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Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

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🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘50K’ as in $50,000 as in the fine for Meyers Leonard that the NBA handed down. Why was this the punishment? Adam Silver could only do this because of the CBA between the NBA and the NBPA. $50,000 was the maximum. Where do we go next?? (10:30) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me how you prepare for a season when you don’t know whether your star will show up. This is referring to Houston Texans new head coach David Culley saying he has no ‘contingency plan’ if Deshaun Watson doesn’t show. (18:40) SOCCER TALK! FUTBOL TALK! Frank McCourt was the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now he owns Marseille FC in Marseille, France. How big of a disaster is this? Oh, it is one of the biggest. (28:23) - Review: Dog Day Afternoon. (33:06) Patrick Ewing was back at MSG to coach the Georgetown Hoyas in the Big East tournament. He was not happy postgame saying that the Madison Square Garden security stopped him multiple times. (40:15) NPPOD. (42:30) Russell Wilson was not in a letter mentioned by the Seahawks to season ticket holders. Was this done purposefully? #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	50 K. 50 K. Myers Leonard has to pay. And that's our word of the day. The NBA find Myers
0:21.1	Leonard $50,000 for using a ethnic slur and anti-Semitic slur. I've talked about it all
0:27.0	week on this show on Levitard show. I just want to point out a few things about 50 K. Number
0:33.0	one, Myers Leonard makes $9.4 million a year. Number two, there are 82 games in an NBA season.
0:39.9	Number three, that's $114,000 a game. Number four, that is $57,000 a half. So an anti-Semitic
0:56.6	slur is worth about a half of a game. But I'm not upset with Adam Silver for finding
1:04.2	a $50,000. Do you know why? That's the maximum he could do. The way fines work in the NBA
1:12.1	and MLB and the NFL, they are negotiated with the union, negotiated with the collective
1:16.2	bargaining agreement. It says what fines can be. So don't read on the interline internet.
1:24.6	I can't believe that Adam Silver find Dremont green $50,000 for talking about Devon Booker
1:30.7	and then $50,000 for an ethnic slur. Not relevant. That's the maximum. What Adam Silver
1:38.6	said in his press release was incredibly offensive to me at least. I think to you too.
1:49.0	Myers Leonard has spoken to and met with the anti-deformation league. Thank you. That is
1:56.7	a group of people who are happy to educate you and tell you about anti-Semitism around
2:01.2	this world, around this country, prejudice, racism. They'll take your calls 24 hours
2:08.3	a day, seven days a week. Maybe not on Saturdays. Doesn't matter. Myers Leonard spoke to them.
2:14.6	I guess he's cured now. Everything's good. He's never going to use that word again.
2:19.3	Adam Silver said that he's shown remorse. He's apologized. He's contrite. Thank God.
2:27.0	The issue's over, right? We're good. I've gotten so much feedback on this. People say
2:34.5	anti-Semitic remarks. The day goes on. People say, Home of Fubic remarks. Life goes on.
2:43.0	They apologize. They meet with constituencies. That's the important word. Meet with constituencies.
2:51.3	Let's not do that. Adam, let's release a statement where we don't say whatever one
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