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It's unbelievable!

Welcome to a Men in Blazers pod special, it's Dave O'Hare, with a new installment of our pod special series presented by our friends at Camarena Tequila,

who are supporting this collection of extended conversations with some of the biggest guests in the Men in Blazers universe.

Today's guest, entrepreneur extraordinaire Mark Cuban, who's drive to conduct business in as many sectors as possible, has led him to ownership of the Dallas Mavericks, earned him a seat in the high back chairs of Shark Tank,

and granted him a unique expertise with which he approaches the world.

Matt Expertise bears out in an understanding of the business of sports that near Pep Guardiola's understanding of false nines and shawl cardigans.

In this interview with Rodge, Mark discusses the constantly evolving relationship between owner, team, fan, and city, the difference between pro sports ownership in the NBA and European football,

and naturally, Rodge gives Mark a Shark Tank-style pitch on relegation in pro hoops.

So here it is, and Men in Blazers pod special with Mark Cuban, presented by Camarena Tequila.

My guest today is a serial entrepreneur who was walk some journey, a modern reincarnation of a mythological American story,

son of a chorapolster in Pittsburgh, he's become a Yenser billionaire, Shark Tank Provocator, NBA owner, referee scourge, and outspoken visionary.

It is an incredible joy to welcome Mr. Mark Cuban.

What's up, right? How you doing, buddy?

I am overjoyed to be with you, because you, Mark Cuban, are a gen of great legend, and the incredible part of your legend, almost all of them are true.

Your foundational story, well-known, your borrowed $500 from a client to set up your first company, which installed software back in the day, sold it in 1990 for a reported $6 million.

And you said, you brought a lifetime pass on American Airlines, and just retired, my goal was to have as much fun as I possibly could. Did you think that was it, Mark Cuban? Did you made it?

Yeah, that was it. I had no plans. I mean, what could be better than being able to just show up on American Airlines with a friend, even if I just met that friend five minutes ago, and just go anywhere in the world that I wanted to go, and party like a rock star? I mean, what's better than that?

So that was it. You were like, I'm done. It can't get better than this. I was done. It's all I needed to do.

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