Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast. I'm your host Sam Vassini. We are presented by The Athletic here.

Rob Doster is here, not from NBC Sports, but from the rebound, the much better, stronger Rob Doster is here now of the rebound. I'm super excited to have him on so that he can tell you all

about his new venture and so that we can talk about all of the bullshit that went down with

college athletics this week. The Big Ten decided to cancel football season. The Pac-12 decided to

suspend all athletic activities going forward

up until January. So it has a pretty real substantial effect on the NBA draft cycle, on the

college basketball cycle, on everything that's happening throughout collegiate athletics.

And I just wanted to have someone on to talk about what I think is a very convoluted and

messy issue whenever you look across the board at the different directions this could go.

So Rob, how you doing, man?

I'm surviving, Sam.

I'm surviving.

It's been a little bit of a wild, you know, week to 10 days since I was laid off by NBC. But if we're being honest,

and since now I don't work for them anymore, and I'm no longer employed by them, and I can

kind of speak a little bit freely, I've been trying to find a change and find a way to make a move

for a while. I don't, I felt a little bit like a fish out of water in terms of what their vision

of online content was and what I wanted to do with the way that I, I do content. Like, I don't like

the bloggy style as much. I want to do bigger picture things and be able to do more podcasts and

more TV and more stuff that was a little bit more rewarding and fulfilling.

And I didn't think that I was getting at an NBC.

And it would have been nice to have a job lined up before I decided to leave or that decision was made for me.

But, you know, it is what it is.

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