Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.

Amiro Sam Vassini.

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Today on the show, Dieter Kurt and Bach is back.

Deere Kurt and Bach has a head cold.

Sorry.

I mean, I apologize for, first of all, I generally apologize to most people who have to listen to my voice anyway. But right now, it's in all sorts of raspiness. It's, yeah, it's not great. But I think my head's clear. So, Sam, I think that we need to dive immediately into basketball ratings because if there's one thing

I have proven to be an expert on, it's basketball ratings. Jesus Christ. I love. See, the problem

is that you and I both love that topic so much, like me because I worked like in that industry

and you because you're just a weirdo. That's no fucking weirdo. That is 100% the accurate representation of why I love it.

And the problem is anytime we talk about it, you are actually like deeply knowledgeable

where I'm coming from this like weird populist stance and mostly like an anti-Adam

Silver stance.

And so it's just like emotions versus reason.

And I hate being on the wrong side of that argument.

So let's not talk about that, in fact, even though the ratings were down big time.

And I understand that Canada's part of it.

I totally understand, but Canada didn't give out a major $28, $27 billion TV dealer, whatever the hell it was.

Yeah, but they gave out, like, some sort of TV deal for TSN and SportsNet to get it.

I don't know what SportsNet deal is.

I'll ask around on that, actually.

That would be an interesting number to find out.

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