It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick coffee. I'm not sure how interesting this is. Two folks certainly wouldn't find it to be entertaining. But one of the things we've discussed here recently in regards to college athletics and the big change that's coming that is the Landmark House Settlement, this lawsuit where the settlement we knew was going to happen. Well, now that it's happened, we know the amount
of money that schools are going to be able to annually pay athletes. So this is the latest. Schools can share as much as twenty two million dollars annually with athletes under this new again Landmark House Settlement. So the collegiate salary cap is twenty two million dollars per year, which allows universities to pay up to that amount at their discretion. So they can decide if they're going to spend that much. That's the limit, and how they decide to divvy it
out is up to them. Now, what I think is a little bit confusing here is that apparently you can do this but not technically make them employees. So this doesn't mean they're going to be employees. And there's some obvious
reasons as to why that would be a big kicker. One of them it's not tax related, by the way, because again, if you're a college player and you're making a million dollars in nil or your college, you're a college employee playing and making a million dollars through the school, you still have to pay taxes on it. I don't know why that's become like a big talking point, whereas the tax situation is different one or the other. It's not you're gonna have to pay taxes on I mean, Uncle Sam's gonna get
his cut. There's no way around it if it's an IL or if it's not. So I'm just curious to see what happens from here, like what takes place at some of these schools. What decisions did they make right? What are they prioritize right? Are they Are they going to cut a sport to save money? Are they going cause again they're not getting like it's not like they're getting twenty two million, They're going to have to start paying twenty
two million annually to players that they didn't have to pay before. So there's going to be some cuts. Doesn't mean they're going to cut a program, but you know, little things like maybe let's just say in a few years, you end up needing a new oc well because now you're paying players and you're using the amount of money they're allowing you to use. Twenty two million,
and that's the cap. You know, maybe the new maybe the head coach when he goes out and look for a new play caller, he didn't have the budget that he had last time around, because again, like unlimited amount of money doesn't really exist. And I guess potentially you could, you know, if you've got money to move around, like, you can find other ways to compensate your coaches at the highest level. But you know,
twenty two millions a lot. And there are schools that that that's not a lot of money to them, meaning they have a lot more than that. But that's a small group of schools. I would say, so, yeah, twenty two million. And you gotta keep in mind, you know, there's how many scholarship players in football? I mean I should know this, but is it one hundred? No, Because you can have you can have
eighty five. I think that's about right. Yeah, because you usually have about one hundred guys in your roster, and then that makes for roughly eighty something scholarship guys and then some walk ons. But yeah, I mean, and I will still exist too. I mean that's not like I mean, I'll stand corrected if in fact that ends up not being the case. But I think there are some that believe, well, this is to get rid
of nil, and it's not. I mean, this is just a What I mean, this is because there was a lawsuit the nce double A was going to lose right because of the amount of money that they profit from unpaid work. And I know the conversation that has been had for many years, and I'm not trying to have the conversation today because it's stale, it's not
even relevant. Yes, they do, in fact get a scholarship, free, free education, room and board, great access to medical because of their status as an athlete, and they get a stipend and now they can make money through name, image and likeness. Like I don't want to paint it as if every college athlete is just out here roughing it and barely you know, able to survive with you know, food and their stomach and a roof
over their head. They are taken care of in a major way. That's a different conversation than looking at the amount of money that the nc DOUBLEA generates from basketball the NCAA tournament specifically to know that that kind of money is made and the employees, the talent, the entertainers get no cut of that, like that that you can't do that, Like that's not legal, and that's why they were going to lose the lawsuit, and that's why they came to
this settlement. But I'm anxious to see down the line sort of what this, you know, what this turns into, because it's already professional sports, right, we know that, but this will be to where I think this is going to make it to where anybody claiming like that it's not pro sports and there's still some level of like amateur model to it is just I mean just wrong. I mean I think they're already wrong now when they say that.
But when you hear salary cap for a college about paying players of different sports, all sports depending on what they want to do, like this is pro sports now and I don't care because again it's kind of been that way for a while now. Like I never sit around and watch college basketball college football, the two sports I love so much. I don't sit around and just think, oh, man, this is great because it's wholesome. There's
a purity to it. These guys are playing for the name on the front, Like, even if that was true, that's not something that I think of when I consume the product that is college basketball, college fall. It's entertainment to me. But some people are like that, and I've learned throughout the last few years that the sport's going to survive without those folks. But there are some that are just it makes them uncomfortable. Maybe they're jealous.
I don't know what it is, but just knowing that you know a quarterback for your team he throws an interception and he's walking off the field after the bad play, you're going to be angry in general, because man, like, what are you thinking throwing that ball? But knowing that he might have a nicer car than you in the parking lot. There are some people that that makes you even more angry than just the interception. I can't relate.
I don't understand that, but I think it's true. So it's a good question that came in right as soon as we started discussing this, and this is a longer text that I can't haven't actually read the entire thing, but what I think you're what you're asking here is that will the booster money like Rick Keeber at Glow Brands, Planet Fitness and in Senten City, will that money specifically go towards nil to where like you're not asking fans to donate,
like, collectives are important because you need to raise money. And I think the five to two Circle has done a really good job. That campaign they put together where Rick Keeber was gonna match a million dollars once fans contributed a million dollars like that was a great idea. It worked, and it really got people like collectively realizing, hey, we're all excited as a fan base here here we go. Everybody's putting money up to try to go build this
new team. And that's great. But if they could get away from like asking fans again, fans are going to do it because fans care so much, they're so passionate, they're going to pay if they can to try to
help support their team and help. In fact, some fans probably feel even more responsible for said success if they're giving fifty dollars a month and it's helping to get players, which is cool, but I just still think there's a level of like, come on now, like you asking fans and again there's an out for it right now, Right now, you're asking fans to pay because you can't. Well now you can. So only time will tell as
far as what it really looks like. But the cuts that are made, the sacrifices schools decide to make to make this work and to compete at the
sports that they realize. Like, let's just be real, if you're really good in football, or really good in basketball, or maybe really good in women's basketball, maybe really good in baseball, maybe really good in volleyball, Like not all of those are gonna make you a ton of money if you're having success, because you know, it does cost money to run those programs as well. But like that is better all that is, that is better for the university than it is if you are good at sports that like just
just costs money. And I hate to say that, but that's just that's just the reality of it. So what changes are made as far as how
these schools decide to move forward is going to be fascinating. To me, but I also want to see what NIL looks like once this is in place, because they're still going to be in il and I just part of me says it'll be less, It'll be it'll be light, but again maybe not right like this again, like college sports is something that certain people, the diehard fans that are so passionate about their school, and there's a lot of them like they'll find a way to get money if they have access to it,
to help, to help because they care that much. All right, it's coffee and company. We are feel about Thorton's here on Sports Talk seven to ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us. I will tell you the the anonymous quotes. We'll get to that coming up in just a moment. So the ACC, it's not just the ACC, it's I think I think every league does it. But Athlon Sports release their accuh annual article where it
shares anonymous quotes from different ACC coaches about each team. And over the years, these have always been to me on the Louisville side, kind of you know, fluff, like there's not a whole lot there like it. Rarely do you read didn't think, man, I can't believe this coach said that I can't wait to fee I wish I knew who it was. The only time I could think of that is whenever an anonymous coach talked about like how bad Lamar Jackson was and how bad he'd be in the NFL, and how
you know all of his weaknesses. And there's no scenario where I will ever believe it was anybody other than Dave Clawson, because that's just the only coach that I think it could have been. And that added to like that, you know, I don't want to call a rivalry because it'd be embarrassing to claim that your rival is Wake Forest in football, but you know there was there was some history there and that was that was part of it. But
here's here is what four different coaches had to say about Louisville anonymously. Watch out for these guys. They were ahead of schedule last season and sneaked up on a lot of teams in our league. Okay, that's positive comment, right, not a whole lot there. But this says the offense is good, but it's not that level brom normally operates at. The quarterback play has been good and solid, but never really great. So they brought in Shuck
to take over the job. Okay, I mean I would have loved to have heard more of a comment and a thought on what you think of Shuck, But look, I think the kids got everything you want. Is you know, when it comes to quarterbacks that have really succeeded under Jeff Brahmin, I'm not talking about Jack Plumber, although he did win ten games. Let's be real. The offense was good enough, and again they were successful. But you can say this with that without it being an insult. I think
it's just the truth. The quarterback position was probably your weakness on offense. So usually it's the strength when Jeff Brom's calling the plays and he knows how to really get the most out of somebody in their ability at that position. I think Shuck is that guy. It all just comes down to him being healthy. He's never been able to stay healthy and hopefully that changes this year. Here's another quote. The defense really carried them at parts of last season.
They are stronger than you think and can play really physical. Last quote here, they don't get enough national attention. Brom's back home, he knows the state and can recruit better talent to that place than it Purdue. They can be just as good this year, especially if the offense opens up more. I like that. I mean, I think we're getting some good national attention. But you know, you can never have too much, I guess. But I mean, last year you won ten games. Your defense really
did carry you. I think that's actually true. Like the defense last year at times really bailed you out. And you should be better defensively this year, in all seriousness. You should. I don't know if you're going to be, but you should be better. You brought back some really proven, talented players, and you brought in some good transfers. You got MJ. Griffin off of an injury, and he was apparently the best player in camp
before he got hurt last year. But if Jeff Brom's opening up the playbook and there's really there's a lot, you know, the offense is really dynamic like we have typically seen under other Jeff Brom coach teams. You haven't seen it in Louisville yet. And look, the offense was good. I don't act as if they know they weren't good offensively. They were, but with the pieces they've added, especially if Shuck is the real deal, and he
stays healthy. I mean, I mean, you could mean. I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but I wouldn't be shocked if Louisville is in a position to where they're right there with a chance to play in the ACEC Championship game. The schedule is a little bit tougher, but it's not you know, there's still aren't There are still not games on the schedule that you look at and say, well, damn, we automatically should just
look at that and consider it to be a loss. I'm not saying you should expect to go twelve and oh, but you got to go on the road and play at Clemson. That's a game that you will be big underdogs, actually if you will be at the time. But like, what was the line nine and a half? I think Louislle plus nine and a half was one of the early lines we got from Louisville schedule a few weeks ago from I think DraftKings, and they'll be dogs. They'll probably lose because it's
hard to win it Clemson. But then again, like we're not We're not talking about Sat taking the boys down to South Carolina. We're talking about Jeff Brohm who wins big games. And oh, by the way, Clemson ain't what they used to be. They're still good. I'm not disrespect them as if they're bums, but like this, Clemson is not the Clemson that was making the playoff every year. It's a much different version of them. So I'm excited, really really excited. All right before we get to our first
break here in the five o'clock hour. You know, I don't have a strong thought on this, but it is something that has become a talking point in the NFL, and I imagine people around here have discussed it as well. That's Lamar Jackson leaving seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars on the table. He reportedly missed more than eighty percent of the Ravens offseason workouts, which nullified a major contractual payday. Just to show up to the offseason workouts eighty percent
of them, you get three fourths of a million dollars. I mean, he's got a lot of money. He's not hurting for it. I can't like claim, well that means he's not working hard, because I don't. I don't know that, but it is. It's not a bad look. But it's certainly not a good look, right, Like he doesn't. He just won his second MVP. I think at that point you can trust it. In the offseason, he's shown that he's fully capable of putting in work
to continue to be a really good player. So it'd be different if this is a guy who you know, was all based off hype rarely ever delivered. Like that's not Lamar Again. He's now won the MVP Trophy twice. And I think the Ravens this year, I mean their window, it's not closing by any means, but I think they got like a couple more years to where, you know, they break through and make it to the Super Bowl, which, by the way, they were a game away last year.
And I hate to say this, but it's just the truth. Like, as long as Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are doing their thing, the Ravens could be elite in a different era. But if the Chiefs are still doing the Chiefs Chiefs are still doing Chiefs things, If you know what I'm saying, you're just you're gonna have a tough time gett past him because they're
that good. But here was my initial thought. This actually might be the first real, actual piece of evidence of where an agent could help you, because he didn't have an agent, right, he trusts himself and his mother, and I'm sure he has like an attorney in some former fashion. But an agent would who put this deal together for you? Was it last year when Lamar played? It was last year Lamar's first year on that new contract.
Yes, And I think an agent would make sure that, like, you don't have to show up to eighty percent of the offseason stuff when you And again, at the time, he hadn't I mean, he hadn't won the second MVP yet, but let's be real, at the time he signed that contract, like that was a humongous investment from the Ravens. May not have been the guaranteed money that Lamar wanted, but still he got a great
deal. And I just feel like an agent would have paid attention to those kind of things to make it. Because I don't know this, I could be totally wrong, but I feel like a lot of players of Lamar's status are aren't contractually obligated with that level of an incentive based on being there in the off season. I think a lot of dudes that are superstars in the league they are probably rarely there in the off season because they've proven they don't
have to be right. They trust themselves, the franchise trusts them to do whatever they need to do in the off season to keep playing at a high level and performing at a high level. I just again, I could be totally wrong. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that, is that that's like a fine print kind of thing in your contract to where an agent would step up and say, no, you know, we can
do other incentive based things if you want. But like, he didn't have to be here eighty percent of the off season because I don't mean to me that, you know, it's if it's volunteer workouts, not being there for eighty percent of the volunteer stuff when you probably don't live in Baltimore during the year, because you know, I'm sure he's there a lot, but he lives he's always in Florida, where he's from. IL Like, it's rare
for that type of stipulation to be in there. But then again, Lamar wasn't a rare situation overall, because, understandably so, the Ravens they wanted him, They wanted to make him the franchise quarterback and that clearly at this point looks like it was a great investment. But you know, he had two years where he got injured and didn't finish the season, and that made
him a little bit weary. So you know, I would think if he's such a fragile player, like maybe like you know, I I was gonna saye, they wouldn't want him doing a lot of workouts in the off season to keep him healthy. But then again, like you can get hurt walking down the street. But yeah, I feel i'd feel bad. And this is clearly just me being biased because I love Lamar. I feel like I feel like it's his stretch. Just say that it is a bad look,
but it's not a good look, you know what I mean. That's that's the way I see it. But I have no doubt that it will not have an impact at all on his ability. But also I'm curious how this became like a story. I mean, is there a writer that like was is going over like incentive based things and point of that, because that I mean, that's I mean, that's I think a lot of people are even surprised that that type of you know, that type of incentive was even in
there. All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. We got a lot more to get into here before we wrap it up. One thing I want to remind you guys of on the other side. You may already know this, but we eight years ago today, something something major happened around here, and that part of me says, it feels like it was eighteen years ago. Also kind of feels like it was just the
other day. But we'll talk about that in a lot more. It is Coffee and Company we are feel about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety all right, so we mentioned it at the beginning of the hour here. The financial I guess require it's not really a requirement. It's really your choice. But with the settlement in this NCAA antitrust lawsuit, twenty two million dollars annually is the most that schools can pay college athletes. They're not required to
do that. That's the salary cap. The schools are going to be able to pay up to that at their discretion. Now, one of the things that is probably obvious to a lot of people, but I hadn't thought much about it, is that you can't I mean, can you still bring in I guess you can, but like if it's a known thing, hey we're only doing ten million, Like you're gonna get left behind, right, Like
you can't. I mean I guess if you choose to to spend it wisely, Like if you're if you're a big E school and you don't have a football team, like maybe you can say like, we don't, like the reason we're not going to twenty two million is because we don't even have the athletes that would require that, you know what I mean, Like, no, no sport has more athletes than football, and a lot of big E schools don't have football. Some of them have like FCS teams, but some
of them don't even have teams. So I can't imagine that if you're trying to continue to compete at the top. And what I mean by that is you don't want to exist in a place where like, we know we'll never be great, but we're gonna we're gonna have fun, Like we're gonna try to, you know, be middle of the pack. I mean that may
be the reality, but nobody like sets out to do that. And if you set out to say, hey, we're not going to pay twenty two million across the board, We're going to pay twelve like you're probably gonna have a tough time doing anything substantial. So this is big. I mean, I don't claim to know the financial situation at any university, including you know,
the local ones. But Eric Crawford earlier today WDRB put together a good article and I haven't got a chance to read the entire thing here actually just saw it pop up during the break there, but this is from Eric. He tweeted this out just a little while ago, the twenty million dollar question. Louisville isn't the only school trying to figure out where the twenty to twenty two million for player payments is going to come from in the twenty twenty five
to twenty six budget. Louisville a d. Josh hurt because that's this. Josh talked with Eric, and again I haven't read the whole article, but as usual, Eric does a great job, and I'm sure it'll be pretty informative, and I'm sure there's some good quotes in there from herd, including this one, which isn't like a great quote. It's just to me this kind of puts it in perspective as to what this is going to do to
you universities. Quote, we don't have twenty millions sitting around I can promise you that, which I wonder how many fans just assume we or athletes just to assume, well, you know, they'll figure it out. I mean they probably will. But like, if you're an ad, I mean this, this is probably hell for you. Not because you are somebody that you know. It's not because you're mad the players are getting paid. But this just this changes things for you. I mean this, I mean, you
now have twenty two million dollars annually you're gonna be expected to pay. I don't want to stay required because you're have to pay anything. But if you're not paying anything and you're paying cheaper than everybody else, you're gonna give it you pay for So it's one like, it's one thing. If it's twenty two million dollars one time. This is every year annually you can pay twenty
two million to student athletes. And maybe I'm wrong, but I just have a hard time thinking that you can as a school, especially again I'm talking power four level, maybe power five if we throw in basketball, because of course the Biggie certainly counts as the top end of that sport. If you're just out there with a much smaller salary cap all the way around, then for it to not impact you negatively, I think I would just have to be that, hey, we're not there because we don't have as many sports.
We don't like we cut this sport and that sport and this sport. So therefore we can keep it at you know, we can keep it. I mean in fact, schools that have a good amount of money that do that, do you know that aren't hurting for money, but don't have as many sports. They're the ones who are going to benefit from this in a major way because if you want, you can mean, there's not as much money to spread around if you don't have that many if you don't have that
many sports. And there are some schools let me just give you an example, and maybe this isn't a good example used because Bellerman is of course brand new to Division one level, but there are some schools that are Division one in like, for example, the Missouri Valley. The Missouri Valley, they have a football league. I think they have football league. It's a it's
different with the it called something different. No, So it's just it's still in Missouri Valley, but the schools involved in it aren't the same ones necessarily in basketball, okay, well and in football like a lot of those schools, like Missouri State, although I think they just got bumped up the Division one FBS Missouri State. They're FCS in football, but in basketball, and
the Missouri Valley is a mid major league, no doubt about it. But Drake, and you know, crighton left the Missouri Valley by the way, But Drake, who else Illinois State when they're good, Like there's some teams in the Valley, Whichita was there that they make money. They have like they have, they have really good attendance. People really care about basketball, Like the Missouri Valley is a basketball that you saw the n I T sold
out with Indiana State there. I mean again, they're not selling out twenty two thousand like the UMP Center, but like you're not, you know. So my point is, if you're a basketball player, Let's say Josh Shirts was still there and he came back to Indiana State and this was taking place next year, and let's say they you know, they snuck in the tournament.
You've got a football team in any of the state, which is FCS, and you've got you know, not twenty two million, because that's just not realistic for a school like that, but you've got I don't know, ten or maybe less. Wouldn't it just be a foregone conclusion that like football's not gonna get anything close to basketball because it's it's not it's it's it's a
lower level of play. You can't probably say that to your football players, but you know what I mean, like if you are different level as far as D one D two at certain sports, and I know in football they don't do D one D two they do, I mean they do, but it's fcs and fbs, like you know that that's where it gets a little tricky. I mean to me, it's not. It's actually pretty obvious what
you know, where your priorities are gonna lie. But then again, you know, you can't really I mean, you can if you want, but it would be viewed as cold heart like sports at big time schools are going to get cut. It's probably not going to be the most you know, it's probably going to be sports that you maybe didn't even realized that school had a team, but that sucks like that's that's unfortunate, it really is.
And there was a good breakdown and I don't want to nerd out too much on numbers, but now that we're talking about it and see if I can pull it up here, there is a a good breakdown of what like, what it what each sport caught, the average of each sport, what it costs a Power five school just to fund it. Because that's one of the things that you know in life, people don't realize like, hey, wow,
brought in like this much money. Geez, well, did you ever consider how much like it cost to to to to operate right to pay people like it just because you bring in this much of of you know, a revenue stream. If you spent more to make it happen, then you lost money. And you know, there's a lot of people surprisingly in business that learned that the hard way. They just act, you know, I guess they just assume at time that it's like, you know, unlimited. Yeah,
here we go. So when it comes to how much does each sport cost? This is from Tony Altimore, who is a strategy and analytic consultant within college athletics. So power that Power five football the average cost for Power five schools forty four million dollars. That's what it costs to run your football program on average. Literally half of that is now twenty two million is now what some schools will will choose. I mean, theyn't have to, but
they're going to choose to pay that to student athletes. I mean, I feel like, no matter how successful you are, how much money you make, that's not a small thing for anybody. Basketball the average cost twelve point twenty eight million. So yes, forty four million to run football, twelve point two eight million to run basketball, and then there's a big drop off.
Women's basketball is five point nine million, men's ice hockey four point nine to three, which is a little bit skewed because I feel like there are not nearly as many hockey teams as there are a lot of the other Like there's I mean, nearly everybody has a women's basketball team. Baseball is four point six million, and then after that, I would have never guessed it.
In fact, I'm not sure what I would have guessed as far as what comes in as the as the sixth most expensive sport for Power five programs, but I certainly would not have guessed women's equestrian that's three point Yeah, I mean, I guess horses are expensive. You know, the cheapest sport rifle that makes sense, lady's guns. Yeah, fencing is also at the bottom here, so you know. And I'm sure like the ice maintenance is why ice hockey is up there so much. I'm sure that's not cheap.
Oh, I'm sure. Yeah. I mean there's and again there's they it called. I mean, I remember when COVID happened. One of the things that really became a bigger talking point than it ever will and probably should, is what it cost these schools to fund other sports. Like the majority of I mean, look, the vast majority of these college sports don't make money. They cost a lot of money, and you make so much in football that it pays for everything else. Now, there are some rare exceptions,
like around here, where the basketball programs around here make money. I mean, they're big money makers and that helps you. So I don't think we'll hear anything soon as far as what decisions are going to be made with sacrifices are going to be made with this now in place moving forward in twenty twenty five, But it'll trust me, you'll see the effects of this at some point. All right. So eight years ago today, Muhammad Ali passed away,
which again part of me feels like that was twenty years ago. And the day he passed away obviously was you know, was a big national store.
But I'll always remember the days after he passed and of course the day that they had his funeral, because I don't think we'll ever have anything like that again, meaning where there was that much attention on Louisville and how you know this larger than I mean, Muhammad Ali is the most famous person that's ever come out of Louisville, and I don't think as long as I live, they'll ever be anybody that becomes a more famous person in a bigger figure
within the world I mean Muhammad Ali. But he also was as proud as anybody to be from here, made it quite clear throughout his career, his life, and obviously wanted to have his funeral here. And there were so many people that you know, were a part of you know, coming to town, the celebrities here to you know, that had met him and or become friends with him throughout their life, and it was like a I mean,
it was I could be wrong. It was eight years ago, but I feel like he was on like every station on the planet the live coverage of his funeral, and all eyes were on the city, and I feel like we shine in like a major way and Muhammad Ali. I mean, I know there's some people that maybe don't agree with some of the things he stood for long ago, and I don't want to get into any of that. I'm not telling you that you're crazy for that opinion. You can have
whatever opinion you want. But I think Muhammad Ali's awesome. He's the greatest, and he has a cool factor to him. And it's timeless. Kids who were you know that probably don't remember. They don't remember anything about his
career because you know, they're like kids who come to visit Louisville. They don't remember him boxing, they don't remember when he was on top of the world, but they know who he is, and like they'll go show pictures of them being taken to his childhood home here in Louisville because it's Muhammed freaking' Ali. So like not many people who know even a little bit about him.
If you know just a little bit about him, you probably know he's from Louisville because he he was one as famous as anybody you'll ever see that that that has come from Louisville, and he wore it proudly. I mean, it wasn't the only thing he ever talked about, but he he throughout his like it wasn't just like Louisville claimed him and we let people know, oh yeah, he's from Louisville. He let everybody know that and a lot
of instance throughout a lot of instances in his life. And uh, I just remember the live coverage of that and just you know, and this is this is this is like I don't know how, I don't know how to preface this, but you know, we live in a very violent city. I mean a lot of cities our size are dealing with some similar issues. But like, let's be real, you can't check the news on your phone, online or the television without there being an updated story of somebody getting killed
and murdered. Like it's crazy, Like it's it's now the norm and it sucks, but that's just the way it is. After he passed away in like four three, four five days, however long it was, we were all kind of like, you know, embracing him and honoring him. Nobody got killed like that to me, like, I don't know, that's I don't Again, I don't want to use the wrong word here, but like
that's crazy to me, Like that like that was I don't know. I'll move on because I don't want to, you know, Oh it is crazy though, I mean it's I don't think about those I don't think it's a coincidence that that happened. I think people were more so just like you know, kind of almost like because it was a surreal experience, yeah, and carrying them like they were instead of you know, I don't I would never I will never know what brings someone to live a lifestyle to where they can
kill somebody. But there are people around here. It happens every day. But like maybe that just maybe that wasn't on their mind because they were in a different place, because they were like again, honoring the life of somebody who came from Louisville and came from West Louisville and wore it very proudly. So, yeah, eight years and there were a lot of celebrities that spoke at at the service, and again it was across the planet on television and
I don't. I'm not kidding you, like across the entire planet, like everywhere nationally, I mean not just nationally, but all over the world, and of all people. Former colleague John ramsay, he spoke very close to Muhammad Ali and he did better than anybody his speech, I mean what he it was better than Billy Crystal, who was a close friend Will Smith talked. I mean John Ramsey's was better. And I know some people may not
be big fans of John. I don't know if you are not. I think he has a lot of fans clearly, But like whatever he when it comes to that, like that's got to be the coolest thing he's ever done. And he's done a lot of cool things. I mean, he's he's John Ramsey ramslam. All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side, wrap things up. Thanks for hanging out right here on sports Stalk seven ninety awtry right, yes, sir, going home, right home,
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nine, twenty eight hundred. All right, So a lot of folks reacting to this news about the twenty two million dollars salary cap that schools are going to have to figure out and you know, I if you are an athlete that has sacrificed to make it to where you are playing a non revenue sport at a high level and it's helped you get your education paid for, and that school just decides they're no longer going to have that sport because of this this change, like that sucks. I would feel I would that would
be crushed if that was me. That's sad. However, at the end of the day, if you simply just no longer have the sports that will never generate money for you and only cost money, I mean that alone, the savings there could go a long way for this. I mean, that's that's just I mean, I hope that they don't do that. I hope they find ways to not cut any sports because again, that would be awful.
But I mean I think you'll see that a lot, because that's the easiest thing to do when it comes to just boom, there we go. We know we won't, we know we don't and it won't make money and it only costs. Therefore we've I mean, you could cut I mean twenty two millions a lot, but like you could cut a few sports that you know just cost your money and will never and that alone can make it to where instead of twenty two million, you're looking at you know, forty to
fifty percent of that. So it sucks. Now how Title nine factors into this, that's a couple there's a couple couple people that have asked that, and I don't know the answer to that. And what I mean by that is, like, you know, I think we all know what Title nine is, but if you just were to get I mean you can't. I wouldn't think you'd be able to just get rid of the women's sports, or
just the men's for that matter. But yeah, we don't have a lot of answers as far as what this looks like down the line, as far as what decisions each school are going to make, only time will tell. But this is, honestly, I think the biggest thing that has happened in recent years that is going to change college athletics in a major way. And look, let's be real, it's already changed in a major way with NIL and the portal, but this will just make it to where I mean,
fundamentally, it's just not what it once was. I think it could still be great. I'm gonna still love it because I don't know how not to. But it'll be different, no doubt. Are you guys Enjoy your evening. We're back at it tomorrow right here on Sports Talk seven Indi