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Football today at 445.

I know we got to catch up on ticket, and I do have one. It's an interesting story to me. I don't know how mass appeal it is, so I'll be careful. We won't spend much time on it. In fact, let me just do this now. That way I know there's a cutoff in about two minutes. I just want to rewind to a topic I did maybe about two weeks ago.

And we talked about how the NFL as a part of ESPN getting red zone and the NFL network,

and there was no financial exchange. And you go, well, that's weird.

Then it came out.

The exchange was the NFL is now a co-owner in ESPN, having a 10% stake in the company.

And I said to you then, this is bad for fans.

And the impact of this is going to be state-run media.

The NFL already can control the message based on they take up all the oxygen in the room.

I mean, if you look at sports here, let's localize it.

I would say two-thirds of what we do over the course of a year is the NFL.

The Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers make up the other 33%.

That's the power of the NFL.

So let me land the plane for you.

So I talked about how the NFL is going to affect what is supposed to be a free press,

and they're going to turn it into

the Kremlin.

No different than what the BTN is or what Big Noon kickoff looks like with the Big Ten.

And then I got to listen to Stephen A. Smith, who on one hand, I respect him because I can't

hate the hustle. Nobody outworks this guy. I mean, he's everywhere all the time, I respect him because I can't hate the hustle.

Nobody outworks this guy.

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