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for the first time. This is the first new port.

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Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in

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and be I can guarantee you, any other West Coast

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team that's watching this, I'm sure USC is gnashing

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their teeth right now saying, how come we couldn't

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have thought of this first? Interesting guests.

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Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski,

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Melissa Lombardi, Max Torres, El Toro, joining

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us. Sharp opinions. I think if you're a supporter

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of the NBA that you should at least have some

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level of interest in the WNBA because the things

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that interest you as a NBA fan should still interest

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you as a WNBA fan. and some smiles. Can you guess

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what position I played in football? Left out?

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No, I did not. Yeah, exactly. I didn't think

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about that for a second. Yes, actually, I did

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not play. I was not big enough. Goose tried to

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kill me today on the golf course. Advanced warning

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was given. It just apparently was not heard.

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I will dispute that in a court of law. It's Danny

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Havel. If you're driving and you're trying to

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do this in your head, pull off the side of the

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road. I don't need any accidents. Justin Grossweiner.

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I love to hear Coach go, we're going to focus

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on that bad four game stretch the rest of the

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season. We will never do that again. That may

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be a good point. I don't know. Maybe you could

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do that. Maybe that's another strategy. Danny

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and Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and

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Fox Sports Newport. Hello, neighbors. Welcome

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high top to Delta Triad in the Crystal Palace,

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the Bigfoot Beverages Studios. Fox Sports, Eugene

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Fox Sports, Newport. This is the fastest 60 minutes

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in sports. It's the little Danny and Justin radio

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program. Seven more days, seven more programs,

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including today in the Danny and Justin life

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cycle. We'll talk about that a little bit as

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well today as we're going to discuss Micah Norris

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contract. The scuttlebutt with Tom Dunn and the

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city of Portland over the Moda Center. Caleb

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Williams, not Caleb Wilson, Caleb Williams is

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back in the news again and he's not happy. We'll

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also discuss the pre -fontaine, which is coming

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up here a little more than a week from now as

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well as we will be. At the graduate next Friday

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on our last show with a cavalcade of stars that

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are be appearing at the pre -fontaine classic

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We've got the great general Jeff Oliver from

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track town USA in studio Who is apparently auditioning

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now for the third wheel here on the Danny and

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Justin radio program? He comes in at the end

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of the shows and now all of a sudden. He's gonna

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be a regular Goose you might be replaced Goose

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hasn't been here the last couple of weeks for

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the Big bets segment and we're already auditioning

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on air replacements for Steve Mims. I'm Danny

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have a right over there That is Jeff Oliver the

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general and to my left Depending on how I'm sitting

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just an Alexander Grove sweater our own Jag Corp.

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It's baby J I think we need to start off the

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show by talking about that video that I texted

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you yesterday with our very own hawk Yes, so

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it's the more more more I was it's the Heisman

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campaign Yeah, so, you know listen they could

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have done the whole Song as well more more more

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would have been great No, there's there's a couple

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of different versions. There's a bunch of them.

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Yes I think I sing way too much on this program.

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It started to happen. I'm getting way too comfortable

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We are your own karaoke machine general. You

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can hop in here anytime you want you're you're

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sitting in here We've got the official interview

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segment at the 20 after hours. So we'll try and

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keep some Some sanity into this program you can

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jump in at any time, man Well, yeah, again getting

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close to pre phones going off. Uh, i'll pay attention

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when it's time to but uh, I heard mims has been

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absent But i've also heard he's been on the golf

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course and last time we played with him. Yes

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That's where he needs to be. He needs to practice

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Wow Well, he almost killed danny that one time.

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So he was there. He was my witness He was gonna

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defend me in court is what was gonna happen So

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I also want to emphasize and I just said the

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countdown has begun in earnest now seven more

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shows the Danny Justin radio program culminating

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at the graduate one to four we're gonna have

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a special three -hour show we've got a ton of

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guests that Jeff Oliver is lined up for us on

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that day we're gonna be really happy to really

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dive deep into the pre -fontaine we'll talk about

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that in a little bit on this radio program by

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the way follow us on the socials Danny and Justin

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and also on YouTube you can follow us there and

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also wherever you platform, like your podcast,

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your music, like Apple, Amazon, Spotify, iHeart,

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we're there with the podcast. And if you missed

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yesterday's show, really entertaining. We had

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Ryan Gillum, who is the head coach of the Savannah

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Bananas on, and he was on fire. It was a very

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fun conversation. And then we thought, well,

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it can't get any better than this. And then Jacob

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Archer, the voice of the M's, comes in, and I

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think we top it. I mean, he gave us that little

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nugget about in Bull Durham. There is there's

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actually an emeralds throwback jersey in there

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and Jeff's shaking his head. Yes. That's great

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radio is I didn't I don't know how many times

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I've watched that movie and I never ever noticed

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that I know Jeff watches movies a lot closer

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than I do You know what? I watch when I watch

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movies or even television shows is when they

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do a cutaway shot and then they go back To a

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tighter shot and something that and the cutaway

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shot was in one spot. Yeah because you know they're

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resetting like like a glass is is half full and

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then it's all the way full again and it's just

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like come on man or the the napkins in a different

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spot or the foods in a different spot it's like

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come on there's the famous one in game of thrones

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with the coffee cup the starbucks coffee cup

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that's on the background yes that's awesome so

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we got a lot to go over so um where do you want

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to start man that's it's always tough but i do

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want to say we'll get to it in a second, is after

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our last show we are going to have a party up

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at Laurelwood Pub. Everyone's invited. I know

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it's going to be there's going to be a lot of

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stuff going on at Hayward that night as well

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we'll get into that but we're going to have a

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little I don't want to say it's a going away

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party because I want to emphasize this to everybody

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I can't say yet I'll say more next Wednesday

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but I can't say what's coming but something's

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coming something coming down the tracks and I

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won't tell you all of it but we'll start telling

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you a little bit about it to tease you. Danny

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and Justin is going away. Okay, that's it. That's

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that is final July 3rd party at Laura would at

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430 Then we'll reveal a little bit more on that

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final program So you want to it's gonna be must

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hear radio. I played golf with Danny Tuesday

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I can affirm everybody. He's not going pro in

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golf either You did pretty good you did pretty

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good on Tuesday. Thank you I just kind of defend

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my honor. It was I was a rough start It was a

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very rough start but I was like huffing and puffing

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late From a meeting that I was having here in

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the building and then getting out over there

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the golf course I started on three. I I recovered

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pretty quick though. We were playing from the

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tips from the blocks It was for a 61 year old

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dude. That's not easy I there would know but

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I wasn't playing all on the tips though because

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remember on the two par threes I played from

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the white. Yeah when you got tired we let you

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play up This is what I have to deal with and

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I keep accepting the offers to come on play golf

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So it's like, you know, I'm accepting the abuse.

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I like this dynamic of The assertion of power

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over here. We both hid probably a couple of the

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best shots of our lives Well, you I can't say

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that because you have an albatross on nine I

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don't think I got ever gone in a conversation

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with Jeff where I has not come up. There was

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no albatross getting on nine from the tips. No,

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there wasn't. We never did find his ball, by

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the way. So on five, I hit a hybrid from like

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190 yards out. And Jeff, you were hitting five

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iron or something. Yeah. He hit it within like

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three feet of the cup. And I, and that's not

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a very big green at number five on at Lowerwood.

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I think I was probably 10 feet away. That was

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one of the best shots I've hit with that club.

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It just felt so good. So good. And I did make

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the birdie. He's got to back it up. Got to make

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the birdie. I'm proud of you guys. And our buddy

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Ian, if he's listening out there, he did officially

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get the KP on eight. That was another incredible

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shot there, too. That was a great shot. This

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little par three. And that was from way, way

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back there. That was a 181 -yard poke, right?

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Yeah, stuck it like three feet or so. Yeah, that's

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awesome. All right, so enough about us. Let's

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talk about Caleb Williams. This poor guy. We

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had the story when it first came out that he

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was trying to trademark Iceman because of what

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happened in the postseason and it was just like

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a comment I wasn't a it kind of went viral pretty

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quick That he was being called Iceman ice water

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ice in his veins and the cold and everything

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in the sports world Everybody thinks of the real

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Iceman George Irvin So the United States Patent

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and Trademark Office has initially refused the

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Chicago Bears quarterback's application for Iceman.

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And do you know why? It's another company that

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has the trademark. Right, so it's not George

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Gervin or former UFC participant and now Hall

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of Famer Chuck Lydell. Instead, they saw too

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much similarity and a likelihood of confusion

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in a trademark filed in 1988 by LaCrosse Footwear

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for Insulated Boots. Now organ based company

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how how about a slap in the face? It's like it's

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not because of George Gervin or Chuck Liddell.

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It's because of a pair of boots from 1988 it's

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a classic you didn't think somebody thought of

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this before like Everybody had thought of the

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term Iceman like I don't know. I thought the

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whole thing was ridiculous. I'm I Think the whole

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nickname thing you just can't nickname yourself,

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and it's a self -appointed nickname. It's just

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never a good thing So here's he was trying to

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trademark athletic bags water bottles sporting

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goods a website and entertainment services in

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addition to clothing and so the statement from

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the USPTO is That the marks are identical in

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appearance sound and meeting So additionally,

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because they're identical, the marks are likely

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to engender the same connotation and overall

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commercial impression when considered in connection

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with the applicant's and registrant's respective

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goods and or services. I did sound like a lawyer

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when I said that. Sounds like a bunch of mumbo

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jumbo to me. You have to deal with stuff like

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this all the time people with trying to trademark

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themselves or trademark names Yeah, I dealt with

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a little bit yesterday on something, but maybe

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he can reapply once the Bears have an Indiana

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address, right? There you go Hammond, Indiana

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Have you heard Justin's version of Hammond, Indiana?

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I've seen pictures Talking up or down seen the

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music man. Yeah, Gary, Indiana Gary. Yeah, so

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I do that. I did a parody Called ham and indiana

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indiana that's you can imagine. I did not think

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there was going to be a music man reference today

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That's my wife's favorite musical. There you

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go. She's gonna be happy. There we go You put

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that on the bingo card you win. So that's uh,

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that's caleb williams and his attempt on that

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so I want to get into the the moda center thing

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But I don't know if I do we have enough time

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to do it now before a break or I mean, how long

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do you want because there's two separate things

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that are going on here, right? But they all relate

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back to tom Because Tom Dundon appeared up in

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Portland at this $350 a plate Dinner, I guess

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we're gathering with a bunch of civic leaders

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government officials to talk about The renovations

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at Moda Center, so I'll want to pause here for

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a second because I think people are getting A

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mischaracterization and listen. I am NOT going

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to be one to defend Tom Dundon but the Moda Center

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is owned by the city of Portland I Think there's

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a perception that the Blazers own the Moda Center.

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They do not they lease the Motor Center. Rip

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City Management, who's affiliated with the Blazers,

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obviously, they operated under a lease agreement.

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And they, the city of Portland got the Motor

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Center for a dollar back in 20, well, in 2024.

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The transfer was made to a publicly owned facility.

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And this was, I believe, the Allen family who

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did this because they wanted to have it for the

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entire city. So let's start there. So this is

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where, and again, I don't want to give shade

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to Tom... Dundon. General, I know you're looking

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at me. Every time we say his name on this program,

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we have to play that music. It's a rule now.

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But listen, it's a city -owned building. It would

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be... So if people... Now, I'm not disagreeing

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that people should expect that the ownership...

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who is going to derive a benefit from this should

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pony up something for it. I'm not disagreeing

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with that. But how much for what that's not mine

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is kind of like me coming to you, Justin, and

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say, you work here at Fox Sports Eugene, Fox

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Sports Newport. I need you to help me pay for

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the windows in the building. Not your not your

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building you work here you get some benefit because

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if I'm improving those windows, maybe the sun

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shines a little brighter and such But would you

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be okay giving me some money to improve the windows

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as an employee? No, but doesn't it's a little

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different right when you're when you own a sports

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team Because isn't okay isn't the sports team

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theoretically making enough to at least well,

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it's not about what you're making though It's

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about what benefit you're driving and if you

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own right, so I guess the comment I didn't like

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from what I saw from it was that he's basically

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it sounded like he implied that He was doing

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the same a favor by staying. Yep by just not

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leaving Yeah, it was a very arrogant comment,

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in my opinion, to say it like that. To say, well,

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I'm keeping you here. Well, honestly, you should

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keep them there, because you have no good reason

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to move the Portland Trailblazers. We're not

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asking you to move to Portland. Please don't.

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You can stay in Texas or Carolina or wherever

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else you want to go. That's fine. However, there

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is, and I understand, I'm taking it to the extreme,

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though, but it's like... It's like this place.

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If the ownership of this building came to me

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as a leasee and said, I need you to pay for the

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improvements on the building because you'll derive

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a benefit for it, I would probably go, well,

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wait a second. I don't own it. So then if you're

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going to do that, then you need to give me an

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equity share. You need to give me something that

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I can get back when I leave for the money that

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I put in. That's where I think Portland is missing

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the boat a little bit. You know what, if they

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want Tom Dundon to invest, I went over the top

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of him, I went too fast with the Tom. Dundon

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to invest in the renovations of Moda Center,

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give him 10%, give him 15 % of the Moda Center

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then. Then you back him into a corner of saying,

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well, you're getting something out of it, besides

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the benefit of having a beautiful place to...

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be able to entice the nba to come and have their

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all -star game there or whatever it is the draft

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if they want to start doing things the right

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way in the nba draft something then i have to

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have a piece of it well and if i'm not mistaken

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didn't the blazers sell the modus center for

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a dollar because they couldn't renovate it basically

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they couldn't upkeep it the way they needed to

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they can't Well, yeah, the Blazers knew that

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this building was and what's weird is when you

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go there, you don't think it's like falling apart.

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But but in but in real terms, like a building

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like that, with all the usage it gets 20 years

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is a long time. I mean, they're replacing schools

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faster than that. I mean, it's it's premium seating.

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That's what drives a lot of this. You can get

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the high dollars for. you know, seats that are

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closer. PSL premium seat licensing. You know,

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peek into where the aphid tunnel run out. Like,

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that is, you know, kind of where a lot of this

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drives. Up where we sit, I think it's great.

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It's a good spot. There's nothing wrong with

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it. And that's where I think sometimes, from

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the public, there is a disconnection of, well,

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why do we need to throw $600 million at this

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building? It looks great. Now, but you know what,

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then? You know when you want a real stark comparison?

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Go walk next door to Memorial Coliseum. And then

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look at that and the concrete everywhere and

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it just looks like a mausoleum Still I think

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it's still a great facility and you know the

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winterhawks play there and such But it is wildly

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different when you walk across back and forth

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between those buildings. I've seen concerts Memorial

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Coliseum wait just to be clear you're saying

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in a positive way or a negative way okay yeah

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but that but it's been there it's the age of

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the building that's what I'm trying to compare

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it to is that was way back in the 1970s this

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was in the 1990s and early 2000s and now you

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know it's 20 years later so what can be improved

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and and other markets are building and renovating

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their arenas and so now it's like Well, we got

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to keep up with the Joneses Well, you got to

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keep up until one other city says we'll back

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up the truck and build an arena, right? That's

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the threat Is always some other city's gonna

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gonna build it for you Well and Vegas and Seattle

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sound like in a couple years I think that the

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NBA said like 2030 was the year maybe 2029 and

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either one of those years that they're thinking

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about either expansion which obviously would

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not be a move, but I don't know. I mean, there's

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just something that feels, for lack of a better

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term, kind of yucky about the situation. Well,

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it's in the presentation, I think. It's that,

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like I said, I'll go back to it, it's the arrogant

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comment of, you know what, you should feel grateful

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for me being the owner because I'm keeping the

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franchise here. Well, that's what you're supposed

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to do. It's kind of like, you know what, you're

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the breadwinner of the family. You should be

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thankful that you have food on the table. That's

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what you're supposed to do. It's just this constant

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feeling with Tom. Dundon that he bought this

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NBA franchise and by the way he's not the sole

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owner if I'm not mistaken there's others that

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are contributing as well but ever since he bought

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the team it's like oh I don't have enough money

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he just he's crying broke the entire time it's

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If you're a Blazer fan, it's the worst possible

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thing to hear. You don't want to hear that your

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owner is penny pinching at every single possible

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turn to make a buck. And so it feels like if

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this was the, you know, owners and arenas, like

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that's a tale as old as time. Like we've seen

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that before. But I just think that it's all of

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the other stuff. And we'll talk about the Mike

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and Norrie contract. It's like every single step

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of the way. It seems like he's trying to find

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his little advantage. And yes, I get it. The

00:19:39.589 --> 00:19:42.990
Hurricanes won the NHL championship, but I just

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don't Stanley Cup right right the Stanley the

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Stanley Cup. That's right That shows a bunch

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of a hockey fan. We are hockey guys on the side

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of the table. He's a big Flames supporter Right

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still playing blues flames. Oh, that's right.

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I get it He has had success in the NHL. Yeah,

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but I don't think the NHL and the NBA are the

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same thing Well, they're not it no absolutely

00:20:01.390 --> 00:20:03.990
not it's you know my comparison and him as an

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owner is gonna be much different than the Allen

00:20:06.450 --> 00:20:08.690
family and Paul Allen as an owner, too. I think

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Portland fans need to be kind of blessed for

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what they've had for the last 20 -plus years.

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And the thing is, the people that, like, slammed

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Jodie Allen, like, she was an absentee owner,

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yes, but she didn't mess anything up. Right.

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She wasn't out in front of a microphone, like,

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pointing the finger in the chest of the Portland

00:20:22.809 --> 00:20:25.250
fan base saying, you should be thankful for me.

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I'm paying enough in taxes. Well, again, that's

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what you're supposed to do. That is, that's a

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part of the deal. And then he did his finger

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pointing and left. Like, I'm thinking if I'm

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asking for $600 million, stick around for dinner.

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Yeah. Well, maybe he thought he was gonna have

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to pick up the check. He doesn't care about optics

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though. You stepped over that line. Wouldn't

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it be great to have Tom Dundon at dinner, like

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at a really fancy restaurant in Portland, and

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when the check comes around, everybody gets alligator

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armor so they all have to excuse themselves to

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go to the bathroom at the same time. And he's

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:05.559
just sitting there staring at the waiter, and

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:08.279
the guy's going, hey, right here, man. Everyone

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.140
said, you're paying. So that's not gonna happen.

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All right, let's take a break. When we come back,

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General's been very patient, chiming in a little

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bit. Steve Mim's not worried at all right now,

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.019
but he might be after this next segment. We're

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:24.779
gonna talk Tracktown USA specifically, the pre

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.299
-Fontaine classic with our very own General,

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.319
here on the Danny and Justin radio program. We'll

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:38.180
talk Micah Norrie contract and just the strange...

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:45.660
I don't want to say it. The way it's put together

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is just, it's just odd. And now some folks from

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:55.880
like the NBA Coaches Association are chiming

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in on the Blazer, new Trailblazer head coach

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.880
contract. Just the way it's compiled is just

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:04.819
odd. We'll talk about that in the last part of

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:06.839
this program. Danny and Justin, seven more shows

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:10.119
left until we Kiss it goodbye. That'll be next

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:12.500
Friday, July 3rd at the Graduate Hotel. From

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1 to 4, we're going to be doing an extravaganza

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around the Pre -Fontaine Classic. We're very

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:20.019
happy to welcome in. You can follow him on the

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:22.720
socials, Mind4Sports. It's the great general,

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:25.960
Jeff Oliver, from Track Town, USA. And man, you

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put together quite a list for us to interview.

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I'm not going to say all of them, but we've got

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some pretty big names in here, like Ryan Crouser,

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:35.119
Nikki Hiltz. Cole Hocker is going to join us.

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Among many others. So we're really we're jazz

00:22:39.109 --> 00:22:41.529
for that. So and it's a the prefontaine classic

00:22:41.529 --> 00:22:45.890
is obviously a wonderful event. It's It's the

00:22:45.890 --> 00:22:48.940
the creme de la creme which is really the way

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:51.099
this has been set up and then refined throughout

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the years is awesome. And again, having it around

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:56.160
a 4th of July weekend is supreme as well. It's

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:58.319
got to be gratifying. Yeah, I mean, we kind of

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tout the pre -classic as a bit of a mini Olympics.

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It's a lot of the world's best athletes kind

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:05.859
of come to Eugene. Honestly, some will be in

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:08.680
town for less than 48 hours, but we have so many

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:10.519
that are coming in. I got some stats that we

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can kind of throw out later on the number of

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.880
athletes that have been in the Olympics and gold

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:18.680
medals and the such. But yeah, you guys are kind

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.140
of doing your countdown for your show. We're

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.960
doing our countdown, too. We always kind of celebrate

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:25.680
our 100 days out, our 50 days out, and kind of

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now we're in that single digits. And so, obviously,

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:30.960
there's not panic. We work on this year round,

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but now it's... We're directing the orchestra

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:36.000
to make everything happen over the 4th of July.

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So how has this evolved? Because I kind of mentioned

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it because it wasn't always the way this competition

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.640
is now because again, it's it's very select.

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:46.819
It's you know, I would imagine it's like invitation

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:49.599
only type of stuff and I'm sure athletes are

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.079
wildly competitive to try and get into this elite

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.519
field. So how has it grown to what it is now

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.079
over the last decade or so? Yeah, I mean really

00:23:58.079 --> 00:24:01.799
looking back to 2010. So this will be the 51st.

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:05.779
Pre -classic so it's been a great meet America's

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:08.720
best meet for all that time and really in 2010

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:12.359
the pre -classic joined a circuit a global circuit

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.299
called the diamond league and so we're one of

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:17.640
You know a dozen plus more meets as the diamond

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:20.700
league has grown and we're talking Paris London

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:24.200
Doha, you know China and then boom here we are

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:27.539
in Eugene So we have a great team. That's you

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:30.619
know reaching out to athletes and agents, but

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:33.099
really it's also kind of happened organically.

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:36.279
Like athletes across the globe want to compete

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.799
at Hayward Field. They want to compete in honor

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.859
of Steve Prefontaine. They want to feel what

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:43.319
that Hayward magic's all about. So it kind of

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:45.200
happens amongst them, especially when you're

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:47.549
looking like... at like a 100 meter race and

00:24:47.549 --> 00:24:49.490
you kind of hear, okay, this one guy's gonna

00:24:49.490 --> 00:24:51.549
go, this guy's gonna go, and then the others

00:24:51.549 --> 00:24:53.730
are like, I'm just as good as them, I wanna be

00:24:53.730 --> 00:24:55.569
there too. So you mentioned invitational, that

00:24:55.569 --> 00:24:57.809
is truly what the pre -classic is. You have to

00:24:57.809 --> 00:25:00.150
get an invite. There's no qualification or anything

00:25:00.150 --> 00:25:03.509
to get. So it is a, you know, there's nine lanes

00:25:03.509 --> 00:25:06.190
at Hayward Field. Our hope is in all those running

00:25:06.190 --> 00:25:08.630
races that if you're taking up a lane, you're

00:25:08.630 --> 00:25:10.970
one of the nine best in the world at that time,

00:25:11.170 --> 00:25:12.369
and you're gonna go out there and you're gonna

00:25:12.369 --> 00:25:14.539
do something special. Specifically for the hundred

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:16.859
meter to ask you guys have seven of the top ten

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.500
ranked sprinters in the world for this hundred

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:21.420
meter And then the bowerman miles could be stacked

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:24.920
as well Feels like those two events like really

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:27.720
key events just for any track fan How important

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:30.359
are is it for you guys to have like the big guns

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:32.640
in those two events specifically? I mean, I think

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.380
it's important that that we can get them for

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:37.859
our fans, you know, you know, Eugene Oregon Northwest,

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.660
I mean, honestly the United States in general

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:43.579
to be able to bring the world's best to our home

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.400
soil and have them compete against each other.

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:48.559
You mentioned that men's 100 meter race. All

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:51.240
of the men in that race are Olympians. That's

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:54.700
pretty rare to look around any 100 meter race

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.559
in the world. that everyone that's lining up

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.420
has also been to the Olympics. And you mentioned

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:02.339
the Bowerman mile. That's obviously just as iconic

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:05.839
that's, you know, that's the world's best mile

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:08.880
race. And you mentioned, yeah, Cole Hawker, obviously

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.460
hometown boy. We want him to do good. But I think

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:14.240
maybe locally we also forget he's the Olympic

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:17.319
gold medalist in the 1500. So I know he's expecting

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.980
to win that race. But there are some people that

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.460
are going to line up to that. They're expecting

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:23.589
to win it as well. Follow him on the socials

00:26:23.589 --> 00:26:25.609
mind for sports. It's Jeff Oliver from Track

00:26:25.609 --> 00:26:28.089
Town USA here on the Danny and Justin radio program

00:26:28.089 --> 00:26:30.769
talking the pre -fontaine classic, which is coming

00:26:30.769 --> 00:26:34.410
up July 4th weekend, and the tickets are going

00:26:34.410 --> 00:26:36.930
fast. I want you to hang on to our Oregon Man

00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:40.349
Clinics phone number at 343 -5673. We are going

00:26:40.349 --> 00:26:43.269
to give away a family four pack. We call it the

00:26:43.269 --> 00:26:45.690
fun pack, right? Family fun pack. We'll give

00:26:45.690 --> 00:26:48.109
that away here near the end of the interview.

00:26:48.170 --> 00:26:51.029
I'll let Jeff call it out and we'll. pick up

00:26:51.029 --> 00:26:53.009
the phone, and these things come electronically,

00:26:53.109 --> 00:26:54.490
so you don't need to come down and pick up tickets.

00:26:54.609 --> 00:26:57.009
We'll just send it right to your phone. So I

00:26:57.009 --> 00:26:59.670
would imagine the lobbying and the competition

00:26:59.670 --> 00:27:03.190
for these select spots, because this is a unique

00:27:03.190 --> 00:27:06.490
meet, because there's no heats, there's no qualifications

00:27:06.490 --> 00:27:08.170
internally. It's like you're running the race,

00:27:08.210 --> 00:27:09.650
you're running the race. That's it. We can go

00:27:09.650 --> 00:27:12.190
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And it's completely

00:27:12.190 --> 00:27:15.250
televised as well, which is fantastic. But what

00:27:15.250 --> 00:27:17.710
is it like? in the room where you've got agents

00:27:17.710 --> 00:27:20.829
and athletes lobbying for a position for one

00:27:20.829 --> 00:27:23.289
of those nine lanes. Thankfully I'm not in the

00:27:23.289 --> 00:27:25.690
room. I get just the confirmation that they're

00:27:25.690 --> 00:27:27.609
in or they're out and I start doing my research

00:27:27.609 --> 00:27:29.789
and everything to tout them up that they're coming

00:27:29.789 --> 00:27:32.059
to the pre... But yeah, kind of as I mentioned

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.859
earlier, a lot of it kind of happens. Obviously,

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.819
you know, we were just talking about, you know,

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.380
the Blazers owner and the business of sports.

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:39.220
There's the business of track and field as well.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:42.400
So some of that stuff's going on on those phone

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.940
calls and in those rooms. But yeah, as I said,

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:47.660
like a lot of it does happen organically. Like

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:50.660
all these athletes know pre -classic in Eugene

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.640
now celebrated over the Fourth of July weekend.

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:54.799
Like that's always going to be on their calendar.

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:58.200
And they know if they get that call. to be, you

00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:00.960
know, be invited to that race, that event, that

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.779
competition. You know, it's going to be world

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.579
class. So are there any challenges like in terms

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:07.619
of just like, is it like the logistics of just

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:09.779
getting people there? Like, what are the kind

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:12.240
of challenges of getting these athletes to Eugene?

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.440
Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, you know. I've

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.960
been doing this a long time. Our track town teams

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.579
been doing this for a long time, so I think we're

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:20.539
well versed in those those challenges. Actually

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:24.059
got the similar question from a reporter last

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:26.799
week and we were chatting it up. I mean, it's

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:28.599
no secret. I mean, again, I mentioned the list

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.440
of cities that are the Diamond League goes to

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.039
and Eugene on that list is is the smallest and

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:35.559
so. But aren't these athletes used to getting

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:38.609
here because of US? track and field and the trials

00:28:38.609 --> 00:28:40.369
and things like that. Like over time they're

00:28:40.369 --> 00:28:43.529
used to it and but again like the number we have

00:28:43.529 --> 00:28:45.970
amazing hotels we have enough hotel rooms to

00:28:45.970 --> 00:28:48.170
do to do this event but like maybe we don't have

00:28:48.170 --> 00:28:50.509
that one big hotel room that everybody can stay

00:28:50.509 --> 00:28:53.910
under under one roof so logistically hey you're

00:28:53.910 --> 00:28:56.589
staying here you're staying here but one of the

00:28:56.589 --> 00:28:59.509
great benefits is that they come to this community

00:28:59.509 --> 00:29:02.069
all these athletes and they really just get ingrained

00:29:02.069 --> 00:29:05.289
like if they just if you go to an event in Paris

00:29:05.289 --> 00:29:08.250
you might just go to the Airport go to the hotel

00:29:08.250 --> 00:29:11.170
go to the track when athletes come here I mean

00:29:11.170 --> 00:29:13.230
you could go to Starbucks and you could be behind

00:29:13.230 --> 00:29:15.829
Ryan Krauser getting his morning coffee and such

00:29:15.829 --> 00:29:18.569
and those athletes know they're going to get

00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:20.390
recognized in Eugene. Maybe not other places

00:29:20.390 --> 00:29:22.809
in the world being a top profile track and field

00:29:22.809 --> 00:29:25.349
athlete. And so I think those athletes embrace

00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:27.589
it. So yeah, maybe a little bit more logistical

00:29:27.589 --> 00:29:30.049
challenges. I mean, if we had LaGuardia to fly

00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:32.569
everybody into, it might be a little bit easier.

00:29:33.490 --> 00:29:35.329
But a lot of people come right in Eugene, a lot

00:29:35.329 --> 00:29:38.329
to Portland. And as Danny mentioned, this isn't

00:29:38.329 --> 00:29:40.730
our first rodeo. So we're well versed not only

00:29:40.730 --> 00:29:43.369
in the pre -classic, but Olympic trials, national

00:29:43.369 --> 00:29:46.619
championships. Gosh, NCAA championships already

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:48.279
happened this year. Last weekend, there was an

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:50.140
event at Hayward called Nike Outdoor Nationals.

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:53.240
6 ,000 high schoolers from around the country

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.900
came. If those families can figure out how to

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:58.160
get to Eugene, yeah, we can get the athletes

00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:01.900
here easily. So as we get the countdown clock

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:05.660
going. What kind of preparations or how has that

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:07.160
changed because you know Hayward field after

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:09.579
the remodel and it's now a palace It's it is

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:12.220
absolutely Mecca for track and field. How has

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:15.740
that changed? How like the day of the event goes

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:18.680
for you guys and obviously it's improved because

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.819
you have better facilities to work through but

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.900
Kind of take us behind the scenes on what kind

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:25.359
of goes on up to the point where the first gun

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.299
Yeah, I mean, we've been in, you know, New Hayward

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.279
or we kind of call it Reimagined Hayward Field

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:32.519
for five plus years now. So, you know, I think

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:35.099
it, you know, kind of feels like home now. We

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:37.299
kind of know where all the, you know, the nooks

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:39.160
and crannies and we can store that there and

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:41.980
we can do that there. But yeah, I mean, if you've

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.599
been out to the pre -classic Olympic trials,

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.339
any big event, you know that we do a lot of things

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:47.660
that are obviously outside the stadium as well.

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:50.299
So our fan festivals and I think that's kind

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.880
of one of if you come this year or when you come.

00:30:54.029 --> 00:30:56.210
You know those areas are a little bit more enhanced

00:30:56.210 --> 00:30:58.769
this year bigger fan festivals outside the stadium

00:30:58.769 --> 00:31:00.930
So, you know come to come down early right now.

00:31:00.950 --> 00:31:02.529
The weather looks great We're gonna get that

00:31:02.529 --> 00:31:04.190
rain out of the way this weekend. Sorry. Sorry

00:31:04.190 --> 00:31:08.029
bananas Bring your umbrellas fourth of july is

00:31:08.029 --> 00:31:12.289
gonna be a beautiful and so Yeah, I mean I think

00:31:12.289 --> 00:31:15.190
again the fact that we have an amazing team at

00:31:15.190 --> 00:31:17.589
track down that is working on this year round

00:31:17.589 --> 00:31:19.930
like there should be no surprises come next weekend

00:31:19.930 --> 00:31:22.549
for us there'll be a few ones that happen, but

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.220
I always seem to have to buy an extension cord

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:28.980
or two, but... Always it seems to happen. He's

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.480
running down to the local hardware store. Yeah,

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.599
we're ready. I got a credit line down at Home

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:36.839
Depot. And your phone has been blowing up even

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.380
since you've been here like what kind of things

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:40.200
are you dealing with? Right now and up to like

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:43.500
you kind of got into it, but yeah, I mean There's

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.119
some late credential requests I would like to

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.859
say the media especially the two in this room

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:48.819
that got the request in on time Thank you very

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.799
much when you were on the golf course with Danny.

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:53.680
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah But yeah, I mean I think also,

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:59.019
you know The the landscape of sports media that

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.960
has changed greatly and though in the last five

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:04.259
years especially you can look at it from an NBA

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:06.859
team pro sports to college to the pre -classic

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:10.720
where you're able to kind of tell a lot of the

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.759
stories yourself, kind of internally. So the

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.240
meeting I was in right before this was just aligning

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:18.140
with our internal team. The photographers were

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:19.859
bringing in, the videographers that were bringing

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:23.519
in that we can use to help tell the story while

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.559
at the same time working side by side by, you

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:27.660
know, Associated Press and the wire agencies,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:30.380
Registrar Guard, all the track and field publications.

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:32.519
So like I kind of mentioned, it's really kind

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.119
of just orchestrating the symphony at this point.

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:37.579
The pre classic on july 4th weekend at hayward

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:39.819
field where with jeff oliver mine for sports

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:42.900
Is the follow that you can make on twitter and

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.460
I think pretty much everything Yeah, I think

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.140
we should we should tout the the pre classic

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:48.759
handles, too So pretty classic .com go check

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:50.460
us all out there I know the social team will

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.660
appreciate a few likes and follows over there

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:56.140
as well. Uh, we were speaking to a Journalism

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:58.680
class, uh over at the u of o yesterday and kind

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.740
of adding up everything we have across all our

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:03.380
networks We got like we got a million followers

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:06.319
amongst all of them of our TikToks and all that.

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:09.259
Yeah, that's a big number, knowing we're gonna

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:11.839
push these athlete stories out to that. So what,

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:14.880
in the whole scheme of things, you mentioned

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:17.240
the Diamond League and that association and the

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:21.799
affiliation, so. As this progresses and the pre

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:25.180
-classic has become the iconic event in track

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:27.640
and field, but where does it kind of stack up

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:30.180
and stand in the Diamond League itself, and what

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.079
are other events that people might want to follow

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.740
in the Diamond League? Yeah, so we're kind of

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.420
about halfway through the Diamond League season.

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:38.759
There's an event in Paris this weekend, and so

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:41.819
the athletes that come in, so there's... the

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.599
diamond league and there's events we call the

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.299
diamond discipline events and if you go to our

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.819
website you can kind of note we got the the diamond

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.900
graphic next to those those are events where

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:52.819
these athletes are earning points basically if

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.220
you win you get more points than the guy that

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:56.079
finished second and those points are going to

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:58.640
rack up throughout the year and at the end of

00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:01.000
the season there's the diamond league final that's

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:05.039
in brussels and you know similarly you know there's

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.019
only eight or nine lanes available you want to

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.800
be one of those top guys that get that lane for

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:11.880
that final you win that race that one's worth

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:14.079
more money. So when you think of the Diamond

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:17.409
League, I mean this is where... Outside of endorsement

00:34:17.409 --> 00:34:19.429
deals and the such this is where track and field

00:34:19.429 --> 00:34:22.469
athletes Make their money based on their performances.

00:34:23.050 --> 00:34:25.849
Let's tweet out. Let's get people to guide. I

00:34:25.849 --> 00:34:28.210
know there's limited number of tickets left Yeah,

00:34:28.210 --> 00:34:31.389
we're there are tickets left. You know we are

00:34:31.389 --> 00:34:33.090
approaching approaching to sell out, but definitely

00:34:33.090 --> 00:34:37.090
check out pre classic comm tickets for both Friday

00:34:37.090 --> 00:34:39.730
Friday evening events that are gonna be followed

00:34:39.730 --> 00:34:43.329
by a drone show over Hayward Field so come out

00:34:43.329 --> 00:34:45.239
enjoy some great track and field and then an

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:48.159
amazing drone show to celebrate the 4th of July

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:50.840
holiday. And then, yeah, Saturday, kind of, you

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.719
know, we dub it the main event. Yeah, tickets

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:55.760
available for both. But yeah, if you're interested

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:58.260
in going, go snag them now. So this Family Four

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:59.920
Pack, the fun pack we're giving away, is this

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.719
for Friday? That'll be for Friday night. What

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:04.099
time does it start? So on Friday night, first

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:07.599
event gets going at six. It's a field event,

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:11.420
Men's Hammer. And then some of the running events

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:14.219
get started a little after seven. We just published

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.380
the final, what we call the timetable, the schedule

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:19.000
up on our website, preclassic .com. So you can

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.400
kind of check that out. And yeah, I mean, if

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:23.420
you're kind of new to track and field, come out

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:25.800
on Friday, experience the Hayward Magic, and

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.409
you'll get treated to that. drone show at the

00:35:27.409 --> 00:35:31.050
end. And we will have our after party for the

00:35:31.050 --> 00:35:33.409
final Danny and Justin show done by that time.

00:35:33.489 --> 00:35:35.409
So you can attend both. Come on up to Laura Wood

00:35:35.409 --> 00:35:37.349
and it's just right down the hill. Literally

00:35:37.349 --> 00:35:40.630
a 10 minute, probably more than a 10 minute walk,

00:35:41.090 --> 00:35:43.949
but a five minute drive at least to Hayward Field

00:35:43.949 --> 00:35:45.929
down from Laura Wood. So you want to give away

00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:48.860
the pack? I mean, I'll give it away, but I mean,

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:51.360
we'll do it. Your show, give it away. All right,

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:53.159
so we're going to wind things up by giving away

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:56.039
a family fun pack. It's a family of four fun

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:58.099
pack. And I want you to call in right now the

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.739
Oregon Man Clinics Hotline. Be caller number

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:01.340
five. All we need is your name and your phone

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:03.159
number. We'll send these to you electronically.

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:06.480
And you'll get to enjoy the Friday night events

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:09.760
and the drone show at Hayward Field for the pre

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:11.480
-classic. Jeff, are you going to stick around?

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:14.539
Yeah, stick around. I mean, if I got like 60

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:16.559
seconds or so, just some stats. Pull these this

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:18.099
morning. So I'm a little proud. Yeah, we get

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:21.139
the numbers Let me throw out one over first three

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:23.159
four three five six seven three three four three

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:25.440
five six seven three color number five We'll

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.519
give you a family fun pack four pack to the pre

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.840
-classic Friday night. That'll be July 3rd Alright,

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:32.239
let's throw out some yeah as they're dialing

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:35.280
in so 250 total athletes are gonna be in the

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:37.360
pre -classic this year amongst Friday and Saturday

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:41.199
Those those athletes are from 39 different countries

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:45.750
Another quick stat we have sold tickets in every

00:36:45.750 --> 00:36:49.329
U .S. state, except Mississippi. Come on, Mississippi.

00:36:49.690 --> 00:36:52.449
I know somebody listening online in Mississippi

00:36:52.449 --> 00:36:55.050
right now to the Danny Justin show. So those

00:36:55.050 --> 00:36:58.670
athletes, 47 of those athletes have Olympic medals,

00:36:59.070 --> 00:37:02.429
and those 47 athletes have won 78 Olympic medals.

00:37:02.789 --> 00:37:08.050
Crazy. 56 athletes have won a combined 136 world

00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:11.570
championship medals. And then we also have a

00:37:11.570 --> 00:37:14.420
few para -sprint races this year. And so we have

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:17.519
a men's race, 100 meter race, and a women's 100

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:20.539
meter race. Amongst that, eight athletes have

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:24.960
won Paralympic medals. So, medals galore, like

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.960
we mentioned, kind of mini Olympics, mini Paralympics

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:29.800
coming to Hayward Field next weekend for the

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.260
Pre -Fontaine Classic. All right, give out the

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.960
socials again for the Pre -Classic. Yeah, I think

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.320
just head over to our website, preclassic .com,

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:37.679
and you can kind of just click along the bottom

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:39.619
there, the footer, and it'll open them all up

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:43.329
for you. All right, preclassic .com. Jeff? as

00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:45.210
always buddy it's nice to see you well thanks

00:37:45.210 --> 00:37:47.849
for having me you see you to stick around yeah

00:37:47.849 --> 00:37:49.769
stick around yeah he wants to talk about turn

00:37:49.769 --> 00:37:51.750
the phone back on but I'll stick around all right

00:37:51.750 --> 00:37:54.769
well he has opinion on Mike and nori Auditioning

00:37:54.769 --> 00:37:57.630
for Goose, Steve Mims. It's the great Jeff Oliver

00:37:57.630 --> 00:37:59.409
here on the Danny and Justin radio program. Remember,

00:37:59.829 --> 00:38:01.489
if you hadn't already called in, maybe you missed

00:38:01.489 --> 00:38:03.949
out. We'll announce the winner of those tickets

00:38:03.949 --> 00:38:06.210
to the family fun pack, the four pack at the

00:38:06.210 --> 00:38:07.949
Pre -Fontaine Classic. When we return, Micah

00:38:07.949 --> 00:38:10.909
Norrie is front and center, and there is an upset

00:38:10.909 --> 00:38:14.050
brewing in the World Cup Group E. Ecuador is

00:38:14.050 --> 00:38:17.289
trying to get in to the knockout round. We'll

00:38:17.289 --> 00:38:19.090
give you an update on that score as it's late

00:38:19.090 --> 00:38:21.550
in the match when we return on Danny and Justin.

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:30.019
Danny Justin radio program last segment And then

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:33.840
after this it'll be six more shows and then we're

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:38.760
done. We're gonna go on a little bye -bye Time

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:42.019
out for Danny and Justin, but we'll give you

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:46.039
some clues on what's gonna be coming next But

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.760
no more Danny Justin after next Friday, but we're

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:51.289
gonna go out with a bang graduate hotel It'll

00:38:51.289 --> 00:38:53.610
be Friday as we're gonna talk pre -classic lots

00:38:53.610 --> 00:38:56.389
of athletes lots of stars one to four big show

00:38:56.389 --> 00:38:58.630
We'll still have big bets goose says he's gonna

00:38:58.630 --> 00:39:02.829
be there So come on down and hang with us Okay,

00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:04.349
but there's a golf simulator there goose you

00:39:04.349 --> 00:39:06.329
can get some swings in on the on the he needs

00:39:06.329 --> 00:39:08.869
them Yeah, he needs them. Are you gonna do driver

00:39:08.869 --> 00:39:10.449
off the deck? Did you do a driver off the deck

00:39:10.449 --> 00:39:12.769
yesterday? I don't think you did because you're

00:39:12.769 --> 00:39:14.829
that one drive you could have done it off of

00:39:14.829 --> 00:39:16.510
you were in though I did it on one, but you weren't

00:39:16.510 --> 00:39:18.650
there yet. You were late. Okay, and that's the

00:39:18.650 --> 00:39:22.219
hole You got a triple bogey on yeah Okay i've

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.800
seen jeff hit driving outside just for non golfers

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:27.500
hitting driver off the deck is like The coolest

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:29.420
thing you can do and especially if you pull it

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:31.199
off. It's the coolest thing. I could never do

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:34.460
it Jeff i've seen jeff do it multiple times and

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:36.320
it's every time he does it i'm just amazed by

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:38.900
it That's no blowing smoke. So the danny adjusted

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:40.860
radio pray what I wanted to ask jeff something

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.800
actually we're watching the world cup. Obviously

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:45.880
you ever think about like obviously Pre -classic

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:48.699
that's like in eugene You think about ever like

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:50.739
what it's like to have all these different sites

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:52.280
and there's all these different countries coming

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.840
in. There's three countries that are hosting.

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:56.099
Yeah, I mean, well, I mean, we're going to experience

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:58.619
kind of kind of the World Cup World Cup vibes

00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:00.480
in August here at Hayward Field when we're hosting

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:03.340
the U -20 World Championships. Athletes from

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:05.800
150 different countries are gonna be coming to

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:08.039
Eugene Wow for that event So yeah, I mean like

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:10.099
you think of the but yeah some of the logistics

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:12.619
moving all these players around, you know, three

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:14.559
different countries I think we've seen some headlines

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:17.820
on some stumbling around there. But yeah, I mean

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:21.539
come Come this August. We're gonna kind of world

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:23.900
vibes here in Eugene We'll see how much stoppage

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:26.199
time there is but it's late in the match between

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:28.980
Ecuador and Germany Germany's already clinched

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:34.099
winning group E and It's 86th minute. Ecuador

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.519
has scored late. It's 2 -1 Ecuador. And what

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:40.360
this means, if this result holds, is that Ecuador

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:43.079
and Ivory Coast would advance to the knockout

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.780
round. Ecuador has to win this match to be able

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.840
to advance to the knockout round. This is what

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.760
it's all about. This is awesome. And people are

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.719
saying it's kind of like what Mexico and Brazil

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:55.619
and the US will probably encounter, is that these

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:58.639
teams that have already won their groups... are

00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:01.019
like are they really putting out all of the effort

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:03.119
in this match because it means nothing in the

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.639
result it's not going to change anything except

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.340
for the ones that are punching up like this so

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.780
good for ecuador i mean they've they've hung

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:11.500
in there so i'm not as familiar in in soccer

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:14.239
how much it translates you know like some sports

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:16.179
you want to play every day you want to be in

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:18.760
your rhythm i think for for soccer you can take

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.659
a little bit more time off you're taking hydration

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:24.409
breaks Of course they are. But you know what

00:41:24.409 --> 00:41:27.050
I'm saying, I don't think that there's as much

00:41:27.050 --> 00:41:29.849
risk for a Germany in this situation to play

00:41:29.849 --> 00:41:32.269
their guys and try to get a win, but they're

00:41:32.269 --> 00:41:34.070
not going to go full throttle, right? This obviously

00:41:34.070 --> 00:41:36.170
means much more to Ecuador than it does to them.

00:41:36.650 --> 00:41:39.250
Absolutely. And so approaching the 88th minute

00:41:39.250 --> 00:41:41.389
now in Ecuador and Germany, still 2 -1 Ecuador,

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:43.289
so we'll keep our eye on that. By the way, congratulations

00:41:43.289 --> 00:41:46.690
and thanks for listening, Jeff. Jeff Ratio. Jeff

00:41:46.690 --> 00:41:49.550
Ratio won the family fun pack, the four pack.

00:41:50.170 --> 00:41:53.090
And it was funny because Laura, our front office

00:41:53.090 --> 00:41:55.510
manager, when she answered the phone, he was

00:41:55.510 --> 00:41:58.750
like, I don't have to get on the air, do I? Actually,

00:41:58.849 --> 00:42:00.130
that would have been my answer. He said, yeah,

00:42:00.210 --> 00:42:02.150
you absolutely have to get on the air. So now

00:42:02.150 --> 00:42:05.250
you do. Jeff, we're going to text you those tickets

00:42:05.250 --> 00:42:07.349
so you can go down with the family and enjoy

00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:10.190
Friday night at Hayward Field and a great drone

00:42:10.190 --> 00:42:12.760
show and a couple of. competitions there on a

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:15.460
Friday night, Friday, July 3rd, and also the

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:19.440
pre -classic full swing on July 4th, Independence

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:22.360
Day, and another incredible drone show after

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.579
the incredible events on the field at Hayward

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:26.519
Field. All right, so let's talk about Mike and

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:29.360
Norrie. We started the program talking about

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:36.880
the Blazers and their owner, Tom. Dundon and

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.920
the whole renovations that are needed at the

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:40.840
Moda Center and how he's not willing to put up

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:44.360
any Dough to do it and he says I pay taxes. I

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:47.019
pay taxes actually pay for it. I'm keeping the

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:49.840
Blazers in Portland That's not how Tom done this.

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:52.579
I think I did a really bad Colonel Sanders impression

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:56.039
or something a little South Parky I like that

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:59.619
even better. So Micah Norrie is the new Blazers

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:01.880
head coach and the way his contract is constructed

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:06.300
It's just it's odd So it's a one it's a one -year

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:09.320
deal. That's it Like if you're taking over a

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:11.579
team you normally hear that I think the shortest

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:14.500
i've ever heard A coach who's been hired is like

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:17.000
a three -year deal. Am I wrong in that that that's

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:19.119
my impression It's like a three -year deal. Yeah,

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:22.840
I mean at the most maybe five Maybe once or twice

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:25.079
of one -year deals, but I don't think that's

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:27.980
super common for example Phil Jackson, I believed

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:30.320
the end of his bull's tenure was signing one

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:32.719
year deals. Well, that's after he's been there

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:35.039
for 15 years. Yeah, totally different situation.

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.539
But I have never heard of this. And it's a two

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:40.219
team option deal as well for the next seasons

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:43.000
for season two and three. So it's just a prove

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:45.260
it deal. Also sounds like his base salary is

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:47.559
low. A lot of things are based on the quote is

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:51.880
below market base salary. And it includes a bunch

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:55.420
of incentives based on team success. Pardon me,

00:43:55.460 --> 00:44:00.940
team success. so It's just it's an oddly structured

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:04.699
contract and the National Basketball Coaches

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:07.260
Association President JB Bickerstaff should know

00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:10.000
that name Bernie Bickerstaff's kid who was also

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:12.480
a coach called the unconventional structure of

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:16.840
the contract quote a slap in the face to our

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.719
value I Brought up the question the other day

00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:21.840
with the mayor Travis Demers. You can chime in

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:26.519
unless if you want general is to me And I like

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.940
the way Travis answered, because it's like, you're

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:30.420
not going to speak for Mike Onori. But Mike Onori

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:33.300
has been an assistant for a long time, and he's

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:34.880
not been a head coach anywhere. In fact, I don't

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:37.039
even think he's been an interim head coach anywhere,

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:39.199
if I'm not mistaken, right? You're shaking your

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:43.480
head? I don't believe so. So it kind of smells

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:51.780
to me like the Blazers' Tom. Dundon is taking

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:54.420
advantage of somebody who's just so desperate

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:56.619
to be a head coach that they're willing to take

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:59.300
any Contract the devil puts in front of them

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:02.360
to get the opportunity and I hope it pays off

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:04.760
for him But I don't think it's gonna pay off

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:07.880
the way he thinks it is Except to get another

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.139
job somewhere else because I don't think that

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:16.679
Tom Dundon is gonna buy this guy a bar of soap

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:20.300
Well, he doesn't have to right? Yeah, I mean

00:45:20.349 --> 00:45:23.050
I think the one -year deal is unusual for basketball,

00:45:23.110 --> 00:45:24.969
but I think this has been happening in baseball

00:45:24.969 --> 00:45:26.789
a little bit, too. I think you've been giving,

00:45:26.789 --> 00:45:29.269
you know, I think a lot of the, you know, former

00:45:29.269 --> 00:45:30.849
players that become managers, I'm going to have

00:45:30.849 --> 00:45:33.369
to go do the research, but I think who's the

00:45:33.369 --> 00:45:36.530
Angels manager right now? Oh, gosh. I want to

00:45:36.530 --> 00:45:39.469
say he's on a similar thing, like, hey, we like

00:45:39.469 --> 00:45:42.670
you, but come prove it for a year, and, you know,

00:45:42.849 --> 00:45:45.030
if you do well, there's incentives, and so...

00:45:45.050 --> 00:45:46.949
Yeah, some of the stuff that's, you know, coming

00:45:46.949 --> 00:45:49.010
out of Portland and the Trailblazers, you know,

00:45:49.130 --> 00:45:52.110
in the media isn't getting, you know, it doesn't

00:45:52.110 --> 00:45:54.489
have the great optics. But again, like I kind

00:45:54.489 --> 00:45:56.289
of mentioned earlier, like sports are a business

00:45:56.289 --> 00:45:58.530
at the end of the day. And he went out and needed

00:45:58.530 --> 00:46:01.710
a manager and the guy signed the contract. Yeah,

00:46:01.750 --> 00:46:04.150
no, nobody was holding a gun to us. I agree with

00:46:04.150 --> 00:46:06.480
that. Great call. You are absolutely correct.

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:09.099
Not only is it a one -year deal. It is the exact

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:12.159
same Structure as Mike and Norrie's deal where

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:14.739
the second and third years include team options.

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:16.880
So that's a great call So I think that's I think

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:18.699
it's happened in baseball a few other times because

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:21.760
keep Suzuki played not too long ago as a player

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:23.760
Yeah, and that's a bit of a bit of a trend I

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:25.320
think in in the Major League Baseball. So wait

00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:27.340
is that this is for the Angels? Yep. So hold

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:37.559
on did Did Tom? Dunden by the angels No, I just

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:42.739
It was the Angelo family for a long long time.

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:45.039
Yeah, it's still the same owner That's still

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:48.019
paying, you know, my guy Alba Pujols probably

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:52.820
making more money Well, no, he got like the ten

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:59.260
-year pose right plane like So he has to show

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:03.739
up, you know at a dinner every now and then So

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:06.420
yeah, so that's interesting. So we'll just again

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:10.800
I I hope for Mike and or to have tremendous success

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:12.719
I don't think it's gonna be appreciated by the

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:14.900
ownership. I'm making a blanket statement and

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:24.340
an assumption however, there's been if Tom Dundon

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:26.659
wants to show me something different the way

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:30.039
he treats employees the fans and the community

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:33.170
He'll win me back But right now, I'm not seeing

00:47:33.170 --> 00:47:35.690
anything that's making me feel warm and fuzzy.

00:47:36.190 --> 00:47:38.469
And so I don't think he's going to pay Micah

00:47:38.469 --> 00:47:41.510
Norrie what he deserves. So Micah Norrie proved

00:47:41.510 --> 00:47:43.170
success in Portland with the one -year deal,

00:47:43.329 --> 00:47:45.889
and I guarantee you he will be a hot commodity

00:47:45.889 --> 00:47:47.590
for somebody else who's got another franchise

00:47:47.590 --> 00:47:49.230
somewhere. I think the other battle right now

00:47:49.230 --> 00:47:51.010
is that the Blazers aren't playing games. If

00:47:51.010 --> 00:47:53.969
they were playing and winning? Yeah. That's what

00:47:53.969 --> 00:47:56.250
I was about to say. Winning cures all in sports,

00:47:56.250 --> 00:47:58.449
and if they win, then people will stop complaining.

00:47:59.190 --> 00:48:02.650
Oh, a joke! I got fired from the bank today.

00:48:02.789 --> 00:48:04.750
A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed

00:48:04.750 --> 00:48:34.579
her. Dad jokes! Did you hear about the two Robots

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:38.360
that got into an argument? No. That was an ordeal.

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:42.739
I got a quick one. Go for it. You hear the rumor

00:48:42.739 --> 00:48:46.039
about the butter? No. Yeah, never mind. I can't

00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:52.369
spread it. Really, you laugh that? And you don't

00:48:52.369 --> 00:48:56.210
laugh at my my ordeal ordeal. Well, it was no

00:48:56.210 --> 00:48:59.030
bubble of seven. I'll tell you that. OK, I only

00:48:59.030 --> 00:49:00.929
have I only have to put up with you for six more

00:49:00.929 --> 00:49:04.550
shows. It's true. So Friday, Big Bets tomorrow.

00:49:05.090 --> 00:49:07.230
We've got Tyson Alger, who has been covering

00:49:07.230 --> 00:49:11.150
the World Cup up front and in person in Seattle

00:49:11.150 --> 00:49:13.710
and Vancouver. He will join us on the program.

00:49:13.710 --> 00:49:16.829
Americans play. Do the U .S. play tonight? Yeah,

00:49:16.969 --> 00:49:18.590
they play not so it'll be perfect time to talk

00:49:18.590 --> 00:49:20.849
to Tyson when we come back on the Danny Justin

00:49:20.849 --> 00:49:22.590
program for a Friday. God bless. We all put a

00:49:22.590 --> 00:49:23.929
smile on your face someone else's they deserve

00:49:23.929 --> 00:49:25.909
it. So do you. Thanks for listening. Peace.