LIV Golf is being SHUTDOWN? NFL Draft Thoughts + NFL Offseason Mailbag
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff dives into the ever-evolving world of money in sports, breaking down how finances shape decision-making across not only the NFL, but LIV Golf as well.
He also explores the idea of conflict of interest in today’s sports landscape, looking at where lines can get blurred between teams, media, and business, and why it matters more now than ever.
Plus, John shares his latest NFL Draft thoughts, team strategies, and what makes selecting players so difficult as the draft approaches.
Finally, John answers your questions in the latest mailbag segment.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | The Volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people? |
| 0:21.3 | How are we doing? |
| 0:22.3 | John Middilkoff, Three and Out podcast. |
| 0:25.5 | Another beautiful day. |
| 0:26.8 | We are officially a week away from the National Football League's draft. |
| 0:32.0 | Very, very excited. |
| 0:32.9 | Cannot get here soon enough. |
| 0:35.2 | Today, I want to do some big picture stuff |
| 0:38.7 | because the big story today is this live golf league |
| 0:42.7 | funded by the Saudis is going to eventually crater, |
| 0:47.4 | whether it be soon or at the end of the year. |
| 0:50.0 | And it got me thinking like, why do we watch sports? |
| 0:55.2 | And one issue we've had over the course of the last week with the Rossini story is conflict of interest, |
| 1:03.2 | a story today about Troy Aikman and the Dolphins and their draft. |
| 1:07.2 | And I just kind of want to dive into that as well as, you know, |
| 1:10.7 | the advantage some of these long-time |
| 1:12.6 | GMs have when it comes to experience on Thursday and Friday of next week, as well as we'll do a |
| 1:19.1 | couple mailbag questions at John Middlecoff, at John Middlecoff is the Instagram, fire in those |
| 1:23.5 | DMs, get your questions answered here on the show, and we'll bang some of those out and we'll just keep, we'll keep chugging away. So you guys know the drill. If you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe to Three and Out. If you want to watch the show, it's on Netflix, no big deal. Check that out, set an alert. You never miss an episode. And that's where you find me. So three and out podcast on |
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