The many sides to Brittney Griner's release; Mets fan should be thrilled Steve Cohen is laughing at the Steve Cohen Tax; Netflix wants profits, not sports (Episode 713)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’trade’ as in the biggest of business as in the US and Russian governments traded Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout. The news split the nation. The left vs the right again. Some people were happy. Some people were angry. There are so many sides to this. You can feel however you want about it. (18:00) The New York Mets are spending and spending and spending. Brandon Nimmo is back for $162M. David Robertson is in for $10M. Steve Cohen is going to pay a hefty tax. Who does that matter to? (27:00) Review: Sr. (31:00) Does Netflix want in the sports game? No, it wants in on the profit game. Whatever that may be. (38:30) NPPOD - Baker Mayfield got his hero moment against the Raiders. Josh McDaniels became the zero for the fourth time. (40:20) The House Oversight Committee released its findings against Daniel Snyder. And guess what? They said he was not truthful! Who would have thought that? We made it to another Friday! You deserve to kick your feet up and have a relaxing weekend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.1	Trade is the nothing personal word of the day. It is Friday, December 9, 2022, and we are talking
0:58.1	about a trade, not a trade that happened in Major League Baseball or the National Football League.
1:03.2	We are talking about a trade that took place on a much different level. Brittany Griner has been
1:09.5	traded to the United States for Victor Bout. This happened while I was taping the Lebitard show
1:18.9	yesterday, and we got into a discussion. I don't think it made it to the air, but it was very
1:26.2	important for me to have this discussion with you here today because there's a lot of misunderstanding
1:30.5	out there, and I want to make things clear what I think, and I just want you to have the ability
1:36.3	to decide what you think. We are such a polarized nation. You cannot separate this trade from our
1:47.8	political climate. I am unwilling to have you think of this in only one way, which is Brittany
1:56.1	Griner was unlawfully detained for carrying hash, and she needed to be home and reunited with her
2:04.0	wife and get back to playing basketball with the WNVA. There's more. When Brittany Griner was
2:13.4	detained, it got a ton of attention. There was tremendous pressure put on Joe Biden
2:19.6	to get her free. This is all under the umbrella of the war that Russia has waged in Ukraine.
2:30.6	The tensions between the U.S. and Russia are, an all-time high would be hard to say because of
2:37.8	the Cold War, but they're not great. We're not talking allied forces right now.
2:42.7	Joe Biden has to make promises that he's going to do everything he can, and Russia is paying
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