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Bill Burr on Stadiums, Mike Pereira on Ref Problems, and LeBron's China Mess
The St. Louis Cardinals are officially dead and Natitude is sweeping the nation. PFT Commenter is fully embracing his role as the world’s biggest Nats fan, and honestly, the run has been so easy it’s almost boring. While the guys soaked in the electric atmosphere, PFT Commenter made sure to give credit to the man who started it all, even if he’s currently sitting at home.
PFT CommenterBryce Harper should get a World Series ring if the Nationals win one
Bryce Harper should get a World Series ring if we win one. He got this whole thing started. He said, 'I'm here to bring a title back to D.C.' Bryce Harper, we're doing it for you.
Speaking of the Nats, they are currently a juggernaut whenever they break out the alternate threads.
PFT CommenterThe Washington Nationals are a wagon
The Nationals are a wagon. Especially, I saw this fact earlier, when they're wearing those blue... color rush uniforms, they're 20-1.
LeBron Shames and Ref Memes
LeBron James decided to weigh in on the NBA’s China situation this week, and it went about as poorly as a Dion Waiters pre-game meal. LeBron called Daryl Morey "uneducated," which is an all-time ironical statement considering the source. Big Cat pointed out that the King could have saved himself some major headaches with a simple playground tactic.
Big CatLeBron James' statement on China was so bad he could have claimed it was 'Opposite Day' 10 minutes later
He actually – it was such a bad statement that if he had come back and 10 minutes later been like not or like opposite day, he would have been good. He would have been good if he was like everything I said, that was a joke. I meant the opposite of that.
While LeBron was stepping in it, the NFL refs were busy ruining Monday Night Football for the Lions. Again. The officiating has reached a fever pitch of incompetence, leading Big Cat and PFT Commenter to suggest that maybe we’re better off in the dark. PFT Commenter thinks we need to go back to the days of grainy film and blurred lines.
PFT CommenterThe NFL should eliminate replay and HD cameras because they make officiating problems more obvious
My idea is they should just get rid of replay... I think that cameras, especially HD cameras, are making a big problem for viewers because it's great to see that we just either got screwed or won our bets in slow-mo. If they made the cameras worse, then just get rid of HD on replay. I don't need to see every blade of grass.
Big Cat, however, thinks we have to be careful what we wish for. If we actually fixed the refs, sports talk radio would be out of business by Tuesday morning.
Big CatPerfecting NFL refereeing would destroy 90% of sports conversation
If they ever do get sky judge, if they do ever perfect refereeing in the NFL... Like 90% of our conversations, day-to-day conversations will be gone. Because if you're a sports fan, what are the things that you can blame your team on sucking? ... If you eliminate refs, now everyone's going to have to come to the realization that, hey, maybe my guys aren't my guys.
Bill Burr in Studio
Friend of the program Bill Burr stopped by to talk about his new special, *Paper Tiger*, and his transition into the "dry dock" life. Bill has been sober for about a year, which means he’s traded in the Kentucky Owl for a more clear-eyed view of how annoying drunk people actually are. PFT Commenter noted that there's a specific window of life where acting like a total moron is actually acceptable.
PFT CommenterIt is much better to be a shithead at 22 than to have your life together in your 20s and turn into one at 30
It's way better to be a shithead when you're 22 and you don't have any power, you don't have enough money to get yourself in serious trouble than it is to have all your shit together throughout your 20s. Then you turn 30, you're established, maybe you've got a couple dollars in your pocket, and then you turn into a shithead, you're much more dangerous at that point in life.
Bill is a noted stadium nerd, and the guys got into the weeds on his favorite places to watch a game. While he’s a New England guy through and through, he has a high appreciation for some of the newer builds and the old-school barns that offered a more "disrespectful" atmosphere.
Bill BurrLambeau Field is the best football stadium
Lambeau. Lambeau and then also old Dallas Cowboys Stadium because I loved Tom Landry Cowboys when they were like [a] disrespectful franchise that did coke and banged hookers.
Bill also broke down his theory on why some fanbases have more "zaniness" than others. If you’re at a stadium and there’s a mascot firing T-shirt cannons every three minutes, your team probably sucks.
Bill BurrThe worse a sports franchise is, the more music and zaniness they pump into the stadium experience
The more your franchise stinks, the more music and zaniness on the field in between plays. ... the fucking speaker, the shit they were pumping out [at FedEx Field] was literally playing Twisted Sister. ... It becomes like when you're in a bar and you're hitting on some chick and you're just screaming in her ear.
Fixing the Shield with Mike Pereira
To try and get some answers on the officiating crisis, the guys called up former VP of Officiating Mike Pereira. Mike gave a fascinating look into why the current system is failing, noting that having too many voices in a ref's ear actually makes them worse at their jobs.
Mike PereiraNFL officials are individually better than ever, but overall officiating is worse
I think the officials from top to bottom are better, but the officiating is worse. And, you know, it's been created by replay. It's created by a system that's called 'O to O' Officials to Officials. They now have the replay guy in their ear. They have New York in their ear. It's easier to sit back and think that things are going to be corrected for you.
He also gave some hope to fans who are tired of the pass interference replay saga, basically guaranteeing that the current experiment is a one-and-done disaster.
Mike PereiraNFL pass interference replay rule won't return in its current form next year
I think it's impossible that the rule, the way that it is judged now, pass interference, the replay element, I think it's impossible for that to move on beyond this year. ... I think what is obvious to me is that the rule in its current form will not be back next year.
We wrapped up the show with XFL draft grades (it’s an A+ for any team that drafts a guy named Brogan), a Sports Biz Minute from Jake Marsh, and a Guys on Chicks segment that featured a guy who blow-dries his b-hole on the cool setting.
Stay hot, Hank.
