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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Deshaun Watson meeting with Roger Goodell; Nestor Cortes and the dangers of social media; NBA Conference Finals and the lottery! (Episode 598)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘conclusion’ as in the end result as in finished as in Deshaun Watson’s investigation by the NFL is almost done. Watson is meeting with the NFL this week and then Roger Goodell and his expert team will either bring down the hammer or… not. Will this case end like Trevor Bauer’s did? Is the NFL using MLB’s ruling as a case study in what to do here? Will Watson play at all this year? (22:40) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Nestor Cortes and his latest struggles with social media. Some Twitter people went through his old tweets and brought them to light from 10 years ago. Cortes says he’s getting off social media ‘for a few days’. Interesting. (32:40) Review: The Lost City. (36:20) The NBA Conference Finals are here. Miami vs Boston. Golden State vs Dallas. Some superstars, some good role players, some good coaching. Luka. Steph Curry. Jayson Tatum. Jimmy Butler. And an NBA Draft Lottery to boot. (43:40) The Kansas City Royals want a new stadium. The Kansas City Royals want a new hitting coach. The Royal have fired the hitting coach in May. Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Best gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

0:07.0

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,

0:13.0

it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing's shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so

0:17.0

a guest. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change me a little.

0:24.0

Enjoy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

0:31.0

Conclusion. Nothing personal word of the day. It is Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 and the word of the day is conclusion.

1:01.0

I'm going to believe after all of these months is it years is it months? Coco the one thing we didn't cover pre show.

1:08.0

When did this all start?

1:10.0

DeShawn Watson is meeting with the NFL as part of the NFL's investigation into his conduct slash misconduct slash behavior slash misappropriate behavior slash

1:23.0

22 civil lawsuits slash no criminal charges case to figure out what they're doing.

1:31.0

So I wanted to take the opportunity this morning to take you inside what a meeting would be like with Shawn Watson and the plethora,

1:39.0

the gaggle of attorneys assistance associates, handlers who will walk into the NFL headquarters.

1:48.0

They'll sit down and Roger will be there. He definitely will be there. He'll have people from investigations, a few deputies, a few other people that want to just see what's going on.

2:00.0

And I want to take you inside and tell you what that meeting is going to be like and then whether or not that meeting even matters.

2:07.0

So I'm going to start at the end and then go back to the beginning.

2:11.0

The end is that whatever happens during this meeting between DeShawn Watson and Roger Gidele will have this much impact.

2:20.0

Are you watching the show on nothing personal with David Samson? Because I'm holding my fingers together to make a zero.

2:27.0

It will have zero impact on what the suspension will be for DeShawn Watson.

2:33.0

Consider the meeting today to be a lot like oral arguments before the Supreme Court.

2:40.0

A little known fact, the quiet part that we all say out loud or that no one does is that oral arguments in front of justices generally have almost zero correlation to the final opinion.

2:55.0

But it feels good for the lawyer because you get to go in and you get to talk and you get to say afterwards, hey, not only did I bill you at $2,000 an hour, but also we made some great points.

3:06.0

Like did you hear some of those questions? I think those were winning questions. Hold on.

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