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Basketball in English Part 3, not into sports,

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Hi, Lindsay, how are you?

I'm feeling fantastic, Michelle.

How are you? How's it going? I'm good. I'm good.

Lindsay, do you think that it's fair that sports stars get paid so much money?

Oh, you know, I don't know a ton about sports to be honest.

I'm not super into them. But I guess it's, I guess, I don't know, it's, it's sort of, of you know the free market and so if the market commands that then I guess I'm okay with it you know I I don't know I mean it would be great if they would donate some of their money to charity but I guess if that's what that industry creates and if that's what they demand then that's what they need to be paid.

You know?

Yeah.

Yeah. No, I think that that's a good point because a lot of times you'll hear people say

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