for code red Scotty sheffler do me a favor save some wins for everyone else he’s made something that is very very difficult look easy and I can’t stand it another thought I had driving around the Midwest on a gummy in the passenger seat how is John frankco not in the Hall of Fame most Saves by a lefty in Major League Baseball history four-time Allstar a sub3 ER I will not rest until John Franco is in the Baseball Hall of Fame and by not resting I mean talking about it today and forgetting about it tomorrow you were not going to rest if Dwayne Wade left the Miami Heat and played for anyone else until you blocked all of his abilities to get a statue outside of the arena and you immediately forgot about it I mean the idea that work behind the scenes all you do is rest I need some rest franos would be a great name for a p syia death taxes and Joel embiid being questionable in a game where the 76ers really need him Nick fans chanting we want Boston at the end of game one is Peak Nicks fan and why everybody hates us we’re on to Boston already weren’t they still yelling bleep Trey young as well weren’t they also doing that wasn’t there a bleep Trey young chant that made an appearance Jason bitman looks like that cuz of a role right he’s he’s doing a roll that’s or he’s just showing off that he can grow the hair because all of his friends are getting old too hey people making mock drafts stop putting hypothetical trades in you’re confusing everybody oh Bill Barnwell put out the all trade first round draft I love it you do I love it no the Giants trading up for McCarthy though still what about it oh how about I trade you a fifth and and you give me you shuffling off the hell speaking of hell wow or brials Dan those are the week dead [Music] observations the draft is an ever expanding thing uh ESPN is in its last year with the draft I am curious if there will be a lot of people that try and wrestle away the draft from ESPN one of the most popular things that Pat mckae does is his annual draft extravagan where he’s adjacent to the draft and talking to Brock Lesnar and assortment of others and last week uh he debuted and announced McAfee did that bill bellich would be uh performing with him this Thursday Bill bich had his choice of jobs in the broadcasting field I would imagine I would imagine that there was no shortage of opportunity for him there if you saw how he appeared on McAfee he did so with six Super Bowl trophies behind him as there’s a report on ESPN of uh his failed job hunt in coaching and I read but did not see stugots that McAfee did not ask him about that and I think McAfee is someone who is proud of doing it his way and there are many people that I’ve talked to in the out uh in the athlete space including Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes who say that they want to protect relationships and I believe that this is a change going forward that you’re going to have to get used to in exchange for the access someone asking questions who doesn’t feel beholden to ask what it is that you think should be asked on behalf of the audience or journalists or anything else and I don’t suppose that anyone will care that bill bellich was not asked about uh the report from Seth wicker Shan Don vanada and Jeremy Fowler about Arthur Blank uh taking calls from Bob Craft saying don’t trust bellich but I would have liked to to have heard belich cheek’s response to that I was going to ask do you care so you do care I well I care but understand that but I don’t believe that the audience does I don’t believe that people as long as they can get their access to Bill bellich care what has to be exchanged for that but yes that is something that I care about I would like to know that there are no restrictions but that wall has not only tumbled it is now again stugots bellich could have worked anywhere that he wanted to right he chose to except the NFL right I’m in broadcasting I’m assuming that he had his choice of jobs no doubt and the one that he chose was a a safe space that uh Pat McAfee is making a safe space for a whole lot of people I remember we left here last week right while he’s announcing that belich is going to be on his show and cait Clark was on his show when we left here and she was saying I’ll do a weekly show with you and I do Wonder because there are a lot of people questioning whether or not or there were a lot of people questioning whether the McAfee thing will work or not and they’re paying him so much money stugots that they’re putting all of ESPN and Disney’s resources behind making sure that that show succeeds that show is going to succeed yes uh for a number of different reasons but the investment will make it so that it cannot fail it’s not something that will fail unless Pat McAfee doesn’t want to work there because he’s not even under the employee restrictions that other employees would be under because he’s renting his stuff to them and they’re making the maximum investment and this is where I tell you where some of the New Media can absolutely change things where you won’t even notice you won’t notice or care what is given away in exchange for the access because the access is enough these days and I would say generally speaking the media’s Q rating with people the job the media does right it’s either not trusted or disliked very few Q ratings are lower as a profession than media in fact go ahead and put this on the poll at Leb rard show uh most despicable more Despicable popularity rating Media or lawyers Media or Sports agents like what do you look at Media or uh used car salesmen because lawyers is pretty good no but I believe I believe media has probably taken out all of them now I believe that there are very few occupations right now that uh need more change and have uh less public trust than the media so you’re saying I walk into a restaurant couple friends few people in there recognize me at their table they’re saying oh that [ __ ] over there look at him that media jerk is that what’s happening is that what you’re saying that’s tough for David Samson because he’s both I think that most people if you just ask them I don’t think that’s the way it presents itself they don’t they don’t hate you on the spot but if I asked them if I said how do you feel about the media in general and it’s is the response going to be positive or negative if I give you the choices if that’s how I frame the question to everyone listening to this how do you feel about the media is neutral an option put put all three of those up how do you feel about the media positive neutral negative because I think negative especially if you put that up on social media an existence that is negative by itself like social media exists I feel like just for people to argue about things it depends on the person though right like Charles it’s going to be yeah I love them but I’m not talking about that a very broad like that includes Fox News it includes CNN it includes NBC but I’m not making any of those distinctions I’m just saying how do you feel about the media hard stop yeah Dan they hate us I’m trying not to come to terms with that every single day of my life but yes people hate us they’re also mad at us right now for giving the floor to Brian scalabrini earlier they’re not happy that we allowed Brian scalabrini on our show even though we had booked that before he said any of what it is that he said it’s not our fault and is he went after him I mean and apologized back he’s not going to hear an attack the way he did on any other show and so yeah I’m glad we had him on even though I love you Brian scal people are saying like we platformed him yeah he’s got a pretty big platform already Izzy do you actually listen to him every day because you said that at the end every day I’m in the car in the morning yes I turn on Frank Isa and Brian’s galib I do I believe I believe I it’s too specific toight Frank’s my guy come on Frankie ice and you want your basketball fix in the morning and you know they’re going to be chewing up all basketball things and for the record I do not dislike Brian’s calibra listen to him all the time Russell Wilson speaking of something that is a note off that people receive poorly uh throughout an honorary first pitch over the weekend stat and and not terribly surprisingly brought out his own baseball glove that’s adorable dad move adorable I don’t think a lot of people are looking at that and saying that is something that they would do St guys I know but Russ was excited he’s throwing out a first pitch he was practicing he wanted his own glove he wanted to feel comfortable did he throw a dart I mean I don’t actually know I should say say I should make a qualifier here I don’t know if it was his glove or he just grabbed a glove that was somebody else’s fake news this is why people don’t like the media you just alleged something and now you’re backtracking already I don’t know whether it’s his glove I don’t know which one I think that’s worse right bringing in your own glove bringing in your own glove from home is worse than just grabbing one off of the bench he’ll be on McAfee later we can find out it’s very unbranded I mean and didn’t Rob gronowski last week just go up and Spike a ball instead of I think this is now going to become a thing whatever you’re known for just do it on that mound in 5 seconds CJ Stroud horrible horrible was warming up to throw first pitch embarrassing really yeah you have to worry if you’re the Texans Chris Cody just asked why was Russell Wilson throwing out the first pitch at a Pittsburgh game we had to remind him yeah I forgot what te he plays for the Steelers he also did batting practice do you think like they’re like you want to throw out the first pitch he’s like but I want a bat also and they’re like well that’s not the Pirates are like yeah you can come on team we’re not going to pay you either well can the Broncos pay for that salary too how much do you think they enjoyed it at Fenway Park that grank got out there and just spiked the baseball at his feet right just immediately threw it right down greatest night in Red Sox it’s so good and it’s so grank there he he thought he was muttering to himself as he went up there watch this I’m gonna make him crazy as soon as I do this [Music] St got are you excited for uh draft week detroitish yes yes around the area yeah if I were to tell you that there’s only 13 confirmed prospects that have have said they’re going to be at the draft so far how would you feel about that uh it depends on who they are quarterbacks Caleb’s one of them yeah there’s three quarterbacks that are confirmed to be there okay is this just because of will Levis last year so like no one wants to go and be the embarrassed person that’s hanging out at the draft just to not get drafted the first day there’s been a lot of will leves over the years right wasn’t Aaron Rogers one of those yes there’s been yeah there’s been a handful but I mean I think if you’re an agent you’re probably like it’s not a good look you don’t want to be that guy are you asking Billy because stugots is going to be eager when he’s in the detroitish area to talk to prospects and he’s only going to have you know a dozen to choose from yeah I mean I I I would think everyone want to go right I even if I’m drafted day two I think I’d want to be there I mean I’d be embarrassed but whatever I’d be fine with getting embarrassed I’m only going to be drafted once by the NFL right but waiting around and having America feel pity for you is something that you could probably avoid if you’re not doing a Times Square draft or a lost Vegas draft or a California draft and it’s detroitish yeah Motor City Y who do you think is the worst first person that could ask to go to the draft and be fine with being embarrassed like if there’s someone that’s rated like a third round pick but they’re like you know what I’ll be there kamish and they’re like no you’re not allowed at the draft like how far down can you go in terms of picks like the 47th pick could they go to the draft if they wanted to no kickers allowed right I think it’s only first round picks that go they don’t have projected first round first round I like the idea of like a projected sixth round pick just being like I’d like to go yeah like I’m going to goer I I mean this could be avoided if they just told the people producing the television show hey if there’s someone just sitting in the back holding their phone don’t show them maybe don’t show them every time they come back from commercial maybe just like I don’t know talk about someone who has been drafted who are the uh did you say 11 Billy 1113 what did you say there’s 13 that will be there if Sam Hortman did show up though I’d be tempted to take him I mean the NFL would be thrilled you’d be tempted to draft him oh yeah I do like the peer pressure of the player being there in attendance and you feel like I feel bad for him like I such great hair got idea Sam Hartman goes to the draft anybody that falls lower than they’re expected you just put the camera on Sam Hartman just have him wave his hair around you know and then that way you’re not thinking about oh poor such and such who should have been drafted top 10 oh we really thought Jaden Daniels was going to go number two and now he’s still on the board but ah Sam Hartman hello flowing hair B Nicks would be crazy to attend the draft right that guy could go in the first round or the sixth round or not be drafted at all I know he’s one of those people that I see in I don’t know why we’re doing mock draft talk I’m sorry Dan I feel like you’re I just I just saw you look at me and you were SE hims those two guys I’ve seen him in the first round and then I’ve seen him not in the first round I don’t know JJ McCarthy I don’t know if that’s a smoke screen I don’t know J are the commanders I don’t know what’s going on can you look up for me please Bo Nick’s Collegiate touchdown to interception rate please because I think it’s pretty uh extraordinary I also wanted to play for you a bit of instigation duat that uh Nick vanan Taylor brought in he said that uh we are now feuding with WF evidently we said some things uh when you were close to taking the program director job here recently at WFAN we said something you’ll have to forgive me what was the name of the two guys the two bald guys that Billy was confusing and he said they were the same guy oh salakot and Brendan tyranny okay yes evidently we’re feuding with them I have not heard this sound so let’s hear this sound please have that battle with that fan base or mix Miami especially knowing that the N you know probably could have handled Miami because you know we hate you know like I was thinking about it with what are those two guys who do the show down in Florida uh leiter and ugats I think oh ugs oh leiter and ugats with those guys like you know they’re big Heat fan I think M are they I think I mean in Miami Leber tur I think talks about Miami a Heat fan but he has he embraced the heat culture he’s from here he wanted to be here but he left and you know thinks he can come back and whatever but he can he’s just not good enough so leiter and ugats I think that he like it would have been fun to be able to beat those you know that would have been fun you know listen so who would I rather face Philly you know why those fans have more heart he did the same thing that you did at the beginning of that like what are those guys’ names guys down there what do they do I’m not beef did it better I’m not beefing with S I don’t care he came out used to the most there I think but I don’t care but he’s first on the chopping block right like you’re his job I might take it again now I might call him after the show just so I could fire cell I’ve been hearing lebit turd since second grade turds are funny that’s a funny insult I’m sorry Dan turd is funny agreed turd the turd referring to someone as a turd at all times is universally funny ugs was weird yeah that was not That’s a classic sports radio move though where you don’t really you know their names but you give off like you don’t know their names I did not know I did not know who they were I no but he knows who we are that’s my point yes you might not know who s is and I believe you when you say that he knows very well who you are and he knows who I am do they know that you wanted to fire them are you are those your list are they in a time slot that you would want they’re in the uh the midday time slot and no that’s yeah that’s not who I was goingon to fire it was Evan Roberts I mean Evan Roberts what time slot is he in and I love Evan I mean I do I love Evan it’s got to be the drive afternoon right it’s afternoon Drive Evan and Tiki they do a great job in fact I will say this okay s play this on your show all three shows do a great job it’s why I wanted to take the job that station is incredible where you could put any two people in a 4-Hour window and have them talk about a bunt and boom 10 shares it’s insane but they do a good show so I don’t know why s has beef with me he always thinks I’m coming up to take his stuff I’m not taking your stuff I was going to be your boss I don’t need to be anyone’s boss at this point in my career I could be My Own Boss you’re not good enough to be the station director I listen it’s classic s okay classic s okay don’t know his name leiter who got uh he tyy playing along tyny I mean please if I did a remote okay if I didn’t an appear in side by side against s and Brendan Tierney by myself with no promotion except a couple of tweets I am telling you I would outnumber their promotion by at least 5,000 people I said it but I don’t want their jobs I wanted to help them become better at their jobs that’s all that’s funny I didn’t want Gio job that’s too early in the morning I did mornings WF over the summer the show was over I had no idea what to do what did I do I took a gummy I walked around the Lower West Side of Manhattan sleeping by two it was miserable so did take if you did take the job you’d be doing it for them i’ be doing it for WF yes you’re a real Aaron roders here just kind of taking jobs try to Mentor the young Talent there I was trying to take everything I’ve learned in the radio industry over a couple of decades and pour it back into a radio station that I love and host that I love I do I listen to those shows I like those shows you’re so giving 5,000 more at least right next to each other so like almost like if you two of you like let’s say this is like a I don’t know like an episode of penut put them on the BL Stone on the West Side put me on the BL Stone on the east side and see who gets more people go ahead just to be clear though you you are saying you’d send out a couple of tweets and 5,000 people would gather around you in New York no 5,000 more people than the other guys yeah that he would have 5,000 5100 and they would have zero okay so they’d have a 100 and all you’d send out is a couple of tweets and you’d get 5,000 hey stats I’m going to be at the BL Stone East Side come out 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. come out and hang out I’ll give you some sports takes it wouldn’t even be a live show I mean it’s the stew signal it’s just a puff of smoke cigarett smoke out over Manhattan and people show up at the BL Stone I believe that he believes is it thank you Billy that’s the key Barkley was just on with Mad Dog and called him Mike throughout oh jeez Chris never corrected him doggy doesn’t care he just kept calling him Mike though his name’s not Mike that at some point you would think that a correction would be coming but doggy told us this that he’s just happy that he’s getting these guys on now because before he started doing First Take he couldn’t get you on he couldn’t get Barkley on and now he’s getting a who who of guest and he doesn’t care if they call him Chris or Mike I mean it’s amazing I’m not gonna lie I honestly thought his name might have been Mike like I just know him as mad dog Russo oh you weren’t sure and the Mad Dog I wasn’t sure no I would never listen to Mike and the Mad Dog I lived in South Florida I don’t know stugots if you have been watching are you mad at S I mean no you’re good no I it’s it’s not very clever as as an insult I’ve been hearing it since uh since second grade but I mean I didn’t hear he he took you out more I I don’t know I guess being a turd is worse but I’ve been hearing that one for while do you like leit turd less or leasard less yeah I got yeah I got both of those since I was a little kid I actually probably got Leba leit more than Le bastard though probably because first graders aren’t using bastard one hurts more poop po wow poop humor pumer tough one uh it’s interesting with s though because I had a conversation with s and I told him this I said S I am so happy for you because you like me listened to WF growing up and now you are living out your dream of Hosting on WF that’s what this station is all about and it was sincere and I meant it you’re fine and he thanked me now whether or not I would have fired him if I took the PG job is another thing but I had that conver ation with him when I was doing mornings with Boomer and Gia and I really am happy for S because he has waited and waited and waited and then carton left and then Tiki went to the afternoons and there was a spot open in middays and even though that spot should have went to me it went to S and I am super happy for S because he has wanted this his entire life and he is living out a dream and I love watching people live out their dreams I’m super happy for them I really am whether or not he believes it is up to him but I’ve said it to him a thousand times I thought you were done commenting on this I thought you didn’t have anything that you had to say about any of this that you didn’t want to take anybody out you you you actually showed restraint at the start of this I did yeah what happened I don’t know I mean I like Sal I’m getting older you know I don’t want beast but make no mistake about it I mean he says one more word I will end his career sometimes you accidentally drop a diss track he could have just called you John weiner it’s better than OTS right if he he could have just called him STS if he had been just leit turd and Weiner I think it would have been better than ugots I don’t even understand what ugot is he’s got builtin insults in the name two of them pick one yes now imagine it’s me and Dan BL Stone East side I mean you’re in [Music]