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Paulie, happy New Year, buddy. What's going on? Hey, you too, Michael. How are you? I'm good, man. What's on your mind? Well, you know, I just wanted to elaborate a little bit more on, you know, what you were talking about with college football. and I can add one thing that's been burning into me for actually

quite some time now. And it's a little different take. And I really would like to hear what

you have to say about it. Okay. Okay. Well, you know, there was a time when a coach would sit in a living

room and he would recruit a player, a five star, maybe a four star.

And he would come to that school and you would develop your program around these college athletes.

And that would mean something.

And over a course of maybe three, sometimes four years, he would become recognizable to your school.

You would have a lot of success.

Sometimes you wouldn't get to the mountaintop, but it would mean something.

Well, all that's gone now.

And yes, again, Michigan did win a national championship.

It came out that they cheated grossly.

And the excuse was, well, everybody cheats, yes, you're not wrong with that.

But look where you are now and they're not alone because it's happened to other programs.

Look where you are now.

So was it all worth it in this new college landscape?

And trust me when I tell you, Mike, it's only going to get worse is I think a lot of people

are starting to turn away because they're

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