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sports radio fs one uh joy and i are, we've watched something on the internet this morning.

It's a slow time of the year.

I was talking to somebody yesterday.

It was the slowest July I ever remember.

There was like no stories in July.

I'm watching like sports networks put on stuff like cornhole tournaments.

And I mean, people were just, I don't know why it is.

We just, I think some of it is.

Athletes are getting smarter.

You have an occasional Deshawn Watson story, which gets headlines.

But it feels like 10, 15 years ago when I got into this business, the offseason for NFL players, they just did dumb stuff.

And they got in trouble.

And actually, athletes now make so much money that they have so many advisors,

they don't get in trouble that much.

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