It says team didn't get any damn better.

But it's really about what you guys want to grade. Because I think it fits perfectly. Rico is going to give a spin on this Pistons thing, but I just want to foreshadow Tiger Talk. Look, man, we started the day with the athletic report that the Pistons weren't going to do anything aggressive. Basically, they're not even making phone calls. They're just going to sit and listen then they make

this jaden ivy deal which i'm not i'm not going to offer some crazy opinion do i like it not

particularly i mean the old kevin herder yeah i could make sense of it but even bad for a couple

years now so either the water in chic Chicago is bad or he's gone bad.

Bottom line is this move on paper doesn't look like it's helping you get any better.

So then we started talking about, why is that headline what we're always fed for all four of our pro teams?

No, we're good.

No, you know what? They're not going to be a buyer at the deadline.

They're not going to push their chips to the table, et cetera. And how is that impacting your

relationship with your team? Now, Rico, you wanted to offer a spin on kind of, I said, look,

I think the marketplace is changing. And I think most teams, unless they are owned by a true

fan, most teams know what they can get away with. That's just my jaded 25 years doing this belief.

I think most teams know what they can get away with, Mike, but I think the people that you're

engaging with, let me give you a different spin on that. What if you're just talking to old school fan who still just really believes in their team,

who still sees, you know what, if we could just keep this corp together for a couple of more seasons,

they'll actually be good.

Because I don't think the casual fan cares enough to get into that type of debate with you.

But more so, these are the hardcore Piston fan or hardcore Lions fans who, you know what, this has to happen before I die.

And I think that we have enough.

And they see things through Honolulu blue or red, white and blue, or red and white

colored glasses or, you know, blue and orange glasses. Like, they see things for what they want to see.

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